ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE DISTRICT SECRETARY

DG's Official Visit to RC Jaffna on the 31st October

DG Suri has organized a 50 seater luxury bus leaving Colombo at 4pm to on the 30th October (Friday) to Anuradapura and leaving Anuradapura at 6am on the 31st to Jaffna along the A9 road. The bus will depart Jaffna on the 1st November, late morning to return to Colombo on the same route. Those who wish to join this tour can board the bus either from Colombo, Anuradapura or any city en-rout to Anuradapura. If any of your club members wish to join this tour, kindly give your names to DG Suri on or before 15th October, 2009.

District Leadership Training Seminar - 15th November

The above Seminar will be held on 15/11 commencing at 9am at the Excel World Auditorium, Colombo 10. This event will be organized by the RC of Colombo South.

District Service Projects Seminar - 6th December

The above Seminar will be held on the 6/12 commencing at 9am at the Kandyan Arts and Crafts Centre, Kandy. This event will be organized by Rotary Kandy Heritage.

District Conference 2009/10 - 19th/20th March, 2010

The District Conference will be held at the Water's Edge, Battaramulla on the 19th March commencing at 4pm and on the 20th concluding with a Grand Fiesta organized by RC of Colombo West. The Conference Committee is organizing Home Hospitality for outstation Rotarians. Kindly make use of the Early Bird registrations and please be mindful of the District Citation mandatory applicable for Conference registrations.

Attendance Reporting

As per the September, 09 GML, 25 clubs out of 66 in our District did not either report attendance or send it by the due date which is 15th of the following month to the District Chairman - Attendance PP Rohan Amirthiah. As at 10th Oct, only 10 clubs have reported attendance for the month of September. Please follow up with your Club Secretaries to have this report sent on time.

RI Semi Annual and District Dues

Many clubs of our District has still not paid both the Semi Annual dues and or the District Dues. Non payment of RI dues will result in suspension of your clubs by RI. District dues which is Rs. 700 per member will have to be paid to District Treasurer S. Mahendrarajah at your earliest.

Inbound GSE Teams

Two inbound GSE Teams from UK and Mumbai, India will be visiting our District in time for our District Conference in March 2010. If your club is interested in hosting any or both these teams, please contact District Chairman - GSE, PP M. Adamaly of RC of Colombo Mid Town.

Thank you

Yours in Rotary

Gehan Siribaddana

District Secretary/District Governor Nominee

RC Battaramulla/District 3220

Phone : 0094777310575

Email : gs7575@yahoo.com/gehan.rotary@gmail.com