EDITORIAL

Vol. LVIII No. 18 Friday, 2nd Nov. 2012

Editor :Rtn. PP Ranjit PandaChaterjee lane, Near Old Bus Stand,Berhampur- 760001Cell : 9437011024

Co- Editor :Rtn. T. ParthasarathyS/o. T.V. RaoChurch Road, Berhampur- 760001Cell : 9583367444Email id : chilka.rotary@gmail.com

Rotary Club of Berhampur

November - The Rotary Foundation Month

The Rotary Foundation

"The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enableRotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, andpeace through the improvement of health, the supportof education, and the alleviation of poverty."

The Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation supportedsolely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians andfriends of the Foundation who share its vision of a betterworld.

Future Vision: - In anticipation of the Foundation's 100-year anniversary in 2017, the Foundation Board ofTrustees developed the Future Vision Plan to move theFoundation toward its second century of service.

Pilot Overview: - The Rotary Foundation Future VisionPilot is a three-year test of the new grant structureoffered in the Foundation's Future Vision Plan. Onehundred districts are participating in the pilot. Pilotdistricts will have a unique opportunity to help refinethe new grant structure by providing input and receivingspecialized Foundation support and service.

Grant structure

Pilot districts will work with Rotary Foundation DistrictGrants and Rotary Foundation Global Grants for threeyears of the pilot.

Rotary Foundation District Grants

District grants are block grants made to districts for upto 50 percent of their District Designated Fund (DDF).District grants offer the flexibility to respond quickly toimmediate needs or to plan projects with clubs locallyor in other countries.

Rotary Foundation Global Grants

Global grants support large international projects withsustainable, high-impact outcomes in the six areas offocus that correspond to the Foundation's mission.

Areas of focus

1. Peace and conflict prevention/resolution

2. Disease prevention and treatment

3. Water and sanitation

4. Maternal and child health

5. Basic education and literacy

6. Economic and community development

Visit the " Future Vision Overview " interactive trainingmodule for more information.

District grants

D district grants offer clubs and districts flexibility incarrying out activities that support the Foundation'smission . Districts are encouraged to distribute thesegrant funds for relatively short-term activities, eitherlocal or international.

Districts can request up to 50 percent of their DistrictDesignated Fund (DDF) in one annual block grant. Districtsare responsible for administering the activitiesundertaken with these funds. They may disperse thesegrant funds at their discretion for district- or club-sponsored activities. In addition:

" All activities funded with district grant fundsmust adhere to the eligibility requirements set forth inthe terms and conditions for Rotary Foundation grants.

" Districts must be qualified by the Foundationto receive district grant funds.

" Clubs do not need to be qualified by the districtto receive district grant funds.

" District grants may be used within pilot or nopilot districts.

" Activities are not required to support the areasof focus .

Funding

District grants are funded solely by DDF generated froma district's Annual Programs Fund giving from three yearsprior, including Permanent Fund SHARE earnings.Districts can request up to 50 percent of their DDFeach year. Any unused district grant funds are returnedto the Foundation and credited back to the district'sDDF balance. DDF will continue to rollover to a district's

Today’s Program Today’s Program Today’s Program Today’s Program Today’s Program : Valedictory Function & Award Giving Ceremony of Vocational Service Month &

Inauguration of Rotary Foundation Month.

Next Week’s Program : (9th Nov’12) Next Week’s Program : (9th Nov’12) Next Week’s Program : (9th Nov’12) Next Week’s Program : (9th Nov’12) Next Week’s Program : (9th Nov’12) : Rotary Foundation Quiz

balance for the following year. Rollover DDF will not beused in the calculation of the district grant amount.

Types of activities

Districts may support a broad range of activities withtheir district grant funds. Examples of potential district-grant activities include:

" Local or international service projects as wellas service travel or disaster recovery efforts

" Vocational training teams:

o No partnership or international requirements

o No restrictions on team size or length of training

o Teams travel to either conduct or receivetraining

" Scholarships:

o No restrictions on the level (secondary,university, or graduate), length, location (local orinternational), or area of study

o No restrictions on the dollar amount for thescholarships

Districts are encouraged to develop their own criteriaand administrative procedures for vocational trainingteams and scholars they plan to support with their districtgrant funds.

Global grants

Rotary Foundation Global Grants support largeinternational activities with sustainable high-impactoutcomes in one or more of the six areas of focus andhave a long-term impact. Clubs and districts can eithercreate their own activities or sponsor packaged globalgrants that are developed by The Rotary Foundation incooperation with its strategic partners.

Club- and district-developed global grants

Clubs and districts can use District Designated Fund (DDF)or cash contributions to fund global grant activities andget matching funds from the Foundation. Whendeveloping activities, clubs and districts should considerthe following:

" Activities must be sustainable and measurable.For example:

o ??How will a project benefit the selectedcommunity in the future, after the grant has been spent?

o How will a scholar's studies support one or moreof the areas of focus?

o How will a vocational training team projectsupport capacity building, either for the team or thebenefiting community?

" Activities should stem from real communityneeds. Community needs assessment tools are availableto help identify community needs.

" Global grants must be sponsored by two Rotaryclubs or districts: a host partner in the country wherethe activity takes place and an international partneroutside the country. Both partners must be Future Visionpilot members.

" Both partners must be actively involved in theplanning and implementing of all global grants. Thisincludes maintaining communication and developing plans

for the shared responsibilities in all of the grant's stages.

Funding

The minimum award amount from the World Fund for aglobal grant, regardless of activity type, is US$15,000,which results in a minimum total financing of $30,000.The World Fund award is based on a 100 percent matchof DDF ($1.00:$1.00) or a 50 percent match of cashcontributions ($0.50:$1.00).

Types of activities

Global grants support a variety of activities based onthe needs of the benefiting communities or participants.All grant-funded activity must follow the eligibilityrequirements in the Terms and Conditions for RotaryFoundation District Grants and Global Grants . The grantstructure is designed to allow clubs and districts moreflexibility in creating grants that will further the missionof The Rotary Foundation within the areas of focus.

Humanitarian projects: Global grants may be used tofund humanitarian projects, provided that they

" Support the goals of one or more of the areasof focus

" Produce measurable outcomes in the benefitingcommunity

" Achieve results that can be sustained after thegrant funds have been expended

" Have been developed in conjunction with thebenefiting community to address their most pressingneeds

" Seek to address community needs in anintegrated manner

Scholarships: Global grants may be used to providefunding for academic studies provided that they

" Fund graduate-level study that relates to oneor more of the areas of focus

" Fund studies for a term of one to four academicyears

" Sponsor the academic studies of an individualtraveling from the international sponsor district to thehost sponsor district

Vocational training opportunities: Global grants also maysupport vocational training teams, which are groups ofprofessionals traveling abroad to either learn more abouttheir profession or teach local professionals about aparticular field. They

" May build the capacity of either the team itselfor a specific benefiting community

" May be carried out in conjunction with ahumanitarian project or scholarship

" May be multivocational but must share acommon purpose in support of the selected area offocus

" Must consist of a minimum of one Rotarian teamleader and three non-Rotarian team members with nomaximum limit of participants

" Have no restrictions on participant age orlength of time for training

" Permit one or more teams to travel under eachgrant.

The President and members through Chilkapresent their warm wishes and wishes manymore happy returns of the day to the followingBirthday Rotarians of the last week :

Rtn. E.Sarveswar Rao - 30th OctRtn. Rajendra Padhi - 30th OctRtn. B.Ram Prasad Subudhi - 1st NovRtn. C.V.K Sudhakar - 1st NovRtn. Gouri Sankar Nayak - 1st Nov

The President and members through Chilkapresent their warm wishes to the Rotarianwho celebrated his wedding anniversary inthe last week :

Rtn. T. Anil Kumar Patro -1st November

Rotary International UN Day-

3 November 2012

Rotary's relationship with the United Nations datesback to 1945 when some 49 Rotary members actedas delegates, advisors and consultants at theUnited Nations Charter Conference. Today, Rotaryholds the highest consultative status possible withthe United Nations as a non-governmentalorganization.

Rotary and the United Nations

Rotary and the United Nations have a long historyof working together and sharing similar visions fora more peaceful world.

In 1942, Rotary clubs from 21 nations organized aconference in London to develop a vision foradvancing education, science, and culture afterWorld War II. That event was a precursor toUNESCO. In 1945, 49 Rotarians went to SanFrancisco to help draft the UN Charter. Rotary andthe UN have been close partners ever since, arelationship that's apparent through Polio Plus andwork with UN agencies.

"The invitation to Rotary International toparticipate in the United Nations Conference asconsultant to the United States delegation was notmerely a gesture of good will and respect toward agreat organization. It was a simple recognition ofthe practical part Rotary's members have playedand will continue to play in the development ofunderstanding among nations. The representativesof Rotary were needed at San Francisco and, as youwell know, they made a considerable contribution tothe Charter itself, and particularly to the framingof provisions for the Economic and Social Council."

Rotary currently holds the highest consultativestatus offered to a nongovernmental organizationby the UN's Economic and Social Council, whichoversees many specialized UN agencies. Rotarymaintains and furthers its relationship with anumber of UN bodies, programs, commissions, andagencies through its representative network. Thisnetwork consists of RI representatives to theUnited Nations and other organizations.

Each year at Rotary UN Day, more than 1300Rotarians including many Rotary InternationalDirectors, Foundation Trustees, past SeniorLeaders, and guests come together at UNHeadquarters in New York. The program isdesigned to inspire and educate all participants aswell as provide insight into the relationshipbetween Rotary and the United Nations.

Rotary Day at the United Nations also includes aspecial program for youth interested inhumanitarian service. Youth will have theopportunity to hear about a model UN program, theShelter Box project, some projects that InteractClubs are working on, and an overview of the UNand much more.

1. Reliance Industries shares hit byKejriwal's allegations

2. India and Pakistan to resume cricket tieson Christmas

3. About 6 million remain without power in USNortheast

4. NCP threatens stir over subsidised LPGcylinder issue

5. 38 new dengue cases in Delhi; crosses1,000-mark

6. Muslim man's power to divorce NOTunrestricted: JK HC

7. Cyclone Nilam kills 11; 17 stranded sailorsrescued in TN

8. India, US to hold joint military exercise in2013

9. Many TV screens go blank as digitisationdeadline ends

10. Bihar: Villagers chop off woman's nose for'practising witchcraft.

News of the Week

Published by Rtn. R. Murali krishna, Hony. Secy. Rotary Club of Berhampur, Edited by Rtn. PP Ranjit Panda Printed by Ravi Graphics.

Meets every Friday at 6.30 P.M

MINUTES OF THE 17TH MEET-ING HELD ON 26TH OCT’12Proceedings of the 17th regular meeting of

Rotary Club of Berhampur for the RY 2012-13

held on 26th Oct'12 at 7.00pm at Rotary Centen-

nial hall, Berhampur ;

1. President in charge called the meeting to

order.

2.President welcomed all present to the 17th

regular meeting of RY 12-13 and to an audio

visual Speaker presentation on topic "PERCEP-

TION" as part of Vocational service month

activities.

3.President welcomed Speaker for the evening,

Dr. Manas Kumar Panigrahi,hyderabad on to the

dais.

4.President appealed to all to invoke the na-

tional anthem.

5.Minutes of the 16th meeting held on 19th

Oc'12 were confirmed with corrections. Rtn. Staydev KhemaniActing President

Rtn.Bijay BagariaJt. Secy (2012-13)

6.PP Rtn.E.Chandramohan Rao shared Rotary

Information about Rotary designated months.

7.General Announcements:

* Rtn R.P.Patnaik announced release of a book

published by chinmaya mission worldwide.

* PP.Rtn.Dr.S.Manmadha Rao invited members to

the marriage of his daughter on 2nd Nov'12 &

reception on 4th Nov'12 at Hotel Welfare Inn

Gopalpur.

*Rtn.Rajendra Padhi appealed to take up an

initiative to clean up the unwanted vegetation

around the boundary wall of the club premises.

8.Committee Announcements:

* Rtn Eswar Prasad Subudhi,Chairman On To The

Conference announced the travel and hotel

bookings plans for District Conference to be held

from 28th to 30th Dec'12 at Sambalpur,appealed

to members to decide and inform him early to go

ahead with the advance bookings.

9.Rtn E.Narasimham introduced the speaker Dr.

Manas Kumar Panigrahi, Hyderabad to the

meeting.

10.Dr. Manas Kumar Panigrahi, Hyderabad

conducted an audio visual presentation on

"Perception" and its importance in understand-

ing any vocation, the same was appreciated by

one all.

11.The speaker was felicitated on behalf of club

by presenting a citation by Rtn.R.P.Patnaik.

12.Rtn.Rajendra Padhy delivered the vote of

thanks.

13.President thanked Rtn. Ramnath Panigrahy

for hosting the snacks.

14.The attendance analysis of the meeting was;

Total members : 135

Effective Members : 135

Members Present : 49

Guests : 02

% of Attendance : 36%

15.The meeting was adjourned.

Announcements:

1. ZENITH -

Register now for the Dist conference

of excellence at Sambalpur, the last dist.

conf. of RID 3260, going to be a grand one

with lots of extravaganza and celebrities

going to grace the DISCON from 28th to

30th Dec. 2012. Expected registrations

3000 odd. So rush as we need to book

hotels and arrange transport. For details

contact the conference chairman K Eswar -

Cell : 94379 66551

2. Industrial visit:-

United Spirits near Gopalpur on 12th

November, Monday at 2.30 P.M. -

Members are requested to assemble at Old

bus stand near Spectrum Point with their

cars in big numbers.