This Rotary Club of Bukit Kiara Sunrise bulletin provides updates on the club's activities and events in August. Key points include: - The club is focusing on increasing membership in August which is designated as Membership Month. - The club highlights its informal and inclusive culture as strengths for attracting new members. - Upcoming events include a group intercity meeting, cancelled regular meeting, Rotary Foundation seminar, and Merdeka walk/picnic. - The club also recognizes a long-standing member, Rtn VG Chandran, for his 30+ years of active membership and service.

1. Vol 19 Number 5 SELAMAT PAGI 7 August 2010
From the Editor President’s Message
What is your question? New Members for the New Rotary Year
A friend once asked Isidor I Rabi, a August in our Rotary calendar is Membership Month. We do look forward to
Nobel Price winner in physics, how increasing our membership as there is work to be done across the avenues of
he became a scientist. Rabi replied service and also the RCBKS Education Fund. The more hands we have the
that ever day after school his mother better.
would talk to him about his school
day. She was n’t so much interested What are the unique selling points of the Rotary Club of Bukit Kiara Sunrise?
in what he had learned that day, but Our club is unique in that we are very informal by comparison to most in our
she always inquired, ‘ Did you ask a district. Our dress code at meetings is presentable for a weekend. We prefer
GOOD question today?’ ‘ Asking to do without the jacket and tie after a week at work. Yet as part of a
good questions,’ Rabi said, ‘made respectable international organization we maintain an appropriate
me become a scientist.’ presentation that allows us to knock on and open any door in the name of
Rotary.
Good questions help to seek good
answers that will lead to good actions While some may think that the time of our meeting is unearthly, we are
and hence good results. You may usually done by 9.30 a.m. on Saturday. This leaves the weekend free for the
say good questions will lead to good family or other hobbies and is decidedly an advantage. If we think like the
results. So our President Poay Lim shoe salesman in a land where no one wears shoes, the opportunities are
asked his Board of Directors good immense!
questions too. And so we asked
ourselves many questions too But I believe the best part of the club is our all-inclusive culture. There are no
especially pertaining to the future of cliques of any kind. We are proud to be known as the club with the highest
our REF Education Fund Program . proportion of female members in the district. We have apart from Malaysians,
Meetings will be held to search for members from (in alphabetical order) Australia, Britain, Korea, New Zealand,
answers and action plans. We seek Pakistan, Sweden and Switzerland. So we are probably also the most
members involvement and ownership cosmopolitan club in the district!
as REF Chairman Yoke Leong
continues to help answer many of the We are fortunate to have the very energetic James Cheong as our
questions that will take the Program Membership director. With his hard work and the tireless efforts of our
to the next level. members, notably PP Kong, in bringing guests to attend club meetings, we
look forward to our first signing this Rotary year.
In life there is no difference as we too
ask and continue to ask many Having recruited members we hope that they would enjoy the Rotary
questions to create a better future as experience. One way is for our members to undertake a role that is
well as Happiness for all. But if no significant to them and also suited to their interest. That is the surest way for
questions are asked , then likely it is members to buy into the club and feel truly a part of the club in spirit. I urge
either the dead end of subject matter those who see a role that they would like to fulfill to come forward and
or lack of thinking . We may ask volunteer for it.
occasionally too many questions or
While the board of directors is important to any Rotary Club, the success of
illogical ones that upset others. So
our club ultimately depends on members being enthusiastic about what we
we must be mindful of asking the
believe in and what we do. So let us put our collective shoulders to the Rotary
right questions at the right time.
wheel to maintain the momentum we have gathered in the past year.
August will see many clubs bring in
It is an August time for new members!
new members and also give life to
new committees to seek changes. Yours in Rotary
.... continue on next page Poay Lim

2. ATTENDANCE LAST WEEK’S MEETING
Guest:
Julia Lai, guest of Kong 100% attendance RY 2009/10
(from left) - PP Yoke Leong,
Attendance: 67% Fines: -
President Poay Lim, Angie,
IPP Frances, PP Karen,
PP Sunny and PP Kong
Announcements
- There will be a Group 7 Intercity
meeting on 18 August'10, Dinner
meeting will be at Sunway Lagoon
Resort Hotel at $40pp.
IPP Frances presenting the
- The regular breakfast meeting on Four Avenues of Service Award
Saturday 21 August will be cancelled.
to PP Yoke Leong
- President Poay Lim and New
Generation Director Ghaurry are
attending the Interact Club's IU Day Four Avenues of Service
today at 1pm.
Award Citation
- The Rotary Foundation seminar is
tomorrow at D'villa, Ampang. for Individual Rotarian
- There will be a REF meeting on
Monday. Committee members are
reminded to be present.
- A Merdeka walk cum picnic will be
organised on 31 August'10 at Taman
Rimba, TTDI. More details next week.
- A club assembly will be held during
the District Governor's official visit on
28 August'10.
- Need six volunteers for the Maths
Marathon on 10 August'10. Pls see
Graham for more details.
- Board members are reminded of the
2nd Board meeting to held next
Thursday 5 August'10.
- Next week's speaker is Ms Jolene
Tan on 'One solution to all pollution'.
Words to Grow By
The difference between
what we do and what we
are capable of doing would
suffice to solve most of
the world's problems.
- Mahatma Gandhi

3. Today's Programme
NEXT CHANGE
Ms Jolene Tan
'One Solution to All Pollution' 14 August(Sat) 7.30am
Speaker: James Brooks
Topic; Unique Activity
SMK Sri Hartamas Interact 17 August(Tues) 7,30pm
Club IU Day Group 7 Intercity Meeting
Venue: Sunway Lagoon Hotel
KDU University College was the
venue for this year’s International 21 August(Sat)
Understanding Day for our No meeting
Interact Club of Sri Hartamas
Secondary School. Their
cavernous hall was filled wall to CALENDER of EVENTS
wall with our Interactors and their
counterparts from other schools Math Marathon @ HELP University
Teacher Adviser Azila, PTA Pres Puan
as well. The youngsters were Date: 10 August 2010
Azema, Ghaurry, Poay Lim and SM Sri
smartly decked out, as to be
expected. Hartamas Principal Puan Rozimawati
REF - Studying Techniques Session
Date: 21 August 2010 @ 2.00pm
New Generations Chair Ghaurry was well-recognised and an old friend to the
Interactors. Alvin was also in attendance. We were received by the incoming 2nd Mentor Support Group Meeting
board who wore masks to keep their identity mysterious – to be revealed Date: 23 August 2010 @ 7.30pm
when they were formally installed. It added a nice twist to the day.
District Governor's Official Visit
This year, the club learned that anything worth doing is worth doing
Date: 28 August 2010
themselves. So they put up a band and they put on their own dancers. If
what we saw was any indication, it is a wonder that they haven’t staged their
President's Fellowship
own entertainment earlier. The standard of the performance was way up
Date: 31 August 2010
there. Even their installation ceremony was a class act.
The Principal Puan Rosimawati spoke of the school’s expectations of them. August Celebrations
The President of their Parents-Teachers’ Association urged them to go on
doing their good work. I congratulated them for their outgoing board led by Happy Birthday
Pres Darren for the good community service they have rendered. It was
noteworthy to me that they encountered problems during their year in office CY 7 August
and managed to solve them before the end of their tenure. I welcomed the
incoming board under President May May challenged the incoming board to Happy Anniversary
do the same if not better.
Poay Lim & Jenny 25 August
While they had a good time partying, they managed to raise RM10,000 for
their chosen charity Breast Cancer Welfare Association. Well Done!
Duty Roster
From the Editor 7 August (New Generation)
..... continue
Sargeant-at-arms Sunny
The Governor s Newsletter has a wealth of information on past activities that Desk Duty Susanne
inspire and in particular I wish to single out Rtn VG Chandran. I would Introducer Susan
encourage you to read his comments . He has been in Rotary since I was Thank Speaker Graham
there. Wow – perhaps 30 plus years and he is still a very active member. Fines Ghaurry
He said ‘While we can make you a member of our Rotary club, we cannot
make you a Rotarian. This is an honour , you must gain yourself.’ Words of
wisdom. 14 August (Membership)
Let us use August well . Use august to inspire thoughts and responsibility. Sargeant-at-arms Kong
Use August to initiate meaningful roles for all members and create that belief Desk Duty Karen
that next august will be thankful of what we did this august . Perhaps the Introducer James Cheong
next question to ask ‘ What am i contributing as a Rotarian?’ Thank Speaker Frances
Fines CY
Make It So said Captain Jean Luc Picard of USS Enterprise, Star Trek
Visit our Blog @
With Best Wishes http:// rotaryclubbks.
Kong Voon Sin, PP blogspot.com

4. Around the
Board of Directors 2010/11 Rotary World
President
Tan Poay Lim Do you wear your Rotary pin everyday?
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Rotarians have been extolling the virtues of wearing a Rotary
President Elect pin on RI’s official LinkedIn group. Pins come in many
Steve Robinson designs, including this one from vendor Russell-Hampton.
+66818336310 (BK)
Luanne Triolo was several weeks into a challenge to wear her Rotary pin for
Immediate Past President
60 days straight when she realized she had missed a day. So the 2009-10
Frances Po
president of the Rotary Club of Carol Stream, Illinois, USA, started all over
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again to meet the challenge William Ferreira, governor of District 6440, had
set before all his club presidents.“You get used to it. It’s something that is
Vice President
really good to do,” says Triolo. “Different pins do catch people’s eye in
Alvin Tan
different ways.”
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Many Rotarians are serious about wearing their Rotary pins. Eugene Beil,
past governor of District 6950 (Florida, USA) and a member of the Rotary
Honorary Secretary
Club of Hudson, tapped into that dedication recently when he started a
Ghaurry
discussion thread on RI’s official LinkedIn group, asking Rotarians whether
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they wear their pins every day or just for meetings. The discussion has
prompted more than 190 comments.
Honorary Treasurer
PP Sunny Khoo
“I am happy with the feedback,” Beil says. “I feel strongly about the value of
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wearing the pin every day. Whether you are at the grocery store, at work, or
anywhere, you never know when a stranger is going to notice and you have
Club Administration
an opportunity to explain Rotary to them.”
PP Karen Chong
012-2893380 Tony Quinn, governor of District 1200 (England), notes on the LinkedIn
thread that Rotarians agree to wear their pins at all times when they are
Service Projects inducted.
PP Graham Bennett
012-2918619 “Remember what Past RI President Bob Barth had to say,” Quinn notes.
“He said that a Rotary pin should say this about the wearer: ‘You can rely
The Rotary Foundation on me, I am dependable, I am reliable, I give more than I take, and I am
PP Jeremy Ng available.’ I can’t think of a better reason to wear it at all time.”
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Membership Development District 3300 Sister Clubs
James Cheong
78803333(O) District Governor K B Lim RC Bugis Junction [D 3310]
03-21630292(O) Saturday, 08:00 am
New Generation limakbmy@gmail.com Hotel Inter-Continental
Ghaurry 80 Middle Road, Singapore
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03-79805529(0) 03-79813514(Fax) RC ChiangmaiThinthaingam[D 3360]
REF Chairman Thursday, 12.00 noon
PP Dr Yee Yoke Leong International Center
22824602(O) Rotary Clubs in Group 7 Chiangmai University, Thailand
Bandar Sunway
Bernam Valley
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