Dear President Ronnie Vincent and Ann Nirmala

Hearty Congratulations on taking over

as the president of your illustrious

Club Rotary Jeevan Bima Nagar.

You are taking over as the president of your club at a very

exciting phase when Indian Rotarians are recognized all over

the world with the certification of ‘Polio Free India ’. This

success should give us the confidence and drive us to

undertake many more such humanitarian projects.

Rotary is an organization that has something for everyone. It

gives us an opportunity to come together and discover the

joy of Service. You have touched the hearts of countless poor

and deserving people in the society by the benevolence of

your various projects in the field of Health, Literacy

,Community and Youth development. Your ambulance

project to Globe Eye Foundation is an unique example of

your commitment to the welfare of the community.

Our International leader Gary Huang says members are our

biggest asset and are our most valuable resource. He has

given a clarion call to grow in number internally in the club

and externally by extension. I urge you to take this as priority.

He also says Light Up Rotary is not just a theme for the year

– It is a call for each of us to take action and make Rotary

stronger.

As you take up the mantle of leadership , Shailaja and I look

forward for yet another year of glory for your Rotary club in

the year 2014-15 when we all join hands to Light Up

Rotary to make rotary a shining example of doing good in

the world more than ever before.

Rtn. Manjunath Shetty

District Governor 2014-15

RID 3190

Dear Rotarians and Friends;

It is a great opportunity to serve in

Rotary and especially to be a part of

this young club, it is indeed a joy.

This club is growing as it takes every

step forward edging past the status of a small sized club to a

medium sized one.

We embark on our way forward together to take this club from a

small club to the next stage; while we take this path to build it

with even stronger ethos and highest echelons of the Rotary

Movement.

Vision is to achieve “Bigger, better and the best” being a strong

focus of each member of this club – To do good to humanity in

the truest sense and this shall prevail in the years to come. An

oath taken by the founders include the Charter President and all

the Past Presidents of this club who have engaged to provide in

a meaningful way to the needs of the society and communities

around by making a mark all through these years.

In my term to achieve this “we shall plan to execute” firstly

growth in membership by joining hands to grow this club

through all our friends, associates and acquaintances and further

to nurture each one of them who join our family to “ Light up

Rotary”.

I may never walk this path again but while I do it this year we

together shall continue to fervently support The Rotary

Foundation in the small way we can as the Foundation has been

instrumental to eradicate Polio in India and many such great

stories of times. We this year shall stand to support this cause in

our own small way.

The projects we shall do may be small in magnitude but it shall

be chosen for those who need us and we promise that we will be

there for them.

Leaving you with a quote during the passage of time as we go

along “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is

enough.”

Rtn. Ronnie Vincent

President 2014-15

Rotary Bangalore Jeevanbimanagar

RID 3190

Dear Rotarian and Friends;

The moment of truth is here!! As they say, all good things have to come to an end and when you come to the

end of any enriching and rewarding experience, there is always a notion of mixed feelings – pride, that you have

discharged responsibilities to the best of your ability, sadness, for what you’ve come to enjoy will no longer be

there for you, albeit with the same level of intensity, as well as excitement too – in taking home the unmatched

learnings I have acquired in the past year, and applying that in future.

Nothing can be truer than what Lord Byron, one of the most romantic poets, once said “And when we think we

lead, we are most led. Leadership is a give and take process.” This is one thing that I firmly believe in… and I

feel truly blessed and humbled to have had a wonderful team.

Learning # 1: I was told that the President gets to do whatever he likes. Anything but true!! Yes, sometimes the

buck has to stop at someone and a decision has to be made, but this is ‘our’ club, the members’ club. Any

changes or decisions have to address our collective needs and consultation has to come first.

Learning # 2: Delegation. Delegation. Delegation. We have immense potential and amazing talents in this club,

and I have come to appreciate that even more in the past year and I think we can do much, much more in the

coming year(s). You ask someone to do something, and rest assured, it will be done to a level that far exceeds

your expectations. People join Rotary because they want to do things, and, they like to get involved. You learn

to leverage that, but we never take them for granted.

Learning # 3: You’ve got to give it a shot!! If you’re asked to perform a leadership role (or any task in Rotary

for that matter), just take it. Trust me, the journey is more than worth it

Friends,

Along with our social initiatives, our other main aim for the club this year is to have ample fun too, right? Also,

let’s collectively focus on increasing recognition for our club – within the Rotary community as well as the

community at large.

If you recall, I appealed to you a year back to do a couple of things:

Each one Bring One and Keep One!

Each One Adopt One!

Today, when I stand in front of you as Outgoing President (for one last time), I remember a quote by our

Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji “Chappan Incha Ka Seena” – that’s how I would describe my

feelings!! And all our dreams not only got fulfilled, but we exceeded our own set goals. Three cheers to

everyone!! We deserve a pat on the back!! What do you say??

We have had quite a few significant accomplishments this year, and I intend to include a comprehensive list in

the outgoing Secretary report. But, for this occasion, I want to share only the key highlights with you now...bear

with me for a few more minutes before the spirits take over

One of our important achievements was taking this club from a Small club to Medium club level. We added 16

new members – I am told this is a record for a smaller club, so one more feather in our caps We won the

DG’s special award for membership for this very reason.

Club Services and Collaboration was the highlight of this year. We had joint meetings with 10 clubs. We went

to the Space Station, Sriharikota and enjoyed a Jungle Safari to the BR Hills. Dandiya Nite and half a dozen

other family dinners, fellowships and outings have helped in further strengthening the bonding between Rotary

families.

Community service outflow multiplied four times this year. RJBN launched Mobile Eye Clinic (the Project cost

was nearly Rs 10 Lakhs) and organized 50 eye camps and helped gift eyesight to 5000 people. RJBN donated

wheel chairs and installed RO Water Filters at City Railway station (Majestic). We’re sponsoring Mid-Day

Meals for nearly 40 special children at WARDS. Girls Glory Project, Heart Surgeries, Scholarship, Shelter for

homeless, 4200 Blood units’ collection and Immunizing 40,000 children on NID Polio were some of the great

feats RJBN achieved. We continued our support to APD, Govt School, Jeevanbimanagar, Reaching Hand, NAB

and a few other NGO Partners.

Our Youth Services Team has shown a new vigour and our Interact Clubs and Rotaract Club were highly

motivated, carrying out various projects like Skill Development, Energy Conservation Drive, Painting and Essay

Competition, Republic Day Celebration and Fistful Rice donation. We celebrated World Interact Week and

World Rotaract Week in great style. The icing on the cake is that our Interactor is the District Interact

Representative of this year. Let’s hear it for her

We published our Club Souvenir and this was widely circulated in our locality and corporates, which helped us

raise nearly 4 Lakhs for our Project. We have circulated 60,000 leaflets through newspapers, which gave us

great branding visibility in our locality and helped us add 6 new members to RJBN’s fold. Leading English and

Kannda dailies like the Times of India, The Hindu, Deccan Herald, Vijaya Karnataka, Prajavani, Kannada

Prabha and City Plus featured most of our major activities through the year. Rotary News carried a 2 page story

on our mobile eye clinic project and also featured Vocational Awards and Railway Project.

We contributed 10 PHFs and 1 Major Donor. We successfully completed one matching grant project and one

Global Grants Project is underway. I also had the opportunity to visit a few clubs overseas and RI HQ.

We supported Vocational Training for Special Children and the vocational awards were given to outstanding

Teachers. Errapali Prasanna, former international cricketer hailing from Karnataka, and Super Cop Gopal Hosur,

were conferred Vocational Excellence Awards by RJBN.

We supported almost all District Projects like Dialysis project, Dictionaries, Solar, Heart Surgery and nearly

50% of our Rotarians registered for the District Conference.

And……..the final lap of glory was ours when we were declared Best Club of the year 2013-14. Don’t you think

that’s a lot? Are you wondering did we achieve all these in just one year? Yes, of course

In more ways than one, RJBN has been a club that most others would want to emulate!!

Sample this. We can’t expect better than this awards’ tally!!

1. Overall Best Club

2. Special Recognition - Membership Growth Award

3. Pulse Polio Certificate of Appreciation

4. Award to Rtn Ganesh Swamintahan, Chair- Conference Committee

5. First Prize - Public Image

6. Second prize- Vocational Service

7. Award to President by DG

8. Best Club July Month

9. 2013-14 Governor's citation

10. First Prize - Youth Service

11. Signature Project Appreciation Award- Mobile Eye Clinic and Railway Project

12. Second Prize - RI Focus Area

13. First Prize - Community Service

14. Second Prize - TRF/International Service

15. Rotary Club Central Award - Strategic Goal Achievement

16. RI Presidential Citation

17. PULSE POLIO AWARD

18. RI President Recognition to Rtn Abhishek for sponsoring 17 Rotarians

19. RI Avenue of Service Award to Rtn Manoj

As I look back upon our unbelievable achievements of the past year, I take this opportunity to humbly thank and

salute my Board, Committee Chairs and the entire team for their outstanding support and encouragement

throughout the year. My special thanks and gratitude to DG Nagendra and AG Haran for being with us at every

step. I want to thank my Wife, Shweta and Son, Aksh for tolerating me and my excuses throughout the year

even as I apologize to them as well as to you and your spouses for all the tough times we faced due to our extra

zealous involvement towards RJBN.

So, friends, let the curtains roll and let me sign-off as the Outgoing President for one last time!

Here’s wishing RJBN exponential success in the coming year. I wish my buddy, President Ronnie and Team

2014-15 (which I am also a part of) all the very best! I am sure 2014-15 team will take RJBN to greater

heights!!

Rtn. Abhishek Ranjan

President – 2013-14

Rotary Bangalore Jeevan Bima Nagar

RID 3190

1. Ann. Divya Menon

2. Ann. Leena Sonbhadra

3. Ann. B. Gayathri

4. Ann. Vidya S

5. Ann. Linda Biju

6. Mr. Sowmya

7. Mrs. Dr. Jayashree

8. Mr. Ravindra

9. Mr. Swaaraj Sinha

10. Ann. Bindhu Subash

Pres ident Rtn. Ronnie Vincent 1st July Manju Venkatesam

I P Pres ident: Rtn. Abhishek Ranjan 1st July Rtn. Dr. Chaitanya

Pres ident Elect &

Vice-Pres identRtn. C M Reddy 1st July Rtn. Dasaradha Ramaiah

Secretary Rtn. Manoj Kumar 4th July Priya (Daughter of Rtn. Ravindranath

Treasurer Rtn. B Vishwanath 10th July Ann. K P Soudamani

Jt. Secretary &

Director Community Serv.Rtn. Manohar 11th July Annette (D/O Rtn. Ronnie)

Director Club Service Rtn. Jothish 23rd July Rtn. C M Reddy

Director International Service Rtn. Anshuman

Director Youth Service Rtn. Girish Menon

Director TRF Rtn. Ravindranath 3rd July Rtn. Amit & Ann. Shikha

Sergeant-at-Arms Rtn. Prathima Reddy 10th July Rtn. Rajesh & Ann. Arti

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Team 2014-15 Happy BirthDay - July

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Vocational Excellence Award to

Mr. Arunachalam Muruganantham

Rtn. C. M. Reddy

Dr. J. Alexander

Former Chief Secretary, Karnataka