Welcome to Rotary International District 1040
This District includes 80 Rotary Clubs across most of Yorkshire. The short web address is www.rotary1040.org. Click on the map for details of club meeting places. You can obtain directions to any club venue and the colour code should help to identify meeting days.Use the zoom facility to see more detail.
INTERESTED IN JOINING ROTARY? Click on "About Rotary" for more information. Then contact your nearest Club- you will be welcomed!
If you are a Rotarian in this district, and have not registered for the On-Line Directory through your own Club or District, please register on the site. Once registered, you can have access to "Members only" information, including an On-Line District Directory .
Latest News and Reports - click on the headings in blue for full details |
01/09/10 Latest International Newsletter- Issue 2 August, from District International Chairman Ian Carling.
20/08/10 How to plant crocuses in the Thanks for Life campaign- watch this 4 minute interview between President Alan Wilding of Shrewsbury Rotary Club and TV Gardener Chris Beardshaw on this YouTube link.
16/08/10 RI Convention 2011 in New Orleans; 2nd letter from RIBI.
11/08/10 August TFL Newsletter; the latest Thanks For Life news and New Marketing Materials
06/08/10 Pakistan Floods; As you will have seen on the BBC news, areas of Pakistan have been deluged by torrential rain and landslides leaving many people homeless. They need shelter and fresh water, so can you all help by sending out a Shelter Box or an Aqua Box to help provide for those caught in the floods. For further information please contact www.shelterbox.org or www.aquabox.org. Shelterbox are over there now and 1900 boxes have been dispatched. Also see the Disaster Response section
02/08/10 Rotary Horizons August- the first edition of the new District magazine is now available to view on-line.
02/08/10 District Conference Update;-Click on this link for the latest update on what is going to be a fantastic District Conference. Full details of all aspects of the Conference can be found by following the Harrogate Conference 2010 link at the left hand side of this page. If you or members of your Club want a Hotel Room we have a very limited number available at the Conference Hotel - The Old Swan. Details of how to book are in the Hotel Section of the Web Site. Harrogate the place to be for the weekend of 1st – 3rd October 2010.
02/08/10 DG's August Newsletter from District Governor Roger Percival
Other Links
District Conference registration form click on this link to download a registration form for Harrogate 2010 District Conference, 1st-3rd October.
DG's Diary for 2010-11; DG Roger Percival is busy filling his diary for his year as District Governor. This link gives an option to see this as either an Excel or pdf document.
Polio Eradication. In December 2007, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded the Rotary Foundation a challenge gift of US$100 M. Rotary International was given three years to December 2010 to raise an equivalent amount. There has been a further grant of $255 Million, associated with a challenge to Rotary to raise a second $100M. This graphic shows a rolling total of how much has been raised so far.
On-line Directory; District 1040 has adopted the D1170 Database Extension sytem, which creates an On-Line District Directory, and replaces the old-style printed Directory. Click on this link to learn about this or here to view/download an Introduction & Guide designed to help Clubs implement it.
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Last Updated 2nd September 2010.... In District 1040,there are now 2288 Rotarians registered on the On-Line Directory, and 60 Clubs using the RIBI template for their website. If there is information you would like to either see or provide, please contact me, in the first instance, via this webmaster email link, unless you know my email address
Events around the district in the next 30 days:
18/09/2010 - 18/09/2010 08:03:00District Council Meeting
at Fulford School. coffee from 9am 9.30am prompt start.
28/09/2010 Aireborough
57th Charter Dinner
To be held at Horsforth Golf Club with guest speaker Andrew Long, a Business Consultant who is a former GSE scholar and Paul Harris fellow. Dress is black tie, with wives, partners and guests welcome, cost £20.
