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Club Assembly by PP PHF Aa.Cha.Ashoka Kumara : AG Zone 7

Aa. Cha. Joined Rotary in 1979 at Chikkanayakana Halli, Tumkur District continued at

Malavalli and Mysore North.Club secretary in 1994-95, President 2003-04, Zonal Lieutenant 2005-06 AG for Zone 7

st2011-12.Conducted 1 RAHALA in our district as Chairman. Attended many annual

conference and district level Meetings and at International 100th Conference at

Birmingham, UK. his happiest movement was holding the national flag at Route March

at Birmingham convention and served as Sergeant –at-arms.Born on 02.12.43 at Krishnarajanagara father A.B.Channabasappa, school teacher.

mother R.B.Veeramma, house wife. School and college studies at Marimallappa

School and D. Banumaiah's College B.Com 1963.Joined State Bank of Mysore in 1964 as cashier clerk and retired as Senior Manager in 2001. Passion

for Kannada from college days. Responsible in implementing kannada in SBM. Heading kannada

Department at Head Office of SBM. One day hunger strike during GOKAK chaluvali. Implementing

Kannada in Rotary club also.Trade Union : Union Leader from college Days. In Bank, also headed many posts as EC member.

Now Retired bank Officers' Mysore district General secretary.Hobbies: Reading and travelling-trekking. Trekk to Kailasa and Manasa sarovar in 1986 and

many treks at Karnataka.Travelled extensively in India. Visited Europe countries, UK and USA

and Dubai.Life member Kannada Sahithya Parishath, Akhila Karnataka Sharana Sahitya Parishat,

Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, ISCON. Ganabharathi.Trustee for Rotary Mysore North Foundation, Nrupathaunga Kannada Shale,

Mukthaka Sahithya Academy .President of Samskara Bharathi, Vice President Sharada Souharda Sahakari

Niyamitha.Happily married to Smt Sudhamani (Date 26.05.1967)

Blessed with two children and two Grand Childrenst

1 Son Chidananda M A software engineer married to Dr Kavitha

,Daughter Sinchanand2 Son Shivananda M A joined army Now Lt Col married to Dr

Roopanandini ,Daughter Bhumika

Rotary Midtown Bandhavya-2012

My Dear Rotarians,

Bye till next week…..Thank You

Last week we had Mr.Praveen Krupakar as speaker. He spoke about good & bad about Cinema. I hope you all enjoyed it.

We had a Career Orientation for more than 1000 Students of Government College, Kuvempunagar. I immensely thank Rtn. PP.M.S.Raghu for conducting the programme. As you all know we are having Special

thOlympics- BANDHAVYA-2012 on 5 February Sunday. Chairman Rtn. Azeezulla & Co-Chairman Rtn. Vishwanath under the able guidance of senior member Rtn. P.P.Balakrishnan are doing excellent arrangements. I request you all to support them to make the event successful.

Next week we are having District Governor's official visit to our club. Vice President Rtn.Bhanu Chandran has chalked out the whole days programme. I request all of you to be there whole day with us to make the day memorable.

Today let us participate in the Club Assembly to be conducted by our AG Rtn. Aa.Cha. Ashok Kumar.

President's Message

Rtn. Raghavendra

1-2-2012

Last week it was talk on Good and Bad about Cinema by Mr. Praveen Krupakar, an actor, director, producer, cinematographer and a man who has seen the tinsel world in close quarters. Mr. Praveen spoke at length the influence of the contemporary cinema and advertisements on the present generations. He told that the cinemas should be more relevant to the local cultures and the sensor boards should not have any political influence. It was interesting to listen

to his narration quoting many instances of his acquaintances with the bigwigs of the sandalwood dating back to late 80s. On the way he tried to tell some technicalities of film making. It was a meeting with a different subject and many of the midtowners who have some association with the glamour world came up with few thought provoking queries including the vote of thanks from master entertainer of the club Rtn. Harish.

President Raaghu and his team is all set for DG's visit next week with all the files and documents taking its final shape. Chairman Rtn. Bhanu, chairman for the day long programme is coming out with unique ideas to make the event including the family meet in the evening interesting, which otherwise would be a boring and a drab formality. AG Aa. Cha. Ashoka Kumara is in the club today for the dress rehearsal. I am sure he will find the club doing more than satisfactory in all the departments.

Rtn. C.P.Venkatesh - 1,000Rtn. Azeezulla - 7,500Rtn. Gangesh - 5,000Rtn. Chandra Guptha Jain - 2,000Rtn. Ganesh.V.A. - 2,000Rtn. Milton - 2,000Rajesh Shah - 5,000Rtn. Harish - 2,000Rtn. Suryani - 2,000Rtn.Sambasiva - 1000Rtn.Pavithran - 1000Rtn.Rajesh darla - 3000Rtn.Rangarajan - 500Rtn.Srinivasan KN - 2000Rtn.Solanki - 500Inner wheel club of Midtown - 5000Rtn.Sanjay Shyamnur - 1000Rtn.Mahesh Murthy - 2000Rtn.Arun Shenoy - 2500Total contributions so far - 1,58,500

Estimated budget for the event - 2,25,000For contributing please contact

Rtn. Azeezulla, Chairman, Special Olympics.

CONTRIBUTION FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS

Since 1988, the incidence of polio has plummeted

by more than 99 percent, from about 350,000

cases annually to fewer than 650 cases reported

so far for 2011. The wild poliovirus is now

endemic in only four countries: Which are these

four countries? Ans. in Rotary information

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Rotary Quiz

Mr. Krupakar addressing the queries

31-2-2012

Dignitaries on the dais

Chief Guest addressing the gathering

Prize distribution by Dignitaries

Yoga display by students

Republic Day At RMAThink Before You Speak

Annet Amogh Vishwanath

YOU ARE INVITED

A 24 year old boy seeing out from the train's window shouted:"Dad, look the trees are going behind!"

Dad smiled and a young couple sitting nearby, looked at the 24 year old's childish behavior with pity, suddenly he again exclaimed:

"Dad, look the c louds are running with us!"The couple couldn't resist and said to the old man:

“Why don't you take your son to a good doctor”The old man smiled and said.“I did and we are just coming from the hospital, my son was

blind from birth, he just got his eyes today’Think before you speak. Like it….if you love it.

The Management and Staff of

ROTARY MIDTOWN ACADEMYHOOTAGALLI, MYSORE

Cordially invite you for therd3 ANNUAL DAY FUNCTION

Chief Guest

Dr. R. Balasubramaniam

Development activist , Leadership trainer, and founder of

the Swami Vivekanda Youth Movement, Mysore.

Will preside over the functionrdDate : 3 Feb 2012 , Friday

Place : RMA School Premises

Time : 5.30 P.M

Today’s Tea is Hosted by Rtn. K.N. SrinivasanThanks Srinivas

Solo Performance by Rtn. PP. Raghu- Career Orientation programme

at Government College, Kuvempunagar.

Rotary clubs worldwide meet US$ 200 million fundraising challenge

Next Week in Midtown District Governor's Official visit

starting at 9 am

Family get together at Hotel Pai Vista @ 6.30pm

th on 8 Wednesday

Rtn. Amarlal K.4-02-20129448052578

Rotary International has succeeded in meeting the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's US$200 million match in funding for polio eradication, raising more than $202.6 million as of 17 January.

“We'll celebrate this milestone, but it doesn't mean that we'll stop raising money or spreading the word about polio eradication,” Rotary Foundation Trustee John F. Germ told Rotary leaders at the International Assembly in San Diego, California, USA. “We can't stop until our entire world is certified as polio-free.”

The fundraising milestone was reached in response to $355 million in challenge grants awarded to The Rotary Foundation by the Gates Foundation. All funds have been earmarked to support polio immunization activities in affected countries where the vaccine-preventable disease continues to paralyze children.

“In recognition of Rotary's great work, and to inspire Rotarians in the future, the [Gates] foundation is committing an additional $50 million to extend our partnership,” said Jeff Raikes, chief executive officer of the Gates Foundation. “Rotary started the global fight against polio, and continues to set the tone for private fundraising, grassroots engagement, and maintaining polio at the top of the agenda with key policymakers.” Raikes also addressed Rotary leaders at the International Assembly.

The new $50 million grant from the Gates Foundation is not a challenge grant.

Since 1988, the incidence of polio has plummeted by more than 99 percent, from about 350,000 cases annually to fewer than 650 cases reported so far for 2011. The wild poliovirus is now endemic in only four countries: Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan. However, India on 13 January marked a full calendar year without a case, paving the way for its removal from the endemic list.

But other countries also remain at risk for polio cases imported from the endemic countries. In Africa in 2011, Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo had significant outbreaks. Also in 2011, a small cluster of polio cases in China, which had been polio-free for a decade, was traced to Pakistan.

Rotary club members not only reached into their own pockets to support the Gates challenge, but also engaged their communities in a variety of creative fundraising projects, such as a fashion show in California that raised $52,000, benefit film screenings in New Zealand and Australia that netted $54,000, and a pledge-supported hike through Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, that brought in $38,000. Many events were planned around 24 October, widely observed as World Polio Day.

To date, Rotarians worldwide have contributed more than $1 billion toward the eradication of polio, a cause Rotary took on in 1985. In 1988, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention joined Rotary as spearheading partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. More recently, the Gates Foundation has become a major supporter. In 2007, the Gates Foundation gave Rotary a $100 million challenge grant for polio eradication, increasing it to $355 million in 2009. Rotary agreed to raise $200 million in matching funds by 30 June 2012.

Reaching children with the oral polio vaccine in the disease's remaining strongholds is labor- and resource-intensive due to a host of challenges, including poor infrastructure, geographical isolation, armed conflict, and cultural misunderstanding about the eradication campaign

Rtn. Srinivasan K.N. & Gayathri 1-2-2012 Cell : 9448050456

Rtn. PHF. Deepak D.S. Solanki & Dr. Suman 1-2-2012 Cell : 9845116835

Rtn. PP. PHF. Raghu. M.S & Chandrika1-2-2012 Cell : 9945122499

Wedding Anniversary