November 26, 2006
Issue 14

Dear Rotary Leaders,

Paul Harris Dinner Great Success
Many thanks to the event chair Trudy Armstrong for a great event on November 11. We had 450 people attending and I got some wonderful feedback from many people. We all enjoyed the food, the music, the fanfares, la-la-la, etc. Next year's event under Jim O'Meara's leadership will also be a sit-down dinner.

District Council
The next district event will be the District Council Dinner on December 12. The keynote speaker will be firefighter-paramedic Brian Hinsley, speaking about organ donations. He has a first class story to tell and I can tell you that there won't be a dry eye in the room. Please make sure your club members know about this great program. Go to the District website for information about this program and registration.

District 5340 Matching Grants DAF
The District 5340 Matching Grants DAF is a Group Donor Advised Fund with The Rotary Foundation. It was created to help the clubs and Rotarians of District 5340 for the funding of Matching Grants and tax deductions. The donations are tax deductible like donations to a 501(c)(3) Foundation, and the collected funds can be used later for Matching Grants with The Rotary Foundation. It is a great way to park some money that has been raised for a project while you wait for the project paperwork to go through and be approved. For instance, it is used by the Mobilizing Rotarians for Microcredit group to park the funds from various clubs for microcredit project and get immediate tax deductions. When the microcredit projects get approved we transfer the funds from the DAF to The Rotary Foundation. You can contact me if you or your club would like to use this DAF for your own projects.

District Leadership Meeting Minutes
There is a District Leadership Meeting for invited guests before each District Council Dinner. If you would like to find out what was discussed at these meetings, the minutes of these meetings are now published on the district website on the 2006-07 Materials page. This is a great way to stay posted on what is going on throughout the District.

District Online Directory Updates
We are close to having 100% of the Rotarians in the District listed in the Online Directory. We currently have 3,434 people listed. However we still have over 500 people listed without an email address, and over 1,000 without a photo. On December 4, each person listed in the Online Directory with an email address will receive a customized email with their contact information, asking them to check that the information is valid. The email will have the instructions to update the information if needed. The Club Presidents, Presidents-Elect, Secretaries, and Internet Chairs will also receive a summary email about their club, with the list of people with missing email addresses and photos. If you have some data waiting to be entered into the Online Directory for your club you might want to do this before December 4 to benefit from this update request mailing.

International Assembly Speakers
The International Assembly (training for District Governors Elect) will be held in San Diego from January 28 to February 3, 2007. We will soon have some information on the District website about various volunteer opportunities to interact with our international visitors. In the meantime you might want to consider having one of the Rotary VIPs as a guest speaker to your club, or joint group of clubs. Your meeting will have to be relatively close to downtown though. Please contact PRID Ron Beaubien if you are interested.

Peace Symposium at the Salt Lake City Convention
A Rotary World Peace Symposium is slated for 14-16 June, just before the 2007 RI Convention kicks off in Salt Lake City. The symposium will honor The Rotary Foundation's 90th anniversary celebration and the 10th anniversary of the launch of the Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution. Click here for additional information about the program and registration fees.

Erratum
There was a typo in the email address for the Rotary Helpline center in the last issue of the Leadership Pathways. The correct email address is contact.center@rotary.org (the dot was missing). Click here to check the previous issues of the Leadership Pathways.

Philippe Lamoise
District Governor 2006-07
Rotary District 5340

	December 12 District Council Dinner La Jolla Marriott 5:30 pm. Fellowship, 6:30 pm. Dinner Program: Organ Donations Host Club: San Diego Downtown Breakfast More information...

You can find more information on District events on the District Website.