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Weekly Meeting: The Singapore Cricket Club, Tuesday 12.45pm Page 1 of 5 Rotary International Calendar : September is New Generations Month Lunch Meeting on Tuesday, 2 September 2014 President Corina Lai enthusiastically welcomed all to our regular lunch meeting and invited Andrew to propose a toast to Rotary International. Rtn Jeff Hoggs welcomed our guests for the day. IPP Jeffrey Chan shared about his experience at the District Seminar organized the previous Saturday. He highlighted certain initiatives that were introduced in 2010 but many Rotarians would not be familiar with. For example Associate Membership is a type of membership where each Rotary club has the flexibility to decide on the membership dues applicable. Moreover, another initiative introduced was where Rotary clubs can be flexible about its weekly meeting. Lastly, Satellite Clubs can be set-up with the objective of attracting Rotaractors who graduate from their clubs. IPP Jeffrey also proposed that a Probus club be considered for Seniors and Retirees which would permit further flexibility with no regular or weekly meetings plus be free from fundraising. PP Vincent Chen, Director Rotary Foundation encouraged members to respond to his e-mail on contributions towards Every Rotarian Every Year. Rotary clubs serve communities around the world, each of which has unique concerns and needs. Many of the most successful and sustainable Rotary service activities fall into one of the following areas: Peace and conflict prevention/resolution Disease prevention and treatment Water and sanitation Maternal and child health Basic education and literacy Economic and community development RY 2014-15 Bulletin Issue No.09 Chartered 13 August 1980
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Weekly Meeting: The Singapore Cricket Club, Tuesday 12.45pm Page 1 of 5
Rotary International Calendar : September is New Generations Month
Lunch Meeting on Tuesday, 2 September 2014
President Corina Lai enthusiastically welcomed all to our regular lunch meeting and invited Andrew to propose a toast to Rotary International. Rtn Jeff Hoggs welcomed our guests for the day. IPP Jeffrey Chan shared about his experience at the District Seminar organized the previous Saturday. He highlighted certain initiatives that were introduced in 2010 but many Rotarians would not be familiar with. For example Associate Membership is a type of membership where each Rotary club has the flexibility to decide on the membership
dues applicable. Moreover, another initiative introduced was where Rotary clubs can be flexible about its weekly meeting. Lastly, Satellite Clubs can be set-up with the objective of attracting Rotaractors who graduate from their clubs. IPP Jeffrey also proposed that a Probus club be considered for Seniors and Retirees which would permit further flexibility with no regular or weekly meetings plus be free from fundraising. PP Vincent Chen, Director Rotary Foundation encouraged members to respond to his e-mail on contributions towards Every Rotarian Every Year. Rotary clubs serve communities around the world, each of which has unique concerns and needs. Many of the most successful and sustainable Rotary service activities fall into one of the following areas:
Peace and conflict prevention/resolution
Disease prevention and treatment Water and sanitation Maternal and child health Basic education and literacy Economic and community development
RY 2014-15 Bulletin Issue No.09
Chartered 13 August 1980
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PP David Ong, Chairman Membership Committee introduced and inducted Dr Jochen Krauss. Given his education, training and experience, Rtn Dr Jochen will be underMarketing & Strategic Planning classification. President
Corina Lai was delighted to induct another Rotarian to our club.
PP Eugene Lim shared details of an upcoming Golf Event on 23rd and 29th September. Our member, Rtn Jacky Wong has sponsored a $250,000 hole-in-one car. Kindly contact Eugene for participation at $288 per person.
IPP Jeffrey Chan introduced our Guest Speaker for the afternoon, PP Chris Bek from the Rotary e-club of Singapore and Co-ordinator – District Rotary Community Corps (RCC). The concept of RCC was developed to empower members of the community to take ownership of a project initiated by Rotary. Projects in remote areas such as in village, maintenance can become
an issue which is when RCC becomes relevant. Rotary Community Corps are registered entities under Rotary International. They need at least 10 members and pay dues which are not too steep. For example, last year as the Chairman RCC, PP Chris Bek initiated two RCC. One such organization in Indonesia started with 20 members but now they have more than 2,000 members owing
to their well-established contacts. They are involved in disaster relief. In urbanized Singapore, Resident Committees can be RCC. The partnership can be very useful since Seed-money can come from Rotary clubs while RCC members can implement the activities. During Q&A we further heard that RCCs are not under ROS and that there are only two RCC in Rotary District 3310. PP Vincent Chen led a vote of thanks on behalf of members of RCRC. President Corina Lai shared the festive joy with members by bringing not only assorted Mooncakes but also Chinese
lanterns for their children or grand-children. The meeting ended on a high note until we meet again next week.
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President’s Column
Dear Members, I wanted to share a little information about Mooncake Festival
especially since we are a diverse group:
On the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, many Chinese celebrate the
Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhong Qiu Jie) also known as the Mooncake
Festival or the Festival of Lanterns (Yuanxiao).
Significance
The moon is at its brightest, being nearest to earth on this date. Thus the association with the moon and the
"moon appreciation" parties (shang yue). It also coincides with the end of the autumn harvest and marks the
end of the Hungry Ghost Festival on the 7th month. Thus, the day is also traditionally auspicious for weddings,
particularly because the moon goddess is believed to extend conjugal bliss to the happy couple.
Mooncakes Making and sharing mooncakes is one of the hallmark traditions of this festival. In Chinese culture, a round
shape symbolizes completeness and unity. Thus, the sharing of round mooncakes among family members
signify the completeness and unity of families.
Corina Lai President Rotary Club of Raffles City
RI / District Announcements
1. District dues At the last District Conference in Penang, the dues was increased by RM50.00
Malaysian Clubs have to pay RM150.00 & ROTAFOM RM 20.00
Total: RM 170.00
Singapore Clubs have to pay RM150.00 but in SD60.00
SD60X2.5=RM150.00
2. RI Dues July 2014 dues will be US$27.00 plus one dollar for the Council of Legislation Levy.
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Club Announcements (in Sept 2014)
Board of Directors Meeting: _ CANCELLED There will be no BOD Meeting this month RCRC Events to note
19 Sept 2014 Installation Dinner of RC KL DiRaja
Members’ Celebrations in September
Birthdays Wedding Anniversaries
4th PP Wee Koon San 7th PP Steven Teng
21st PP Percy Jeyapal 11th PP Dr Chin Koy Nam
22nd Rtn Andrew Schleider 14th Rtn Jacky Wong
24th Tengku Sri Indra 25th PP Vincent Chen
28th Rtn Alfred Ong
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Upcoming Desk Duty
Month Date Desk Duty
Speaker
Septe
mber
2nd PP Kaka Singh PP Chris Bek "Rotary Community Corps"
9 9th
PP Sorinder Singh
Mr Cheng Tai Chin, Deputy Director of the Office of the Public Guardian on "Lasting Powers of Attorney"
16th F1 starts
Rtn Nidhi Swarup PP Low Cze Hong
23rd PP Johnson Tan
Ms Karen Leong, Author and trainer on Influencing
30th PP Brian Tan
Ms Gina Teo, Leisure/cruise talk
Before We End …
Yours’ in Rotary Rtn. Nidhi Swarup Bulletin Editor
