GML Mar 2014, Governors Monthly Newsletter, Rotary District 3180

1. March 2014
Rtn. S. GururajRtn. S. Gururaj
District GovernorDistrict Governor
Rtn. S. Gururaj
District Governor
Rtn. Ron D. BurtonRtn. Ron D. Burton
RI PresidentRI President
Rtn. Ron D. Burton
RI President
Governor’s Monthly Letter RI Dist. 3180
From The Governor's Desk
DearFriendsinRotary,
We know that March is designated as 'Literacy Month'. It is very relevant to know the importance of literacy in our area
where the literacy rate is less than the world standards. I remember having read in an UNICEF literature that a girl child
educated up to 7th Standard can take better care of her children in the areas of education and health care. It is very
appropriate that we are launching the “Rotary South Asia Literacy Mission” – Rotary's pledge to eradicate illiteracy in South
Asiaby2017.
When it comes to the Foundation, though I am happy that more and more clubs are participating in the Foundation
giving,Ishouldsaythatwearefarbehindthedistrictcommitments,IsincerelyappealtostrengthenTheRotaryFoundation
throughyourgenerouscontributions.
'LetusEngageRotaryChangeLives'.
WithWarmRegards,
Yours
S. Gururaj

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RI President's Message - March 2014
Growing up in Duncan, Okla., USA, I took it for granted that everyone could read. In my own elementary school,
not only were we expected to be reading by the age of seven or eight, we were expected to read upside down. We
each took turns reading books to the entire class, and of course, if you want to read out loud to a group while you
show them the pictures, you can't do it the right way up. All the way through elementary school, we did that every week, until it
didn'treallymattertouswhichwaywewereholdingthebook.
I never thought too much about that skill at the time. But a few months ago, on a visit to a Rotary project in Decatur, Ala., I
walked into a first-grade classroom and was asked if I would read a book to a class of six-year-olds. Naturally, I was happyto oblige. I
sat down, opened the book they had chosen, and started reading to about 30 little kids – upside down, just the way I did it back in
secondgrade.
In a sense, I was doing exactly what I'd learned to do more than half a century earlier. But as an adult, and especially as a
Rotarian, I saw that experience in a different way. I was reading to a group of children who were well on their way to literacy
themselves. We were sitting in their classroom, in a school where Rotarians came every week to read one-on-one with children
who needed a little extra help. There wasn't any question that every child in that room would grow up to be a literate adult. And all
of them took that completely for granted – as they took it for granted that adults would care enough to read them a book while
showingthemthepictures,evenifthatmeantreadingupsidedown.
We all know that millions of children all over the world aren't that lucky. That's why we make basic education and literacy a
priority in our Rotary service. As we mark Literacy Month in Rotary, we remind ourselves what a gift we are giving when we help a
childtoread–whetherit'sachildontheothersideoftheworldorrightinourownhometown.
ASSISTANT GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE
Ron D. Burton
President, Rotary International

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District 3180 is proud to announce that Past District Governor RID 3180
Rtn. Suryaprakash Bhat has been chosen as the Chairman for the District
Governor Nominee Training Seminar to be held on the 11th of Dec 2014.
The DGN training seminar is part of “Vanakkam Chennai” Rotary Institute
2014 for RI Zones 4,5,6A to be held at Hotel Grand Chola Chennai on the
9th to 14th Dec 2014. This is an honor for our District since this is the first
timeourDistricthasbeenconferredthisresponsibility.
CongratsPDGSuryaPrakashBhat!
PDG Rtn. Surya Prakash Bhat is Chairman for DGN Training Seminar
Election of Representative for 2016 COL 10th March 2014
DearPresident,
Sub: Election of Representative for 2016 Council on Legislation
Nominations are invited for the election of Representative for the 2016 Council on Legislation. The Council is tentatively
scheduledtobeheldinApril2016inChicago,Illinois,U.S.A.
RI District-3180 has chosen to elect the Representative and the Alternate Representative, through ballot by mail, as per RI
Bylaws8.070.
The candidatewho receivesa majority(50%+1) of the votescast isnamed the representative,ifthereareonly two candidates,
the candidate failing to receive a majority of votes cast shall be the alternate representative, to serve only in the event the
representative is unable to serve. When there are more than two candidates, that one candidate receives a majority of the votes
cast shall be the representative, the candidate who has the 2nd highest number of votes cast shall be the alternate representative.
Theballotingshallbebysingletransferableballot.
The election is conducted in the same way as other elections following the provisions laid out in RI Bylaws. Each club is entitled
to a minimum of one elector, which is determined by using the clubs paid membership of the most recent semi-annual payment
due date. Those clubs that have over 25 members are entitled to an additional elector for every additional 25 members or major
fractionthereof.
Toserveasrepresentativeacandidatemust:
Ÿ Haveservedafulltermasdistrictgovernoratthetimeofelection;
Ÿ Understand the qualifications, duties and responsibilities of a
representative;
Ÿ Be qualified, willing and able to assume and perform these duties
andresponsibilities;
Ÿ Haveattendedfewerthanthreecouncilsasvotingmember;and
Ÿ Beabletoattendthemeetingforitsentireduration.
Ÿ It is therefore informed that this Notice inviting the nomination for
representative may be deemed to be the notice inviting the
nominationforalternaterepresentativealso.
Thefollowingisthecalendarofevents:
10.03.2014:Governorinvitesclubstosubmitnominations.
10.04.2014:Lastdateforreceiptofnominationsbythegovernor(5pm).
17.04.2014:Lastdateforwithdrawalofnominations
22.04.2014:Dispatchofballotsbymailtotheclubsincaseofelection
15.05.2014:Lastdateforreceiptofballotsbythegovernor(5pm).
16.05.2014: Counting of ballots and declaration of result by the
governor.
You are therefore informed to send in the nominations of the eligible
candidates fulfilling the eligibility criteria signed by club secretary and
president. Such nominations shall be forwarded to the governor by
registered post/recorded delivery to Rtn. S. Gururaj, DG-3180, Chaitra
Group,No.363,SitavilasRoad,Chamarajamohalla,Mysore-570024.
With warm regards,
- S. Gururaj

4. Rotary TV Ads on Air
DearDistrictGovernor,
You will be pleased to note that the TV ads are finally on air. In the first phase the ads will
feature polio campaigns in national channels viz: NDTV 24x7,Headlines Today, Aaj Tak, ET Now,
Times now and regional channels. The TV ads have different time bands (schedule attached) but
the actual time is not determined. There are several phases and the entire campaign (involving
electronic,printandsocialmedia)willrunforapproximately3months.
The ad has a voice over of Mr. Amitabh Bachchan and will feature a 20 sec and 30 sec variant. The campaign website
(www.joinhandswithrotary.org),theFBaccountandtwitterhandleareallnowlive.
The campaign website (with details of projects in India) features the entire ad (approx. 1.25 minutes) but the actual ones
willbeof30secondand20secondduration.
Kindlypublicizethiswithinyourdistrictsassoonaspossible.
Regards,
- Jatinder, RI (South Asia)
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ROTARY PROTOCOL
The RI Board amended its recommended protocol
in January 2014 for introducing, presenting, and
seating allcurrent past, and future officers of RI and its
Foundation, committee members, and their spouses
atallRImeetings,function,andreceivinglines,andfor
listinginallRIpublicationstobeasfollows:
President (or president's representative)
Past presidents (in order of seniority)
President-elect
President-nominee
Vice-president
Treasurer
Director Executive committee chair
Other directors
Trustee chair
Trustee chair-elect
Trustee vice-chair
Other trustees
General Secretary
Past directors (in order of seniority)
Directors-elect
Past trustees (in order of seniority)
Incoming trustees
Directors-nominee
Past general secretaries (in order of seniority)
President, immediate past president, vice-president,
and honorary treasurer of RIBI
District governors
Past district governors (in order of seniority)
Rotary coordinators, Rotary public image
coordinators, and Regional Rotary Foundation
Coordinators and endowment/major gift advisers
District governors-elect
District governors-nominee
Rtn Wilbur Valentine, member of Rotary club of Mangalore North
was honoured by District Governor Rtn S Gururaj during his official visit
to the club on 25th Mar 2014 for being District Chairman - Website for 9
consecutive years. All the Rotarians of the District are proud of him.
Congratulations Wilbur for being appointed as District Chairman for
websiteagainnextyear2014-15,forthe10thtime!!
Dist Website Chairman
Rtn. Wilbur Valentine honoured
Forthcoming District Events:
District PETS & SETS - April 5th and 6th at Manipal
District Grant Management Seminar & District Literacy Seminar
(Level 2)
April 20th at Chikmagalur
RI Exchange Rates for Mar 2014
Country Currency Per US$ US$ eqvt.
India INR 62.00 0.01612903
OBITUARY
PHF Rtn. A. M. Mallikarjunaiah of Rotary Kollegal,
passed away on 5th March 2014. A Rotarian since 1st
June 1988, he was a life member and the first PHF of the
club. Rotarians of the District join the club in this
momentofgrief.

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Polio Update
President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee
addresses the Rotary Polio Free Conclave 2014
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee addressed the Polio Free Conclave 2014 organised by
Rotary International. He also presented mementos of appreciation and recognition to the former Health
MinisterDr.A.RamadossandShGhulamNabiAzad,UnionHealthMinisterforHealthandFamilyWelfare.
Speaking on the occasion, the President applauded the efforts of various agencies including the
government in ridding the country of the disease. The President said that this was a momentous and
landmark achievement. Health has been the priority of the Government of India for quite some time, he
said. Unprecedented programs to eradicate the polio virus from the country was taken up by the central
and state governments supported by several national and international agencies such as Rotary
International, UNICEF, WHO, CDC and Melinda and Gates Foundation, he added. The unique challenge in
India, the President noted, was the sheer number of people combined with the difficult terrain in many
states. He applauded the unparalleled dedication of all concerned and the relentless efforts put in by the workers, doctors, activists
andvariousstakeholdersincludingparentsofchildreninachievingthisday.
Present at the occasion were Shri Lov Verma, Health Secretary, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Mr. Gary Huang, Rotary International
President Elect, Mr. D. K. Lee, Chairman, Rotary Foundation, Sh Rajendra Saboo, Conclave Chairman, Sh P T Prabhakar, Rotary
InternationalDirectorandShKalyanBanerjee,Conclaveco-chairman.
WHO South-East Asia Region certified polio-free
80%oftheworld'spopulationisnowinpolio-freecertifiedregions
New Delhi, 27 March: WHO South-East Asia Region, home to a quarter of the world's population, was certified polio-free today
by an independent commission under the WHO certification process. This is the fourth of six WHO Regions to be certified, marking
an important step towards global polio eradication. With this step, 80% of the world's population now lives in certified polio-free
regions.
“This is a momentous victory for the millions of health workers who have worked with governments, nongovernmental
organizations, civil society and international partners to eradicate polio from the Region. It is a sign of what we can bequeath our
childrenwhenweworktogether,”saidDrPoonamKhetrapalSingh,RegionalDirectorfortheWHOSouth-EastAsiaRegion.
The Global effort to eradicate polio is spearheaded by Rotary International, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), WHO and UNICEF – with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. USAID has played a critical role, recognizing and raising the
importance of mobile populations, cross-border coordination, communication and the need for more women vaccinators. In fact,
working with local community organizations, women's groups and self-help groups, the messages have gone well beyond polio to
address other immunizations, water and sanitation, breastfeeding and handwashing. Our steady financial support and technical
leadershiphascontributedtothissuccess.
India's successful polio campaign a model for other countries
Once home to the world's largest number of polio cases, India recently celebrated three years free
ofthedisease.Thecountry'sunlikelysuccessstoryisinspiringleadersinothercountrieswherethevirus
remainsendemic.
An Afghan health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during the first day of a
vaccination campaign in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province on December 29, 2013. Polio, once a
worldwide scourge, is endemic in just three countries now - Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.
(NoorullahShirzada/AFP/GettyImages)

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Gallery: Rotary in Action
Free eye surgery for 21 beneficiaries
Awareness on Cancer on World Cancer Day
RC Hassan Mid-townRC Hassan Mid-townRC Hassan Mid-town
RC KatpadyRC KatpadyRC Katpady
RC Kundapura MidtownRC Kundapura MidtownRC Kundapura Midtown
RC Kundapura MidtownRC Kundapura MidtownRC Kundapura Midtown
RC Kundapura SouthRC Kundapura SouthRC Kundapura South
RC KarkalaRC KarkalaRC Karkala
At the Pulse Polio booth
Pulse Polio procession
Vision 2040 Karkala
RC KrishnarajanagarRC KrishnarajanagarRC Krishnarajanagar
109th Rotary anniversary celebrations
RC BannurRC BannurRC Bannur
Celebrated Women's Day 8th Mar by honouring achievers
RC KrishnarajanagarRC KrishnarajanagarRC Krishnarajanagar
Awareness on Prevention of Stillborn babies and mother's death at childbirth Distribution of Dictionaries to Govt High School
Donation of dwelling unit to handicapped family - cost Rs 3,30,000
RC BaikampadyRC BaikampadyRC Baikampady

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Blood Donation Camp with NSS & Rotary Blood Bank Shimoga
Heart Checkup Camp, 9th Feb
RC NitteRC NitteRC Nitte
RC KonandurRC KonandurRC Konandur
RC KoppaRC KoppaRC Koppa
RC Misty Hills MadikeriRC Misty Hills MadikeriRC Misty Hills Madikeri RC Misty Hills MadikeriRC Misty Hills MadikeriRC Misty Hills Madikeri
RC KoppaRC KoppaRC Koppa
16 center joint health camp
Tribute to Late Rtn. Vijayakrishna Udupa
Blood Group Identification Camp, Interact Club Hirekodige
RC KonandurRC KonandurRC Konandur
Donation of Water Drum & Utensils to Aanganwadi 10th Feb
RC BelmanRC BelmanRC Belman
Pulse Polio Program at Health center, 23rd Feb
RC HanubalRC HanubalRC Hanubal
Donation of Laptop to government Junior college , Madikeri on 14.2.2014 Donation of Toys and teaching aids to anganwaadis of Napoklu hobli on 20.2.2014
600 Units of blood donated by NMAMIT NSS students at
KMC Manipal Hospital & Udupi Govt. Hospital
RC NitteRC NitteRC Nitte

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Edited by: Rtn. Arun B.R. and Rtn. Aacha Ashoka Kumara, Printed at Tech Prints, Mysore. Published by: DG Rtn. S. Gururaj
PolioPlus NID at Community Hall
121st free monthly psychiatric camp
RC SaklaspurRC SaklaspurRC Saklaspur
RC ShirvaRC ShirvaRC Shirva
RC ShankerpuraRC ShankerpuraRC Shankerpura
RC Mysore MidtownRC Mysore MidtownRC Mysore Midtown
RC Mysore MidtownRC Mysore MidtownRC Mysore Midtown
RC Shimoga CentralRC Shimoga CentralRC Shimoga Central
Role of Punishment in today's education
RCC District Conference
Donation of roller worth Rs 15000 to Sharadadevi Andhara Vikasa Kendra
RC Udupi-ManipalRC Udupi-ManipalRC Udupi-Manipal
Water filter to govt polytechnic pragathinagar
RC NitteRC NitteRC Nitte
Jaatha on awareness among youth against drug abuse
RC Misty Hills MadikeriRC Misty Hills MadikeriRC Misty Hills Madikeri
Multi District Leadership Training Program Multi District Leadership Training Program
Taare Zameen Par cultural event by 900 special children
RC MysoreRC MysoreRC Mysore