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District 5520 Newsletter -DQXDU\������n��3DJH��

Rotary International www.rotary.org

President: John F. Germ President-Elect: Ian H.S. Riseley Vice President: Jennifer E. Jones

Rotary District 5520 www.rotary5520.org

Governor: Dave Anderson Governor-Elect: Doreen Kelsey

Governor-Nominee: Linda Woodward Vice Governor: Tom Walker

Executive Secretary: Kathy Fuller District Treasurer: John Gordon District Finance: Lonnie Leslie Immediate PDG: Tom Walker

District Action Team Leaders Lt. Gov.-Operations: Fred Bryant

Lt. Gov.-North: Yale Jones Lt. Gov.-South: Earl Greer Lt. Gov.-Central: Tony Pino

Lt. Gov.-East: John Drusedum Lt. Gov.-Southeast: Jim Hatcher

Committee Chairpersons Membership: Sheryl L. Saavedra

Foundation: Tom Walker Global Awards: Darryl Gregerson New Generations: Bobby Wallace

Alumni: Katie Updike IT & Website: Donette Wagner Public Image: Craig Altschul

Friendship Exchange: Donna Pedace Historian: Dan Schulte

International Conv.: H. Peter Krebs RYLA: Shane LeMon

Trainer: Jeffrey Weinrach

District Office Kathy Fuller

Executive Secretary 8 Cielo Montana

Alamogordo, NM 88310 E-Mail:

[email protected] Phone: (575) 430-0432

Website: http://rotary5520.org Newsletter Editor: Ed Hughes

Executive Secretary’s Report with Kathy Fuller

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2017 RI Convention: June 10-14 in Atlanta, USA!

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+ ave you always thought about signing up for a ROTARY CONVENTION, but did not because of a myriad of reasons, mostly because the long trip to far away foreign countries ?

This year’s RI Convention pro-vides the ideal venue to finally partici-pate : CELEBRATE ROTARY in Atlanta, GA, June 10 - 14, just a 3 hour non-stop flight away from our dis-trict...what could be easier ?

Remember, this is the largest RI event of the year, a MUST DO for every Rotarian and a wonderful way to experience the warm southern hospitality of Georgia. Atlanta stands ready to showcase the big town's depth and breadth of its people, culture and culinary art!

Do not miss this opportunity by registering early ( with a discount ) join-ing several fellow Rotarians from our district who have signed up already. Much more detailed information is available under www.riconvention.org and by talk-ing to those of your club members who have already attended past conventions.

— Peter Krebs, Rio Grande, Las Cruces

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