EDITORIALVol. LVIII No. 35 Friday, 22nd Feb. 2013

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

Today’s Program Today’s Program Today’s Program Today’s Program Today’s Program : “108th Rotary Anniversary” Celebrations & talks by PP Rtn. VVRN Rao, PP Rtn. Dr.

D.J.J.Swamy, PP Rtn. & Dr. Subhadra Mangu.

Next Week’s Program : (1st March‘13) Next Week’s Program : (1st March‘13) Next Week’s Program : (1st March‘13) Next Week’s Program : (1st March‘13) Next Week’s Program : (1st March‘13) : Speaker Meeting

The thought persisted that I was experiencing only what

had happened to hundreds, perhaps thousands, of others

in the great city … I was sure that there must be many

other young men who had come from farms and small

villages to establish themselves in Chicago ... Why not

bring them together? If others were longing for fellowship

as I was, something would come of It.

- Paul P. Harris, 'My Road to Rotary'

(The first four Rotarians: (left to right) Gustavus Loehr,

Silvester Schiele, Hiram Shorey, and Paul Harris.)

Rotary's 108th AnniversaryDuring the first Rotary club meeting on 23 February 1905

in Chicago, Paul Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Hiram Shorey,

and Silvester Schiele met to talk about their personal

experiences. Harris then unfolded his general plan for their

club meetings.

This was the simple beginning of the world's first service

club, the Rotary Club of Chicago. It was created because

of Harris' wish to capture in a professional club the same

friendly spirit he had felt in the small towns of his youth.

The Rotary name derived from the early practice of rotating

meetings among members' offices.

Rotarians continue to take pride in their history. In honor

of that first club, Rotarians have preserved its original

meeting place, Room 711 in Chicago's Unity Building, by

re-creating the office as it existed in 1905. For several

years, the Paul Harris 711 Club maintained the room as a

shrine for visiting Rotarians. In 1989, when the building

was scheduled to be demolished, the club carefully

dismantled the office and salvaged the interior, including

doors and radiators. In 1993, the RI Board of Directors set

aside a permanent home for the restored Room 711 at RI

World Headquarters in the Chicago suburb of Evanston.

Two Big Candles for Rotary's Birthday CakeSOME things creep into our lives so quietly that they seem

to have been without beginning. From obscure and

despised origin have come faiths that have lived to lift

the gates of empires from their hinges. Rotary has

developed in less than a decade from a theory into the

most important, practical business movement of the age.

And more and better it is respected wherever known. If

we could get far enough away to obtain a bird's eye view

of Rotary and take a moving picture of its growth, we

would indeed say "wonderful."

If the success of the movement is due to one thing more

than to any other, it is perhaps to the fact that Rotarians

have always considered business as fit for society as society

is fit for business and have always been of the opinion

that the world could get along a good deal better without

society than without business. I use the word society here

in its narrow sense. Rotarians believe that business friends

are as warm hearted as social friends and often much truer;

that business will mix with friendship, and that the best

way to mix them is by elevating business to the plane of

soulful friendship and not by lowering friendship to the

plane of soulless business.

"If pleasure interferes with business, cut out the business,"

is an old saying, but it never got anyone anything nor raised

the standard of a people. Rotarians find pleasure in

business and business in pleasure.

Rotary is the only organization in which business has ever

had a reasonable chance. The Rotarian conception of

business differs from some. Some people think that the

best way to do business is with a jimmy. If Rotarians took

the same view, they would do just what those people do

exclude business from polite society.

Rotarians do not believe that success can be measured in

dollars nor that business is merely a means to an end dollar

grabbing. They think that business should be honored for

its own sake and loved for the friends it brings them; that

honorable business is an elevating influence, making

business men stronger, more straightforward, more sincere

and purposeful, more humane and charitable than other

men; making business nations more progressive, more

enlightened, and less murderous than other nations; that

the merchantman has done more for the world than the

battleship; that nations should be too busy to fight; that

reputable business is full of potentialities and should be

exalted, not debased; that business rectitude makes for

civic righteousness; that business is and should be one of

the most engrossing things in the life of every normal

minded man and that if business is good enough to live by,

it is good enough to live with; that business affords most

men their one best chance of rendering efficient service

to society and of doing their part in the world's work.

May we not forget that each member has one duty in Rotary,

which is distinctly individual, as much so as that of the

shortstop on a baseball team. It is that of representing his

trade or profession. I am the sole representative of my

profession in our Rotary club. It is a responsibility to be

proud of as well as to fear. It ought to be a great tumulus

to my efficiency. This individual responsibility is an

inevitable incident to membership in a Rotary Club. You

may be a member of other clubs and if it pleases you,

shirk the burden of individual responsibility. Not so in

Rotary. The individual responsibility is the one

responsibility which you must not shirk there. It is your

own particular responsibility. Your club can not attain the

maximum of efficiency if you fall short of being properly

representative of your line, but your individual

responsibility is also an individual privilege for "He profits

most who serves best."

May Rotary during all the years that are to come continue

to be a voltaic touch to civilization's nerve centers,

awakening men to a new sense of the dignity and

importance of business as a redemptive and regenerative

influence in the lives of men and nations.

PAUL P. HARRIS.

PRESIDENTS-ELECT TRAININGSEMINAR (PETS). A training meeting conducted annually, preferably in

February or March, for club presidents-elect. Its purpose

is to prepare incoming club presidents for their year as

president and give district governors-elect and incoming

assistant governors the opportunity to motivate incoming

presidents and build their working relationship. president's

emphases.

Areas of focus for the RI president's year in office that

support the overall RI program. Clubs and Rotarians are

encouraged to carry out service activities related to the

emphases. presidents-elect training seminar and the

district assembly unless excused by the governor-elect. If

so excused, the president-elect shall send a designated

club representative who shall report back to the president-

elect. If the president-elect does not attend the presidents-

elect training seminar and the district assembly and has

not been excused by the governor-elect or, if so excused,

does not send a designated club representative to such

meetings, the president-elect shall not be able to serve as

club president.

In such event, the current president shall continue to serve

until a successor who has attended a presidents-elect

training seminar and district assembly or training deemed

sufficient by the governor-elect has been duly elected.

Topics ;- RI theme, Role and responsibilities, Goal setting,

Selecting and preparing club leaders, Club administration,

Membership, Service projects, The Rotary Foundation,

Public relations, Resources, Annual and long-range planning.

ParticipantsPETS participants should include the governor-elect,

assistant governors, the district trainer, and all incoming

club presidents in the district, Secretaries, Treasureurs,

office bearers. It is recommended that the expenses of

the incoming club presidents be paid by the clubs or the

district. Assistant governors promote attendance among

the presidents-elect to whose clubs they are assigned and

team building among the presidents-elect, governors-elect,

and themselves.

PETS AND SETS - A REPORT

The just concluded pets and sets seminar on 17th February,

organized by Rotary Club Of Berhampur has earned the

club worthy nuances that will take it a step further to

organize big district events more frequently and gracefully.

It was undeniably, a brave effort put in by our passionate

members who were well guided by the Chairman and most

experienced Past President Rtn. V V R N Rao for whom

precision is the buzz word and who is a strong proponent

of Total Team Management. PP VVRN's inspirational and

motivating tendency induced the members to carry out

their responsibilities with dexterity. Besotted with making

the event a memorable one, the seminar organizing team

collectively put together all their ability in creating a

brilliant ambience that could well be discerned with any

major events.

The mood was jubilant, the morale was high, and the

intensity was upbeat, all these aspects stimulated the

members in creating the best out of the training seminar.

As evident from the feeling and response of the Rotary

bigwigs and delegates it was certain that the pets and

sets training seminar was a glimmering success.

The credit of this sparkling sensation should be particularly

attributed to the organizing committee with a special

mention of Rotarian T.Parthasarathy who was unhesitant

in offering SUBHAM to stage the event and whose

Sponsors for " PETS & SETS" held on17thFeb'13, hosted by Rotary Club ofBerhampurPresident Rtn Epari Sivaprasad Rao Rs.10,000

PP Rtn.PK Acharya Rs.5,000

Spectrum Group Rs.4,500

Rtn.Satyadev Khemani Rs.4,000

Rtn.Ca.V.Ajit Raju Rs.4,000

Rtn.Lailt Mangaraj Rs.4,000

Rtn.K.Ramachandra Rao Subudhi Rs.1,500

generosity in offering everything for smooth conduct of

the event is an epitome of exemplary benevolence.

Rtn. V Ajit Raju's taste and selection of food earned him

the connoisseurs' status and he justified his position as

head of the catering committee as the food arranged was

highly relishing. Our Secretary Rtn. Murli is worthy of lot

of praises for his commendable services.

All other committee members Viz. Rtn.'s Gopi, Mihir,

Santunu, Santosh Sahu, Deepak Hazara, Sadhasiva, Prasant

P, Pres. Elect SDK , PP's PK acharya and Ranjit, Srinivas P,

S Lakshminarayana, VP T Sanath, Mardhraj including our

Pres. Bablu led by the delighted chairman PP VVRN Rao

deserves lot of accolade and credit for the great

perseverance shown in organizing such an impressive

seminar.

The seminar was emboldened with the conspicuous

presence of the great luminaries of the district. PDG's DN

Padhy, Dr. Ranjan S, D'lip, Dr. Narayan M gave some lucid

and interesting deliberations that enthralled the audience.

DGE RN Nanda in his exquisite addresses highlighted about

his participation in the RI assembly at Santiago and

assuring the delegates that his Rotary year, the first year

of RID 3262, would be a momentous one with greater

emphasis on community projects and that the best project

would attract a cash award.

DGN's AB Mishra and S Das emphasised on humanitarian

service and public image of Rotary respectively that drew

great appreciation. DSG Debashis M, PP's Ashutosh, Brig.

Nayak, Amulya Das, B K Singhdeo, T Mohanty, Kailash K,

Susant M, Prafulla P, PK Rajeev, R K Maharana, delivered

their talks and trained the presidents, secretaries,

treasurers and other office bearers to of the 17 clubs with

102 delegates that participated in the pets and sets, to

their best satisfaction.

PP Rtn. VVRN, chairman summed up the entire sessions in

nutshell and thanked all those who were instrumental for

conduct of the SEMINAR. Many participating delegates were

given an opportunity to express their impression about

the seminar who termed the arrangements as impeccable.

Members through The Chilka acknowledge and appreciate

everyone who was part of the PETS & SETS seminar including

the generous Sponsors who were instrumental for the

success of the Seminar. Hail! the eminent resource persons,

the PDG's, incoming Dist. Governors, the delegates, the

committee members, the Sponsors.... Hail! Rotary Club

Of Berhampur.... Hail! RI Dist. 3262..... and Hail! Rotary.

My Rotary MomentEvery Rotarian, said Tanaka, has a story to tell. Some of

those are compiled in his new book "My Rotary Moment," a

collection of personal essays and stories written by Rotary's

senior leaders. Copies of the book, signed by Tanaka, were

sold at the forum, with proceeds going to The Rotary

Foundation.

Wilfrid J. Wilkinson, chair of The Rotary Foundation, noted

that building peace in the world is one of the main elements

of the Foundation's mission. He said Rotary's efforts to

eradicate polio have demonstrated how Rotarians can band

together to overcome barriers of culture, religion,

language, and conflict. "We can create one of the great

miracles of polio eradication: Days of Tranquility, when

those involved in an armed conflict call a cease-fire to

allow children access to health care," Wilkinson said. "To

save children from polio, we've convinced people to lay

down their arms in Afghanistan, Southern Sudan, and

Somalia. That's something no one else has been able to

do. And if that's not creating peace through our Rotary

Foundation, I don't know what is."

Calmer societies

RI General Secretary John Hewko explained how Rotary's

humanitarian service, even when it is not explicitly labeled

peace-building, creates communities and societies that are

calmer, more prosperous, and less violent.

"By helping to build a healthier, more literate society, you

are doing the single most effective thing you can do to

establish peace in the long term," Hewko said. "A society

that is educated, self-sufficient, and has its citizens

productively engaged in commerce and agriculture and

industry, is simply more stable, and less prone to conflict."

Five former peace fellows took part in a panel at the forum.

"I would like to encourage you to contact us and to use the

resources you have invested so much in," said Brigitta von

Messling of Germany, a member of the first class of peace

fellows, in 2002. Constanze Maria Abendroth, past chair of

the Rotaract Germany Committee, presented the New

Generation perspective on peace.

PEACE PROJECT DISPLAYMore than 100 peace projects were also on display at the

forum's marketplace. Two of the projects were selected to

receive an award from Tanaka during the final session.

Intercountry committees from all over the world convened

separate meetings in the run-up to the forum, asking the

question, "How can the intercountry committees make a

more effective contribution to the Rotary peace

initiatives?"

Past RI President Rajendra K. Saboo explained that ten

years ago, Rotary created the Peace Centers program to

promote research, teaching, public relations, and

knowledge on issues of peace and conflict resolution.

The air conditioned venue for the event, Subham

Celebrations was sponsored by Rtn.T.Parthasarathy,the

grandeur & glitter of arrangements made was appreciated

by one and all.

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

Rtn. T.Sanat PatroPresident-in-Charge

Rtn. R. Murali Krishna

Hony. Secretary

HEARTY WISHESThe President and members through Chilka present their

warm wishes and wishes many

more happy returns of the day to the

Birthday Rotarians of the last week :

Rtn. T.Parthasarathy - 17th FebPP Rtn. VVRN Rao - 18th FebRtn. V. Ramanaji - 20th Feb

The President and members through Chilka present their

warm wishes to the following

Rotarians who celebrated their

Wedding anniversary in the last week :

Rtn. CA B. Vijay - 18th FebRtn. Mihir Ranjan Panigrahi - 19th FebRtn. Dr. B.Subrahmanyam - 19th FebPDG Rtn. B.N.Choudhury - 21st FebRtn. V. Satyanarayana Raju - 21st Feb

Answer for

Last week’s Puzzle is

80.

Correct answers

were sent by:

Rtn. V.Ajit Kumar Raju

Rtn. Sanat Patro

Rtn. CA D.L.Narayana

PP Rtn. VVRN Rao

Minutes of the 33rd meeting heldon 15th Feb'13

Proceedings of the 33rd regular meeting of Rotary Club of

Berhampur for the RY 2012-13 held on 15th Feb'13 at

7.00pm at Rotary Centennial hall, Berhampur ;

1. President in Charge Rtn.T.Sanat Patro called the meet-

ing to order.

2. President welcomed all present to 33rd regular meeting

of RY 12-13

3. President welcomed Speaker for the evening Rtn Er.RP

Patnaik,President Chinmaya Mission who shall be talk-

ing on topic "Transforming Lives as an aid to World Un-

derstanding "invited him on to the dais.

4. President appealed to all to invoke the national anthem

5. Minutes of the 32nd meeting held on 8th Feb'13 were

confirmed .

6. Rtn.Gopiram Agrawal felicitated birthday boys & mem-

bers who celebrated their wedding anniversaries during

the week.

7. PP Rtn.E.Chandramohan Rao,Chairman Rotary Informa-

tion, talked about Rotary India Award.

8. Rtn.Silla Rama Rao, Chairman Attendance committee

read the analysis for Jan'13.

9. Presidents announcements :

* President appealed to members to participate in the Multi

district seminar on 'PEACE' at Kakinada on 23rd

feb'13(Saturday),organized by RID 3020 Visakhapatnam

& RID 3150 Hyderabad , RID 3260 is also a co host.

* President appealed to all members to participate in the

Informative sessions to be conducted in the PETS & SETS

on 17th Feb'13 at Subham Celebrations.

10. Committee Announcements ;

* PP Rtn.VVRN Rao ,Chairman ,PETS & SETS organizing com-

mittee informed that 6 PDG's and many eminent speak-

ers shall be delivering talks at the event and appealed

to all members to register and avail this opportunity to

enrich their knowledge by participating in the event on

17th Feb'13(Sunday) at Subham Celebrations

,Dharmanagar from 9am to 6pm .

11. Hony Secretary's Announcements :

* Appealed to all members to be part of history by partici-

pating in the first district event of RID 3262, PETS &

SETS on 17th feb'13.

12. President invited speaker for evening Rtn Er.RP

Patnaik,President Chinmaya Mission to commence his

talk on topic "Transforming Lives as an aid to World Un-

derstanding".

13. Speaker with his unparallel knowledge about the sub-

ject added with interesting anecdotes and experiences

involved all present in a very educative talk.

14. President handed over anti scooter prize to Rtn.Lalit

Mangaraj.

15. President thanked Rtn.Birendra Prasad Rath for host-

ing the evening snacks.

16. The attendance analysis of the meeting was read by

Rtn.Srinivas Prusty as follows ;

Total members :135

Effective Members :135

Members Present :40

% of Attendance :30%

17. President adjourned the meeting.

PUZZLE CORNER

"We believe that by providing advance education

opportunities for peace fellows chosen from various

countries and different cultures, they will grow into potential

leaders in their respective regions or countries," Saboo

said. They will then be able to use their training "to promote

greater tolerance and co-operation among peoples, leading

to world peace and understanding."