December 5, 2006
Issue 15

Dear Rotary Leaders,

District Council
I need your help to promote the upcoming District Council dinner on Dec 12. We are one week away and we are still under our minimum guarantee with the hotel. The District could lose some money on this event. We have a great program scheduled for you. Please contact your club members again to make sure everybody knows about it, and double check the list on the district website to make sure everybody is registered properly.

PETS Registration
We are sending some reminder emails to the Club Presidents if your President-Elect is not registered for PETS. We are also sending some reminder emails if you are registered but not paid for PETS. The registration price for the main package will go up by $55 on January 13, 2007. You must be registered and paid prior to January 13 to get the pre-registration price.

4-Way-Test Speech Contest
Many thanks to the past Chair of the 4-Way-Test Speech Contest - Bill Smelko - for many years of service for this contest, but he cannot chair this event this year since he is no longer in Rotary. I have asked Mel Gallegos of the San Diego Downtown Breakfast Rotary Club to take over this program until a replacement is found. If your club is involved in this contest, please make sure you are dealing with Mel Gallegos, and not Bill Smelko. Please contact Mel Gallegos if somebody from your club wants to be involved in the Committee.

Leadership & Development Academy
December 15 is the deadline for registration to the 5th class of the Leadership & Development Academy. This is highly recommended for the incoming club officers, and especially the Presidents-Elect. As an Academy graduate you will find it so much easier to lead your club and club committees. The 2007 schedule and registration form are on the District website.

Online Directory Updates
Over 3,000 emails went out to the Rotarians of the District on Dec 4 to ask them to review (and update if needed) their contact information in the District Online Directory. As a result of this mass mailing we had over 300 records updated in 24 hours, and close to 100 people signed up to receive the Quickbits. However, about 200 of these emails bounced back for one reason or another. In the next few days some notification emails will be sent to the Club Presidents and Club Secretaries to notify them of these bounced emails. I apologize for the number of emails you might receive regarding this issue. We need your collaboration to make sure our membership database stays up-to-date.

December is Family Month
I invite you to look at President Bill Boyd's Resource Group page on the RI Website with lots of resources and new ideas.

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.