ROTARY CLUB OF DHAKA ISSUE 07 > VOLUME 79 > YEAR 2015-16 16 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 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. 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 What is Rotarianism? YÜÉÅ à{x Xw àéüëá cxç 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 development 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
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 anniversary greetings for RC Dhaka New City. Rtn PP Kh Badrul Hasan, PHF of RC Dhaka, welcomed all members present of both the Clubs, who later introduced themselves. Rtn PP Mohd Khaliquzzaman, 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 14 th, 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 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 emphasized 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 unanimously. 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
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 : 21Sept 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: 1. Aabartan Dhaka. 2. Agargaon Dhaka 3. Basundhara Dhaka 4. Bhawal 5. Dhaka 6. Dhaka Heritage 7. Dhaka Kawranbazar UPCOMING PROJECTS 8. Dhaka Midcity 9. Dhaka One 10. Dhaka Paragon 11. Dhaka Premier 12. Dhaka Royal 13. Gulshan Lake city 14. Uttara. ABCD (Aust-Bangla Care for Dental) Project: 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: Dates changed due to flood 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 Dear Members, Please Guesthouse Attend RC Dhaka 6.30pm attend weekly meeting. 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
Who is, or was, a Rotary Ann? - Collected by Rtn Ranjan Neogi 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 completely 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 membership. Why were wives of male members affectionately 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 delegates, 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 shoulders 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 organization 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 community 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
31 August R-Let Saiqua Tabassum D/o Rtn Shoeb Ahmed Masud NIL District Governor s letter appointing Rtn PP Sultan Abedine Mollah as GSR 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.
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 Birmingham, Alabama, USA, donated a mammography and ultrasound 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