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VOLUME LXIX NUMBER 02 REGULAR MEETING

THURSDAY July 10, 2014 KAGAYANON RESTAURANT

TODAY’S PROGRAM

Call to Order Pres. Luigi Sarraga

Invocation Rtn. Roy Raagas

Pambansang Awit Rtn. Nikko Roa

Fellowship Report PD Gus Rodano

Entertainment PAG Manny Alinabon

Recognition PAG John Mark Sarraga

Classification Talk Rtn Eric Gaviana

Secretary’s Report Sec. Sonny Tiro

President’s Time Pres. Luigi Sarraga

Program Coordinator PVP John De Cleene

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By: Pres. Luigi Sarraga Gary C.K. Huang President 2014-15

Hello fellow Rotarians of “The Greatest Club.” The Rotary year has finally started as we marked the first check on the Rotary calendar with our first regular meeting last July 3. I was very inspired with the presence of 36 of our fellow Rotarians, led by our energetic District Governor Manny Along and his likewise energetic district secretary Hubert Quiblat who came in after attending the induction ceremonies of the Rotary Club of Northern Bukidnon thereby also qualifying our next meeting with a letchon which I gladly supplied in grateful appreciation for your support. Thank you RCCDO.

A special board was called after the meeting where we got our first 100% attendance to our board meeting, (a big thanks to our officers)mainly to formally approve the resumption of our hosting the Interplast Australia Medical Mission this coming 11 August to the 22nd, and also to the appointment of PAG Chito Sarraga as the project chair. PAG Chito has already been working very hard on this project since April, when Interplast conducted a security assessment of our city which we passed. He also emphasized the need for our club to raise P80,000 which will be our share in the projected cost of the endeavor. He started the ball rolling by donating P10,000 signifying his and president Juvy’s sponsorship of 10 patients. Thank you PAG Chito.

Week number 2 will also be an exciting one

with our hosting the Rotary New Year’s party/ Balik Escuela for our daycare in Gusa which will be held on July 11 Friday at the Philippine Sinter Clubhouse in Villa Ernesto at 1:30pm which we are conducting with the Anns. We had to fast forward this activity at the request of DG Manny to be able to participate in the first issue of the GML for the month of July. I always look forward to our annual hosting of this activity with the Anns where i get inspired when i see the happy faces of the children when they receive the goodies and school supplies RCCDO and RARCCDO always gives out to them every year. The next week we will do the same to the daycare in Mindanilla as scheduled.

This week we will have some visitors from RC East Urban led by PP Ella Yu. Welcome to the Mother Club. They are here to drum up attendance to the Membership Development seminar that they will be hosting on July 26 I have promised them our whole hearted support of this district project. As I told them RCCDO will be there :-)

Last week we were also exploring the venue possibilities and we heard good things about the venue we are presently trying out which is Kagayanon Restaurant. We are still exploring other possibilities with regard to venue and would appreciate your comments and or suggestions on this matter. And finally our club will also be remitting to the Rotary Foundation of our 1st salvo for the year we are hoping to remit 4,000-5,000 dollars hopefully putting us 1/3 of the way to our goal of $15,000 this year. Thank you RCCDO.

And finally we will try to fill up the remaining committees in the organization with their chairmen, as I have mentioned last week I would really prefer volunteers to chair the committees, as I believe volunteers work harder and happier at their assignments. This will bring us closer and much faster to the creation of our club plans and objectives which will become our blueprint for this Rotary ear.

President’s Column Presidential Message

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JULY 2014I find many traditional Chinese values reflected in Rotary: values of service and responsibility, of respect for family and for others. Sometimes I call Confucius the world’s first Rotarian, because even though he died 2,500 years before Rotary was founded, his ideas are very much Rotary ideas. And one of the things he said was:.

In English, you say, “It is better to light a single candle than to sit and curse the darkness.”

I think that one line sums up the way we in Rotary approach the problems of the world. There is so much difficulty. There are so many people who need help. Many people look at this and say, “There is nothing I can do.” So they do nothing – and nothing changes.

But this is not the Rotary way. The Rotary way is to light a candle. I light one candle, you light one candle –

and so do 1.2 million other Rotarians. Together, we can do so much more than we could ever do alone. Together, we can light up the world.

In 2014-15, I am asking each of you to light your own Rotary candle – and Light Up Rotary together.

There are so many ways to Light Up Rotary. I hope many of you will choose to host a Rotary Day, to show your community what Rotary is and what we do. I hope you will involve your Rotaract and Interact clubs in your service, to bring the new generation of the Rotary family closer to Rotary membership. And I hope you will keep Rotary strong by inviting new members into Rotary – including your own spouses and family.

Perhaps the most important thing we can do to Light Up Rotary together is to finish the job we’ve been working on for more than a quarter of a century: the eradication of polio. We are so close to our goal. But we will get there only if we keep up the fight, keep up the momentum, and close the funding gap for the polio endgame plan.

Light Up Rotary together is our theme for this year, but it is more than just a theme. It is how we in Rotary see the world and our role in it. We believe that no one should sit alone in the darkness. Instead, we can come together, all 1.2 million of us, to Light Up Rotary. This is our goal – and my challenge to you.

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1st Regular Weekly Meeting:Last July 3, 2014, the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro (RCCDO) held it’s first regular Weekly Meeting for RY 2014-15 at the Kagay-Anon Restaurant at the Lim Ket Kai Mall. The meeting was attended by 36 members and was a good way to kick-off the new Rotary year.

The meeting was held at Kagay-Anon Restaurant by virtue of a Board Resolution which offered a way for all our members to try the food, ambiance and suitability as a permanent meeting venue for our club. For P300/pax we had 5 menu items. Of course, we also had the lechon donated by PAG John Mark Sarraga.

Initial feedback from many of the attendees indicated that Kagay-Anon could definitely become our permanent meeting venue. Most commented favorably about the ease of parking and the suitability of the venue for a Rotary Meeting. To this end, it was decided by the BOD to hold the 2nd Regular Weekly Meeting at the Kagay-Anon so that our members may continue to assess the venue in preparation for a voting on the venue issue.

2nd BOD Meeting:After the 1st Weekly Meeting at Kagay-Anon Restaurant, the Board of Directors held an emergency meeting to discuss the planned Interplast activity. The meeting was attended by all members of the BOD. The meeting began with a motion by Director & PP Paul Ferrer to approve the proposal to hold the Interplast activity this Rotary Year 2014-15. This motion was unanimously approved by the BOD.

President Luigi then formalized the appointment of PAG Chito Sarraga as Chairman of the Interplast Activity Committee. In reality, PAG Chito has already been coordinating efforts for this activity since April 2014. He coordinated with Interplast Australia to conduct a security assessment of Cagayan de Oro and a facilities inspection of the CDO City Hospital. The actual security assessment and ocular inspection was done on May 9-11, 2014 by a team composed of Ms. Prue Ingram, CEO of Interplast Australia, Dr. Mike McGlyn, Ms. Dee McGlyn and Mr. Shaun Filer, a security expert. It is noteworthy that Cagayan de Oro City and the City Hospital passed the inspection parameters.

PAG Chito informed the BOD that the target date of the Interplast activity is on August 11, 2014. He added that there will be 7 members of the party. He emphasized that the club needs to raise P80,000 as counterpart funding and the he has already begun his fund raising efforts. He also stressed that the CDO City Mayor’s Office will be strongly supporting this activity. The Director of the CDO City Hospital, Dr. Ramon Neri, has also expressed his full support for us.

BY: Sec. Sonny Tiro

From The Secretary’s Deskexpress my big-big thanks to VPJosy for a very successful affair.

Applause to the support of the following Anns:

IPDoris for the sweet buffet & Aud.Ophie for the table pica-pica

Dir.Linda & Treas.Jessica for the dignitaries Leis & corsage

PROMonette for taking charge of the bonggang2x raffles donated by LadyBiema, PPJecs, IP Doris, PPVicky, Aud.Ophie, PPNitz, PRO Monette, Ann Glo, Ann Aida, Sec.Ching, Stronghold Ins., Pryce Plaza & Rosalinda’s Golconda Jewelry.

Dir.En2 for bringing in the CU entry of colors

Sec.Pam for the overwhelming mass offerings

PPJanet for the mass & venue coordination

PPMalou for accommodating my request to bring Awing to document the event

To all Happy & gorgeous dancers and to all who came to support the event. I’m going to say this again and again; I am very thankful & overwhelmed with your outstanding support, let’s continue this bonding throughout the rest of the Rotary year.

I held my first Board meeting last July 1 in Lapasan, side by side with my energetic team: VPJosy, Sec. Ching, Asst.SecPam, Treas.Jessica, Asst.TreasLuz, Dir.En2, Dir.Vicky, IPPDoris, ProMonette. We were able to tackle the following project for this month: Balik Eskwela and Blood Letting Projects and for the coming August Fireside Chat & the visit of Interplast Team. Thanks to those who gave their various donations in kind and in cash and solicited for our Purok Gusa 1A & Mindanilla Day Cares pupils, the floor is still open for any possible donors. It was also raised to the board the increase of our Annual dues from 1000 to 1,500 or other suggestion to package the annual

dues including the GMM meals together and pays it by quarter or half, we will ask Dir.En2 to explain this for us today. We will also ask Dir. Vicky and Dir.Linda to lead and discuss the visit of the Interplast team and the fireside chat.

Here’s the list of our Activities, please mark the following dates:

July 11 Purok Gusa1A: Balik Eskwela & New Rotary Year Childrens Party. Chair: Sec. Ching Sarraga 1:30pm Phil. Sinter Club House Villa Ernesto Phase II, Gusa

July 12 Blood Letting Program: ”Give Love, Give Life. Donate Blood” Chair: Ann Ester Cay-as 1:00pm Police Station1 Tirso Neri St. DVSoria (near Amphi-theater)

July 19 Mindanilla: Balik Eskwela Chair: PP Sarah Hipona 8:30am Mindanilla, Bayabas August 9 Fireside Chat Chair: Dir.Linda Caragos

August 11-22 Interplast Chair: Dir. Vicky Blanco

I beg for your support and attendance. As I have said, let’s us put our hands together with our dear Rotarians and commit to support our club projects. Let’s encourage one another by attending not only one but if we can – All club activities and help in Lighting up Rotary.

And lastly, please don’t forget to always remind your Rotarians to attend their meetings.

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES FOR JULY:

July 11 Balik Eskwela

Sunshine Day Care

July 12 Blood letting

COCPO Station I, Divisoria

July 19 RCCDO New Year’s Party for Children

Mindanilla Day Care

July 26 Membership Development Seminar Grand Caprice, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

4 Ann Juliet Empedrad6 Ann PP Yoling Malferrari18 Ann Marilyn Dulfo19 Ann Cindy Llego20 PVP Max Seno20 Dir. Neil Que23 Ann Debbie Gatilogo28 Ann PP Malou dela Cruz

MILESTONES JULY Raffle Prizes

Wedding Anniversary2 PS Ben & Jessica Elio

3 Rtn. Nikko & Mary Daniels Roa

8 PP Caloy & Ann PP Auau Gorospe

16 Dir. Neil & Melissa Que4 5

Heavenly Father, We thank you and bless you for all you are doing through our club and it’s officers and members.

Thank you Lord that you are giving us the resources and abilities to help others. We pray today that you will continue to guild us through our meeting this afternoon and that your will be done in each of our lives and each of our projects.

In Your name we pray.

Amen.

1. SOLO DIAMOND IN WHITE GOLD SETTING

DONATED BY: LADY LINDA CARAGOS WINNER: PT JULIUS DULFO

2. PANASONIC REFRIGERATOR

DONATED BY: DG MANNY & LADY BIEMA ALONG WINNER: RTN. ANDY LLAGAS

3. REFRIGERATOR

DONATED BY: SARRAGA FAMILY WINNER: PP SARAH HIPONA

4. PANASONIC WASHING MACHINE

DONATED BY: PP JECS SORIANO P1,000.00 PRES. DORIS LAGROSAS P1,000.00 AUDITOR OPHEI PAANO P1,000.00 PP VICKY BLANCO P 500.00 PP NITZ EVANGELISTA P 500.00 WINNER: PP JESSICA ELIO

5. ELECTROLUX MICROWAVE OVEN

DONATED BY: PAG CARLO & DIR. MONETTE ROMERO WINNER: LADY BIEMA ALONG

6. STANDFAN

DONATED BY: PVP HONG & ANN GLORIA SEE WINNER: ANN RIZA RODANO

7. PRYCE PLAZA GC-HOTEL ACCOMODATION

WINNER: AG AGNES ADVIENTO

8. 2 MINOR PRIZES

DONATED BY: PP JOE & ANN AIDA GONZAGA

a. PP YOLING MALFERRARI b. PP MANNY ALINABON

Invocation

Pambansang Awit

Cheers & Sunshine

Recognition PP VICKY BLANCO

Intro Of The Guest Speaker ANN GIGI TIRO

Talk MS. JEAN M. ALBARRACIN, RND

Treasurer’s Report PP JESSICA ELIO

Secretary’s Time PP CHING SARRAGA

President’s Time PRES. JUVY SARRAGA

Program Coordinator PP JOSY ALINABON

Prayer ANN’S CORNER

By: Pres. Juvy Sarraga

President’s Column

Last June 21 marked the date of leadership and fellowship; we had a very successful Joint Induction of Officers & Turnover Ceremonies held at Pryce Plaza hotel, it was indeed a night to look back and remember. Allow me to

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