Bangalore Post

From the District Governor

Volume 5 May 2011 Number 3 & 4

From the District Secretary

BULLETIN OF BANGALORE DISTRICT II, SOUTH INDIA REGION, INDIA AREA Read this at: www.issuu.com/leadserve

Editorially Speaking

Dear fellow Y’s men

A very hectic and eventful Y’s yearfor Bangalore District II is comingto an end.

We had an excellent start with allactive clubs installing their office-bearers in time and then attendingthe first council and PST Trainingin record numbers. The first maincelebration of the year wasOnotsavam 2011, which was a grandsuccess with the highest level ofcompetitions witnessed by a fullhouse.

Sports was held at some of the bestfacilities in Bangalore. Thebadminton competition was held atthe Karnataka BadmintonAssociation courts on 1 November2011 and the track and field eventsat Kanteerava Stadium on 27November and 10 December 2011.Congratulations to Metro,Millennium, Carmalaram andBarons for finishing as the top fourteams. The strong competition fromyoung clubs like Barons,Carmalaram, Gardenia, Northwestand Silicon City was greatlyencouraging.

Christmas and New Yearcelebrations were held at the ECAAuditorium on 22 January 2012under the able leadership of Ym K.T.Paul. In the carol-singingcompetition held that evening,Gardenia, Barons, Millennium andMidtown were the top four teams.Barons won the cake-decorationcompetition while Metro finishedsecond. The evening was sponsoredby the Arattukulam Group and wethank the generosity of Ym TonyVincent and his company. Theprogramme was well-organised andthe credit for that surely goes to YmK.T.Paul, the chairman of theorganising committee.

This year we also facilitatedorganising the Menettes, Youth &

Lings Nite. TheMenettes, underthe leadership ofYmt LeenaKurian, YmtSeegla Louis andYmt Sunita Tonydid a sterling job and made the Nitea grand success.

A TOF (Time of Fast) dinner wasorganised for the first time by ourDistrict and a seminar on TOF wasalso held that day. Area President,Ym Isaac Palathinkal was the chiefguest and he gave an excellentpresentation on taking up TOFprojects. Our IPRD, Ym JacobVarghese and Ymt Susan Jacob ofCantonment Club enlightened uswith talks about the TOF projectstheir Clubs have undertaken.

All the District Councils were well-attended and I thank all the clubsfor the same. We had regular DistrictCabinet meetings and thediscussions were lively and fruitful.A special thanks to my cabinetcolleague. Ym Johney John, districttreasurer for his support.Communications from all clubs wereprompt and I thank all the secretariesfor the same. Special mentionshould be made here about Ym SunilKulamackal of Millennium Club andYm Daly Joseph of Silicon City Club.My thanks are due to the recordingsecretaries at the three Councils –Ym Jose Vettickal, Ym SunnyKuruvilla and Ym Jom James fordoing a good job of recording thediscussions at the councils. I wouldalso like to congratulate thechairman of Training andCommunications, Ym KoshyMathew for bringing out someexcellent bulletins this year.

Finally, I take this opportunity tothank our DG, Ym Louis Paulose forreposing his faith in me and givingme invaluable support throughoutthis Y’s year.

With warm regards,

Ym. Raju P.UDistrict Secrtary.

We have come to the end of the Y’s year and this is the lastissue of the bulletin for the current year. Owing to situationsbeyond control we had to skip the third issue which shouldhave been released in February at the third Council meeting.Hence this issue contains news that cover the span of twocouncil meetings, which is why the issue is numbered as 3and 4.

Getting news has not been easy and those who sent their pieces have beenkeenly following up with additional information. On behalf of the districtteam, let me thank all club leaders who cooperated in publishing the bulletinsthis year, both by way of news pages and by sponsoring its cost of production.A special word of thanks to Ym Johney John of National Press, who oftenhad to execute last-minute jobs for us.

With all good wishes,Koshy MathewBulletin Editor

Dear Y’s Men,

As I write these lines there is a senseof satisfaction for what our Districthas accomplished during the lastten months. Still the questionremains, have we lived up to ourmotto? Did we acknowledge ourduty? Were we charitable enoughwith our time and resources?

We had excellent participation inall the programmes this year withour members giving their best inevery area. This created a space forfellowship among members andkept the flock together. It is nowpertinent to see if these eventstranslated into executingcommunity projects. This year weexecuted projects worth nearlyRs.20 lakh including internationalprojects. Let us introspect to see ifwe, in our individual capacity,contributed proportionally.Our district has set a new standardin almost every arena. Our fellow-ship was among the best throughvarious cultural programmes. Ourmembers met, competed, collabo-rated and networked with eachother. Every opportunity to del-

egate leader-ship was suc-cessfully ex-ecuted. Wehave con-sciously builtup a secondline of leader-ship. I knowin the days to come these new lead-ers will take up higher responsibili-ties as they have been tested andtried.All this would not have beenpossible without a strong andcommitted team. I was fortunateenough to have some of the bestmembers in my District Cabinetand an equally competent team ofPresidents and club officers. I takethis opportunity to thank each oneof them who have directly orindirectly extended their supportto me.This is also the time to wish the newteam under the leadership of YmMathew Kurian all the very best.We need to give him the samesupport you gave to me.

Ysm. Louis PauloseDistrict Govenor

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News from the Clubs

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Millennium

Ym Tony Vincent, who contributed Rs. 100,000through the Millennium Club to Asha Neketan beinggreeted by its officials during their visit to the club

Ym P.V. Kurian being honoured by RD for hiscontribution towards Y’s Extension Support, making

him eligible to receive the YES Gold Award from IHQ

Ym Tony Vincent handing over his contributionto Ym P.V. Kurian, ASD for YES. Ym Tony will also

receive the YES Gold Award from IHQ

Past President of Millennium, Ym Abraham Chackobeing honoured by RD for his significant contribution

to Roll Back Malaria (RBM) project.

RD Ym N. Ramesh being honoured by theMillennium Club President Ym K.T. Paul and

Menette’s President Ymt Shini Paul

DG-Elect Ym Mathew Kurian being greeted byRD for his contribution to the Endowment Fund by

becoming an Honour Roll Member (HRM)

Barons

Members of the Bangalore-Barons Club celebrated Christmas on 18 December 2011 with the inmates of Snehadan on Sarjapur Road. Snehadan houses over a hundredHIV+ children. Members shared snacks and gifts with them. Pic on far left: Ysm President Mathew Manoj hands over a cheque for Rs.10,000 to the Director of Snehadan

Bangalore

Y’sling Soniya hands over a New Year greeting card shemade to Monisha of Infant Jesus Children’s Home. Monishais supported every month by the Menettes. Y’s Men alsodonated a sum of Rs. 20,000 to the Home this year

GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT: Ym K.C. Samuel being honoured by NGO heads for his tuition fee-free sponsorship ofthree underprivileged students at Hindustan Academy. Left: Mr. Pramod John, chief functionary of Prakruthi andbeneficiaries Jayaprakash (who completed his diploma in automobile engineering) and Shanti (computer sciencecourse) hand over a memento in the presence of RD Ym Ramesh. Right: Asst. Director of RLHP-Mysore, MsSaraswathi and Roshan (who completed his BBM) hand over the memento. These students have been identified,sponsored and mentored by members of the Y’s Men’s Club of Bangalore with the cooperation of these NGOs.

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For the Y’s Men’s Club of Bangalore Metropolitan, it has been a year of projects although thetotal membership of the club is only nine. Ym T.T. Paul, President of the Club writes that nearlya lakh of rupees has been spent to help the needy. Here is a list of major contributions:

1. In July 2011, the Club expended Rs. 12,000 to enable little Marie Veda acquire astanding frame and callipers.

2. In August 2011, the Club donated Rs.15,000 to help a poor patient at RudrappaNursing Home to conduct an eye surgery and for contact lenses.

3. In September 2011, a sum of Rs.3,500 was donated to a cancer patient who wasneeding treatment very urgently.

4. In October 2011, the Club helped an orphan girl in Idukki with her marriage expenseswith a contribution of Rs. 10,000.

5. Watchman Rajanna received Rs. 10,000 in December to reconstruct his house whichcollapsed during the unseasonal rains in Bangalore.

6. A sum of Rs. 15,000 was donated to the Globe Eye Foundation, Bangalore, inJanuary 2012 to conduct free eye surgeries for the economically weaker sections at thathospital.

7. Once again, in February 2012, a sum of Rs. 15,000 was donated to a person whounderwent eye surgery at Rudrappa Nursing Home, Bangalore.

Well done, Metropolitans!

Glimpses from the Menettes, Youth and Lings Nite – 11 February 2012

Metropolitan

Little Marie Veda with her calipers

Y’s Menettes and youth with their floral arrangements

Left: Ymt Seegla Louis, first lady of the Distrct, lighting the lamp marking the inauguration of Nite watched by YmtValsa Kurian and Ymt Leena Kurian, Coordinator for Y’s Menettes activities in the District, and others. Right:

Menettes deressed up in their best to walk the ramp in a fashion show during the occasion.

Y’s lings had a good time with colours. Over 30 children took part in the paintingcompetition held just prior to the inauguration of the Nite

EXHIBITION OF TALENT: Y’s lings and youth showcased their stage talents during the cultural show segment

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District Christmas and New Year Celebrations – 22 January 2012

Edited and published by Ym Koshy Mathew (koshym@gmail.com / 98450-36147) for Bangalore District II of South India Regionof Y’s Men International India Area. Printed at National Printing Press, Bangalore. For private circulation only.

A new club, jointly sponsored by the Y’s Men’s Clubs of Bangalore-Gardenia and BangaloreMidtown was inaugurated in Mysore on Saturday, 5th of May 2012. Named the Y’s Men’sClub of Mysore Heritage City, it has 19 charter members. Dr. Gerry Pais and Ms Mary Sujathahave been named President and secretary, respectively. At the well-attended inaugural functionat Sujatha Residency Hotel, Mysore, Mr. K.B. Ganapathy, editor-in chief of the famous eveningtabloid Star of Mysore, lit the lamp along with other dignitaries marking the beginning of therejuvenation of Y’sdom in Mysore. DG Ym Louis Paulose inducted the new members and RDYm N. Ramesh installed the new officers.

Members of the District cabinet and leaders of the sponsoring clubs also attended the function.

Left: Chief Guest, Fr. Dr. Thomas T.V. , Director, Christ Institute of Management cuts the Christmas cake. Right: Ym K.V. Jose hands over a cheque for Rs. 1,00,000 to the Directorof Asha Niketan on behalf of the Bangalore-Millennium Club, whose member Ym Tony Vincent made this gesture possible. Millennium President Ym K.T. Paul and an inmateare also seen in the picture.

Jubilant members of the Bangalore-Gardenia Club celebrate their victory in the carol-singing competition

The Chief Guest, Dr. Thomas V.T., deliversthe X-Mas/New Year message

Children had a good time with Santa distributinggifts and sweets ... lot of singing too

DG Ym Louis Paulose adorns the president’s collar on Dr. Gerry Pais

RD Ramesh hands over a set of Regional andInternational papers to Dr. Geryy and Ms Mar Sujatha

Mysore Heritage City has a New Y’s Men’s Club

Paul William Alexande Fellowsenrolled during the year

Name ClubYm. K C Ashok BangaloreYm. Siji Malayil BangaloreYm. Santosh Neelangatil BangaloreYm. Prem Manoj DowntownYm. Siby Alex CarmelaramYm. Anil Skariah CarmelaramYm. Jenish George CarmelaramYm. Renny Samuel Silicon CityYm. Prakash MetroYmt. Philomena George MetroYm. Varaghaswamy SunshineYm. Mathew Manoj BaronsYm. Sathosh Thazathu BaronsYmt. Michelle MilleniumYm. Joshy Basil GardeniaYm. Sudhir Mohan Gardenia