Volume XXXXII No. 10 Dated: September 05, 2017 PROGRAMME Nation Builder Award to school teachers on International literacy day Chief Guest: Prof. Jitendra Mohan Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh Date: September 08, 2017 (Friday) | Time: 7.00 p.m. | Venue: Hotel Shivalikview, Sector 17, Chandigarh Membership Development In our regular meeting on September 01, 2017 President Rtn. Dr. Rita Kalra welcomed the keynote speaker, our own senior most Past President Rtn. B.L. Ramsisaria, who is our „Bhishma Pitamah‟, and needs no introduction but to complete the formality, PP Rtn. Dr. V.J.S Vohra was given this pleasant task. Popularly known as „BLR‟, PP Ramsisaria PP B.L. Ramsisaria is a proud recipient of Rotary International‟s highest award, „Service Above Self‟, and all his family members are PHFs. An engineer by profession, he is the 4th President of our club for the Rotary year 1980-81. During his tenure our club adopted Lepers Colony, Sector 47, Chandigarh, which till date is our club‟s one of the prestigious projects. BLR was the District Secretary in the Rotary year 2007-08, with then District Governor Shaju Peter. Whether it is the annual budget, club decorum, Rotary procedures or any avenue of service, BLR is always there to guide our club. PP Ramsisaria gave an interesting and a very informative presentation on Membership Development. He said, “It has three equally important elements: Bring in new quality members, Retain current members and Organize new clubs.” The qualification of a new Rotarian shall be an adult person who demonstrates good character, integrity, and leadership. They should possess good reputation within their business or profession, and community, and is willing to serve in their community and / or around the world, and must be able to pay statutory dues. He also discussed the principle of classification and how Rotary can have effective clubs, for which there are four elements; Sustain and Grow Membership, Implement Successful Service Projects, Support The Rotary Foundation and Develop Club Leaders for Beyond Club Level. RI loses an average of 10% each year. Therefore, we need more members which means Improved fellowship, More and new ideas for service, More hands for service, Keeps Rotary young and vibrant, Provides for future Club leadership, More members keep the cost of Rotary down, and more members more Foundation fund raising more Global and or District Grants. PP Ramsisaria quoted Robert Schuller, “We‟re either Expandable or Expendable.” Our goal should be to induct 2-3 new members every 6 months. There should be a net gain of five members at year end with no attrition during the year. BLR also discussed how to propose a new member and be his mentor. President Dr. Rita Kalra gives floral welcome to DG T.K. Ruby and Secretary Jeeten Bhambri to AG PP Rakesh Mittal. The DG announced Dr. Rita as the Best President of the District for July 2017, and acknowledged our club as one the best in the District The Proven Formula to meet membership challenge is „E+3R‟, that is, Extend - Recruit, Retain and Revitalize. Members are the life blood of a Rotary Club. Our club‟s most valued asset is its members. Nurture and grow your membership! Pre-induction Orientation for new members and spouse should be held. Also there is a need for post induction orientation to explain the Club history and projects, five avenues of service, Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation. Make Induction ceremony with spouse significant. Provide Four Way Test, Object of Rotary, new member Information kit, certificate of membership, pin, badge, banner and publications. All Rotarians who have sponsored a new member to join his/her club are eligible for recognition as shown below. PP Ramsisaria concluded his presentation advicing, “Light up the Club with new members.” Speaking on the subject, PP Indrajeet Sengupta attributed poor attendance in the meetings due to lack of time, and even money. He strongly advocated that Rotary should have hybrid clubs, and meet over the net. It is very cheap, about $ 145 a year for any number of meetings, even the board meeting. He said, “We should start thinking in terms of hybrid club. We can meet twice a month in a hotel, and twice a month on net.” The DG hands over the microloan cheques of Rs. 30000 each to Kulwinder Kaur and Jai Kishan, introduced by PP Prem Anand. Looking on are President Rita Kalra and Secretary Jeeten Bhambri
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Volume XXXXII No. 10 Dated: September 05, 2017
PROGRAMME
Nation Builder Award to school teachers on International literacy day Chief Guest:
Prof. Jitendra Mohan Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh
Date: September 08, 2017 (Friday) | Time: 7.00 p.m. | Venue: Hotel Shivalikview, Sector 17, Chandigarh
Membership Development In our regular meeting on September 01, 2017 President
Rtn. Dr. Rita Kalra welcomed the keynote speaker, our
own senior most Past President Rtn. B.L. Ramsisaria, who
is our „Bhishma Pitamah‟, and needs no introduction but to
complete the formality, PP Rtn. Dr. V.J.S Vohra was given
this pleasant task. Popularly known as „BLR‟, PP Ramsisaria
PP B.L. Ramsisaria
is a proud recipient of Rotary
International‟s highest award,
„Service Above Self‟, and all his
family members are PHFs. An
engineer by profession, he is the
4th President of our club for the
Rotary year 1980-81. During his
tenure our club adopted Lepers
Colony, Sector 47, Chandigarh,
which till date is our club‟s one
of the prestigious projects. BLR
was the District Secretary in the Rotary year 2007-08,
with then District Governor Shaju Peter. Whether it is the
annual budget, club decorum, Rotary procedures or any
avenue of service, BLR is always there to guide our club.
PP Ramsisaria gave an interesting and a very informative
presentation on Membership Development. He said, “It has
three equally important elements: Bring in new quality
members, Retain current members and Organize new clubs.”
The qualification of a new Rotarian shall be an adult person
who demonstrates good character, integrity, and leadership.
They should possess good reputation within their business or
profession, and community, and is willing to serve in their
community and / or around the world, and must be able to
pay statutory dues.
He also discussed the principle of classification and how
Rotary can have effective clubs, for which there are four
elements; Sustain and Grow Membership, Implement
Successful Service Projects, Support The Rotary Foundation
and Develop Club Leaders for Beyond Club Level.
RI loses an average of 10% each year. Therefore, we need
more members which means Improved fellowship, More and
new ideas for service, More hands for service, Keeps Rotary
young and vibrant, Provides for future Club leadership, More
members keep the cost of Rotary down, and more members
more Foundation fund raising more Global and or District
Grants. PP Ramsisaria quoted Robert Schuller, “We‟re either
Expandable or Expendable.”
Our goal should be to induct 2-3 new members every 6
months. There should be a net gain of five members at year
end with no attrition during the year. BLR also discussed how
to propose a new member and be his mentor.
President Dr. Rita Kalra gives floral welcome to DG T.K. Ruby
and Secretary Jeeten Bhambri to AG PP Rakesh Mittal. The DG
announced Dr. Rita as the Best President of the District for July
2017, and acknowledged our club as one the best in the District
The Proven Formula to meet membership challenge is „E+3R‟,
that is, Extend - Recruit, Retain and Revitalize. Members are
the life blood of a Rotary Club. Our club‟s most valued asset is
its members. Nurture and grow your membership!
Pre-induction Orientation for new members and spouse should
be held. Also there is a need for post induction orientation to
explain the Club history and projects, five avenues of service,
Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation. Make
Induction ceremony with spouse significant. Provide Four
Way Test, Object of Rotary, new member Information kit,
certificate of membership, pin, badge, banner and publications.
All Rotarians who have sponsored a new member to join
his/her club are eligible for recognition as shown below.
PP Ramsisaria concluded his presentation advicing, “Light up
the Club with new members.”
Speaking on the subject, PP Indrajeet Sengupta attributed poor
attendance in the meetings due to lack of time, and even
money. He strongly advocated that Rotary should have hybrid
clubs, and meet over the net. It is very cheap, about $ 145 a
year for any number of meetings, even the board meeting. He
said, “We should start thinking in terms of hybrid club. We
can meet twice a month in a hotel, and twice a month on net.”
The DG hands over the microloan cheques of Rs. 30000 each to
Kulwinder Kaur and Jai Kishan, introduced by PP Prem Anand.
Looking on are President Rita Kalra and Secretary Jeeten Bhambri
Birthday gift to R’ann Kund Bala
Goyal, with PP R.K. Goyal
Birthday gift to R’ann Parveen, with
Rtn. Arjan Singh
Birthday gift to Dr. Rohit Sahni,
with Rtn. Dr. Manisha Sahni
Wedding anniversary gift for R’ann Sonal
& Rtn. Atul Grover
‘Change for a Change’ for TRF
President Dr. Rita Kalra was pleased to inform a
contribution of $ 100 for TRF by children under
„Change for a Change‟ initiated by her;
- Ananya and Anushka (grand daughters of PP Dr.
V.J.S. Vohra) - $ 20
- Akshat and Aarnav (grand sons of PP R.K.
Luther) - $ 30
Ruchir and Aarushi (son & daughter of President
Dr. Rita Kalra) - $ 50
30 fans donated by British School President Dr. Rita Kalra thanked Mr. Ranjan Sethi,
Director, British School, Sector 44, Chandigarh for
donating 30 ceiling fans for our Aasra sarai at
GMCH-32, Chandigarh.
Lecture by Dr. Sanjay at Lucknow
Rtn. Dr. Sanjay Kalra gave a lecture at the Nobel
fellow program at Lucknow. It was a three days of
marathon lectures for private practitioners. Thanks
to the organizers for the excellent arrangements,
including the traditional Lakhnawi hospitality.
Seminar for School Students
Seminar on Social Media was conducted at Govt
Senior Sec School, Vijayanagar, Mauli Jagran on
22 August 2017. Clinical psychologist Ms. Harnoor
and Prathma delivered the talk. It was well attended
and responded by the students.
Another seminar on
„Good touch - Bad touch‟
was organised at Govt
Middle School, Raipur
Kalan, Chandigarh. Over
60 girls attended and took
active part in the seminar.
District 3080 Membership Seminar – The Progress
About 1000 delegates attended the event held at Kurukshetra on 03.09.2017.
R’anns and Rotarians of Chandigarh Midtown with District First Lady Rtn.
Veeta Sharma, DG T.K. Ruby and DGN Jitendra Dhingra