ROTARY CLUB OF

QUILON WEST END

ClubNo: 62620 Zone: XIII Vol. XII Issue: 9
21
Aug.
2014
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We meet on every THURSDAY at 8.15pm at Crowther Masonic Hall
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RI President Dist. Governor
Gary C.K. Huang K.S. Sasikumar
District Seminar on Membership
Development- A Huge Success
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RI President Gary Huang honored
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District Governor K.S.Sasikumar inaugurating the Seminar.
The tireless efforts put in by Rtn Thomas
Vavanikkunnel, Organizing Committee Chairman
of the District Seminar on Membership
Development and his team of committed
Rotarians, bore fruits as the seminar proved a
tremendous success in terms of registration,
contents, ambience , food and entertainment.
The ambience at Water Ripples, Kumarakom was
spectacular. This marvellous resort on the shore
of Vembanadu Lake, a blend of heritage style and
modern facilities, was the right venue for the 936
delegates to experience the most sought-after
atmosphere. The speeches were impressive,
particularly that of the Chief Guest PDG C. Bhaskar.
The f ood served was sumpt uous and
entertainment mind boggling.
The Chief Guest in his humour-packed speech,
touched upon almost all the aspects of
RI President Gary Huang was honored with the
"Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Taiwan
Insurance Association in recognition of his
distinguished career and outstanding contributions
to the insurance industry in Taiwan on Monday,
18th August. The award was handed out by the Vice
President Wu Den-Yih of ROC.
Independence Day at the adopted school
Our Club celebrated India's 68th Independence Day
at our adopted school, Govt L.P.School, Mundakkal
East.
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Editor : MPHF Y.S. Prakash
salisindhu@yahoo.com
Associate Editor : PHF Arjun Ashok
President : PHF Deepak S.
Imm.PP &
General Coordinator : MPHF Viju V.
President Elect : PHF Dr. Saji M.T.
Vice President : MPHF Anzar M.A.
Secretary : PHF S. Muraleedharan
Treasurer : PHF Renin
Joint Secretary : PHF Prasanth
Sergeant-at-arms : PHF Nevin Pereira
Addl Sergeant-at-arms : PHF Pradeep
Club Trainer : MPHF Saravana Sekhar
Club Administration : PHF Ajit Kumar
Membership : MPHF Varkey Jacob
Service Projects : PHF Dr. Riyaz
Public Relations : MPHF Praveen S. Dev
The Rotary Foundation : MPHF Philomene Antony
PDG Major Donor K.P.Ramachandran Nair
PDG Major Donor Dr G.A.George
MPHF P. Alphonse
MPHF P.A.Subramonian
PHF S.Salim
CHAIRMEN
ADVISORS
BEST CLASS TEAM 2014-15 Editor's message
Dear friends,
The vision of the India of
future is of a country where
ever y c hi l d has equal
opportunities, where disparities
in levels of living are minimal,
where everyone can hold one's
head high. Our citizens should
be able to live a life free of
destitution, discrimination , fear and hunger. As we
are on to the 67th year of independence, it is our
duty to complete the task which we have not been
able to finish in the past 67 years.
Here comes the relevance of the voluntary service
organizations like Rotary. The Rotary movement
came to India in 1919. Since then it has grown
through the length and breadth of the country. As
the members of the world's oldest and the most
prestigious service organization, it is our
commitment to review what Rotary has done to our
society during the last nine decades. We always
remember it with pride that Rotary stands second
to none for humanitarian services rendered to the
downtrodden fellowmen of our country.
MPHF YS Prakash
Word by word meaning of our National Anthem
jana = People
gana = group
mana = mind
adhinayaka= leader
jaya he = victory be
Bharata = India
Bhagya = Destiny
Vidata = Disposer
Punjaba = Punjab
Sindhu = Indus
Gujaratha = Gujarat
Maratha = Maharastra
Dravida = the south
Utkala = Orissa
Banga = Bengal
Vindhya = vindhyas
Himachala = Himalayas
Yamuna = Yamuna
Ganga = Ganges
Uchala = Moving
Jaladhi = ocean
Taranga = waves
Tava = yours
Shubha = auspicious
naame = name
jage = awaken
tava = your
shubha = auspicious
aashisha = blessings
maage = ask
gaahe = sing
tava = your
jaya = victory
gatha = song
jana = people
gana = group
mangala = good fortune
dayaka = giver
jaya he = victory be
Bharata = India
Bhagya = destiny
Vidata = dispenser
Jaya he, jaya he, jaya he,
Jaya jaya jaya jaya he
= victory, victory,
victory, victory forever.
Membership Development. He reiterated the point
that A MEMBER RETAINED IS A MEMBER ADDED.
He pointed out four major factors contributing to
the membership loss-WEAK CLUB LEADERSHIP,
ECONOMI C S I TUATI ON, WEAK CLUB
PROGRAMMES AND COMMUNITY SITUATION. He
specifically mentioned a very important point- 90
PER CENT OF ROTARIANS HAVE NEVER
INTRODUCED A NEW MEMBER TO ROTARY.
The seminar was inaugurated by District Governor
K.S.Sasikumar. In his inaugural address the DG
exhorted his fellow Rotarians to LIGHT UP ROTARY
by increasing the club membership so as to achieve
the membership goal set by RI President- 1.3
million on 30 June 2015.
District Trainer PDG Prof. K.Udayakumar , spoke
about Regional Membership Development Plan
and RI Awards. PDG R.Reghunath spoke on Rotary
Club Central , while PDG Dr Babu Chacko
e l a b o r a t e d o n t h e n e w S A R . P D G
K.P.Ramachandran Nair, PDG George Mathew, PDG
Scaria Jose Kattoor, and DGE C.Luke chaired
various sessions.
Presi dent Deepak Somaraj an, Secretary
S.Muraleedharan, IPP Viju Vijayarajan, senior Rtn
A.Satheesan and Rtn Arjun Ashok attended the
seminar.
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Rtn Bincy Sujay
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1800 race the train
At a grand function organized at the school, and
presided over by Rtn M.Ajit Kumar, who
incidentally is the patron of the school, and
inaugurated by Shri Prasannakumar, the
Corporation Councillor of Mundakkal East, our
Club, joining hands with the Inner Wheel Club of
Quilon West End, carried out a few service
projects. The projects included the Rotary
Nutrition Project of providing milk to all students
and the distribution of uniforms, umbrellas and
shoes to all students.
Earlier, the school honoured the current leaders of
the Club in the presence of a good gathering which
included present and past councillors, parents,
teachers, students and many prominent
personalities of the locality.
From our Club, besides the President, Secretary
and Treasurer, PP YS Prakash, his sister Jikky and
his nephew, Inner Wheel Club President Parvathy
Deepak, Sindhu Prakash, Jayaree Ajit Kumar and
Rotary Annet Varsha Prakash attended the
function.
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Bulletin release
More than 1,800 runners from all over the world
took part in the 33rd annual Race the Train
challenge in Tywyn, cheered on by thousands of
spectators. Organised by the Rotary Club of
Tywyn since 1983, participants run alongside the
Talyllyn railway line trying to beat the train along
a route of either 10 kilometres, five miles, three
miles or the Rotary Challenge of 14 miles.
The event is a must for all multi terrain runners
and many return year after year to try and beat
their time or beat the train or both. The challenge
raises thousands of pounds for Tywyn Rotary Club
which distributes it to good causes. This year's
official race charity is Action for Children and
money raised will also be donated to local good
causes such as schools and sports clubs, Rotary's
campaign to end polioand ShelterBox, which
provides survival kits to people in disaster relief
zones.
Financial Assistance to a tribal student
As part of the Club's Community Service Project,
our Club gave a financial assistance of Rs 12,200/-
to Prabhakaran, a former tribal student of our
adopted school, for assisting him to continue his
education. Our Club received this amount from a
charitable organization 'Children of Kerala, UK'.,
through the joint efforts put in by Rtn M.Ajit
Kumar and Rtn Martin from U.K.
Western Breeze joins all the members of the West
End family in expressing sincere gratitude to
'Children of Kerala, UK', and Rtn Martin and also in
appreciating the efforts put in by PHF M.Ajit
Kumar for this project
Published by President PHF Deepak Somarajan, Edited by MPHF and Associate Editor PHF Arjun,
on behalf of the Rotary Club of Quilon West End. For private and restricted circulation only. Printed at Don Bosco,Kollam
Y.S. Prakash
District Seminar on Membership Development
District Governor's inaugural address The continuing milk project being inaugurated
Keynote address by PDG C.Bhaskar Study materials being distributed
VIPs on the dais
Cheque for nutrition program being handed over
Our members at the seminar
Thursday Night Humour
Missing Person
A distraught wife wen to the police station with her
next-door neighbor to report that her husband was
missing.
The police asked for a description of the missing
man.
His wife described him as 6' 4" tall, dark wavy hair,
athletic build, weighs about 180 and very friendly
and soft-spoken.
The nieghbor interrupted. "But he's 5' 8",
overweight, bald and is very loud and obnoxious.
The wife sighed. "Yes, but who wants HIM back."
AUGUST - MEMBERSHIP MONTH
Community Service at the adopted school