RI PUBLIC IMAGE GRANT

My Dear PeaceMaker District Team, Assistant Governors and Presidents:

My fellow Rotarians in RID 3850:

It is with great pleasure that I inform our beloved district that our District Wide PR grant application has recently been approved by Rotary International.

Special recognition is accorded to PP Jun Arceo, PR District Committee Chair, for his unwavering commitment to this project.

With this pioneering endeavor, we will be showcasing "humanity in motion" and " up close" video materials in cable Tv all over our district. Respective Zone and individual Rotary club meeting details and contact numbers will be added to the presentation.

In so doing, we have taken that first step in fulfilling the Magic Circle for the coming year. With this District Wide PR grant, we will have a significant increase in Membership, which will then translate to more contributions for the Rotary Foundation.

Keep up the excellent work for our beloved District.

May God bless District 3850.

DG Biboy Jocson

103rd Rotary International Convention

Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabron
Walailak Akra Rajakumari of Thailand

Bangkok, Thailand. The 103^rd Rotary International convention is now held in Thailand with hosts President Kaylan Banerjee and the RI Board of Directors from May 6 to 10, 2012 at the biggest Compact Exhibition and Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand. Impact convention center is one of Asia’s largest and modern exhibition and convention center and with state of the art technology and with 5-star ultra modern facilities. Together with the host partners are The Rotary Foundation Trustees, the 2012 Bangkok Convention Committee, the 2012 Host Organization Committee and host districts 3330, 3340, 3350 and 3360 of Thailand.  They welcomed the more or less 1.2 million Rotarians from more than 200 countries all over the world.

At the plenary convention, there are simultaneous interpretations available in French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Thai.  At the Opening of the plenary session today (May 6, 2012), no less than Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabron Walailak Akra Rajakumari of Thailand delighted the delegates with her presence.

During the welcome remarks by the Convention Chair O.P. Vaish of the Rotary Club of Delhi Mid-Town, India, he said that coming together in the world convention is a commitment by each Rotarian to be innovators of change in the years to come. He said, “We have come from more than 200 countries, with different culture but united in one purpose, to make a difference. The flag of each country, each is representing the truth, courage, peace and unity in diversity.”

CP Lim of Malaysia, PN Lando Navarra of RC Metro Kalibo,
PP Megs of RC Roxas, and Pres. William of Myrtle USA

The program also recognized each the more than 200 country flags presented by RI Director Shekhar Mehta of the Rotary Club of Calcutta-Mahanagar West Bengal, India.  He also welcomed the new Rotary clubs from the Republic of Nauru, South Sudan and Bhutan. This was followed by Ms. Sung Tata Yang, the most well loved classic Thai singer, who sang the National Anthem of Thailand, being the host country to the 103^rd Rotary International Convention, while Chin-chin Bhosle of India did the performance of the National Anthem of India.

The Aide of RI President Julio Sorjus of the Rotary Club of Barcelona Condal, Spain introduces RI President Kalyan Banerjee (RC Vapi, Gujarat, India) and his family. After which, this was followed by his welcome address.

RI Pres. Kaylan Banerjee in his speech reminded the delegates why they are brought together by Rotary in the theme, “Reaching within to Embrace Humanity.” He said, “Just look around you and be the change you want the world to see. Start within your family. The world is a better place than a year ago. The changes that have been changed are what you did. The change is because of you, for what you have done in the family, for what you have achieved in the community. It is because you have achieved to embrace humanity.

Pres. Kaylan Banerjee

Pres. Kaylan was overwhelmed by the attendance of the Rotarians from all over the world. With pride and joy, he mentioned some life changing experience and visit around the clubs in the world, through the club’s project and community outreach program done by the different clubs.  For him, each Rotarian has touched one life, making the world safer, healthier and hopeful. Kenya is one example for teaching the community sustain a livelihood project program; in New York, they sponsored a camp to embrace the disabled children and adults; the Shelter Box America had been providing shelters to afflicted disaster area victims; India started a literacy program for the poor but deserving students, envisioning a 200% literacy rate in year 2017; Rotarians caring for cancer patients, disabled and others who are still the state of poverty and repair and many other amazing service projects.  “There is so much to do in the world that we need to see around us,” he added. He even mentioned that when he visited Rome, His Holiness Pope smiles when he hears about Rotary.

Now, some government sought Rotary engagement to help solve problems in the society. By raising the public image, Rotary creates awareness to others who needed help. He also encouraged fellow Rotarians to let the people know of what Rotary does in the community. For him, Rotary is family, we help each other to bring family together to understand what we do in Rotary, so that the future will be there too. He encouraged them to get their family involved and to make Rotary part of their family, too.

Rotary’s public image is one of the thrusts of the Rotary’s program.  Thousands of Rotary links social media as a way to strengthen its network, to improve and develop more the Rotary’s profile to show the world what they do and connect themselves with others, too. This way, they put value to what they do, locally and globally. To inspire people even more, Pres. Kaylan reiterated that social media is a good way to inform the public what is Rotary, who are the Rotarians and what they do in the community. Rotary End Polio now is a landmark of success in creating major Rotary thrusts in public image.

Rotary Club of Roxas delegates led by Pres. Mariz Gepilano

“We can’t enjoy the warmth of a good heart when others are cold. The reason we gather in Bangkok, is part of something greater than ourselves. Everyone of us has given the resources to recognize it, appreciate it and share to others, so you know how much you can give,” Kaylan at the end of his speech.

Rotary convention is a life-enriching experience, making the 103^rd Rotary International Convention in Bangkok is the second highest in attendance after the 2008 world convention.  There is more learning opportunity lined-up for the 5-day convention for all the Rotarians to learn and bring home. The next 104^th Rotary International convention will be held in Lisbon, Portugal. 

DISCON FESTIVAL 2012

REACH WITHIN TO EMBRACE HUMANITY

By: PP Megs S. Lunn

PDG Jason Chan of RC Peak, Hongkong as RIPR

More than 600 Rotarians from Western Zamboanga, Panay Island, Negros and Guimaras province participated in this year’s Rotary International District 3850 held last April 11-14, 2012 at the Kalantiao Hall, Sarabia Manor Hotel, Iloilo City with the theme – “Reaching Within to Embrace Humanity.”

ROTARY PEACE FOR SERVICE: IDG Biboy Jocson,
M/Gen. J. Mabanta, Jr. and Gov. Melvin Dela Serna

The three-day conference brought Rotarians together to showcase their festival costume and dances during the 1^st day of the Opening Day and Fellowship Night at Plazuela De Iloilo, like the Dinagyang of Iloilo City, Hermosa Festival of Zambonga City, Masskara Festival of Bacolod City, Lami-Lamihan Festival of Basilan, Udyahan Festival of Kabakanlan, Patuyaw of Antique and Ati-Atihan Festival of Aklan, the second day was filled up with seasoned speakers invited from other districts, Rotary Got Talent, Ballroom competition and awards night, and the third day was for business meetings.

Warming Up with Gov. Melvin, Spouse Fe, the GSE Team
and PDG Jason Chan

Speakers were former Isabela Governor Ma. Grace Cielo Padaca, the founder of Kaya Natin:  A movement for Good Governance and Ethical Leadership; PDG Dave M. Villanueva, currently the District Trainer of District 3850 and has been an RI President Representative; Arizza Ann S. Nocum, the youngest among the speakers who is 17 years old and is the Administrator of Kristiyano-Islam Peace Library and currently taking up BS Engineering at UP Diliman, Q.C.; Mae Paner a.k.a. Juana Change is a political activist, a TV commercial film director and actor for stage, film and television; Charter President of the Rotary Club of Centennial Quezon City -  Nominee Erlynda R. Mijares; Dr. Gilbert C. Vilela, the chief of Coronary Artery Disease Section of the Phil. Heart Center, Mr. Abner Tayco from RC Olongapo and is a Response Team Member of ShelterBox Disaster Relief Philippines;  MGen. Jose Mabanta, Jr. of the Philippine Air Force; Mr. Jesse Francis N. Rebustilllo, President of the Philippine Society for Training and Development and consultant of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Meanwhile, the spouses of Rotarians has also their own plenary session and program held separately on the last day of the conference with speakers Ms Patricia Ann Chang Caro from Hawaii, a professional dancer, Polynesian teacher, choreographer & designer, and Ms. Esther Lou P. Altea from Illinois, USA who is now a volunteer social worker in the Good Shepherd Center for the Elderly in Binirayan Hills, San Jose, Antique.

Gov.Melvin Dela Serna, Ms. Nocum
and PDG Jason Chan

Rotarians and guests were cordially greeted by Iloilo City Mayor Jed Mabilog where he gave emphasis how the organization Rotary International have helped and is bridging the people to reach within through government partnerships, assisted by other NGO’s, too;  while Congressman Jerry Trenas on the other hand, in his message, was amazed how the work of Rotary International brought about positive change and motivated other businessmen and professionals to practice their professions through The Four Way Test – 1. Is it the truth? 2. Is it fair to all concerned? 3. Will it build goodwill and better friendship?  4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

RI President Kaylan Banerjee believes that in order to achieve anything in this world, a person has to use all the resources he can draw on. And the only place to start is with our selves and within ourselves, thus, the theme “Reaching Within to Embrace Humanity.”

The Author with PP Boy Lee

The Rotary International president Kaylan Banerjee was represented by PDG Jason Chan of the Rotary of the Peak, Hongkong. “I congratulate your District Governor Melvin Dela Serna for an outstanding year. You have been working extremely hard in particular with the production of one of the most updated and informed newsletters in the Asian Region sharing with you all the remarkable work of District 3850,” Chan said in his special message during the opening of the plenary session.

A district conference is an annual meeting showcasing club and district activities. It is also a Rotary family event the mixes fellowship with learning and allows you to become more directly involved with the planning of the district’s future. It is at the district conferences where club can become even more aware of the ways in which Rotary is making the world a better place. 

Note: This article will come up in the PRM (as per advised by PRM Editor) soon and have posted in some Provincial and Regional Newspaper, too, for Rotary Public Image.

l to r - PP Megs Lunn, Sarah Page, PP Gareth Chessman, Helen Joseph and Gemma Bright, the GSE Team 2012
from Wales, District 1150. This was taken after the live radio interview with RGMA DYRU Kalibo.

Host Anchor:
PP Megs Lunn of  the Aklan Press Club, Inc.

DIOLCH YN FAWR

Welcome to the Philippines and to our club. Have fun guys! See you at DISCON 2012!!!

PROJECT W.A.L.K.

Clouds Lunn (daughter of PP Megs, JC and Joerily Maming)

Interactor Clouds Lunn (RC Kalibo) is shaking hands with RC Roxas & RC Forbes Park latest Project WALK beneficiary of prosthetic arm - JC Maming (with his Dad in the picture) during the latter's arrival from Manila just recently. "Cool" as Clouds would describe it, "thank you to Project WALK." 

With this, RC Forbes and RC Roxas is opening its door to all applicants (kids/adults) without arms to avail our new functional prosthetic arms ...we need 50 applicants  so we can schedule a group of Doctors to visit Roxas or Aklan for the WALK program.

Just send your list of names, contact details, pictures of the patient/affected arms and DSWD study (indigent's profile) to my email. We welcome all applicants around the island of Panay and its neighboring islands, too. 

Thank you JC for the opportunity to be of service to you and for opening the door of opportunity to serve more. 

MEET OUR IDG AND DGN

PP MARK ORTIZ

District 3850 Governor Nominee - 2013-2014

PP RAFAEL "BIBOY" JOCSON

District 3850 Incoming Governor - 2012-2013

DTTS IN CAPSULE

“Time flies,” as current Governor Melvin Dela Serna uttered during his opening remarks at the District Team Training Seminar for 2012-2013, last February 25, 2012, at the O Hotel, Bacolod City. Governorship in Rotary is only one year and they serve July 1 to June 30 of each year.

DTTS as we shortly called it, is the first of the series of training each Rotary Year, and Gov. Melvin said, it is an indispensable training seminar for those incoming district team and thereafter. DTTS define the roles and responsibilities of each team member. We always open our mind that as Rotarian, we are still students in Rotary – where we both have goals to attain the vision and mission of the district. As he reminded everyone in the plenary that, “many were called, but few are chosen.”

We enjoy Rotary as we do our best to come together in a fellowship and friendship, and in Rotary, laughter are wider and smiles wider.

Our incoming governor for 2012-2013 – PP Biboy Jocson (RC Bacolod North) is a full time physician by profession. As he accepts the challenge of the next Rotary year, he will be a part time Physician and a fulltime Rotarian soon. He is so proud to share that his spouse, Emily, will be joining him in his journey to greater heights for our district (3850) and together, they look forward to the team’s cooperation and full support.

On his speech, IDG Biboy is humbled by the presence of the district leaders as they are challenged together to achieve R.I. President Sakuji’s theme: PEACE THROUGH SERVICE. This coming Rotary year, we are to look back into the Rotary basics of Rotary where it serves as our lifeblood and to derive source of opportunity to address the need of the community. Peace through service is not a literal meaning, but rather, to serve and seize every opportunity to promote our vocation and instill peace and harmonious life through service.

Roles and responsibilities of each district team were facilitated by District Trainer – PDG Nanette Garcia, together with seasoned facilitator/speakers in Rotary like the person of PDG Chick Garcia, PDG Dave Villanueva, IPDG James Makasiar, DGN Mark Ortiz and PP Leilanie Alba (ABS- CBN).

PDG Nanette said, “DTTS is an excellent avenue to come together to identify challenges and direction of what we are to face in the next Rotary year. We provide adequate tools and skills to prepare each one and to open our mind to opportunity to learn and share.”

Yours truly, I was inspired to see how strong, organized and pro-active the members of the new district teams are and that we were all well-motivated to join IDG Biboy to his quest for Peace through Service.

Incoming Rotary International Sakura himself inspired all the incoming Governors to enhance public image through peace and prevention of conflict in all areas of Rotary Future Visions on peace and conflict prevention/resolution; disease prevention and treatment; water and sanitation; maternal and child health; basic education and literacy; and economic and community development. Sakura has this to say, “it not enough to just work hard, you need to know where you are headed, what do you want to accomplish and to make every member involved in each project so they will understand that success depends on them, to create a more peaceful world.”

One of the highlights of DTTS is the Rotary Moment. Where each one has to stand to give a 3-min talk on why Rotary is life-changing.  We called it the - ROTARY MOMENT. Through life-changing stories, we have served as the walking ambassador of goodwill, with the hope to inspire and change the world around us. This was facilitated by PP Leilani Alba – a TV personality of ABS-CBN Bacolod. Incoming Gov. Biboy believes that each member has a life-changing moment while serving in Rotary. 

Yours truly was inspired when I was elected the 1^st lady president of the Rotary Club of Kalibo, where in one of hundreds of moments I had experienced, was because of Arnel, our 1^st Project Walk beneficiary in 2008. Arnel taught me how to be selfless and made me realized that, people are the most precious in life; PP Bert Nellas became tear eyed remembering the children with hydrocephalus in which he saw their faces of transformation while caring for them; PP Jack Po, because of sight saver founded Cataract Foundation and have treated more than 35 thousands of operation around the country that changed his outlook in Rotary; Rtn. Joel found inner peace, fulfillment with serving the underprivileged children and is willing to ‘die a little’ just to share himself time to serve through Rotary; Current governor Melvin Dela Serna found himself ‘marrying’ Rotary first and learned to know himself better by sacrificing sleepless nights to be able to deliver good results, his resiliency was tested through the many adversities he went through and said, “no tantamount of problem can overcome being a Rotarian”; Pres. Bruce Hall found faith in Rotary, for him it’s like going to church, where everyday he comes to the weekly Rotary meeting, it helps him learn things about our country, our people, listening to their stories and that every single week his involvement become stronger and better; some funny-inspiring stories of some Rotarians like PP Jun-Jun Arceo, where he went inside the comfort room and coming out a club president of his club and like many others, there were some who were elected in absencia, and was forced to become club president or member in Rotary, and realizing in the end, they found no regrets of joining; and lastly, PP Mike said, “I am a Rotarian, and Rotary will always be me.”

The training/seminar ended with a blast as fellowship was dinner hosted by IDG Biboy and spouse Emily Jocson, we all came to enjoy each other’s company and discovered each talent, where everyone was taught by PP Buting, how to sing – BUTTER –FLY – BUTTERFULY! (to the tune of Paro-Parong Bukid).

In discussing Peace through Service, we have a high regard for fellowship where we can promote and give peace a chance, through Service above Self.

THE EXECUTIVE BOARD

RC FORBES PARK, MAKATI

(sister club of RC Roxas)

before

Dear Pres. Bert,

Happy Anniversary Rotary International - 107 years of Humanitarian Service! 

Thank you everyone for making JAYCEE's dreams come true. After four years, we are still making dreams real!

PP Ed, the brain of W.A.L.K., you don't know how much you have touched many hearts through WALK and through your untiring efforts in making things possible. You have never stopped seizing the day with opportunity to be of service and for reaching within to embrace humanity. 

after (with his father and PP Ed Escano, founder of WALK)

To all your staff and club members who amazingly followed through the projects and beneficiaries of WALK, words are not enough to express my deepest gratitude to you all. May God continue to give  you strength and may we all continue to strive to make a difference in the life of others through PROJECT WALK. Please extend our sincerest THANK YOU to all the WALK's silent benefactors, too. 

You have genuinely inspired me to do more and become better each day. Rotary, indeed is life- changing! God bless your golden heart! 

Yours in Rotary Service,

PP Megs Lunn

Project WALK Coordinator

RC Roxas, D3850

VISITING ROTARY CLUBS

1st pic caption - Visiting Rotary Club of Ormoc Bay with their Taghoy Clinic

at OSFA Medical Center. Dr. Roland Tomaro (Volunteer Surgeon) and 

Dr. Sandra Angelica Chiong, hospital director are both members of 

RC Ormoc Bay, Ormoc City. (February 10, 2012)

2nd pic caption - Incoming Dist. Gov of D3860 Perok Rodriguez, PP Megs Lunn 

and Dr. Jaime Yrastorza of Uplift Internationale and RC Wheatridge, Colorado D5450, USA.

(February 10, 2012)

3rd pic caption - Pres. Roy Lotzof and DGN Edgar Chiongbian of RC Cebu, D3860

The 2nd oldest Rotary Club in Cebu. (make up meeting on February 9, 2012

at Cebu Marriott Hotel)

PP Megs Lunn (RC Roxas) Dr. Christine Conowski and 

Dr. Jerry Capoot of Operation Taghoy and Incoming Gov. Biboy Jocson

of RC Bacolod North. Taken at THE RUINS during a city tour of Bacolod City (Feb. 4, 2012) 

With P. Chito, IP Jenet, Rtn. Tom and PP Ricky of

Rotary Club of Silay (D3850). (February 7, 2012)

PP Jaime Yrastorza of RC Wheatridge, Colorado D5450 and

P. Alex Lee of RC Bacolod North (Febuary 7, 2012).

HAPPY 107TH ANNIVERSARY!!!!
February 23

Peace Through Service

Sakuji Tanaka
RI President-elect

Good morning.

It is a great honor to be here, standing before all of you: our new district governors for the
2012-13 Rotary year.

Rotary has been at the center of my life for many years. I did not know it at the time, but the
day I joined Rotary in 1975 was the day I set my first step on the path to a different future.
Before I joined Rotary, my view of the world was narrow. I was the fourth of eight children.
We were poor, and so was nearly everyone we knew. I had never met anyone who was not
Japanese.

Every week, I walked with my mother 20 kilometers to the market, to sell vegetables. This
was as far as I went, and as much as I saw of the world beyond my village.

I dreamed of travel. I dreamed of seeing other cities, other countries. I wondered what they
were like.

Since then, I have traveled a great deal. I have seen more of the world than I ever imagined.
But nothing has broadened my vision as much as the perspective I have gained through
Rotary.

Before I was a Rotarian, I saw only what was in front of me. I saw my business, my family,
my customers, and my competitors. When I traveled, I saw only what I knew to look at.
But I did not see beyond that. I did not look for context. I did not look past what I believed
was relevant to me.

One day, I was asked to join the Rotary Club of Yashio. And it was two years later that
someone came and spoke to us about the idea of vocational service. From that day, slowly, I
began to change. I realized that the purpose of my life was not just to earn more, to sell
more, to make my business better than anyone else’s. I realized that I wanted to have better
goals and higher goals — both personally and professionally. I realized that for me, the
most important thing in life was being useful to other people.

And I realized that by helping others, even in the simplest of ways, I could help to build
peace.

We hear the word peace every day. We hear it in the news, we use it in conversation, and
we talk about it a great deal in Rotary. But most of us spend very little time thinking about
what peace is, and what that word means.

On its simplest level, peace can be defined by what it is not. It is a state of no war, no
violence, and no fear. It means that you are not in danger of hunger or persecution or the
suffering of poverty.

But we can also define peace by what it is, and by what it can be. Peace can mean freedom
of thought and of speech, freedom of opinion and of choice, and the ability for selfdetermination. It can mean security, confidence in the future: a life and home in a stable
society.

On a more abstract level, peace can mean a sense of happiness, of inner serenity, of calm.
The truth is that peace means different things to different people. No definition is right, and
no definition is wrong. However we use the word, this is what peace means for us.
And however we use the word, however we understand peace, Rotary can help us to
achieve it.

Rotary helps us to meet the basic needs of others: to provide health care, sanitation, food,
and education when and where it is most needed.
It helps to meet the inner needs as well, for friendship, connection, and caring.
And Rotary helps us to build peace in its most traditional sense, by reducing the causes of
conflict. It builds bridges of friendship and tolerance among people and nations. It helps us
to understand each other.

Through our service, we learn that the problems that may seem large to us are really very
small. We learn empathy for others. We come closer to people who seem very different
from us. And we begin to understand how alike we really are.

Through our Rotary service, we learn that cooperation is more productive than conflict. We
learn to value each other, as human beings with human strengths and weaknesses. We
learn that every one of us has something to give, and every one has something to teach.
To me, Service Above Self is more than just a motto. It is a way of life — one that will make
any life richer and more meaningful.

Putting Service Above Self allows us to focus our energies on what is truly important. We
put the common good above our own. We prioritize others’ needs over our own desires.
We think less about ourselves and more about what is best for everyone. And in this way,
we help to build the foundation for a more peaceful world.

This is why, in 2012-13, our Rotary theme will be Peace Through Service.
Because however we define peace, whatever peace means to us, we can bring it closer
through service.

Service Above Self reminds us that none of us can live for ourselves alone. A life lived in
isolation is empty and without joy. But when we live for others — when we focus on our
role within our family, our community, and all humanity — then we begin to realize our
own place in the world.

I am part of the first generation to grow up in Japan after a terrible war. I think it is natural
that we now place a great priority on peace. We saw where militarism brought our country.
And we also saw the great economic growth that came when our nation made the choice to
change our way of thinking, and to embrace peace.

This was the decision that allowed Japan to grow and thrive. It allowed new generations of
children to grow up in safety, to become educated, to improve their lives. It fundamentally
changed the Japanese attitude toward other countries and cultures.

It caused us to open our minds, to become more tolerant, to seek greater understanding.
And it allowed us to redirect our energies toward positive goals. In Japan, it is traditional to
prioritize the needs of the society over the needs of the individual. This has always been
part of our culture. In the weeks and months following the great earthquake and disaster of
last March, this was what helped us to survive and rebuild.

This is a lesson that I think the whole world can learn from, in a positive way. When we see
the needs of others as more important than our own needs — when we focus our energies
on a shared goal that is for the good of all — this changes everything. It changes our
perceptions. It changes how we relate to the world. It changes our priorities in a completely
fundamental way.

And it changes how we understand the idea of peace.

For me, the idea of Peace Through Service does not involve any complicated philosophy. I
am not a philosopher. I am a salesman. And over many years of business, I have learned
that ultimately, the only way to a successful business is happy customers. When my
customers are happy, my business grows. And this makes me happy in turn — not only
because my business is doing well, but because I am glad to see that I have made others
happy.

In business and in life, in order to get where you want, you have to know where you are
going. In Rotary, we have made the decision to adopt the goals and priorities of the RI
Strategic Plan as the roadmap for our organization.

To support the implementation of the strategic plan, RI will no longer have presidential
emphases that change every year. This decision will help us to have greater continuity in
our service, and achieve more significant goals over the long term.

And so, in 2012-13, I will ask you to focus the energies of your clubs on the three priorities
of the RI Strategic Plan: to support and strengthen clubs, to focus and increase
humanitarian service, and to enhance public image and awareness.

I will ask you also to help promote the three Rotary global peace forums that we will be
holding in Hiroshima, Berlin, and Honolulu. You will be learning more about these
important events during this assembly. I hope that many of you will become involved and
make it a priority to attend.

In Rotary, our business is not profit. Our business is peace. Our reward is not money, but
the happiness and satisfaction of seeing a better, more peaceful world — one that we have
achieved through our own efforts.

In this Rotary year, I ask you to put Peace Through Service at the forefront of your Rotary
work.

And I ask you to understand that peace, in all of the ways that we can understand it, is a
real goal and a realistic goal for Rotary. Peace is not something that can only be achieved
through treaties, by governments, or through heroic struggles. It is something that we can
find and that we can achieve, every day and in many simple ways.

And so I ask you all to commit to a Rotary year of Peace Through Service — and a Rotary
goal of a more peaceful world.

Thank you

Dear PEs for RY 2012-13,




One thing great about assuming the presidency of your Rotary Club is that before you become President, you have two things going for you.First, you have 1 year as PE to learn, observe and formulate your vision for your club that prepares you better for the job. Second, even before you assume your role on July 1, 2012 for RY 2012-13, training and seminars are provided to equip you in making your club bigger, better and bolder.Our incoming District Governor, Biboy Jocson, believes that there is no substitute to a good preparation in making our plans for our club. So as early as now, we are posting the schedules for the different training and seminars for you. Kindly book the following dates in your calendar:

1. President-Elect Training Seminar (PETS) ( all zones) ......March 9, 2012 O Hotel, Bacolod City

2. DISTAS Zone 5,6,7 March 10, 2012 O Hotel, Bacolod City Zone 1,2,3,4 April 12, 2012 Venue - to be announced Zone 8,9 April 28, 2012 Venue - to be announced Zone 10,11 April 21, 2012 Venue - to be announced

We hope to see all of you in these dates.

Thank you.

PP Jude DoctoraIncoming District Secretary RY 2012-13

R.I. CONVENTION 2012

Register now for the 2012 RI Convention in Bangkok, Thailand, 6-9 May, and enjoy an unforgettable experience in the Land of a Thousand Smiles! Enjoy Thai hospitality. Make friends with fellow Rotarians from around the world. Take in spectacular sights. Taste delicious Thai cuisine. Experience a vibrant culture. Renew your commitment to Service Above Self. And have fun in a world class city.  (http://www.rotary.org/)


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