Rotary klub Bratislava Danube
Brusnicová 11993/10G, Bratislava, 831 01
· Bodo Hauswald Introduced this year’s (14/15) District 2240 Governor Jozefa Polakova from RC Kosice.
· The Governor briefly introduced herself, and explained why she is holding the office for a 2nd term (due to illness of the Governor elect).
· Presented the fact that the Rotary International president is for the first time a Chinese citizen.
· Mentioned our club’s 10 year anniversary; Thanked us for all the projects we have done, and our great cooperation with the Rotaract club.
· Thanked our club for being a 21st century club and having women as members, and for keeping our finance records in order and having all duties paid to the district in time.
· In the Q&A session:
o there was discussion about how many clubs are in Slovakia (22 clubs), and how many clubs are needed to achieve district independence (40 clubs).
o The differences in the Czech and Slovak club culture, and the difficulties to obtain new members.
o How our district has offered support to the Ukrainian clubs, and the future of the 5 Crimean clubs.
o International projects- Global and district grants more info at https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/take-action/apply-grants
o GSE Team future- GSE has been replaced by Vocational Training Teams more info at
o Rotaract thanked for the kind words and asked about the District Conference program (23-24.05) more info TBA.
· To Do list
· Include Rotaract in the mailing list when sending the Governor’s letter.
