DG'S OFFICIAL CLUB VISIT

Yesterday, was the District Governor's Official Visit to the club. All the members were in full attendance and it was an eventful day for all. The DG arrived at 4pm and was met at the entrance of the Royal Selangor Club upon his arrival by the President and members. 

CLOSED DOOR MEETING

The first meeting from 4pm to 5pm was a closed door meeting with the principal office bearers to discuss the progress of the club and other matters pertaining to membership and compliance issues. 

MEETING WITH INTERACTORS

Between 5pm to 6pm the DG met with the Interactors. The Interactors were very excited to meet with the DG and shared their projects and achievements with the DG. 

The DG was pleased with their reports and inspired them with his ideas and suggestions. The Interact Clubs that were present were from the Global Indian International School and the SMK Sentul Utama, together with the teacher Advisors, Mrs Merlin Maria (who incidentally is also the Youth Service Chair) and Mrs Surinder Kaur respectively. 

Our Interactors with the DG

CLUB ASSEMBLY

Our Club Assembly was conducted from 6.30pm - 7.30pm and was attended by 90% of the members. The President and BOD explained their plans for RY 2013-14. The President provided an overview of the club's progress and plans and this was followed by presentations by the Chairs as follows:

• Club administration chair - The club has a good weekly programme organised by Programme Chair - Rtn Sham Sunder, the club also organises regular fellowships and firesides. Rotary information is also shared at weekly meetings and all the RI and District affairs are in order.

• Service Projects chair - the club will focus on a major project planned to be implemented over the next 3-5 years, the setting up of a Dialysis Centre in collaboration with the National Kidney Foundation. The club remains committed to its award winning - FELLOWSHIP THROUGH SERVICE CHEERS PROJECT and will also undertake a reading mentoring project with 3 orphanages in partnership with the Revolving Library. 

The DG exchanging ideas with the Rotarians

• Membership chair - membership started on July 1st with 20, now standing at 25, with a new member being inducted today, bring the club's current membership to 26. 

• TRF chair - the club will raise USD15,000 this year for the TRF

• PR chair - the club has several PR efforts, with reports in the major newspapers about our important projects, in particular the SPLASH project, the club also has a Facebook page and operates a club blog - Greater KL News.

• Youth Service chair - all our 3 interact clubs are in good shape and the clubs provide constant support and guidance. We also recently concluded the ILTS for our future Interact leaders. 

The DG was very satisfied with the plans proposed and congratulated the President and the BOD for having a balanced and well planned programme of service.

REGULAR MEETING

Our regular meeting started at 7.30pm and we had one visiting Rotarian, Rtn Markus from Germany and one guest, Professor Akram Shair. Also joining us was our very special guest Datin Helen, the District First Lady. 

The SAA, PP Puspa Devi,  welcomed the guests and visiting Rotarians and invited President to call meeting to order. The President called meeting to order and handed back the proceedings to SAA. We then sang the Negaraku and the Loyal toast to Seri Paduka Baginda Yang DiPertuan Agung was proposed by Rtn Priya. The Rotary information for the day was shared with us by Rtn Eileen, who shared with us the RI President's message for October and proposed the Loyal toast to Rotary International and also led us in the 4 Way Test. The President made his weekly announcements and this brought us to the highlight of the day - THE DG'S SPEECH. PP Dr Siva introduced the DG with aplomb and what followed was a most inspiring speech by the DG. He spoke about the need to learn from our past mistakes and lay a strong foundation for Rotary in Malaysia, going forward. He spoke about the Building Fund for the District to own its own premises and inspired Rotarians from RC Greater KL pledged RM10,000 towards this fund. The DG was thanked by IPP Gnana and the club presented a few mementos to the DG and First Lady. The first lady was very excited with the saree the club presented to her - she quipped "Shocking pink is my favourite colour!".

First Lady Helen receiving her gift.

PP Siva then led the reintroduction of PP Kanages back into our Rotary club, he had everyone in stitches referring to PP Kanages as a lost sheep returning to her flock. PP Kanages was inducted back into the club by the DG and in her acceptance speech, said she would do her best to support the club in its endeavours. 

Welcome back PP Kanages!

After that, PP Siva informed the DG that there were 3 new PHFs and 4 multiple PHFs thus far this year and the club had raised a contribution of USD15,000 for TRF this year. This was followed by a fining session led by Rtn Anusya and much hilarity. RM251 was raised in fines and the meeting came to a close.     

This was followed by fellowship, which continued till late, the DG and Helen left the club for home at 11pm. All in all, it was another fantastic and fabulous day at RC Greater KL.

The Great RC Greater KL Family.