Horace McCormack Installed as 2009-2010 District Governor

Horace McCormack was installed as the 2009-2010 District 7610 Governor on Saturday, June 27 at the annual Awards and Installation Banquet, which was attended by more than 160 friends, family members, and fellow Rotarians.  Past District Governor Sandra Duckworth performed the installation ceremony, and outgoing District Governor Chuck Davidson presented the Governor's pin to newly installed Governor Horace McCormack, who was joined and supported by his wife, Carlota.  Governor Horace encouraged his fellow Rotarians to have fun while serving in 2009-10.  He also echoed RI President John Kenny's theme by reminding all Rotarians that "The future of Rotary is in your hands." [Photos: Larry Leonard]

Who wants to go to Jamaica? Raise your hands.  This year, District 7610 is looking for a Rotarian team leader and four young professionals to participate in a month-long vocational and cultural exchange to Jamaica!  Do you have the “right stuff” to lead this year’s team?  Team leader applications are being accepted through August 21, and should be submitted to GSE Chair Jerry Foltz by that deadline.  Interviews of the applicants will be held August 29.  If you know of a young professional age 25 to 40 who may be interested in being a member of the GSE team to Jamaica, please invite him or her to apply to be a member of this once-in-a-lifetime, special team.  Team member applications are being accepted through October 3, 2009.  Team member candidate interviews will be held October 17, 2009.  The team will travel to Jamaica approximately May 3 through June 3, 2010.  Clubs that are interested in hosting the Jamaican GSE Team or assisting in planning a vocational or cultural visit for the team members must submit a Hosting Interest Form before September 18, 2009.  To learn more about the Group Study Exchange program, review the GSE Handbook, Group Study Exchange Program Guide for Rotarians, GSE Brochure or GSE FAQs. 

We are very excited to announce the debut of the new photo sharing web site to serve Rotary clubs in Rotary District 7610. The site may be accessed from the link on the District’s home page, or by typing the following address into your web browser:  http://www.7610.fototime.com/

The new site will serve as a record of events and activities sponsored by District 7610 and its Rotary clubs.  Clubs or members may download or print images for Rotary related use, at no cost.  In addition, every time someone orders prints or merchandise from the site, the profits from these sales will go to support the projects of the District. The site offers tee shirts, mugs, calendars, and other cool stuff, imprinted with the images of your choice.  These would make great speaker or visitor gifts.

The site allows for sub directories, so we can have an album for each club, with sub albums showing that club's activities and events. We should also be able to add links to other websites as well.  If a club has a page dedicated to publicizing an event, we can post pictures on the District site, with a link to the club site or publication.

Anyone wishing to have their club photos published should send them via email, or on a disk. Photos should be in small jpg format, but high enough resolution to produce quality prints.  Images sized to 4x6 inches at 300dpi, would be ideal. They could be smaller, but this size allows for decent quality prints up to 12x14 inches.

Anyone wishing to have their club photos published should send them via email, to Tom Mangan at tman0376@netscape.net. The images should be compressed into a zip file to allow for easier downloading and mailing. Please include the photographer's name(s) so we can give them credit. Photographers should also understand that publishing their photos here, makes them public domain and usable by almost anyone. We therefore ask that you get written permission from the photographers before submitting their pictures.

If the image files are too large for email, they can be downloaded to a disk and sent to Tom Mangan at

Mangan Ltd.

6649-B Old Dominion Drive

McLean, VA 22101

This is still a work in progress, so any suggestions for improvement would be appreciated.  Should you have any questions, or need help in transmitting your club photos, contact Tom Mangan by email or call him at 703 967-1795.