INDEPENDENCE DAY -SAT 15TH AUG 2009

INDEPENDENCE DAY -SAT 15TH AUGUST 2009

Friends ,

Today we celebrated Independence day at Venkarteshwara School at Mathikere Bangalore .

The school is a Govt aided one which caters to the lower strata of society .

Our club has helped the school in the past and we propose to continue the same as part of our service activity .

Snacks were distributed to the children today .

We shortly are going to provide SS plates to all the children as per the schools request , among other things .

Rtns present were Kirti ,Rajesh , Suhail , Sameer , Usha Medina , Anish and myself .

Our thanks to Usha , Suhail and others for their time and efforts .

regards

Bharath

TREE PLANTING NEAR NANDI HILLS -SUNDAY AUG 9TH 2009

SUNDAY 9TH AUGUST 2009 -SERVICE ACTIVITY

Friends ,

Our Club participated in an excellent service activity today the importance of which cannot be underestimated .

Namely tree planting .

In this day and age of global warming , environmental needs are uppermost .

Rtn Suhail who is our Community Services Director and Rtn Sanjay are both Lawyers who belong to an association which actively promotes tree planting .

So they gave us ( Rotary RMV ) a wonderful oppurtunity to also join in .

Thousands of trees ( over a thousand sponsored by our club ) were planted on land provided by the forest department near nandi hills about 60 km from bangalore .

Rtn IPP Kirti , Prez Rajesh , Rtn Arvind were also present .

Our heartfelt thanks to Rtn Suhail and Sanjay for their wonderful efforts in making this a success .

regards

Bharath

SPEAKER MEET ,FRIDAY 7TH AUG 2009

MINUTES OF SPEAKER MEET FRIDAY 7TH AUG 2009
friends ,

Today we had a speaker meet where families were also invited .

the subject was of interest to everyone namely african wildlife .

Our club member Rtn Sanjay and our Rotary Spouse Mr.Shankar gave a joint presentation with pictures ,

on their recent visit to Kenya to spot african wildlife in tier natural habitat .

It was very informative and interesting .

regards

Bharath

SPEAKER MEET FRIDAY JULY 31ST 2009

SPEAKER MEET JULY 31ST FRIDAY - MINUTES

Friends ,

Today we had a speaker meet .

Mr. Mallikarjun, a Podiatrist , ie a foot care specialist gave a very interesting Power point presentation on the importance of foot care , a not so well understood subject in India .

It was stressed that we neglect our feet unti lwe develop serious problems in walking .

Preventive care of the feet was dealt with at length .

The importance of foot care for diabetics was also explained .

regards

Bharath

MINUTES OF JULY 24RTH MEETING

JULY 24RTH 2009
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friends ,

Today we discussed the years agenda .

Service Directors gave their proposals for the year .

Fund raising was also briefly discussed .

Service activities of last year which were proposed to be continued were commented on .

New activities were also proposed .

Members were requested to pay their dues .

regards

Bharath

INAGURATION OF NEW TEAM 17-7-2009

17TH JULY 2009 , FRIDAY - INAGURAL FUNCTION OF NEW TEAM

Friends ,

On the 17th , friday we had the inaguration of the new team .

The team was sworn in by the Hon Dist Governor of Dist 3190 Rtn Nagendra .

Our Assitant Governor Rtn Narayan Raghavan was also present .

Three new members were inducted on the occasion , Rtn Mohan , Rtn Anish and

Rtn Manjunath .

A scholarship cheque was handed over to a needy student as part of service activity .

The Hon Dist Governor gave us a very inspiring speech .

We were happy to note that some of the Presidents of neighbouring clubs also attended .

The program ended with a nice dinner .

Wishing all a great new rotary year .

regards

Bharath .

MINUTES OF FRIDAY MEETING JULY 10TH

JULY 10TH 2009 , FRIDAY MEET .
Dear friends ,

Today we discussed preparations for the Inaguration Ceremony on the 17th of July .

The Venue was decided as Sadashivanagar club , which Rtn IPP Kirti Mehta kindly agreed to book .

Rtn Usha Medina kindly agreed to do the backstage arrangements with the help of Rtn Usha Shankar .

Rotary Spouse Shankar kindly agreed to be Master of Ceremonies .

IPP Kirti and Rtn Sanjay Krishna agreed to arrange for the catering .

Rtn Suhail kindly agreed to arrange for the gifts .

Rtn Sameer agreed to get our club bulletin ready for release .

Senior members were requested to make our guest rotarians feel at home on that day .

all members were requested to attend and lend a helping hand .

regards

Bharath .

Rtn Prez Rajesh kunder kidnly agreed to handle the badges , pins , invites , new member kits etc .