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#RACtalk on July 19th, 2012

If you are available on the morning of July 19th, 2012 between 7:30am and 8:30am, you are encouraged to head over to Twitter to check out the latest international conversation on what it takes to make great Rotaract meetings.
These are awesome opportunities to not only listen in on what others are doing to make their clubs great but you are able to engage in real-time conversations with Rotaractors from around the globe and RI itself! Many of the “major players” in Rotaract tune into these meetings, many of which have been members of very active and successful clubs for upwards of 10 years.

You do not need a Twitter account to follow along, however you will need one if you wish to engage in conversation. To follow the conversation simply go to Twitter and search #RACtalk. This will pull up any and all conversation on that subject matter. It’s as simple as that!

These meetings typically happen every couple of weeks to once a month so you’ll be able to chime into some sort of Rotaract talk through Twitter, or you can go back to old #RACtalks by looking at older posts within that search!
Hope to see you there!

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The #RACtalk chat was really great… very informative.  If you are interested in what took place in this #RACtalk or any of the previous ones hitting a vast number of topics, check out Rotaract on Storify for highlights from those discussions!

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They Told Us To Take A Hike And We Did

The District 5050 hike was this past weekend over at the Oyster Dome in Washington State roughly 10 minutes south of Blaine on the I-5.  I sat on my porch the night prior and watched a wicked lightning storm in the same area that the hike was to take place in, because of this I wasn’t entirely sure how the day was going to pan out.  By the time the morning hit, the storm had moved on but the clouds were still looming around the mountain. 

Being the particular person that I am, I wanted to ensure that I made it through the border in good time as to not miss out on the adventure (I have missed Rotary events in the States due to poor border planning on my part).  The hike was to start between 10:00am and 11:00am so I was at the border at 7:00am.  With the lightened government regulation and increased goods allowance for items coming back into Canada I know that lines have been longer than usual with people taking advantage of buying lots of cheap goods.  In retrospect, I don’t think I would have gone down quite that early.  With the NEXUS line being only one car long, I was coasting through the backwoods of Blaine at approximately 7:20am.  Nevertheless, I was on time.

Having never been to the Oyster Dome before I took my coffee and my Juke of power up the logging road through the park to check out where the event would be taking place.  To my surprise there was a rough dirt road that took you up to the lookout point, near the half-way point of the hike.  I took some pictures at the lookout and made my trek back down the mountain.  This burned off enough time for me to get back to the meeting point at the Shell gas station just opposite the highway from the road to the park enterance. 

Rotarians from the area started to roll in around 9:45am right up until 11:15am.  Hike organizer Ajay Caleb was there to add direction, Bill Toomey fed the motley crew with his packed lunches, Lynn Gray handled the second half of registration, and our own RTR Pat Bond kicked off the registration process as well as gracing us with her awesome presence.  Me, I shuttled people up the mountain, and I was fine with that.  It’s too bad the barbecue didn’t pan out, but there’s always next year.
Overall the event went off quite well.  There was between 20-25 hikers in all. 

Another district fellowship success!

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A new year, a new website

Welcome to the new home of District 5050 Rotaract!  Whether you have come here to find out more about our great organization, you’re looking for contact information for a particular club, or you’ve just stumbled upon us while navigating through the vast open space that is the internet, we hope that you find what you are looking for.

Over the next couple of months we will be working feverishly to pack this space with as much information as we can to make it your one-stop-shop for Rotaract in the district and beyond.

Not only is this an information source for Rotaract but it is also the home of the District Rotaract Representative who will be updating on their findings through the 2012-2013 Rotaract year.

Please check back often as we will have updated photos of service projects and fellowship events, a calender of events outlining important Rotaract activities, and much more!