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Singapore was lit up during the first

week of June 2010 when the Asia Pa-cific Jaycees met up for the conference.Mornings filled with trainings and lec-tures and evenings filled with fun, enter-tainment and JCI nights were the memo-rable moments of this years ASPAC. Allwho participated took back home manyfond memories and experiences. Someof the highlights are captured.

ASPACSpecial points of interest:

A personal interview withJCI. Sen. Dr. Upali Mahanama

Highlights Asia Pacific Con-

ference (ASPAC) 2010

Passion is the Light of Lead-

ershipBy National Presi-

dent Azard Ishak

Beyond the Pledge By

the Immediate Past National

President JCI Sen. BimalLiyanage

Tit Bits on Environmental

Aspects

Inside this issue:

Editorial 2

Presidents Message 2

Think out of the box ~ Renewable

Energy

2

Interview with Dr. Mahanama 3

Beyond the Pledge 6

Avurudu Ullella 6

Passion is the light of Leadership 7

Bamba Bash ~ SPLASH 7

Back Page Tittle Tattle 8

JUNIOUR CHAMBER INTERNATIONAL SRILANKA BAMBALAPITIYA

30TH JUNE, 2010

VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1

~~ BamBaBites ~~Tittle Tattle in Blue

Time to REDUCE ~ REUSE ~ RECYCLEImagine a situation whereyou have to pass heaps ofgarbage on your way towork every morning; orworse, when you decide totake a stroll by the seashore

all you encounter is heaps ofgarbage dumps and badodour well seems like Co-lombo is heading towards asimilar crisis situation. Itseems almost too much tohandle; and it is!

Garbage crisis is more thanjust an environmental orhealth issueit also threat-ens world economies by im-pairing their competitivenesson world markets, discour-aging tourism and hindering

industrial development.

Its apparent that Colombo isfacing a huge problem interms of waste disposal.There is no proper plan in

place with regards to this.Furthermore it is sad to notethat more and more peoplein the cities tend to act so-cially irresponsible when itcomes to disposal of waste.People are happy as long astheir backyard is clean. Wet-lands are being used asdumps. Bloemendhal andKaradiyana were once wet-lands. This results in severalother issues; water contami-nation, floods etc. Its time toclean up. To instill in theminds of our people thatthis is their land and thatthey are responsible for itscleanliness. Only this wouldgive long term results.

Its time to implement the 3 Rs

Reduce Waste

Recycle Waste

Reuse Waste

What are you doing to makea change? Must you not re-cycle because it isn't an op-tion in your neighborhood?Do you feel like your impactis so little that you ought notchange your ways? Do youreally need plastic bags?Hope you as a citizen wouldbe conscious of your deedsand keep in mind that youlittle deeds can make a worldof difference. As a whole wecan overcome this problemeasily. (Some contents have

been extracted from theinternet)

Jc. Angela Thayalaseelan

ADB predicts that the produc-tion of waste in the worldwould increase to 1.8 milliontons by 2025


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If you want to stand out,don't be different, be out-

standing. - Meredith West

It is indeed an exciting mo-ment to be releasing the firstBamba E-Newsletter. Ienvisage that this would bea means to create positivechange within the communityin line with the concepts ofJCI.

The mid year 2010 finds us

in a comfortable and happyposition all geared to make

it a successful year.

I would like to take this op-portunity to thank all thosewho provided their valuabletime and support to makethis newsletter a reality.

This first newsletter is dedi-cated to commemorate theWORLD ENVIRONMENTDAY alongside the JCI

theme for the year ClimateChange. We hope that the

readers would get betterinsight to some of the contri-butions they could make tosave our land.

Finally I wish JCI Bam-balapitiya and this newslet-ter the best of success in theyears ahead.


Editor

EDITORIAL

development which wouldultimately result in productiv-ity.

Jaycees is a university whereyou learn, network, experi-ence and expose to variousactivities, such as projects,conferences and Trainings inboth local and internationallevel. We are proud to saythat we have been doing

various projects in differentdegrees and will be focusingin many important projects inthe years to come as well.The launch of our newsletteris just a start of another

marathon journey.

On behalf of the Bam-balapitya chapter, I like tothank all of you for support-ing the launch and I sincerelybelieve that this would beanother successful venture.Once again wishing all thebest to JCI in all its futureendeavors and to grow fromstrength to strength.

Jc. Anushly Sithambaram

President 2009/2010

PRESIDENTS MESSAGEIt is with great privilege andhonor that I take this oppor-tunity to announce the launchof the JCI Bambalapityanewsletter which will furtherreinforce our effectivenessas young leaders and entre-preneurs.

Keeping in mind the themefor the year : Give, Gain,Grow, I envisage that this

will explore new opportuni-ties and will create a newmind-set amongst us allow-ing us to unleash our hiddenpotential. It will result in in-creased knowledge and

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Solar panels on the other

hand are a lot safer and lesscostly.

A Spanish city has found anunusual place to generaterenewable energy, namelythe local cemetery. It is afterall a very good and conven-ient place for something ofthis sort. Initially there wereprotests from the public butonce they were educated onthe how and why of thisscheme it was treated withapproval and it has re-mained a success.

Renewable energy as a

At present the business of

producing renewable en-ergy is thriving and growingat a pace.

If we analyse the source ofpower through windmills. Thisis a huge industry in some ofthe large countries such asIndia, Finland etc. One tur-bine is approximately $1.5million. Windmills are easilyplaced in large areas andgenerate the volume ofpower required for homesand industries. However theycould be environmentally

unfriendly for birds.

business is at the current

context a very importantarea to be looked at. It isalso a means of conservingour land. Shouldnt we givea hand to establish this fur-ther around the globe?

Think Out of the Box ~ Renewable Energy

A S p a n i s h c i t y h a s f o u n d a n

u n u s u a l p l a c et o g e n e r a t e

r e n e w a b l e e n -

e r g y - t h e l o c a lc e m e t e r y .


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VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 Page 3

Q You have been awarded the highesthonour available in the JCI career pro-file. How did your JCI career begin andreach this stage?

The highest International honour given byJCI is the Senator-ship. It is given for notjust being an officer as such, but for out-standing services to the LOM, NOM orInternational.

My mind goes back to 1958; when I was astudent of Nalanda at the varsity entranceform. In addition to the 4 subjects therewas General Knowledge (GK). Way backthen; one of the questions was Who arethe Jaycees and what do they do?. JCIhad just come to Sri Lanka but I was totallyunaware. I answered the questions I could,and the last few questions just took achance. To that question I boldly wroteacross the answer script. The Jaycees area primitive race they hunt and live by thegrace of God; because I thought they

were a tribe in America. This does not re-flect the value of JCI even at that time,only my poor GK. The boy who at 18wrote a stupid answer like this never in hiswildest dreams expected to be the JCI VP.

My career started with Unilever. In early1970s; having started in late 50s, JCIgrew in Sri Lanka and had around 6-8chapters. The year 1969 however, saw adrop to just 3 chapters. The National Presi-dent elected for 1970 was Duleep Fer-nando, he unfortunately had to migrate toUSA, and as a result the NP position wasvacant. Dr. Pandu Liyanage, my dearfriend, who was the Immediate Past Presi-dent had to step in and take the reigns. Hewas a visionary and one of the finest Jay-cees I have met. Through his brother-in-lawSri Sangabo Corea he discussed with meto form a new chapter. The challenge wasaccepted even though I wasnt interested. Iasked Pandu give me one reason why Ishould become a JC? He replied;

1.You can develop your leadership & man-agement skills

2.You meet a lot of nice peopleVery off handishly I said I don't need tojoin JCI to learn management skills as I ama manager at Unilever; and I dont need to

meet nice people, Ill let your peoplemeet a nice person in me. I was sorry Iever made a statement like that.

To cut a long story Sri Sangabo Coreaand I spearheaded the formation of thechapter, and on the 16th of July 1970Colombo South chapter gave birth, ex-actly 40 years ago. I came to be with

the Jaycees just for a year to form thischapter and go away. But once in I real-ized its value and there were a lot ofnice people I met, contrary to my earlierstatement, and I didnt look back, I wenton and on being vice president, presi-dent, and a hosts of other local positionsand contributing in Sri Lanka. In the veryfirst year my chapter became the bestchapter in SL at the 1971 awards. I wasthe best Jaycee in SL and our chapterswept away 6 out of 9 national awards.It was all possible due to the dedicatedeffort which paved the way to run the

senator-ship.

Q You were a National President dur-ing the year 1976. What was your ex-

perience as National President in SriLanka like during those times?

It was a challenging experience, espe-cially as I mentioned there was a dip inhistory with not so much activity. I had abalanced team where members were intheir 30s, holding management positions,while others were a fresher group to bemolded. At that time JCI was running on

the 9 point commission (activity) system;covering areas such as Leadership, Com-munity Development, Youth Affairs, Inter-national Relations etc. We were deter-mined to conduct at least one project ineach area.

The 1st project was Keep the CityCleanstarted from Galle Face up-toMount Lavinia; under the theme This isour city Lets keep it Clean. All physi-cally contributed to clean up the greenand other areas. We are so proud of itas we won an Asian Award for BestCommunity Development Project for

Asia at the Asian conference held inHong Kong in 1972.

A PERSONAL INTERVIEW WITH DR. UPALI MAHANAMA

Dr. Upali Mahanama is a Marketing Consultant and a Management Trainer of international repute.

In 2005, he was conferred a Doctorate in Business Management by Phoenix International University

and a Fellowship by the Society for Business Practitioners U.K. He also holds the Membership of the

New Zealand Institute of Management.

JCI Senator 19315

National President

1976

1st Asia Pacific Devel-

opment Officer

JCI Vice President

1977

Founder President

ColomboSouth

1970

Senior Brand Manager Lever

Brothers Ceylon Ltd

Head of Marketing Warner

Lambert Sri Lanka Ltd

Imports Director Mackwoods

Ltd

Group Marketing Director

Mikechris Group of Companies

Director General Manager

Anglo Asian Company Ltd


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done, report writing and a host ofother things which we were doing onin any case; but JCI allows us to fo-cus on it in a disciplined way. Punc-tuality is lacking these days. Re-cently, I was asked to speak at7.30a.m. and was kept waiting,people had not come they were justmoving around and finally when Iactually went to speak it was past9.30 a.m. I attended 153 meetingsin my first year. When I was chapterpresident if the meeting was at 6.30I started, the moment the quorumwas established. Also I make it apoint to embarrass those who getlate, diplomatically. Nowadays,everybody knows the meetingwont start on time and everybodycomes late. It becomes a mockery.

In the context of the economy weneed people who are disciplinedand punctual. My career started asa salesman at Unilever; and for a 8oclock conference if we arrived at8.01 we were not allowed to enter.Part of the discipline I got throughUnilever thanks to the companysstrict policies and procedures.

Q You have reached the peak ofyour professional career. How hasJCI helped you with this?

My profession is marketing and Iagree that the highest you couldreach is that of a marketing Consult-ant or Director, which I reached. Mylife started as a salesman and Iworked very hard. As a junior man-ager; I was carrying the Guide toChapter Development one of nu-merous valuable manuals releasedby JCI. Mr. Asoka a scholar, andone of the marketing managers atthat time wanted to know what itwas. I replied Its one of the JCImanuals. He flipped through the

pages and I saw his face brighten-ing up. He took it home and broughtit back and said Its a great man-ual you can run a company.JCIgave me;

1.Opportunity in positions of lead-ership

2.Opportunity to plan and developprojects according to proper man-agement principles

3.Study of all the management prin-ciples (Supplemented my knowl-edge which Unilever gave me)

Even to this day I would say thatwhat JCI gave me in terms of my

We did quality projects exclusivelyunder the JC 5 point project plan.SurveyAnalysisPlanningAction

EvaluationRarely did Evaluation take place forprojects even then, but we ensuredthat that was done and learnt the artof self criticism and accepting criti-cism. Unless a project conforms to this5 point plan it ceases to be a JC pro-ject. Page one of the constitution saysthat The purpose of Jaycees is todevelop the individual ability andstimulate the joint efforts of youngpeople for the purpose of improvingsocial, economic and spiritual well

being of mankind. This must be up-permost in our minds when we do pro-jects, which enables one to learn andbecome a top class manager. JCI isthe single largest training organisationwith over 500,000 members, in over10,000 communities and in 90 coun-tries at that time.

Q The Jaycees were at a very dif-ferent and more active level at thattime. What is the secret for its suc-cess at that time? How could werelate some of the strategies fol-

lowed then to todays context?

A substantial change took placethanks to Dr. Pandu Liyanages effortsto add more chapters. ColomboSouth, Colombo North; progressivelywe had Kadawatha, Ragama, Gam-paha, Kandy, Galle was revived, Rat-malana, Kollupitiya etc. I feel, themembership was mature, most of themwere 30+ holding managerial posi-tions, in contrast to today where I feelthe membership is quite young. It willdo well for the national to put it down

as a policy to progressively recruitmembers around 30-35 so that thereis a balance to enhance its true statusas a learning organisation. Thereforethe strategy would be always to keepa balanced membership. That wouldgive a sense of confidence to all to doprojects that are mature.

Q What is the most valuable qualityyou acquired through the Jaycees?

Discipline. Punctuality, a disciplinedapproach in thinking things out, pro-

ject planning, budgeting, controlledexpenses, presentation of projects

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personality development and pro-ject planning and implementation Idid not get even in Unilever. That iswhat Lt. Mr. Kingsley Wick-ramaratne, Dr. Pandu Liyanagae,all of them state We are like thistoday because of JCI. Theyounger people today must makean effort to get a hold of thesemanuals and study them. Theproper procedures to conduct aproject should be followed as re-quired by JCI, initiating with aproper survey etc. If not it ceasesto be a JC project and probablyone of the reasons why our uniqueidentity has been taken out and webecame just another organisation.We must get back the portrayalthat we are a Leadership Train-

ing Organisation where we Incul-cate Management Disciplines.

When new NPs come they ask meto be advisor in this that or theother; but never am I called forany meetings of any sort. I haventseen a proper long range plan-ning meeting in a long while. Ifthey have been there I have noteven got a copy. These are notcomplains but said with a lot oflove and affection for the organi-sation.

Q Could you share one experi-ence you will not forget in thearea of

Community

The operation Keep City Clean.It was an ambitious project andthe mayor, municipal officers,managers, public servants; peoplewho you would never see on thestreet collecting garbage did theirpart. It was a satisfying experi-ence. We educated the general

public of the Colombo South areaon keeping there area clean andmade a big impact in Colombo.

International

The person I had appointed as In-ternational Relations Director wasDavid Jonklass a brand managerat levers. We organized a projectcalled an An Evening of Interna-tional Entertainment. Where wegot 7-8 embassies in Colombo andeach had to present and item spe-cial to that country. I invited Mr.Stanley Thilakeratne who was thespeaker of the National State As-sembly as chief guest.


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At that time, Mrs. Bandaranaike had appointedMr. Thilakeratne as chairman of the constitualassembly to draft a new constitute of the coun-try and he was very busy. He was refusing I wasinsisting, never giving up; and he came at 6.30and he was furious that I had not respected hisposition; after which he attended the constitual

assembly. Later when I met him we had a goodlaugh over the incident.

Individual

One of the best projects I can remember thatwas headed by Willie Weerasekara anotherbrand manager Unilever. Effective Commu-nication In the Modern World. It was im-maculately organized and well attended andwe won a National Award for a well plannedand presented project conforming to JCI princi-ples of project management.

Q Would you share one unforgettable experi-ence you faced in the international arena thatgroomed you into a successful leader?

In 1977 I contested the post of JCI VP it was inSt. Louis Missouri the birthplace of our founderHenry Gissenberg and JCI. This was during theforeign exchange time and Lt. Sen. JayaratneDe Silva and JCI Sen. Isfahan Hameen helpedme financially.

At the election I was elected JCI VP with 83/84countries voting for me and the then WorldPresident Ronald Au, appointed me as the As-signed JCI VP to the Nordic Group of countries

Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Ice-land. This was the 1st time an Asian got this po-sition. All 5 countries in delegation met RonaldAu and protested saying we dont know whereSL is and we havent heard of Upali Mahanamaand we demand a change. When the generalAssembly met officially the next day and theentire board was seated Ronald Au informedthem that the Nordic countries had demanded achange and wanted another JCI VP. Ronald Ausaid I have assessed the strengths and weak-nesses of the different countries and NOMs inthe world. I have also assessed the strengthsand weaknesses of my 15 JCI VPs and basedon the needs of the Nordic countries I have as-signed JCI. Sen. Upali Mahanama to the NordicGroup. You might want to know why? I want Upito give the Nordic NOMs a breath of freshAsian air. If after 6 months you find Upalis con-tribution to your NOMs unsatisfactory you caninform me and I will make a change. Upali areyou prepared to take that challenge. My an-swer was short With pleasure.

Q JCI is an organization that grooms youngleaders and entrepreneurs. In todays SriLankan context there is a lack of entrepre-

neurs in the market as a result of the 3 dec-ade war that was prevalent and political in-

stabilities. How do you see this as a chal-lenge to be overcome by JCI today?

1st step is to attract young people who are themanager and entrepreneur type. As my profes-sion is marketing I would urge the National Or-ganisation to market JCs on the same lines as a

branded product based on carefully formulatedstrategy. In the context of our economy whichshould come up as a consequence of the end ofwar in the country a project could be under-taken to identify young entrepreneurs who havemade inventions but lack the financial capabili-ties of developing them into financially viablecommercial projects. After identifying to supportthem either directly or with some tie up banksetc.

Q What is the advice you would give us be-ing an all rounder and exposed to variousfields in your professional, JCI and sports

career? Could you brief us on some of theexposures and challenges you met in each ofthese areas?

Irrespective of what motivated you to join theJCs to gain the real benefits of JCs

1.Understand what JCism represents2.Evaluate your own strengths and weaknesses3.Define specifically your career goals4.Read all the manual freely available in JCI5.Get involved in as many projects as possible.Join the JCs, learn as much as you can in theshortest time, aspire to be a national or interna-tional officer and get out as quickly as possible

Q June 5th being World Environment Day what do you feel the world requires at thismoment of time to inculcate positive changein this area?

Its a global issue and the quicker humans under-stand the magnitude of it the better. In my opin-ion the quicker we in SL need to get back to ourtraditional ways and give emphasis to agricul-ture. Carbon emission to the environment needsto be controlled or we may end up like Chinaand India where humans find it difficult to han-dle enormous levels of pollution. An average

tree absorbs a considerable amount of Carbonfor photosynthesis. But the indiscrete felling oftrees without a proper plan and compensation isonly accelerating the global warming. Al Gorehas given good leadership to this question.

I firmly believe that JCs should make things hap-pen, if the JCs in SL today are to breathe lifeinto this concept of making this happen wewould serve a great cause to our motherland ifall chapters in SL strongly supported by NOMplan and conduct 1 project each year designedto protect our environment and/or create agreater awareness among our people.


Dr. Mahanama

is also the co

author of the

book

Marketing

Skills in Man-

agement

Founder Member SLIM

Approved consultant

trainer Asia by UN

Approved consultant

trainer for ILO

Bangladesh

Awarded lifetime Indo

Ceylon friendship

award by Bharathi

Vidhiyapeet University

Delhi

Proud father of

cricketers Devaka and

Roshan Mahanama.


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As Jaycees when we takethe oath of office to serveas Jaycee officers, weswear to serve as a livingexample of this associations

philosophy & beliefsetc...in front of a large gather-ing. After that ceremonialoccasion most of us forgetwhat we have uttered.Therefore, as a learningmeasure we should lookback and try to define &understand those terms indetail which will prosper ourrole as an effective leader.

Let us use a marketing con-cept to make the task com-fortable;

There are 5 components int h i s m o d e l c a l l e dSERVQUAL;

Reliability

Tangibles

Responsiveness

Assurance

Empathy

Reliability is the ability toperform the promised ser-vice dependably and accu-rately. You need to makesure that you offer yourservice right the first time.To maintain that quality youneed to get necessary train-ing knowledge & skills to-gether with right positiveattitude. This will enhancethe member confidence andsatisfaction.

Tangibles are the physicalevidences of your leadershiprole including your appear-ance. Pleasant appearance,pleasant & appropriatewords, attractiveness, appro-priate & smart attire makeyour followers attracted toyour personality and per-ceive you as their leader.Wear i ng appropr ia tebadges & pins, using JCIbranded business cards arealso a part of this.

Responsiveness is the will-ingness to help members andprovide prompt attention totheir needs & wants. Organi-zations policies, proceduresto support the prompt re-sponsiveness are factors thatare also unique to the move-ment and members from JCIto a LOM.

Assurance is the knowledge& courtesy of leaders andtheir ability to build trust &confidence. Members over aperiod of time build confi-dence & trust on the leaderswho provide confidence. They

will repeatedly get involvedin JC activities offering theirfullest commitment due to theconfidence they have on theleaders who have been deliv-ering services to satisfy theirneeds.

Empathy is the provision ofcaring and individualizedattention to members. This isone of the most importantfacts in the voluntary organi-

zations which plays a majorrole in the retention of mem-bers. Further listening withempathy gives an opportu-nity to the members to pre-sent his/her exact require-ments with confidence andalso the leader to under-stand the problems of themember better and providethe most appropriate solu-tion.

You can see now involvementin JC s is indeed professionalwork which is very specific,achievable and time bound.Plan your JCI career in par-allel with your profession;contribute to mankind beingan active citizen. Be achange catalyst; be thechange.

While thanking JCI Bamba.for inviting me to share someknowledge ,we wish you allthe very best for an excitingJC career while realizing allcherished dreams in yourlife.

JCI Sen. Bimal Liyanage

National President 2009

JCI Certified NationalTrainer (CNT)

Chapter President JCIGampaha 2005

Senator No: 69096

BEYOND THE PLEDGE

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We swear to serve as aliving example of this

associationsphilosophy & beliefs

JCI Sen. Bimal LiyanagesUnforgettable Memories

with his team

Immediate Past NationalPresident JCI Sen. Bimal

Liyanage

AVURUDU ULLELLA

Avurudu Kumariya was

garlanded with the 22 CARROT

CHAIN

It was the weekendfollowing the dawn of theSinhala Tamil New Year.and we decided to have agood time of fun andfellowship. Accordingly, onthe dawn of the 18th April

2010, we got together atWoodland AvenueDehiwela to celebrate withsome traditional Avurudugames, lunch and what not.

It was a full day eventstarting off with a largegathering of Jaycees. Therewere a number ofrepresentatives from theother chapters as well. Andthe fun began

The starter was the Blindfolded game where youhave to draw the eye for the

Elephant. Various strategieswere followed in an attemptto bag the winners gift. Thegames that fol lowedincluded two races, Avurudu

Kamaraya, Kamariya etc. Bythe end of which all wereready for lunch break. Afterlunch more events followedthe competitive game ofcricket being the highlight.Jc. Shamry and his splendidbatting drove his team tovictory. It was time to call ita day. It was indeed a freshreviver and a good time offellowship enjoyed by all.Project chairperson JcSumangaly indeed made itan unforgettable event in theBamba Calendar.


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I will not be judged today bymy yesterday today I beginagain, focused on the success I

will create today."~ Mike Jones

The connection betweenleadership and change isobvious. Leadership has nomeaning in steady state en-vironment. Only when weenter a new territory, whenwe dont know the way, dowe need people to step for-ward and lead. So a leader

in essence, is someone whoprovides directions and sup-plies the motive power tochange.

How often have you heardthe comment, He or she is aborn leader? There arecertain characteristics foundin some people that seem tonaturally put them in a posi-tion where theyre looked upto as a leader.

Whether in fact a person is

born a leader or developsskills and abilities to becomea leader is open for debate.There are some clear char-acteristics that are found ingood leaders. These quali-ties can be developed

through actively participat-ing in JCI activities. JCI pro-vides opportunities for young

people to develop them-selves as leaders. As JCIyoung leaders, every one ofyou can take action to cre-ate positive change to theworld.

Life is no brief candle to me. Its a sort of splendid torchwhich Ive got to hold up forthe moment and I want tomake it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on

to future generations

- George Bernard Shaw

Leadership is passion, with-out passion, a person willhave very little influence asa leader. Consider the leg-acy of historical leaders likeJohn F. Kennedy, MahathmaGandhi, Mother Teresa orAbraham Lincoln. They areregarded as great leaders

because they passionatelyworked to help others.

Now is the time when wemust find ways to extractthat passion and createmore leaders of influence.

After all, if we are to passon the splendid torch notedin George Bernard Shaws

quote to the future genera-tions, we need to ensure it isburning brightly as possible.Passion is the light of theleadership torch that willhelp guide the way now andin the future!

The LOM Officer TrainingAcademy (LOTA 2010) or-ganized by JCI Bam-balapitiya was simply fan-tastic and outstanding. ThankYou Bamba for organizing

this wonderful event. I con-gratulate JCI Bambalpitiyaeditor Jc. Angela for theproduction of the News let-ter and together with yourdynamic President Anushlyand the TEAM Bamba foryour achievements in the firsthalf of the year.

Wishing all of you at JCIBambalapitiya all the verybest for an outstandingyear!

Azard IshakNational presidentJCI Sri Lanka

PASSION IS THE LIGHT OF

Passion is thelight of the

leadership torch

that will help

guide the way now

and in the future!

Azard IshakNational President

JCI Sri Lanka

It was the day after the mid year conference, but there was no stopping us from continuing withthe car wash even after the fun and frolic and tiredness. It started at approximately 10.00 amnear the BRC grounds Havelock road.

The fund raiser for the month of June 2010. The Bamba Bash ended up with a SPLASH.

Here are some shots of the hard work and fun put in by the team...

~~ BAMBA~BASH ~~ SPLASH...

The BAMBA BASH Crew Wet andTired and most of all Happy at the

end of the Day!


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GIVE ~ GAIN ~ GROW

JUNIOUR CHAMBER INTERNATIONALSRI LANKA BAMBALAPITIYA

Hope you

enjoyed go-

ing through

the 1st

newsletter.

Await the

next re-

lease with a

different

FLAVOUR...

Plant a tree and

help combat

Global warming

RE-ENERGISE source Readers Digest

Over a billion batteries are bought around the

world every yearwhich means millions more

are discarded. Most are tossed into landfills,

where toxic components from some batteries may

leach and vaporise , polluting the water, air and

land. The simplest solution is to use rechargeable

batteries. The newest generation are far better

and more reliableand are ready to use, right

out of the package. Best of all, once the batteriesenergy is depleted, theyre recyclable. Equally

important; they keep their charge, losing only

15% of stored power per year when not in use.

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WWW.JCIBAMBA.ORG

A PLEDGE TO OUR PLANET

I pledge to take personal responsibility for

conserving the energy I use. When I can, I

will inform other of ways that they too can

conserve energy, I recognize that on our

planet each small chance to conserve en-

ergy really does matter.

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