The secretary's report summarizes the club's activities from 2010-2011. It held 70 regular meetings including 20 speaker meetings. Projects included a teen seminar, blood donation camps, health camps, and polio immunization drives. The club installed new Interact and Rotaract clubs. Fellowship events were held monthly. The club focused on membership growth, education projects, vocational training, and international exchange through hosting GSE team members. The club received 11 awards from the district for its work.

1. Secretary’s Report 2010 - 2011 Presented By Rtn Saranathan Krishnan Secretary 2010-2011 RC Madras Temple City

2. Summary of Meetings Total 70 Meetings 20 Speaker Meetings 1 Joint Speaker Meeting 3 Club Assemblies 17 Fellowships 14 Board Meetings Special Meetings Governor’s Visit Installation Meeting

3. Summary of Meetings (Cont) Project Meetings Teen Seminar Blood Donation Camp Health Camps Dental Camps Interact Installation Community Rotaract Installation NID Polio Immunization MMR Camp Matching Grant Project (Saheli Computer Center) inaugurated by IPDG Olivannan at NAF, Iledu village New bathroom for Saivite Middle School, Mint

4. Club Service

5. Installation of Temple Team 10-11 Installation on 8th July @ comfort Inn, Marina Towers. Outgoing President Rtn Srinivasan giving a very emotional & inspiring speech. Equally inspiring & promising was the acceptance speech of Incoming President, Rtn Dr. Ranjani Arumugam Chief Guest IPDG Olivannan, gave a very humorous & insightful speech . This was followed by a fellowship and dinner.

6. Interact Installation Installation of Interact Club of Ganapathy Iyer Girls HSS Rtn Anand Ram, Co-Chairman, Youth Services, Dist 3230, 2010-11 installed and presided over the function

7. Rotaract Installation Installation of Community Rotaract Club of “Chennai Green City” PDG Rekha Shetty installed the new Rotaract President

8. We had some excellent speakers who spoke on topics ranging from Culinary Trail in Chennai to temple festivals to lighter subjects like Humor in Medicine … Soumya Aravind Sitaraman spoke on “Follow the Hindu Moon” Geeta Doctor spoke on “Southern Spice - On the Culinary Trail in Chennai” Dr Ganapathy spoke on “Marvels and Mysteries of the Brain” Pradeep Chakravarthy spoke on “Temple Festivals – The Why and How” Rtn Vijay Sambrani spoke on “Experiences of the GSE team in UK” Sunil Bharadwaj spoke on “English Theatre in Chennai today” Speaker Meetings..

9. K.Hariharan spoke on “Indian Cinema today” M.R.Venkatesh spoke on “India’s illegal money abroad” Priya.V spoke on “Experiences as a woman director in South Indian Cinema” Dr. J.S.Rajkumar spoke on “Humor in Medicine” Usha Kris spoke on “Trip to Tanzania with visuals” Madhav Chari spoke on “Music and Culture” Lalgudi G.J.R.Krishnan spoke on “Experiences as a Violinist” Deva spoke on “Life as a RJ” Speaker Meetings..

10. Sivaraman, former union revenue secretary spoke about the budget D.K Mukundan spoke about “Palmistry for wholesome living” Babu Seshadri spoke on “Mind Games” Anu Oberai spoke on “Punjabi Dispora in Chennai” Surekha Kothari spoke on “Hypnotherapy” Badri Seshadri spoke on “Reading skills for children” Speaker Meetings..

11. Our Fellowships Car Rally Fellowship 10 Cars flagged off from Boat Club with clues Followed by Lunch at the Boat Club

12. ..Our Fellowships.. Fellowship sponsored by Rtn Navneeth Held at Rtn. Navneeth’s residence Funny and witty skit played out by our Templers Special thanks to Rtn Navneeth and Ann Shiela for their excellent hospitality

13. ..Our Fellowships.. Diwali Fellowship Held at Harrison Hotel, Nungambakkam Special thanks to Anns for organizing a grand Diwali Fellowship

14. ..Our Fellowships.. R & B Blast Fellowship Held at Beverly Hotel An enchanting evening of Music and Dance Special thanks to Templers Akila, Asha, Viji, Jayanthy and Venkat

15. ..Our Fellowships.. Fellowship sponsored by Rtn Naren Held at Rtn. Naren’s Farm House near Pondy Special thanks to Rtn Naren and Ann Sunitha for their excellent hospitality

16. ..Our Fellowships.. Fellowship at Rtn. Lakshmi Prasad’s residence Special thanks to Rtn Lakshmi Prasad for hosting this fellowship

17. ..Our Fellowships.. Fellowship sponsored by PDG Rekha Shetty Held at PDG Rekha Shetty’s home Special thanks to Rekha and Jai Shetty for their warm hospitality

18. ..Our Fellowships.. Fellowship at Rtn. Vijayalakshmi Hariprasad’s farm house Had a moonlight dinner (Chitra Pournami Nila Saapadu) Special thanks to Viji for providing the wonderful ambience

19. ..Our Fellowships.. And the final fellowship of the year sponsored by Dr.Ranjani Theme was swinging sixties It was a fitting finale to all the fellowships Thanks to Dr.Ranjani and Dr.Arumugam for making this a memorable one

20. ..Our Fellowships.. Internal Fellowships 7 internal fellowships Stress buster organized by Anns, Another one organized by Green Rotarians ‘ Yellai Saapadu’

21. ..Our Fellowships.. Internal Fellowships Big Fight, debate on bigger evil, corruption or intolerance Short game on Sambar preparation and part of a car! Internal debate on how Rotary can contribute to anti-corruption movement

22. Membership Development

23. Membership Development & Retention Current Membership Strength – 52 Female – 24 (46% ); Male – 28 (54%) This includes 5 New Members this year Long term target – in 4 years from now Total No of members to reach 65 Membership proportion to be made almost 50:50 between female and male

24. Service Projects

25. Operation Day Break Objective of the endowment To provide monetary assistance to meritorious but economically backward students to pursue their high education One of the Anchor Project of the Club for the past 20 years More than 100 students have benefited since the commencement of this project Scholarships of about Rs.40,000 given this year as a continuing support Corpus has been increased to Rs 7 lakhs from Rs 4.5 lakhs

26. EduServ.. Objective of the endowment To assist and enable primary education for the underprivileged children Assistance to schools Existing schools – Toraipakkam PU School, Gopalapuram Girls High School & Saivite Middle School Kind of support – Building, Nutritional food supplements, Text Books & Note Books, Foot Wear, Equipments & Furniture, based on needs

27. Fund Raiser “ Five Point Someone” play Chetan Bhagat’s “Five Point Someone” play by Evam Theatre Group Collected Rs 12.5 Lakhs Shop Till U Drop An unique fund raiser at Indy Mall Collected Rs 1 Lakh Special thanks to Rtn Sheela Sarath Total Rs 13.5 Lakhs

28. SkillServ.. Objective of the endowment To train and enable more and more underprivileged youth to take up some suitable vocation to take them economically forward Projects Executed Community Health Volunteers Training – in association with VHS Five Candidates were selected for Training. The selected candidates underwent Training from 27.09.2010 to 12.01.11 at VHS, Thoraipakkam. They underwent Theoretical and Practical Training. They also undertook Field Visits in nearby Areas. Following Four Candidates successfully completed the Course. Ms. Manogandhi. A from Kallakurichi. Ms. Meenakshi. C from Perunagar. Ms. Dharmeswari.N from Perunagar and Ms. Poongodi.R from Anampakkam

29. Community Service Projects

30. Teen Seminar Teen Seminar held at Ganapathy Girls HSS Dr. Yamuna, adolescent physician, was the moderator Two teams of students and teachers were formed and argued about teenage being rosy or turbulent

31. Dental Camp Dental camp at Karapakkam middle school on 10-Jan-2011 137 students screened 15 Fillings done 20 scalings done

32. Dental Camp Dental camp at TTV (Shaivite School) in Mint, North Chennai 153 students screened Dental extraction done for 13 students 3 students referred to Govt Stanley Hospital for Root Canal treatment

33. Dental Camp Dental camp at GKS School on 07-Feb-2011 and 21-Feb-2011 Total of 323 students screened 35 Fillings done 67 scalings done and 3 extractions

34. Health Camp Full day health camp at Ganapathy Girls HSS, Gopalapuram 272 students examined General, Eyes and Dental examinations done 27% required medicines

35. Blood Donation Camp Blood donation camp at Anna University on 31 st Aug 2010 Inaugurated by Dean Prof Dr. M.Sekar Blood bank team came from Institute of Child Health and Hospital for children 52 units were collected

36. Blood Donation Camp Another blood donation camp at Air India Unity Complex, Pallavaram on 18-Mar-2011 86 units were collected

37. MMR Vaccination Camps We had a MMR and Dental camp at G.K.Shetty Vivekananda Vidyalaya Rtn. Nagendra Babu, District Secretary 2010-11 was the chief guest We also had a MMR camp at TV Nagar Rotary School, Ambattur where 149 students were vaccinated

38. NID Polio Immunization We had two NID Polio immunization camps One on 24 Jan 2011 and Another on 27 Feb 2011

39. Patriotic Song Competition As with previous years, we conducted our annual patriotic song competition on 26-Jan-2011 23 schools participated Was a grand success

40. Vocational Service

41. Vocational Services Award We had our vocational services award on 28-Apr-2011 Rtn. Srinivasan, Assistant Governor, 2010-11 was the chief guest Recognized and awarded two genuine and outstanding blue-collar workers from our society

42. Special Projects

43. Computer Training Center, a Matching Grant Project IPDG Olivannan inaugurated ‘Saheli’ a computer training center at National Agro Foundation, Iledu Village on 7-Jan-2011 This is a matching grant project developed at a cost of Rs 5 lakhs

44. Build a new bathroom for Shivite Middle School, Mint Built and handed over a new bathroom for school children of Shivite Middle School, Mint on 30-June-2011 Spent Rs 1.68 lakhs on this

45. International Services

46. International Services Hosted 5 GSE team members Rtn Lakshmi Prasad, Rtn Shanta Narayanan, Rtn Satish, Rtn M.S.Srinivasan and Rtn Narendra Ghorpade hosted the GSE team members Rtn. Sridharan & Rtn. Hemachandran co-ordinated the hosting of the GSE members

47. District Awards

48. District Awards Our club received totally 11 awards and recognitions from the District this year One of the top 20 clubs Presidential Citation with Distinction International service Harishankar Mani in contributing as Regional Secretary Operation Day Break Overseas Club Project Joint Project with Interact Working with Sister Clubs New outstanding project GSE – Sponsoring, Hosting Best club secretary

49. Thank You