SCRYE YEOs and Management Committee
The EEMA 2006 conference was just great. It was indeed an honor to represent
SCRYE at this meeting. The only trouble I had in travel were the legs of my
return trip in the US. I can tell you anything you ever want to know about
Terminal B in Atlanta after spending almost all day there Tuesday.
Go Here for a PDF document that is my
report on the trip. Sections include 1) EEMA, 2) Notes for SCRYE, and 3)
Country comments. This report reflects my impressions of the meeting and
things that were shared there. Also included a list those persons to
whom I gave a SCRYE flyer. Those persons may follow up with you as a result.
Some key take-aways from the trip for me are:
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Almost no one is familiar with SCRYE because they deal
with our member districts directly. The flyer seemed to help a lot with
that.
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Several districts are extremely interested in developing
a family to family STEP with USA/Canada districts. They are noted on the
attached Excel file.
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Our visa instructions for inbounds are well received.
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Jill Wetcher of the RI staff and Orscelik Baklan from
the RI Board of Directors gave informative comments regarding YE and
certification.
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The primary problems that the EEMA districts have with
certification are obtaining liability insurance and doing criminal
background checks, the latter of which is not allowed in any European
country represented at the meeting. They are developing alternatives to
meet the RI requirements.
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A couple of innovative interview techniques for outbound
candidates were discussed during side conversations. They are described
on page 5 of the Word document.
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The Ohio-Erie multi-district in the USA is
professionally developing a DVD for training club YEOs, Rotary
counselor, host family, and inbound/outbound students. The final product
will be offered to districts at incremental cost estimated at $2 per
DVD.
Please let me know if you have any questions regarding the
attached report. I am happy to share all that I learned with you. Thanks
again for this wonderful opportunity to represent SCRYE.
Yours in Rotary,
Don Peters
District 6150 YEO
Central and Northeast Arkansas, USA
(501) 377-4490 (O)
(501) 377-3889 (F)
(501) 988-2401 (H)
dpeter1@entergy.com
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