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Why your club needs to attend this program

International Service Projects Are Gratifying When Done Right!

Find the right partners

Selecting the right project

Find the resources to do the project

Learn about the CO-OP shipping program

Ship “less-than-container-load” products

Private Foundation grant funding options

Sustainability (funding) for short AND long-term projects

Implementing your project with local ownership as the objective.

Early registration $25.  Space is limited.

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Payment by PayPal or check. Check to Project Support Partners International Symposium. PO Box 4571, Carmel In. 46082-4571

Lt. Col. Tracy Settle of the National Guard Bureau of International Affairs- State Partnership Program. Col. Settle is also a Rotarian from South Dakota. He will represent General Steven Blum’s, (Director of NGBIA), regarding this very important  government program, and discuss how The Guard and Rotary Clubs can work together  to minimize problems, improve efficiencies, and eliminate corruption doing international projects and disaster relief. The NGBIA-SPP program should become well-known to all Rotarians (and to all American for that matter) as not only is The Guard our first line of defense for Homeland Security,  but their global commitment is what brought them to the doorstep of Rotary. They have become a valuable asset  to our projects in Eastern Europe, the South Pacific, and South American.

LTC Settle presently serves as the Director of the South Dakota - Suriname State Partnership Program, South Dakota National Guard. In this capacity, he is responsible for developing and facilitating mutually beneficial exchanges between SD government, military, education, and business organizations and like entities in Suriname in order to foster communal interests and establish long-term relationships across all levels of society.

He was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Biglerville High School in 1976. He attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania, graduating as an ROTC Distinguished Military Graduate with a BS in Business Administration, as well as earning a Masters Degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California. He later attended the residence course at the US Army War College, Carlisle, Pa, earning a Master of Strategic Studies degree in June of 2006. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps, he served 10 years in Germany on active duty as well as in the civil service, with all assignments in the logistics arena. Returning with his family to South Dakota in 1991, he became a licensed stockbroker with A.G. Edwards, Vice President of Operations for a local marketing firm, followed by the purchase of a full-service health and fitness facility in 1993 and the initiation of several other business ventures locally. In 1994, he entered the ranks of the SD Army National Guard as a Captain and traditional member, working again in the logistics field. In 1999, he joined the full-time National Guard force as an Active Guard Reservist, serving as the Executive Officer to the Adjutant General, Director of Legislative Affairs, Executive Director of the SD Committee for Employer Support to the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), and most recently as the Commander of the Recruiting and Retention Command.

He has received numerous military awards throughout his career, including the National Guard Bureau ESGR Representative of the Year Award in 2001. He is active in many community organizations including the Rapid City Noon Rotary Club, Rapid City Chamber of Commerce, and SD Junior Achievement, as well as the National Guard Association of SD, National Guard Association of the United States, Military Officers Association of America, and the American Legion. He lives in Rapid City with his wife Sheri and daughter Meg, and enjoys international travel, scuba diving, and investments.

Ed Mattson, Member of the Rotary Club of Mishawaka, IN District 6540, will present how Rotary Clubs can use the new Volunteer Call and Contact Center to find projects, post their project, and locate resources (both financial and physical) to insure successful international projects. Ed and his new wife Irina were married at the Rotary Club of Glen Burnie, MD, at a regularly scheduled evening meeting. Irina is from the Republic of Moldova where she met Ed who was there doing a Rotarian project.  Ed has traveled extensively speaking to more than 3000 Rotary Clubs in 42 states and in five different countries. In addition to being in demand for district assemblies, district conferences, Rotaract and RYLA functions, he and Irina are currently involved in more than 20 different Rotarian projects, and have participated to one degree or another, in close to fifty such projects. Ed is Ambassador of Good Will of the Humanitarian Services Rotarian Action Group (formerly Rotary’s World Community Services Resource Network-WCSRN). Mr. Mattson is also the Ambassador at Large for the Disaster Relief Rotarian Action Group, Board Chair of the Cancer Support Group Helping Rotarians, and is a member of the Romanian Association of Preventive Oncology . He is also a published author and has appeared on more than 15 radio and television talk shows.

Marc Leeka, MS, was born in Lubbock, Texas and completed his Bachelor of Science in Business Sciences at the University of California Riverside with post-graduate studies at California State University Northridge. His firm, Computer Physicians, has grown to a dozen people who expertly assist small to mid-sized organizations with their technology purchases, implementation and operation. Marc is a member of the Rotary Club of Los Angeles in and has served as its Director for International Service, club Secretary and Vice President-Program Chair. He was recently named as President-Elect for 2008-09.. Marc also served as District 5280 Assistant Governor for International Service in 2004-05, District Rotary Foundation Chair in 2005-06, was the executive aide for Governor Scot Clifford in 2006-07,. He is presently serving as Senior Assistant District Governor for International and RI Foundation. Marc is a member of the LA2008 Host Organization Executive Committee and serves as Vice Chair of the Marketing and Hospitality Division.

Marc is credited for creating and leading the Wheelchair Initiative that partnered LA5's wheelchair funding with clubs in district 5280 and neighboring districts. The initiative eventually grew into a $1,100,000 project that delivered 7,700 chairs to 26 countries. In 2003 he organized an El Salvador wheelchair distribution with six clubs into a 2005 follow-up trip that, with participation having grown to 22 clubs, delivered $175,000 for medical and social projects to the Central American country. The following year Marc assisted the District Governor with a two-year matching grant program in Colombia that totaled $180,000. In May 2007 after having firmly established the success of annual district international trips, he led 95 Rotarians to Costa Rica to oversee the launch of $145,000 in projects. The most recent district international trip in January 2008 drew 110 Rotarians to Panama to initiate $150,000 in projects.

Marc received District 5280’s Ian Jones Humanitarian of the Year award in 2004, was named District 5280 Rotarian of the Year in 2006, and is a recipient of the Rotary International Service Above Self Award in 2007. Marc is also an Eagle Scout. and is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow. He and his wife Pearl are members of the Bequest Society.

Special Keynote Speaker:
John P. Howe, III, MD
President and CEO, Project HOPE
 

What a lineup of speakers!

Jack Maxwell, Member of the Rotary Club of Bixby, OK, District 6110, and CO-Founder of MSNI (Project of District 6110)  MSNI operates the most successful warehousing and distribution program for humanitarian aid and disaster relief goods as recognized by PRIP Cliff Dochterman

Ed Mattson, PHF, Program Director, The Humanitarian Network and member of the Rotary Club of Mishawaka, IN D-6540. Mr. Mattson is also the Membership Chair for the Disaster Relief Rotarian Action Group-DRRAG and will discuss the challenges of humanitarian aid projects and putting it all together

Col. Tracy Settle, Formerly State Partnership Liaison Officer for NGBIA-SPP, now stationed at the Pentagon, D-7610. Tracy is a member of the Rotary Club of Crystal City-Pentagon in Washington DC. He will discuss Civilian-Military partnership potentials, for international service and disaster relief.

Marc Leeka,  President of the 450 member Rotary Club Of Los Angeles, CA D-5280 Marketing. Marc will discuss the Rotary Grant process and the challenges of matching grants under the Future Vision Plans of the RI Foundation.

Jay Johnstone, President, Sports Things, Inc. Rotary Club of LaHabra, CA, D-5320. Former Los Angeles Dodger and California Angel ballplayer will talk about On-Line Auctions and Gala Events for developing Annual Fundraising programs similar to his Annual Jay Johnstone LaHabra Rotary Celebrity Golf Tournament

Ron White, Managing Director, Project Support Partners, an experienced  development director,  will discuss utilizing the Humanitarian Network Resources for International Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief projects. All projects today face critical needs: Funding, Shipping, and Sourcing goods and services. The Network is a valuable resource for projects.

   Jay began his career originally as a speedy, switch-hitting centerfielder, with the California Angels in 1966 and won the American League Rookie of the year. after hitting a career-high 16 HR for the White Sox in 1971 Johnstone moved to the Phillies. In the 1976 LCS(Philadelphia) he was phenomenal in a losing effort. He was seven-for-nine in the series, but the Reds swept the Phillies in three. Johnstone starred again in the 1981 WS for the Dodgers, belting a pinch two-run HR as Los Angeles came back from a 6-3 deficit to win Game Four 8-7. In total Jay was a fine left-handed hitter who lasted 20 seasons in the MLB, played on eight divisional winning teams, and earned four World Series rings.
   After the major’s Jay went on to broadcasting for the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies and continued to be a regular prankster outside the MLB circuit looking in. Also during this time Jay wrote about his escapades on the road in three hilarious books, two of which hit the bestseller list. He hosted the "Lighter Side of Sports" and "Baseball's Funniest Pranks" and was a radio broadcaster
   Jay has narrated several videos, including the award-winning "The Hitters Commandments." Every January on Martin Luther King's birthday, he hosts the Annual Jay Johnstone Charity/Celebrity Golf Tournament which raises money for local children's charities. He travels the country as a speaker at both corporate and social events and participates in baseball clinics, fantasy camps and charity golf tournaments. He currently is working for FOX as a TV broadcaster.  

Ron White: Ron White, Development Director of The Humanitarian Network. Mr. White is retired from the US Army, with service abroad in such challenging situations as South Korea, and Indonesia. Ron has an extensive background in the financial industry and is a principal in Great Causes, USA, a leading fundraising company which has assisted numerous high profile companies with their sustainable funding and short-term, project specific goals. He is co-developer of the the interactive software programs used at The Humanitarian Network and has worked tirelessly with many of the country's large non-governmental organizations coordinating project implementation and long-term program development. Most recently he has been working with numerous Rotary Districts in planning the redevelopment of Haiti, and in particular, the construction of amputee rehabilitation clinics in Haiti.

Jack Maxwell is the Co-Founder of the MSNI Program, District 6110. Jack is Past President of the Rotary Club of Bixby, OK. He will present an informative program on surplus medical equipment and supplies, and discuss District 6110’s unique program of making humanitarian aid medical shipments.  MSNI (Medical Supplies Network Inc.) is the brainchild of Jack and Rotarian Larry Biron, and has become so successful that it has become the Flagship Program of District 6110. MSNI got its start as Humanitarian Aid Resources and Transportation, Inc, which was established by a Special Initiatives Grant from the RI Foundation, HART was dedicated to assisting and strengthening humanitarian efforts through the identification and development of cost-effective (yet safe and secure) transportation sources. Since the early days it transformed into MSNI.

There are more than 40 Rotarian affiliated medical surplus warehouses in the United States, each with its own proprietary program.  Nearly all struggle with the usual burden of relatively high overhead warehousing expense and are on the constant treadmill of fundraising.  As a group, hundreds of shipments have been made to underdeveloped countries, and have become indispensible supply resources for Rotarian international projects. What sets MSNI apart from the rest, is that they provided supplies without cost….it is totally funded by District 6110 and all the voluntary labor to run the program comes from the Rotary Clubs of District 6110, with every club taking turns sorting, inventorying, and packing the material to be shipped.

It is conceivable that the simplicity of the MSNI Program can be “cloned” in every district without the need for Rotary Clubs to look outside their districts for humanitarian aid medical supplies and equipment, and without having to bear the constant fundraising efforts to promote such shipments. If this can be accomplished, Rotarians will be well on the way to solving the inequities of medical care around the world.

Most recently, MSNI has been in the spotlight because of the humanitarian aid, medical shipments they have made to disaster victims. Partnering with The Humanitarian Network, and Old Dominion Freight, supplies were dispatched to the Rotarian refugee encampment at Pegnon, Haiti. Additionally, MSNI is spearheading the implementation of a series of physical therapy centers with Hosean Ministries and Rotary District 7020, to provide rehabilitation to the tens of thousands of amputee victims of the recent earthquake