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Conference Update: New Rates!
District Governor Dave Manzi and the District Conference Committee are pleased to announce that the District Conference/Assembly package has been reduced from $350.00 to $235.00. We are also able to offer you a-la-carte options for the conference. Please visit our registration link for more information.
 
Mystery is in the air!! Hurry and register for the Friday Night Mystery Dinner, an event not to be missed, spots going fast!

Leaving from Fisher College you will be transported to an exquisite four-star restaurant with fellow Rotarians and guests. Register for this fun filled evening, meet new Rotarians, and enjoy a night out on the town.
 
Legend of hockey Ray Bourque to speak at the District Conference. This dinner event is now available a-la-carte! Ray Bourque and and his Boston Bruins teammate Cleon Daskalakis founded the Celebrities For Charity Foundation which has donated over $20 million to a variety of charities that support causes ranging from medical research and patient care, to education, assisting disadvantaged children, the arts, and the environment.

Saturday service project needs volunteers. Join us on Saturday morning as we package 10,000 meals with End Hunger New England! You don't need to attend the Conference to volunteer at this great event, but you do need to register.

Silent Auction items needed. Our Conference is also a way to increase our funding of the Rotary Foundation, bringing money back to the District for our local and international service projects and grants. Club Presidents, please send in your silent auction items as soon as possible.

Park and Ride: We're happy to offer free shuttle service on Saturday into Boston from points North along Routes 93, 95 and Route 1. You must indicate if you need a ride in your registration. Download the Transportation Schedule here!

More surprise speakers to be announced so follow us carefully on the eBulletin and Facebook. Download the Updated Conference Flyer here!
 
District Conference/Assembly Update

Assembly News

 
We are working on an exciting program for your Assembly. Please join us for this amazing program on May 14th.
 
  • Adding Members: How We Did it! A panel of Rotarians who have added members to their clubs through traditional and non-traditional ways will present their successful strategies.
  • Working in Your Own Community Fighting Hunger and Homelessness. A presentation by members of the HHI committee with ideas for grants and how your club can participate.
  • Innovative “Fun”draising ideas: Join members from other Clubs to hear their innovative fundraising ideas and how you can shift your fundraising to be even more successful.
  • PE’s: You will have a session with DGE Sheryl Meehan to review/vote on the district budget as well as continuing to build relationships within your Presidential Class.
  • Treasurers and Secretaries: join us for a fabulous session for training in your roles.
District 7930 EndHungerNE Service Project on May 14th
On May 14th, District 7930 is hosting a special service project as part of the 2016 District Conference. With Governor Dave's introduction to the Homelessness and Hunger Initiative, it seemed to be a natural extension to incorporate a food packaging event on Saturday morning from 9:00-11:00 am. Join Rotarians, Interactors, Rotaractors and friends at the Nonprofit Center at 89 South Street in Boston for an amazing experience. EndHungerNE will be leading this project where we will work to End Hunger and Enrich Lives for those less fortunate than ourselves. District 7930 will be providing the initial investment to package 10,000 meals, either mac and cheese or rice and beans, but we need to get volunteers to actually perform the actual packaging. This event will create goodwill, provide meaningful service and possibly even attract new members. But most of all, it will just feel good! All of these meals will be distributed locally within our district so we will be able to have a very local impact on our communities.
 
Want to see what this operation is actually like and why you want to be part of it? Check out the video.
 
Although there is no cost to participate, donations can be made to help us package more meals can be made by clicking the donation page - Support District 7930 Conference Service Project. There will be transportation from the Route 95 and Route 93 corridors into Boston and back, or you can go from the service project to the Harvard Club and then back home in the afternoon or after dinner. You can register for the service project, other conference events and transportation once you are on the registration site.  Click here to register!
 
Outreach, Inc. is a nonprofit organization built through social entrepreneurship and the hard work of two Iowans, delivering food, water purification technology, medical care, and education to rural Tanzania. Outreach meals are provided to the hungry both internationally and in the United States.
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Final Conference Schedule
District Conference Sunday May 15th Events
District Memorial Service: Honoring Those Who Have Passed
DG Dave Manzi asks that you and family members of any deceased Rotarian join us on Sunday May 15th to honor those Rotarians who have passed away between May 2015 to present. This traditional event will be held Sunday, May 15th at the Harvard Club in Boston from 9:30 am to 10:00 am. The Memorial Service and Brunch are included in the full District Conference Registration, and you must be registered to attend. There is free parking on the street. Immediately following the Memorial Service is our Veterans Memorial Brunch which is included in the district conference fee or can be purchased al-a-carte for $45.00.

Remember to send the name of any Rotarian who departed since May 2015 by emailing Joan Aresenault for inclusion in the service. Please provide your club name and any additional information you wish us to know about this Rotarian. If you or any family members are attending the Memorial Service but are not attending the Conference please let Joan know so we have an accurate count for planning purposes.

District Conference Veterans Memorial Brunch: Honoring Those Who Have Served

Francisco Urena, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Services and Jen DeLuca from Fisher House will be our Guest Speakers at the District Conference Veterans Memorial Brunch.

Francisco Urena Secretary of the Department of Veterans’ Services will open our Veterans Memorial Brunch on Sunday May 15th at the Harvard Club. Secretary Ureña’s commitment to government service began the day after graduating high school when he enlisted in the United States Marines Corps. In the span of eight years of honorable service, his duties included Diplomatic Security with the Department of State at two American Embassies: American Embassy Damascus, Syria and American Embassy Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He is a Purple Heart recipient from injuries sustained during Operation Iraqi Freedom campaign. In 2008, Ureña was honored with “Veterans’ Services Officer of the Year,” awarded by former Veterans’ Services Secretary, Thomas G. Kelley.

Secretary Ureña is committed to helping veterans live with dignity, honor, and independence; and ensures that the department and its initiatives focus on those goals.

Jen DeLuca from Fisher House will be our guest speaker. There are currently 65 Fisher Houses located around the country and in the United Kingdom. The mission of the Fisher House is to ease the burden of our Veterans and their families during difficult times; to serve those who have served. Fisher House Boston’s mission is to be responsive to the needs of their guests and go above and beyond what the Veterans Administration can provide. They strive to meet the basic comfort needs of their guests, during some of the most difficult times in their guest lives, as well as, enhance the healing and supportive environment of the house. Fisher House Boston was the 46th house to be built and dedicated. Boston is the 15th house to be on a VA Medical Center campus.
Bylaws Will Be Voted On at the District Conference
In order to continue to accomplish the Object of Rotary and to support, advise and assist District 7930, District 7930 Bylaw's Committee met and proposed the revisions as identified in green.
 
 

The proposed bylaw change, upon the approval by 2/3 of the members at the District Conference on May 14, 2016 at the Business Meeting.  The new bylaws will take effect on July 1, 2016.
 
Upcoming Events
Rotary Leadership Institute
Holiday Inn Boston -Peabody
May 07, 2016
7:30 AM – 3:30 PM
 
Marblehead Visioning
May 11, 2016
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
 
2016 Conference and Assembly
May 13, 2016 5:30 PM –
May 15, 2016 11:30 AM
 
Installation Dinner 2016-2017
Danversport Yacht Club
Jun 30, 2016
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
 
Russell Hampton
National Awards Services Inc.
Sage