Presentation to Framlingham and 1080 DG ...

Well, time is ticking away with only 10 days left to go until we fly to India. Last night we were invited to Framlingham Rotary Club to give our team presentation to the club and the 1080 District Governor, John Samuel. As usual, our Rotary hosts could not have been more welcoming and it was great to see and talk to the DG before we disappear next week.

Also, because we were on "home ground" for Nick and Magnus it was very entertaining to see them being teased and barracked by members of the club during the evening and during our presentation!

Solo presentation to my sponsoring club ...

Well - 12th January and it was finally time for me to make my solo presentation to my sponsoring club, the Rotary Club of Great Yarmouth, prior to disappearing to Bangalore. I was extremely nervous but was kindly reassured that the presentation had gone well and the club expressed delight that a Great Yarmouth person had been successful in getting onto the team. So phew - only the pre-trip presentation to the DG and Framlingham group to go before we appear in front of our Bangalore hosts ....

Meeting at UEA, 3rd January 2010

Happy New Year! Here's a summary of our meeting today:

Power point presentation almost complete - Alder to email her slides to Amy for uploading asap
Leaflet complete - Magnus to print off x500 copies
Uniforms - ladies to purchase 2nd blouse, if green unavailable then blue
Gifts - pens complete, Nick to order pins, all to order 'East Anglia from Air' books x5 each
Currency - cannot take Rupees in or out of India, advise to take Sterling and change there
Banners - Amy to request x20 from Norwich St. Eds, Magnus and Tracey to request from Gt. Yarmouth and Fram clubs
Family pictures - all to complete albums with 36 photos
Name tags - Nick to order magnetic name badges with pins

NEXT MEETING - Thursday 14th January at 6pm at UEA

GSE Team Meeting 13th December 2009

Pin Cushions and Polo's

Magnus and I, have spent quite a lot of time over the last week or so having our arms used as pin cushions by our Local nurse, Typhoid, Hep B and Rabies. Unfortunately we have to go back for more this week, and what’s more have to pay for the privilege.

Delighted that the girls have agreed on their uniforms, it only remains for Magnus and myself to seek out the help of a top designer to fit us out with some kind of matching outfit.

Working on the PowerPoint presentation at the moment, ready for Sunday and have ordered the Polo shirts this morning.

Uniforms and outfits

Inspired by previous GSE teams we felt that we needed to have some sort of co-ordinated outfit to wear both for informal and formal occasions. The informal bit has been easy, a rotary branded polo shirt in navy blue and also white which we can wear with our own choice of casual bottoms. Getting a consensus of the formal wear however has been much more of a challenge! My advice to any future teams...start early : )

Luckily, due to our very organised team leader, we left ourselves plenty of time. The three ladies will now be wearing a dark green shimmer short sleeved shirt (on sale at Debenhams for £17.50!) and either black skirt or trousers which we will co-ordinate with the guys who will be wearing a green tie and black suit. We are now ready to be thrown in to the District Conference which is scheduled within the first few days of our arrival!

Foundation Seminar Evening

The team attended a Foundation Seminar Evening in Great Yarmouth on 24 November where we had a chance to hear the latest about the worldwide Polio Programme and water sanitation / wells in Zambia plus the opportunity to meet an extraordinarily bright young lady called Juliane (on an ambassadorial scholarship at Cambridge). It was also great to hear the presentation from the Phillipines GSE team and have a quick chat about their experiences. Everyone was extremely welcoming and interested to hear about what we were looking forward to in Bangalore.