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Next Week’s Program
Venue: Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel
Date: 25 August 2015
Time: 5:00 pm for 5:30 pm
Program: To be advised.
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: [email protected]
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
None
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