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ROTARY CLUB OFQUILON WEST END

ClubNo: 62620 Zone: XIV Vol. XII Issue: 3

1JULY2 1410

JULY

2014

THEFIRST100%PHF CLUBINRI DIST3211

We meet on every THURSDAY at 8.15pm at Crowther Masonic HallEmail ID : [email protected] www.facebook.com/quilonwestend.rotary

Western Breeze is adjudged theOverall Best Bulletin in RI Dist 3211

RI President Dist. Governor

Gary C.K. Huang K.S. Sasikumar

K S Sasikumar Installed asGovernor of R I District 3211

Imm. Past District Governor John C. Nerothpresented the District Award for the Overall BestClub Bulletin of our District to 'Western Breeze',our prestigious Club Bulletin. The award wasreceived by past Bulletin Editor S.Muraleedharanand Imm. Past President Viju Vijayarajan, in thecourse of the District Governor's installationprogramme.

At a colourful function held at Quilon Beach Hotelon 6 July, Imm.Past Dist.Governor John C.Nerothinstalled Rtn K.S. Sasikumar as the DistrictGovernor in the presence of Chief Guest RIDirector P.T.Prabhakar, Past and future RI officersof RI Districts 3211 and 3212 and more than1000 Rotarians, Anns and Annets.

purposeful Club ssemblyThe first Club Assembly of this Rotary year washeld at Crowther Masonic Hall. Rtn Hashim ledthe invocation. Rtn M.Ajit Kumar delivered thewelcome speech. In his Presidential Address RtnDeepak Somarajan solicited the unity of all hisfellow Rotarians. Then he went on to present thebasic plan of programmes and projects for Julyand September, with a special emphasis onmembership growth. Rtn M. Ajit Kumar,Chairman, Club Administration, Rtn Philomene

Antony, Chairman, TRF and Rtn Dr RiyazAhammad, Chairman, Service Projects presentedreports on the respective goals for the year.ThePresident, on behalf of Rtn Praveen S.Dev and Rtn

Financial ssistance to cancer patients

As part of our club's Service Projects- one projectevery week- our Club gave away a financialassistance of Rs 4000/-, jointly sponsored and

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Rotary nternationa l has first Taiwan ese president

Gary Huang is a name that not everyone is familiarwith. However, from this point onward, it is a namethat people will not only remember but alsorespect. Huang was recently elected as thePresident of Rotary International for 2014 to2015, which makes him the first Taiwanese personchosen for this position. He will lead Rotarymembers from 168 countries and be in charge ofover 34,000 global Rotary events starting fromthis year.

Huang, who is 70 years old, was the President ofShin Kong Security, Royal Host Taiwan and TaiwanPelican Express Co. Even with all this businessexperience, for Huang, the part of his career that

he is most proud of is what he has done for andwith Rotary International.

No one is born to have the ambition or vision tojoin Rotary, Huang joked. For me, people'ssuccess cannot be solely determined by how muchmoney they can make or how important their jobsare. It is about how much they do for the society orfor the nation.

When Huang was 31 years old, he applied to joinRotary International for the first time, but hisapplication was turned down because he was too

young. He applied on two more occasions butRotary still gave him the same answers.Huangspent nine months actively participating in Rotaryevents, which eventually led to the opportunity forhim to join.

Dear fellow Rotarians,

It is indeed a great honour that our Club hasbagged the prestigious District Award for the BestBulletin of the District during 2013-14. Ourbulletin has been adjudged the OVERALL BESTBulletin.

We place on record our sincere gratitude toImm.Past President Viju Vijayarajan, Imm. PastSecretary Varkey Jacob and all the members of theWest End family for the encouragement andsupport given to us for bringing out these highlyinformative issues of bulletin.

If our bulletin has won this prestigious honour, apart of its credit certainly goes to our dearRtn Nevin Pereira alias Deepu, the ManagingPartner of Don Bosco Industries and the hardworking DTP expert Mrs Fancy.

presented by President Deepak, SecretaryMuraleedharan, Treasurer Renin Raj, PastPresidents M.Ajit Kumar, Dr Shibu Rajagopal andAjith Ashok, to four cancer patients residing atMundakkal. This project was carried out at apublic function organized by SNDP, MundakkalUnit on 6 July.

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Rtn S.MuraleedharanEditor 2013-14

Rtn YS PrakashAssociate Editor 2013-14

Service project at dopted School

PHF M. Ajit Kumar, Patron of our Adopted School,Govt. LPS Mundakkal East, receiving an amountof Rs. 15000/- for the purchase of uniforms andstudy materials, from President Deepak in thepresence of service projects chairman Dr Riyazand Bulletin editor Y.S. Prakash.

TODAY BusinessMeeting

Rotary Day observedThe Club observed Rotary Day on July 1 when our

three members- President Deepak Somarajan,

Imm.PP Viju Vijayarajan and Joint Secretary

Prasanthkumar donated blood to IMA,Kollam.Financial Assistance to cancer patients


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Scenes from the Club Assembly

Presidential address by Deepak

Welcome address by Rtn PP Ajit Kumar

PP Dr Riyaz on Service Projects

A view of the members attending the club assembly

President Elect Dr Saji releases the bulletin

PP Philomene Antony speaks about TRF goals

Invocation by PP Hashim


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Our Clubs Board of Directors Meeting for themonth of July was held at Hotel Sea Pearl on 8 July.The meeting commenced with a silent prayer.Imm. Past President Viju Vijayarajan who HOSTEDthe meeting welcomed the members. After the

Presidential address by Rtn Deepak Somarajan,Rtn Treasurer Renin Raj presented the budget forthe year and the budget was approved. TheProgrammes for the month of July were finalised.Secretary S.Muraleedharan proposed a vote ofthanks.

WHY THE ROTARY YEAR BEGINS JULYoard of Directors Meeting held

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

Ever wonder why the Rotary year begins 1 July?The international convention initially played a keyrole in determining the start date of our fiscal andadministrative year.

Rotary's first fiscal year began the day after thefirst convention ended, on 18 August 1910. The1911-12 fiscal year also related to the convention,beginning with the first day of the 1911convention on 21 August.

At its August 1912 meeting, the Board of Directorsordered an audit of the International Associationof Rotary Clubs' finances. The auditorsrecommended that the organization end its fiscal

year on 30 June to give the secretary and treasurer

time to prepare a financial statement for theconvention and board, and determine the propernumber of club delegates to the convention.

The executive committee concurred, and at itsApril 1913 meeting, designated 30 June as the endof the fiscal year. This also allowed for changes tothe schedule for reporting club membership andpayments. Even The Rotarian changed its volumenumbering system to correspond to the fiscal year(beginning with vol. 5, July 1914).

The term "Rotary year" has been used to signifyRotary's annual administrative period since atleast 1913. An article in The Rotarian that Julynoted, "The Rotary year that is rapidly drawing to aclose has been signalized by several highlysuccessful joint meetings of Clubs that are sosituated as to assemble together easily andconveniently.

Since the executive committee's decision in 1913,the end of the Rotary year has remained 30 June.

Varkey Jacob, the two other Chairmen who wereabsent, presented reports on Membership andPublic Relations.

Earlier, the Club bulletin was released by PresidentElect Dr Saji. Before the conclusion of the ClubAssembly, a few members- Charter PresidentSaravana Shekar and Editor YS Prakashspoke,making an evaluation of the Installationprogramme. After the proposal of vote of thanksby Secretary Rtn S.Muraleedharan, the Assemblywas adjourned for dinner.

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Annet Shahina Hashim JULY 13Rtn Nevin Pereira JULY 14Annet Shahina Hashim JULY 13

Rtn. Nevin Pereira JULY 14Rtn. Ancil John & Elizabth

JULY 11

District Seminar on District Projectand Literacy at Kollam on July 27Ifthar Meet during the third week of Julyat Trinity Hall Thangaserry

Installation Meeting of theInner Wheel Club of Quilon West Endon 31 July

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