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WELCOME TO THE 2005 TRI-DISTRICT CONVENTION
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ROTARY INTERNATIONAL, DISTRICTS 4110- 5470,
5520
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WELCOME
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2005 ANUAL ROTARY INTERNATIONAL TRI-DISTRICT
CONFERENCE
NOVEMBER 11th – 12th, 2005
HOBBS, NEW MEXICO
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The Annual Tri-District Conference November 11 and 12, will
take place in the Lea County Event center, the second largest
Convention facility in New Mexico. There will be plenty of opportunity
to do matchmaking for International Humanitarian Matching Grants.
This year, there will be one, two, or three ways to inform prospective
partner clubs about your exciting projects. (See "How
to Submit a Grant Proposal.") If you have never prepared a grant
proposal--or even if you have--there will be expert guidance
in English and Spanish.
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Registration
Deadline:
October 31,
2005
Hotel Registration Deadline:
October 20,
2005
Matching Grant Submission
Deadline:
October 31,
2005 |
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http://www.mapquests.com/
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Map of Hobbs, Distance from the Lea
Convention Center to hotels in Hobbs |
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ABOUT HOBBS
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The founding of Hobbs occurred in early 1907 by
a chance meeting between two covered wagons on a trail across the
Llano Estacado plain. James Isaac Hobbs and his family were headed
for Texas when they met an eastbound wagon of pioneers returning
from Texas because they had been unable to make a living there.
Mr. Hobbs then decided to head north and settled in the southeastern
corner of New Mexico in March of 1907, which is now the location
of the City of Hobbs. Other settlers were drawn to the area by
the promise of free land. Land claims register that by 1911 Hobbs
had approximately 25 landowners. In June, 1928, the discovery of
oil created a rush of growth. This resulted in the community's
incorporation in 1929. Quickly Hobbs turned into a tent city of
5,000 settlers.
At present, it is the economic and residential growth center
for the southeastern New Mexico Permian Basin. Today, Hobbs is
a city of almost 30,000 inhabitants and is deemed the "oil
capital" of New Mexico. Hobbs boasts two golf courses, the
Harry McAdams State Park, and is the headquarters of two national
soaring associations.
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THE TRI-DISTRICT CONFERENCE BACKGROUND |
In 1989-90 the 5520 District
Governor Sonny Brown and the 4110 District
Governor Boni Mora initiated a joint Conference between
our district and the Mexican district to our immediate South. The
purpose of the conference was to encourage international cooperation
through fellowship, and by creating humanitarian grants to benefit
the poor and needy. Over the years this conference has led to many
mutually beneficial activities between the two districts. In 2002,
PDG Bonnie Fairall got together with PDG Thompson and
invited District 5470 to join what became the first Tridistrict
conference in Chihuahua, Mexico in 2003. Lat year the second tri-district conference
was held in Durango, Colorado and this year's celebration is being hosted by
District 5520 in Hobbs, New Mexico.
- Through fellowship and festivities,
mutual understanding and caring has become the predominant characteristic
of exchange between the 3 districts. There has been an increasing
participation in grants for such projects as homes for orphans
and street children, assistance for the deaf, operations for
cleft palates, medical facilities and equipment, literacy projects,
clean drinking water, safe housing, parks and much more. Each
year the number of Rotarians from districts 4110, 5470, 5520
who have participated has grown; the total dollars invested in
human lives increased. This, in itself, is a remarkable accomplishment.
- The conference provides
the opportunity to learn matching grant procedures and find
other clubs that are interested in promoting similar projects.
Registration, hotels and grant proposal submittals can all be
done on line.
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