Rtn Adv PM Harris installing Rtn.Dr.K.V.Prabhakaran as President 2010-11

Accepting the responsibility

 

 

Winds of Change 

What an amazing world! Advances in technology are happening so quickly that they cause constant changes in our businesses and professions. Yet about one third of the world’s population is still living at a subsistence level with little change in their lives. It is a stark contrast and a cause for concern. 

Rotary  has both  a  distinguished heritage  and  a bright  future. My  primary  task  as  President  is  to enhance  the  vitality  and  viability of Rotary  clubs  and  to  enable  them  to  succeed  in  the midst of societal changes. This is an important task because it is the clubs that address and alleviate the root problems of society and thereby make the world a better place. 

Wind of change was a new and significant phrase when I was a Rotary Scholar in South Africa in the early 1960s. It is serendipitous that the phrase that was first publicised in my host city of Cape Town is  now  applicable  to  Rotary  as  we  contemplate  the  changes  in  society  that  dictate  some corresponding changes in our organisation. The phrase is now better known as winds of change. 

We are currently enjoying a culture of innovation at Rotary International. We have the ability to look at  all  of  our  programmes  and  practices  to  see  if  they  can  be  improved,  even  as we  steadfastly maintain our core values.  I hope many Rotarians will take advantage of this opportunity to  identify and implement improvements in their clubs and districts as well. 

Rotary  lives  and  breathes  in  our  33,000  clubs,  and  it  is  the  clubs  that  improve  lives  by  Building Communities  – Bridging Continents.  If we  succeed  in helping  clubs  to become Bigger, Better  and Bolder  in  the next year,  then  it will be  clear  that  the best days of Rotary are  still ahead. We are fortunate to be Rotarians! Together we can make the world a better place! 

Ray Klinginsmith 

President, Rotary International 

 

Dear Beach Rotarians,

Thank you all for selecting me to lead our Rotary club. It is indeed a great responsibility,

but with your advice, guidance, support and cooperation, I hope, I will be able to fulfill

your expectations. To this effect, I am lucky to have a hard working and vibrant Club

Secretary, Rtn. Adv. V.P. Radhakrishnan.

Yet another Rotary year has begun. But, instead of completing the year as ‘yet another

year’ we should strive hard to make Rotary year 2010-11, a memorable one for our club.

This we can do only by sustaining with high standards all the ongoing projects. Also we

have to bring in new projects covering all the five avenues of service in Rotary. When

projects are being launched or sustained, we should keep in mind the District Priorities of

this year. They are ‘NAVARATNAS’, Rotary Vidya (education), Rotary Bhoomi

(environment), Rotary Suddhi (hygiene), Rotary Parivar (family), Rotary Janatha (social),

Rotary Arogyam (health), Rotary Aswas (solace), Rotary Creeda (sports & games) and

Rotary Punchirippu (cleft free district).

August is the month of Membership Development and extension with an aim of net

growth > 5% and slogan ‘Keep one, Reach one’. For that Rotarians should be given

service opportunities and public should know what Rotary is. Obviously our club

activities should be broadened and accelerated to reach the people. It should cater to the

needy and the club members should enjoy their service.

I am sure that my Fellow Rotarians will be with me the whole year with their service

above self to build the communities and bridge the continents.

Jai Hind. Jai Rotary.

Thanking you

Yours in Rotary

Rtn. Dr. K. V. Prabhakaran

Secretary’s Report

On the 1st July ‘10, the new office bearers officially took charge. We had a joint board

meeting on 08.07.10 at Coral Reef, Taj. All the board members were present and future plans

and arrangements for installation were done. The installation meeting was on 15.07.10. Dr.

Sreekumar Vasudevan, President, IMA, Kerala was the Chief Guest. He delivered a

wonderful speech. ZC, Rtn. Sreedharan Nambiar, AG, Rtn. Bipin Kumar Parikh, Rtn. PDG

Dr. C.M. Aboobacker and Rtn. PDG Darius Marshall also addressed the gathering. The

function was well attended. The photographs can be downloaded from community site

www.facebook.com.

We had a Club Assembly on 22.07.10 in which PDG Marshall reviewed the installation

ceremony. It was decided to continue with the ongoing projects and 5 new projects were also

announced. The attendance was satisfactory.

On 29.07.10, we had a speaker meeting. Rtn. PHF E. Muhammed Koya was the speaker.He

spoke on "RI Convention at Montreal". He really motivated all of us to attend at least one RI

convention to understand Rotary better. Though there was heavy rain on the day,the

attendance was quite good and the meeting was really meaningful and helpful for the

members.

I hope that this year's team has left a good lasting impression in the minds of members...but

we realise ...there is miles to go.

Rtn. Adv. V.P. Radhakrishnan, Secretary, Rotary Calicut Beach. 

Installation function at Gateway 

 

 

Chief Guest addressing

Birthdays   

15th July – Ann. Lakshmi Tradip 

19th July – Ann. Binita S. Shah 

20th July – Ann. Margaret Satish 

27th July – Rtn. Capt. Dinker Karunakar 

 

Wedding Anniversaries 

6th July – Rtn. Reyon Nair & Ann. Jaya 

14th July – Rtn. Vinod K. Koliot & Ann. Rajalakshmi 

COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH 

TOM COLLINS 

Requirements: 

60 – 70 ml Gin 

1 – 2 teaspoons Sugar 

30 ml Lemon Juice 

Cold Soda 

1 slice Lemon (optional) 

1 slice Orange (optional) 

1 cherry (optional) 

 

To Make: 

Shake gin, sugar and lemon juice well with ice. 

Strain into tall glass half filled with ice. 

Add soda and stir. 

Add lemon/orange slice and/or cherry. 

 

 

 

 

Srinath Girish Honour Thy Anthem!

The movie was coming to an end. The hero gazed deep into the heroine’s eyes and their faces moved closer. Suddenly their countenances were replaced by two swaying roses in black and white. The audience began stirring in their seats. After the words “The End” flashed on the screen, there was no mad scramble for the exits. Everyone just stood up and waited. Soon enough, the waving National Flag flashed on the screen and the strains of “Jana Gana Mana..” began to fill the hall. The crowd snapped to attention, many singing the works out loud. Only after the song ended did anyone move… This is a scene from when I was still in school, in the 1970s. Playing the National Anthem was the norm in all theatres after the show. I don’t know whether it was compulsory or not . Nor do I know why it was discontinued. All I know is that it was done and that I never heard anyone complain about it. I wonder, if it hadn’t been discontinued, would it have worked the same way today? Doubtful. At the very least, some moron’s mobile phone would ring while the Anthem was playing andhewould answer it right then and there, rather than switch it off. Have we, as a nation, lost our respect for the National Anthem? Doesn’t it mean anything to us any more? Why do I keep seeing people actually remain sitting when it is being played? Why do they slouch, put their hands in their pockets and look around the hall as its noble words echo in the air? What has happened to us? Has the Anthem, like many traditions and icons in this hectic day and age, lost its significance for the common man? Or is the common man too caught up in the rat race to give it the honour it deserves? Most of you who read this, I know (think? hope!) will react in righteous indignation. This guy is exaggerating, you will say to yourselves. I wish I were. But look around you. What I say is true. Over time, we have learnt to denigrate the leaders who fought and gave us our freedom. Once deemed sacrilege, the things said and written nowadays about these stalwarts, albeit true in the light of new facts hitherto unknown, have had another unintended effect. They have caused us to tone down our adulation for things representing the Nation in all its glory. Democracy has many blessings. Unfortunately it has many curses too. Among the many freedoms it grants, it also grants the freedom to ignore those aspects of National Pride that do not immediately affect us in our everyday lives. Respect for the National Flag and the National Anthem is a duty which many of us tend to ignore, like many of the Fundemental Duties that are enshrined in the Constitution.

The laws are there, of course. Once in a while, the media pounces on a poor public man who has the audacity to hang the Flag upside down during Republic Day or is seen sleeping when the Anthem is being played after a tedious, lengthy seminar. For the next few days, there is a hue and cry in the papers and television over the general denigration of values. It ends there. Once its shelf value expires, the story is canned till the next faux pas occurs. We lose sight of the real problem. Laws can only provide the modus operandi to punish perpetrators after the event. What we need is to prevent such things from happening at all. The citizen has to be aware, all the time, of what his position vis-à-vis the Nation is. Pride in the country and its icons has to come from within. In this period of our history when terrorism threatens from all corners, what better way to preserve the nation? It is not enough if your child can sing the Anthem beautifully at the age of three. That is just the result of the natural absorption capacity of a child’s brain combined with the diligence of its teachers in play school. What the parent has to do is to instil the significance of its new knowledge in its mind. Positive thoughts regarding the Nation and pride in it must be reinforced. The child must understand what it is to be a part of this great country. The responsibility of a parent is tremendous in this respect. It is a question of eternal vigil, much like the lonely soldier guarding the nation’s ice-bound borders. In later years, if your son or daughter is faced with a choice to work against the Nation’s interests for great personal gain (not a far-fetched possibility, the way things are going) or to tread the straight and narrow path, this sense of values imbibed at home will be his or her greatest weapon, a weapon much, much more powerful than all the AK-47s and plastic gelignite amassed by all the terrorists in the world. It is not going to be guns that win the war on terrorism, it is the battle for the minds of the people. It is high time we stopped paying lip service. Stop merely extolling patriotic films. Play your character role in one, right at home. Not everyone can be a battle hero. Play your part for the country, in whatever way you can. So respect the symbols. Teach your children to stand to attention and sing along at the top of their voices when the Anthem is played. Tell them to salute the Tricolor with pride. HONOUR THY ANTHEM!

 

BOARD MEMBERS 2010 – 11 

PDG        Rtn. MPHF Darius P. Marshall 

President      Rtn. Dr. K.V. Prabhakaran 

IPP        Rtn. PP Adv. P.M. Harris 

President Elect      Rtn. Dinesh Natraj 

Vice President      Rtn. Jitendra Shah 

Secretary      Rtn. Adv. V.P. Radhakrishnan 

Joint Secretary      Rtn. A.R. Vinod 

Treasurer      Rtn. Sandeep Mehta 

Sr. Sgt. at Arms      Rtn. PP Danesh Gupta 

Jr. Sgt. at Arms      Rtn. Satish Charley 

Club Service Director    Rtn. Shakir Kalarikkal 

Community Service Director   Rtn. PP Dr. A.K. Abdul Kader 

Vocational Service Director   Rtn. Shiraj Ramdas 

New Generation Director                   Rtn. PP T. Raghavan 

International Service Director  Rtn. Mohiyudhin 

Bulletin Editor      Rtn. PP PHF Capt. Dinker Karunakar 

Assistant Editor      Rtn. PP PHF E.K. Radhakrishnan 

Important Information 

It is the right of each club to receive from the DG (IPDG) an audited annual statement of accounts and a report of the district finances by 1st November of the succeeding Rotary year. 

The annual statement and report shall include but not be limited to details of: 

a) All sources of the District funds (RI, the Rotary Foundation, District and Clubs) b) All funds received by or on behalf of the district from fund raising activities c) Grants received from the Rotary Foundation or funds of the Rotary Foundation designated by the 

district for use d) All financial transactions of district committee e) All financial transactions of the Governor by or on behalf of the district f) All expenditures of the district’s funds g) All funds received by the governor from RI 

The serving Governor should provide for in his agenda at the district Conference, a slot for his predecessor to present his annual statement and report for discussion and adoption.  

 

(Courtesy: PDG MPHF Rtn. Darius Marshall) 

ROTARY INFORMATION 

 

How Rotarians’ wives came to be known as Rotary Anns. 

The year was 1914 when San Francisco Rotarians boarded a special train to attend the Rotary 

convention being held in Houston. In those days few wives attended Rotary events, and until the 

train stopped in Los Angeles, the only woman aboard was the wife of Rotarian Bru Brunnier. As the 

train picked up additional convention‐bound delegates, Mrs. Ann Brunnier was introduced as the 

Rotarian’s Ann. This title soon became ‘Rotary Ann’. Since the clubs of the West were inviting the 

Rotarians to hold their next convention at San Francisco, a number of songs and stunts were 

organised which would be performed in Houston. One of the Rotarians wrote a ‘Rotary Ann’ chant. 

On the train’s arrival at the Houston depot, a delegation greeted the West Coast Rotarians. One of 

the greeters was Rotarian Guy Gundaker of Philadelphia, whose wife was also named Ann. During 

the rousing demonstration, someone started the Rotary Ann chant. The petit ladies, Ann Brunnier 

and Ann Gundaker, were hoisted to the men’s shoulders and paraded about the hall. The group 

loved the title given to the two women named Ann. Immediately the same term of endearment was 

used for all the wives in attendance, and the name ‘Rotary Ann’ was here to stay.  

Guy Gundaker became president of Rotary International in 1923 and Bru Brunnier was elected 

president in 1952. Thus, each of the two original Rotary Anns became the ‘first lady of Rotary 

International’. 

(Courtsey: The ABCs of Rotary by C.L. Dochterman – RI President 1992‐93) 

 

Our PDG’s visits  

Our PDG Rtn. MPHF Darius Marshal was the Chief Guest at the following installation meetings: 

RC of Coimbatore Sai City on 15th June ’10 with over 150 Rotarians in attendance. 

RC of Kasargode on 07th July ’10 with over 120 Rotarians in attendance. 

He also attended the installation programs of the following RCs: 

Calicut Mid‐Town, Calicut Central, Calicut Metropolis, Calicut Beach and Calicut East. 

He was selected as the speaker from our zone to felicitate the Incoming World President Kalyan 

Banerjee at Tirupur where a reception was given to him by Rotarians of Dt. 3202 on 14th May ‘10 

 

Just for Laugh 

MIRTH 

The President, at one of our meetings announced the launch of ‘Rotary Beach’ on Facebook. After 

the meeting, one of our members made a beeline for TBS to buy a copy of facebook…….wanna know 

who….take a guess. 

 

 

 

 

Baywatch Chief Editor,

For us ‘Beach Boys’ the Rotary year started off a little late this time because the

installation took place only on the 15th July. With Rtn. Dr. Prabhakaran at the helm, his

team has set off on a year long voyage…..’Building Communities Bridging Continents’.

Rtn. IPP Harris had a good year of smooth sailing, winning accolades for his contribution

to the GSE movement. He did the Beach Boys proud, so did his team. The new team,

with many young Rotarians and first-time office bearers, is I’m sure rearing to go.

Yours truly has been has been conferred a handle ‘bulletin editor’ this year. Never did

anything like this before, so kind readers (if any) don’t be too harsh in your judgement of

this first issue of ‘Baywatch’. Thank God, I have Rtn. PP E.K. Radhakrishnan (hereafter

called E.K. because he shares the same name with V.P.) to assist me. If this issue does

come out well it will be all due to E.K.’s labour. Please write in or email to give us your

views. We would very much appreciate contributions of articles, comments, views, etc.

from our readers.

While we go about our business of ‘Building Communities Bridging Continents’ this

coming year, we should above all live up to our title of Rotarian and be proud to be one,

like Girish exhorts us to be proud of our National Anthem in his MUST read contribution

‘Honour thy Anthem’ in this issue.

Dinky