It is my honor to announce that the District 5110 Nominating Committee completed the selection of Rotarian Rae LaMarche, of the Rotary Club of Eugene Delta, to serve as District Governor for the 2029-2030, Rotary year.

Rae LaMarche meets the requirements to serve as the District Governor, having first joined Rotary in 2010 and joined the Rotary Club of Springfield. She served as Club President for the 2023-24 year. Rae is a graduate of the District’s Rotary leadership Academy 2014, RLI in 2024, is a Major Donor, Paul Harris Fellow and a member of the Polio Plus Society.

Notwithstanding any nomination made by the District Nominating Committee, any club in the district may propose a challenging candidate for District Governor Nominee Designate whose name had previously been duly submitted to the Nominating Committee. To do so the club must file with the District Governor not more than 14 days following the publication of the Nominating Committee’s selection by the District Governor a Resolution of the Club, adopted at a regular meeting thereof, naming the challenging candidate.

If a challenge is proposed, the District Governor shall inform all clubs and inquire whether any club wishes to concur with the challenge. To do so, a club must file with the District Governor, on or before a date set by him/her, a resolution of the club, adopted in accordance with the club bylaws at a regular meeting thereof, concurring with the challenge.

Only challenges which have been concurred with by at least 10 percent of the clubs in the district shall be valid.

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