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GSE GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE
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• Educational program
• Vocational goals
• Furthering of worldwide understanding
• Approx. 500 GSEs per year
• 500 GSEs X 4 persons ? 2.000 persons
• approx. 2/3 become Rotarians

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GSE
Group

• 4 young professionals
• non-rotarian
• 25-40 years of age
• district nationals, working in the district
• min. 2 years in their profession
• may stay away from work approx. 5 weeks
• 1 Rotarian team leader

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GSE
Study

• Vocational activities
• Cultural experiences
• Fellowship opportunities
• Rotarian Ideals of service
• Goal furthering peace and the
  professional and intercultural understanding

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GSE
Exchange

• Two Rotarian Districts
• of different parts of the world
• send and receive young professionals
• to each other, giving them the opportunity to
  get to know the others
• professional,
• social and
• cultural characteristics

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Procedure (Outbound)

• Outbound GSE
• all clubs in the District
• are invited to nominate candidates
• who assist to a hearing consisting of
• a written test (politics, economy, culture,
• Rotary, the visited country, trivia)
• an oral assessment by a jury
• (DG, PDGs, TRFC, GSEC, Team Leader)

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Procedure (Outbound)
Written test (GSE hearing)
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Procedure (Inbound)

• Inbound GSE
• 6 clubs of the District
• (3 A, 1 BiH, 1 HR, 1 SLO)
• are chosen to act as hosts
• for 3 to 5 days each
• Each club in the District is expected
• to act as a host every 10 to 20 years

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Procedure (Inbound)

• Host Club tasks
• 1 contact person for GSEC
• Home stay in Rotarian homes (preferred)
• Organisation of program (min. 1 vocational
  day for each team member)
• ½ day free, 1 weekend day free per week
• Attendance of 1 Rotary meeting
• Transport to next club

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GSE in 2008/09 Exchange with D7430 (Pennsylvania)

• Inbound

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GSE in 2007/08 - example Exchange with D7190
(Upstate New York)

• Outbound

• 1. 31.5. Arrival/departure New York
• First week in Buffalo
• Second week in Albany
• Rest Weekend
• Third week in Ontario
• Fourth week in New York
• District conference last weekend of their stay