The Official Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Baguio • Vol LXV 38 - 11 May 2013

The Rotary Club of Baguiomeets at the Baguio Country Club

every Saturday at 12:30 pmwww.rcbaguio.org

May is Promote

International

Convention Month

The Four-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?

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12:00 Fellowship

12:30 Call to Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pres Libby Fernandez

Invocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rtn. Lani Fabi

Pambansang Awit

Rotary Hymn

12:40 Intro of VR and G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rtn. Lily Landayan

12:00 RaffleDraw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sec. Baby Kaur

1:20 Members’ Time

1:25 President’s Time . . . . . . . . . . . . Pres Libby Fernandez

1:30 Club Assembly

2:10 Pilipinas Kong Mahal

2:15 Adjournment

Program Coordinator PP Benny Sunga

RetrospectorDir.GigiMaranan

Greeter SAA Jun Bondoc

Today’s Programme

Club AssemblyGolf and DISTAS 2013 Committee

InsIde The CanaoPresident’s Corner . . . . . . . . . . .2

GHS’sProfile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

RCB Roll of Members . . . . . . . . . .3

In Retrospect . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Secretary’s Update . . . . . . . . . . .6

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ROTARY YEAR 2012-13

Sakuji TanakaPresident Rotary International

Tony BautistaDistrict Governor District 3790

Kenneth SoAssistant Governor Cluster 1-C

Rotary Club of Baguio

THE PEACE OFFICERS and BOARD of DIRECTORS

Elizabeth Rillera-FernandezPresident

Chris FaelnarVice-President

Gormito “Baby” KaurSecretary

Marilyn BarredoTreasurer

Bennie LaranangAuditor

Uwe KoellerDirector for Club Administration

President Elect

David ReesDirector for The Rotary Foundation

Corazon OcampoDirector of Community Service A

Albert TalcoDirector of Community Service B

Alma Teresa MendallaDirector Membership Development

Evangeline MarananDirector of Public Relations

Mark Kenneth FloresDirector

Florence BayquenImmediate Past President

Lito PangilinanJun Bondoc

Sergeant-at-Arms

Dionisio ClaridadVicenia “Veeh” Balajo

Advisers

Peace Through ServicePres. Libby Fernandez

PresIdenT’s Corner

Our Guest Speaker last Saturday, Renz Venielle Lamayo, our scholar at the University of the Philippines, brought in a message of thanks andappreciation.Hepresentedhis life storyonly to showhowmuchadifferenceourscholarshipprogramhasdoneforhim,his familyandtheUP Scholars as a whole. Truly, a small act may be the just the whole for another.HispresentationservesasaguidefortheincomingofficersoftheClubinsettingforththeirgoalsforthenextterm.Ijustbelievethatyoung,driven,ambitiousyetunfortunatepersonsdeserveafirmanddecisiveliftat some point in their lives.

Meetings,meetingsandmoremeetings!ThatisthestageisClubisnow–consideringthemulti-facetedactivitiesatthistimeoftheyear.YouareawareofthebigGolfactivityonMay17,2013,Friday.

Andthedayafter,Saturday,May18,2013,theDISTAS!

PE Uwe Koeller, Golf Committee Chair and PP Chris Peralta, DISTASCommitteeChair,havetheirhandsfull.Witheveryone’ssupport,wewillattainandaccomplishthe“RotaryClubofBaguio”brandofclubactivityandhosting.RememberthatbothactivitiesarehostedbyourClub.

TheBoardontheotherhand, isbeatingdeadlinessetbytheDistricttocomplywithreportstoreflecttheaccomplishmentsfortheRotaryYear2012-2013.Notaneasyfeat! OurBoardtrulyburnedthe lines inorderfor our club to submit a comprehensive report. Indeed, a very colorful and productiveRotaryyear!

Iamconfidentthatwehaveallput inourshare intheseactivities. Itmaybeourtime,ourideas,pickfromthepocket,encouragement,critiqueandpositivethoughts!Letusnotbelittlewhatwecandofortheactivities.Everyinputismostwelcome!

Mostimportantly:FortheGolf,letusbethere!

FortheDISTAS,Letusbethere!

Again,weextendoursincerethankstoourmemberswhocontinuouslysupport our TRF. Our fellow Rotarians give their aid and assistance as needed...whichisalwaysnow!Theydonotchoosewhentodoso…..theyjustdecidetodoso!Asexperienceshows….themorewegive,themorewereceive!!!

Please mark your calendar for June 1, 2013….Year End Review atLakeshore,Pampanga!CheckwithSec.Baby!

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Mariver AGAYAS COMMUNCTN/MEDIA- CorrespondentJody ALABANZA ARCHITECTURE- Urban PlanningCess APOSTOL PHF . . . . . . . . . . . . REAL ESTATE- DevelopmentGérard AUDINEAU PHF + 8 . . . . ENGINEERING- Civil EngineeringMarcel BADUA PHF. . . . . . . . . COMPUTERS/IT- Graphic DesignJun BAHUL * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GOVERNMENT- Election LawsVeeh BALAJO PHF + 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . HEALTH CARE- Ob-GyneMarilyn BARREDO PHF. . . . . .BANKING/MONEY- Info TechnologyFlo BAYQUEN PHF + 3 . . . . REAL ESTATE- Sales & Property MgmtJun BONDOC PHF. . . . . . .SOCIAL SERVICE- Entrepreneurship DevJoey BUGAYONG PHF . . . . . . . . HEALTH CARE- General SurgeryVangie CACHO FOOD INDUSTRY/Food CateringJun CARDONA * . . . . . . . . . . SCIENCE/TECH- Entomology R&DMia CAWED PHF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEGAL- JudiciaryRaffy CHAN PHF+2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ARCHITECTURE- DesignDiony CLARIDAD PHF. . . . . . . . . .HEALTH CARE- AdministrationMichel CRAUSAZ EDUCATION- High School AdminNaas DEMYTTENAERE PHF + 7 . . . . . EDUCATION- Training/Dev’tIke DULNOAN PHF + 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MINING- ExplorationLani FABI PHF . . . . . . . . . . . . .COMMUNCTN/MEDIA- TelecomChris FAELNAR PHF + 3. . . . . . .ENGINEERING- Power GenerationLibby FERNANDEZ PHF + 2. . . . . . . . . . . . LEGAL- Criminal LawGlen FLORES CONSTRUCTION- Comm’l/Resid’l ContractingMark FLORES PHF . . . . . . . . . . . ARCHITECTURE- ConstructionKarl FLORES GOVERNMENT- Barangay AffairsBaby KAUR PHF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MKTG/SALES- Retail SalesUwe KOELLER PHF . . . . . . . . . . . . MKTG/SALES- E-commerceBen LADILAD PHF + 4 . . . . . . . GOVERNMENT- Research & Dev’tLily LANDAYAN PHF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . EDUCATION- SecondaryBennie LARANANG* FINANCIAL SERVICE- CPA Private PracticeAlfred LAYGO PHF + 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .EDUCATION- MedicalGary LO ANG . . . . . . . . . MANUFACTURING- Operations MgmtGigi MARANAN PHF . . . . . . . . . MGMT/ADMIN- Special EventsPhilip MARANIA SERVICES- Printer SpecialistHerb MEADOWS PHF . . . . . . . .MGMT/ADMIN- Property MgmtAtom MENDALLA PHF . . . . BANKING/MONEY- Universal BankingRoger NAZ *. . . . . . . . . . . . ARCHITECTURE- General PracticeCora OCAMPO PHF . . . . MANUFACTURING- Logistics Site ProviderAngeling PALMA PHF. . . . REAL ESTATE- Townhouse DevelopmentLito PANGILINAN PHF + 1 . . . MKTG/SALES- General MerchandiseMike PEARSON PHF + 1 . . . . . . . . . FOOD INDUSTRY- Fast FoodChris PERALTA PHF + 1 . . . . . . . . . . HEALTH CARE- DiabetologyPam PERKINS SERVICES- Hotel ManagementJoe RAMOS PHF . . . . . . . . . . . . . EDUCATION- Post GraduateDavid REES PHF + 4 . . . . . . . . ENGINEERING- Quantity SurveyingYam RODRIGUEZ EDUCATION- Development AdminTeop RONDEZ PHF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEGAL- Civil LawHelmut SCHLAAFF PHF + 4. . .MANUFACTURING- Marble SpecialistJen SORIANO HEALTH CARE- OrthodonticsBenny SUNGA (Benefactor) PHF + 2 . . . . .HEALTH CARE- UrologyBert TALCO PHF +5 . . . . . . . . . ENGINEERING- Civil EngineeringWilma TADIJE EDUCATION/Physical EducationJoe URSUA * . . . . . . . . . . . SCIENCE/TECH- OBGyne SonologyDoming VALENCIA PHF + 1 . . . . . . . . . . MINING- ConsultancyDhory VICENCIO MGMT/ADMIN- Mall OperationAngie VISPERAS PHF + 1 . . . . . . . . . . ART & DESIGN- Art GoodsPeter WASING FOOD INDUSTRY- Café EntrepreneurLinda WINTER Maj. Donor + PHF . . . . . . HEALTH CARE- Dentistry

rCB roll of MeMBers

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The Club AssemblyThat Was04 May 2013Dir. David Rees

In reTrosPeCT

It was a sunny morning when some of the incoming Boardmembersgatheredatabout11:30forameetingto decide on some vital issues. The main item on the agendaseemedtobewhether theuniformfornextyear should be mandatory long or short sleeves!Eventuallyaftermuchdiscussionitwasdecidedthatmembers could decide for themselves … eminentlysensible!Seriouslythough,themeetingwasinformaland combined with fellowship which is as it should be.

Forarareoccasionthemeetingwascalledtoorderby VP Chris Faelnar and was handed over to Program Coordinator Rtn. Joe Ramos who looked a littlesurprised to be in the spotlight. Very soon however hewasinfullswingandtreatinguswithhisinimitablesenseofhumour!

A nice and straightforward invocation was givenby PP Bert and we asked for blessings and help with carrying out our tasks in Rotary. This was followed by the singing of Pambansang Awit, and a rousing renditionoftheRotaryHymneventhoughthecirclewasalittlesmallerthanusual.

PP Veeh was in charge of entertainment and continued the character searching themeof late byanalysing thecoloursmemberschose for their cars!Notonlywasanalysisdoneforprimarycoloursbutalsofor light and dark shades. I noted that my car (a sort of red / maroon) indicated an aggressive temperament althoughmodifiedby themaroon.Yellowshowedasunnydisposition,Green(light)wastrendyandlively,blue–loyaltytrustetc.,grey–elegant,futuristic,coolandgold indicatedprestige. Itwasquiteabitoffunandanovelentertainment–thanksVeeh!

TheintroductionofVisitingRotarians&GuestswasdonecheerfullyandefficientlybyPEUwewhoalwaysseemstobefillinginwhenprogramparticipantsare

hardtofind.Itwasn’tadifficulttaskthoughastherewas only one guest this week introduced by Rtn. Bennie.

Sec. Baby took Finest Moments and showed by photographs the work and service done by members. It was nice to be reminded of recent events and Babyhoped thateveryonewouldbefined. I got theimpressionthateveryonewas-somedouble.

As usual the Raffle draw was done by Rtn. Herbwith assistance from Treas. Marilyn. It was a lucky day for Rtn Peter who won 2 prizes of Japanese rice. Other winnersofriceandcondimentsincludedDir.Gigi,Rtns.Pam&Naas,PPBennyandVPChris.

InMember’s time Treas.Marilyn announced thatSec. Baby would receive dues and other payments from members whilst she was away. Dir. Davidreminded the meeting of DG Tony’s generous offerto donate $500 for every Rotarian who also donated $500 to make 1 PHF but time was running out upto 15 May only. In Presidents time VP Chris againannounced the upcoming RC Baguio Golf for a Cause FellowshipcombinedwithDGLindaWinter’s1sttLegGolf tournament tobeheldon17May followedthenextdaybyDISTAS2013.

Rtn. Pam introduced 17 year old RCB Rotary UPBaguio, freshman scholar, Renz Venielle Lamayo as ourGHSfortheday.Although,notsurprisingly,alittlenervous, Renz gave an impassioned account of his poor family’s struggle to provide him with an educationand even though he had a place UP would have been unable to afford to stay in Baguio. His underlyingmessage was that without the help given by RC Baguio he would not have been able to commence the course atUP.Duringquestiontimehewaspressedbyafewmember as to the veracity of his statements but I believe thatwewere left innodoubtas to the truebenefitofourdonations.EICMarcelgavetheresponseand thanks to the GHS and VP Chris presented the tokenandCertificateofAppreciation.

Amazingly the meeting was adjourned shortlyafter 2:15 after the singing of Pilipinas KongMahal.Amostenjoyablemeetingwashadbyall!WelldoneeverybodyandthankyouJoe!

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From the moment I was nominated as Rotary Internationalpresident,IknewIwouldchooseathemethat would focus on peace. This is why I planned three peace forums – to give Rotarians an opportunity to think about peace, to talk about peace, and to share their ideas on building peace together. The finalRotary Global Peace Forum takes place this month in Hiroshima, Japan.

Wehearthewordpeaceeveryday.Butmostofusspendlittletimethinkingaboutwhatpeaceis.Onitssimplestlevel,wecandefinepeacebywhatitisnot.Itis a state of no war, no violence, and no fear. It means thatyouarenotindangerofhunger,orpersecution,orthesufferingofpoverty.

Butwecanalsodefinepeacebywhatitis,andbywhat it can be. Peace can mean freedom of thought and of speech, freedom of opinion and of choice, and theabilityforself-determination.Itcanmeansecurity,confidenceinthefuture–alifeandhomeinastablesociety. On a more abstract level, peace can mean a sense of happiness, of inner serenity, of calm.

However we use the word, however we understand peace, Rotary can help us to achieve it. Rotary helps us to meet the basic needs of others – to provide health care,sanitation,food,andeducationwhenandwherethey are most needed. It helps to meet the inner needs as well, for friendship, connection, and caring. AndRotaryhelpsustobuildpeace in itsmosttraditionalsense, by reducing the causes of conflict. It buildsbridges of friendship and tolerance among people and nations.Ithelpsustounderstandoneanother.

Howeverwedefinepeace,whateverpeacemeansto us, we can bring it closer through service. Peace, in all of the ways that we can understand it, is a real goal, and a realistic goal for Rotary. Peace is notsomethingthatcanonlybeachievedthroughtreaties,by governments, or through heroic struggles. It is somethingthatwecanfind,andthatwecanachieve–every day, and in many simple ways.

And so I thank you for your commitment to Peace Through Service – and to a Rotary goal of a more peaceful world.

InCanada,Mayisusuallyabeautifulmonth.Spring

hasblossomed, treesandflowersare inbloom,and

everyone is filled with a renewed energy as winter

finallycomestoaclose.Thechangingofseasonscan

also serve as a time for action as Rotarians bring a

freshperspectivetothegoalstheysetforthe2012-

13 year.

Every Rotarian, every contribution, and every

projectmakes a difference every year. Through The

Rotary Foundation, we can all do our part to work

toward global peace from the ground up. Has your

clubworkedonahumanitarianoreducationalproject

throughtheFoundation?Andifnot–whynot?

There is still time to make your contribution.

There is still time to give a community the chance

to drink clean water, a young girl the opportunity to

attend school, and amother the access to the safe

maternal care she needs. Contact your district Rotary

Foundation chair and see how you and the other

Rotariansinyourclubordistrictcanparticipate.

I understand the impact thesedifficult economic

times have had on all of us, butwe still need your

help.Foundationprogramsandprojectsallstartwith

money. I hope each Rotarian reading my message

will have given something based on his or her own

situation. Itdoesn’t takemuch fromeach individual

when you have the support of more than 1.2 million

members, but that assumes 100 percent support. If

you’ve given, I thank you sincerely. But if you haven’t, I

hope you will as together we make May a great month

forRotaryandforourFoundation.

rI PresIdenT’s Message

May 2013:

Fellow RotariansSakuji Tanaka President, Rotary International

Trf ChaIr’s Message

May 2013

Fellow RotariansWilfrid J. Wilkinson Foundation Trustee Chair

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Baby’s Script 11 May 2013Sec. Baby Kaur

seCreTary’s UPdaTeUpcoming Events

and Schedule

17 May RCB 17th Golf Tournament

Venue: Baguio Country Club

18 May DISTAS

Venue:MultiPurposeHall

Baguio Country Club

Time:Registrationstarts8AM

25 May Livelihood Training for RCC

Venue:AbanaoSquare

Time:8AM–12NN

JUNE ROTARY FELLOWSHIP MONTH

01 June Year End Review

Venue:Lakeshore,Mexico

Pampanga

08 June Club Evaluation

15 June Club Awarding

22 June TRISEMINAR: MDS, RCC, TRF

Venue: San Fernando, La Union

29 June RCB INDUCTION

Venue: Baguio Country Club

Happy Birthday!RAPP Maya Peralta – May 11

RA Chiara Flores – May 14

RAPPNitzPalma–May6

Happy Induction Anniversary!PP Veeh Balajo – May 9 – 34 yrs

For The recordWe missed you last 04 May Regular Meeting:

Rtn Mariver Agayas, Rtn Jody Alabanza (exc), PPGerardAudineau(ol),RtnJunBahul,IPPFloBayquen(ol), SAA Jun Bondoc (mu), Rtn Vangie Cacho, Rtn JunCardona,PPMiaCawed,PPRaffyChan,PPDionyClaridad(exc),RtnMichelCrausaz,RtnLaniFabi(mu),Pres Libby Fernandez (mu), Rtn Glen Flores, Rtn Karl Flores, Dir Mark Flores, PP Ben Ladilad, PP AlfredLaygo,RtnPhilipMarania,DirAtomMendalla,PPNazRogers(exc), Dir Cora Ocampo, PP Angeling Palma(exc),PPLitoPangilinan,PPChrisPeralta(mu),RtnYamRodriguez,PPTeopRondez(exc),PPHelmutSchlaaff,RtnGenSoriano,RtnWilmaTadije,RtnJoeUrsua,RtnDhoryVicencio(mu)&DGELindaWinter(exc)

The Week in Review04 May Golf Committee Meeting

presidedbyPEUweKoellerattendedbyPPBertTalco,PNMarilynBarredo,VPChrisFaelnar,DirDavidRees,DirGigiMaranan,RtnIkeDulnoan,EICEmBadua,PPMikePearson&SecBabyKaur

06 May DISTAS Committee Meeting presidedbyDGELindaWinter&attendedbyPres Libby Fernandez, PE Uwe Koeller, PP Chris Peralta,PPBertTalco,RtnDhoryVicencio,RtnLaniFabi,SAAJunBondoc&SecBabyKaur

08 May DISTAS Committee Meeting attendedbyPPChris&RAPPMayaPeralta,DGELindaWinter,EICEmBadua&SecBabyKaur

08 May TV interview on Livelihood for RCC attendedbyPresLibbyFernandez

Reminders

• Committeemeetings&activities–Committee/

Sub-committee Chairs, please text or email

detailstome-what,when&whoattended–

these will be used for the Canao and for the

gridofparticipation.

• AttendanceMake-ups–pleasetextorsendto

my email address: gormitobaby@yahoo.com.

ph ; kindly observe the 14 day window (i.e. 14

daysbeforeandafterthemeeting)

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The Cañao Editorial Staff

PP Gérard AudineauImager for District Affairs

Rtn. Lani FabiSAA Jun Bondoc

Imagers for Community Projects/

Meetings

Rtn. Peter Wasing Imager for Meetings/

Events

Dir. Mark FloresBusiness Manager

Rtn. Angie VisperasMember

Treas.. Marilyn BarredoEditor/Adviser

Rtn. Cecille ApostolAdviser

Rtn. Marcel BaduaLayout/Editor-in-Chief

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