The Zonal Seminar on The Rotary Foundation was held in Mysore on August 26th, 2012. Over 60 Rotarians from Zones VII and VIII attended. Rtn. P.K. Ramakrishna gave a presentation on TRF's Future Vision and the six areas of focus. Rtn. M.S. Nanadakumar presented on TRF's educational programs. The delegates actively participated in discussions and expressed interest in more such programs after the district foundation seminar. The seminar was a success in educating Rotarians on TRF's programs and grants.

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followed by two meaningful
interactive sessions.
ZONAL Past Asst. Governor Rtn. P. K.
Ramakrishna made an
SEMINAR elaborate presentation of the
'Future Vision' and
on
enlightened the delegates
TRF with various structures of the
Global and District Grants with
reference to six areas of focus.
He also explained how the
grants can fit into the six
focused areas of Rotary's
T he Zonal Seminar on TRF was held on 26th 'Future Vision'. This session
August 2012 at Rotary West Association generated maximum interest among the
Hall, Mysore under the auspices of Rotary delegates. This was followed by the presentation
Mysore Midtown. by Rtn. M. S. Nanadakumar, chairman–Alumni, on
various Educational Programs under the Rotary
The programme was well attended by more than Foundation and gave a comparative analysis of
60 Rotarians inclusive of Chairpersons of various GSE (Group Study Exchange) and VVT
committees of Zone VII and Zone VIII., i.e., Mysore (Vocational Training Teams), further he also
and Chamarajanagar, along with explained that how the rural clubs can participate
the Asst. Governor of Zone VIII
Rtn. Prabhakar.
The president of Mysore
Midtown Rtn. R. S. Vishwanath,
called the meeting to order and
extended a warm welcome to
the guests and the delegates,
this was followed with a brief
view of the day's program and
significance of the seminar by
Rtn. Dr. M. N. Bheemesh,
chairman–TRF, Zone VII. in this regard.
Asst. Governor Rtn. Joseph Mathew was the guest
of honor and expressed his views about the TRF & The delegates actively participated in both
also the goal of the Zone VII. sessions and expressed that one more program of
CARDIAC CAMP
DGE Rtn. Gururaj was the chief guest, he
this kind should be held after the Dist. Foundation
Seminar. President elect Rtn. S. Bhanuchandran
proposed the vote of thanks.
inaugurated the program by lighting the lamp and ....Bheemesh
gave a bird's eye view of “Future Vision”. This was
ROTARIAN
of the
Midtown thanks the Clubs war
horses for doing excellent
projects with the enthusiasm &
MONTH vigour which will put the young
guns to shame. You both deserve
a ‘Sir’ in front of your names. The
Club thanks you once again Sir.
AUGUST Sir Balu Sir Raghu

2. President’s Message
Dear friends, A couple of weeks before we celebrated the
success of man about the landing of ‘Rover’ on Mars.
One more feather in the cap of Midtown, Now the moonwalker who created history on July 20,
the multi-zonal TRF seminar was hosted by our 1969 died on 25th last Saturday. ‘A small step for man
club for the first time and it was a grand success but a giant leap for mankind’, the hero who said these
with more than sixty registrations. I take this words was an engineer and crack test pilot, who
opportunity to thank the chairman Rtn. PP. Dr. commandeered the Apollo 11 spacecraft successfully in
Bheemesh and the expert panelists - Rtn. PP. putting man on the Moon. In the race of placing a man on
Ramki and Rtn. PP. Nandoo who gave splendid Mars, even India is on the list and is capable. But
presentations, thank you both. sometimes I wonder that as the land is shrinking in terms
I thank our AG Rtn. Joseph Mathew for of acquiring we should speedup our efforts in relocating
giving us this opportunity , Rtn. Aiyanna for to Mars as the animals need their rightful place here.
arranging a sumptuous & elaborate lunch , Rtn. 5 SMS a day, the new policy brought mobile
Gopi for all the support rendered and each and users to their knees. Website & twitter accounts were
every one of you for making it a trade mark blocked. The young tech savvy generation were
Midtown event. paralyzed. It was debated whether it served the purpose
I thank Rtn. Raghu and Rtn. Balu for for which it was undertaken. In case of security I do feel it
carrying their passion relentlessly. Thank you was necessary to bring in some policy so that they could
stalwarts. throw the mischief mongers out of gear. Attack is the
I would like to congratulate Rtn. Narendra best policy and that is what was done.
Babu for being the runner up in Coorg golf Amidst all these news, the crowing glory was
tournament. the young colts achievement in under-19 World Cup
Friends let's discuss business in today’s Cricket by beating Australia. Congratulations boys!
meeting. what an AXE effect.
Saina, the darling of Badminton is soon to be
called Dr.Saina Nehwal as she is to receive an
honourary doctorate. Good going girl, keep it up. India
expects more from you in the next Olympics.
GIFT OF LIFE Cheers!!!
WEDDING
Anniversary
B aby Omkaraiah of Hubli, beneficiary of the
'Gift of Life' project is recovering at Apollo
Hospital. Rtn. Aiyanna visited the
recovering child at the hospital with bagful of
goodies. The parents are so thankful for all the
Alagappan
2 September Vijayalakshmi &
support and contributions received from Rotarians
and the child is making good progress after the
operation. This was possible because of all
Rotarians' support and blessings and thank you 3 September
Rtn. Dr. Prahlad for coordinating the project to this
child. Rakesh Babu
&
Aruna
NEXT WEEK IN MIDTOWN
AMARAVANI AWARD FUNCTION
Venue: RCL Hall, JLB Road, Mysore
Date : 05.09.2012, Time : 6.30 pm
Last week during our visit to JSS Oldage
Home we and the inmates enjoyed crispy
masala dosa, soft jamoon and hot brewarage.
Our thanks to Rtn. M.S.Raghu for hosting it.
Q.: What is the minimum percentage of Club
meetings attendence of a member as per bye
Today’s tea hosted by laws of Rotary?
Rtn. R.venkatesh
a) 40% b) 50% c) 60% d) 70%
(Last week’s answer : 1928 )

3. An Evening with the
‘Golden-Aged’
which everything is conducted including varieties in
O
ur community visit to JSS old age home on
22nd August was an experience of a different the menu charted out for the whole week in
k i n d a l t o g e t h e r. O u r p r e s i d e n t advance.
Rtn.Vishwanath R.S. flanked by Rtn.Aiyanna He thanked Rotary Midtown for their long standing
(acting Secretary /standing –in for Rtn.Manoj association with them & thanked for the whole-
Kumar) on one side and JSS old age home manager hearted support.
Sri. Gurumallappa on the other side adorned the Rotary Midtown “Karna” Rtn. Venkatesh.R donated
stage. They were joined by IW President mixer-grinder & Smt.Kamalamma, mother of club
Smt.Anupama Ravindranath.
The meeting started with national anthem where we
Rotarians were gasping to catch up with spirited
young-at-heart inmates of the old age home. Rtn.
Mohan Kumar T N briefed about what is Rotary & its
activities, for the benefit of the inmates of the old age
home. President Rtn. Vishwanath, donated mosquito nets
Manager Sri Gurumallapa spoke about JSS old age to the inmates as per their requirement.
& the objectives behind the formation of the The most heart-touching part was when one of the
organisation. He recalled the circumstances which inmates Sri Tyagaraj, a retired employee of MICO
lead to the birth of it under the aegis of JSS Maha shared his views with us. He was philosophical
Vidya Peeta of Suttur Mutt. He informed us that JSS when he recounted his life experiences. He talked
old age home was started on 11th Sep 2000 & now it about how one gives up worldly things the in these
is brimming with more than 25 inmates housed in twilight years & aspires to attain self-actualisation.
two buildings. The present inmates span from 66 to His rendering of “ Sri Chamundeswari “, a work of
90 years of age. One of the inmates, Sri Ramanna Sri Jayachamaraja Wodeyar was melodious.
who is aged 88, said he feels at home in this place. A meaningful evening, with tea hosted by Rtn.
Sri Gurumallappa elucidated on the facilities Raghu, concluded with the un-invited but welcome
provided for inmates of the institution which included guests - trainee nurses from the neighbouring
TVs, newspapers, magazines, library, yoga, games nursing hostel witnessing the occasion.
like chess, dice etc. It was inspiring to learn that a
typical day for the inmates begins as early as 4am! ....Thana Mohan
He also mentioned about the systematic way in
Our Guligesidda
now a
GOLF CHAMPION
Rtn. Narendra Babu won the runner up trophy in the
Coorg Golf Tournament - Stroke play net H/C 0 to 18
Category, with 64 net score. He is seen receiving the
trophy from Kodagu Golfers Association President
Dr.N.M. Caveriappa who is an ex-member and also
the past president of Rotary Mysore Midtown.

4. R tn. Balu has set to enlighten as many
students and staff on consumer
awareness. One such session was held
at Mahajana High School on August 28, 2012
which was well received by 340 students and
adulteration in milk, butter, sweets, coffee, tea
etc. During the programme Mrs. Savitha
Ranganath delineated on the various aspects
of Right to Information Act 2005 through a
number of examples. Last week on 21st
30 staff. It was a half day programme presided August the same team conducted Awareness
by Prof. S.K.Ramaswamy, Vice principal of the programme at Maharaja's High School and
school and Sri Venkatesh Shetty welcomed 228 students were benefitted by it. Still there
the gathering waiting to be enlightened. Rtn. are more people in the dark with respect to
Balu was assisted by N. Krishnamurthy who consumer awareness, so please keep up the
demonstrated with examples to detect good work Balu Sir.
hall. Our Rtn. M.S.Raghu handled one of the
sessions to educate the drivers. The feedback
from the drivers is very positive and they
expressed it by saying that they are charged
and geared up for the next three months and
promised that they will meet Rtn. Raghu for
guidance in their lives.
Sunday being a holiday, around 80 teachers of
Marimallappa High School took the
opportunity of learning from our Midtown Guru
Rtn. Raghu. The session was on “Effective
Teaching” and our most effective teacher Rtn.
Raghu highlighted the methods and
M ythri an initiative by the distict
administration to train auto drivers in
spoken English, personality
development, conduct,
communication skills and basic information
techniques of reaching the students mindset
and passing knowledge in a most effective
manner. Thousands of students are going to
be the indirect beneficiaries of this
programme. Thank you Raghu sir.
about tourist spots in the city was held at RCL
and immediate past president of the Rotary Club of
Rotary Information Maryville-Alcoa, Tennessee.
“Not having clean water and sanitation impacts
Elementary schools across Mexico City have clean
drinking water and improved sanitation thanks to children’s ability to go to school. Students get sick
U.S. and Mexican Rotarians. and they miss school,” says Appuhn. He adds that
Since 2008, Heart 2 Heart, a project of District providing schools with basic necessities allows
4170 (Mexico) and seven districts in Illinois, teachers and administrators to focus on educating
Indiana, Louisiana, and Tennessee, has funded the the students. Local Rotarians arrange for the
installation of clean water tank systems in more construction and delivery of the water tanks, assist
than 50 schools, improving the daily lives of tens of with the installation and plumbing, and train
thousands of students. A 10,000 liter tank is school officials in routine maintenance. Each tank
connected to each school’s internal plumbing and is refilled weekly by the government at no cost to
filtering system to provide clean water for the school or Rotarians. Each tank costs
drinking, toilet flushing, and hand washing. US$3,500. They are made mostly of steel and last
Better sanitation at schools means healthier up to 40 years. The plan is to install 50 to 60 more
students and more time spent in the classroom, clean water systems, according to Appuhn.
says Ron Appuhn, one of the project’s coordinators