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No. 1008 Sun 03-Jul-2011
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CALENDAR
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Jul 15 Fri 6:30 pm
INTERCITY MEETING
Vidyamandir Hall, 1 Moira Street, Kolkata
RIP KALYAN BANERJEE to address.
MESSAGE FROM ANGSUMAN BANDYOPADHYAY
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3291 DISTRICT GOVERNOR
Dear Friends,
Welcome to Rotary Year 2011-2012. But please remember that it is not just another Rotary Year my friends, it is a very special year to all of us. In 366 days of our journey to Reach Within to Embrace Humanity, we should ensure that through our acts and deeds, we all must feel proud to be a Rotarian. Let's join hands together to serve humanity.
Jaya and Adrija join me in conveying our deepest regard to all of you my dear friends who stood by us and provided us the scope to serve together through our journey in Rotary. In the last 15 years, we not only got the opportunity to enjoy the company of numerous friends and their families, but also learnt a lot from our seniors and well wishers.
Rotary is a great journey. Once you are in it, then only you can feel it. Rotary teaches us to perform as better human being, ensures great bonding and family values, allows continuity in our work and provides us enough scope to change the world. In our 106 years of journey, we have proved it again and again with great humility.
I am sure that we all will be able to live up to the expectation and clarion call of our world leader Kalyan Banerjee. Both Binotadi and Kalyanda are God's gift to us and let us all pray for their great success in 2011-2012. We also congratulate RI Director Shekhar Mehta and Yash Pal Das and I am sure that they will also make all of us proud.
Our District 3291 has a great tradition of fellowship and service. During the last 13 months of our preparation, our entire Team including the Past District Governors have put tremendous efforts to bring a feel good effect and I am sure that those who attended those programs have enjoyed. Let us continue our journey and enjoy the Rotary Year 2011-2012.
Angsuman
RI PRESIDENT'S MONTHLY MESSAGE
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July 2011
My dear brothers and sisters in Rotary!
All of us in Rotary are looking to change the world – why else would we be Rotarians? We believe that our world can be happier, healthier, and more peaceful, and that we can create that better world through our service.
In 2011-12, I will ask Rotarians to Reach Within to Embrace Humanity. I will ask you to search first within yourselves, to understand that all of us, everywhere, have the same dreams, the same hopes, the same aspirations, and similar dilemmas. When we understand, and truly feel, that others’ needs are the same as our own, we begin to understand how important our work is. In the year ahead, we will have three emphases in our Rotary service.
Our first emphasis in this Rotary year will be the family. The family and the home are at the core of all our work – all our service begins here. And through the family, we approach all of our community and indeed, all of humanity, as an extended family, in which all members care for each other. In times of joy and in times of need, no one is ever alone.
Our second emphasis will be continuity – finding the things we do well and taking them to the next level. We must build on our successes, expand on them, and strive to do even more. Of course, our greatest obligation is to PolioPlus, where success is now so close.
And our third emphasis will be change. We must understand that true change can only begin with each of us, and start within us. We cannot share peace with others if we do not have it to give. We cannot look after the whole world without first looking after those closest to us: our families, our clubs, and our communities.
Mohandas K. Gandhi said, “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” In Rotary, we endeavor to live ethically and honestly, to share friendship and fellowship, to see equal worth in every human being. We are not interested in the lowest common denominator, for Rotary is anything but common. Instead, we work to elevate ourselves, elevate others, and thereby embrace the world.
Together, we will Reach Within to Embrace Humanity. And in peace, harmony, and friendship, we will bring change – and a more joyful world.
Kalyan Banerjee
President, Rotary International
TRUSTEE CHAIR'S MESSAGE - JULY 2011
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LET’S WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE 2011-12 A GREAT YEAR
I am excited, and I hope you are too, as we move into the new Rotary year. Our clubs and districts have new leaders, and we’ve set new goals for the year ahead. Everything we appreciate in Rotary remains constant, but the people and roles change.
Similarly, our Rotary Foundation has new trustees and a new chair, but our mission remains the same: to enable Rotarians to advance world peace through the improvement of health, support of education, and alleviation of poverty. This year, we’ve set three goals for the Foundation – not to replace our vision for the future, but to give us focus for the year.
Our first goal is to complete the eradication of polio. We took great steps forward in 2010. We cannot relax, however, as the outbreaks in Tajikistan and the Republic of the Congo remind us. Each of us can make a contribution to this, the greatest achievement in the history of Rotary.
Our second goal is that every one of us should feel that we own The Rotary Foundation. We can do that through our service and our contributions. This should be our Rotary Foundation.
The third goal is to make our Foundation more effective and efficient by testing and refining our Future Vision Plan. After a very positive first year, we need the pilot districts to tell us what works and what could be improved, and to develop new ways to serve. This also will be a preparation year for nonpilot districts. Think now how your district structure will change and how you will make decisions on grants and audits.
The strength of The Rotary Foundation, our Foundation, is not determined by the trustees. What we can do is determined by you. Please support us, and together let us make 2011-12 another great Rotary year.
Bill Boyd
Foundation Trustee Chair
Regards
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PP Dr Dipak R Sarbadhikari
RC Calcutta, D-3291, India
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