CELEBRATE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HAVE FUN

WITH YOUR DISTRICT 6490 FAMILY OF ROTARY

DISTRICT CONFERENCE/ASSEMBLY

- April 30 and May 1, 2010

Hilton Garden Inn - Champaign, IL

Friday, April 30, 2010

Time / Speaker/Event / Room Location
9:00 to 10:00 am / AG Meeting with DGE Ray / Nittany Lions
10:15 to 11:15 am / District Leadership Team Meeting with DGE Ray / Fighting Illini
10:30 to 5:00 pm / Registrationand House of Friendship Open
Vendors, Club Displays, ShelterBox Tent & Refreshments / Alumni Ballroom
12:00 to 1:30 pm / Luncheon
Master of Ceremonies: Eric Luedtke, Mahomet Rotary
Club Flag Ceremony – “The GrandVillage” LeRoy, IL
Pledge of Allegiance
Reflection: Glen Barnhill (Red Knife)
Singing
Welcome: DG Jay Stortzum
RI President’s Welcome: RI President’s Representative –
PDG Mark Kinney
Speaker: Frau Racker, President, Ketaaketi Assn. of Germany
“Building Communities- Bridging Continents”
Cooperative Work in Nepal / Illini Ballroom
2:00 to 2:50 pm / General Session - ShelterBox
“ShelterBox: A Decade of Global Disaster Relief”
Host: Gary Olsen, Vice President, ShelterBox USA
Speaker: Mark Dyer, Elmhurst, ShelterBox USA Board,
ShelterBox Response Team Member
Speaker: Kelly Curran, Bloomington H.S. Interact Club / Golden Gopher/
Spartans
2:50 to 3:35 pm / Break - Visit Hospitality, Vendor, Club Displays and
Refreshments / Alumni Ballroom
3:35 to 4:25 pm / Breakout Session 1
  • Learn More about the Proposed Project in Nepal
  • Community Projects
  • Club Fund Raising
  • Major Gifts and the RI Foundation “Why Not Consider The
Rotary Foundation in Your Estate”? / Little Chief
Fighting Illini
Spartans
Golden Gopher
4:30 to 5:25 pm / Breakout Session 2
  • Beyond the Club Level –
How to Become Involved In District 6490
  • Publicity and Public Relations
  • Rotary Leadership Institute, Leadership Training for All
Rotarians
  • World Community Service
/ Spartans
Golden Gopher
Nittany Lions
Little Chief
4:30 to 5:30 pm / Alumni Meeting / Fighting Illini
5:30 to 6:30 pm / Reception with cash bar-House of Friendship
Entertainment / Alumni Ballroom
6:30 pm / Foundation Dinner
Master of Ceremonies: Jon Rector, Champaign West Rotary Club
Pledge of Allegiance
Reflection
Singing
Dinner with Entertainment
Induct/Introduce Paul Harris Fellows, Paul Harris Society, Major
Donors and Benefactors
Speaker: John O’Leary - “Ignite your Life” / Illini Ballroom

District Assembly

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Time / Speaker/Event / Room Location
7:45 to 8:45 am / Continental Breakfast Come and Go / Illini Ballroom
8:00 to 3:30 pm / House of Friendship Open / Alumni Ballroom
9:00 to 5:00 pm / Youth Protection Training for RYE Officers and Host Families / Boilermakers
9:00 to 10:10 am / Breakout Session 1
  • DGE Ray Meets with President-Elects
  • Secretaries’ Training
  • Rotary Youth Exchange -
  • Membership Recruitment and Retention Round Table
Discussion -
  • Club Literacy Projects
/ Fighting Illini
Nittany Lions
Little Chief
Spartans
Golden Gopher
10:10 to 10:35 am / Break - Visit House of Friendship
Refreshments, Displays, and Vendors / Alumni Ballroom
10:35 to 11:45 am / Breakout Session 2
  • Rotary Youth Programs – Rotaract, Interact, Earlyact, and
RYLA
  • ClubRunner
  • Membership Recruitment and Retention –
Round Table Discussion
  • Your RI Foundation & World Community Service
/ Little Chief
Nittany Lions
Golden Gopher
Spartans
12:00 Noon / Lunch
  • Co-Master of Ceremonies: John Alexander,
DanvilleSunrise Rotary Club
  • Co-Master of Ceremonies: John Calderon,
Champaign Rotary Club
  • Flag Ceremony – Rotary Exchange Students
  • Pledge of Allegiance
  • Reflection
  • Singing
  • Program: Group Study Exchange Presentation from
District 1630 Belgium/Luxembourg GSE Team / Illini Ballroom
1:45 to 2:45 pm / Breakout Session 3
  • Youth Protection Training Continues
  • World Community Service
  • Presidential Roundtable Discussion – “If I Could Do It Again”
  • Resources Available to Club Presidents
/ Boilermakers
Spartans
Golden Gopher
Nittany Lions
2:45 to 3:30 pm / Break - Ice Cream Social and Visit Vendors / Alumni Room
3:30 to 4:00 pm / District Business Meeting / Fighting Illini
4:15 to 5:00 pm / Memorial Service
Presiding: Reverend Dr. Les Mitkos, Litchfield Rotary Club / Little Chief
5:15 to 6:00 pm / Reception with Entertainment / Illini Ballroom
6:00 to 8:00 pm / Dinner with Entertainment
  • Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Kevin Childers,
Vandalia Rotary Club
  • Pledge of Allegiance
  • Reflection
  • Dinner
  • RI President Representative: PDG Mark Kenny
  • Presentation of Club, District Awards and Individual
Awards/Recognition
  • Closing: DG Jay Stortzum
  • Song: “Let There Be Peace on Earth"
/ Illini Ballroom