The month of September marked the highest point in fellowship and club's activities in President Aaron's tenure so far with the a highly memorable visit by DG Zainie Abdul Aucasa and First Lady Kalimah. "Members were in a relaxed mood and enjoyed the evening with PP Ron's melodious rendition of Mona Lisa, Gerald planning a night time Car-rally in November and Jeffrey declaring that he would be ready to be our President in two years' time when he retires." writes Nidhi Swarup
An excellent report on the DG's visit by Nidhi is reproduced below:
RCRC DG Visit 13 Sept 2011 - by Nidhi Swarup
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| President Aaron posing with DG Zainie and First Lady Kalimah |
The Singapore Cricket Club had arranged a sumptuous buffet spread as we got ready to welcome DG Zainie Abdul Aucasa & First Lady Kalimah. President Aaron Tan, AG Rustom Ghadiali & spouse PP Shirin Ghadiali welcomed them.
President Aaron Tan specially welcomed PDG Dr Philbert Chin, Rotarians and their spouses and Rotaractors who were present to extend a warm welcome to the DG. In his speech Pres.Aaron thanked the members for all their good projects over the years and emphasized that fellowship was equally important for a healthy club.
Treasurer, PP Kaka Singh informed members that RCRC is in a healthy state with a $14,000 surplus. RI dues had been paid on time. Moreover, he urged those members who had not paid their club dues to do so at the earliest.
Club Service Director Rtn Sigrid Zialcita spread a lot of cheer amongst members when she shared her plans to organize more fellowship events like the upcoming Hari Raya Celebration at a Turkish Restaurant and others in the pipeline. For these she had tabled a budget of $14,000. She intends to line-up two speakers a month and sincerely hopes to see good support from members by attending the regular lunch meetings more often!
In the absence of Community Service Director, Thomas Graf President Aaron reported that the committee planned to continue it's Annual Comm Service visits on festive occasions to Red Cross Home, Jamiyah Home, Sunlove Home and this also to NTUC Rotary Silver Circle Centre. Moreover, a contribution of $4,000 will be made to Ngee Ann Polytechnic to support two scholarships for students in the Diploma of Psychology and Community Service. A budget of $12,000 was proposed for these.
A target of $50,000 has been set to raise funds primarily to aid Sunlove Home & Business Times Budding Artists Fund. Moreover, a token sum of $5,000 will be donated to DAS & another contribution will be made to NTUC Rotary Silver Circle Centre when more details are available.
Hon Secretary, Rtn Corina Lai was quite surprised when she was invited to present her report. Nonetheless, she was quick to report the statistics regarding membership, age profile, no.of male & female members and the no.of members who were in the club for 0-2years, 2-5years, 5-10years, 10 years or more. It was a pleasure to note that of our 50 members, about 40 members belonged to the last category.
Vocational Service Director, Chow Nam Kit shared his enthusiasm with members when he spoke about organizing Career Guidance for students, Computer Graphics Training, a hands-on project related to Dental care etc etc.
Chairman, Membership Committee, PP David Ong shared that his committee was successful in bringing in three members recently. Having served as the Committee Chair for .... Years he thanked his committee members, PP Vincent Chen & ... For their continued support.
Ngee Ann Poly Rotaract Club Secretary, Darryl received a round of applause when he informed RCRC that his club had 270 members. He was quick to add that some were inactive and his club intends to involve more members in their activities and through Social Media they had garnered the support of 300 followers.
Rotaract Club of Raffles City President, Pei Yan reported that her club had 27 members and are seriously considering an increase in membership. She shared that her club had played an active role in the recent Jamiyah Home visit during Hari Raya by preparing, Zakats, Arranging Oranges and the various songs that were performed by her club members and the residents found truly enjoyable.
In the absence of New Generations' Director, Rtn Mark Davis, Rtn Brian Tan promptly provided an update on the activities of the Rotaract & Interact clubs.
In his address to the club, DG Zainie thanked members for their warm welcome and the level of vibrancy he felt in the club, he was confident that RCRC could induct more members by setting a target of 70 members. Although he was suggesting an average of four new members per club in the district, he shared that strong clubs like RCRC could easily achieve a higher target. A similar endorsement came from our very own Hon. Member PDG Dr Philbert Chin who ranked RCRC as amongst the top-five clubs in the District.
DG was very kind in praising the efforts of our Rotaractors and Interactors. Moreover, he supported the efforts of the various Directors in their plan for the current Rotary Year.
Members were in a relaxed mood and enjoyed the evening with PP Ron's melodious rendition of Mona Lisa, Gerald planning a night time Car-rally in November, Jeffrey declaring that he would be ready to be our President in two years' time when he retires, members thanking CP Low Siew Joon for starting RCRC and for being the quiet support behind it's success over the years, Jimmy with his joke...
my apologies for not taking everybody's name but this gives a picture to those who missed the rather informal evening!Hon Secretary, Rtn Corina Lai was quite surprised when she was invited to present her report. Nonetheless, she was quick to report the statistics regarding membership, age profile, no.of male & female members and the no.of members who were in the club for 0-2years, 2-5years, 5-10years, 10 years or more. It was a pleasure to note that of our 50 members, about 40 members belonged to the last category.
Vocational Service Director, Chow Nam Kit shared his enthusiasm with members when he spoke about organizing Career Guidance for students, Computer Graphics Training, a hands-on project related to Dental care etc etc.
Chairman, Membership Committee, PP David Ong shared that his committee was successful in bringing in three members recently. Having served as the Committee Chair for .... Years he thanked his committee members, PP Vincent Chen & ... For their continued support.
Ngee Ann Poly Rotaract Club Secretary, Darryl received a round of applause when he informed RCRC that his club had 270 members. He was quick to add that some were inactive and his club intends to involve more members in their activities and through Social Media they had garnered the support of 300 followers.
Rotaract Club of Raffles City President, Pei Yan reported that her club had 27 members and are seriously considering an increase in membership. She shared that her club had played an active role in the recent Jamiyah Home visit during Hari Raya by preparing, Zakats, Arranging Oranges and the various songs that were performed by her club members and the residents found truly enjoyable.
In the absence of New Generations' Director, Rtn Mark Davis, Rtn Brian Tan promptly provided an update on the activities of the Rotaract & Interact clubs.
In his address to the club, DG Zainie thanked members for their warm welcome and the level of vibrancy he felt in the club, he was confident that RCRC could induct more members by setting a target of 70 members. Although he was suggesting an average of four new members per club in the district, he shared that strong clubs like RCRC could easily achieve a higher target. A similar endorsement came from our very own Hon. Member PDG Dr Philbert Chin who ranked RCRC as amongst the top-five clubs in the District.
DG was very kind in praising the efforts of our Rotaractors and Interactors. Moreover, he supported the efforts of the various Directors in their plan for the current Rotary Year.
Members were in a relaxed mood and enjoyed the evening with PP Ron's melodious rendition of Mona Lisa, Gerald planning a night time Car-rally in November, Jeffrey declaring that he would be ready to be our President in two years' time when he retires, members thanking CP Low Siew Joon for starting RCRC and for being the quiet support behind it's success over the years, Jimmy with his joke...
In his speech,President Aaron stressed that, "RCRC remains committed to continue the good work of our members, with “Service Above Self”. In each Avenue of Service, our dedicated BOD are committed to further enhance & improve the life of the less fortunate and the under privileged communities and to make the world a better place to live."
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| President Aaron cautioning members |
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| BOD posing with DG and First Lady |
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| The Mohan and Phua Families Enjoying The Turkish Delights -Pix By Courtesy T C Phua |
Regretably,we could not get PP Ron Pereira to sing Mona Lisa this time since he had his fish served to the very last."I actually had the best deal"said Ron.
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| Koy Nam and Alfree sharing a light moment |
Thanks to Sigrid and PP Tengku Indra for coordinating the event for the first time and which ended on a very high note.
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Thomas with Wife (Left) and Loving Mom (Right) -Pix By Courtesy T C Phua _________________________________________________________________________________ Meeting 20th September 2011 Singapore remains world's top attraction for business events  |
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| Mr.Anh Thuan (Left) with colleague from Singapore Tourism Board (Middle) and President Aaron |
Watch Out for an Important Event to be Organized by Rotary Club Jurong Town
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| Roger Kimpton from RC Jurong Town |
We also had some visitors from The Rotary club of Jurong Town who are organizing a major Conference, "Age Friendly Workforce Asia" on 3rd – 4th November this year, to raise the preparedness of business and professional leaders in Singapore to the reality and challenges of the Singapore Re-employment Act which becomes law on 1st Jan 2012. The Ministers of State for Health and Manpower will be attending as panelists along with a high profile group of speakers and panelists sharing their experience. Kimpton mentioned that there will be an exhibition on aging issues with particular focus on aged friendly work, lifestyle and health related matters. All the funds raised will be lodged with the Foundation of Rotary Clubs (Singapore) Ltd, in the RCJT Happiness Fund ; and shall be used through a process of application by all Interact and Rotaract Clubs in Singapore, for Inter generational projects to aid the needy aged seniors in Singapore. -Reported by Sigrid Zialcita
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