District Conference Summary - May 2014

Bobby George from the Greater Southwest Rotary Club was the winner of the $2500 Come Fly with Rotary Raffle.

PDG Cesar Caro was honored with a Rotary International SERVICE ABOVE SELF Award.   Only a maximum of 150 of these awards are given by Rotary each year with only 130 given this year. RI President Ron Burton’s Representative Steve Lewis from District 5190 presented the award to Cesar.  Steve is a classmate of Cesar since they were both District Governors in 2010-11. CONGRATULATIONS Cesar and Thank You for all you have done for Rotary and District 5730.

Club President Jana Bishop from the Tahoka Rotary Club was recognized as the 2013-14 Rotarian of the Year in District 5730.

The Plainview Rotary Club under the leadership of Club President David Koop was recognized as the 2013-14 Club of the Year in Level 4. 

The Tahoka Club under the leadership of Club President Jana Bishop was recognized as the 2013-14 Club of the Year in Level 3. 

The Shamrock Rotary Club under the leadership of Club President April Luiz was recognized as the 2013-14 Club of the Year in Level 2. 

The Kermit Rotary Club under the leadership of Club President Bonnie Leck was recognized as the 2013f-14 Club of the Year in Level 1. 

The four levels were based on membership as of July 1, 2013 so that an equal amount of clubs were in the first three levels. Only six clubs in  the district have a Level 4 membership of greater than 60 members.

The clubs selling the most Raffle Tickets in April were Dalhart, Levelland Noon and the Greater Southwest Lubbock Rotary Clubs.

Over 60 new Paul Harris Fellows were achieved thanks to the matching points from past District Foundation Chair Alice White.

We were so honored to have Rotary International Vice President Anne Mathews as the keynote speaker at the Governor’s Banquet on Saturday night.

And finally, the hit of the conference was the Rotary Cheerleaders at the Tailgate Party on Friday Night.