Bristol VA, TN Event Location: Virginia Intermont College

The venue for the Saturday, January 7, 2012 Bristol VA/TN Rotary Leadership Institute hosted by District 7570 is Virginia Intermont College (VIC) located at 1013 Moore St., Bristol, VA 24201.

Click here for a map to the venue.

Click here for a campus map. The event is being held in Science Hall, lower level.

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Spring 2012 Faculty Sign Ups Available

All RLI Faculty should examine their Spring 2012 schedules and let their availability for facilitating courses in the Spring be known. RLI District Chairs and Regional Coordinators will be staffing events primarily from the information you give them through this process.

The Faculty Signup is on the "Our Faculty" Page at www.rli33.org under the "Sign Up For Events" heading under the link name: "Existing Faculty Availability Signup for Spring 2012 RLI Events"

Click here for the direct link to the signup sheet.

RLI Wilmington NC 2011

RLI Participants in Action in Wilmington!

This year’s Rotary Leadership Institute Event hosted by District 7730 was held on October 29th at Mount Olive College in Wilmington. It was a rousing success!  

A group of 35 participants from across the three eastern North Carolina Districts was greeted by Wilmington Campus Director Dr. Marna McMurry and District 7730 Governor Mark Lynch. The District Chair Melisa Hight and her committee, Lin Kelly and Mary Ellen Good, received much praise from the participants on the venue and program. 

(l-r) Jen Vanasse, South Brunswick Island RC; DG Mark 

Lynch, Fayetteville-Lafayette RC; John Scibel, Morehead 

City Noon RC; Melissa Hight, Wilmington RC; Dave Baggett, 

Fayetteville RC 

District 7730 current and future leadership were well represented. Governor- Elect Don Atkins was a participant in the Part I session and Governor-Nominee Andy Chused participated in Part II. The current District Governor Mark Lynch was part of the graduating class. Assistant Governors John Scibal and Phil Livermore also were participants.

Article by RLI Regional Coordinator Bob Stinson

Sunshine Division Needs Spanish Speakers

Sunshine RLI Division Chair Gary Israel was seeking qualified (Spanish-speaking) discussion leaders that might be interested in going down to Caracas, Venezuela on November 25 (day after Thanksgiving) thru Sunday (could probably fly back Sunday afternoon/evening) at the D-4370 RLI. It is a new district in their division and their first RLI event.

If you are interested, please contact Gary at glipdg@embarqmail.com.

RLI Hickory NC 2011

A report from District 7670 RLI Chair David Sink regarding the RLI session held on September 24 in Hickory, NC

The Hickory RLI was well received by all who attended.

The evaluations from all 23 Rotarians accross the three levels were strong. Positive comments were noted for the faculty, location, facility, and curriculum.

Five Rotarians completed level III and were recognized at a graduation ceremony conducted by Karen Shore and David Sink at the end of the day. Graduates are: Florence Allbaugh (Hendersonville Club), Lysa Deaton-Smith (Lake Hickory Club), Charlotte Gonzalez (Low Country Club), David Lery (Greenville, NC), and Michael Solomonides (Black Mountain Club).

Several of the graduates inquired about the process for becoming RLI Faculty. All of the level I and level II participants expressed interest in signing up for the next level.

Click here for a link to pictures from the event.