Rotary US 5610 GSE Exchange to Brazil 4740: Back in the U.S.A.

GSE Team Calendar

COMPLETED 2008-04-28
Monday, April 28, 2008 --- Greg, Shelle, Michele, and Kyla arrive safely (and ON-TIME) at the Sioux Falls airport.
COMPLETED 2008-04-27
Depart Brazil from Iguacu Falls, Panara, Brazil
COMPLETED 2008-03-29
Saturday, March 29, 2008 - 1:55pm Depart FSD on Delta flight 4666 to ATL -- THE ADVENTURE BEGINS!
COMPLETED 2008-03-28 (b)
Friday, March 28, 2008 6:30pm Farewell Dinner for GSE Team, friends, family and others. @ Brazilain Carnaval - 2401 South Carolyn Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD
COMPLETED 2008-03-28 (a)
Friday, March 28, 2008 4:00pm - Final Team Meeting with Bert Olson and Tom Dempster at Greg's house
COMPLETED 2008-03-19
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 7:30pm CDT / 6:30pm MDT Final Team Conference Call
COMPLETED 2008-03-02
Sunday, March 2, 2008 Team Meeting -- Chamberlain, SD 7:30am - 3:30pm
COMPLETED 2008-02-23
Saturday, February 23, 2008 Team Meeting -- Chamberlain, SD 7:30am - 3:30pm
COMPLETED 2008-02-20
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 7:30pm CST / 6:30 MST Team Conference Call
COMPLETED 2008-01-26
Saturday, January 26, 2008 Team Meeting -- Chamberlain, SD 7:30am - 3:30pm
COMPLETED 2008-01-14
Monday, January 14, 2008 -- Team Conference Call 7:30PM CST [6:30PM MST]
COMPLETED 2007-12-20
Thursday, December 20, 2007 - Team conference call -- 7:30pm CST [6:30pm MST]
COMPLETED 2007-12-08
Saturday, December 8, 2007 Team Meeting -- Chamberlain, SD 7:30am - 3:30pm
COMPLETED 2007-12-01
Saturday, December 1, 2007 -- Team Candidate Interviews -- Casey's Welcome West, Chamberlain, SD 10:00am -- 4:00pm
COMPLETED 2007-11-29
Thursday, November 29, 2007 --- Team Candidate Interviews -- Wagner Center, 1110 N Dakota Street, Vermillion, SD 12:00pm -- 3:00pm
COMPLETED - 2007-11-03
November 3, 2007 Committee Meeting, Sioux Falls: Selected Greg LaFollette as Team Leader and Jim Wilcox as Alternate.

May 06, 2008

"Back in the U.S.A."

I'm just old enough to actually remember the great old Chuck Berry song, too ---- and I'm happy to report that the entire 2008 District 5610 Outbound GSE Team to District 4740 (Brazil) Brazil is now officially "back in the U.S.A.

Kyla, Shelle, Michele, and I arrived last Monday (April 28th) and yesterday (Monday, May 5th) Jon and Sol returned after spending what I'm sure they term as a "well-deserved" week on the beaches of Florianopolis.

Happily, all of our return flights were uneventful --- and we made it to Sioux Falls within mere minutes of our scheduled times.

We still have a few more blog posts to add and we'll have those up within a few days. [Cut us some slack, we're trying to re-adjust to "real life"!] Meanwhile, I'm proud to report that Rotary District 4740 Governor Jefferson Bittencourt gave me the following letter for delivery to our DG Dick Nolte. He was kind enough to give me permission to reprint it here. My hat's off to a simply wonderful team --- it was personally very rewarding to be associated, albeit only for a few months, with five of our Districts finest young professionals! Read Jefferson's letter and you'll understand that pride!