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Minutes of the Lunch Meeting held on 8 th June 2016 in the Trans Resort, at 12:00 noon. Present: President Barbara, Sec. John, PP. Anita, PAG. Marilyn, PP. Raphael, PN. Alex Jovanovic, 2 nd VP. Florian and Rtns. Tim, Oliver, David, Udo, Joerg, Helmut, Ngurah Premana, Gerry and Detlev. Rotary Guests: PE. Aryana Sari of the RC of Bali Kartika, President Ratna Juwita of the RC of Bali Kartika, Henry Wang and Donaldine Laurensz. Visitors: Guest Speaker Asry Kerthyasa, President Barbara opened the Lunch Meeting at 12.30 pm by: Welcoming all fellow Rotarians and Guests in her traditional way in the languages of our Club membership Good afternoon, G’day, Selamat Siang, Gudemiddag, Bon après midi, Buon pomeriggio, Guten tag, Konichiwa, Dobar and Fuenying. Asking everyone to turn to their neighbours and to say a BIG ROTARY HELLO, as there are no strangers in our meetings, only Rotary friends we are yet to meet. Asking SaA. Oliver to introduce visiting Rotarians and Guests. Asking Sec. John to read the ‘4Way Test’. Presenting Certificates of 100% Attendance and Appreciation to Sec. John and Rtn. Tim.

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Page 1: Minutes!of!the!Lunch!Meeting! heldon8 !June2016 ... · Minutes!of!the!Lunch!Meeting! heldon8th!June2016!intheTransResort,!! at!12:00noon.! Present:!President!Barbara,!Sec.!John,!PP.!Anita,!PAG.!Marilyn,!PP.!Raphael,!PN

 

Minutes  of  the  Lunch  Meeting  

held  on  8th  June  2016  in  the  Trans  Resort,    

at  12:00  noon.  Present:  President  Barbara,  Sec.  John,  PP.  Anita,  PAG.  Marilyn,  PP.  Raphael,  PN.  Alex  Jovanovic,  2nd  VP.  Florian  and  Rtns.  Tim,  Oliver,  David,  Udo,  Joerg,  Helmut,  Ngurah  Premana,  Gerry  and  Detlev.  

Rotary  Guests:  PE.  Aryana  Sari  of  the  RC  of  Bali  Kartika,  President  Ratna  Juwita  of  the  RC  of  Bali  Kartika,  Henry  Wang  and  Donaldine  Laurensz.  

Visitors:  Guest  Speaker  Asry  Kerthyasa,    

President  Barbara  opened  the  Lunch  Meeting  at  12.30  pm  by:-­  •  Welcoming  all  fellow  Rotarians  and  Guests  in  her  traditional  way  in  the  languages  of  our  Club  membership  -­  Good  afternoon,  G’day,  Selamat  Siang,  Gudemiddag,  Bon  après  midi,  Buon  pomeriggio,  Guten  tag,  Konichiwa,  Dobar  and  Fuen-­ying.  

•  Asking  everyone  to  turn  to  their  neighbours  and  to  say  a  BIG  ROTARY  HELLO,  as  there  are  no  strangers  in  our  meetings,  only  Rotary  friends  we  are  yet  to  meet.  

•    Asking  SaA.  Oliver  to  introduce  visiting  Rotarians  and  Guests.  

•  Asking  Sec.  John  to  read  the  ‘4-­Way  Test’.  

•  Presenting  Certificates  of  100%  Attendance  and  Appreciation  to  Sec.  John  and  Rtn.  Tim.  

 

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•    Reminding  everyone  that  this  lunch  was  the  Club’s  second  to  last  Lunch  Meeting  of  the  Rotary  Year.  So  far  there  have  been  41  meetings  this  Rotary  Year  (42  after  the  final  Handover  dinner)  and  13  Members  have  achieved  100%  Attendance.  There  have  also  been  no  resignations  during  the  Rotary  year.  

•  Announcing  that  20  members  still  have  not  paid  their  annual  membership  dues.  Currently  65%  of  the  membership  have  renewed  for  next  Rotary  Year.  (Please  note  that  the  final  cut-­off  time  for  payment  of  Annual  Dues  is  Monday,  27th  June  2016,  midnight,  and  the  funds  MUST  already  be  in  our  Club’s  bank  account  by  that  deadline.  Failure  to  meet  this  requirement  will  result  in  automatic  membership  termination  without  further  notice.)  

•  Announcing  that  there  will  be  no  Lunch  Meeting  on  Wednesday,  22nd  June  2016,  (in  preparation  for  the  Handover  dinner)  and  on  Wednesday,  29th  June  2015,  (Pagerwesi  holiday).    

•  Announcing  that  after  lunch  today,  the  Club  will  hold  its  last  Board  Meeting  of  the  year.  This  will  be  a  Joint  meeting  with  the  incoming  2016/2017  Board  and  all  Club  members  are  most  welcome  to  attend.    

•  Giving  Apologies  for:  1st  VP.  Dr.  Leith  and  Rtns.  Peter  Erni,  Sally,  Manfred,  Alex  P,  Pamela,  Giorgio,  Steffen  and  Yuki.  

 

 

•  Announcing  Rotarian  birthdays  :-­  Rtn.  Eric  Guth  –  14th  June,  Rtn.  Patty  -­14th  June,  Rtn.  Tara  –  16th  June,  PP.  Sarita  –  17th  June,  Rtn.  Peter  Erni  –  19th  June,  Rtn.  Virginie  –  19th  June,  Sec.  John  –  29th  June  and  Rtn.  David  -­  29th  June.    •  Congratulating  Rotarians  with  wedding  anniversaries  –  Rtn.  John  and  Nani  Clark  –  22nd  June  1973  (43  years)  and  Rtn.  Eric  and  Monica  Guth  -­  30th  June  2013  (3  years).  

•  Congratulating  Rotarians  with  Rotary  joining  anniversaries:  Rtn.  Manfred  -­  22  years  (1st  June  1994),  Rtn.  Lusi  -­  4  years  (13th  June  2012)  and  Rtn.  David  -­  1  year  (24th  June  2015).  

•  Reminding  everyone  that  the  Raffle  prize  this  week  is  a  “Dinner  for  Two”  generously  donated  by  PN.  Alex.      •  Reminding  everyone  that  Rotary  T-­shirts  are  still  available  at  Rp.  75,000  each  in  4  sizes.    

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•    Announcing  that  Rtns.  Detlev  and  Lusi  had  raised  IDR  1  million  for  the  Smile  Foundation  last  Sunday  at  their  Sunday  Brunch.      •  Requesting  2nd  VP.  Florian   to   report   upon   the   recent   field   trip   to   the  Nawa  Kerti  Village  Global  Grant  Water  Project,  as  Rtn.  Jeni  was  not  present  to  do  so.      2nd  VP.  Florian  said   that  Rtns.  Jeni,  Tineke,  Erika  and  he  had   first   visited   the   rice  straw    bale  house  built  with  DDF  help  from  the  RC  of  Tarpon  Springs  and  the  RC  of  Taman  and  Rtn.  Jeni,  which  he  found  was  incredibly  cool  inside.  They  then  visited  the  school  and  the  location  where  the  water  tank  would  be  installed.  Then  they  went  to  the  water  source  and  learnt   from   the   expert   how   the   pumps   would   pump   water   up   to   the   tank   without   using  electricity.   They   also   saw   the   press   used   for  making   the   rice   straw   bale   house   and   the  coconut  oil  manufacturing  area.  

   •  Requesting  PN.  Alex  to  speak  about  the  fundraising  efforts  being  made  by  Samara  (who  spoke   at   our   Club   recently)   for   Darma,   the   paraplegic,   who   is   in   desperate   need   of   a  special  motor  bike  so  that  he  can  take  his  9-­year  old  son  Made  to  school.    

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 Darma  was  found  on  his  bed  on  the  floor  of  his  smoky  kitchen  and  was  only  able  after  treatment  by  Yayasan  Puspadi  Bali  to  sit  in  a  wheel  chair.  His  son  had  out  of  necessity  given  up  his  schooling  to  look  after  his  father.    

   PN.  Alex  said  that  it  was  really  a  unique  project,  which  had  touched  him  so  much  that  he  had  taken  a  personal  interest  in  it  and  had  made  The  Trans  Resort  available  to  Samara  to  hold  her  Fairy  House  fundraising  classes.    

   However,  despite  the  wide  publicity  for  the  classes,  only  5  children  attended,  one  of  whom  was  Rtn.  Joerg’s  daughter.    So  far  Samara  has  raised  IDR3,800,000  of  the  money  needed  for  a  second  hand  motor  bike  and  its  special  adaptation.      PN.  Alex  also  showed  the  letter  that  they  would  be  framing  from  Samara  to  Darma  that  would  be  presented  to  Darma  with  the  motorbike.  

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 President  Barbara  then  announced  that  PAG.  Marilyn  had  most  generously  offered  to  match  every  IDR  1,000,000  donated  by  anyone  in  the  meeting.  This  unbelievable  offer  was  met  with  an  immediate  response  from  PP.  Anita  and  Rtns.  Joerg  and  Gerry,  who  each  pledged  IDR  1,000,000.  So  now  Dharma  will  have  his  specially  adapted  motorbike  and  his  son  will  be  able  to  go  to  school  thanks  to  the  generosity  of  our  Rotary  Club’s  members  once  again.    •  Reporting  upon  her  attendance  at  the  recent  lunch  meeting  of  the  Rotary  Club  of  Bali  Nusa  Dua  when  the  guest  speaker  was  Dr.  Ashish  Sabharwal  of  ‘The  Smile  Train’  –  

 Dr.  Ashish  Sabharwal,  the  Director  of  the  Smile  Train  Asia,  provided  an  in  depth  insight  into  ‘The  Smile  Train’s’  current  activities  and  future  plans  for  Indonesia.  He  also  told  of  how  ‘The  Smile  Train’  provided  sponsorship  to  Yayasam  Senyum  and  to  other  Bali  organisations  at  the  rate  of  IDR.5.5M  for  every  cleft  palate  operation  performed.  He  made  it  clear  that  this  donation  arrangement  was  strictly  limited  to  cleft  palate  operations  and  did  not  cover  craniofacial  abnormality  operations.    President  Barbara  added  that  Mary  Northmore,  the  Founder  of  the  Yayasan  Senyum  (The  Smile  Foundation  in  Bali),  which  is  a  totally  separate  organisation  to  ‘The  Smile  Train’,  had  confirmed  that  she  was  thrilled  to  have  received  Euros  80,000  from  Rtn.  Steffen’s  contacts  in  Germany,  which  will  allow  Yayasam  Senyum  to  perform  an  additional  400  operations  in  Bali.    

 

•  Informing  everyone  that  Invitations  had  gone  out  for  the  Club’s  Handover  Dinner  on  Saturday,  25th  June  2016,  in  the  Trans  Resort.  It  will  be  a  Chinese  Banquet  Gala  Dinner  with  a  complimentary  Bellini  cocktail  and  a  stunning  Menu  and  Program      

   Registration  will  commence  at  6.15pm  and  the  dinner  will  commence  at  7.15pm.  The  dress  code  for  the  event  will  be  semi-­formal  and  it  will  cost  IDR  400,000  per  person.  Pre-­payment  is  essential  as  there  will  be  no  tickets  available  on  the  night  for  purchase.    

Tables  of  10  can  be  booked  via  The  Trans  Resort  only  -­  family  and  friends  and  other  club  Rotarians  are  most  welcome  to  come.    

RSVP:  [email protected]  /  Booking  Tel:  08113886777  

 

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•  Playing  two  short  video  updates  from  the  Rotary  Convention  in  Korea  (see  website  link  below).  

                                 http://video.rotary.org/BtTr/convention-­minute-­1-­june/  

•  Introducing  the  Guest  Speaker,  Princess  Jero  Asri  Kerthyasa  (“Asry”).  

 

 

   Asry   (the  name  means  “perfect”   in  Balinese)  was   formerly  known  as  Jane  Gillespie  and    came  from  Australia.  She  met  her  Balinese  Prince,  Tjorkoda  Raka  Kerthyasa,  of  the  Ubud  Royal  Family  whilst  on  holiday  in  Bali  in  the  late  seventies.  The  couple  were  married  and  Jane  became  Princess  Jero  Asri  Kerthyasa.  

 

Now  more  than  30  years  after  her  wedding  to  her  Prince,  the  love  story  continues.    

Asri   is   also   the   owner  with   her   son   of   the   very   charming   and   popular   restaurant   called  “BIKU”  in  Pettitinget.  

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Asri  then  played  a  30-­minute  video  made  by  an  Australian  company  for  a  TV  documentary  in  Australia  upon  her  29-­year  old  son,  Prince  Tjok  Gus’s,  wedding  5  years  ago  to  the  beautiful  and  adored  Javanese  TV  star  Happy  Salma.  

 

The  wedding  was  a  glittering  Balinese  royal  event  with  more  than  2500  people  in  attendance  including  high  priests,  diplomats  and  guests  during  which  the  couple  went  through  two  elaborate  ceremonies  lasting  from  dawn  till  dusk.  The  wedding  set  against  the  backdrop  of  Bali’s  high  society,  was  a  heady  mix  of  love  and  fairy  tales  across  cultural  divides.  

President  Barbara  thanked  Asri  for  the  fascinating  video,  which  everyone  enjoyed  immensely,  and  said  it  was  really  a  true  fairy  tale  of  Mother  and  son.  She  then  presented  Asri  with  a  Club  mug  as  a  token  of  our  appreciation  for  her  coming  to  speak  at  our  club.    •  The  Raffle  prize  was  won  by  Rtn.  David.    •  Raffle/Happy  and  Sad  Stories  and  Fines  raised  IDR  770,000.    •  President   Barbara   closed   the   meeting   at   2pm   by   thanking   Rtn.   Tim   for   doing   the  Administration,  Sec.  John  for  preparing  the  Minutes  and  Rtn.  Oliver  for  acting  as  SaA.    

PP.  John  Glass,  Club  Secretary,      2015-­16.