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Draft Minutes of the Board of
Directors Meeting of the Rotary Club of Kowloon Golden Mile held at
Present: President Nanu Lachman Secretary David Harilela President Elect Patricia Blair Vice President Silva Yeung Treasurer Rajiv Makhija Rtn. Brian
Hodgson Rtn
Clarissa Bellstedt PP Ebe Tung 1] Call to Order President Nanu Lachman called the meeting to order at 2] Apologies:- Rtn Elissa
Cohen; Rtn Carola Chard ; PP Cassidy Lam; Rtn Neerja Sujanani; Rtn Miranda Kong; Rtn Diana
Chou PP Vince Pinto 3] Approval of the Minutes of
the previous meeting PE Patricia proposed. Treasurer Rajiv
seconded. Passed
Unanimously. 4] Matters arising: Re : giving
of 3 Paul Harris awards to honorary and worthy individuals That have assisted KGM with our charity
work, President Nanu proposed Mr. Hong, Mrs. Alice So, and
Sister Superior Jacqueline Ho as the recipients. Sec. David Seconded. Passed unanimously. Updated us on the RC Paranaque Cleft lip project. The
check has been sent and received as the planned
visit by our club has been delayed till the
6th of July ( exact date to be
reconfirmed by Elissa) Also we should attempt to meet up with
RC Greenbelts to see if we can do
something with them also. 5] President’s report President Nanu reported
as follows: A] That the last District Assembly went off
smoothly and in half the time and that he suggested to DGE Jones
that all future assemblies
should follow this pattern. B] Reminded that the District Installation
scheduled for July 4th this
Year would be a black tie affair and a ball. Confirmed attendees so far were Pres. Nanu, David, Patricia , Silva, Michael
& Vincent. C] The Rotaract District Assembly will
be held on 28/6 and that the Charges of HK$160 per person will
be paid for by the sponsoring club and
that this was within the budget allocated. D] Centennial Project
2005- the deadline for club projects for this Celebration since this affects the years
under Patricia and Silva , it would be best for them both to sit down
and agree to a suitable project as
deadline for this is July 2nd. President Nanu suggested we do a joint project with other clubs,
but Rajiv voiced we should do 1 of our
own. PE Patricia suggested that a
committee be formed to work
on this and it was left there. 5. Secretary’s Report A] Brisbane
Convention updates:- It was a well
run extravaganza and the Aussies had done a great job. Those
attending were PP CK, Kenneth, and Sec. David and we were all
hosted by CP Chandru to a glamourous dinner in his magnificent
house and he was also kind enough to take us for a luncheon and visit to a good winery near forwarded pictures of same to PP Vince for the Bulletin. B] I had forwarded the details of potential
new member, Sharon Cheung to
Brian already and had since talked to her about the seriousness of attendance and she was confident that she
could fulfill that after I explained to her about make-ups. C] Sec. David
suggested as a potential Centennial project that we extend our
awards to heroic government servants to encompass all avenues of
this service so as to reward and acknowledge heroic fireman , ambulance man , etc as our KGM centennial
project. Rajiv proposed
that this be left to the board to be appointed by PE Patricia to
decide what project KGM would take up. 6. Treasurer’s Report Rajiv
advised that the club accounts stood as follows after all donations
were paid out stood as HK$300000 in the Club A/C and HK$246,000
in the community service account. He further proposed that we move HK$146,000
from the Club A/C to the Community service account and this was seconded by VP Silva and
passed unanimously. 7. Club Service (A) Attendance: Clarissa reported that attendance was
100% for May and was 75 % for the year to date. Problem slackers
remained Mukesh, Kumar and Nasreen. (B) Bulletin:- No Report (C) Fellowship President Nanu thanked the
members for attending and making Indian Night at the Veda a resounding success as over 110
attended the event (D) Rotary Information No Report. (E) Membership Brian proposed Inspector Anthony Wong
as a candidate for our club and he was interviewed during the meeting and was
seconded for approval by
Pres. Nanu and passed unanimously. He will be inducted at the
District Installation on July 4th. (Human Services – Police). Brian also proposed Sharon Cheung a
news reporter with I Cable News, and she was already being solicited by
several other rotary clubs. Sec. David seconded and the board approved
unanimously subject to Sec. David talking to her and reminding her to confirm
her willingness and ability to maintain a good attendance at club meetings.
As advised earlier, she said this would not be a problem and she will be
interviewed on 25/6 and may be inducted at the District Installation (F) Program No Report 8.
Vocational Service President Nanu advised that the awards to the
heroic policeman would be
carried out at the 25/6 meeting. 9.
Community
Service No Report except for the suggestion by Brian that there be more
information on our projects being
passed onto all the members and Sec. David suggested that he would propose
same to the next incoming board that the incoming Director prepare short
briefs on each project for the bulletin Director to put in the Bulletin on a
regular basis. 10. International Service No report. 11. Rotary Foundation No report. 12. Rotaract/Interact Clubs No report. 13. Fund Raising (A) PE
Patricia advised that the Ball was now tentatively rescheduled for the 31st
of October. Some raised fears that this may affect next years fund raising
activities to which VP Silva responded that he was not worried as he planned
various fund raising activities such as a Fun Fair, a Raffle, a Walkathon and
a Karaoke event for his next year’s fund raising. (B) Walkathon collections were coming in slowly
and HK$48,000 had come in to date. Sec David confirmed that he would donate HK$10,000
personally but for a preferred charity. (C) Cookbook sales were good and sales to date
exceeded HK$100,000. 366 books had
been sold to date and 253 were out on consignment. She was also considering to advertise same in the Rotarian. 14. Any Other Business Pres. Nanu wanted to close by giving a
warm thank you to all board members for their kind support, good
works, great teamwork and enthusiasm and
apologized if he had inadvertently offended anyone. The board gave him a round of applause . There being no further business, Pres. Nanu closed
the meeting at |
Follow-up Required By:- Elissa All Directors PE Patricia VP Silva Brian PE Patricia Rajiv PP Vince Brian Neerja PP Vince Sec. David |