Next Week’s Program

Venue: Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel

Date: 01 September 2015

Time: 5:00 pm for 5:30 pm

Program: To be advised.

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REGULAR WEEKLY MEETINGS

Today’s Programme:

Venue: Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel

Date: 25 August 2015

Time: 5.00 pm for 5.30 pm

Program: Fellowship

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What is Rotarianism?

In the world with many 'isms', the question of Rotarianism

is unique. Paul P Haris, the founder of Rotary, has dealt

with the question in the following expressions:

“There are already more than Six Thousand answers to

that question and there are many, many more to follow.

How do I make that out? There are more than Six

Thousand Rotarians in the world and many more to come.

Each has his own individual conception of Rotarianism

and he will continue to have it even if a brief concise

definition of the word be generally accepted. You can’t

hold Rotarianism in words any longer than you can hold

the spirit of brotherly love in bushel basket”

– The National Rotarian, July 1912.

With over 1.2 million Rotarians in more than 33,000 clubs

and 200 countries there will be one million answers to the

question of Rotarianism touching almost every activity of

human life.

“The grandeur of Rotarianism is in its future, not in the

past. This is the matin not of the vespers of Rotary. The call

for penetrating, conscience responsive thought has never

been more insistent since the birth of Rotarianism than at

the present day. Men will arise to the call, and the leaders in

the days that are to come will be drawn from the ranks of

those who are most deeply concerned in the ethics and the

philosophy of Rotary.”

- THE ROTARIAN, September 1912

“Rotarianism thrives in all places where men think and where

men’s hearts are large enough to include the cares of

others.”

- THE ROTARIAN, September 1912

The phenomenon of Rotarianism is an interesting develop-

ment that has touched millions of human lives for more

than 100 years, promoting the culture of humanism around

the world.

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.

Note: Circulars for other district programs

are included in the last page.

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

world, so we need more and more volunteers in the

form of more and more Rotarian. In order to attract

new members Rotary has to make the projects

interesting so more people will feel encouraged to join

the movement of service above self.

Rtn PP Mahbub Jamil PHF of RC Dhaka New City and

former advisor to the last Caretaker Government spoke

on the RI theme for

this year which is, “Be

a Gift to the World.”

He elaborated the RI

theme in a beautiful

way and highlighted

the contributions of

illustrious people like

Bill Gates, Nelson

Mandela, Mahatma

Gandhi, Haji Mohd Mohsin and others from home and

abroad throughout the history which will encourage

Rotarians with the RI theme of “Be a Gift to the World.

Rtn PP Khaliquzzaman

PHF of RC Dhaka briefed

the Club on the Sleeping

Kit Distribution project

for 6000 bed kits costing

2 crore takas.. Rtn IPP

Shaheed Siddique, PHF of

RC Dhaka briefed about

the Cancer project of RC

Dhaka jointly with National Institute of Cancer Research

Hospital (NICRH).

The vote of thanks was offered by Rtn Salma Rahman

RFSM, President of RC Dhaka New City. She empha-

sized that we should teach our children the art of

giving as Rotary teaches us to learn to give.

Minutes of the earlier meeting was passed unani-

mously. Club Secretary Rtn Barrister Shafayat Ullah

PHF announced the date of the next weekly club

meeting to be held on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at

Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka at 05.30 pm. The

Club Secretary of RC Dhaka New City also made his

announcement of the next meeting of RC Dhaka

New City. There being no other important point to

discuss the President adjourned the meeting

Rtn Barrister ShafayatUllah PHF

Club Secretary

MINUTES OF THE JOINT REGULAR WEEKLY MEETING OF ROTARY CLUB OF DHAKA AND

ROTARY CLUB OF DHAKA NEW CITY HELD IN PAN PACIFIC SONARGAON HOTEL, DHAKA

ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2015

The Joint Regular Weekly Meeting of RC Dhaka and RC

Dhaka New City was held on Tuesday, August 18, 2015.

Club Presidents Rtn Salma Rahman, PFSM and Rtn

Mohd Nasim Majumder, PHF of RC Dhaka called the

meeting to order for their respective Clubs at 5.30 pm.

Rtn S A M Yousuf PHF led the invocation. Rtn Afroza

Akter of RC Dhaka offered the birthday and wedding

anniversary greetings

while Rtn Md Abu

Kaiser, Secretary of

RC Dhaka New City

read out the birthday

and wedding anniver-

sary greetings for RC

Dhaka New City. Rtn

PP Kh Badrul Hasan,

PHF of RC Dhaka, wel-

comed all members present of both the Clubs, who

later introduced themselves. Rtn PP Mohd Khaliquz-

zaman, PHF of RC Dhaka introduced his guests from

Khulna zone. President Rtn Nasimul Majumder, PHF

briefed everyone about the Tree Plantation project

held on August 14th

, 2015. The President also informed

about the upcoming projects namely, School Eye

Examination (SEE) project, Rotary Children’s Art

Competition for World peace on the topic: Our Dream-

A Peaceful World, ABCD (Aust-Bangla-Care for Dental)

project, sanitary latrines project and tube wells project,

details of which were printed in the Weekly Bulletin.

Rtn PDG Dr Ishtiaque Abiduz Zaman, PHF of RC Dhaka

gave a fantastic talk on membership extension and

elaborated on the goals and activities of RI marking

some great achievements of Rotary namely, Polio

eradication. He emphasized that Rotary has so many

areas of service to focus and so much to do for the

Rotary Children’s Art Competition on Peace

Topic:

Our Dream- A Peaceful World

Competition:

The Art Competition will be organized among the school students from Class I to V (age: 5 to 10 years).

More than 20,000 (twenty thousand) students from approximately 100 English and Bangla Medium

schools of the country the expected to participate in the competition.

First Round of the competition will be organized at school premises under the supervision of their Art

Departments. Papers will be supplied by us. School authority will select winners from each class.

Winners are going to participate in the Final Round. All winners will receive a ‘Certificate of Merit’ from

the Organizer and a session will be organize to brief the children on ‘World Peace’.

Winners from each school will participate in the final round at the Institute of Fine Arts campus.

Champion will be given ‘Rotary Peace Scholarship’ for One Year worth Tk. 100,000 (taka one hundred

thousand only) followed by Tk. 60,000 (taka sixty thousand only) and Tk. 40,000 (taka 40,000 only) for

First and Second Runners Up respectively. Apart from that Three Awards will be given per group. All

participants will be given Certificate of Appreciation for participation.

Award Giving Ceremony:

A grand Award Giving Ceremony will be organized participated by the students and their parents where

representatives from UN agencies, US AID, DFID, AUS AID, and Save the Children will be invited as guests

to brief the audience on ‘World Peace’.

We are expecting Resident Representative of UN as the Chief Guest of the program.

Exhibition and Auction:

Three days exhibition followed by auction of the selected paintings will be organized at Drik Gallery.

Funds collected from auction will be utilized on ‘Peace Projects’. We will invite all rotary club members,

corporate personalities and parents of the participants to take part in the auction.

Presentation of Paintings:

Champion and Runner’s up Paintings will be presented to Prime Minister’s Office and Rotary Head

Quarters, USA.

Exhibition Book:

An exhibition book will be published on World Peace comprising write-ups on peace along with selected

paintings. This book will be presented to Schools Libraries, Foreign Missions in Bangladesh, Bangladesh

Missions Abroad, International Organizations working for Peace at the Home and Abroad, Ministries and

Important Government Bodies.

Program Time Table:

Inauguration of the Competition with Rally participated by Students : 21 Sept 2015

First Round of the Competition : 21 Sep to 15 Oct 2015

Second Round of the Competition : 23 Oct 2015

Exhibition and Auction : 29, 30, 31 Oct 2015

Award Giving Ceremony : 03 Nov 2015

Organizing Committee

Chairman : Rtn. Mahmud Hasan RFSM

Members : Rtn. Barrister Shafayat Ullah PHF, Rtn. Mamun Akber PHF, Rtn. Lt. Col.

(Retd) Syed Quamruzzaman RFSM, Rtn. Afroza Akhter PhD, RFSM

Future Plans:

From next year, we would like to take this competition to international level by involving schools

abroad. Our vision is to make it one of the most prestigious platform to promote world peace.

Project: Report on School Eye Examination (EEE)

Program

The first School Eye Examination (SEE) Program of the

Rotary Year held on 24 August in T&T Adarshaw Girls

High School, Mohakhali Wireless Compound, Dhaka.

Total Vision Checked: 758 students

Refractive Error found: 97 students

Other problems: 25

Treatment given: 16

Club President Rtn Nasim Majumder, Director TRF Dr

Niaz A Rahman , Dr Ashraf with his Team of BEDS and

7 Rotaractors of three Rotaract Club attended the

program.

The second program will be in the same school for

follow up and to screen out the rest of the students

on Saturday the 12 September, 2015.

Our Roving Ambassadors

Name of Rotarian Club Event/Rotary Club Date

Rtn PDG Dr Ishtiaque A Zaman PHF Rotary get-together of the Platinum Team 08.08.15

Rtn PDG Dr Ishtiaque A Zaman PHF RC of Dhaka Midtown 09.08.15

Rtn PDG Dr Ishtiaque A Zaman PHF RC of Dhaka Mahanagar 11.08.15

Rtn PDG Dr Ishtiaque A Zaman PHF RC of Dhaka Buriganga 12.08.15

Rtn PDG Dr Ishtiaque A Zaman PHF RC of Dhaka Rosevale 13.08.15

Rtn PDG Dr Ishtiaque A Zaman PHF RC of Dhaka Cosmopolitan 16.08.15

Rtn PP Md Bayezidur Rahman MPHF RC of Dhaka Luminous 16.08.15

Joint Tree Plantation Program

Date: 29 August 2015,

Venue: Bhawal Baria union HigH School

& Baria Govt Primary School

(12 KM from Gazipur Club)

Time: 09:40am (Reach Gazipur Club

by 9:00am)

Misc: After Tree Plantation & fellowship

lunch will be in RCC Kamaria

(@ Resort "Amanat Monjil" )

Participanting Clubs:

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: 28 – 30 Aug, 2015

Location: Rowmari

Number of Latrines: 12

Support: RCC, Rowmari

Budget: Tk 40,000

Tube Wells Project:

Date: 28 – 30 Aug, 2015

Area: Rowmari

N0 of Tube wells: 12.

Support: RCC, Rowmari

Budget: Tk 40,000

Note:Note:Note:Note: Dates changed due

to flood

ABCD (Aust-Bangla Care for Dental) Project:

UPCOMING PROJECTS

1. Aabartan Dhaka.

2. Agargaon Dhaka

3. Basundhara Dhaka

4. Bhawal

5. Dhaka

6. Dhaka Heritage

7. Dhaka Kawranbazar

8. Dhaka Midcity

9. Dhaka One

10. Dhaka Paragon

11. Dhaka Premier

12. Dhaka Royal

13. Gulshan Lake city

14. Uttara.

Prior to a decision handed down by the United

States Supreme Court in 1987, Rotary was a men's

organization, and in many clubs, the wives of the

members were called "Rotary Anns". With the

Court decision in the eighties, and with more

women in the professions than ever before, the

term "Rotary Ann" began to

fall out of favor and clubs of

Rotary Anns disappeared.

While the name “Rotary

Ann” has not gone comp-

letely out of favor, wives are

more commonly known as

“Rotary Spouses” or

“Partners.” In 1987, women

were admitted to Rotary, and today women are

the fastest growing segment of Rotary's member-

ship. Why were wives of male members affection-

ately called "Rotary Anns"? This designation was

never one of disparagement, but rather grew out

of an interesting historical occasion. The year was

1914 when San Francisco Rotarians boarded a

special train to attend the Rotary Convention

being held in Houston. In those days few wives

attended Rotary events, and until the train

stopped in Los Angeles, the only woman aboard

was the wife of Rotarian Brunnier. As the train

picked up additional convention-bound dele-

gates, Mrs. Ann Brunnier was introduced as the

Rotarian's Ann. This title soon became "Rotary

Ann". Since the clubs of the west were inviting the

Rotarians to hold their next convention in San

Francisco, a number of songs and stunts were

organized which would be performed in Houston.

One of the Rotarians wrote a "Rotary Ann" chant.

On the train's arrival at the Houston depot, a

delegation greeted the West Coast Rotarians. One

of the greeters was Guy Gundaker of Philadelphia,

whose wife was also named Ann.

During the rousing demonstration, someone

started the Rotary Ann chant. The two petite ladies,

Ann Brunnier &

Ann Gundaker,

were hoisted to

the men's shoul-

ders and parade

about the hall.

The group loved

the title given to the two women named Ann.

Immediately the same term of endearment was

used for all of the wives in attendance and the

name "Rotary Ann" was here to stay. Nine years

later, in 1923, Guy Gundaker became president of

Rotary International. Bru Brunnier was elected

president in 1952, 29 years after that. Thus, each

of the two original Rotary Anns became the "first

lady of Rotary International. "Oklahoma City, Club

29 is responsible for the origin of the Rotary Ann

auxiliary organization. OKC Rotarian Virgil

Browne's wife, Maimee Lee, proposed this organ-

ization to Club 29 in November, 1928, and its

acceptance has spread to thousands of clubs

throughout the Rotary world.One of the purposes

of a Rotary Ann Club is to bring into fellowship the

families of the members of the Rotary club. Other

objectives include assisting

Rotarians in the execution

of various club and commu-

nity projects and uphold the purposes and aims of

Rotary. Most chapters meet once a month, usually

at the home of one of the members in almost all

but the larger clubs. These meetings are devoted

mainly to fellowship and to discuss the various

projects of the Rotary Ann Club as well as possible

assistance to their Rotarians.

From Material by PRIP Cliff Dochterman (1992) and Doug

Rudman

Photos: (top right) Former Rotary International President Henry

Brunnier and wife, Ann, on the campus of Iowa State University.

The Brunniers established a trust fund for the University in 1962.

(left) Ann Gundaker from the August 1929 issue of The Rotarian)

Rotary Ann Bracelet (above) courtesy of Doug Rudman

Who is, or was, a Rotary Ann?

- Collected by Rtn Ranjan Neogi

31 August

R-Let Saiqua Tabassum

D/o Rtn Shoeb Ahmed Masud

NIL

Meeting Statistics (18-08-2015)

Total Members 58

Members exempted 04

Members Present 15

Percentage of attendance 27.27%

Last week’s attendance rose to 33.92%

(from 28.07%)

Visiting Rotarians Nil

Club Guests Nil

Members’ Guests 03

Members of RC Dhaka Mid-City 11

Sunshine Box Collection (Tk). 1280.0

Proposed new Club:

August is the Membership and Extension month.

Our Club is going to sponsor a new Club.

Proposed information are as follows:

Name: Rotary Club of Dhaka Green

GSR: Rtn PP Sultan-Ul-Abedine Molla, PHF

Charter President: Rtn ATM Kamruzzaman Apu RFSM

Charter member: 30 (Approximately)

Covering Area: Motijheel Commercial Area, Dhaka.

Miscellaneous: On Rtn Kamruzzaman Apu’s request letter and

clearance of Club dues the Club has given the NOC on 15 August,

2015. As Rtn Apu is no more with the RCD, our membership

strength is now 58. Let us wish for the best of new club RCD Green

and its members.

District Governor’s letter appointing

Rtn PP Sultan Abedine Mollah as GSR

EARLY CANCER DETECTION IS SAVING LIVES IN

SRI LANKA

More than 20,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed every

year in Sri Lanka, and many of them prove fatal. The Rotary

Club of Colombo, Sri Lanka, set out 10 years ago to save

some of those lives by establishing the Cancer Prevention

and Early Detection Centre.

In partnership with the National Cancer Control Programme

and the Ministry of Health, the center in Colombo has

screened more than 35,000 patients, mostly low-income,

and detected more than 7,500 cases of abnormalities that

required further investigation. The Rotary Club of Birming-

ham, Alabama, USA, donated a mammography and ultra-

sound scanner to the center’s breast cancer screening facility.

The Colombo Rotary club is seeking to open early detection

clinics in other easily accessible locations throughout Sri

Lanka.

Source: Rotary News

22-Jun-2015