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The Official Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Baguio • Vol LXV 34 - 13 April 2013
The Rotary Club of Baguiomeets at the Baguio Country Club
every Saturday at 12:30 pmwww.rcbaguio.org
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12:00 Fellowship 12:30 Call to Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PE Uwe Koeller Invocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rtn. Jun Cardona Pambansang Awit Rotary Hymn 12:40 Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dir. Atom Mendalla 12:50 Intro of VR and G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rtn. Ike Dulnoan 12:55 Finest Moments . . . . . . . . . . . . Rtn. Mariver Agayas 1:00 RaffleDraw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rtn. Herb Meadows 1:10 RotaryInformation: InternationalConventions/PeaceConferences . . Rtn. Pam 1:20 Members’ Time 1:25 President’s Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PE Uwe Koeller 1:30 Intro of CS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PP Lito Pangilinan 1:30 Club Speaker 2:00 Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EIC Marcel Badua 2:10 Pilipinas Kong Mahal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Everyone) 2:15 Adjournment
Program Coordinator Treas. Marilyn BarredoRetrospector Dir. Cora Ocampo
Greeter Rtn. Cecille Apostol
Today’s Programme
Club Speaker
PP Helmut SchlaaffActive and passive Energy Effectivity in your Hands
InsIde The CanaoPresident’s Corner . . . . . . . . . . .2
ClubSpeaker’sProfile . . . . . . . . .3
In Retrospect . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Secretary’s Update . . . . . . . . . . .6
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ROTARY YEAR 2012-13
Sakuji TanakaPresident Rotary International
Tony BautistaDistrict Governor District 3790
Kenneth SoAssistant Governor Cluster 1-C
Rotary Club of Baguio
THE PEACE OFFICERS and BOARD of DIRECTORS
Elizabeth Rillera-FernandezPresident
Chris FaelnarVice-President
Gormito “Baby” KaurSecretary
Marilyn BarredoTreasurer
Bennie LaranangAuditor
Uwe KoellerDirector for Club Administration
President Elect
David ReesDirector for The Rotary Foundation
Corazon OcampoDirector of Community Service A
Albert TalcoDirector of Community Service B
Alma Teresa MendallaDirector Membership Development
Evangeline MarananDirector of Public Relations
Mark Kenneth FloresDirector
Florence BayquenImmediate Past President
Lito PangilinanJun Bondoc
Sergeant-at-Arms
Dionisio ClaridadVicenia “Veeh” Balajo
Advisers
Peace Through ServicePres. Libby Fernandez
PresIdenT’s Corner
AftertheLentwespringbackfresh,renewed,strengthened.Theshortyetmeaningfultimewasagift,aswe,inourownways,communedwithourCreator, forgedand keptpeacewithourselves, loveonesandneighbors.Happily, we get back to holding the reins of responsibility for the lastsemesteroftheRotaryYear.Atpresent,thechallengesarejustasgreat!WelookforwardasuccessfulDISTASforourveryownGovernorLindaWinter.Andwewillmakeithappen…asusual!
OurDISTASOverallChair,PPChrisPeralta,hasgivenourmembershiptheopportunitytochoosethecommitteestoworkon.Letusonceagaincheckourassignedtasks.Wehavemadeourchoices,letusdrawtheenergyfromtheforcewithinus.Onceagainletallourhiddentalentsandgiftssurfaceforthe“DISTAS–TheRotaryofBaguioway!”
The District is continuously inviting Rotarians to have a taste of thehistorical,mystique,beautifulandawesomePortugal!.OfcoursethisistheRotary International Convention at Lisbon, Portugal on June 23-26, 2013.Right now the Schengen visa processing is open at the Spanish Embassy. Convention package rate is USD2,535.00 per person. (With small print:subjecttochangewithoutpriornotice!)
If interested, please do get in touch with our fellow Rotarians in theDistrict and/or your travel agencies.
RIannouncedthatasof31March,MatchingGrantandDistrictSimplifiedGrantapplicationsarenolongerbeingaccepted.For30-31March500GrantApplicationswere receivedbyRI.Rotariansarenowencouraged tobeginsubmittingglobalgrantapplicationsviatheonlinesystem.
Luckily, we do have our very own Matching Grant Guru, PP GerardAudineau,alongwithourequallypassionatemembers,Dir.DavidRees,PEUweKoellerandRtn.NaasDemyttenaere,whosubmittedtwo(2)matchinggrantsbeforethedeadline!Allwehavetodoistowaitfortheapprovalandagainnewservice tomakeadifference inotherpeople’s lives is going tohappen!Again,thankyougentlemen.
Muchisaccomplishedovercoffeehuh!?!
TheBoardwillpresenttheiraccomplishmentreporttoday.Letussittightand have a good look at the picture of the Rotary Club of Baguio. I am truly gratefulforahighactionquarter!Welaboredhard!Wecontinuouslyservedaboveself!Wehadagrand75thcelebration!Wewereunitedalltheway!WhatcanIsay?TwothumbsupforallofyougoodRotarians!Peace!
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Club sPeaker’s ProfIle
Club Speaker
PP Helmut SchlaaffActive and passive Energy Effectivity in your Hands
General Personal InformationBirthplace: Stuttgart,Germany
Birthdate: December17,1944
Marriedto: M.LouiseE.Schlaaff (DoctorinEducation–EducationalManagement)
Children: Ma Margot Flor (Pharmacist/Doctor in Medicine)
Paul Victor Edward (ChemicalEngineer,currentlyenrolledMBA)
Educational Background:Elementary Holzhausen Schule Frankfurt
1955
Secondary MusterGymnasium,Frankfurt 1960
Tertiary BerufsBildung,BadGodesberg 1963 Business Arts
Bundesgrenzschutz,Fulda&Kassel 1966 Federal Police
FachhochSchule,Hamburg 1979 HeatingEngineering SanitationEngineering
Evening School BerufsbildungZentrum,Frankfurt 1981 MeisterbriefHWK
Employment Record1970-1975 TechnicalManager(HeatingComp)
MetraulitGmbH,Frankfurt
1975-1985 GeneralManager MetraulitGmbH,Frankfurt
1981-1985 Instructor(Heating-SanitaryEng’g) BBZ Frankfurt
1981-1985 BoardMemberPanelofExaminers Heating&SanitationEngineering Hessen Region
1986-1988 HydraulicsConsultant RadioVeritas,Palauig,Zambales
1986uptopresent VPProduction–Consultant SteinArt Enterprises BaguioCity,Philippines
Awards & Honors Received1983 ExemplaryConstruction
USGeneralHeadquarters Frankfurt
1984 OutstandingFacultyMember Berufsbildung Zentrum Frankfurt
1995 EuropeanPatentHolder InnovativeStoneTechnique
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VisitingRotarianRtn.LarryApostolvolunteeredintakingphotosfortheclub,hehasbeenagreathelptoourbulletin
recently.
PP Teop recieved his award for staying in RCB for almost 4 decades.
Dir.DavidremindedtheclubinparticipatinginEREY.
Birthday celebrants recieved their birthday tokens and in return the club enjoyed ice cream treats from the celebrants
aswell!
The Club AssemblyThat Was03 April 2013EIC Marcel Badua
In reTrosPeCT
InRotaryClubofBaguio’stradition,themeetingpromptly started at 12:30. President Libby banged thegaveltoofficiallystartthemeeting.06AprilistheThirdClubAssemblyfortheRotaryYear2012-2013. Rtn. Lani Fabi facilitated the meeting asProgram Coordinator.
Rtn. Vangie Cacho led an inspiring invocationwhichwasfollowedbythesingingoftheNationalAnthem and then by the Rotary Hymn.
During Entertainment, SAA Jun Bondoc did afunny and entertaining story telling/mini-gamethatdrewtheassembly’sattention.
GuestpresentwereRALouiseSchlaaffandRtn.Larry Apostol. Rtn Larry was very diligent enough to take photos of themeetings proceeding. Rtn.Larryhasbeenhelpfulrecentlyinfillinguppicturesforthisbulletin.
During Members’ Time, PP Chris Peralta, asChairpersonforupcomingDISTAS2013,announcedupdates of the said event. DISTAS 2013 will be held attheBaguioCountryClub18thofMay2013.Dir.DavidReesannouncedthatheisgoingonavacationandremindedtheclubthatwehavetoparticipatein the EREY. Every Rotarian Every Year (EREY) is a clubeffortwhereeverymemberdonateswhether$1000, $100 or even $10. The donations shouldbe given before the end of April if the completed commitment is to be considered for the Year End Review.
DuringPresident’sTime,Pres.LibbygavetoPPTeopRondezanawardforhis47yearsasbeingamember and already a foundation of the RotaryClub of Baguio. Though this award was given during theDiamond Jubille CelebrationNight, PPTeopleftearlythatnightthathemissedthegivingofawards.CongratulationPPTeopandthankyouforstayingwiththeclub!
Birthday celebrants PNMarilyn Barredo , Rtn.Cess Apostol and Rtn. Naas Demyttenaere weregiven a token of greetings, courtesy of the club.
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Rtn. Joe, PE Uwe, PP Chris Peralta also recievedtheirbirthdaytokens!Therewereicecreamtreatsthatdelightedeveryone!
The third quarter reportwas started of by PEMarilyn,moneymatterandfinancialstatus.Copiesof the budget reports was distributed to members. PE Marilyn started by tackling the incomes and expensesoftheDiamondJubileeNightCelebration.She continued with the budget report of theCommunityFund,wheretheclubrecievedagoodhelp from our foreigners friends. And then with theGeneralFundwhereshementionthattheclubbulletinisgenerallylosingmoney.
Club Administration Report was done by itschairperson PE Uwe Koeller. He mentioned that89% is thequartelyaverageof club’sattendance,59%ofwhichisaveragehomeclubattendance.
The Mid-Year Review last 12 January wasattendedbytheclubandRCBreceived3Awards;2ndMostNumberofServiceProjects,4thHighestContribution to the Rotary Foundation Annualand an award with appreciation to the membercooperation & support in paying their first halfannualduesontime.
Headdedthatmemberswereattendingdifferentanniversaries of other clubs as well. Various guest speakerswereinvitedandsharedtheirtimetoclubas well.
I’m surprised and also thankful that PE Uwe mentionabouttheVideoSing-alongImadeoftheRotaryHymn.ThanksUwe!
PEUwethenfinalizedbyenumeratingalloftheclubactivitiesandfellowshipduringthisquarter.
MembershipCommitteeReportwas facilitatedby VP Chris Faelnar in behalf of the committee’schairperson Dir. Atom Mendalla. VP Chris report that Birthday celebrants were greeted and honored. Everyweek,weincorporatetheRotaryInformationin our meetings. Different lessons were beingtackled. A traditional fireside chat was held forprospectmembers Vangie Cacho&Wilma Tadijewhom later became the club’s newest members. Resident Club Trainor PP Mike Pearson conducted thepresentationinhisusualefficientmanner.
Public Image Report was facilitated by its chairperson Dir. Gigi Maranan. She reported that The Club’s Facebook Fan Page have already 640 likes. RCB Concert for a Cause is published on the GML; the RCC Seminar Hosted by RCB and
Vocational Awards was published on the PRM;RCB Photo Exhibit in AmiananBalitaNgayon and75thAnniversary inAmiananBalitaNgayon;aTVInterview about Concert for a Cause and the DJ CelebrationonMabuhayBaguio,Skycable;aPublicSignageof75thAnniversaryCelebrationonLEDadinAbanaoSquareandaRCBPhotoExhibitinBCC
The Rotary Foundation was reported by itschairperson Dir. David Rees. He reported that the RCBCarolers raisedP61,500which togetherwithpoints frommembersmade3PHFavailable!PHFrafflewaswonbyPPGerard,PPAlfred&Dir.Davidfor 1PHF each.
TotalamountofdonationtoPolioPlusfundatendMarchis$1,600.
TotalamountofdonationfromPolioCansnowstandsatP11,181.17whichwassuggestedthatthiscould be converted into 1 PHF by utilizing otherfunds and points.
The club recieveda$1000donationonbehalfof RC Matsubase given by PDG Seichi Morita at the 75th Charter Anniversary celebration to providePHF’s for RCB members of her choice. Pres. Libby decidedtorafflethe2PHF’swhichweredrawnataregularclubmeetingandwonbyPPVeehBalajo&Rtn Bennie Laranang.
TheMathboxMG#76477hasbeencompleted.TheFinalReportwassubmittedtoRIbyMGChair&District3790DGSCChairGerardAudineau.
Rotary Club of Baguio received the agreement of the Belgium Rotary Club of Menem to be our foreignpartnerforthisMG#7926for50net-bookswithsoundsystemandexternalkeyboardforvisualand hearing impaired children in Northern Luzon. ItisawaitingapprovalfromTheRotaryFoundation.
A proposed matching grant for school bus MG #78937 is being plan out having our sister clubMugueug of South Korea as our foreign partner.
(Service Project A and Service project B on next issue)
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Baby’s Script 06 April 2013Sec. Baby Kaur
seCreTary’s uPdaTe
Upcoming Events
and Schedule
APRIL MAGAZINE MONTH
17 May RCB 17th Golf Tournament| Venue: Baguio Country Club
18 May DISTAS 2013 Venue: Baguio Country Club
JUNE ROTARY FELLOWSHIP MONTH
01 June Year End Review Venue:Lakeshore,MexicoPampanga
Happy Birthday! RAPP Lily Sunga – Apr. 15
Happy Induction Anniversary!PPBertTalco–Apr.7–12yrs
DirChrisFaelnar–Apr.13–17yrs
PPLitoPangilinan–Apr.16–19yrs
RtnIkeDulnoan–Apr.18–15yrs
For The RecordRotary Anns & Spouse present during 6 April meeting:
RAPPLouiseSchlaaff&RSLarryApostol
We missed you last 6 April meeting:
RtnVellAgayas,RtnJodyAlabanza(exc),PPGerardAudineau (ol), Rtn Jun Bahul, PP Vee Balajo, IPP FloBayquen(ol),RtnJunCardona,PPMiaCawed,RtnGlenFlores,DirMarkFlores,RtnKarlFlores,IPPBenLadilad,PPAlfredLaygo,RtnGarryLoAng,RtnPhilipMarania,Dir AtomMendalla, PP RogerNaz (exc), PP AngelingPalma(exc),PPLitoPangilinan,RtnJoeRamos(exc),RtnYamRodriguez,RtnGenSoriano,PPBennySunga,RtnDhoryVicencio&RtnPeterWasing
The Weeks in Review6 Apr. Golf Committee Meeting
presidedbyPEUweKoellerandattendedbyPNMarilynBarredo,PPDionyClaridad,DirDavidRees,PPBertTalco,PresLibbyFernandez,PPDomindValencia,DirGigiMaranan&SecBabyKaur
7 Apr. RC Summer Capital Anniversary attendedbyPresLibbyFernandez,PEUweKoeller,RtnVangieCacho,RtnCess&RSLarryApostol,PPHelmut&RAPPLouiseSchlaaff,PPBertTalco,RtnWilmaTadije,DGELinda&RKJenniferWinter
10 Apr. TV Interview on “Heroism In Rotary” withPDGOyanVillanueva&PresLibbyFernandez hosted by Rtn Cess Apostol
Reminders• Committeemeetings&activities–Committee/
Sub-committee Chairs, please text or email
details tome -what,when&who attended–these will be used for the Canao and for the grid ofparticipation.
• AttendanceMake-ups – please text or send tomy email address: [email protected] ;kindlyobservethe14daywindow(i.e.14daysbeforeandafterthemeeting)
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The Cañao Editorial Staff
PP Gérard AudineauImager for District Affairs
Rtn. Lani FabiSAA Jun Bondoc
Imagers for Community Projects/
Meetings
Rtn. Peter Wasing Imager for Meetings/
Events
Dir. Mark FloresBusiness Manager
Rtn. Angie VisperasMember
Treas.. Marilyn BarredoEditor/Adviser
Rtn. Cecille ApostolAdviser
Rtn. Marcel BaduaLayout/Editor-in-Chief
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Compliments from
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Compliments from
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