This document provides an update from the president of the Rotary Club as their Rotary year is coming to an end. It discusses several projects the club has completed, including a values education workshop for students and an upcoming medical camp for a poor community in partnership with another Rotary club. It also notes some remaining tasks to wrap up the year such as producing a report card and souvenir book before leadership is handed over to the incoming president at the end of the month. The president expresses gratitude for the fellowship experienced over the year and looks forward to winding down their responsibilities once the official handover occurs.

1. Vol 18 Number 39 SELAMAT PAGI 12 June 2010
From the Editor President's Message
Is It Time To Wind Down Yet?
Have you heard it’s in the stars,
30 June 2010 marks the end of the Rotary year for me as President of the Club.
Next July we collide with Mars?
Many Rotarians I come across in the past few weeks asked this “Isn’t it time to
Cole Porter wind down?” Well, not just yet, until I pass the baton over to incoming President
Poay Lim and see to it that the rest of our planned projects are properly carried
So it has been one full Rotary year out.
and now its time for me to go as
The Club organized the Values
editor. There is no such thing as life-
Education workshop over 2 days; on
time employment even at Rotary.
8- 9 June 2010, for about 50 students /
The stocktake can take place as REF student awardees. We thank the
each individual member would. But Organising Chairman Alvin. This
what can one say without the risk of workshop is an extension of the 4-days
turning the conversation into a Youth Leadership Training Camp in
“mutual appreciation society”. March. After we equip the young-sters
with the skills towards becoming a
The key thing though for me at this leader, we want to instill in them values which will turn them in to great leaders in
stage of the journey, has been future. This is what I mean, when I talked about projects being sustainable; not
fellowship. Through this, we stay just a flash in the pan. Another good project in the bag!
connected, we stay interested and
we stay invested in the needs of the The long awaited Medical camp for a poor residential community will take place
community ala especially, the on 13 June 2010 from 9 to 3pm. Although our project partner RC Shah Alam has
education fund, the medi-camp and taken the lead role, even taking on a supporting role requires our club to carefully
other minor projects along the way. plan so that the project can be carried out in a satisfactory manner to benefit all
concerned. We expect 500 – 600 persons from the Taman Sri Muda, community
Fellowship took us to Beijing and the to benefit from the flu vaccinations, the general screening involving the cholesterol
new dam at Fraser’s Hill. Different and sugar tests, BMI measurement etc. We are grateful to Community Service
geographically and purposefully. We Director Ee Lay, Project Champion, James Cheong and Medical Adviser Dr Sanjay
enjoyed the new experiences to seeing this through.
together – including things that
tourists do like purchasing iphone I would also need to review the membership register to ensure that I hand over a
look-a-likes only to curse like list of Rotarians who continue to be committed to the cause of Rotary and the
tourists do at the uselessness of it. Club. Adopting past traditions, sad as it may be, the time has come for us to say
Problem is such discoveries are farewell to those individuals who have not been able to partici-pate in the Club
made only upon unpacking! activities in the past and going forward. This will enable Poay Lim and his new
Undaunted, Tibet beckons this year. team to start on a clean slate in terms of membership retention and development.
The new experience this year must There are still plenty to be done leading up to the Handover / Installation on 26
be “mentoring” - a new term but one June 2010. The report card for the year, the souvenir book production, invitations
used every week since the launch of to the breakfast event, finalizing sister club visit, etc remains to be wrapped up.
REF. A new role for most of us. We
I will be able to breathe easier once the leadership is officially handed over to
parent our kids but we “mentor”
Poay Lim at the end of the month. After that has been done, then only it is time for
others’ kids (of similar age). Tall
me to step down and wind down and leave the future of Rotary in the capable
order, but guide them through the
hands of the future leaders of our Club.
school years we must, as some
need to have their potential nurtured
Yours-in- Rotary
through simple care. ...continue
Frances

2. ATTENDANCE New Generation
Guesat:
Nancy Ong, guest of club RI Board lowers Interact age
Kate Ng
Rathidevi To help promote the growth of Interact, the
RI Board has agreed to lower the age of
Attendance: 60% Fines: nil eligibility for Interactors from 14 to 12.
The Council approved creating a perma-
nent committee of RI for Interact and
Announcements establishing a fifth Avenue of Service,
New Generations Service, to recognize the positive
change brought about by young adults involved in leadership activities.
Community Service
- Ee Lay gave an update on the joint Each year, Interact clubs are asked to complete at least two community
Medical Camp project withRC Shah service projects, one of which should further international understanding and
Alam on 13 June'10. There will be a goodwill. Through these efforts, Interactors develop anetwork of friendships with
briefing at the club meeting on 12 local and overseas clubs. The Board’s policy for Interact states that the
June'10. sponsor Rotary club must cooperate with school authorities in supervising the
Interact club, and that the Interact club is subject to all the regulations that
REF apply to other student organizations and extracurricular activities at the school.
- Yau gave an update on REF's Value The Board also agreed to set these priorities for the program:
Education Workshop on 8 - 9 June'10
at SMK Sri Permata. * Promoting Interact using publications, video, the Internet, club presentations,
and other methods
Other announcements
* Sharing information about Rotary with Interactors by distributing Rotary
- President Frances reported on International publications such as The Rotarian magazine and Rotary Leader ,
sister club, RC Chungli Chung Shing's and the governor’s monthly letter
anniversary in Taiwan.
* Assigning Rotarians as mentors for Interactors, inviting Interactors to attend
- There will be a District Awards night
on 12 June'10 at the Selangor Club. Rotary club meetings, and consulting with Interact clubs to develop a
Members who are keen to attend to districtwide service project for all Interactors
inform Graham.
Around the
Rotary World
Rotary Fellowships : Join the club
While leading a training for incoming district governors in 2001,
Conrad Heede, past governor of District 5790 (Texas, USA),
mentioned that he was planning to join the Rotarians’ Wine
Appreciation Fellowship. He convinced 10 of the incoming
governors to join with him. “What I didn’t know at the time was that we
doubled the membership,” Heede laughs. At the time, there were 11
members in two countries.
President Frances, REF Awardee
Sonia, Nancy and Yau (mentors) Today, there are more than 800 members in over 40 countries. Heede, now
and Kong president of the fellowship and (perhaps not coincidentally) a member of the
Rotary Club of Grapevine, says membership increased after the fellowship
began hosting a booth at the RI Convention’s House of Friendship every
year. “When [Rotarians] read our sign, they get a grin on their face and
come over,” he says.
Fellowship members talk wine, taste wine, and share wine, but they also
have supported a number of service efforts with no discernible connection to
the grape, including an avoidable blindness project in India, an irrigation
project in Botswana, and a water project in New Mexico, USA. The
fellowship also has contributed more than $35,000 toward polio eradication
as part of Rotary’s US$200 Million Challenge.
Participants at the Relay for Life The Rotarians’ Wine Appreciation Fellowship is one of more than 50 Rotary
@ Bukit Jalil Stadium, 29 May '10 Fellowships that bring together Rotarians with shared interests. (Rotaractors
and Rotarians’ spouses can also become members.) Rotary Fellowships
Month is celebrated in June.

3. Today's Programme NEXT CHANGE
Medical Camp Briefing 19 June (Sat) 7.30am
Installation briefing & rehearsal
26 June(Sat) 7.30am
SPECIAL FEATURE RCBKS 19th Installation
Is there a difference between training and learning?
Training is the conscious and planned process of transferring knowledge, CALENDER of EVENTS
skills and attitudes to others. The concept of transfer here is critical, as is
the element of planning. District Awards & Handover Night
Date: 12 June 2010
Learning is the processing and assimilation of what we hear, see or experience Venue: Royal Selangor Club @ $90pp
that alters or improves our knowledge, skills and attitudes.
RCBKS 19th Installation
The combination of knowledge, skills and attitudes is behaviour. If someone Date: 26 June 2010 (Sat)
trains us, or we learn something new or different, it is our behaviour that is
affected. If our behaviour is changed, we have learnt something. Training is Club Assembly
active - it is conscious and planned - it does not just happen. Date: 3 July 2010
What is the best way to learn? Should someone train us or should we go off RC Bugis Junction Installation
and try to learn something new by ourselves? Date: 10 July 2010
In recent years, self-directed learning has gained increased attention. Some
people felt that it was better for some people to ‘discover’ something rather
than be taught.
Training can save time. In a computer software training session, which is best:
asking the trainer a question or looking for the answer in the software ‘help’
feature?
A good trainer can use discovery learning methods in a structured way. Time June Celebration
is the critical element. Learning should be maximised in the time available.
Too many organisations are relying too heavily on informal learning. Planned Happy Birthday
training can be more efficient and time effective. Angie 7 June
Graham 7 June
Summary Kong 8 June
James Lau 22 June
Training is something you do. Learning is something that happens. Learning
should be the major outcome of training. Sometimes having a trainer speeds
up the learning process. Training is successful if learning occurs. Changed
behaviour in the workplace is essential if organisations are going to grow and Duty Roster
develop. Planned training that relates to the current organisational direction
can make a real difference. 12 June (Club Service)
From the Editor Sargeant-at-arms Frankie
..... continue
Desk Duty Karen
Introducer -
Thank Speaker -
Care in the form of “yes, we (the mentors) are concerned about your grades
Fines Cecelia
and yes, we will monitor these together and see what additional attention
you may require so you become what you can become”.
19 June (VocationalService)
For these efforts, the year’s award must surely go to Dr Yee – for his
singular effort in starting and growing the REF. For his singular effort, without Sargeant-at-arms Yau
fail, at each meeting since November 2009, and without shame, hammering Desk Duty Abdul
home the REF message of hope for the disadvantaged but promising Introducer -
students out there. His accomplice has been President Frances. Though Thank Speaker -
still late, she brightened up the morning with her immaculate dressing and Fines James Cheong
make-up that masks the (sometimes) sleeplessness of the night before.
I can’t think of any other way to end my term and mark
that of President Frances’. Visit our Blog @
http:// rotaryclubbks.
Cheers. PP James Lau blogspot.com

4. Board of Directors 2009/10 District NEWS
President
Frances Po Celebrating the 10th Anniversary
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President Elect
Tan Poay Lim Many of you today still have wonderful memories of the
77277127(0) Millenium Year with the Rotary Theme : Act with
Consistency Credibility Continuity.
Immediate Past President/PR
Elsie Low In June 2000, under the leadership of PDG Jaffar Mohd Ali,
77281807(0) District 3300 Rotary Time Capsule was erected at the
Dataran Merdeka in the city. The total cost of the Time
Vice President/Membership Director Capsule was just over RM300,000. The same clubs that contributed towards the
Dr Sanjay Doshi cost, also had the opportunity to place into the Time Capsule, club bulletins, club
23008030(0) directories, photographs, etc. The names of the Rotarians who made up the
committee that saw to the architect, design and construction of the Time
Honorary Secretary Capsule are also engraved on the wall. The piece of land was donated by the
Cecelia Matuya City Hall, and the then City Hall Mayor Dato’ Karulzaman officiated its launch.
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The presidents then, including many Rotarians who have served the district that
Rotary year are coming together this Sunday 13th June 2010, to visit the Time
Honorary Treasurer
Capsule at the Dataran Merdeka, to celebrate its 10th anniversary. This reunion
PP Graham Bennett
is with the blessings of Governor Leslie Salehuddin and Club President Rizal
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Tun Sardon and his members of RC KL DiRaja. This reunion is initiated by PDG
Mohd Ariff as we have not, and will not want the memory of an eventful year that
Club Service Director
many of us were a part of, be completely erased from our mind.
PP Karen Chong
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There will be a gathering at the site at 11.30am on Sunday 13th June (morning
after the District Awards Nite), to meet up, shake hands and welcome back those
Vocational Service Director
Rotarians who have left, and PP Hj Razali will lead the doa to mark the 10th
PP CY Fong
anniversary before adjourning to the nearby Royal Selangor Club for a simple
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lunch, to be hosted by Rotarians too. Y Bhg To’ Puan Juriah will also be meet
all Rotarians.
Community Service Director
Ho Ee Lay
019-3395688
District 3300 Sister Clubs
International Service Director
Susan Lim District Governor Leslie Salehuddin RC Bugis Junction [D 3310]
012-2325860 03-61424628 (0) 03-61424058(Fax) Saturday, 08:00 am
dgles0910@gmail.com Hotel Inter-Continental
New Generation Director 80 Middle Road, Singapore
Ghaurry Assistant Governor Veiven Goon
23003757(O) 03-79805529(0) 03-79813514(Fax) RC ChiangmaiThinthaingam[D 3360]
vgoon@streamyx.com Thursday, 12.00 noon
Rotary Foundation Chairman International Center
PP Sunny Khoo Rotary Clubs in Group 9 Chiangmai University, Thailand
22849089(O) Ampang
Bukit Kiara Sunrise RC Chungli Chung Shing [D 3500]
Bulletin Committee KL West Thursday, 12.00 noon
Pudu No 4, Ln 10, Gwo-Ti Street
James Lau/ Karen (Editor/Production) Sri Petaling Chungli, Taiwan
Poay Lim (Speaker’s Programme)