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Dear Friends,

Today my bag is full of news (bad & good) as well as Board's decisions. Let me go in the order President selected:

BAD NEWS

Resolution of Condolences for the sad demise of - Shri Amritlalji - Father of Rtn. Vrajesh Shah and Rtn. Ramanbhai - Father of Rtn. Nilesh Patel was passed and all the Board Members have signed the letters, which would be sent today.

GET WELL SOON SIRJI

Speedy recovery to Rtn. P.S. Grover who has undergone Angioplasty. This was so sudden that most of us did not even know or visit him at the hospital. He is back home and is in good spirits. President and Board Members have conveyed their happiness about his recovery.

VOW!

1. It is an honour to have Rotary International assignment. This assignment calls for a big celebration. PDG Dr. Manoj Desai has been invited by President (E) Ray Klinginsmith to serve as Assistant Moderator for training the first batch of Rotary Coordinators (2010-11) at Chicago from 26th February to 5th March, 2010.

2. Thanks to Rtn. Pinky Patel for bringing her Uncle, a Philanthropist - Shri Jayantilal J. Choksi, to Project Sanjeevani. He is a large-hearted man who continues to donate money for Nadiad. Our efforts were on to meet him for a long time, but he came to Vadodara and President (E) Premal and Rtn. Pinky took him to Project Sanjeevani. You know the results? He has whole-heartedly agreed to donate one Dialysis Machine to Project Sanjeevani (donation of nearly Rs.5.00 lacs).

3. Two new members are to be inducted in the next Family Meeting - (1) Mr. Sudhir Sethi and (2) Mrs. Leena Smart. This makes us a strong contingent of 46 Members.

4. Nearly 14 RCBM Members enjoyed Conference JALSA and had great fellowship. Kudos to IPP Rajan who received the following trophies and awards for RCBM:

Trophy
1. Diamond Club
2. Best Club - 1st Runner-up.
3. Best Secretary - 2nd Runner-up.
Certificate
1. Contribution in excess of US $ 100 per capita to annual giving to Rotary Foundation.
2. Recognition of Distinguish services & active participation to "Make Dreams Real" by achieving > 10% membership Growth. (This year we are leading by adding maximum 13 + 2 members).
3. Presidential Citation for outstanding efforts to reduce Child Mortality and Make Dreams Real for world children.

LAST MEETING

Area Coordinator Pinky Patel did a fantastic job of steering not only the programme but also the Joint Meeting of all the Clubs of Vadodara. The programme was attended by more than 60 Rotarians and their family members. It is heartening to see that our club remained present in large number of 23. Congratulations to Area Coordinator Pinky and President Sharmishtha for motivating our Members.

Rtn. Savir and Kavita's hard work in hosting GSE Member was applauded very well when they conveyed their thanks.

MEETINGS OF THIS MONTH

7th - NID

9th - Joint Meeting of all 7 Clubs of Vadodara for GSE Team from Sri Lanka

18th - Family Meeting - Do not miss it

20th - Much awaited Project Meet - Awareness Training for School Teachers on Learning Disability. This will be held jointly with Free Mason Club from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. at Masonic Hall, Alkapuri.

25th - Hi-tea Meeting for planning Project Atmanirbhar Camp in Chhotaudepur, Pavijetpur and Dang.

IMPORTANT

Our Club is hosting PETS for next year in April 2010. It was unanimously decided in the Board that AG Alok Desai be appointed as Chairman for PETS and SETS. He has eagerly accepted the responsibility. All the best.

Club's financial guidelines need to be incorporated in the heads of Tally for easy compliance as well has standards. Everyone agreed to request both the Chartered Accountants of our club Rtn. Sunil and Rtn. Sudhirbhai to do the needful and give us the format for the club.

President proposed that for monitoring the Club's corpus a 3 Member Committee should be formed. Rtn. Sunil Vakil has provided untiring support for a long time, which has yielded wonderful results on the investments. It was decided in the Board that the 3 Member Committee should be formed. President proposed name of Charter Member of the Club and certainly a senior PDG who has helped the club in thick and think and most knowledgeable as far as Rotary is concerned - Dr. Manoj Desai to be Member of this Committee. Majority supported the same. The 3rd Member will be the serving President of that year.

Dr. Manoj Desai

Bulletin Editor

BIRTHDAY & WEDDING ANNIVERSARY WISHES

SAD NEWS

Dear Friends,

Rtn. Nilesh Patel has lost his father. Cremation would be at Durga Mandir Crematorium, Dashrat at 10.00 a.m. today.

We all join him in praying to Almighty to give his family members and him courage to bear this shock. We also join in praying to the Almighty to grant eternal peace to his soul.

Dr. Manoj Desai

Bulletin Editor

GOOD TIMES OR BAD TIMES

GOOD TIMES OR BAD TIMES - RCBM CLAN STAYS TOGETHER !
THANKS & ONE MORE TIME CONGRATULATONS TO BHARATBHAI AND BHABHI.

BREAKING NEWS

RI THEME 2010-11

"Building Communities -- Bridging Continents"

RI President-elect Ray Klinginsmith addresses district governors-elect at the 2010 International Assembly.

After taking the stage to the tune of "California, Here I Come," RI President-elect Ray Klinginsmith announced the 2010-11 RI theme, Building Communities -- Bridging Continents, during the opening plenary session of the 2010 International Assembly .

Klinginsmith said he arrived at the theme after reviewing RI themes of years past. He noticed that only a few spoke to non-Rotarians.

"As a result, I decided to search for a briefly stated theme that would fulfill two objectives: the first to explain Rotary to non-Rotarians, and the second to validate our work for Rotarians," he said. "The words I have selected to describe Rotary's current mission and to highlight our achievements are what we do best: Building Communities -- Bridging Continents. "

The president-elect described how his 50 years of Rotary experience have contributed to his focus on communities at home and abroad. For example, as a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar, he studied for a year in South Africa, becoming the first student from his small town of Unionville, Missouri, USA, to study abroad.

The timing of the theme announcement, which took place in the evening, was a break in tradition from past assemblies and a reflection of Klinginsmith's willingness to embrace change. He encouraged district governors-elect to reexamine traditional procedures that were no longer best practices and to begin new traditions where appropriate.

He also paid homage to Rotarians of the past who helped raise Rotary to a place of prominence on the world stage. He urged district governors-elect to meet the past RI presidents and other former officers in attendance to deepen their connection to Rotary's past.

NEXT MEETING

Hotel Surya Palace - Friday - 22nd January - 7.30 p.m.

"Meet the GSE Team from Georgia, USA"

Joint Meeting of Rotary Clubs of Baroda followed by Dinner.

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Dear Friends,

LAST MEETING - CLOSE BUSINESS MEETING

It had a thin attendance. The decisions taken in the Board were ratified in the meeting. President (Elect) Rtn. Premal Smart declared his Board which is as follows:

POLIO PULSE IMMUNIZATION - Sunday - 10th January, 2010

Our Club was assigned booth near S.T. Depot and the action pictures are uploaded. Some of our Members have done this for the first time and they were really thrilled with the performance. More than 180 children were immunized from 9.30 a.m. to 1.15 p.m.

Kudos to Chairman-Polio Plus Manisha, President Sharmishtha and Secretary Pratima - Women Power, who have really performed well in comparison to many other Clubs who are not even taking part in the most important activity - A Marathon of Rotary.

SAD NEWS

Rtn. Vrajesh Shah lost his father due to acute illness. All the Members of Rotary Club of Baroda Metro joined the bereaved family members - during cremation as well as Besna and prayed to Almighty to give them strength to bear this shock and to rest his Soul in peace.

IMPORTANT NEWS

Regarding trip to AASHTHA & NISHTHA Projects on 16th and 17th January, 2010, as many of our members have sent their regrets, it looks that we have to postpone the trip to a later date. Details will be announced later in the bulletin.

Dr. Manoj Desai

Bulletin Editor

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Dear Friends,

WISHING YOU ALL HAPPY TO NEW YEAR! I pray to the Almighty for a much Better, Meaningful and Successful New Year to you all. Since we are taking leave of absence for 9 days on account of our trip to Malaysia, I am putting down below the Minutes of BoD held on 29th December, 2009, hosted by Rtn. Nilesh and Sheetal Taunk in which 10 Members remained present.

President welcomed all the Board Members. Many topics were discussed. The gist of the same is as follows (certainly it requires ratification in the Business Meeting on 7th January, 2010):

SCHEDULE FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 2010

3rd - Project Atmanirbhar at Dashrath

7th - Business Meeting over Hi-Tea at Hotel Surya Palace at 7.30 p.m.

10th - Polio National Immunization Day

16th / 17th - Project visit to AASTHA & NISHTHA

21st / 22nd ? - Joint Meeting of all Clubs of Baroda for GSE

29th to 31st - 'JALSA' - 40th Rotary Conference at Hotel Daman Ganga Valley Resorts, Silvassa.

OTHER DECISIONS

1. Board agreed to host PETS & SETS for Central Gujarat on 4th April, 2010, provided registration charges are uniform for all the PETS. Possible venues were discussed.

2. It was decided to induct two new Members - Mr. Sudhir Sethi and Mrs. Leena Smart as they have completed the formalities and Board has accepted their proposal. It was decided to induct them from 1st January, 2010 though official induction will be in a family meeting later on.

3. President invited Rtn. Nilesh Patel to give update of Atmanirbhar. He appraised and discussed points like 2nd camp in Dangs on 21st and 22nd of February, 2010, attendance of Members, Expenses, Core Group Orientation, Letters of Gratitude to Donors, etc.

4. President conveyed compliments to Rtn. Sunil Vakil for BLINK, Rtn. Nilesh Patel for Atmanirbhar and Rtn. Dr. Manoj Desai for successful operation of the first patient (who has gone back home happily).

5. Rotaract and Interact need to be activized, especially for Polio NID. Rtn. Pinky and Rtn. Nilesh have taken the responsibility to streamline the same.

7. Polio Plus Chairman Rtn. Manisha will appraise you after discussing with Revenue District Coordinator Bhupendra Parikh as well as Vadodara Municipal Corporation doctors about our role and support.

8. January, 2010 is month for Public Relations and the plan of action was discussed. Chairman Rtn. Savir Julka will finalize and update to you.

9. Rtn. Premal accepted the responsibility to send two pictures (one each of Project Sanjeevani and Atmanirbharwith small write up) to Rotary News for publication.

10. President Elect Premal Smart announced his Board and everyone appreciated and pledged support to him for his year.

Lastly, President thanked the Hosts Nilesh and Sheetal as well as charming daughter Vishaka who served with a smile.

Dr. Manoj Desai

Bulletin Editor

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GLIMPSES OF BLINK

Dear Friends,

A meaningful and different event !
Worth watching !
Listening to GENEXT !

These are some of the expressions that have come for this event. Kudos to Rtns. Sunil and Alok who have made it happen.

Total Number of Entries - 13 Teams
Winners - First - Coffee Collars from BBA, Baroda. Totally 4 Teams have qualified for the final round.

Sharp at 2.30 p.m. everybody was seated and at 2.45 p.m. the event took off after Rtn. Sunil's opening remarks and rules of the game. Then President Sharmishtha welcomed all and conveyed her best wishes to the participants.

The stage was ready, enthusiasm was at its peak and the affect of adrenalin rushing through the arteries and veins was felt by everyone present ! Witness the same in the pictures which I have taken and uploaded herewith.

Rotarians - Nilesh, Manoj, Pinky, Vrajesh & Shama Hakim were present in the Inaugural Session to encourage the participants. The rainbow spectrum of ideas was unbelievable. It started from 'Waste Management' to 'Coffee Collars.'

Prizes and Certificates were given to all the participants of Central Gujarat Clubs. The event lasted till 7.00 p.m.! I am sure this would be an on going activity under the banner of RCBM for the Youth Services.

Long Live RCBM Clan of Difference Makers.

Dr. Manoj Desai
Bulletin Editor

Dear Friends,

Last Meeting - 18th December, 2009
Number of Attendees - 26
Venue - Relish Resorts, Old Padra Road, Vadodara.

The meeting started a bit late then usual due to late arrival of many people. In the meantime DVD on Project Atmanirbhar created by Rishiraj was shown to those who were present and could not see the same on the blog.

President started the meeting with Opening Remarks about December as "Family" month. She welcomed Senior Rotarian Raja Guman of RC Agola, District 3030. His expression of RCBM is as under:

"In my 39 years of Rotary career as 100 Percenter and after visiting more than 25 countries for Rotary Projects, let me express that I have witnessed one of the best clubs in India - RC Baroda Metro. The kind of projects and the celebration by the family in today's meeting that I have observed alongwith 'musical fellowship' is outstanding!"

President then gave a brief introduction of me! I made my presentation 'Jashan' (for the first time - your feedback will help me to improve upon it) and I ended on the required steps for Project Atmanirbhar.

Then came the much awaited moment - a big cake was offered by President to celebrate two occasions - (1) Birthday of Hon. Secretary Pratima Bordevekar and (2) Marriage Anniversary of Ann Kavita and Rtn. Savir Julka. Everyone applauded them while singing the Birthday song ( I am awaiting the pictures from those who have taken it to put them on the blog).

Then the floor was given to Rtn. Manisha R. Bhatt who had thoughtfully planned Antakshri for all. She divided the club into four groups with special names like Pan Pasand, Mango Bite, To fee Delight, etc. Someone has said; "There is child in everyone" and all the children came alive in the last meeting while singing the songs. The rainbow spectrum of the songs started from the 70s' to the latest. Quick fire around was played between Manisha, Pratima, Sonal and Sheetal. In true Rotary Spirit Manisha adjudged everyone as the winner and gave gift.

Fellowship over the dinner was outstanding. Overall a good meeting and those who did not come really missed something as I cannot do justice to describe the same.

IMPORTANT NEWS

1. The first patient of Atmanirbhar - Vipul Vasava was successfully operated yesterday. Surprisingly, inspite of amputation, he is very comfortable and is thanking Rotary for relieving him of a big suffering. Isn't this a good blessing in disguise? When are you visiting him?

2. Please remember to attend BLINKS today at BBA Hall at 2.30 p.m. for the Inaugural Session. Many teams are participating and it would be wonderful to witness the show and inspiring hard work put in by Sunil and Alok.

NEXT MEETING

1. See you all at Tanushri's Wedding on 26th December at Shiv Mahal Palace (this is in lieu of our regular meeting of 24th).

2. Board of Directors' meeting will be held at Sergeant-at-Arms Nilesh Taunk's residence at 8.00 p.m. on 29th December. He has already sent email to all the Board Members so those who have not confirmed, please confirm your participation.

Let me end on the following inspiring thought:

The gentleman examined the idol and found no apparent damage. "Where is the damage?" he asked.

"There is a scratch on the nose of the idol." said the sculptor, still busy with his work.

"Where are you going to install the idol?"

The sculptor replied that it would be installed on a pillar twenty feet high.

"If the idol is that far, who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?" the gentleman asked.

The sculptor stopped his work, looked up at the gentleman, smiled and said, "I will know it."

The desire to excel is exclusive of the fact whether someone else appreciates it or not.

"Excellence" is a drive from inside, not outside.

Excellence is not for someone else to notice but for your own satisfaction and efficiency...

Dr. Manoj Desai

Bulletin Editor

BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES - DECEMBER 2009

LIST OF PATIENTS OF DEDIAPADA CAMP FOR OPERATION

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Dear Friends,

Last Meeting held on 4th December, 2009 - Attendance 14 Members.

President called the meeting to order and prayer was recited by all. The 4-Way Test was recited by Rtn. Sumul Patel. Rtn. Vijay Bhatt who has come to the Rotary fold again introduced himself in a very brief way. He is a man of action rather than words. He preferred to talk about his impression about Atmanirbhar Project at Dediapada. His actions will be highlighted in the later part of this blog.

President gave opening remarks about December - "Family Month" with the following lines:

1. "We cannot choose our family. They are God's gift to you as you are to them." (Desmond Tutu)

2. "Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see past, present and future."

3. "The only rock I know stays steady, the only institution I know that works is the family." (Lee Iacocca).

President offered pins to following Star Performers:

1. Rtn. Alok Desai for his excellent steering of Kalyan Banerjee Felicitation Function.

2. Rtn. Rishriraj Mistry for his excellent DVD on Project Atmanirbhar - Dediapada Camp.

3. Rtn. Vijay Bhatt for making Dediapada Camp a grand success.

NEXT MEETINGS

1. 6th December - Project Atmanirbhar at Dashrath.

2. 10th December - Adjusted against Project Atmanirbhar at Dashrath.

3. 17th December - Family Fellowship & Foundation Talk at Relish Resort at 8.00 p.m. planned by Rtn. Manisha R. Bhatt.

4. 19th December - Regional round of Business Idea Contest BLINK in Baroda at I.G. Patel Auditorium (inside Social Works Department Campus) from 3.00 p.m. onwards.

5. 24th December - Adjusted against 26th December - Wedding of Tanushree (Rtn. Bharat Mehta has invited all personally)

President narrated the above mentioned schedule of meetings alongwith other Board decisions, which are as follows:

1. President welcomed Rtn. Iqbal Hakim as President Nominee 2011-12. He would be attending all Board meetings from now onwards in his new capacity.

2. President informed that she has received names of Rtn. Sunil Vakil and Rtn. Rachna Garg for District Sports Events.

3. RYLA for the youth was highlighted.

4. Polio NID will be held in January and February 2010 and we have to start planning for the same under the guidance of Rtn. Manisha M. Bhatt.

5. IPP Rajan reminded every one for the Piggy Bank Project of this year.

6. Dediapada Camp was a grand success and we have learnt some lessons so that next time we are still better organized. Everyone agreed that we should go to remote areas where help is not reaching like Dang and Tejgadh.

7. President informed all regarding Board's decision for Seminar for Teachers for differently abled children to be conducted in later half of January, 2010, which would be of 4 hours on Saturday afternoon over hi-tea. Details will be finalized by Committee Members - Rtns. Manisha M. Bhatt, Mitesh, Premal, Shehnaz and Sonal under the name of 'Project Tare Zameen Par.'

8. Accounts for the year 2008-09 - IPP Rajan tendered his apologies and committed to circulate soft copy in 2 days time. Rtn. Sunil Vakil volunteered his help for going into the details of the same in order to follow club's final guidelines, which was accepted by IPP Rajan.

9. President informed Rtn. Premal Smart, President (Elect) to decide his Board before 31st December, 2009.

10. Everyone present whole heartedly agreed to go ahead with Polio Reconstructive Surgery of the cases identified at Dediapada Camp. Dr. Manoj Desai will perform surgeries free of cost but medicines, plaster, anesthesia and stay would be costing approximately Rs.3500 to Rs.4000 per patients.

11. There was a brief discussion about how to improve Public Image of Rotary in the month of January, 2010 and it was decided to explore - (1) Mr. Nafiz Khan (Rtn. Iqbal Hakim to explore) for showing Atmanirbhar DVD on VNM. (2) Handbill highlighting our activities to go as newspaper inserts and (3) Rtn. Vijay Bhatt to give pictures with small write up to print media.

BREAKING NEWS

Rtn. Vijay Bhatt was so moved by the sufferers of Dediapada Camp that he decided to act fast. He showed DVD (Sanjay Drashti) of Dediapada Camp, which is already on the blog, to his friends and collected donation of Rs.1,01,001 in less than 12 hours (as under) - that is called 'Man of Action' friends, that is called 'Empathy. ' The world is full of 'Sympathizers' but this kind of 'Empathizer' will definitely get us smiles on the faces of underserved ones of Dediapada.

1. Shri Atik Desai - Rs.10,000

2. Shri Chintan Patel - Rs.11,000

3. Shri Chandan Gyanchandani - Rs.10,000

4. Shri Mukund & Archana Baxi - Rs.10,000

5. Shri Dinesh Khedkar - Rs.10,000

6. Shri Hitendra Upadaya - Rs.10,000

7. Shri Kirit Patel - Rs.10,000

8. Shri Vijay Bhatt - Rs.10,000

9. Shri Arvind R. Haribhakti - Rs.5,000

10. Ms. Hema Kalyan Haribhakti - Rs.5,000

11. Shri Deepak Shah - Rs.5,000

12. Shri P. Uma Maheshwar Rao - Rs.5001

MAY GOD BLESS THE LARGE HEARTED DONORS FOR A WORTHY CAUSE.

Dr. Manoj Desai

Bulletin Editor

Dear Friends,

Here is the video of Dediapada -Aatmanirbhar camp.

It is proven that EMPATHY raises the IMMUNITY....I request you to spare only 7.45 mins. to view the video to see what RCBM has done at Dediapada.

Pl do attend tomorrow's high-tea meeting at Hotel Surya Palace at 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm

Also please remember new idea...of BLINK. I am pasting Rtn. Sunil's letter for details:

Dear All,
This week we have finished/pursued following activities in connection with hosting a regional round of Business Idea Contest BLINK in Baroda
In consultation with the coordinator from MSU Prof. P M Shah, 11 colleges/faculties of undergraduate courses at MSU were identified. BLINK literature and forms of participation were personally delivered to the Dean/Student Coordinators of those faculties.
Date of contest was finalized as 19th December, Saturday from 3.00 pm onward. Venue will be I G Patel Auditorium inside Social Works Department Campus
Other private institutions in Waghodia and Por were approached. Parul Institute, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Sigma Institute and Bavaria Institute were visited and the letters as well as Forms were handed over to the Heads/Senior Professor of the respective Institutions. Parul, Sigma and Bavaria, which are affiliated to Gujarat Technical University have a limited/negligent chance of participation as they all have end of the term examinations of all their undergrad students throughout the month of December....
Regards
SUNIL VAKIL

Good day !

Manoj

ATMANIRBHAR - I - DEDIAPADA CAMP

Dear Friends,

You should have been there to witness and feel the difference making Atmanirbhar Project in the real tribal area of Dediapada.

The facts and figures are as follows:

Total No. of patients - 142

Orthetic Aid (Prosthesis, Calipers, Crutches, etc.) - 64

Tricycle cases (non-operable) - 11

No. of Patients where no help could be rendered as they were either Cerebalpalsy or Deformity due to Myelitis, Meningitis or Sickle Cell Disease - 40

No. of patients requiring operation - 17

The expressions that I have heard from Rotarians are as follows:

1. "This is real Rotary."

2. "Each smile is worth a crore of Rupees."

3. "Unbelievable - lets have more projects like this."

4. "This is the need of the hour."

5. "Rotary means to reach out to have nots."

Friends our journey started at 7.00 a.m. from Baroda. Time Management was so good that three cars from different areas gathered after 1 & 1/2 hours drive to have a cup of tea at the road side (Picture 003).

Rtn. Nilesh had planned the camp with the help of Mr. Rajesh Zaveri and Bharat Sevashram Sang, Dediapada (Picture 068).

The scenic beauty that we saw enroute cannot be described in words and hence I am just uploading the pictures of lush green area at Visalkhadi (Pictures 005 & 009). Everyone was so motivated that we decided to keep this in mind as a picnic spot - could be overnight or morning till evening.

The challenges that we saw in the camp cannot be described in words. You can see patients with their relatives (Pictures 015, 020, & 022) come down from long distances and there were long queues.

How difficult life can be of these physically challenged people with various deformities (Pictures 013, 018, 024) ? Look at the size of the legs versus hands due to inability to walk since birth (Picture 031).

Personal touch and involvement of Rotarians was seen at all levels - whether it was prosthesis (Picture 019) or Calipers (Picture 042) or even distribution of food to the beneficiaries (Picture 037), registration, convincing patients' relatives, etc.

I got an opportunity to see some real tricky (more than 42 patients) and challenging cases, not seen in cities (Picture 057).

Each picture is a thousand words and I have got 70 pictures all of which I cannot upload and hence I would conclude by saying that this was the first time that city people visited Dediapada and organized a camp. Picture 061 & 062 shows delivery of caliper and "smile of hope." Picture 064 shows delivery of caliper and 065 shows giving up stick for the first time in life. Satisfied relatives (Picture 063) or innocent smiles or sheer joy.

Friends, time has come to rethink - would you like to make this camp more successful by your commitment of time (10 volunteers out of 43 Rotarians can be improved upon. Isn't it?) and participating in different activities with excellent planning! Cases of operations need your help. those who have never walked can definitely be made to walk with minor operations, provided somebody sponsors their cases. Mr. Zaveri has promised us to bring (using his own vehicle) the patients to my hospital. I will certainly do the operation free of charge but some cost is involved towards anesthesia, drugs, etc. Would you like to be a friend of these "have nots" and make them Atmanirbhar?

Do not forget to see the video that I would upload in the next two days with my Sanjay Drashti Rishriraj.

Dr. Manoj Desai

Bulletin Editor

FIRST TIME EVER...VIDEO...KB FELICITATION

Dear Friends,

I am uploading on our blog the edited copy of video captured by Rishiraj of Kalyan Banerjee Felicitation Programme. Kindly view it.

This is the first time that we have done something totally different. This gives me idea that we can definitely put marriage ceremony videos or many other videos on the blog for those who cannot remain present.

Enjoy it!

Dr. Manoj Desai
Bulletin Editor

BREAKING NEWS

Dear Friends,

Here is the Breaking News of having a complete family (Rotaract + Interact) with the birth of INTERACT CLUB DIVINE at M.P. Patel High School, Dashrat. On 14th November 2009 Charter Presentation took place and all the three power houses of our club namely President Dr. Sharmishtha, Hon. Secretary Pratima and Director - Youth Services Pinky Patel presented the Charter during a sober function in the morning hours at the school. Due to working hours there was very thin attendance from the Club Members.

I have received the pictures today morning and uploading the same immediately for your knowledge.

It seems to me that there is competition in our club for the star pins !? Do you remember, they were offered to Directors - Club Services Mitesh and Manisha for great performance. Who will be the next ? President Sharmishtha is going to find it difficult whom to give the pin amongst these 3 perfomers ! (1) Director - Vocational Service Bharat Mehta who has already proven his performance for Vocational Awards. (2) Now it is Director - Youth Service Pinky Patel aiming at the same. (3) How can I forget our AG Alok Desai & Sonal Desai for the great success of Pride & Privilege Function! All 3 have kept the flag of RCBM flying high.

I must say that Director - Community Services Nilesh Patel is waiting in wings to take off the first camp of Atmanirbhar on 28th / 29th November who has already taken a trip to Dediapada alongwith Rtn. Vijay Bhatt for the same (await the details of the camp from Director - Community Service Nilesh Patel and President (E) Premal Smart). Mind you, it is not only the Directors, any Rotarian can perform and claim for the pin. I can see Vijay has already given time once ! We await to see your action at the time of Atmanirbhar Camp.

Remember RCBM is a club of Pathfinders, Trendsetters and Difference Makers. We await your participation in any of the three categories.

Reminders

Enjoy this Thursday evening with your family as there is no meeting and re-charge yourself for Atmanirbhar Camp.

Dr. Manoj Desai

Bulletin Editor

RCBM President & Secretary with school authorities

President & Secretary with Office Bearers of Divine Club & their Incharge Teacher

Director - Youth Services Pinky Patel with President of Interact Club