Rotary Programs We Support
GSE Team to Australia
Spring 2007 saw Cindy Welsh, a policy planner for The Town of The Blue Mountains, join the District 6330 GSE Team on its visit to District 9670 in New South Wales, Australia.
"Through the Rotary Foundation's GSE Program I was be able to gain international experience in my chosen vocation of land use planning and be part of a team in doing so. The cultural part of the GSE was also very important to me. Being about to understand how culture and vocation come together in another part of the world was one of the main reasons I applied to the GSE Program. I also liked the fact that I was able to stay with seven host Rotarian families and gain a better understanding of how the Aussies live. I was so impressed by Rotary that upon my return from OZ I was asked to join the Rotary Club of Thornbury-Clarksburg and was inducted on June 28, 2007."
The 6330 GSE Team!
Proudly representing District 6330 in a multi-vocational exchange with District 9670 in Australia are from left to right, back row: Lauren Shirey, Grand Blanc, MI, Community Health Analyst, sponsored by the Flint Rotary Club; Barbara Warnock , Team Leader from the Aylmer Rotary Club and
Benjamin Rycroft, Stratford, ON, Sports Editor/Reporter, sponsored by the Stratford Rotary Club. Front row, left to right: Cindy Welsh, Thornbury, ON, Senior Policy Planner, sponsored by the Thornbury-Clarksburg Rotary Club and Nancy Fernandes-Giles, Strathroy, ON, Financial Planner, sponsored by the Strathroy Rotary Club.
We arrive in Australia...
The Team's arrival in Sydney on March 9, 2007. We were met at the Sydney International Airport by Alan Moir, District 9670 GSE Chair.
Small world...we meet District 6330 Ambassadorial Scholars!
While in Sydney, we were fortunate to meet 2 Ambassadorial Scholars from District 6330 -- Alex Martiniuk (2005) and Julie Janiski (2007). Pictured near the Harbour Bridge are (from left to right): Alan Moir, District 9670 GSE Chairman, Nancy Fernandes-Giles, Ben Rycroft, Barbara Warnock, Lauren Shirey, Cindy Welsh, Julie Janiski, District 6330 2007 Scholar, and Alex Martiniuk, District 6330 2005 Scholar.
Taking our show on the road...
The Team's first of seven presentations - hosted by the Rotary Club of Newcastle Sunrise at the University of Newcastle.
Covering the world...
What the GSE is all about -- District 9670 Governor Ken McDonald and his wife Margaret (2006-2007) with GSE Team Members including Inbound from Can/USA, Outbound going to Can/USA, Inbound from Brazil and Outbound going to Brazil.
"Just another day at the office..."
The day Lauren and I went "Kangaroo Chasing" outside of Warren, New South Wales.
More power to us...
Visiting Bayswater Power Station, the largest coal fired electric power station in New South Wales, which supplies Sydney with most of its electricity.
Kindred spirits...
We met the Mayor of the Singleton Shire Council, Fred Harvison, at a reception held in our honour. We were presented with the Shire's crest and later that night I had the privilege of having dinner with Mr. John Flannery, retired Shire Manager and designer of the crest. The crest is presently hanging in my office to remind me of the binds that tie both Australian and Canadian municipal work.
