Group Study Exchange
 The
Group Study Exchange (GSE) program of The Rotary Foundation is a
unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for young business
and professional men and women between the ages of 25 and 40 and in the
early years of their professional lives. The non-Rotarian members are
accompanied on the exchange by a Rotarian team leader. The program
provides travel grants for teams to exchange visits between paired areas
in different countries. For four weeks, team members experience the host
country's institutions and ways of life, observe their own vocations as
practiced abroad, develop personal and professional relationships, and
exchange ideas.
For each team member, The Rotary Foundation provides the most economical
round-trip air ticket between the home and host countries. Local
Rotarians in the host area provide for meals, lodging, and group travel
within their district. For more information contact 2006 GSE District
Chair,
Rick Eggert of the
Bentonville Bella Vista Daybreak club.The 2006 District 6110 Group
Study Exchange Team
The 2006 District 6110 Group Study Exchange team is scheduled to visit
District 3080 in northeast India from January 3 until February 2. They
will attend the District 3080 Conference on January 21-22 in Mussoorie,
Uttranchal. The 2006 District 3080 GSE team is scheduled to visit
District 6110 during May.
To schedule a presentation by members of the D6110 2006 GSE, contact
team leader
Larry Long or any team member.
District 3080
District 3080
is in northeast India, bordering Tibetan China and Nepal and just north
Delhi, India’s capital. It’s 2615 Rotarians are in 77 clubs located
throughout the Union Territory of Chandigarh, eastern Punjab, eastern
Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttranchal, and the north tip of Uttar
Pradesh. The district stretches from the agricultural plains on the west
to the Himalayan plateau on the east, where native and foreign tourism
thrive. D3080 is consider among the most economically viable areas of
India and proudly claims Rajendra K. Saboo, 1991-92 Rotary International
President.
The 2006 GSE Team
Larry Long: Partner, Long and Associates,
Fayetteville, AR
District 6110 Team, Leader
Rotary Club
Fayetteville
Larry is a management consultant with Long and Associates and an
author over 50 books on a broad spectrum of information technology
and management topics. He has done strategic-level consulting on
planning and productivity in most major industries and at all levels
of government. Larry received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering
from the University of Oklahoma and is a Professional Engineer.
Larry joined Rotary in 1996 and has served in many capacities at the
club and district levels. Currently, he is in his third year as the
district’s Short-Term Youth Exchange Coordinator.
Larry serves on a
number of community boards and committees, including the Technology
Advisory Committee for the school district, and he sits on the
Education Reform Advisory Council at the state level.
Larry and his wife Nancy live in Fayetteville, Arkansas with their
teenage boys, Troy and Brady. |
 James
Smith: Senior Vice President, Bank of Arkansas,
Bentonville. AR
District 6110 Team member
James serves as the leader for Bank of Arkansas, a subsidiary of
BOKF Financial Corp in Benton County. He has worked in the financial
field for over 10 years. James, a CFP®, is a graduate from Kansas
State University and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in
personal financial planning.
James serves as Chairman of the Cancer Challenge Awards Committee,
Run for a Child Prizes Committee, and Champions Program for the
Bentonville/Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of
the Bentonville/Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
and the St. Mary’s Hospital Planned Giving Advisory
James grew up in Missouri and currently resides in Bentonville,
Arkansas with his wife, Lucinda and two sons, Brendan and Bryston. |
 Angie
Dowell, Instructor, Pittsburg State University,
Pittsburg, KS
District 6110 Team member
Angie was born and raised in Center, Missouri, a rural community in
the northeast part of the state. She attended the University of
Missouri at Columbia, where she earned both her bachelor’s and
master’s degrees in Textile and Apparel Management. She worked as
the manager of a bridal department in an upscale specialty store in
Columbia, and later as buyer and manager of a women’s dress shop in
St. Louis, Missouri. In 2002, Angie and her husband Jim moved to
Pittsburg, Kansas to accept teaching positions at Pittsburg State
University. She currently teaches Fashion Merchandising and Women’s
Studies courses and is simultaneously pursuing her Ph.D. in American
Studies at the University of Kansas. |
 Jake
Lambert: Co-owner, Main Street Builders,
Bentonville, AR
District 6110 Team member
Jake grew up in Massachusetts and eventually ventured to Arkansas to
attend John Brown University in Siloam Springs, where he played on
the tennis team and earned an economics degree. A short career at
Wal-Mart and many Saturdays with Habitat for Humanity led him to the
construction field. He started a small business in 1999 that grew to
a partnership, Main Street Builders. The company’s focus is property
acquisition and management coupled with specialty projects and
historic home remodeling. Jake married Lisa on the beach in Hawaii
in May of 2003. |
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Photo caption: District Governor Ed Hardesty,
James Smith, Dacre
Whitaker, GSE team leader Larry Long, Angie Dowell, Jake
Lambert, and
District 6800 Governor Vijay Surpuriya (former GSE leader to
D3080). Due
to a recent injury, Dacre is unable to make the trip. |
Dr. Larry Long
Rotary
District 6110
Group Study Exchange (GSE) Team Leader
1583 Starr Drive
Fayetteville, AR 72701
USA
479-442-0363 or 479-442-5533
479-530-2065 (cell)
Fax 479-442-0363
Contact Larry Long
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