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Rotary club of Pune Metro

Presidential

Hello Friends,

It is already February & February ushers in the

VALENTINES DAY. I wish all our members a VERY

HAPPY VALENTINE DAY.

In our earlier meeting held on 24th of January, we had

inducted two new members, namely Mr. Nimkar

Shingade. I welcome them to our Rotary Family. For Mr.

Shingade, it is in fact Homecoming, as he was a

member of our club earlier.

On 2nd& 3rdof February, we attended the District

Conference. There were 26 registrations done by

members, ann’s or anna’s of our Club for this

Conference, which is the highest participation in such an

event so far by our club. The conference was well

arranged & I hope our members must have benefitted by

attending the same.

On 9th of February, we had our Club’s Fund

Event Gul-E-Gulzar.It was one of the best programs ever

conducted by our club & was a successful e

year. The donations collected will be utilised

charitable projects in Rotary year 2019

+MetropolitanDistrict 3131 Club No. 31769

President: Rtn. Bhavana Chahure

Year 23

Somebody who makes everybody feel like a Somebody.

It is already February & February ushers in the

wish all our members a VERY

of January, we had

inducted two new members, namely Mr. Nimkar & Mr.

Shingade. I welcome them to our Rotary Family. For Mr.

Shingade, it is in fact Homecoming, as he was already a

of February, we attended the District

Conference. There were 26 registrations done by

members, ann’s or anna’s of our Club for this

participation in such an

ur club. The conference was well

arranged & I hope our members must have benefitted by

of February, we had our Club’s Fund-Raising

Gulzar.It was one of the best programs ever

was a successful event of the

year. The donations collected will be utilised for our

charitable projects in Rotary year 2019-20.

Congratulations to PE Mukund who worked single

handed for this event.

On 23rd of February, we have our project of HIV affected

persons Vivah Melava. 10th of March Vikas Foot Project

is planned in Daund. We need volunteers for these

projects.

Subsequent important dates are 28

Assistant Governor’s visit and 7

Governor’s visit. Please mark the dates and attend in

large numbers.

Rtn Bhavana

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Gul-E-Gulzar: RCPM Fund Raising Event

Rotary Club of Pune Metro organised an excellent fund

raising event on 9th February at 5:00 p.m. in

Yashwantrao Chavan Auditorium in Kothrud.

was a culmination of a series of exercises, activities, etc.,

which started way back in September 2018. A

fundraising team consisting of veteran Club members

who had worked earlier in such events was composed.

Club Bulletin

+Metropolitan Rotaty Club of Pune Metro

Chahure Secretary: Rtn. Vandana Joglekar Bulletin Editor: Rtn

Issue 17

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Congratulations to PE Mukund who worked single

we have our project of HIV affected

of March Vikas Foot Project

is planned in Daund. We need volunteers for these

Subsequent important dates are 28th of February for

Assistant Governor’s visit and 7th of March for District

Please mark the dates and attend in

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: RCPM Fund Raising Event:

Rotary Club of Pune Metro organised an excellent fund

raising event on 9th February at 5:00 p.m. in

Chavan Auditorium in Kothrud. The event

was a culmination of a series of exercises, activities, etc.,

which started way back in September 2018. A

fundraising team consisting of veteran Club members

who had worked earlier in such events was composed.

Joglekar Bulletin Editor: Rtn. Vivek Kulkarni

February 14, 2019

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Initially, the Team analysed a set of entertainment

programs for their worth, appeal, crowd pulling

capability, etc. Then a number of venues were looked at

from various perspectives, like proximity to target

audience, access to people, quality of auditorium,

availability on desired dates, etc. All these efforts

resulted in a proposal from Farmaishein group in

December 2018, to stage a brand new event called “Gul

E Gulzar”.

The program is conceptualized by Shri Pravin Gokhale of

Farmaishein. He is an expert in organising such events

for many other agencies. He offered a formal proposal to

Rotary Club of Pune Metro delineating various aspects of

the show, like the comparer, singers, musicians,

advertising & publicity and graphics design. After careful

consideration by all members of Fundraising Team, the

proposal was accepted.

Now the focus turned to securing sponsorships and

advertisements. The Fundraising Team approached

several possible sponsors and advertisers trying to sell

the idea of the event as a marketing proposal. A special

brochure was prepared for this purpose. Due to the

efforts of fundraising team, we could collect sponsorship

and advertisements in excess of Rs 2 lakhs.

Donation Passes for the event were printed out by mid-

Jan 2019 and carefully numbered to cover all available

seats in the auditorium. These were distributed among

Club members for possible sale amongst their friends,

families, acquaintances, loved ones and relations. Almost

70% of the seats were sold out in this manner. Thus the

Club managed to raise appreciable amount of funds.

Advertisements in prominent dailies during the last week

preceding the event resulted in robust sale at the booking

window too.

On the day of the event, it all started sharp at 5:00 p.m.

with the screening of an AVI film highlighting service

projects and focus areas of RCPM. This was followed by

National Anthem as per Rotary protocol. Ann Yogeshree

Phadke welcomed all, especially thanking all the donors

and sponsors for the support. President Bhavana gave a

short speech highlighting social projects undertaken by

the Club so far. Thereafter, all the singers, musicians and

members of technical support team of Farmaishein were

felicitated by giving them a sapling.

The main event started at 5:30 pm after arrival of

narrator, Shri Ambarish Mishra. Drawing on his vast

knowledge of literary works of Gulzar, his life history

and career spanning decades of Hindi film industry as

producer, director, script writer, dialogue writer, lyricist,

etc., Mishraji kept the audience glued to their seats by

narrating various anecdotes, humorous comments, and in

depth study of Hindi as well as Marathi literature. He

was enthusiastically clapped by very lively audience.

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The singers duo, Madhura Datar and Hrishikesh Ranade,

flawlessly rendered one song after another from films

such as Parichay, Aandhi, Anubhav, Gharaonda,

Khamoshi, Ghar, Machis, Anand, Masoom, etc, sending

the crowd into nostalgia, rapture and ecstasy.

The show elicited many “once more” requests. On the

whole, it was a very enjoyable performance of divine

music, rich poetry, entertaining filmy stories woven

around the great literary personality of Gulzar.

PE Mukund Chiplunkar

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Symphony : District 3131 Conference

Symphony, Rotary District 3131 Conference was held on

Feb 2-3 at Sunny's World, Pune. It was attended by over

1200 delegates from different Rotary Clubs. Our Club

RCPM had a record (till date) of 26 registrations.

In Rotary tradition, Symphony conference started with

National Anthem. This year we also played National

anthem of Srilanka. As the name suggested this year's

conference had lot of Music and Dance performances

during the course of 2 days.

DG Dr Shailesh Palekar highlighted all the year to date

achievements like Organ Donation Campaign, All

Women Rally, Rotary fest, District level Cervical

Cancer Vaccination Initiative alongside various other

projects/activities undertaken in the district.

RIPR Gowri Rajan from Sri Lanka, RI representative

presented message from the Rotary Executive team. She

also narrated how Rotary was able to convince LTTE

leader Prabhakaran for a week of seize fire, so that

Rotary Volunteers can complete Polio Vaccination

Program in the northern Sri Lanka.

District In-charges/officers of various projects/initiatives

presented projects/activities, initiatives like International

Rally, Mass Marriage program (to reduce marriage

related expenses). PP Amit Jadhav talked shared his

ideas/plan on using social media to enhance Rotary's

reach, starting Youtube channel for district 3131. For the

rotary novices, it was highlighted that Rotary is doing

approx Rs 10-12 Lakh worth of social work every

working day.

PP Shital Shah felicitated all the Major doners from the

district and thanked them for their generous support. Our

Club received special felicitation in the category of

Clubs giving above USD 10,000.

In the Projects/beneficiaries that were showcased, our

Adult Literacy project at Someshwar was talked about

and ladies from there came up on stage. Congratulations

to our Crusader PP Anjali for her great work.

Dance recital by Annet Isha Phadke was awesome

specially the fusion dance that she showcased

Social activist /Reformer Padmashri Mr. Bunker Roy

talked about his efforts/movement in creating jobs (like

solar Mama) in villages for under privilege/uneducated

persons (specially ladies), which have been noticed world

over and many organizations from many under

developed countries are aligning with his movement,

getting trained at his facilities.

Sudhir Gadgil had "Charcha" with Nitin Desai about his

journey from BDD chawl in Mumbai to ND studio at

Karjat. Nitin Desai shared lot of his experiences of

working with top bollywood producers/directors like

Sanjay Bhansali, Gowarikar as well as politicians like

Mr. Narendra Modi.

Lt Commander Aishwarya shared her experiences from

Naviak Sagar Parikrama ( Going round the world in a sail

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boat ). What all they went through when water

desalination machine stopped working and how rains

came to their rescue and had to store and use rain water

till their next stop. Also shared some memorable

moments about celebrating Diwali on Sail boat and

receiving phone call from Mr. Modi with Diwali wishes.

Rtn Vandana and Anna Pramod, from our club presented

their award winning skit from 2 minute Jalwa for the

audience. Great Going Vandana and Pramod.

Yoga postures presented by a team from Panvel school

were also Mindblowing

Col Lalit Rai kept audience spell bound with his very

captivating 1 hour plus presentation on how Indians won

the Kargil War.

Praveen, the illusionist, showed lots of tricks around

guessing answers/behaviour. We are still wondering how

he could have guessed the right answers/actions.

Lady Rotarians/Anns from RCPM came on first day

wearing Goan Gown dress and participated in

dress/dance competition.

Swami Gyan Vatsal gave some very simple and good life

improvement tips. It was followed by DGE Ravee and

team 2020 launching District Conference 2020 to be held

at Balewadi Sports Stadium, Pune on January 4-5, 2020.

It was very comforting to see RYE students dancing on

Indian tunes like Ganesh Vandana, Bajirao Masani, Jai

Ho etc. Thanks to PP Rtn Deepak Bodhani for his efforts

in keeping RYE students motivated and active during

their stay in Pune.

Post lunch on sunday, we all came to know more about

DGE Ravee and DGN Rashmi. DGE Ravee talked about

his Happy School Initiative for 2019-20.

Interview of Rtn Ravi shankar, who donated 100 crore,

by Rtn Mohan Palesha was very interesting and lively.

Rtn Ravishankar donated about 85% of his wealth. when

asked questions around such a large donation, reaction of

his kids and why Rotary, his said

- I looked at how much I need and rest I decided to give

away.

- I was surprised to know that my two daughters want to

continue my legacy by starting schools in Kashmir.

Do not give too much to your kids. Let them dream and

build their own wings and support them in that process.

- Amongst all the Government/NGO options, I found

Rotary to be most transparent in usage of funds.

Overall, I found this conference very enjoyable with

good mix of knowledge, networking opportunities and

entertainment. I am looking forward to next year's

conference.

Rtn Vivek Kulkarni _________________________________________

Forthcoming Meeting, Projects:

Feb 14: Valentine Day special Member's program at

Raviraj hotel

Feb 23: HIV Vivah Melawa

Feb 28: AG Visit

Mar 7: DG Visit

Mar 10: Vikas foot project at Daund

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Birthdays till February 28th are:

Feb 15: Rtn Vasanti Bedekar, Annet Sanskriti Dawle

Feb 16: Annet Jashan Subhedar

Feb 17: Ann Shilpa Choudhary

Feb 19: Ann Kirti Mulick

Feb 21: Anna Pramod Joglekar

Feb 22: Rtn Maya Tulpule

Feb 24: Rtn Padma Shahane

Anniversaries till February 28th are:

Feb 14: Amita and Sachin Nene

Feb 18; Varsha and Girish Bapat

Feb 19: Mukund and Mugdha Chiplunkar

Feb 22: Vivek and Madhavi Kulkarni

Feb 23: Jayant and Sujata Mhalgi

Avinash and Meenakshi Bhuskute

Feb 28: Bhavana and Milind Chahure