A Message From
The President:
My dear fellow
GoldenMilers,
We are approaching the end of this Rotary year. This is one
of the last messages that you may have to put up with.
As a part of
passing on more Rotary Information and participation, our Rotarian Vincent
Lam, being a Physician-Chiropractic, chose the right topic for his short
speech on MAY 17th - "Polio-plus". Polio-eradication is the largest public
health initiative in the world. He traced the history, the immunization
programmes of the various countries, the efforts of Rotary, national governments
WHO etc; and the challenges. As rotarians all over the world are eager to
celebrate a polio-free world, while celebrating an extraordinary milestone
-100th Anniversary of the Rotary movement- in 2005, this was an apt
topic to remind the members about diligence and dedication.
The silent
work being done by the members of our (own) Rotaract Club, by
participation in Community Service (e.g; The spastic Association, Society
for the welfare of the Autistic persons etc;), Professional development,
International Service, District level activities, World Rotaract (Community
Service) month is to be much appreciated. On 31st May, IPP Solange
Leung of our Rotaract Club gave a short presentation on the participation of two
members in the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA). This was 4 day intensive
training camp coorganized by the Rotaract Clubs and the Hong Kong Adventure
Corps at the highland Training Camp, in Sai Kung. She said, "All those tears and
laughter were treasurable memories and rewarding experience to all of
us....This camp served as a solid training ground for us to test our team
building skills and also to provide more opportunities for us to observe the
strength and weaknesses of each other-to enrich our horizons".
For the
information of members, the district budget presented in the District Assembly
on May 6th was not passed. We may therefore, expect another voting on the
district budget through ballot by mail. When additional information is received
in due course, the same will be passed on to our board for appropriate action.
The latest news from our DG Dipo Sani says that the boundaries of our District
3450 will be modified to include all of Mongolia, effective July 2000,
consequent to the approval by the RI Board of Directors. Rotary Club of
Ulaanbataar will then become the latest club in our District.
We are
awaiting the arrival of IPP Raju , RTN Kenneth and DG Dipo to report on the RI
Convention in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Lastly, to quote RI President
Carlo Ravizza, "Rotary offers each one of us an unparalleled opportunity to
serve others and to make a difference in the world....As we move into a new
Rotary year let us continue our efforts to strengthen Rotary and move forward to
Create Awareness and Take Action with Consistency, Credibility and
Continuity."
Yours in Rotary
Ramadasan
President
2000