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Group Study Exchange |
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2008-2009 Exchange |
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District 6060-Missouri with
District 2440-Southwestern Turkey |
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OUR 2009 TEAM'S BLOG |
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Rotary District 2440 contains 65 clubs and approximately 2,000 Rotarians
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| We will send our team to Turkey on May 1, 2009 for four weeks and will host the GSE team from D2440 from April 2 - May 1, 2009. |
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| Team Leader: |
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Carole Murphy
Rotary Club of St. Louis
Vocation: Professor of Education |
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Ted Abegg
Sponsored by Rotary Club
of Festus/Crystal City
Vocation: US Marshall - law enforcement
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Laura McCloskey
Sponsored by Rotary Club
of High Ridge
Vocation:
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Nikki Thompson
Sponsored by Rotary Club
of Overland
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Cindy Kessler
Sponsored by Rotary Club
of Crestwood/Sunset Hills
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Keith Deisner
Sponsored by Rotary Club
of Webster Groves
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Can Koseleci
Rotary Club of
Vocation: Printing Company, owner
Also - Insurance Agent
Especially interested in...
Vocational - visiting the printing industry & new printing processes (print shops and copy centers), also insurance agencies.
Personal: visiting vineyards & factories, tasting local wines & local food, going to American folk music concert & jazz concert (especially in church) going to American football match. |
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Ozge Can Ozenc
Project Coordinator, Business Incubator connected to Univ. of Economics at Izmir
Especially interested in:
I would like to visit universities, especially ones with business incubators similar to the one I work in. Also, Innovation Laboratories, Venture Capital, etc. Personally, I would like to visit exhibitions, art galleries, concerts and theatres |
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Bulent Durak
Textile Engineer
Export Marketing from Textile mill
Especially interested in:
I would like to visit companies in textile industry, like garment mfg., retailer, wholeseller, textile mills in the garment business.
Personally: would like to visit historic places, sightsee, visit Mississippi River, taste traditional foods, drinks. Is there a roller coaster anywhere? Any cultural or music festival or concerts? |
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Elif Vardar
Information technology,
Finance Director of Electronics company
Especially interested in:
Would like to visit local or international banks and financial institutions.
Personally: visiting historic places, tasting traditional foods, drinks, cultural or music festivals, jazz concerts.
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Funda Yuksel
Personal Banker/Wealth Management
Especially interested in:
visiting local and international banks (Citibank, Bank of America, Barkleys, JP Morgan Chase) insurance company or agency.
Personally, visiting vineyards & factories, tasting local wines & local food, going to American folk music concert & jazz concet (especially in a church) and also watching America football match, if possible. I would like to go on a boat trip on the Mississippi River and visit the museum of Titanic. | |
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2007-2008 Exchange |
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District 6060-Missouri with
District 1850-Northwest Germany |
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Rotary District 1850 contains 58 clubs and approximately 2,700 Rotarians and is located in northwest Germany.
We sent our team to Germany in early May 2008 and hosted the GSE team from D1850 from mid-April to mid-May 2008. |
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District 6060 Team: (Visit our blog) |
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Mitchell "Mick" Weltman
Rotary Club of St. Louis
Vocation: Consultant, International Marketing & Management |
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Amie Bossi
Occupation: Program Mgr, not-for-profit org.
Sponsored by the
Rotary Club of Clayton-Ladue |
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Leslie LaBounty
Occupation: Fleet Order Analyst; Automotive Leasing
Sponsored by the
Rotary Club of Chesterfield |
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Catharine Woerner
Occupation: Service Coord.; State Dept. of Mental Health - Developmental Disabilities Div.
Sponsored by the
Rotary Club of Warren County |
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District 1850 Team
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Hartmut Spieker
Rotary Club of Varel-Friesland
Occupation: Captain, German Navy (ret)
Rotary Involvement: joined 1991.
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Markus Huelsen
Salesman, Customer Representative
Especially interested in:
Would like to visit a daily newspaper, a printing plant, and/or an advertising agency. Privately, he also wishes he could take part in a real American barbeque and do a lot of sightseeing and make a lot of new friends. |
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Katrin Klein
Dentist/Oral Surgeon
Especially interested in
"would like to see as much as possible about orthodontics. Spending vocational days in an orthodontic office or dentist office. Also would like to learn about Missouri's nature and countryside." |
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Elke Kroner
Detective Superintendent
Especially interested in:
Visiting American police, especially Crime Scene Investigation issues. Also she would like to ride an American horse on an American ranch. (Had a horse and rode until she was 19 y.o.) |
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Bjoern Ossenkop
Lieutenant, German Army
Especially interested in:
Visiting the American Army, learning about American design of leading troops, especially about the experience of leading troops in combat. Also interested in automobile sector and other national industries. Also getting to know the American culture, including the "American way of living." | |
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