IMPORTANT INFORMATION for Club Chairs, Club Counselors, Club Presidents, Students, and District Committee from Kevin Laplante, D7040 Chair, Youth Exchange Program
District Conference, October 13 -15
The second scheduled Youth Exchange event for 2006-07 will be the combined District Conference / Youth Exchange Halloween Weekend. This will be held in Mt. Tremblant, QC the weekend of October 13-15, 2006. Student registrations for this weekend must be accomplished prior to the event. Forms and instructions will be available on the Conference Web Page, which is linked to the District Web Page www.rotary7040.com. Please note that students will be staying at Ski-Le-Gap for the weekend, and not at the conference hotel. This results in the reduced registration fee of C$150. per student for the weekend. This is a required event for inbound students, and optional for returned and 2006 short-term exchange students.
The new 2006-2007 Outbound Student Application packets were distributed to clubs in attendance at the Ogdensburg Training Session held on 9/10/06. Electronic versions of the outbound packets are now available, and may be requested from the District Youth Exchange Chair (see email on the side bar). It should be noted that although club certification is technically not required until 7/1/07, D7040 is requiring the clubs planning to participate in the 2007-08 exchange year be certified on or before January 1, 2007. This earlier date is necessary since we will only be permitted to place students with clubs that have been certified. Clubs that send a student(s) outbound are required to host an inbound student(s). A club can usually host an inbound student without sending one outbound. The District begins formalizing placements, for both inbound and outbound students, after the final applications are received for the new outbound students on December 15. Accordingly, clubs not properly certified by January 1, 2007 will not be permitted to either send or receive a student after that date.
Please review the 2006-2007 Youth Exchange Calendar of Events. It is a club's responsibility to ensure that your students attend, as attendance at all scheduled District events is required as indicated on the calendar. Don't forget to include your return students as well.
Students will need to bring the following:
Rotary Blazer and dress pants or skirt
Traditional Country Costume if you have it
Clothes for warm and cool weather
Halloween Costume (host families please help)
CD’s to play if you’d like to share
Raffle tickets to sell
Please visit the D7040 YE website http://ye.rotary7040.com for additional information, and do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. See you in Mt. Tremblant!
Yours in Rotary Youth,
Kevin Laplante
D7040Chair, Youth Exchange Program,
(E-Mail link can be found above.)
