A bit of background

Hi there,

Well, the blog is looking a bit plain at the moment so I guess the responsibility falls to me to change that.

I'm Jennifer and I'm sponsored to take part in this Group Study Exchange by the Greenock Rotary Club. The other 3 members of the team have been sponsored by their local Rotary Clubs and we're also being accompanied on the trip by Ian who is going as our team leader. We'll be flying out to Australia in March to represent Rotary Disctrict 1230 http://rotary.blackcase.com/

The Rotary Foundation’s Group Study Exchange (GSE) program is a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for business people and professionals between the ages of 25 and 40 who are in the early stages of their careers. The program provides travel grants for teams to exchange visits in paired areas of different countries. For four to six weeks, team members experience the host country's culture and institutions, observe how their vocations are practiced abroad, develop personal and professional relationships, and exchange ideas.

We'll be visiting Rotary District 9640 http://www.rotary9640.org/ which covers South East Queensland and North East New South Wales. Giving presentations and also visiting different projects and places related to our own particular areas of work. All really exciting stuff!

The plan of this blog is to keep everyone updated about what we're up to whilst we're out there and also give you a bit of background into the preparation we'll be doing as well.

We hope you will enjoy it.