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EDITORIAL
Vol. LVIII No. 21 Friday, 23rd Nov. 2012
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 : [email protected]
Rotary Club of Berhampur
Organising free and fair elections is more important than
the result itself.
Fatos Nano
R.I. BOARD APPROVES ELECTION PILOT PROGRAMME FOR
INDIA.
In the RI Board Meeting in May 2012 it was decided that
all the 31 Districts of India will have a uniform election
code for Selection of District Governor Nominees, starting
1st of July 2012. And that a governor-nominee election
pilot project be initiated for districts in India for providing
the uniform election procedure and encompass the
following points:
1. The DGN selection shall be held through a nominating
committee procedure.
2. Any challenge to the nominating committee decision
shall be through a ballot-by-mail or at the district
conference (under the terms of reference provided in
the pilot) as decided by the district.
3. Clubs chartered during the year shall not be eligible
to participate in the election process including but not
limited to proposing a candidate for the DGNC/DGN,
concurring to challenge or voting.
4. Club with any outstanding (previous or current period)
RI dues and/or district dues and/or magazine dues shall
clear the same by 30 September of the year in order to
participate in the election procedure.
5. The District Governor Elect will include a session on
the nominating committee procedure at PETS for
orientation of incoming club officers.
Today’s Program Today’s Program Today’s Program Today’s Program Today’s Program : Rtn. PP Dr. S.Manmadha Rao, Standing Committies Chairman (Membership) will speak
on "Membership Development & Retention".
Next Week’s Program : (30th Nov’12) Next Week’s Program : (30th Nov’12) Next Week’s Program : (30th Nov’12) Next Week’s Program : (30th Nov’12) Next Week’s Program : (30th Nov’12) : Felicitation of PHF's and MPHF's.
6. The pilot will be applicable from 2012-13 onwards;
districts that have already selected the nominating
committees shall select it afresh under the terms of
this pilot.
7. A district election committee shall oversee the
governor-nominee election procedure including the
draw of lots.
The District Nominating Committee shall be responsible
to seek out and propose the best available candidate
who is willing to serve as District Governor.
a) The Nominating Committee shall be constituted each
year as per the time schedule adopted by the district.
The nominating committee shall have (x) members, one
from each of the (x) zones as provided.
b) The zones will be decided by the district as follows:
o A minimum of seven zones.
o Number of total votes in the district will be divided
reasonably equally amongst the zones.
o The grouping of clubs in each zone will be done by
draw of lots which will take place at the same date,
time and venue as for the constitution of the nominating
committee members.
o Only clubs represented by duly authorized
representatives will be eligible to participate in the draw
of lots.
o At the time of draw of lots the election committee
shall arrange to place the names of eligible clubs in a
box and draw a lot from each group in the presence of
all the candidates.
c) The nominating committee shall serve during the
Rotary year of its constitution. Its term of office shall
cease when the committee members elect the governor
nominee, sign and submit its report through the chair
to the District Governor.
d) It shall be mandatory for all eligible clubs to send a
member and an alternate member to serve in the
nominating committee. If an eligible club fails to do so,
that club shall not
be eligible to participate in the electoral process for
nominating committee membership in the subsequent
year. Additionally, the club shall not be considered for
any recognition during the year.
The district election committee shall organize an
orientation meeting of all the valid candidates prior to
the draw of lots.
At the time of draw of lots the district election
committee shall arrange to place the names of eligible
candidates and their club name in each of the (x) zones
in a box and draw a lot from each group in the presence
of all the candidates.
A majority of members of the Nominating Committee shall
constitute a quorum. b) A candidate receiving 50%+1 votes
shall be selected and recommended as District.
Election Time Line
15th October 2012 - Dead line for receiving club
resolutions suggesting candidates for members for DGNC
1st November 2012 - DG communicates valid proposals
to clubs concerned & informs date of DGNC meet
16th November 2012 - Orientation of DGNC candidates
Draw of lots
DGNC meets & selects Governor
Nominee 2015-16
18th November 2012 - DG notifies all candidates of the
decision. Governor publishes to clubs in the District by
letter and e mail the name & club of the selected
nominee and announces deadline for receipt by the
Governor of challenges on behalf of previously suggested
candidates.
2nd December 2012 - Dead line for receipt by DG of
resolution passed at regular club meeting naming
previously suggested candidate
3rdh December 2012 - DG publishes notice to clubs of
challenging candidates and asks clubs for concurrences
15th December 2012 - Deadline for receipt of
concurrences
17th December 2012 - valid challenges notified to clubs
29th December 2012 - Balloting at District Conference
Rotary club of Berhampur had proposed Rtn. PPP.V.V.R.N.
Rao & Rtn.PP.P.K. Rajeev as proposed members
representing Rotary Club of Berhampur as District
Governor nominating committee members. The District
nominating committee meeting was held at Rotary Club
of Sambalpur premises. Rtn.PP.P.K. Rajeev accompanied
by President Rtn.E.Siva Prasad Rao reached the venue
at Sambalpur to find the representatives of all the eligible
clubs at the venue. Rtn.P.K. Rajeev was asked by the
scrutiny committee to present his authorization letter
and thereafter was taken to a room where the election
committee members were present. The election
committee comprised of DG. Ashok Singh, PDG. Aswini
Kar, DGE. Nanda, PDG. Narendra Mishra and PDG Dilip
Patnaik. DG. Ashok Singh gave a power point presentation
on the process of nominating the District Governor on
the basis of the pilot project. Each representative was
given a slip with the number of words which was to be
dropped in a box and each slip was picked and divided
in to 8 zones by draw of lots. Each zone had 8 votes and
the zone which had Rotary Club of Berhampur had 2
other clubs with 2 and 1 vote respectively making a total
of 3 slips in the zone with 1/3rd chance to get into the
nominating committee.
Rtn. PP. P.K. Rajeev was lucky enough to get into the
committee along with 7 other members from different
clubs. The committee members were informed that in
case a candidate has selected from DGN election at
least 5 out of 8 members have to support / vote in favour
of the candidate to select him as the official candidate
for DG election after due deliberations and voting and
other formalities it was decided by the nominating
committee unanimously that Rtn. Sibabrata das would
be the nominating committee choice as the official
candidate for DGN 2013-14.
The District Governor Nominating Committees of RIDs
3261 & 3262 met at Sambalpur on the 16th of November
2012 have recommended the following names as their
choices for the District Governor Nominee 2015-16:
R I District 3261 - Rtn PP Baldeep Singh Maini of the
Rotary Club of Jabalpur
R I District 3262 - Rtn PP Sibabrata Dash from of the
Rotary Club of Bhubaneswar Royal
A club that has fielded a candidate earlier for selection
of District Governor Nominee and is not satisfied with
the choice of the nominating committee can challenge
this choice.
Such challenge should be in the form of a resolution
duly adopted in a regular meeting of the club (Quorum
being present) and passed by the house.
Such resolution duly signed by the Club Secretary and
endorsed by the Club President together with an
acceptance by the candidate indicating that he is
desirous of challenging the choice of the nominating
committee should reach the office of District Governor
on or before 2nd December 2012 in the form of Hard
Copy.
Club can file challenge only in support of its own member.
The President and members through Chilkapresent their warm wishes and wishes manymore happy returns of the day to the followingBirthday Rotarians of the last week :
Rtn. Dr. J.Surya Rao - 19th NovRtn. Ashit Kumar Sahu - 23rd NovRtn. E.Narasihmam - 23rd Nov
The President and members through Chilkapresent their warm wishes to the followingRotarians who celebrated his weddinganniversary in the last week :
Rtn. PP CA V.S Raju - 17th NovRtn. J.Ramesh - 21st NovRtn. T.Sanat Kr. Patro - 21st NovRtn. A.Anil Kumar - 22nd NovRtn. Rajesh Choudhury - 23rd Nov
Seven Vows of MarriageHindu wedding is all about rituals and customs,
which teach us the actual essence of a blissful
married life. The seven vows of marriage
symbolize seven promises, which are sworn by the
bride and the groom during the auspicious
ceremony of wedding.
During the marriage, a sacred fire is created with
ghee and wooden sticks, in order to evoke Agni
(fire god), which serves as the witness to the ritual
of seven vows.
The priest, who conducts the wedding, chants Vedic
mantras. Amidst the blazing fire of the havankund
and the chanting of mantras, the bride and the
groom pledge their commitment to each other, for
the lifetime. Known as Saptapadi/pheras, seven
vows is a beautiful ritual observed in Hindu
marriages, although the act of taking the seven
vows varies from region to region, in India.
People following Hinduism believe that if a married
couple walks seven steps around the fire of the
havankund, they will remain together for the
lifetime. Generally, before taking the seven vows,
the bride is seated to the right hand side of the
groom. After taking the pheras, the bride shifts to
the left side of the groom - this symbolizes that
she is now closer to his heart. In most of the Hindu
weddings, the newly married couple takes seven
pheras, with the exception of Gujaratis and
Sindhis, who take four pheras around the sacred
fire. In the majority of the seven pheras, the
groom leads the first four pheras, while he is
preceded by the bride during the last three pheras.
Given below are the meanings of the seven vows of
marriage.
Seven Vows in Hindu Wedding"The bride and the groom take the first step of the
seven vows to pledge that they would provide a
prospered living for the household or the family that
they would look after and avoid those that might
hinder their healthy living.
"During the second step of the seven pheras, the
bride and the groom promise that they would develop
their physical, mental and spiritual powers in order to
lead a lifestyle that would be healthy.
"During the third vow, the couple promises to earn a
living and increase by righteous and proper means, so
that their materialistic wealth increases manifold.
"While taking the fourth vow, the married couple
pledges to acquire knowledge, happiness and harmony
by mutual love, respect, understanding and faith.
"The fifth vow is taken to expand their heredity by
having children, for whom, they will be responsible.
They also pray to be blessed with healthy, honest and
brave children.
"While taking the sixth step around the sacred fire,
the bride and the groom pray for self-control of the
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News of the Week
LAST WEEK PUZZLE - CORRECT ANSWER
KAMAL HASSAN
Correct Answers were sent by :
1. Rtn. K.Eswar Prasad Subudhi
2. Rtn. Mihir Ranjan Panigrahi
3. Rtn. J.Ramesh
4. Rtn. V.Ajit Kumar Raju
5. Rtn. V.Santosh Kumar
6. Rtn. B.V.Kumar
7. Rtn. PP Dr. S.Manmadha Rao
8. Rtn. Bijay Bagaria
mind, body and soul and longevity of their marital
relationship.
" When the bride and the groom take the seventh
and the last vow, they promise that they would be
true and loyal to each other and would remain
companions and best of friends for the lifetime.
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. Satyadev KhemaniActing President
Rtn. R. Murali Hony Secy (2012-13)
MINUTES OF THE 20TH MEETING HELD ON 16TH
NOV'12
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 20TH REGULAR MEETING OF ROTARY CLUB OF
BERHAMPUR FOR THE RY 2012-13 HELD ON 16TH NOV'12 AT 7.00PM AT
ROTARY CENTENNIAL HALL, BERHAMPUR ;
1. PRESIDENT -IN -CHARGE CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.
2. PRESIDENT WELCOMED ALL PRESENT TO 20TH REGULAR MEETING OF RY
12-13 AND SPEAKER , ROTARY FOUNDATION ALUMNI DR.PRADEEP
MOHAPATRO,PG DEPT. OF JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION,BERHAMPUR
UNIVERSITY, TO ADDRESS ON TOPIC :"ROLE OF MEDIA IN CONTEMPORARY
SOCIETY"ON THE OCCASION OF NATIONAL PRESS DAY .
3. PRESIDENT WELCOMED THE SPEAKER ON TO THE DAIS.
4. PRESIDENT APPEALED TO ALL TO INVOKE THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
5. MINUTES OF THE 19TH MEETING HELD ON 9TH NOV'12 WERE CONFIRMED
.
6. RTN.GOPIRAM AGARWAL,CHAIRMAN GREETINGS COMMITTEE FELICITATED
THE BIRTHDAY BOYS &MEMBERS WHO CELEBRATED THEIR WEDDING ANNIVERSA-
RIES DURING THE WEEK
7. PP RTN.E.CHANDRAMOHAN RAO CONTINUED WITH HIS ONGOING EXERCISE
OF IMPARTING ROTARY INFORMATION.
8. RTN SILLA RAMA RAO,CHAIRMAN, ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED
NAMES OF 15 ROTARIANS WHO MAINTAINED 100% ATTENDANCE IN HOME CLUB
MEETINGS FOR QUARTER JULY TO SEPT'12,EVERYONE PRESENT GAVE A BIG
ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE 15 ROTARIANS.
9. GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS :
* PP.RTN.DR.SUBHADRA MANGU EXTENDED INVITATION TO ALL TO ATTEND
HOUSE WARMING CEREMONY ON 19TH NOV'12, FOLLOWED BY LUNCH.
* PP.RTN.VVRN RAO ANNOUNCED THE RELEASE OF BOOK OF CHINMAYA
MISSION
* RTN.SANTOSH SAHU ,REQUESTED ALL TO INVOKE HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES
ON THE SAD DEMISE OF RTN.SURENDRA PADHY'S MOTHER AND APPEALED ALL
TO ATTEND PRASAD SEVAN ON 22ND NOV'12 AT VILLAGE SIKRI.
*PP RTN.E.CHANDRAMOHAN RAO, NARRATED A BRIEF OVERVIEW ABOUT THE
INDUSTRIAL VISIT BY ROTARIANS TO UNITED SPIRITS,SATYANARAYANAPUR ON
12TH NOV'12.
*SMILE FOUNDATION,AN ORGANIZATION FROM BHUBANESWAR GAVE A PROPOSAL
TO OUR CLUB TO CONDUCT IN BERHAMPUR A FREE AWARENESS AND SCREENING
CAMP FOR CLEFT LIP AND PALATE SURGERY .
10. SECRETARY'S ANNOUNCEMENTS :
* HONY SECRETARY READ OUT THANKS GIVING LETTER FROM SPONSORS
,ROLAND JUNIOR COLLEGE TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ALL ROTARIANS FOR
OPPORTUNITY & SUPPORT RENDERED FOR THE CONDUCT OF MEGA TALENT
SEARCH EXAM FOR 10TH CLASS OF ALL SCHOOLS OF BERHAMPUR ON 11TH
NOV'12(SUNDAY).
*HONY SECRETARY ANNOUNCED THE CONDUCT OF DISTRICT SEMINAR 'FUTURE
VISION PLAN & NEW GRANTS MODEL' AT BHUBANESWAR ON 1ST
DEC'12,APPEALED TO MEMBERS TO ATTEND IN LARGE NUMBERS.
11. PP RTN.DR.S.MANMADHA RAO, INTRODUCED THE SPEAKER FOR THE
EVENING.
12. SPEAKER'S IMMENSE KNOWLEDGE IN JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICA-
TION AND EXPERTISE IN UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF ROLE OF MEDIA
GLOBALLY AND ALSO IN INDIA IN CHANGING TIMES WAS APPRECIATED BY ALL.
13. PP RTN.DR.SUBHADRA MANGU ON BEHALF OF THE CLUB PRESENTED A
BOUQUET AND A CITATION TO THE SPEAKER .
14. RTN.RAJNARAYAN PATRO DELIVERED A WELL WORDED VOTE OF THANKS
TO THE SPEAKER FOR HIS EXPERTISE IN ENRICHING ALL PRESENT ON THE ROLE
OF MEDIA IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY.
15. PRESIDENT THANKED RTN.GOPIRAM AGARWAL FOR HOSTING FELLOWSHIP
SNACKS.
16. THE ATTENDANCE ANALYSIS OF THE MEETING WAS READ BY RTN.
E.NARASIMHAM, AS ;
TOTAL MEMBERS :135
EFFECTIVE MEMBERS :135
MEMBERS PRESENT :54
GUESTS :03
% OF ATTENDANCE :40%
17. PRESIDENT ADJOURNED THE MEETING.
Important Resolutions of 5th board meeting
of Rotary club of Berhampur
held on 18thNov'121. Closed door meeting for club elections for RY'13-14
: 21st Dec'12
2. Acupressure health camp : 16th to 23rd Dec'12
3. OCV of District Governor to our club
: 15th Dec'12( Saturday)
4. District Family of Rotary Meet: 26th & 27th Jan'13
5. Annual Picnic : 6th Jan'13
" As per Board resolution,The Regular meeting scheduled
for 14th Dec'12 is postponed to 15th Dec'12(Saturday)
for District Governor's OCV"
SWARGADHAM UPDATE
Rtn. I Ramesh has donated Rs.20,000/- as 1st Install-
ment
MEMBERS IN LIMELIGHT
1. PP P K Rajeev and Prez. Bablu attended the 16th Novem-
ber 2012 - Orientation of DGNC candidates at Sambalpur for
selection of District Governor Nominee 2015-16.
2. PP V Santosh Kumar assumed charges as a Vice Chairman
for Mohuda college of Pharmaceutical sciences.
CONFERENCE REMINDER
Hurry!! Rush your registrations for the Dist. Conference
from 28th through 30th December, 2012 which is going to
be a grand one to Rtn. Srinivas Prusty or Rtn. Eswar.