Rcbks bulletin vol 19 no 4

Vol 19 Number 4 SELAMAT PAGI 31 July 2010

Rotary Information

What is the Four Avenues ofService Citation?

Why The Need For The Citation

The strength of the Rotary ideal isfounded on the service carried out byclub members worldwide. Hence thiscitation programme provides a meansfor Rotary clubs to personallyrecognize a member of the club foroutstanding efforts in all the fourAvenues of Service. The citationcommends the service carried out byan individual Rotarian in the club,thereby reinforcing the importancewhich Rotary places on the personalinvolvement of each club member inRotary service activities.

Submission Process

Nomination for an eligible Rotarian issubmitted by the club president toRotary International, with aninformation copy to the districtGovernor.

Author’s Comments

In my view, this is a significant honourfor any Rotarian as the requirementsare quite demanding to fulfill. Fromwhat I recall, in the history of RCBKS,we have not seen any Rotarianconferred this Citation yet; probablynobody has examined this matterclosely, as to whether it can apply tomembers in the Club.

I agree that the motivation to do goodand bring benefit the needy is not forearning recognition. Notwithstandingthat, I see no harm in motivating andencouraging our deserving Rotarianswith the due recognition he/she hasearned in our fulfilling our motto ofService Above Self to the community.

As a mature and stable Rotary Clubwith multiple achievements to show,where it warrants, I wish to encouragefuture leaders to be on the lookout togive due personal recognition tomembers who are eligible.

Contributed by: Frances

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible, the following conditionsmust be met:

• The nominee must haveconsistently demonstratedsupport of the Object of Rotarythrough participation in serviceactivities in each of the fourAvenues of Service: Club,Vocational, Community, andInternational.

• An individual may only receive thisaward once.

• The nominee must be an activeRotarian in good standing.

• The following Rotarians who are noteligible:- current club presidents- current, incoming, and imme-diate past district governors- current, incoming, and past RIdirectors

• Only one nominee is eligible perclub per Rotary year.

Member's ContributionTRIP TO DUSUN INKUALA KUBU BARUBy Teng Yoong

Folks! It is the Durians season now,and our taste buds are all keyed upfor the King of fruits, come what may.Hence, it was right on cue when wereceived James Cheong’s invitationfor eat-as-much-as-you-want-durian-for-free at his Dusun in KKB on25.07.2010, and believe me, no rightmind persons amongst usMalaysians would want to miss thegood offer.

Twelve of us (James, James’ friendMun, CY, Frances, Fang Keong,Siew Hwa and hubby, Angie, Susan,Cecelia, my son-Ching Hwa and me)in a convoy of four cars made the 45

minutes trip to the said 10-acresDusun which was nestled in thevicinity of Kuala Kubu town. When wearrived, we had to park our cars alongthe narrow outer road before crossingthe hanging bridge (that reminded meof the canopy bridge in Mulu Caves)towards the keeper’s hut. We werehappy to see the keeper and could not

wait for what we came for. Glad to saywe were not disappointed at all as wewere treated to various high-yieldspecies of durians that were seededfrom the range of 101, D23, D24 andthe likes. We all had our fill until wecould not eat anymore, and hadwhatever balance left over to takehome as well – an average taking oftwo durians for each of us.

After the durian feast, we took a walkaround the dusun with the intention ofcollecting more durians, if any. Exceptfor some of us, we came away emptyhanded in affirmation with what waspointed out earlier by the keeper thatthe harvest in the said dusun waslesser this year than before.

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ATTENDANCE

Visiting Rotarians:Martin & Jenni Wilke RC HillarysWA

Guests:Elke Wollschon, guest of ElsieJulia Lai, guest of KongRahman Bakran, guest of KongRichard Hoi, volunteer mentorRichard John, guest of clubInteractor Sarah, SMK Sri Hartamas

Attendance: 67% Fines: $300.00

(Fines today was donated to InteractClub, SMK Sri Hartamas towards theirfundraising project for the NationalCancer Soceity)

- There will be a Group 7 Intercitymeeting on 18 August'10. More detailsnext meeting.

- The Interact club, SMK Sri Hartamas will be having their Installation/IU Daynext Saturday 31 July'10.

- Members are encouraged to attendthe TRF Seminar on 1 August'10 .

- Graham reported on the MembershipDevelopment seminar held last weekin Penang.

- Visit to James' durian orchard, all tomeet at Bukit Kiara Club at 12pm.

Announcements

LAST WEEK’S SPEAKER

SPONSOR A STUDENT CONTROL SHEET OF PLEDGES @ 27 JULY 2010

Name of SponsorAmount

Pledged (RM)Contact Rotarian

Sponsor Team 1 Alvin Tan 500 Angie Ng 500 Sunny Khoo 500 Frances Po 500

2,000

Sponsor Team 2 Ng Ann Ann 500 S. Nagalingam 500 James Cheong 500 Dr Sanjay Doshi 500

2,000

Sponsor Chia Tong Saik 2,000 President Poay Lim

Sponsors for 3 students

Mr & Mrs Yeoh Keng Joon & Ms Yeoh 6,000

President Poay Lim

SponsorMs Lindy Ong & Ms Faeza Sirajuddin 2,000

President Poay Lim

Total Pledged 14,000

Ms Freda Liu works at BFM, the onlybusiness radio station in Malaysia.She’s also been in the corporatescene with IBM. Previously, she waswith TV2 as an English newsreading.She has also gotten herself certifiedas as coach with InternationalCoaching Federation, focusing oncommunication.

The 2010 National Interact Quiz

25th July 2010, a beautiful Sunday where most of our sunrisers were busytasting the king of fruit that “tastes like heaven and smells like hell”, Sunnyand myself were busy chaperoning the Interactors and gaining knowledge.

The Quiz was organized by RC Bandar Sunway and co - sponsored bySunway University College who hosted the event. RCBKS sponsored 2teams from the Interact Club SMK Sri Hartamas. The Quizmaster was PPMovin Miranda who conducted the entire quiz very professionally. All weregeneral knowledge based questions.

During the Preliminary Round, 30 questions were asked and each team hadto write their answers on a sheet of paper. Rotarians and Teacher Advisorswere also encouraged to participate. After a mind-boggling hour, theparticipants submitted their answers and this was followed by refreshments.

Out of 60 teams, 16 teams received certificates, and the top 6 teamsqualified for the Finals. Unfortunately our Interactors did not qualify for theFinals. The RCBKS’ team comprising of Sunny, my daughter Shiva Ruppeni,my husband and I won 2nd place in the Rotarians/Teacher Advisors Category.We are proudly announcing that we scored 28 rights out of 30 questions. Welost 2 marks by cancelling out two right answers.

In the Finals, there were 5 written questions, followed by 50 verbal questions.SMK Seafield came out top and received Sunway University Scholarshipworth RM72,000 for the three participants and a Challenge Trophy.

Although our Interactors did not win, we certainly gained a lot of knowledge.Our interactors were given a certificate and they were proud of theirparticipation and planning for a come back next year.

Reaching home with great knowledge, we enjoyed the great taste of DURIANthat you great Sunrisers delivered. SO THOUGHTFUL .....by Ghaurry

Member's Contribution

NEXT CHANGE

7 August (Sat) 7.30amSpeaker: Jolene TanTopic: One Solution to All Pollution

14 August(Sat) 7.30amSpeaker: James BrooksTopic; Unique Activity

GhaurrySunnySusanGrahamSusanne

Sargeant-at-armsDesk DutyIntroducerThank SpeakerFines

FrankieEe Lay - -Kong

Duty Roster

CALENDER of EVENTS

31 July (International Service)

7 August (New Generation)

Interact Club Installation/IU DayDate: 31 July 2010Venue: KDU, Bandar Utama

2nd Board MeetingDate: 5 August 2010

Math Marathon @ HELP UniversityDate: 10 August 2010

Group 7 Intercity MeetingDate: 18 August 2010 @ 7.30pmVenue: Sunway Lagoon Hotel

2nd Mentor Support Group MeetingDate: 21 August 2010

District Governor's Official VisitDate: 28 August 2010

Visit our Blog @http:// rotaryclubbks.blogspot.com

Sargeant-at-armsDesk DutyIntroducerThank SpeakerFines

The Rotary Foundation SeminarDate: 1 August 2010Venue: De Villa Residence, Ampang

Public Relations WorkshopDate: 14 August 2010

DISTRICT EVENTS

The 100% Club

One of the requirements in Rotary is Attendance. Some diehard Rotarians Ihave met in my journey have proudly informed me that they have been ableto keep their attendance records clean at 100% year on year. How does oneachieve 100% on a sustained basis?

From my past observation, it is not a difficult task if you put your mind to it.Apart from attending the weekly club meetings, you can also countattendance through the following participation:

· Club organized Projects such as fellowships, outings for CommunityService, visits to the Interact Club, visiting sister clubs, taking part invocational visits etc

· Board Meetings or sanctioned Committee meetings

· REF Working Committee meetings

· Participating in a District event such as the Rotary FoundationSeminar, Membership Development Seminar, District Conference orDistrict Assembly are also valid.

If you missed any of the above, you can try to do a make-up at the regularmeetings of any of the numerous Rotary clubs around the Klang Valley. Weare fortunate as there are som many to pick from, on any of the weekdays.Some of our RCBKS Rotarians have even gone to the extent of doing an e-make up (ask Sunny and Poay Lim).

I am proud to present to you the 100% for the Rotary Year 2009-2010

- Rtn Angie Ng - PP Sunny Khoo

- PP Dr Kong VS - PP Dr Yee Yoke Leong

- PP Karen Chong - President Tan Poay Lim

CLUB News

We took time for some group photos,and before long, we said our good-byes to the keeper, and proceededhome.

It was an enjoyable outing, and moreso for me as it brought back reminis-cence of my (together with mysiblings and cousins) happy visits tomy father’s orchard in Balakongduring my younger days. My father’sorchard has long been sold.

I would like to say a big THANK YOU to James for his generosity andkindness of heart for the durians.

Today's Programme

Business meeting

Member's Contribution..... continue

Yours in RotaryIPP Frances (another 100%)

PresidentTan Poay Lim77277127(O)

President ElectSteve Robinson+66818336310 (BK)

Immediate Past PresidentFrances Po21731618(O)

Vice PresidentAlvin Tan77275822(O)

Honorary SecretaryGhaurry23003757(O)

Honorary TreasurerPP Sunny Khoo22849089(O)

Club AdministrationPP Karen Chong012-2893380

Service ProjectsPP Graham Bennett012-2918619

The Rotary FoundationPP Jeremy Ng012-2186660

Membership DevelopmentJames Cheong78803333(O)

New GenerationGhaurry23003757(O)

REF ChairmanPP Dr Yee Yoke Leong22824602(O)

Kong (Editor) Karen (Production)

Board of Directors 2010/11

Bulletin Committee

District Governor K B Lim03-21630292(O)[email protected]

Assistant Governor Mani Raja03-79805529(0) 03-79813514(Fax)

RC Bugis Junction [D 3310]Saturday, 08:00 amHotel Inter-Continental80 Middle Road, Singapore

RC ChiangmaiThinthaingam[D 3360]Thursday, 12.00 noonInternational CenterChiangmai University, Thailand

RC Chungli Chung Shing [D 3500]Thursday, 12.00 noonNo 4, Ln 10, Gwo-Ti StreetChungli, Taiwan

Sister Clubs

Rotary Clubs in Group 7Bandar SunwayBernam ValleyBukit Kiara SunriseDanau DesaPetaling Jaya

District 3300

Abdul/Kong (Speakers Programme)

Around theRotary World

Cafeteria provides brain foodin Peru

In Peru, many elementary schools don’tserve lunch. Instead, children go hometo eat in the middle of the day. Butchildren whose families live in povertyoften return to school hungry.

The Rotary Club of Independencia-Huaraz, Peru, built this comedor, orcafeteria, to serve those children, mostof whom eat their only full meal of the day here. A Group Study Exchangeteam from District 5960 (parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin, USA) was inHuaraz for the grand opening of the cafeteria, and team member SarahHale, an art teacher from Northfield, Minn., caught this student in a quietmoment during the celebration. Most people in Huaraz, in the CordilleraBlanca range of the Andes, are members of the indigenous Quechua group.

31 Days the team spent in Peru

9 Hours by bus from Lima to Huaraz

10,011 Altitute, in feet, of the city of Huaraz

33 Rotary clubs the team visited

3,085 Rotarians in Peru's 1`46 rotary clubs

“Through the Foundation,we can take on challengesthat no one else has the

ability or the inclination orthe organizational resourcesto tackle. Because we share

our resources, and ourskills, in a way that no one

else does — with love,with kindness, and with

simple generosity.”

— Glenn E. Estess Sr.,Rotary Foundation