 Rotary 2000 |
Group Study Exchange: Sweden '99 |
 Consistency, Credibility, Continuity |
D7150 proudly announces their 1999 GSE team, going to Sweden's D2350.
Click here for 5/15/99 message from Sweden's DG to DG Ed!
Click here for DG Ed's message to D2350 in both English & Swedish!
Click here for ongoing "live" pictures of the team's journey!
Click here for the Team Profile and pictures.
Click here for our GSE slide show!
Click here to learn more about Sweden and Host District 2350.
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Subject: GSE is finished Date: Saturday, May 15, 1999 2:41 AM Dear Ed, I have just left the wonderful GSE-team at the airport for their journey home. Ray is staying some weeks in Sweden with his family which will arrive today. John is leaving by train to Hamburg tomorrow and then he is going to Budapest and Vienna and back to USA on 19th of May. Yesterday afternoon we were guests at the home of the ambassador of USA. It was a magnificant reception - we were 80 persons who got very good drinking and eating. I gave the ambassador a banner "Follow Your Rotary Dream" and told him that this exchange was a great dream that You and I had and which now got true. We will really miss the wonderful team and good friends. I told them that I hope they are going to become Rotarians. Thank You so much for this wonderful work together. Hjördis join me in regards with all our love to Barb and You. Your friend for ever > Göran Tollin, District Governor in Sweden. |
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Utica den 4 mars, 1999 Till våra Vänner i Distrikt 2350 Hälsningar från 1800 Rotarians inom Distrikt 7150. Vi är Er för evigt tacksamma att Ni har gett vår Group Study Exchange Team denna mójlighet. Vår Grupp ar öppna, trevliga och väl informerade om sina olika yrken. Under de senaste månaderna så har stämningen blivit högre och högre inom vår grupp och Rotarians ju närmare vi når avresedagen. Vi hade önskat att bägge distrikten kunde ha deltagit I detta utbytes program. Vi hoppas och år övertygade om att detta utbyte kommer afl knyta nya vänskapsband och blir ett minne fór kommande generationer. Varma hälsningar till Guvernör Göran och Hjördis frän DG Ed och Barb. Er Distrikt Grupp berörde oss alla här med värme och vänskap som drar oss tilisammans in I det nya årtusendet för alla Rotarians I världen. Detta års Rotary tema är: - Följ Din Rotary Dröm - är en utbytes dröm som har blivit verklighet for oss alla inom Distrikt 7150. Hjärt1igt tack till Er alla Rotarians inom Distrikt 2350.
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Utica 4 March, 1999 To our friends in District 2350 Greetings from the 1800 Rotarians in District 7150. We will be forever grateful to you for giving our Group Study Exchange Team this wonderful opportunity. You will find our team to be warm, friendly and very informative about their diverse vocations. Over the past several months, the excitement within our District between our Team and Rotarians, has risen to unprecedented heights as the time of departure approached. We truly wish the exchange could involve all the Rotarians in both our Districts. This time of expanding life long new and renewed friendships will be remembered through future generations. To District Governor, Göran and Hjördis, a warm greeting from DG Ed & Barb. The lives of all the people your District Team touched last year with love, good will and friendship will take us into the new millennium drawn together as members of our world family. This Rotary Year our theme - Follow Your Rotary Dream - is an Exchange Dream come true for all of us in District 7150. A sincere thank you to all Rotarians in District 2350. Your Rotarian friend - DG Ed
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GSE Team '99 Profiles
RAY ALLEN, Team Leader Ray is retired from an Air Force Command, Control and Communications (Information Sciences) Research Laboratory where he was an engineering manager. He is now an engineering management consultant. Ray's interests lie in photography, computer technology, woodworking, home design and remodeling. He has been very involved in the Rotary Youth Exchange program for about 20 years, is a past District Director, and has served on several other District Committees. Ray is a Paul Harris Fellow and Benefactor. He is interested in learning more about Swedish management practicies and medical care. Ray, a Past President of the Oriskany- Whitestown Rotary Club, serves on their board and is their newsletter editor. He lives in Marcy, NY with his wife, Linda. They have two daughters and three grandchildren. |
 PROFILE OF THE SPRING 1999 USA TEAM The team in general is interested in music (both classical & jazz), in the performing arts, and in visiting some of the many art museums in Sweden. All members of the team are interested in animals, nature, and in the environment. Team Leader Ray Allen says, "I sense that the team is open to experiencing and seeing the total Swedish culture and are up to a broad range of experiences." |
 ALICIA FORTE Alicia Forte is a 3rd grade teacher of a multi-nationality classroom at Christopher Columbus Elementary School. In addition to visits to Swedish schools and educational institutions in general, she is especially interested in Sweden's programs and initiatives for integrating refugees and immigrants into the culture and educational system. Interested in art, she designs store window displays for her mother's bridal store. Alicia also has an interest in women's clothing design, and the activities of a women's clothing store buyer. Alicia has a Bachelors degree in Education from SUNY-Oneonta. She enjoys hiking, traveling, and reading children's literature. Sponsored by Utica Rotary Club,
Alicia lives in Utica, NY. |
 DEBORAH KIEFER Debbie Kiefer is a Customer Service Representative for Bell Atlantic Communications Corp, provider of telecommunications services to the eastern US. She assists business customers in securing high speed data lines. |
 KERRI WINKLER Kerri Winkler is Director of Consumer Services at the Resource Center for Independent Living, an organization providing services to people with disabilities. The goal of these services is to assist individuals to live on their own. Working primarily with people who have sustained a traumatic brain injury, Kerri is interested in learning about Swedish programs and policies for individuals with disabilities. She hopes to visit the Swedish Handicap Institute in Vallingby. In addition, she enjoys hiking and camping. Kerri received her Bachelor's degree from SUNY-Plattsburg. Kerri lives in Clinton, NY and is
sponsored by the Utica Rotary Club. |
 JOHN SWANSON John Swanson, Ph.D. is a professor of European history at Utica College of Syracuse University. His major studies have been on Austria and Hungary in the twentieth century. He is a former Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar to Austria. |
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