Meet the District 5060 GSE team for 2010

Jim Adamson, age 60, team leader.

Vocation: school counselor/youth training consultant, 36 years.

Personal: My wife, Carol, and I have two grown children Kristie (34) and Kenny (30), and 7 grandchildren. We live in East Wenatchee in Washington State, USA.

I have been in Rotary 23 years and have held numerous positions, including District Governor (2005-06), Club President (1994-95) and every avenue of service in the Wenatchee Sunrise Rotary Club. I am the coordinator for materials and Sgts. at Arms for our 9-district PETS, and will be the District Trainer in the 2010-11 year.

Interests and hobbies: I enjoy photography, walking/fitness, tennis, golf, biking, kayaking, travel, and watching sporting events and movies. I also like history, and have taught the subject in schools.

I am looking forward to seeing various aspects of the English educational system, especially any part that deals with students who are not making it in the regular system. Also, I am interested in visiting agencies that help with career planning and job training.


Kevira Voegele, age 39, team member.

Vocation: journalist, 9 years.

Personal: My husband Corey and I live in Wenatchee, Washington. We have a cat named Moxie. I work at The Wenatchee World newspaper.

Interests and hobbies: I enjoy drawing, researching my genealogy, watching movies, spending time in nature and reading.

What I'd like to do: Vocationally, I would like to visit several newspapers in Surrey and Sussex (and London, if possible). I would like to talk to city/local editors and Web editors and ask them how they have changed their coverage, if at all, to attract more readers. I would also like to see their Web sites, and learn how they are trying to reach readers online. Are they charging money for online content? If not, do they expect to do that in the near future?Are readers contributing to the Web sites and print editions? Do they pay readers for the content they are contributing?

While in England, I would like to see a castle or palace, such as Hampton Court, Farnham, Arundel and/or Guilford; the abbey and battlefield of the 1066 Battle of Hastings; and examples of industries in Surrey and Sussex (fishing, agriculture, etc.). I would also be interested in visiting A.A. Milne sites in Hartfield; an English country garden; a pub; Tickerage Mill, Tickerage Lane, Blackboys, Uckfield, East Sussex (near Framfield); and the Jane Austen Museum in Chawton, Hampshire; Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire; Westminster Abbey; The National Gallery; and other sites of London; and the White Cliffs of Dover.


Scott Van Horn, age 25, team member.

Vocation: hospital pharmacist, 5 years.
Specific areas of interest: Oncology and infectious diseases.

Personal: I am married to my wife Brenda who is also a hospital pharmacist. We live in Yakima in Washington state, and both work at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital.

Specific tasks related to vocation:
• Review patient medical charts and medications to assess appropriateness of pharmacotherapy.
• Recommend dosing and monitoring parameters for hospital medications.
• Answer physician and nurse medication questions and provide therapy recommendations.
• Participate in the healthcare team in designing and implementing a care plan for the patient.
• Respond to emergency code situations and provide assistance with critical medications.

What I'd like to do: Vocationally, I look forward to visiting and learning more about the English medical system in regards to hospitals and community clinics, and focusing on the role that pharmacy plays in this system.

A broader goal is to gain an understanding of how the English medical/healthcare system functions as a whole. It would be fantastic to visit and tour large medical institutions to see how the hospitals operate in England as well. I would like to see how the healthcare team operates in a hospital, and specifically experience the role that the pharmacist performs. Another interesting avenue I would like to learn more about in regards to the English hospital system is how its drug distribution system works and the technology in place to meet this need. As well, understanding how patient health information is shared between medical professionals in the form of electronic medical records is a point of interest to me.

Areas of professional interest include oncology pharmacy and infectious disease pharmacy. These fields of the pharmacy profession are closely connected, and I hope to specialize in one of these realms of pharmacy someday. A prime focus of mine is outpatient or ambulatory oncology, so if there are any cancer treatment clinics available to visit, that is ideal. I would like to see how a community/retail pharmacy operates as well, but this is more of a curiosity interest, and is not a prime focus of mine. If there are any opportunities to see production or research facilities for pharmaceuticals, that would be interesting as well.

Interests and hobbies: If an opportunity was available to play golf on one of the English links, that would be special. I would also like to travel around the English countryside and visit family farms, famous/historic castles, historic World War II sites, and landmarks (like Stonehenge, Wimbledon, Oxford and Cambridge Universities). Tour the Palace of Westminster; visit Bath Abbey in Bath and tour around southwest England including Torquay, and see the White Cliffs of Dover. Experiencing local pubs and restaurants is always a treat. I would also like to watch an English rugby, soccer, or cricket game. Anything related to The Beatles (visiting Liverpool for example) or James Bond would be a fun experience.

Brad Haberstock, age 37, team member.

Vocation: watch clerk with The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (civilian employed by the City of Vernon), 1 year.

Personal: I am single, and live with my two cats, Boomer and Pepper, in the rural, primarily farming community of Armstrong, British Columbia. I attended Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC, where I received a Bachelor of Arts in the Applied Science of Communication and a Certificate in the Liberal Arts. I also attended Humber College in Toronto, Ontario, where I received an Honours Certificate In Customs And Immigration. I am currently taking human resource management courses part time via distance education with Camosun College in Victoria, B.C., with the intention of achieving an Advanced Human Resource Management Diploma. I have lived in a number of cities throughout Canada, from west to east.

Interests and hobbies: I enjoy traveling, and have lived in Finland, as well as visited Sweden, Germany, France, Poland, Russia, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, Cuba, and Mexico.

My hobbies include collecting militaria, antique pocket watches, old German stamps and Canadian currency, certain kinds of books (like “Warlord For Boys”), and antique die-cast and lead military toys. Interests and hobbies: I enjoy movies, politics, live theatre, squash, slo-pitch, bowling, golf (although I’m more of a “hacker”), military history, cycling, skeet and target shooting, snorkeling, cats, castles, paintball, camping and European history.

What I'd like to do: Whilst in the United Kingdom, I would love to see a few castles, visit some military museums and historical battlefields, tour Roman ruins, see a live British football (soccer) or rugby match, see a live theatre performance in London, and enjoy a pint in an “authentic” British pub. Specific locations I would like to visit in England include: Bath Abbey in Bath, Stonehenge, London’s Imperial War Museum, take an underground tour in London, Westminster Abbey, tour the battleship docked in London, and see the masted wooden naval tall ships docked at Portsmouth.

Vocationally, I would like to visit British law enforcement services and police detachments in order to review their record keeping processes, specifically how they store, organize, and issue police equipment, dispatch emergency and non-emergency calls, and handle public queries and complaints. I would also be interested in visiting a police training facility in order to see how they train their officers. I am specifically interested in examining how the tactics of their lightly armed officers differ from those of our armed Mounties. Additionally, I want to see how effective their closed circuit television monitoring systems are when it comes to both fighting crime, and preventing crimes from occurring. Perhaps the information I gather can be used to improve record-keeping and emergency dispatch procedures at home, while possibly assisting with the introduction and potential implementation of cctv in “problem” areas within the city of Vernon.

Cameron Rauschenberger, age 26, team member.

Vocation: financial planner, 3 years.

Personal: I am single and live in the city of Kamloops, British Columbia. I completed my Bachelor of Tourism Management from Thompson Rivers University in 2006.

I played rugby for several years and currently race motocross competitively. Most recently I won the 25+ spring series championship in 2009.

What I'd like to do: Vocationally, I would like to observe one or two appointments with a financial advisor (could be from a company such as Barclays Financial Planning, or something similar) who is meeting a prospect for the first time. I am interested in seeing how they run the appointment, build trust, and what techniques they use during a meeting. I am also interested in learning about how advisers prepare a prospect for that first meeting (i.e. do they supply a checklist of points of interest, send out introduction packages, verbally explain, etc?).

I would like to have a general overview of the financial planning industry including how it is structured from a regulatory perspective to see what the differences and similarities are to Canada. I think that will help provide context for what I learn during the site visits, and provide insight into how I can transfer that knowledge back to Canada.

What are some of the major issues/common problems facing their clients? In Canada/U.S. we have the baby boom shaping things but in England that hasn’t been the case, so what is driving change in the industry? Other examples might be the ‘sandwich generation’ of people who are taking care of their children and their parents, or ultra long mortgages (up to 99 years from what I understand). It would also be valuable to possibly do a case study or two and see some of the specific planning techniques that are being used. This would also be good in comparing the products that are available in England to what is available in Canada and would hopefully present some now ideas I can use.

Finally, I would like to explore the systems that advisers are using to grow their practices in terms of client base. How do they find prospects, track them, and develop them through until they become clients? What do they do in terms of servicing their clients and client retention/appreciation approaches? What marketing activities have been used successfully?

Rugby - I definitely have to catch a game or two of rugby union. I might also be interested in playing a pick up game. Gaelic football is something I would also love to see live. I’m very interested in the history and architecture of England and would be excited to visit some historical sites such as castles, museums, Stonehenge etc. I’ve done some sailing while in Australia and would like to go out for a trip. I don’t know if there is any good diving in the area but going for a scuba dive would be fun as well. There is a Rotaract club in Chichester, so as a Rotaract member I would be interested in attending one of their meetings to trade info and see what they are doing. I am a huge fan of live music so heading out for a couple of concerts or shows might be a nice end to some of the evenings. If any of the Rotary members or family ride dirt bikes going for a ride on a free day would be right up my alley.