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Rotary’s Historic Moments
There are 3 Kinds of Friendship
Membership is her Business
Rotary’s Attendance: Rules Revisited
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History of Rotary in the Philippines
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FEBRUARYMESSAGE
Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, promote
high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Its program are firmly built around Paul Harris' vision of friendship. As friends, we participate and exert effort to spread our fundamental belief in international peace and understanding. Together, we pursue Rotary's greatest 'mission' articulated in the Fourth Object of Rotary: “World Understanding, Goodwill and Peace”. Thus, the World Understanding month is being celebrated every February which is also its birth month.
To foster world understanding, goodwill and peace, we should begin with ourselves and our respective family, inside our club, in our respective business and professional associations, with our partners in service and among clubs in the district by practicing the true essence of Rotary fellowship.
In an excerpt from “This Rotarian Age”, Paul Harris wrote, “Rotary craves no greater distinction than that of being enrolled among forces devoting themselves to the shaping of a tradition of ind iv idua l , na t iona l and in ternat iona l neighborliness, kindliness, friendliness and helpfulness.” This World Understanding Month is a reminder that to all Rotarians, the opportunity afforded them by Rotary to participate in the efforts for this mission to promote international goodwill is precious indeed.
But we have to remember that great missions are serious undertakings. As Paul Harris wrote, “Rotary must ever be grateful for its birthright. Without i t , success would have been inconceivable. With it, all things are possible”. And as we celebrate this World Understanding Month and Rotary's birth, together, as friends in more than 170 nations who, to varying extents experienced its benefits, can light up the world as we Light Up Rotary.
GARY C. K. HUANGRotary Club of Taipei
GARY C. K. HUANGRI President 2014-15
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EAs president of Rotary, it's my job to encourage and inspire Rotarians wherever I meet them. It's also my job to listen to what they have to say. Whether it's a successful project or a A
challenge to overcome, a great Rotary Day or a new idea, I want to hear what Rotarians are thinking, doing, and planning. So whenever I travel, I ask my hosts to talk to me about their clubs. What's going well, where do they see a need to improve, and what can we at RI headquarters do to help?
The answers are always interesting and often surprising. Sometimes I have a suggestion or an idea to contribute; sometimes I am able to make a connection that will move a project forward. Often, I go back to Evanston with ideas and insights that help guide us in our decisions. But what I value most about these conversations are the stories I hear – the stories that, taken together, tell the story of Rotary.
In Atlanta, I attended a Rotary event honoring teachers and heard story after story about the gift of literacy and how it transforms lives. In Istanbul, I attended a wheelchair race and learned how Turkish Rotarians are working to improve the lives of people with disabilities. In Lima, Peru, I talked to a former Rotaractor who waited nearly 20 years to be invited to join a Rotary club, and heard about how returning to Rotary has transformed her life.
I've heard stories that have made me laugh, and stories that have moved me to tears. I've heard stories of how our service changes the lives of others, and how it changes us as Rotarians. When I hear these stories, I can't help but wonder: How many other lives could we change for the better by bringing more people into Rotary? And how many more people could we bring into Rotary simply by sharing our own Rotary stories?
In this Rotary year, I ask all of you to do just that: Share your Rotary stories. Tell them to your friends, on social media, and through Rotary.org. Our Rotary stories are what inspire us, and what encourage others to join us; they help light up our service, as we work to Light Up Rotary.
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MESSAGE fromTHE ROTARY FOUNDATIONTRUSTEE CHAIR
JOHN KENNYTrustee Chair 2014-15
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Birmingham, England. Bangkok, Thailand. São Paulo, Brazil!
very three years, The Rotary Foundation sponsors a peace symposium as a preconvention activity. The next peace Esymposium will be held in São Paulo, 4-5 June.
The triennial peace symposium is the vehicle to showcase our Rotary Peace Fellows, who earn master's degrees and certificates through our Rotary Peace Centers; to educate Rotarians about this peace-related education and scholarship program; to introduce our donors and potential donors to the program; and to explore ways that Rotarians and peace fellows can collaborate in peace-building. Highlights of each symposium have included international speakers in the peace field, such as Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu; breakout sessions featuring peace fellows working on the front lines to build peace; and Rotarians active in the peace field.
This year, the first plenary session will feature 1987 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oscar Arias Sánchez of Costa Rica. He is a two-time president of Costa Rica, 1986-90 and 2006-10. During his first presidential term, he engaged the nations of Central America in peace discussions that led to the signing of the Esquipulas II Accords, and ultimately to the end of the various armed conflicts in the region.
The plans of the São Paulo peace symposium committee are creative and exciting, with elements not offered at past symposia. They will involve the 80 Rotary Peace Centers alumni in attendance.
If you have never attended a peace symposium, this is a special opportunity that will inform and educate you on Rotary's service to promote peace. If you have attended any of the symposia in Salt Lake City, Birmingham, or Bangkok, you will especially appreciate this innovative program.
I look forward to seeing you there!
5 FEB 2015
his year marks both the 110th anniversary of Rotary and 30 Tyears of our campaign to rid
the world of polio. Rotary members have contributed to the campaign in some extraordinary ways, including Joe Pratt’s daring climb of Mount Everest to raise funds for immuni-zation efforts. How will your club celebrate Rotary’s anniversary and this milestone in PolioPlus? Send photos of your club’s celebration to [email protected] to be included in a special gallery.
hy is Rotary different, unique, interest-arousing, successful? Why is it Rotary? W
For my own satisfaction I have formulated the following statement which seems to me a true and consistent and more or less logical declaration of what Rotarianism is and how it is practiced.
The fundamental principle of Rotarianism is the belief that every man engaged in a reputable calling is entitled to all the business he can get and take care of on the "square deal" basis and that he should receive the active co-operation and support of his friends in getting it.
The primary purpose of a Rotary Club is the promotion of the business interests of its members. The methods by which this purpose is accomplished are: Ÿ 1st. By the development of an intimate personal acquaintanceship
among all its members. Ÿ 2nd. By the encouragement of the practice of full and frank publicity in
the club by the members regarding their respective lines of business. Ÿ 3rd. By the cultivation of the practice of doing for "the other fellow" as
we would have him do for us, believing that "as we unselfishly enable others to succeed, we ourselves make progress toward success."
The second purpose of a Rotary Club is the mutual education of its members in a knowledge of callings and occupations other than the man's own line of business, thereby making each one a better businessman.
The third purpose of a Rotary Club is the enlightenment of its members by their consideration of questions pertaining to public affairs or the welfare of the community and the nation, thereby making, each one a better citizen.
The membership is limited to one man from each calling in order that each member may have all the opportunity and obtain all the benefit that might come from the representation of his line of business in the club and also in order that no one calling or allied callings can be numerically strong enough in the club to dominate it.
Thus the membership, although limited, is very representative and it is therefore an ideal assembly for the consideration and discussion of public affairs and of matters pertaining to business in general.
The motto and injunction of Rotary is twofold: Ÿ Let the light of your business so shine that all men may know thereof,
and Ÿ As you would that others should do unto you do you even so unto them.
The foregoing, I believe, is the general idea of Rotarianism. If I am mistaken let me be corrected promptly and emphatically.
Rotary's Historic Moments: Principle of Rotarianism
Celebrating Rotary’s 110th anniversary and 30 years of PolioPlus
By Chesley R. Perry, January,1912
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February is Rotary International’s World Understanding Month. It’s 1905 founder, Paul P. Harris said, “Fear and Hate must go! And they will go when nations have goodwill based on understanding.”
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ristotle, suggest that the traditional idea of friendship has three components: ‘Friends Amust enjoy each other’s company, they
must be useful to one another, and they must share a common commitment to the good’.
Friendship based on utility. Utility is an impermanent things: it changes
according to circumstances. So with the disappearance of the ground for friendship, the friendship also breaks up, because that was what kept it alive. Friendships of this kind seem to occur most frequently between the elderly (because at their age what they want is not pleasure but utility) and those in middle or early life who are pursuing their own advantage. Such persons do not spend much time together, because sometimes they do not even like one another, and therefore feel no need of such an association unless they are mutually useful. For they take pleasure in each other’s company only in so far as they have hopes of advantage from it.
Friendship based on pleasure. Friendship between the young is thought to be
grounded on pleasure, because the lives of the young are regulated by their feelings, and their chief interest is in their own pleasure and the opportunity of the moment. With advancing years, however, their tastes change too, so that they are quick to make and to break friendships; because their affection changes just as the things that please them do and this sort of pleasure changes rapidly.
Also the young are apt to fall in love, for erotic friendship is for the most part swayed by the feelings and based on pleasure. That is why they fall in and out of friendship quickly, changing their attitude often within the same day. But the young do like to spend the day and live together, because that is how they realize the object of their friendship.
Perfect friendship is based on goodness. Only the friendship of those who are good, and
similar in their goodness, is perfect. For these people each alike wish good for the other qua good, and they are good in themselves. And it is those who desire the good of their friends for the friends’ sake that are most truly friends, because each loves the other for what he is, and not for any incidental quality. Accordingly the friendship of such men lasts so long as they remain good; and goodness is an enduring quality. Also each party is good both absolutely and for his friend, since the good are both good absolutely and useful to each other. Similarly they please one another too; for the good are pleasing both absolutely and to each other; because everyone is pleased with his own conduct and conduct that resembles it, and the conduct of good men is the same or similar.
Friendship of this kind is permanent, reasonably enough; because in it are united all the attributes that friends ought to possess. For all friendship has as its object something good or pleasant — either absolutely or relatively to the person who feels the affection — and is based on some similarity between the parties.
But in this friendship all the qualities that we have mentioned belong to the friends themselves; because in it there is similarity, etc.; and what is absolutely good is also absolutely pleasant; and these are the most lovable qualities. Therefore it is between good men that both love and friendship are chiefly found and in the highest form.
That such friendships are rare is natural, because men of this kind are few. And in addition they need time and intimacy; for as the saying goes, you cannot get to know each other until you have eaten the proverbial quantity of salt together. Nor can one man accept another, or the two become friends, until each has proved to the other that he is worthy of love, and so won his trust.
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What is Rotary? Thousands have made answer each in his own way. It is easier to note what Rotary does than what it is. One recently has
sa id , “If Rotar y has encouraged us to take a more kindly outlook on life and men; if Rotary has taught us greater tolerance and the desire to see the best in others; if Rotary has brought us pleasant and helpful contacts with others who also are trying to capture and radiate the joy and
beauty of life, then Rotary has brought us all that we can expect.”
Chicago, October, 1945Paul P. Harris
t’s not hard to find Kristi Govertsen in the restaurant. She’s wearing a royal blue T-shirt reading RIOTT. It Istands for Rotarians in Our Twenties and Thirties,
but of course there’s more to it than that. “You should always,” Govertsen explains, “name yourself something that’s both a noun and a verb.”
Just as she puts a new twist on the rules of the English language, Govertsen bursts beyond the usual lines of Rotary – and she did it about 30 times last year, traveling to districts around the western United States and suggesting, among other things, that there’s a way for Rotary to bring in people who don’t look like the guy already sitting across the club lunch table.
In casual conversations with Rotarians, she often jokes about being the Mr. Rogers of Rotary: Instead of asking people if they’d be her neighbor, she asks if they’d like to have lunch next Thursday – not to join Rotary, just to have lunch, and maybe not even talk about joining. After all, she says, before marriage comes dating.
“People are starved for connection,” she says. “They want to get permission to be the nice, wonderful human beings they are inside.” If everyone lets that out, Govertsen says, people – and Rotary clubs – have a chance for all kinds of unexpected connections.
In Portland almost 10 years ago, a family friend invited her to a Rotary lunch, and she got caught up in the organization – especially during an outside planting effort on a wet Saturday. “We don’t vote the same, we don’t worship the same, we don’t believe the same things,” she recalls about the group. “But everybody’s here in the rain, shoveling and smiling. I fell in love.” She joined the Rotary Club of East Portland soon after.
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Her secret identity – part Rotarian Wonder Woman, part youthful sidekick – came about by accident. Several years ago, the small group of younger members in her club playfully suggested banding together at the next meeting. A senior member dared them to do it, and pledged to donate $100 to The Rotary Foundation if they did. At the next meeting, they appeared in a group and seized control of the invocation – they read Dr. Seuss, a generational guru comparable to Mr. Rogers – and soon the RIOTT T-shirts were created. Word spread, and there was chatter about them at the 2008 RI Convention in Los Angeles.
These days, she notes with the rueful grin of a borderline 40-year-old, she barely qualifies for RIOTT. (She jokingly envisions membership in another group, RIF RAF, Rotarians in Their Forties and Fifties.) But she still sees generation X and generation Y as fertile soil for service organizations.
“Generation Y is about a globally connected world. There’s never been a time when members of this generation were not connected to people on the other side of the planet.” Still, she notes, they’re not naturally drawn to Rotary; only 11 percent of members worldwide are under 40. To increase the number, she thinks, clubs have to be willing to let younger members chart their own path – like the members of RIOTT.
“If you want young people in your club,” Govertsen says, “you have to do it as a group, have a place for younger people to get together. You might want younger members, but if you never let them be in a leadership position, that’s not good.”
Her presentation is a multimedia blast of figures, photos, and anecdotes, with pie charts showing what a small proportion of Rotarians typically invite guests or work to enlist new members. It features quotes she finds moving and stories that have stayed with her. “A statistic I got from a zone coordinator always produces gasps from the audience,” she says. “It’s that only 15 percent of Rotary members ever propose anyone else for membership.”
“She’s such a dynamic speaker. People appreciate the fact that she can take a topic like membership and make it fun and exciting. It is a revolutionary way to talk about membership that we’ve never had before.” And it has an impact. Membership in District 5030 had been sliding steadily over five years, he says. After Govertsen’s appearance at training workshops, the decline stopped, and numbers even rose slightly – including among members under 40.
Instead of asking people if they’d be her neighbor, she asks if they’d like to have lunch next Thursday – not to join Rotary, just to have lunch, and maybe not even talk about joining. After all, she says, before marriage comes dating.
Kristi Govertsen is all about empowering people, bringing out what’s inside them – and bringing them into Rotary. She’s passionate about how it can be done – by being nice, by listening to people, by reaching out to them. She brings lessons from Mr. Rogers, and from her own experiences.
She’s an explosion of energy. Enough to be both a noun and a verb.
Adapted from a story in the October 2013 issue of The Rotarian.By David Sarasohn
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otary Club Central, an online tool to help club and district leaders set Rand track goals, launched last
week. It gives Rotary a better way to measure the impact Rotarians are making worldwide.
The new tool empowers club and district leaders to monitor club progress and achievements in three key performance areas: membership initiatives, service activities, and Rotary Foundation giving.
Rotary Club Central includes charts that track membership retention and Annual Fund giving over the past five years. District leaders can view a summary of club progress.
As of 1 July 2013 2,541
As of 30 June 20111 2,777
As of 1 July 2014 2,569
As of 30 Jan 2015 2,775
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10 FEB 2015
ast year, I wrote a Membership Minute entitled "Meeting Attendance L- the Tail That Wags the Rotary Dog?:
The essence of the blog was that Rotary is much more than a weekly meeting and that to grow, revitalize and retain members, clubs should emphasize involvement and engagement in all club activities, not just meeting attendance.
Well, guess what? The 2013 Council of Legislation moved significantly toward just that approach to member retention by adopting new attendance rules for Rotary clubs that emphasize participation by members in all Five Avenues of Service, not just meeting attendance.
Do you know what Rotary's new "attendance" rules require?
Attend or make up at least 50% of regular club meetings, or Engage in club projects for at least 12 hours in each half of the year, or A combination of both
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What counts as a "meeting" or club projects? All official club, district, and RI activities - this can include service projects, committee meetings, club social events - pretty much almost all official club and District activities. More importantly, clubs are no longer required to remove
members from non-attendance
To me, poor meeting attendance says more about a club that is not doing enough to interest and engage members than it does about the Rotarian.
So club leaders should monitor attendance records monthly, not for removing members but for learning who is in danger of falling away. Then, them must intervene with those members, find out what the members' passions are (everyone has them) and make sure the club can provide to the members they are seeking from Rotary.
No Rotarian should be removed from a club for not being able to attend meetings!
Treating members like customers you want to keep is the key to retaining valued members and ensuring they in turn attract new members to the club!
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Rotary’s Attendance:RULES REVISITEDEverything has Changed!
By PDG Brent Rosenthal Zone 30 Assistant Rotary Coordinator -
Membership RID 6690 Membership Chairman
In celebration of Rotary Aware-ness Month, Rotary Clubs from Cluster 4C celebrated the event with a Motorcade at Olongapo City. Participated by Rotarians from the ten Rotary Clubs, the motorcade went around the city of Olongapo to raise public aware-ness on what Rotary is and the humanitarian service it shares worldwide.
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Corporate Membership Pilot Program 1 July 2011 - 30 June 2016Number of participating pilot clubs: 1000
The Corporate Membership Pilot Program will allow a corporation or company in the club’s area to become a member of the Rotary club, through an established membership approval process, and to appoint up to four designees as the individuals attending club meetings, serving on projects, voting on club matters, serving as club officers and on club committees, and so on.
Innovative and Flexible Rotary ClubPilot Program 1 July 2011 - 30 June 2016
The Innovative and Flexible Rotary Club Pilot Program will focus on letting clubs self-determine their operations to fit better with the needs of their members and community. It will also encourage clubs to conduct numerous tests toŸ Try out different meeting logistics (time, date, location, online, use
social media, club event or social activity, and so on)Ÿ Improve club leadership and oversightŸ Create relevant and creative membership qualifications and
requirementsŸ Update Rotary terminology to current languageŸ Shift the focus from meeting attendance to member engagement
Associate MembershipPilot Program 1 July 2011 - 30 June 2014
The Associate Membership Pilot Program will allow an individual to become associated and acquainted with a Rotary club, its members, its programs and projects, and the expectations of club membership with the intent of becoming an active member within a designated period of time. It entails attendance of club meeting at least once a month - the ultimate aim of the program being a stepping stone to Rotary Membership when appropriate.
Satellite ClubPilot Program 1 July 2011 - 30 June 2014
A satellite club is defined as "a potential club whose members shall also be members of the sponsor club". It is likely that the satellite club would not initially have the required number of members to charter a club and the purpose of conducting the satellite club is to give the potential club time to obtain the required number of members for chartering. Thus there needs to be a sponsor club which forms the satellite club in the same locality as the sponsor club, or in the surrounding area. The name of the satellite club shall be the "Rotary Satellite Club of (insert name which does not have to mirror exactly the name of the sponsoring club but needs to be an adjoining location, eg., Mabiga for Mabalacat RC).”
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BECOME AN ASSOCIATEMEMBER OF ROTARY
Hope is people wishing something would happen. Faith is people believing things will happen. Rotarians are people making things happen.
Are you aware of what Rotary does in Truro? Are you aware of the ethos of Rotary in providing practical and financial help for communities? Do you wish you could help to make similar things happen along side like minded individuals. The Truro Rotary Club is providing an informal approach to those people who feel they would like to know more about Rotary, its fellowship and to help with community projects, but are fearful of undertaking a Rotary membership commitment which could not be kept. Locally we are fully aware of people’s time constraints alongside family and work. We have therefore introduced the Associate Member scheme. The Associate Member is allowed complete flexibility towards the formality of Rotary, allowing valuable time given to be used for Rotary projects, alongside the fellowship of the Club. Why not contact John Simpson, secretary:01872 862058; email - thesimpsons@ btinternet.com for more detail.
Ÿ Approval. The applicant should complete the Application Form below. The form then goes to the secretary who will issue a 7 day notice to inform all members. If Tenterden Rotary Club members approve (two thirds majority) and there are no objections the applicant will be invited to become an “Associate Member of Tenterden Rotary Club” for a maximum of six months and an induction ceremony will be held.
Ÿ Attendance. A minimum requirement should be one meeting or other qualifying activity every month. It should be made clear that the Associate Member is welcome and should be encouraged to attend more frequently. The Associate Member should attend a meeting of both the Community Service and Youth & Vocational Service committees.
Ÿ Meetings at Tenterden Club. An Associate Member who is attending Rotary meetings at Tenterden Club, our home venue, can be signed in as a guest on only two occasions. After this they must join Tenterden Club (currently £18/year).
Ÿ Holding Office. An Associate Member has no voting rights and cannot hold office.
Ÿ Changing Status. An Associate Member shall be permitted and encouraged to apply for full membership at any time subject to the approval of Council and members in the usual way. A full member of Tenterden Rotary Club (whether or not he/she shall previously have been an Associate Member of Rotary) shall not be permitted to apply for or revert to be an Associate Member of Rotary.
Ÿ Bulletin and communication. Associate Members will receive the Newsletter and all communications regarding club activities.
Ÿ Termination. Council, by a two thirds majority, should have the right to terminate an Associate Member of Rotary membership for ‘good cause’
HOW CLUBS DO IT
The goal of the Associate Member Program is to allow good people such as yourself to enjoy, participate and contribute to our club with the goal of full membership. Associate Members are Pinellas Park Rotary Club Rotarians and are welcome as such.
Attendance is one lunch meeting per month (always welcome to attend more. As Associate Member, you will receive your Rotary pin and club badge. You are welcome to participate in outside events. Be involved to the best of your ability!
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Applications now being accepted: Pilot Allows
approaches to Running a Club
Innovative and Flexible
s your club interested in trying new ways to find and keep members? I
Then it may be a good fit for the Innovative and Flexible Rotary Club pilot to experiment with variations on the traditional Rotary club structure. Applications are due 31 March.
The RI Board of Directors invites up to 850 more clubs to take part in the pilot. Your club could try out ideas not currently allowed under the Standard Rotary Club Constitution, such as shared attendance with spouses, alternating between online and in-person meetings, or new leadership structures.
For example, the Rotary Club of Toronto Sunrise, N.S.W., Australia has three members sharing leadership responsi-bilities for a year as co-presidents. The club reports that having three leaders put their skills and ideas to use is prompting the club to try new things, and has already resulted in a 25 percent gain in membership.
To qualify: Ÿ Your club must have been chartered no later
than 30 June 2010, have at least 20 members, and be in good financial standing with Rotary International.
Ÿ Two-thirds of your club's members must vote to participate in the pilot and certify the results on the voting certificate included with your application.
Ÿ Your club must agree to participate from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2017 and to submit reports to Rotary International.
Ÿ Your club must register with and maintain records through Rotary Club Central and My Rotary.
Ÿ Applications are due by 31 March.
For full details, see the 2015-17 Innovative and Flexible Rotary Club Pilot Guidelines and apply for the pilot online.
otary captures value in the form of dues from Rotary clubs, therefore Rotary clubs must produce Rsomething of value for which a few community
citizens are willing exchange value by paying dues and committing time and talent. To do so, any Marketing Rotary initiative should be designed to assist clubs in determining answers to this question: Why would a person in any community be interested in joining and paying dues to any Rotary club?
In order to respond appropriately, Rotary and its member clubs must be conscious of basic organization and market fundamentals, some of which are:Ÿ Rotary clubs are social welfare (civic) organizations, not
charitable service organizations.Ÿ Less than one percent of the people in the world, or any
community, is interested in joining a Rotary club, which, by personal selection, makes them an exclusive group.
Ÿ Those who are interested in joining a local club make a commitment involving time, treasure, and/or talent.
Ÿ They, and only they, judge whether or not they are receiving sufficient value in exchange for the commitment they have made.
Ÿ Rotary clubs (and all member-supported organizations) are exclusive; i.e. they exclude everyone that, for whatever reason, is not interested in becoming a member.
In marketing terms, segmenting and recognizing those who may be interested in joining a Rotary club is referred to as identifying target audiences. The challenge Rotary and its member clubs face is identifying those that may be interested, determining what values they seek, and producing those values. When identifying and communicating with target audiences, consider that, in North America, most people volunteer to do some type of community service activity. Even most of the 85% that live above the poverty line contribute something to charitable service organizations. Confusing exclusivity with elitism and referring to Rotary clubs as 'service' clubs hinders public image initiatives and reinforces the need to re-establish a universally acceptable brand statement and marketing philosophy.
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otary was almost fourteen years old when Leon J. Lambert, then one of the leading Rbusinessmen of Manila and president of Lam-
bert Sales Co., inspired by what he had heard of Ro-tary, started to correspond with President John Poole of the International Association of Rotary Clubs, now known as Rotary International. As a result, on January 12, 1919, Lambert entertained Rotarian Roger D. Pinneo, a member of the Rotary Club of Seattle who had been sent to Manila with a commission to assist in the organization of Rotary Clubs in the Far East, at a luncheon in his home in Pasay with Messrs. E. E. Elser, James Geary, A. W. Beam and F. N. Berry, prominent businessmen of Manila.
The five constituted themselves into a committee to proceed with the preliminary steps incident to the organization of a Rotary club. Lambert was elected as chairman, and Berry as secretary of this committee. Informal meetings were held on January 14, 16, and 24, before the organization of the new club was completed with 38 charter members, two of whom were Filipinos (Gabriel Lao and Gregorio Nieva), one was Chinese (Alfonso SyCip), and the rest Americans. A provisional board of directors was formed and served until June 1919, when the first annual meeting was held. Elected as the first officers were – LEON J. LAMBERT - President ALFONSO SYCIP - Vice President E. E. ELSER - Secretary WALTER A. BEAM – Treasurer
Before the end of January 1919, a cablegram was sent to the International Association of Rotary Clubs in Chicago, advising it of the formal organization of the Rotary Club of Manila (RCM), the first club in Asia, with a membership of 38. The first office of the RCM was located in the office of the Benguet Consolidated Mining Co. at Kneedler Building, where further meetings were held and additional members elected.
RCM organized its first daughter club, the Rotary Club of Cebu, in 1932, followed by the Rotary Club of Iloilo in 1933. Both were also under the direct supervision of the International Association of Rotary Clubs.
In 1935, these three clubs were included in the district of China up to 1938, when the Philippine District No. 81 (changed to District 48, then to District 385, and now to Districts , 380, 382, 385, 386 and 387) was created. Two years later RCM organized the Rotary Clubs of Bacolod and In 1939, through the initiative of then R.I. Vice President Carlos P. "Romy" Romulo, the Rotary Club of Guam, was organized as RCM's first overseas daughter club.
During World War II all the clubs in the Philippines ceased to function. The last meeting of RCM was held on the island of Corregidor on May 6, 1942, to induct Gen. Douglas MacArthur as honorary member. However, some Manila Rotarians occasionally met in groups, whenever possible. The club was formally reorganized on September 13, 1945, with Gil J. Puyat reassuming the club presidency. Subsequently, RCM established the Rotary Clubs of Lucena and Malolos (1949), Batangas and San Pablo (1950), Cavite (1952), Kalookan and Pasay (1959), and Quezon City (1960).
The Rotary Club of Manila, being the premier service club of its kind in Asia, has had an outstanding record of leadership in service to the community. In its 79-year history, it has pioneered various projects covering the whole spectrum of the four avenues of Rotary service.
Among the organizations pioneered in the Philippines by the Club are the Boy Scout movement, Community Chest Foundation, Philippine Band of Mercy, Philippine Safety Council (forerunner of the Safety Organization of the Phils.), Philippine Cancer Society, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Phi l ippine Tourism Associat ion, Welfareville, TOWER (The Outstanding Workers of the Republic) Awards Foundation, RCManila Foundation, RCM Medico-Surgical Missions Foundation, Philippine Rotary Pacemaker Bank Foun-dation, Sagip-Kabataan (Save the Children) Foundation, RCM Eyebank Foundation, several school and community-based Rotaract and Interact youth clubs, and others. Aside from these, RCM has been an invaluable source of support to a host of other service projects and organizations.
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February 17, 2015
To all RotariansRotary International District 3790
My Fellow Rotarians,
Greetings in the name of Rotary.
I am inviting you to attend our District Conference to be held on April 17-18, 2015 (Friday to Saturday) at the New Fontana Convention Center, Clarkfield, Pampanga. DISCON 2015 is the highlight of Rotary Year 2014-2015 with the Theme: “Light-Up Rotary”.
During the District conference, The Program Development Committee has prepared an exciting program that would showcase the achievements and accomplishments of every Rotary club in the District. Exciting and Inspiring speakers are lined up to discuss substantive Rotary and community matters during the conference.
We also wish to recognize club presidents and their spouse with a parade of presidents and Cotillion de Honor during the Fellowship night and Ball. The Fellowship Night and Governor's Ball are strictly formal events, ladies would be required to wear their cocktail dress for the Fellowship Night and long gown for the governor's ball (with color white, red or black/dark shade) while the gentlemen are required to wear their dark suit or tuxedo. This is intended to maintain the formality of the occasion in the holding of the DISCON. The Committee and the Governor agreed to a Casino Royale concept for the Fellowship Night and the Ball.
The Conference Registration Fee is Two Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P2,500.00) up to March 17, 2015, Three Thousand Pesos (P3,000.00) up to April 10, 2015. STRICTLY NO ONSITE REGISTRATION. Non-Rotarian Spouse who would attend the Fellowship Night and Governor's Ball will be assessed One thousand Pesos (P 1,000,00) per event or 1500 for both Fellowship Night and Governor's ball. Rotary clubs may avail of the Ten plus One (10 + 1) promo up to March 31, 2015.
Special Bags would be given to the first (300) registrants while the rest would be having a regular conference kits. Payments may be deposited to the Rotary Club of Tarlac Metro BDO-Paniqui, Tarlac Current Account No. 5208008061 and you may send the names and proof of payments to [email protected] or fax it through (045) 931-3728. For more details please get in touch with PP Ferdie Miclat- Discon Chair at his Mobile No. 09193919222 and to the Assistant Governor in your respective Cluster.
Rotarians of 3790. Go Light and Scatter Bright.
Yours In Rotary,
Dennis Norman T. GoDistrict Governor, 2014 - 2015 Rotary Club of Tarlac Metro
2015DISCON
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DENNIS NORMAN T. GODISTRICT GOVERNOR
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1 Angeles $ 9,611.362 Tarlac Metro 7,374.003 San Fdo LU Inc 6,800.004 Villa de Bacolor 6,713.645 Vigan 6,187.056 Metro Olongapo 5,800.007 Angeles Friendship 5,684.108 Subic Pearl 5,260.009 Angeles Kuliat 5,000.00
10 Central Pangasinan 4,804.55
11 Eastern Pampanga 4,425.34
12 Metro San Fernando LU 4,120.00
13 Western Pampanga 4,102.27 14 Greater Floridablanca 4,025.00 15 Baguio Sunrise 3,900.00 16 San Fdo Cabalen 3,570.00 17 Central Tarlac 3,400.00 18 San Fernando P 3,100.00 19 Olongapo 3,052.27 20 Mabalacat Clark 3,040.00
This month of love is the best timeto show generosity and kindnesstowards our mission of DOINGGOOD IN THE WORLD throughour Rotary Foundation.
1 Metro Olongapo $483.332 Subic Pearl 478.183 Angeles 320.394 Balibago 300.005 Tarlac Metro 245.806 Baguio Sunrise 229.417 Angeles Friendship 210.528 Villa de Bacolor 203.449 Central Pangasinan 200.19
10 San Fdo Cabalen 187.89 11 Eastern Pampanga 177.01 12 Downtown
Olongapo 160.99 13 Mabalacat Clark 160.00 14 Olongapo 152.61 15 Metro San Fernando La Union 137.63 16 Greater Floridablanca 134.17 17 Urdaneta Mid City 125.00 18 Clark Centennial 122.48 19 Downtown Olongapo 121.43 20 Southern Pampanga 114.82
GO ROTARIANS OF DISTRICT 3790 AND CONTINUE BEING YOUR BEST.
PP Cynthia Gueco &PP Sonny Pahed Jr.
Angeles KuliatDGE Mai Ocampo
Central TarlacPP Gon Kehyeng
DoloresDGN Raul Peralta
Freeport ZonePaul Hart &PP Elmer Hernandez, MabalacatPDG Vitt Gutierrez &PP Mike Yoon
Metro OlongapoPP Ernie Tumalad
OrionRtn Harvey Tan
San Fernando LU IncPDG Digna Ragasa
ViganAG Jess Sama
Villa de Bacolor
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DENNIS NORMAN T. GODistrict Governor
17 FEB 2015
Dear District Governor Go : Greetings from Evanston! As a reminder, the deadline for the Significant Achievement Award is 15 March. The Significant Achievement Award recognizes Rotary clubs for outstanding community service projects. To be eligible, projects must:
address a significant problem or need in the local communityinvolve most or all of the club members in personal rather than monetary servicebe commensurate with the club's size and resourcesbe capable of emulation by other Rotary clubsbe currently active or reach a conclusion during the Rotary year for which the award is givenbe carried out by a single Rotary club
No club may receive the award more than once for the same project. District governors may select one outstanding project from the district and forward one nomination to RI for consideration, to arrive no later than 15 March 2015. Multiple nominations from a single district will not be considered. Please encourage your clubs to submit their nominations to you in a timely manner to enable you to meet this deadline. Download the Significant Achievement Award nomination form. Please note the nomination form is a writeable PDF that will allow you to type directly in the space provided. Nominations must be typed; handwritten nomination forms will not be considered. Please save a copy of your nomination form and then email it to riawards@ rotary.org by 15 March. We appreciate your efforts to recognize an outstanding club in your district for its achievement. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Best regards, Azka Asif Coordinator, Awards Rotary Service Connections
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HAPPYBIRTHDAY
ROTARY1905 - 2015 23 February
NEW SPECIALMONTH
OBSERVANCE ·
otary International Board of Directors modified Rotary's calendar of special Robservances to designate specific months
highlighting the Areas of Focus.
The new special observance months are:
May
Youth Services
September
Basic Education and Literacy
October
Economic and Community Development
December
Disease Prevention and Treatment
January
Vocational Service
February
Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution
March
Water and Sanitation
April
Maternal and Child Health
NOTE: June, July, August and November
remain the same.
31 Jan 2015 PrePETSCamp AquinoRC Central Tarlac
08 Feb Multi-District PETSPICC, Manila
06 March AG/DS Mtg4pm, Vigan
07 March DTTS, 8am, Vigan7 & 8 Mar PESETS, Vigan9 & 10 May DISTAS, Baguio
Hosted by Cluster 1C16 May Phil Leaders Training
Seminar, AIM, Makati11 July MDS 1 & 2
2D, AG Ike Puzon18 July MDS 3 & 4
4A, AG Malou Garbes29 August TRF Seminar
Cluster 1B16 Sept PR/RLI/RCC
Cluster 4B, BataanAG Art Maximo
6 - 8 Nov RYLAHighland CampZambales, Cluster 4D
21 Nov TRF Banquet3C, AG Jun Tolentino
23 Jan 2016 Mid Year ReviewCluster 3BAG Chuck Gueco
23 Jan Candidates Forum20 Feb Family Day
Cluster 3A1 & 2 April DISCON, Hosted by
RC Central Tarlac29 May to 1 June RI Convention
Seoul, Korea18 June Year End Review
Cluster 4CAG Boyet Cristobal
RY2015 - 2016 DISTRICT EVENTSOCTOBER 2014 BOARD DECISIONS
19 FEB 2015
otary International President-elect K.R. Ravindran asks Rotary members to “Be a Gift to RtheWorld” as the theme of his 2015-2016
presidential year. “In Rotary, we give of our resources—but more importantly, we give of ourselves. Because there is such a difference, between a handout, and an outstretched hand --- especially when the outstretched hand, is warmed by a caring heart.”
sing their talents, expertise, and leadership, Rotary members worldwide are Uasked to be gifts to the world this upcoming
2015-16 Rotary year. Rotary International President-elect K.R.
"Ravi" Ravindran called Sunday's address to incoming district governors the "most significant moment of my life.”
"All of you have been given so many gifts. And you have now been given this great gift: one year to take all your talents, all your gifts, everything that you are and can become – and Be a Gift to the World," said Ravindran, revealing his presidential theme at the annual five-day training meeting in San Diego, California, USA. "You have one year to take that potential and turn it into reality. One year to lead the clubs in your district and transform the lives of others. The time is so short, yet there is so much to be done.
"Highlighting Rotary'sbiggest challenge, the eradication of polio, Ravindran said, "A future without polio is a gift that we have promised to the children of the world. And indeed it is a gift that we will give.”
Ravindran said, "A future without polio is a gift that we have promised to the children of the world. And indeed it is a gift that we will give.”
Ravindran, a member of the Rotary Club of Colombo, Sri Lanka, used Rotary's successes in the fight to eradicate the disease as an illustration of the impact Rotary members can have in the world. When Rotary set a goal of eradicating polio 25 years ago, it was endemic in 125 countries, and more than 1,000 children were becoming paralyzed each day. Today, polio remains endemic in just three countries, Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan. And in all of 2014, only 333 cases were reported. "We will battle on. We will prevail," he said.
PRESIDENTIAL THEME2015 - 2016
Ravindran discussed some of Rotary's other challenges, including membership. "We have to find a way to bring back the fundamentals that built our organization: the emphasis on high ethical standards in all aspects of our lives, and the classification system that encourages a diversity of expertise in each club," he said. "Too often these ideas are viewed as little more than inconvenient obstacles to increasing our membership. But they have been essential to Rotary's success, and we ignore them at our own peril.”
Ravindran told attendees that the focus on branding is essential to helping Rotary grow. "We need to reposition our image, which we recognize has faded in many parts of the world," he said.
Rotary also needs to continue to raise funds for The Rotary Foundation, attract new members, and encourage greater participation from current members, he added.
"There are no easy answers to any of these questions. And yet the answers must somehow be found. We are the ones who must find them," said Ravindran. The president-elect closed his speech emphasizing that now is the time to make real change."You have one year to build monuments that will endure forever, not carved in granite or marble, but in the lives and hearts of generations. This is our time. It will not come again. Let us grasp it," he said.
20 FEB 2015
We're looking at over 1,000 Philippine delegates attending the RI Convention in Korea from May 28 to June 1, 2016. Calling PDG Mark Ortiz! — with Mai Ocampo, Mark Anthony G. Ortiz, Doris Ensomo and Pepe Estevez.
dge maid3790
At the Opening Banquet International Assembly in San Diego... With some DGE's from the Phils and RI PE Ravi... RY Theme 2015-2016... World Class President Elects... Be a Gift to the World!
21 FEB 2015
TRF andMembership
DATA
CLUB COUNTZONE 7A
AS OF 31 JAN 2015
3410 Part of 58 1,199
3420 Part of 51 1,063
3770 69 1,728
3780 102 2,262
3790 104 2,569
3800 90 2,302
3810 95 2,375
3820 104 2,810
3830 87 2,479
3850 53 1,256
3860 92 2,294
3870 44 1,160
Indonesia
Indonesia
56 1,184 (15%)
51 1,052 (11%)
67 1,843 6.7%
100 2,367 4.6%
102 2,775 8.0%
90 2,474 7.5%
96 2,700 13.79%
103 2,966 5.6%
87 2,774 11.9%
53 1,355 7.9%
92 2,399 4.6%
44 1,228 5.9%
27 members
23 members
27 members
24 members
28 members
29 members
32 members
25 members
26 members
28 members
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Rolando “OYAN” V. Villanueva2012-2015 Rotary CoordinatorRotary International Zone 7A
TRF SUMMARY as of 15 FEB 2015
Annual Other
Cluster Giving Giving TOTAL
1A $9,700.00 $1,389.32 $11,089.32
1B $12,964.00 $365.00 $13,329.00
1C $10,912.84 $692.58 $11,605.42
2D $2,100.00 $0.00 $2,100.00
3A $23,974.00 $0.00 $23,974.00
3B $18,940.00 $20.45 $18,960.45
3C $21,111.37 $1,588.64 $22,700.01
4A $33,185.00 $979.31 $34,164.31
4B $6,124.72 $226.51 $6,351.23
4C $20,902.27 $1,409.89 $22,312.16
4D $5,200.00 $172.73 $5,372.73
TOTAL $184,864.20 $7,068.98 $191,933.18
MEMBERSHIP as of 15 FEB 2015
Cluster 1-Jul-14 15-Feb-15 Gain/Loss %
1A 187.00 204.00 17 2.67%
1B 188.00 196.00 8 3.72%
1C 235.00 233.00 8 2.98%
2A 57.00 63.00 14 12.28%
2B 159.00 186.00 27 14.47%
2C 155.00 163.00 8 5.16%
2D 179.00 163.00 -16 -2.79%
3A 274.00 271.00 7 2.55%
3B 225.00 244.00 19 4.44%
3C 216.00 210.00 -6 0.46%
4A 323.00 360.00 37 8.05%
4B 128.00 161.00 33 25.78%
4C 151.00 179.00 8 8.05%
4D 115.00 145.00 28 7.83%
TOTAL 2592.00 2778.00 184 7.10%
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No. of No of
CLUB Annual Other Members Members GAIN/ %
ID Giving Giving 1-Jul-14 15-Feb-15 LOSS
TRF
Area 1A $9,700.00 $1,389.32 187.00 204.00 17.00 2.67%
16856 Agoo $1,500.00 $200.00 30 34 4 13.33%
24467 Bangued $100.00 $102.27 20 20 0 0.00%
85913 Loaog Sunrise $2,000.00 40 42 2 5.00%
79360 Magsingal North $500.00 21 28 7 33.33%
31673 Narvacan $500.00 22 22 0 0.00%
16937 Vigan $5,100.00 $1,087.05 54 58 4 7.41%
Area 1B $12,964.00 $365.00 188.00 196.00 8.00 3.72%
70938 Bauang 19 19 0 0.00%
30955 Metro SFLU $3,864.00 $265.00 30 35 5 16.67%
26069 San Juan $800.00 $100.00 23 25 2 8.70%
16920 SF City North $1,000.00 26 26 0 0.00%
16918 SFLU, Inc $6,800.00 74 75 1 1.35%
58725 Southern LU $500.00 16 16 0 0.00%
Area 1C $10,912.84 $692.58 235.00 233.00 8.00 2.98%
16863 Baguio $2,090.00 $140.91 49 55 6 12.24%
16864 Baguio North $500.00 29 28 -1 -3.45%
16865 Baguio South $500.00 $200.00 27 26 -1 -3.70%
51996 Baguio Summer Capital 42 37 -5 -11.90%
57485 Baguio Sunrise $3,800.00 $100.00 17 16 -1 -5.88%
50230 Downtown Session $2,522.84 22 26 4 18.18%
27872 La Trinidad $500.00 14 22 8 57.14%
24043 Metro Baguio $1,000.00 $251.67 25 23 -2 -8.00%
84273 Sagada TERMINATED 10
Area 2A $4,000.00 $0.00 57.00 63.00 14.00 12.28%
16935 Urdaneta TERMINATED 8
57304 Urdaneta East $2,000.00 18 27 9 50.00%
84886 Urdaneta Mid-City $2,000.00 16 13 -3 -18.75%
24184 Urdaneta North 15 23 8 53.33%
Area 2B $8,800.00 $204.55 159.00 186.00 27.00 14.47%
16876 Central Pangasinan $4,600.00 $204.55 24 39 15 62.50%
16879 Dagupan $100.00 42 40 -2 -4.76%
22395 Dagupan East $1,000.00 27 40 13 48.15%
23231 Downtown Dagupan $1,000.00 25 26 1 4.00%
63496 Metro Dagupan 8 8 0 0.00%
53312 Uptown Dagupan $2,100.00 33 33 0 0.00%
Area 2C $6,950.00 $20.00 155.00 163.00 8.00 5.16%
57924 Bayambang $1,600.00 19 24 5 26.32%
55849 Calasiao 10 10 0 0.00%
29949 Mangaldan $350.00 $20.00 22 28 6 27.27%
81738 Metro Malasiqui $1,000.00 23 22 -1 -4.35%
82411 Metro San Carlos 16 16 0 0.00%
57292 San Fabian $2,500.00 26 26 0 0.00%
71376 Sta Barbara $1,500.00 39 37 -2 -5.13%
Area 2D $2,100.00 $0.00 179.00 163.00 (16.00) -2.79%
51473 Binmaley Century 21 22 1 4.76%
72854 Dasol Bay $1,000.00 10 6 -4 -40.00%
58570 Hundred Islands $1,000.00 28 40 12 42.86%
26225 Lingayen $100.00 50 37 -13 -26.00%
84230 Lingayen Gulf 11 10 -1 -9.09%
82798 Mangatarem 36 36 0 0.00%
71756 Midwestern Pangasinan 23 12 -11 -47.83%
24 FEB 2015
No. of No of
CLUB Annual Other Members Members GAIN/ %
ID Giving Giving 1-Jul-14 15-Feb-15 LOSS
Area 1A $9,700.00 $1,389.32 187.00 204.00 17.00 2.67%
TRF
Area 3A $23,974.00 $0.00 274.00 271.00 7.00 2.55%
16877 Central Tarlac $3,400.00 30 34 4 13.33%
24118 Downtown Tarlac $1,700.00 14 17 3 21.43%
83678 Melting Pot 13 15 2 15.38%
16904 Midtown Tarlac $2,500.00 23 24 1 4.35%
16910 Northern Tarlac $2,000.00 56 52 -4 -7.14%
25314 Paniqui $3,000.00 40 37 -3 -7.50%
24343 Poblacion Tarlac TERMINATED $1,000.00 10
16933 Tarlac $1,500.00 28 29 1 3.57%
27158 Tarlac Metro $8,374.00 30 33 3 10.00%
16939 Western Tarlac $500.00 30 30 0 0.00%
Area 3B $18,940.00 $20.45 225.00 244.00 19.00 4.44%
30320 Angeles Kuliat $5,000.00 67 69 2 2.99%
57293 Angeles Midtown $1,000.00 15 16 1 6.67%
83157 Balibago $3,000.00 10 16 6 60.00%
30778 Clarkfield 8 13 5 62.50%
26058 Dau $2,400.00 25 25 0 0.00%
16893 Mabalacat $2,000.00 $20.45 30 32 2 6.67%
83693 Mabalacat Clark $3,040.00 19 18 -1 -5.26%
53570 Magalang $2,000.00 24 26 2 8.33%
63497 Metro Clark 11 11 0 0.00%
27157 Pampanga North $500.00 16 18 2 12.50%
Area 3C $21,111.37 $1,588.64 216.00 210.00 (6.00) 0.46%
16857 Angeles $9,411.36 $200.00 30 30 0 0.00%
21777 Angeles Centro $500.00 17 15 -2 -11.76%
82881 Angeles Friendship $5,400.01 $284.09 27 22 -5 -18.52%
16858 Angeles North $1,300.00 $700.00 33 35 2 6.06%
85919 Angeles Skytown $800.00 27 26 -1 -3.70%
16859 Angeles West $500.00 14 14 0 0.00%
51878 Clark Centennial $2,000.00 $204.55 18 18 0 0.00%
29501 Metro Angeles $500.00 22 22 0 0.00%
50899 Metro Angeles Cent'l $700.00 $200.00 28 28 0 0.00%
Area 4A $33,185.00 $979.31 323.00 360.00 37.00 8.05%
52307 Central Pampanga $1,000.00 $48.52 20 20 0 0.00%
16882 Dolores $2,000.00 $34.09 42 42 0 0.00%
82410 Eastern Pampanga $4,160.00 $265.34 25 25 0 0.00%
66255 Floridablanca $1,500.00 $45.45 14 18 4 28.57%
85434 Greater Floridablanca $4,025.00 30 37 7 23.33%
27257 Metro San Fernando P $500.00 $100.00 32 35 3 9.38%
16919 San Fernando Pampanga $3,000.00 $100.00 40 46 6 15.00%
84221 San Fernando Cabalen $3,500.00 $70.00 21 23 2 9.52%
16861 Southern Pampanga $3,000.00 27 27 0 0.00%
78832 Villa De Bacolor $6,500.00 $213.64 33 44 11 33.33%
16887 Western Pampanga $4,000.00 $102.27 39 43 4 10.26%
Area 4B $6,124.72 $226.51 128.00 161.00 33.00 25.78%
16867 Balanga $2,525.81 $26.51 27 35 8 29.63%
31439 Limay $158.00 $100.00 20 25 5 25.00%
16900 Mariveles 27 27 0 0.00%
52316 Mariveles Ecozone $1,040.91 16 20 4 25.00%
26903 Orani $1,400.00 $100.00 24 36 12 50.00%
30484 Orion $1,000.00 14 18 4 28.57%
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Do not send to me; but to the yahoogroups address in blue above. Yahoo will send me the request and I can then approve your membership in d3790bestclass. This will give you privileges to read and post to D 3790 group.
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No. of No of
CLUB Annual Other Members Members GAIN/ %
ID Giving Giving 1-Jul-14 15-Feb-15 LOSS
Area 1A $9,700.00 $1,389.32 187.00 204.00 17.00 2.67%
TRF
Area 4C $20,902.27 $1,409.89 151.00 179.00 28.00 17.88%
21477 Dowtown Olongapo $2,700.00 $197.78 18 21 3 16.67%
74063 Freeport Zone $2,000.00 $402.11 22 22 0 0.00%
53313 Metro Olongapo $5,600.00 $200.00 12 19 7 58.33%
16912 Olongapo $2,802.27 $250.00 24 28 4 16.67%
65917 Olongapo Centennial $100.00 17 17 0 0.00%
16931 Subic $2,300.00 $100.00 28 37 9 32.14%
50512 Subic Bay $400.00 8 13 5 62.50%
82624 Subic Bay Pearl $5,000.00 $260.00 11 12 1 9.09%
84090 Subic Bay Sunrise 11 10 -1 -9.09%
Area 4D $5,200.00 $172.73 115.00 145.00 0.00 7.83%
86016 Candelaria 23 16 -7 -30.43%
16889 Iba $2,500.00 $104.55 39 41 2 5.13%
31158 Masinloc $500.00 21 18 -3 -14.29%
86346 San Marcelino 30
21552 Sta Cruz $2,200.00 $68.18 32 40 8 25.00%
TOTAL $184,864.20 $7,068.98 2,592.00 2,778.00 184.00 6.37%
Grant Number Grant Title Status Club
GG 1528339 Reforestation, Agricultural Farm Draft MabalacatGG 1528242 Brgy Camias Water Project Draft Metro OlongapoGG 1528087 KKK Village, Water Project Draft Angeles FriendshipGG 1527584 Skill Training Center Draft Villa de BacolorGG 1527015 School Equipment Supplies Draft Baguio SunriseGG 1526946 Brgy Tuquib Water Supply Draft BanguedGG 1419542 Toilet Block and Hand Approved District 3790
Washing Facility Waiting for paymentGG 1419335 FG Nepomuceno High
School Project Approved, ongoing Angeles FriendshipGG 1419593 Medical Surgical
Mobile Facility Approved, ongoing MabalacatGG 1419334 Brgy Calumpang Water
Project Approved, ongoing Angeles FriendshipGG 1418851 Brgy San Martin Water
Project Approved, ongoing Angeles FirendshipGG 1416669 Operation Uplift Sallacong Draft ViganGG 1413857 Shin Yang Korea-Phils
Cultural Center Project Cancelled Angeles FriendshipGG 1413855 Angeles City National
Trade School Project Approved,ongoing Angeles FriendshipGG 1413778 Maternal and Child Care
Ospital Ning Angeles Approved, ongoing Angeles NorthGG 1412650 Biosand water Filter Project Approved, ongoing MabalacatGG 1411340 Capas School Project Draft Mabalacat
GRANTS IN D3790
16 FEB 2015
Toilet AREA 1 CLUBNo. Contractor: c/o PP Alex Lee 1 San Juan Elem School Agoo
5 Bantay West Elementary School Vigan 7 Pagudpod Elementary School San Fdo La Union
9 Barbarit Elementary School Magsingal North Contractor: c/o PP Mike Limbo 10 Tacdian Elementary School La Trinidad 11 Pinsao Elementary School Downtown Session 12 Spring Hills Elementary School Metro Baguio 14 Longlong Elementary School Baguio Sunrise 15
AREA 2Contractor: no contractor yet
16 Sual Central Elementary School Midwestern Pangasinan 17 North Central Elementary School San Fabian 18 Domalandan Elementary School Lingayen 19 Consolacion Elementary School Urdaneta East 20 McArthur Salanga Memorial ES Dasol Bay 21 Mangin-Tebeng Elementary Sch Central Pangasinan 22 Leet Elementary School Sta Barbara
AREA 3Contractor: Arch Gulapa
23 Mining Elementary School Angeles 24 Cutcut Elementary School Angeles North 25 San Juan Elementary School Angeles West 26 Don Pepe Henson Memorial School Metro Angeles
Contractor: RM Builders 27 Pulungbulu Elementary School Angeles Kuliat 28 Lourdes Northwest Elem School Balibago 29 Northville 16 National HS Mabalacat 30 Fausto Gonzales Sioco Memorial Pampanga North 31 Escaler Elementary Sch Magalang 32 Alvindia Elementary School Midtown Tarlac 33 Camp Aquino Elem School Tarlac Metro
AREA 4Contractor: c/o Balanga/Orion
42 Ubat Elementary School Masinloc 43 Don Brigido Miraflor Elem Sch Sta Cruz 44 Bihawo Elementary School Iba
Contractor: SGG Const. 45 Pabanlag Elementary School Floridablanca 46 Juliana Elementary school Central Pampanga 47 Wenceslao Elementary School Greater Floridablanca 48 San Juan South Elem Sch San Fernando Cabalen 49 Bacolor Elementary School Villa de Bacolor 50 Pampanga Highschool San Fernando P
2 & 3 La Union National Highschool Metro San Fernando LU 4 Cauayan Elementary School Vigan
6 Tanquigan Elementary School San Fdo La Union
8 Don Eulogio Memorial Natl HS Southern La Union
13 Poyopoy Elementary School Baguio
Bakakeng National Highschool Baguio Summer Capital
34 Kalalake National Highschool Metro Olongapo 35 Sta Rita Highschool Metro Olongapo 36 Balanga Elementary School Balanga 37 Donya Elementary School Orani 38 Regional Science Highschool Freeport Zone 39 Gen Lim Elementary School Orion40 Looc Elementary School Olongapo 41 San Isidro Elementary School Subic Pearl
Site visited, approved
NOTES:The applications of beneficiary clubs were processed and accepted in August - Sept 2014 and submitted to TRF Oct 2014TRF cadre visit on Jan 2015.
To be able to participate in Global Grant project, club must be in good standing.- Updated in SAR & PRM payment
GLOBALGRANT1419542
TOILET BLOCK
DISTRICT 3790
and HANDWASHING FACILITY
27 FEB 2015
the isSITEHERE
TOILET BLOCK
SITEvisit
n preparation for the iimplemen-Itation of district
GG1419542, a visit of project sites was done by the DGSC in the areas of Orion, Balanga, Orani, Freeport Zone, Olongapo and Subic Pearl clubs on 10 and 19 February 2015.
Other than the need, one of the requirements veri-fied was the avai-lability of water for use of the hand washing station.
Pointing to the exactlocation of the toiletblock at Olongapo site by DGN Raul, AG Glen and officers of FreeportZone, Olongapo andSubic Pearl Rotaryclubs who came along for the site inspection.
A meeting at Subic International Hotel by Freeport Zone,Olongapo and Subic Pearl representatives.
DGSC with RC Orion at Gen Lim Elementary School
OLONGAPO
SUBIC PEARLFREEPORT ZONE
28 FEB 2015
he formal turnover of the neo-natal equipment for the NICU of Ospital Ning TAngeles (ONA) was held on 23 Jan 2015.
The brand new equipment worth more than P2M consisted of three infant incubators, radiant baby warmer, infant oxygen hook and other nursery equipment.
The project was made possible through a Global Grant between the Rotary Clubs of Angeles North D3790 and Kure South, Hiroshima, Japan, D2710.
NEO-NATAL EQUIPMENT
FOR ONA NICU
- A Global Grant 1413778 -
RC Kure president, ONA hospital Director, Mayor’s Desk OIC Alex Idiongco, and RC Angeles North preisdent Arnel Calaguas
TURNOVER AND BLESSING CEREMONIES
With Balanga and Orani clubs at Donya andBalanga Elementary Schools, respectively.
An interviewof schoolprincipal
at Balanga
BALANGA
ORANI
ORION
29 FEB 2015
San Paolo is so captivating you may dance the night away!
30 FEB 2015
repare to be entertained, inspired, and energized by the lineup of activities at Pthe São Paulo convention. Here are
some of the highlights.
Thursday, 4 June
Thursday-Friday, 4-5 June
WASRAG World Water Summit 7
International Institute
Rotary Peace Symposium
Rotaract Preconvention
Share your passion for water, sanitation, and hygiene education projects with others and learn from experts in the field during this year’s World Water Summit.
Current, incoming, and past RI officers will come together to share ideas and renew friendships.
Join Rotary Peace Fellows, alumni, and Rotary members for this special two-day event.
Celebrate Rotaract with members from around the world who share your passion for creating positive change. Join friends, share ideas, and make connections.
Youth Exchange Officers Preconvention
Opening plenary
HOC event: Rotary’s Carnival
Plenary session 2
Plenary session 3
Plenary session 4
Rotary members involved in the Rotary Youth Exchange program join friends, share ideas, and make connections for future exchanges.
Kick off your convention by attending one of two opening plenaries, featuring entertainment, Rotary Parade of Flags.
Experience a typical Brazilian Carnival party, complete with a samba school parade.
HOC event: Conductor João Carlos Martins & Vai-Vai Percussionists concert. Enjoy a concert that mixes the beauty and sophistication of classical music with the Brazilian flavor and rhythm of Carnival.
HOC event: Ivete Sangalo concert, One of Brazil’s most popular entertainers and winner of two Latin Grammy Awards.
Closing plenary. The convention comes to a close with an acceptance speech from the president-nominee and with the president-elect sharing his vision for the coming year. Closing entertainment.
Saturday, 6 June
Sunday, 7 June
Monday, 8 June
Tuesday, 9 June
he first coffee plants in Brazil arrived in the early 18th century, but Brazilians’ love affair with coffee Treally took off in the early 1800s, when huge
plantations were established in São Paulo State’s Paraíba River valley. Within a century, coffee was the country’s main export, and Brazil remains the largest producer of coffee beans in the world. Whether it’s early in the morning or late at night, Rotarians in town for the 2015 RI Convention, 6-9 June, will be able to find a good cup of joe in São Paulo.
With breakfast, Brazilians usually take their coffee black or pingado (with milk). After a meal, it’s common to have a cafezinho – strong black coffee served in a small cup.Cafezinho and pão de queijo (a cheesy bread puff) are a common mid-afternoon snack.
Any bar or bakery in Brazil worth its salt will serve good cafezinho. At higher-end padarias, you can enjoy your coffee with pastries and desserts, or misto quente, a grilled ham-and-cheese sandwich.
In Santos, about an hour from São Paulo, you’ll find the Palácio da Bolsa Oficial de Café, or Official Coffee Exchange Palace, where the price of coffee was traditionally set. It now houses a coffee museum, the Museu do Café, which naturally includes a cafe and a shop.
PP RonRon NethercuttD 3790 Information OfficerRC Mabalacat
2016 - SeoulSouth Korea May 29 to June 1
2017 - Atlanta, USA - June 10 to 14
2018 - Toronto, CanadaJune 24 to 27
2019 - Durban, South Africa - May 7-10
razil is home to many former Rotary Scholars, Youth Exchange students, and BGroup Study Exchange team members.
The 2015 RI Convention in São Paulo offers a wonderful opportunity for you to reunite with people your club or district has hosted, while you experience all the excitement of a Rotary Convention. Like Rotary, São Paulo is notably diverse. In its many ethnic neighborhoods, you’ll feel the influence immigrants from your country have left on this South American metropolis, and you may even discover a long-lost branch of your family tree.
BrazilianCOFFEE
FUTURECONVENTIONS
31 FEB 2015
ROTARIANSONTHEINTERNET
32 FEB 2015
Fellow ROTIans, Perhaps you can help.
here is a move in our district to dispense with the district nominating committee (DNC) procedure in Tthe selection of a DG in favor of a direct voting by
the club presidents.
Would you know if there are districts who are not using the DNC procedure anymore when they choose their DG? What are your thoughts on this issue.
Finally, does anyone have information on the history of the DNC procedure, why this was adopted and how were the DG's chosen before this was adopted as the selection process of choice by RI. Is this mandated or are the districts given the flexibility to choose their own selection process.
Sorry for the too many questions. There will be a district forum on this matter in about a week and so we ae trying to gather as much information as we can.
- Jesse TanchancoRC Loyola Heights, RID 3780Quezon City, Philippines
f you look at the Manual of Procedure it provides three options. (1) By a nominating committee I(2) By direct Ballot by mail/email and (3) at a
District Conference - however if you go down that track it has to be done by resolution adopted at a District Conference.
The ballot by mail gives clubs one or more votes based on the size of their membership.
In D9800 we have used the nominating committee method since our inception, and each year 3 Past Presidents are elected to be part of that committee, and it works well. The interview process is extensive and we find that we get good quality candidates and the committee selection process is far preferable in our view than trying to get all Clubs to vote on time via a voting process
I have not been able to find out anything about the reasons a DNC was put in place, however Jesse, I do know that the DNC is far preferable than the ballot method.
With the ballot method even though a "profile" would be sent out of each of the candidates, the real "nitty gritty's" of what the various candidates are about, their goals and plans etc for their year as DG can be fully explored by an interview process that we find far more valuable than a simple ballot.
Having been District Secretary I have first hand experience with ballots, and not everyone bothers to reply by the deadlines, and people often just select a name rather than knowing much about the person.
The interview processes that the DNC offers far greater exploration of the "person behind the nomination" and it is far less time consuming than chasing Presidents/Clubs for their votes. It is one day for about 6-7 people for the interviews and selection.
- David BennettRotary Leadership Institute Faculty LeaderPresident-Elect 2015-16, Rotary Club of Brimbank Central, Rotary District 9800, Victoria, Australia
FORUMDNCor
DIRECT VOTING
Rakesh Jain [email protected] wrote
ur District 3250 uses direct elections of the DG at the District Conference each year. The club Opresidents or any authorised representative has
the right to cast vote/votes according to their membership strength. A couple of years back we went for DNC but again the nominated Rotarian was challenged by another candidate and finally we had to go for Direct Voting.
RI gives the District the right to choose which ever method they like to adopt for the election. Our District preferred Direct Voting . Maximum clubs opposed DNC
- Reversal of Role -
33 FEB 2015
uring his speech to incoming District Governors at the 2015 International DAssembly, incoming Trustee Chair Ray
Klinginsmith requested Governors to adopt a measurable goal "to increase the number of clubs achieving the 100 percent Every Rotarian, Every Year recognition fundraising level by 15 percent in all districts….”. He also announced that “The Foundation aims to develop at least two initiatives to recognize and publicize the need for membership growth in clubs and districts. Klinginsmith said the Trustees realized that Rotary cannot continue to provide larger and more sustainable projects unless clubs themselves become bigger”. Is this not a Reversal of Roles?
The premise is further supported by the ever increasing number of Presidential Citation qualification requirements that promote TRF support and engagement. These goals are laudable, and they will undoubtedly garner broad support from Rotarians across the globe; but the fact remains that they are being driven by The Rotary Foundation. Is this not a Reversal of Roles?
A more tangible change is the implementation of The Rotary Foundation’s Future Vision initiative. In a nutshell, TRF has phased out popular programs including GSE, Ambassadorial Scholarships, and Matching Grants that funded the majority of Humanitarian Projects preferred by Clubs and Districts. Matching Grants have been replaced by the larger and more difficult to obtain Global Grant which limits funding to top driven areas of focus and onerous reporting requirements that make projects larger, more complex, and more difficult to administer. The new rules have raised the funding bar far beyond the reach of all but the most affluent and grant savvy clubs to achieve.
To be sure, Future Vision makes business sense for The Rotary Foundation; and the fact that RI and The Foundation have jointly adopted this TRF centric model is further evidence of the Reversal of Roles. Could this be a contributing factor to RI’s decline in membership in TRF donor countries?
- Bill Phillips, PPLawrenceburg Rotary Club, District 6760, USA www.rotarylawrenceburgtn.org
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undergoing a Reversal of Roles? Could this be contributing to RI’s membership decline in North America and other donor regions?
The Rotary Foundation Rotary International
or myself and most of my local fellow Rotarians our Club should focus on local needs. The Club (Clubs) should not be pushed to hard to fund TRF chosen and directed projects. We are still dedicated to seeing Fthe end of Polio - but we are questioning the advisability of a subsequent primary project.
- Jay Recanzone, PP Rotary Club of Yerington, NV
ill has hit the nail square on the head and Mr Ken has managed with just a few words to put the Bentire scenario in to the global context.
Personally, I saw the trend beginning several years back, shortly after RI succeeded in getting Bill and Melinda Gates to donate super big money to PolioPlus. For almost 30 years everyday Rotarians had been slaving in the trenches, so to speak, to support that wonderful project and then, all of a sudden, out of the blue, TRF received the promise of more money that it had ever conceived of and the race was on.
No longer were individual Rotarians seen as the source of TRF funding ... instead it was big corporations and generous benefactors like the Gates' and Warren Buffet. These people could, with a swipe of the pen, equal the fundraising of a thousand clubs. So TRF ... and in extension RI itself .... became an engine for fundraising, not having individual or small groups of clubs doing small projects on their own, but partnering with multinational companies to build the Aswan Dam. On top of that TRF decided to enrich its own pockets even more by charging a percentage of money donated for projects back on the clubs who began the projects for "administrative costs." This is a terrible fact and reduces TRF to a situation not unlike the hundreds of charities that bombard my mailbox and internet every day, not disclosing that large sums of money collected goes to administration and advertising costs. - PP Dave RosmerPrincess Ann/TC Rotary ClubD7600, USA
Scenes we would like to see
34 FEB 2015
ou have all been singled out and invited to join Rotary Club of BAGUIO. For the past few months, we have seen your now familiar faces attending our regular luncheon meetings. YThat invitation to join our meetings on Saturday made by Rtn Cess Apostol, PP Veeh Balajo,
put in motion the lengthy and tedious process of getting you admitted to RCB. Starting from being Invited by your sponsor, to the three attendance in meetings requirement, filling out the application for Membership card, through the scrutiny of our Classification Committee and the efficient investigation by our Membership Committee, hurdling next the Seven Day Notice, and finally attending the Fireside Chat, you are now at long last here with us today.
CONGRATULATIONS !! Let us stress the fact that NOT all who do get invited reach this INDUCTION LINE.
Rotary Club of Baguio emphasizes two important things:Ÿ Honest to goodness FellowshipŸ Service to our Community
What is it to be a ROTARIAN?The Rotarian is an extrovert, gregarious and out-going, sometimes monopolizing the limelight or the microphone but always ready to lend a hand. The Rotarian is a leader, a trendsetter, always putting his best foot forward during meetings, never out of line when it comes to proper decorum ad basic courtesy to his fellow Rotarians, and all this, always with utmost credibility and integrity. Our Rotarian is opinionated, may see things differently with his co-rotarains, but is never disagreeable when he disagrees. Our Rotarian is one who takes time out of his busy schedule to attend regular Saturday meetings. Our attendance requirement reasons that if you cannot attend meetings regularly, how will ever get to know the other people in your club. Time is essential for Fellowship and Friendship to develop and bloom. True friendship takes time to happen. It’s never an overnight thing. But socialization and friendship alone have saturation points. You need a common goal or purpose to keep you all going. This is where Service to Community comes in. The Rotarian motto “Service above Self” is the purpose why we get together week in week out. he wonderful fellowship and lifelong friendships we are able to find during the course of Serving our Community are the added ingrained bonuses.
To all our new Rotarians, you are most welcome to Rotary Club of Baguio.
baguio
CHARGING OF MEMBERS
35 FEB 2015
ROTARY CLUB OF MIDTOWN TARLAC
Joey, Vic and Tito kuno....
FUN
AMBULANCE GLOBAL GRANT 1419503Medical Surgical ProgramMobile Facility
is HERE!
A partnership with Rotary Clubs of Seminole County South, Country Sunset and Seminole Breakfast D6890 made possible the delivery of a Hyundai Grand Starex factory-built ambulance for the club’s Medical Surgical Program.
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CURRENT AND INCOMING OFFICERS MEETING AND VALENTINE FELLOWSHIP@ Incoming AG CHUCK GUECO Resident
3B
@ INCOMING AG CHUCK GUECO’S RESIDENCE
36 FEB 2015
cluster
cluster
@ Munting Tahanan ng Nazareth
4A
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PHOTO EXHIBIT
37 FEB 2015
cluster
3A MEDICAL-DENTALAND FEEDING MISSION@ SAN JOSEGERONA, TARLAC
2 areaINTERCLUSTER MEETING
LIMAY
western PAMPANGAMEDICAL MISSION
BLOOD LETTING
san fabian
An On the Spot Poster Making Contest was conducted by the Rotary Club of Downtown Olongapo in celebration of Rotary Awareness Month. Students from Olongapo City National High School participated in the said contest with theme “The Four Way Test and Six Areas of Focus, Its Significance to the Community”.
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40 FEB 2015
Rotary Club of Angeles Kuliat and Rotaract Club of Kuliat Pre - Valentine Gift Giving to 240 Unvisited Inmates at the Angeles City Jail
Rotaract Iba together with RC Iba, Rotaract District 3790, and 24th Infantry Batalion Philippine Army conducted a feeding program, games, donated books, gifts and slippers, and had free haircut to Aetas in Sitio Bihawo Barangay Elementary School, Botolan Zambales
angeles kuliat
baguio
north
41 FEB 2015
D3790@Multi-District
PETS
PICC, Manila
42 FEB 2015
BARCMEDICALDENTALMISSION
43 FEB 2015
Givingt of school supplies by the Rotary Clubs of Tarlac and sister clubf Osaka South West in Apalang Elementary School
tarlac
olongapo ANTI-BULLYINGCAMPAIGNfeatured in newspaper
Construction of Classroom, a Joint Project of the Rotary Club of Tarlac & Rotary Club of Osaka South West in Sitio Dam Elementary School.
nice work
dauDELIVERY OFMACHINE PART FORLIVELIHOODANDLITERACY PROJECT
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SILVER ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
NEWLY INSTALLAED 4 WAY TEST
45 FEB 2015
@ the Vigan City Fiesta Parade
Gift giving to the Aetas of Nabuklod,
Floridablancag, a joint cooperation of
Rotary Clubs
of
Southern
Pampanga and
Greater
Floridablanca
vigan
46 FEB 2015
Deepwell Water Project located @ Purok Maligaya, Cardona, Gerona, Tarlac.
An annual jolly giving day of the Rotaract Club of Freeport Zone (Subic Bay) and Jollibee SM Olongapo Branch. 50 indigent children of Barangay New Kababae, Olongapo
freeport zone
northern tarlac
47 FEB 2015
thoughtsUse the same guidelines for Rotaract Organization Fees, Club Charter Fees, Reinstatement Fees, Return of Funds in Excess of DG Allocation and Royalty Fees. TRF ontributions SHOULD NOT be deposited here.
SAR
TRF For Annual Programs Fund, Polio Plus, Grants (Please indicate GG#)
0011-1828-01 for Peso
0014-2171-34 for USD
Club number/Club name(e.g. 16893 Mabalacat )
SAR Invoice No..xxxx orCharter Fee orRegistration Fee
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
PHILIPPINES BPI PAYMENT GUIDELINES
Donor No. or Club No. and Donor Name or Club Name & No. (e.g. 6871236 May Valdez or 16893 Mabalacat)
APF SHARE or POLIO or GG No.
THE ROTARY FOUNDATION
0011-1829-09 for Peso
0014-2171-42 for USD
BPI Account No. 3371-0064-93 (Pesos)BPI Account Name: Philippine Rotary Magazine Foundation, Inc.Reference No: Club number/Club nameEmail to
cc with your club
PRM subscription form (to update yourclub info particularly the address wherethe magazines will be sent to).
[email protected]@yahoo.com,
ROTARYP H I L L I P P I N E
MAGAZINE OF CHOICE
At 7:00 a.m., I woke up feeling ill, but decided I needed the money, so I went into work. At 3:00 p.m. I
got laid off. On my drive home I got a flat tire. When I went into the trunk for the spare, it was flat too. A man in a BMW pulled over, gave me a ride, we chatted, and then he offered me a job. I start tomorrow.
s my father, three brothers, and two sisters stood around my mother's hospital bed, my
mother uttered her last coherent words before she died. She simply said, "I feel so loved right now. We should have gotten together like this more often."
in the cutest voice, my eight-year-old daughter asked me to start recycling. I chuckled and asked,
"Why?" She replied, "So you can help me save the planet." I chuckled again and asked, "And why do you want to save the planet?" "Because that's where I keep all my stuff," she said.
boy in a wheelchair saw me desperately struggling on crutches with my broken leg and
offered to carry my backpack and books for me. He helped me all the way across campus to my class, and as he was leaving he said, "I hope you feel better soon."
was feeling down because the I was traveling in Kenya and I met a refugee from Zimbabwe. He said he
hadn't eaten anything in over three days and looked extremely skinny and unhealthy. Then my friend offered him the rest of the sandwich he was eating. The first thing the man said was, "We can share it."
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PP JOEL PUDINRC San FernandoNorth Swelte!
Ram!
Kung Hei Fat Choi! - the true
Year of the
remember during my high school days, during vacation time to be précised, when I usually accompany my father in the side street beside INational Bookstore in Avenida to buy a ream of his favorite cigarette. All
along it was frustrating to see Mr. Wong On, burning his hard earned money on a 3 minute per stick shortening of his life. And being the son of the poor Chinese cook and menu planner, I would ask him to stop smoking, he would always answer “New Year hinto na”. It was my level of excitement during New Year' Eve to observe if there would be enough of the lighting of cigarettes in lieu of the lighting of firecrackers. Hold and behold, the first coffee breakfast of the year is smoke filled. I asked him about the New Year thing and he will answer “Chinese New Year”.
Chinese New Year is very much different when you are in Binondo, the oldest Chinatown in the world. The merry making is a lot more festive compared to the usual New Year. So by nature, the amount of smoke bellowed by firecrackers could approximate the smoke during the 9/11 attack. So every time the Lunar New Year is celebrated, I fondly remember Mr. Wong On's Chinese New Year resolution.
It is one week of celebration in predominantly Chinese occupied countries, mainland China hold the distinction of having the largest travel exodus during this season as workers try to get home to be with their families in the most important day for the Chinese. Traditional food is served inside Chinese homes decorated with red lanterns and doors adorned with Chinese sayings. The smell of incense and family altars teeming with offerings is but natural during the celebration.
When we copy the Chinese and stock our tables with round fruits, light candles, and do other rituals in Feng Shui, is it not that we are just influenced by the beliefs of the Chinamen? So give a penny' worth of thinking, why not celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year to be a true certified copycat.
Me, I will celebrate the first day of the Chinese New Year with the Rotarians of the North! They give me positive vibes and their massive wealth rubs to my existence. Even if the smoke gets in my eyes, I wish you Prosperity and good health in the Year of the Ram. Kung Hei, Kung Hei ! Swelte, Swelte!
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editorialg. a. nethercuttmabalacat3790philippines
oday is my 20th year in Rotary. I have done too much and too little. Too much because I overwork myself in doing Rotary, and too little Tbecause I see that there is more work to be done.
I first came to Rotary in 1995. I was tricked into attending a club meeting by my construction client to get my billing collection. I allowed myself to be inducted so that I could get more contract jobs. I criticized the club’s bulletin and was told to “improve it!” To be able to get contents for the bulletin, I was convinced to chair a project. My road to Rotary began.
My first project was an On-the-Spot mural painting contest. Kids from the big houses and schools and kids from the shanties by the creek participated. On the day of the competition, I was touched to see kids share their tools and paint supplies with those who came with nothing. Pretty soon, they were laughing and painting together. It was my first lesson of giving.
Computer and Internet were my kind of thing. I found and met friends thru the Rotarians On The Internet who got together annually in Rotary International conventions. I convinced my buddy Ron Nethercutt to shift his music professorial grant from Honduras to the Philippines. I helped him get a teaching gig in UP. We got along and found out that we could stay together. It was easier to get married than to explain why we were not. That was 2000. Since then, I did not have to travel the road alone.
I was President of Rotary Club of Mabalacat and I believed I was one of the favorites of then Guv Vitt. Grant funds sustained our projects; it was easy to be an outstanding club, year after year. Practice made perfect. I became a grant guru.
As Rotarian and a district officer, I always look back to the kids who shared their lots - to remember the pleasure in giving. I am hoping that in sharing my knowledge of Rotary, particularly Foundation grants, I would be able to help and make clubs happy.
When I traveled the road from one end of the district to another, to fulfill my work as grant chair, I saw the goodness of 3790 Rotarians and their dedication to be of service to the community. I was glad to be in the circle.
When I sat as member of DNC in search of the next governor, I was too honest to make a choice, between a friend and some one whom I thought to be governor-ready. A conflict between principle and friendship. I chose principle and hoped that the friendship would endure.
As I walk down the road to Rotary, I ask myself what I am doing here. I make and unmake friends; I get tired being responsible for many things and many people. is it worth it?
Then, I start to think that we have a kid going to India for an open heart surgery. And I am one of those who will make it happen.
Yes, I tell myself. It is worth it. I will travel that road again.
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1. Exemplify the core value of integrity in all behaviors and activities
2. Use my vocational experience and talents to serve in Rotary
3. Conduct all of my personal, business, and professional affairs ethically, encouraging and fostering high ethical standards as an example to others
4. Be fair in all dealings with others and treat them with the respect due to them as fellow human beings
5. Promote recognition and respect for all occupations which are useful to society
6. Offer my vocational talents: to provide opportunities for young people, to work for the relief of the special needs of others, and to improve the quality of life in my community
7. Honor the trust that Rotary and fellow Rotarians provide and not do anything that will bring disfavor or reflect adversely on Rotary or fellow Rotarians
8. Not seek from a fellow Rotarian a privilege or advantage not normally accorded others in a business or professional relationship
Rotary Code of ConductAs a Rotarian, I will
Paul Harris wrote:
“Each Rotarian is a connecting link between the idealism of Rotary and their
trade or profession.Whether it is that Rotary was born under a lucky star, or whether it is that its " will to be" was undeniable, the net results of the clash of ideas and ideals among the
members of the first club marked the beginning of the renaissance of Rotary."
The Rotary Code of Conduct (formerly known as the Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses and Professions) provides a framework for ethical behaviour that all Rotarians can use, together with The Four-Way Test, in their business and professional activities.
The 4 Way Test Of the things we think, say or do
1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;
FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
OBJECT OF ROTARY