82R24414 MGR-D
By: Workman H.R. No. 1661
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Members of the Rotary District 1650 Group Study
Exchange program from Brittany, France, are visiting the State
Capitol on May 9, 2011, as part of their tour with Central Texas
Rotary District 5870; and
WHEREAS, Group Study Exchanges are one of the initiatives
sponsored by Rotary International, a worldwide service club
organization with more than 1.2 million members who work to provide
education and job training, combat hunger, improve health and
sanitation, and promote peace; since 1985, Rotary International has
also been a leader in the fight to eradicate polio, and has joined
forces with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Health
Organization in this effort; and
WHEREAS, A unique cultural and vocational opportunity, the
Group Study Exchange program gives young professionals between the
ages of 25 and 40 the chance to visit and learn more about another
country and to observe how their vocations are practiced abroad;
and
WHEREAS, Central Texas Rotary District 5870 is made up of
approximately 60 clubs, with about 14 in the Austin area, and is
ably led by district governor Ruth Allison; its members are hosting
District 1650 Rotarians Amandine Perret, Delphine Roul, Marie Laure
Plu, Stéphane Cadieu, David Charretuer, and Pierre Weickert from
May 7 through June 5, 2011; and
WHEREAS, The Group Study Exchange program provides
participants with exceptional opportunities to share viewpoints
and expertise, gain valuable insights, and build bonds of greater
understanding with people from all around the world, and Rotary
members are to be commended for sponsoring this worthy endeavor;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby welcome the members of the Rotary District 5870
and Rotary District 1650 Group Study Exchange program to the State
Capitol and extend to them sincere best wishes for an enjoyable and
memorable visit; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the group as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.