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DHAKA ROTARY NEWS ISSUE 21> VOLUME 79> YEAR 2015-16>Dated 26.01.2016

REGULAR WEEKLY MEETINGS

Today’s Program

Venue: Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel,

Kawran Bazaar, Dhaka

Date: 26 January 2016

Time: 5:30 pm

Program: Details as follows:

Speaker: Jude William Genilo, Ph D,

Head of the Media Service and

Journalism Department,

University of Liberal Arts (ULAB)

Topic: “Philanthropy in Bangladesh

from an Expat’s View”

From the Editor’s Pen

THE OBJECTIVE OF VOCATIONAL SERVICE

Three of the four objectives of Rotary relate to Vocational

Service, highlighting its importance to the ethos of Rotary

activities.

Those objects are:

FIRST: The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for

service;

SECOND: High ethical standards in business and professions,

the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and

the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity

to serve society;

THIRD: The application of the ideal of service in each

Rotarian’s personal, business and community life.

FOURTH: The advancement of international understanding,

goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business

and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

Paul Harris wrote: "Each Rotarian is a connecting link bet-

ween the idealism of Rotary and their trade or profession".

WHAT IS VOCATIONAL SERVICE?

Vocational Service is the way Rotary promotes and supports

the application of the Ideal of Service to the pursuit of all

profession and business.

THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR VOCATIONAL SERVICE

Vocational Service is the combined responsibility shared by the

Rotary Club and its members.

The role of the Club is to implement and encourage its own

actions in dealing with the community and by the develop-

ment of projects that encourages members to use their

professional talents in the service of the community. The role

of members is to conduct themselves and their businesses in

keeping with the ideals of Rotary, and support the Vocational

Service projects of the club.

VOCATIONAL SERVICE IN ROTARY CLUB OF DHAKA

The Rotary Club of Dhaka since its founding in 1937 has been

focusing on Vocational Service programs for service to the

society. Such programs offer excellent opportunities for

involvement with the local business and professional

community. This involvement led to creating of raised aware-

ness of Rotary activities to support and sponsor club's other

programs that help membership growth. Such programs have

created positive impact in the community in keeping with the

Rotary theme “Be a gift to the world.”

Rtn PP Khandker Badrul Hasan, PHF

Editor

Communication & Bulletin Sub-committee:

Chairman & Editor:

Rtn PP Khandker Badrul Hasan, PHF

Members:

Rtn PP Rafiqul Islam I Rowly, PHF Rtn PP T I M Nurul Kabir MPHF, B, PHS, Rtn Mirza Hossain MPHF, Rtn Barrister Shafayat Ullah PHF, Rtn Mahmud Hasan RFSM

Contact:

Rotary Bhaban, National Institute for Cancer Research & Hospital (NICR&H) Mohakhali, Dhaka - 1213 Tel: 9892465 E-mail: rcd@agni.com www.rcdhaka.org

Club of Dhaka

January is Vocational Service

Month

The President made announcement about following

ongoing ABCD (Ausi-Bangla Care for Dental)

Program, which was printed in the Club bulletin:

1) 12th camp in ARBAN school on Sunday (24/01);

2) 13th camps in Anondo Niketon Primary School,

Monday (25/01); and

3) 14th camp in ARBAN school on Sunday (24/01).

The ABCD program is organized by RC Dhaka jointly

with the NGO Forum and RWACS (Australia). The

President, further, thanked Rtn Abu Nawaz Bhuiyan

PHF for his efforts to the Project.

The Speaker of the day, Rtn PDG Mustafa Zaman

Abbasi gave an inspirational speech on “How to be a

true Rotarian”. Rtn PDG Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, PHF

emphasized that a true Rotarian

must be 4 way test compliant.

Rtn PDG Iftekharul Alam spoke

for few minutes and expressed

that he found Rtn PDG Mustafa

Zaman Abbasi as a true Rotarian

from the beginning till today.

The President thanked Rtn PDG

Mustafa Zaman Abbasi and Rtn

PDG Iftekharul Alam and prayed

for their long lives. Rtn PP Capt

Md Khaliquzzaman PHF expre-

ssed and shared very fond memo-

ries with Rtn PDG Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, PHF and

Rtn PDG Iftekharul Alam, PHF B MD. He expressed

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR WEEKLY MEETING OF ROTARY CLUB OF DHAKA HELD AT 5.30 PM

AT PAN PACIFIC SONARGAON HOTEL, DHAKA ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2016

The Rotary Club of Dhaka met on Tuesday, January

19, 2016 for their weekly meeting. Rtn Md Nasimul

Hoq Majumder PHF, the Club President, called the

meeting to order at 5.30 pm. The invocation was led

by Rtn Dr Niaz Abdur Rahman PHF, B, MD. Birthday

and Wedding Anniversary greetings were read out

by Rtn PE S M Anwar Hossain MPHF.

The President welcomed Rtn PDG Iftekharul Alam

(Kitchlew), PHF B MD and Rtn PDG Mustafa Zaman

Abbasi PHF to the head table. The President also

welcomed the following Guests and visiting

Rotarians in the Meeting of Rotary Club of Dhaka:

1) Rtn PP Dr. Anwar Hassan Noor, Rotary Club of

Dhaka Mid City.

2) Rtn Maruf Hossen, Rotary Club of Dhaka Mid City.

3) Barrister Md Siaam Al-din Malik, Guest of Rtn PP

T I M Nurul Kabir MPHF, B, PHS.

4) Brig Gen Najeeb Hasan guest of Rtn DGN F H Arif.

The President welcomed Rtn Barrister Shafayat Ullah

PHF and congratulated him on behalf of the Club for

participating in the International Lawyer’s World Cup

in Australia.

MINUTES OF THE WEEKLY MEETING (CONTINUED)

26 January

R-Let Shabaz Ullah

S/o Rtn Barrister Shafayat Ullah

27 January

R-Let Mirza Muntasir Hasan

S/O Rtn. Mirza Quamrul Hasan

29 January

R-Let Ariha Arif

D/o Rtn DGN F H Arif

30 Janury

R-Let Areeba Ali

D/o Rtn Mamun Akbar

01 February

Rtn PP Samiul Ahsan

NIL

Meeting Statistics (19-01-2016)

Total Members 59

Members exempted 01

Members Present 22

Percentage of attendance 39.28%

Last week’s attendance rose to 30.90%

(from 25.45%)

Visiting Rotarians 02

Club Guests 01

Members’ Guests 01

Sunshine Box Collection (Tk). 440.0

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Name of Rotarian Rotary Club/ Events Date

Rtn PP Shaheed Siddique RC Dhaka Urbana 07.01.15

Rtn PP Rafiqul Islam Rowly RC Gulshan Green 16.01.15

Rtn PP K Maswood Ul Alam RC Whitby Sunrise 5,12,19/

01.16

Rtn PP A K M Abdus Sobhan e-Club One 25.01.16

his gratitude on behalf of the members of the Club to the two

legendary PDGs, Iftekharul and Mustafa Zaman Abbasi PHF.

The President thanked the members for their contribution to

the Club and also for the excellence in Club Service Projects as

26 projects have been completed in last 6 months. The

President thanked Rtn Abu Nawaz Bhuiyan, Rtn PP Rafiqul Islam

and Rtn IPP Shaheed Siddique for

their support. The President thanked

Rtn Mahmud, MD, MedRx Life

Science Limited for sponsoring the

Specialized Health Camp, which is a

new Club Service project of RCD.

The President handed over a token

appreciation to PDG Iftekharul Alam PDG Mustafa Zaman

Abbasi, PDG Ishtiaque A Zaman, Rtn F H Arif and all members

present. The President invited Rtn PP Dr. Anwar Hassan Noor

of Rotary Club of Dhaka Mid City to speak to the members.

The President congratu-

lated Rtn DGN F H Arif

for being elected as the

Executive Committee

member of Officer’s

Club. Rtn PDG Mustafa

Zaman Abbasi offered a

prayer for the Rotarians who died in the last month.

Minutes of the earlier meeting were unanimously approved.

The Club Secretary Rtn Barrister Shafayat Ullah PHF annou-

nced the date of the next weekly club meeting to be held on

Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, at

05.30 pm. He also reminded the members to register them-

selves for the Annual Picnic to be held at Base Camp on

Friday, January 29, 2016. There being no other important

point to discuss the President adjourned the meeting.

Rtn Barrister Shafayat Ullah PHF

Club Secretary

BRIEF LIFE-SKETCH OF

JUDE WILLIAM GENILLO

GUEST SPEAKER

Jude William Genilo has been living in Bnagladesh

since 2007 and currently serving as the Head of the

Media Studies and Journalism Department,

University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). He

earned his Doctor of Philosophy and Master’s

Degree in Communication from the University of the

Philippines. He also has undergraduate degrees in

Economics and Management from De La Salle

University-Manila. Before joining ULAB, he headed

the postgraduate program of a prestigious public

relations school in Jakarta, Indonesia and served as

a research fellow at the Kasetsart University

Research and Development Institute (KURDI) in

Bangkok, Thailand. He has received numerous

awards such as ASIA Fellows Awards for 2004–05

and the UN Foundation-International Commun-

ication Association Research Grant Award. In 2014,

he received from CMO Asia the Education

Leadership Award for 2014. He is author of the

book, Community-Based Communication: A New

Approach to Development Communication (Great

Books Publishing), and co-editor (with Brian

Shoesmith) of the anthology, Bangladesh’s Changing

Mediascape: From State Control to Market Forces

(Intellect UK). He is editor of the BIID/ULAB Working

Paper Series on ICT for Development and

ambassador of the International Association for

Media Communication Research (IAMCR). He will

share with us his experiences living in Bangladesh

from a philanthropic perspective.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR RY 2016-17

ROTARY YEAR 2016-17

LOGO & THEME

Rtn S M Anwar Hossain President

Rtn Nasimul Hoq Majumder President, 2015-16

Rtn Jawaherul Ghani President Elect,

2017-18

Rtn Shafayat Ullah Vice President

Rtn Mamun Akbar Secretary

Rtn Mahmud Hasan Joint Secretary

Rtn PP Rafiqul Islam Rowly Treasurer

Rtn PP Sultan-ul-Abedine Molla Director

Rtn Mirza Hossain Director

Rtn Dr. Niaz Abdur Rahman Director

Rtn Abu Nawaz Bhuiyan Director

Rtn Md. Jalalul Azim Director

Rtn PP Bayezidur Rahman Sergeant-at-Arms

Rtn Dr. Fawzia Hossain Sergeant-at-Arms

Rtn PP Capt Moazzam Hossain Club Trainer

Membership Recruitment, Assessment and

Classification committee meeting held on 26th

December, 2016 in RCDU at 10:30 am.

Points concluded were:

1. Chairman Rtn PE Anwar Hossain MPHF called the

meeting to order. He also requested all present

attendee to offer Duah for Rtn PP AKM Abdus Sobhan

PHF for a successful surgery and a quick recovery, who

was admitted at Apollo Hospitals, Dhaka.

2. From now onwards, all membership proposals will

be discussed among the committee members either in

formal committee meeting or over conference call/VC

and then forms will be signed with recommendation to

the board. Individual signature on a proposal form has

been discouraged.

3. Along with proposal forms a recent photo (PP

size) and a brief biography of the proposed members is

to be attached.

4. Committee has encouraged the addition of new

members in the unfilled classifications. Also suggested

to take deeper look upon some challenging occupation

which lead members attendance/contribution difficult.

5. All the applications were discussed in length and

unanimous recommendation against individual applica-

tions has referred to the board for decision.

---- Rtn SM Anwar Hossain MPHF, President Elect

and Chairman, Membership Recruitment, Assessment and

Classification committee

UPCOMING/ONGOING PROJECTS

1. The AusBangla Care for Dental (ABCD).

14th Camp (RY 2015-16)

Contact Rotarian: Rtn Abu Nawaz Bhuiyan.

Sponsor:

RCD, NGOF, RC Dee Why (Australia) and

RAWCS (Australia).

Date: Thursday, 28 January 2016

Venue: ARBAN School, Block - D, Bauniabad, Mirpur-

11, Dhaka.

2. Sewing Machine (5) to the Poor trained

Recipients.

Contact Rotarian: Rtn Nasim Majumder

Sponsor: RCD

Support: RCC Rowmari

Project: Handing over of 5 Sewing machines to 5

trained Operator. 4 recipients are in Rowmari,

Kurigram and 1 recipient is in Dhaka.

Date: Saturday, 30 January, 2016.

3. Handing over Cows.

Contact Rotarian: Rtn PP RI Rowly

Sponsors:

Rtn PP Rowly and his friends (28,000),

Rtn IPP Shaheed Siddique (7,000),

Rtn PP TIM Nurul Kabir (5,000).

Support:

President, Rotary Club of Gaibandha (will help to buy

the cows for the recipient).

Project: During Sleeping Kit project 2014, we

identified a recipient boy in Payraband, Rangpur

who was suffering from Leukemia. His father is a

day laborer. Unfortunately the boy died few months

ago. He exhausted all the little money he had for the

treatment. We have planned to give him two cows

by raising 40 thousand Taka.

Date: Saturday, 30 January, 2016

4. Note Book Distribution

Contact Rotarian: Rtn PP Capt Khaliquzzaman

Sponsor:

RCD (35,000),

Rtn PP Capt Khaliquzzaman (25,000)

Project: Our efforts to promot of education, cont-

inued with the project under which 4000 notebook

will be distributed to Comrade Ratan Sen Collegiate

Girls' School at Rupsha, Khulna. This school offering

free education to poor girls. There are 300 girls in

this school. All the education materials other than

free text books from Bangladesh Government are

offered for free. The school offers free nutritional

lunch, school uniform, footwear, educational tour

for their students with the help people from home

and abroad. Students are offered free medical

treatment with the help of some renowned Doctors

of Khulna city. It’s a continuous project.

Date: Sunday, 31 January, 2016.

Venue:

International Convention City Bashundhara, Dhaka

Registration Fee:

• Tk 3500/- per participant up to 10 February 2016

• Tk 4000/- from 11 – 20 February 2016.

Candidates for DGN Election 2018-2019.

1. Rtn PP Abul Fazal Mohammad Alamgir,

Rotary Club of Dhaka North East

2. Rtn PP Dr. Md. Shahadat Hossain,

Rotary Club of Uttara

3. Rtn CP Faridul Alam Newton,

Rotary Club of Aarong Dhaka

4. Rtn PP Dr. Anwar Hassan Noor,

Rotary Club of Dhaka Mid City

5. Rtn PP Syed Abu Sayeed,

Rotary Club of Metropolitan Khulna

BRAND AMBASSADOR OF ROTARY CLUB OF DHAKA – RTN PP K

MASUD UL ALAM, PHF HANDING OVER THE CLUB BANNER TO RTN

TERRY, PRESIDENT OF ROTARY CLUB OF WHITBY SUNRISE, CANADA

IN THEIR RWM ON JANUARY 21, 2016

Qutable Quotes:

“When a tree stops growing – it is ready to die….

A Rotary Club is like that: It is moving ahead only

when it is growing. When the growing ends, the

knife-and-fork club begins.”

- Charles G Tennent, RI President (1957-58):

Little Lessons in Rotary (Third Edition),

March 1978.

Dear Members of RCD,

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the Club in their Board Meeting held on 22nd January 2016

has accepted the proposal for membership of the following people. If no objection is received from the members

within seven (7) days from the date of issue of this notice, each prospective person will be informed of being

accepted as a member of RCD.

1. Name: Barrister Mohammad Siaam Al-Ddin Malik

Address: Flat # A5, Dhaka Tower, 3/1 Girda Urdu Road, Bakshi Bazar, Dhaka- 1211

Contact details: +8801675571580, E-mail: siaam_6600@hotmail.com

Classification: Legal Practitioner- Civil, Proposer: Rtn PP T I M Nurul Kabir MPHF B, PHS

2. Name: Dr. Syed Faheem Shams

Address: House# 315/1, Road# 15(west), Jigatola, Dhanmondi, Dhaka- 1209

Contact details: +8801712997514, E-mail: shamsfaheem@gmail.com

Classification: Medical Practitioner- Psychiatrist, Proposer: Rtn Barrister Shafayat Ullah PHF

3. Name: Mohammad Shamsuddoha Tapos

Address: Tanaka Tower (2nd Floor0, 42/1/ Gha, Shegun Bagicha, Dhaka- 1000

Contact details: +8801971800100, E-mail: tapos_bd@yahoo.com

Classification: Hospital Management, Proposer: Rtn Mahmud Hasan RFSM

4. Name: Yousuf Habib

Address: Plot# CWS(A)-1, Road# 34, Gulshan Avenue, Dhaka-1212

Contact details: +8801730320345, E-mail: yousuf.habib@ucb.com.bd

Classification: Commercial Banking, Proposer: Rtn Mahmud Hasan RFSM

Thanks and regards.

Yours in Rotary.

Rtn Barrister Shafayat Ullah PHF

Club Secretary

7 DAYS NOTICE