Rotary South Asia Summit 2013 @ Hyderabad

5000 plus Rotarians from South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Afganistan, Nepal, Singapore, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Srilanka converged at Hyderabad on 3^rd May 2013 for the summit. Following are some of the highlights:

·         Conference took place at Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC).

·         Event was organized in the mammoth hall with seating capacity for 6000 Rotarians.

·         Registration counters were buzzling with activities in spite of as many as 15 counters.

·         Eminent speakers from the Rotary world and outside addressed the gathering on the three day event.

·         Honoroble Chief Minister of Andhra pradesh Mr.Kiran Kumar Reddy was one of the invited speakers.

·         Rotary International President Nominee Gary Huang from Taiwan, Past RI President Rtn.Kalyan Banerjee, Trustee Chair Rtn.Wilfrid Wilkinson, Rtn. Rajendra Saboo, RI Director Rtn.Yash Pal Das were among top rotary leaders who were present for all the sessions and dealt with important topics like South Asia Initiative, Membership Development and Corporate Social Responsibility.

·         Rtn.Shekar Mehta, Director - Rotary International, was the convenor of the Summit.

·         Rotary South Asia Film Awards were given to best documentaries propagating the Rotary Values.

·         For Rotarians to network, there was “Hall of Friendship” with music activities and display of art and craft.

·         Food court was aptly names “Flavors of South Asia”, though we had predominantly Indian Foods.

·         Out of 140 Rotarians from RID 3000, 28 Rotarians were from Madurai, including 13 from our club. President Rtn.Athithan, Rtn & R’Ann Rajagovindasamy, Rtn.Valliappan, Rtn.Gopalakrishnan, Rtn.SPA Ganesh, Rtn.Ravee, Rtn.Ramanathan, Rtn. Rajkumar, Rtn.Karunakar, Rtn.Ramasamy, Rtn.Kannan and Rtn.Balachandran attend the summit.

·         Thanks to Rtn.Ganesh for having identified a Service Apartment near the conference venue. It was a Home away from Home – for these three days.

·         Frequent Pickup and Drop vans were arranged by summit organizers to reach the venue.

·         Total Registration : 5350 which includes,

o   Bangladesh : 400

o   Pakistan : 45

o   Srilanka : 27

o   Nepal : 63

o   India : 3800

o   Other Countries : 75

o   Cancelled : 185

o   R’Ann : 500

o   Rotaractors and Rotarylet : 200

 

No doubt, the summit was of International Standard @ economical cost.

PETS & SETS : 22nd-23rd-24th March 2013

Our President elect Rtn.C.Dhamodharan and Rtn.Hanif Tayub attended President Elect Training Seminar (PETS) and Secretary Elect Training Seminar (SETS) from 22nd March 2013 to 24th March 2013 at Ocean Spray Resorts, Pondichery.

RI Director Elect Rtn.PT.Prabahar from Chennai inagurated the program. PDG's from various districts across India addressed the gathering. Valuable inputs were given to the incoming presidents and secretaries.

Our Rotary District 3000's Website

A to Z of our Rotary District is published and maintained in the following website:
www.rotarydistrict3000.in

All district events, projects, updates and messages are published in this website. You get access to Governor's Monthly Newsletter (GML) etc in this website . The access to this website is open to all. Rotarians can explore our district in much more efficient manner through this website.

Hats off to the team behind this website.

Rotary GML Editor : Our Rtn.Jacob T Abraham Says...

Rotary Picnic to Thekkady : Lush Green Opportunity :22nd-23rd Sept-2012

Relationship grows stronger when you travel with your friends. Rotarians get such opportunities frequently.

Rotary Club of Chinnamanur is organizing a one day "District New Generation Seminar" on 23rd September 2012 ( Sunday ) at FIVE STAR Resort, The Elephant Court, Thekkady.

It would be great opportunity if we can convert this pure seminar into a Rotary Picnic. Ideally we can leave Madurai by Saturday Morning, reach Thekkady by afternoon, laze around, go for a short trek, stay overnight in Thekkady, attend the seminar next day seminar at The Elephant Court and return back by sunday evening to Madurai.

The registration cost for only seminar which includes Morning Hi-Tea and lunch, on Sunday is Rs.600. If we wish to stay at the venue "The Elephant Court" itself, it would cost Rs.3000 per member on double occupancy from saturday 4PM to Sunday 4PM, along with food, fellowship and entertainment. If members wish to stay outside in Hotels like Ambadi or Sterling, the cost could be lower, but we need to check room availability and work out the cost.

Time is short. Opportunity is Great. Hence, every member (with family or solo :-)) can consider and participate in this Rotary Picnic. Do intimate the secretary Rtn.Veermani / Rtn.Ravi Parthasarathy / Rtn.Ramaswamy about your intentions and ideas. It would be wonderful to travel together and enjoy THOSE TWO DAYS. Hurry. Contact us immmmmmediately.

District Membership Seminar, Karur

Travelling 300 km just to attend half a day seminar, that too on hardcore  rotary topic like Membership Development, may seem monotonus. But the hand full of rotarians who travelled in two cars, with bubbling enthusiasm returned back with contentment and sweat memories.

 

This seminar organized by Rotary Club of Karur Angels, which is just five years old, did a wonderful job by keeping the agenda light but filled with information.

 

After the Welcome address, District Governor Kumanan explained the significance of such seminars. Then, Chief Guest of the day Mrs.Kala Balasundaram of Hewlett Packard, Chennai talked about the delicate role of women in managing family and profession.

 

After a refreshing cup of Tea, the meeting picked momentum when Rtn.Dr.M.I.M.Nehruzii addressed the gathering on "Challenges of Being a Rotarian". His wide experience as a Rotarian for 37 years, being president of his club for two times, was clearly visible in his lucid examples as he stressed on being a succesful Rotarian. He insisted that a good leader connects with people. He did stress the role to be played by senior rotarians and past presidents : Instead of being an archeologist, quoting their best times during those days, they need to be a fortune teller

and keep the tempo going. He stressed that Ordinariness is the key component of attractiveness. He ended his speech by leaving three open questions for the participants and asked them to ponder over them:

 

• As Rotarians, what is that we should stop doing?
• As Rotarians, what is that we should continue doing? and
• As Rotarians. what is that we should Start doing?

Ater the thought provoking of Rtn.Nehruzii, was the fiery emotional speech of Tamil Documentary Director and writer Mr.Bharathi Krishnakumar. Words would not be enough to capture the moments when the speaker delivered his expression filled speech in tamil - one needs to experience them. He did draw examples from epic's, real life stories, connected them with Rotary and kept the audience spell bound for solid 40 minutes. The meeting ended with sumptous lunch.

 

Starting from Madurai by 7.00am from Madurai, the Our club members comprising of Rtn.Athithan, Rtn.Rajagovindasamy, Rtn.C.Dhamodharan, Rtn.Ramamoorthy, Rtn.Nambirajan, Rtn.NMP Gunasekaran, Rtn.B.Srinivasan and Rtn.Ramaswamy, returned back to Madurai by 5.00PM - chatting all the way !

 

 

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District Seminar on Public Image : MIRROR

"MIRROR" the apt caption chosen for the District Seminar on Public Image - Program which was held at Hotel Sangam on 2nd October 2011 at Trichy which was sponsored by RC of Trichy MidTown.

Our president Rajagovindasamy along with our secretary Rajeshkanna, Balachandran, Anwar Basha, Veeramani & our new member Balaganesh attended the program.

In the morning session PDG R.KRISHNA of Mysore gave a key note address and he was followed by Mr.M.S.BALAJI who is into advertisement business was the Chief Guest who stressed the need for branding and confidence building.

Two young and energetic achievers, stole the afternoon program. First, it was Mr.Phanindar Sama, CEO of REDBUS.IN came all the way from Bangalore who spoke about the public image through vocational service. He told the audience that REDBUS.IN was born o


ut of sheer desperation in a sense that he couldn't get a bus ticket to go to his native Hyderabad from Bangalore. This happened 5years back and now anybody can book bus ticket on-line just like e-ticket for flights and Trains. Most of the southern states Omni bus operators are listed and very recently GOA state road transport corporation also joined and they are so happy that the results are encouraging and mind you,this is the one and only Govt Transport Dept to be listed. The associates of REDBUS.IN prefers to travel by bus if its a overnight journey from point A to point B which is also one of their principles.

Finally, Mr.Navneet who is an MBA spoke about creating public image through sportsmen. He worked with the some of the IPL teams to create a brand image for few of the teams. Finally, after a nice lunch the team Madurai West were back with new ideas to make Rotary image better in the eyes of the public at large in future.

- Rtn.S.Balachandran,
Director-Public Relations,
Rotary Club of Madurai West.

Polio Plus Orientation Meeting held on 26th-27th April 2011

On the 26th &27th April 2011, our Present Rotary Governor (then DGE) Rtn.Rajendran and our Rtn.PDG.P.V.Parthasarathy attended the Polio Plus Orientation meeting in New Delhi for the Rotary year 2011-2012. Present RI President (then R.I.P.E) Rtn.
Kalyana Banerjee is seen here flanked by Rtn.Rajendran and Rtn.PDG.Parthasarathy, during the meeting.
PDG Partha is one of our club's Charter member and a front runner is Rotary's drive to eradicate Polio.

Rare Honour for RI District 3000:

The Visit of Rtn.Kalyan Banerjee, Rotary International President Nominee for 2011-2012, to madurai was a memorable moment on 30-May-2010.

Our governor Rtn.Purushothaman should have been a lucky person, since he is the first governor to host RI Director Ravindran and Incoming RI President (RIPE) for 2010-2011 Rtn.Ray Klinginsmith and RI President Nominee Rtn.Kalyan Banerjee. Our Governor takes the rare honour for bringing the top RI officials to for the first time to Madurai during his term.

Standing in the photo, felicitating Rtn.Kalyan Banerjee are: Governor Purushothaman, PDG's from RID 3212: PDG.S.Periyanan, PDG, K.Vee.Rajendran, Nelainayagam and Arumugapandian. Incoming Governor of RID 3000 T.Valliappan is second from right.

Proceedings at PTR Hall in Madurai where Rtn.Kalyan Banerjee was felicitated.



29th March 2010 would be a date that deserves to be carved out in the history of RI District 3000. Rotary International's Incoming president (RIPE) Rtn.Ray Klinginsmith started his official world tour starting from Madurai. Thanks a lot to the efforts of RI Director Ravindran who was instrumental in bringing the RIPE to Madurai. Along with RIPE are Governor Puru, Incoming Governor Rtn.Valliappan and District trainer Rtn.T.R.

Gathering at Lakshmi Sundaram Hall where Rtn.Ray Klingingsmith was felicitated.

Meeting in Proceeding at Lakshmi Sundaram Hall.

GSE Team headed by Our Rtn.Natanagopal

Membership Development Seminar @ Pudukottai

The above seminar was held on the 2nd August Sunday, 2009 at the J.J.College of Arts and Sciences, Pudukkotai, hosted by the Rotary Club of Pudukkottai. The function started by Lighting the Kuthuvilakku. Seminar Chairman Rtn.S.P.Senthil delivered the Welcome Address followed by the opening remarks by the District Membership Chairman Rtn.P.J.Sridhar. District 3000 Trainer PDG.Rtn. T.Ramanathan spoke on the Purpose of the Day. Then our District Governor Addressed the Gathering.

Then Chief Guest, Thiru.A..Ragupathy, (Former Union Minister of State Environments and Forest) spoke on the involvement of Rotary and its members, when there is an emergency need, which includes the services during Sunami. He also mentioned that before he could reach to the spot, he saw the Rotarians already there helping the affected public in Nagappattinan. He also mentioned about the Polio Plus and appreciated the Rotary for its Challenge to eradicate it. Then PDG Rtn.M.Natarajan, ARRM coordinator spoke on the importance of admitting quality Members to the club. Then the Keynote Address by PDG. Rtn. S A M M O V V A, RRM cordinator. He gave the Statistics of Membership Development for the past 5 years of our District and last year only it has showed the Tremendous growth and appreciated PDG. Rtn. Damodharan. He also appreciated the District Governor A.Purushothaman for having announced to start maximum number of New Clubs in the District. He also said that Rotary is the only Sevice Organisation which has not been much affected by Membership growth when compared to other Service Organisations in the World. He requested all the members to bring quality Members to the Rotary and Help to TRF.

Then special address by Nagaichuvai Perarasu 'Sivakasi Ramachandran', Pattimandra Speaker, made the members realise the importance of being a member to this Worlds biggest Service organisation along with his good sense of humour.

District Governor Purushothaman gave his concluding remarks and the Seminar Secretary Rtn.A. Chokkalingam proposed vote of thanks.

The following members of our club participated in the Seminar: President Rtn.C.R.Chandran, Membership Development Director Rtn.Jegapathirajan, Service Projects Director Rtn. Rajeshkanna, IPP Rtn.DL.Viswanathan and Coordinator

Rtn.R.Rajagopal.

Our Members - District Level Officials

Many of our members have been selected and appointed as District Officials by Rotary Governor.A.Purushothaman for the year 2009-2010. We are sure our experienced Rotarians would add more strength to our Governor and make this year a grand memorable one. We wish them All the Best

Rtn.PP.P.V.Parthasarathy ---------- Chairman, Polio Plus Sub Committee
Rtn.PP.S.V.Arunachalam ----------- Chairman, GSE Sub Committee
Rtn.PP.NAN.Narayenen -------------Chairman, Leader Development
Rtn.PP.Lalji Vora ----------------------Chairman, Club Bullettin
Rtn.PP.Rm.Subramanian -----------Chairman Intercity Meets
Rtn.PP.S.Natanagopal -------------- Finance Committee Chairman,
-------------- Permanent Fund Sub Committee
-------------- GSE Team Leader 2009-2010
Rtn.PP.P.Amarsingh ----------------- Chairman, Vocational Awards
Rtn.PP.SACS Narayanan ---------- Advisor
Rtn. R.Rajagopal --------------------- Advisor
Rtn.PP.Angayarkannan ------------ Chairman, Disaster Management and Relief
Rtn.PP.Khurseed Majid ------------ Zonal Chairman, Community Service
Rtn.PP.P.Harivasagam ------------ Zonal Chairman, Vocational Service
Rtn.PP.K.L.Y. Premnath -----------Chairman,Rotary Peace and Conflict study
Rtn.PP.G.Vasudevan --------------- Chairman, Rotary World Peace Fellowship
Rtn.Farook Tayub ------------------- Chairman, Road Safety and Traffic
Rtn.PP.Dr.N.Kasirajan ------------- Cardiac Care
Rtn.PP.N.Manimozhian ------------ Co Chairman, Community Service
RtnPP.D.L.Viswanathan ----------- Chairman, Tours and Travels
Rtn.Chithra Ganapathy ------------- District Correspondent
Rtn. A.P.Athithan --------------------- Co Chairman, Right To Information
Rtn. K.R.Rajagovindasamy -------- Chairman, Youth Motivation

First Intercity Meeting : Lots of Uniqueness

On 3-July-2009, lots of "First's" happened at Madurai at the District level Intercity meet.

1. This is the first Intercity Meet of RI District 3000 after the New District Governor Rtn.A.Purushothaman took over office.
2. This is the first public meeting attended and addressed by Rtn.K.R.Ravindran after he took over as Rotary International Director
3. The very first meet of District 3000 and RI Director is organized by Rotary Club of Madurai WEST.

Mr K.R. Ravi in his speech quoted many statistics and comparisons. The Rotary Foundation is the top most charitable foundation on earth, as of now. Even those who are not members of any Rotary club have donated profuselely to TRF because of their trust on the functioning of TRF and Rotary Internatinal. Mrs Rajshree Birla and the I.T tycoon Mr Bill Gates of Microsoft are among them.
R.I through TRF, aims to concentrate on projects concerning 6 major issues
and among them are water and world peace.

Rtn.PP.RM.Subramanian, Chairman of the Intercity meet, made the event a grand success. The meet was well attended with over 200 delegates from various cities. A Rotary song was sung by the students of Mahathma Montessori School.

It is a Good start for the New Rotary Year and for the Rotary Club of Madurai West. Congrats.