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Venue: Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel

Date: 25 August 2015

Time: 5:00 pm for 5:30 pm

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ROTARY CLUB OF DHAKA ISSUE 06 > VOLUME 79 > YEAR 2015-16

TODAY’S PROGRAM

Regular Weekly Meeting

Guest Speaker:

Topic:

REGULAR WEEKLY MEETINGS

Today’s Program

Joint Weekly Meeting: Rotary Club of Dhaka & Rotary Club of Dhaka New City Venue: Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel

Date: 18 August 2015

Time: 5.00 pm for 5.30 pm

Program: Fellowship

From the Editor’s Pen

August is Rotary Membership and Extension Month!

Membership has been at the heart of Rotary ever since it

was founded on a chilly winter day in Chicago, US on

February 23, 1905 with just four members. Since then the

growth of Rotary has been phenomenal 1.2 million

members. This speaks of the commitments and engage-

ment of Rotarians in every affairs of human life in peace

and war, from literacy to healthcare, from sanitation to

poverty alleviation, and disaster management with the

Rotary motto of ‘service above self’.

But the membership seems stuck at 1.2 million since

2003, which needs a self-conscious look. Membership in

the traditional home turf of Rotary US and Canada has

declined by almost 10-12 percent in the last 10 years

while in Japan it is more than 20 percent. At the same

time there has been significant growth of membership in

India, Asian countries and former communist blocs.

There has been significant growth of membership in

Bangladesh especially with the ftowth of new Rotary

Clubs. But the membership growth of Rotary Club of

Dhaka, as the premier club of the country, has declined in

the last few years. The main reason is the loss of old

members, which reflects the Club’s weakness in the

retention of old members. It needs real assessment

especially in engaging the members in various projects

and programs of the Club. Although there is a great deal

of talks on the membership growth in the Club but out-

come has not been positive, considering the tall target of

inducting 23 new members in this RY. To achieve this

target every member of the Club should actively

contribute in the membership growth by introducing at

least one new member, at the same time the leadership

needs to plan and engage each member in the various

activities of the Club to make the Club vibrant. Rtn PP Khandker Badrul Hasan, PHF

Editor

DISTRICT & OTHER PROGRAMS

Venue: All Community Club, Gulshan 2 Date: August 27, 2015 Time: 6.30 pm Program: 2015 District Birthday ceremony and Wedding Anniversaries Registration: Tk 500 per person and spot registration will be honored.

Communication & Bulletin Sub-committee: Chairman & Editor: Rtn PP Khandker Badrul Hasan, PHF

Members:

Rtn PP Rafiqul Islam I Rowly, PHF

Rtn PP T I M Nurul Kabir MPHF, B, PHS,

Rtn Mirza Hossain MPHF,

Rtn Barrister Shafayatullah PHF,

Rtn Mahmud Hasan RFSM

Contact:

Rotary Bhaban, National Institute for

Cancer Research & Hospital (NICR&H)

Mohakhali, Dhaka - 1213

Tel: 9892465

E-mail: rcd@agni.com

www.rcdhaka.org

Rtn PP Capt Md Khaliquzzaman PHF updated the

members about the status of the SKD Project and

informed that everything is going smoothly and as per

schedule he informed that the distribution will take

place between November 5 to 19, 2015. He also

informed that RCD will send request to the Presidents

of all the Rotary Clubs in the country asking them for

participating in this mega project.

The President acknowledged the presence of the

PDGs of the Club: Rtn PDG Mustafa Zaman Abbasi

PHF and Rtn PDG Dr Ishtiaque Abiduz Zaman PHF.

Rtn PDG Mustafa Zaman Abbasi PHF shared some

fond memories with the Club Guest Charter President

Rtn Yogendra Jahagirdar.

The President gave special thanks to Rtn PP A T M

Taherullah PHF and Rtn Golam Mustafa PHF for

attending the meeting.

Minutes of the earlier meeting were unanimously

passed by the members. Club Secretary Rtn Barrister

Shafayat Ullah PHF announced the date of the next

weekly club meeting to be held on Tuesday, 18th

August, 2015 at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka

at 05.30 pm. There being no other important point to

discuss the President adjourned the meeting.

Rtn Barrister ShafayatUllah PHF

Club Secretary

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR WEEKLY MEETING OF ROTARY CLUB OF DHAKA

HELD IN PAN PACIFIC SONARGAON HOTEL, DHAKA ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2015

Regular weekly meeting of RC Dhaka was held on

Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Club President Rtn Mohd

Nasim Majumder PHF called the meeting to order at

5.30 pm. PP Waliur Rahman Choudhury PHF, MC led

the invocation. Birthday and Wedding Anniversary

greetings were offered by Rtn Enam Mallik RFSM. The

President introduced the Club Guest Charter

President Rtn Yogendra Jahagirdar of Rotary Club of

Ahmednagar Mid Town, RI District 3132 and invited

him to the Head Table.

The President spoke on the upcoming projects and

invited the members to join in as many projects as

they can. He also informed that a list of the upcom-

ing projects and itinerary of the Aussie Bangla Care for

Dental (ABCD) project has been printed in the weekly

bulletin for information of all the members.

Rtn PP T I M Nurul Kabir MPHF, B, PHS gave a Power

Point presentation and practically showed how to get

registered in Rotary Club Central. He browsed various

parts of www.rotary.org and showed the members a

glimpse of the ocean of information that is available

in the site. The President thanked Rtn PP T I M Nurul

Kabir for his efforts and mentioned that he will

organize a workshop on this topic to be conducted by

Rtn PP Nurul Kabir for the benefit and effective

learning of the members of RCD.

18 August

R-Let Zaima Shafrin Sadat

D/o Rtn Hossain Sadat

20 August

R-Let M Saifuzzaman

S/o Rtn PP Capt M Khaliquzzaman

Rtn Lt Col (Retd) Syed

Quamruzzaman

24 August

R-Let Mohsiun Naim

S/o Rtn Dr Md Abdul Aziz

25 August

Rtn Mohammad Rejaul Amin

Wedding Anniversary

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Join me in celebrating Membership Month My dear friends,

We often talk a great deal about membership. Quite naturally, the

focus is on recruiting new members, but in the process, we lose sight

of an equally important task — that of retaining existing members.

As Rotary celebrates Membership Month, I want to ask what Rotary

means to you. I invite you to share your story not only with Rotary but

with your personal and professional networks — not only why you

joined, but why you are still a member of Rotary today. Is it because

of the difference you’ve made in your community or because of the

lifelong friendships you’ve made? Speak of the personal benefits that

you have derived from your membership in Rotary, whether it’s the

satisfaction from reaching out to someone who desperately needed

help or the gains in your own life that came from the opportunities

and connections available to you through Rotary. Sharing your Rotary

story could help inspire someone to join. Promoting our exciting

member benefits program, Rotary Global Rewards, will not only help

you get more transformative work done but will also show new and

potential members the added value of being a part of the Rotary

network. Find out more yourself about this new program and how it

can be used to enhance the Rotary member experience. Encourage

others to do the same. The Member Center is now home to a number

of resources to help you better serve your clubs and districts, including

brochures like Be a Vibrant Club and Strengthening Your Membership:

Creating Your Member-ship Development Plan. Exploring,

understanding, and using these tools can help you engage and retain

your members.

Every year, the Rotary International Convention serves as a great way

to experience what it truly means to be a part of Rotary. A promotion

kit for the 2016 convention in Seoul is now available. The kit provides

digital and print resources to promote the convention to your club or

district. Go to the Seoul convention site, find the kit in the Resources

section, and use it to encourage your fellow Rotarians to attend. With

your help, the 2016 Rotary Convention could be the biggest yet! By

encouraging a new member to attend the convention, you will have

given him or her the opportunity to be well and truly convinced of the

reach and breadth of Rotary. Membership is important year-round.

We must continue to give potential members more reasons to join,

and current members more reasons to stay. Let us work together to

strengthen our membership base and to encourage others to join us

as we work to improve our communities and to Be A Gift to the World.

21 August

Rtn Md An-Nurul Masud

&

R-Ann Sk Tahmina Afrin

22 August

Rtn Mukut Subal Cruze

&

R-Ann Sony Perpetua Pereira

Rtn Lt Col (Retd) Syed

Quamruzzaman

&

R-Ann Quamar Afza

R. K. “RAVI” RAVINDRAN RI PRESIDENT

Meeting Statistics (11-08-2015)

Total Members 59

Members exempted 04

Members Present 16

Percentage of attendance 28.07%

Last week’s attendance rose to 30.90% (from 27.27%)

Visiting Rotarians Nil

Club Guests 01

Members’ Guests Nil

Sunshine Box Collection (Tk). 320.0

Project:

Tree Plantation held on August 14, 2015

The second tree Plantation project was held on Friday

August 14, 2015 in National Bangla High School, Mirpur

2, adjacent to Mirpur Stadium. Rotary Club of Dhaka and

Rotary Club of Dhaka Orchid jointly organized the project

under the theme “Greener Bangladesh - greener world”.

Project Synopsis:

Project Tree Plantation Venue National Bangla High School, Mirpur -

2 Date Friday, August 14 2015 at 10:00 am Organizer Jointly

Rotary Club of Dhaka Rotary Club of Dhaka Orchid

Support Rotaract Club of Dhaka, Dhaka Udayan and Dhaka Premier

Rotarians Present

4 Rotarians from RC Dhaka and 3 Rotarians from RC Dhaka Orchid

Rotaractors Present

12 Rotaractors from 3 clubs

Project Cost 7,100/00

Number of Saplings

55 (25 numbers of Fruits and others are mixed)

Club President Rtn Nasim Majumder, Rtn Barrister

Shafayatullah Secretary, Rtn Mukut Subal Cruze, Director

Public Relations and the Rtn Abu Nawaz Bhuiyan Chair of

Tree Plantation & Standing Committee Youth Service

attended the program. Club President Rtn Nasim

Majumder inaugurated the program and gave thanks to

the participants.

Our Roving Ambassadors

Name of Rotarian Club Event/Rotary Club Date

Rtn IPP Shaheed Siddique, PHF RC Aroma Dhaka 01.08.15

Rtn Ranjan Neogi PHF e-Club One 07.08.15 Rtn PP AKM Abdus Sobhan PHF RC of Holy City, Sylhet 14.08.15

Wisdom of Paul P Haris, Founder of Rotary:

The yearly, daily, hourly spirit of Rotary should be the spirit of

the Renaissance. We need men of microscopic visions who will

explore the molecules, atoms and electrons, but we also need

men of telescopic vision who will explore the stars. My Road to Rotary

1) School Eye Examination (SEE) Project: Date: Monday 24th August, 2015 Time: 9:30 am 3:30 pm Venue: Mohakhali T&T Ideal Girls School, Wireless Compound, Mohakhali. Doctors: Doctors of Bangladesh Eye Hospital. Budget: Tk 20,000.

Fund Raiser Project: Rotary Children’s Art Competition for World Peace on the Topic “Our Dream – A Peaceful World” where total budgeted income is Tk 10,00,000, expenditure Tk 500,000 and net income of the club is Tk 5,00,000. Partici-pants are School students of 4 – 11 Years, number of schools 50 and approximate number of participants 10,000.

ABCD (Aust-Bangla Care for Dental) Project Team will arrive Dhaka on September 7, 2015. Two Rural camps in the schools of Brahmmanbaria (2 days) and SylhetHobiganj (3 days) and one camp will be in Urban area; MirpurSurovi School (2 days) Dhaka. Thesecamps will be completed within September 8 to 12, 2015. RAWCS, Rotary Club of Dhaka, Rotary Club of Dee Why Warringah, NGO Forum and 3 Rotaract clubs will implement the projects jointly. For 12 Camps in the Rotary year the budget is of Tk 50,000. The draft Itenary is given below.

Itinerary Aust-Bangla Care for Dental (ABCD) September 2015

Doctors: Dr Sandra Meihubers, Dr Nahid Sayma, Dr Hans Raets and Dr Yvonne

Day Date Activity Requirements Accommodation

1 Tue, 8 Sep Dental team meets NGOF Attend RC Dhaka 6.30pm

Dear Members, Please attend weekly meeting.

Guesthouse

2 Wed, 9 Sep Dental Camp Surovi Need RCD Volunteers Guesthouse 3 Thu, 10 Sep Dental Camp Surovi Need RCD Volunteers Guesthouse 4 Fri, 11 Sep Rural camp travel and set up B.Baria 5 Sat, 12 Sep Rural camp Need RCD Volunteers B.Baria 6 Sun, 13 Sep Rural camp Need RCD Volunteers B.Baria 7 Mon, 14 Sep Travel Sylhet and set up Sylhet - location tbc 8 Tue, 15 Sep Rural camp Sylhet Need RCD Volunteers Sylhet - location tbc 9 Wed, 16 Sep Rural camp Sylhet Need RCD Volunteers Sylhet - location tbc

10 Thu, 17 Sep Rural camp Sylhet Need RCD Volunteers Sylhet - location tbc 11 Fri, 18 Sep Pack up and return Dhaka Guesthouse 12 Sat, 19 Sep Free Day Guesthouse 13 Sun, 20 Sep Debrief, travel

Sanitary Latrines Project: Date: 22 – 24 Aug, 2015 Location: Rowmari Number of Latrines: 12 Support: RCC, Rowmari Budget: Tk 40,000

1) Tube Wells Project:

Date: 22 – 24 Aug, 2015 Area: Rowmari N0 of Tube wells: 12. Support: RCC, Rowmari

Budget: Tk 40,000

ABCD (Aust-Bangla Care for Dental) Project:

Quotable Quotes

“Primarily Rotary seeks to apply the theory of service to business and community life....This is expressed in the

first part of our code of ethics: To consider my vocation worthy and as affording me a distinct opportunity to

serve the society. He Profits Most Who Serves Best is a less ideal expression, but the suggestion of egoism is

removed by the added words, Service Above Self.” — Donald A. Adams, RI President 1925-26: Address to

1926 Rotary Convention, Denver, Colorado, USA