Vol 20 Number 30

SELAMAT PAGI

7 April 2012

Rotary Information
The 4 - Way Test
One of the most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics in the world is The 4 - Way Test. It was created by Rotarian Herbert Taylor in 1932 when he asked to take charge of the Chicagobased Club Aluminum Company, which was facing bankruptcy. Taylor looked for a way to save the struggling company mired in depression - caused financial difficulties. He drew up 24-word code ethics for all employees to follow in their business and professional lives. The 4 Way Test became the guide for sales, production, advertising and all relations with dealers and customers and the survival of the company was credited to this simple philosophy. Herb Taylor became president of Rotary International during 1954-55. The 4 - Way Test was adopted by Rotary in 1943 and has been translated into more than 100 languages and published in thousands of ways. The 4 Way Test Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Presidents Message
April Fools? hopefully not lah! Most of us are planning travels for this year, we have had some excellent tours and speakers, Peter Hill took us around Europe past and present, and last week our Charter President Naga took us on a breathtaking route to Mt. Kailash, the holy mountain in Western Tibet. I am looking forward to what I am sure is to be an excellent tour of Israel courtesy of our very own Rotarian Cecelia. Our Rotary calendar this month is Community & we continue to serve the community through the REF program with a Study Skills workshop this Saturday at Jamess office in Kelana Jaya. Very well done James for setting this up, and I am very pleased to hear that we have Retired Principal Ong to help our students with this program. This is also RYLA month, the dates are 26,27,28,29th April at the Police Academy in KL, just off Tun Razak. We need at least 2 recommendations, student between the ages of 19 to 25. Our club has the responsibility for receiving and managing applications and the enrolment process on the first day of RYLA. Thank you Ghaurry for volunteering your office to receive these applications and Karen for helping cover this event, and very well done for Susan who is heading this team and just back from oseas, has jumped right back into the action with a meeting earlier this week hosted by our AG Siti. Finally we have a wonderful schedule of speakers for the remainder of this year, especially our special guest this Saturday Mr. Robert Hamilton, so please support us this Saturday and right through April. If you have any contacts who can contribute with interesting and insightful topics for our club, please let me know. And dont forget yourself, we all have amazing stories and information to share, so dont be shy. Some Rotary updates from the RI website - What would it take to change the world? Rotarys 1.2 million members believe it starts with a commitment to Service Above Self. In more than 34,000 clubs worldwide, youll find members volunteering in communities at home and abroad to support education and job training, provide clean water, combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, and eradicate polio. Historic meeting RI President Kalyan Banerjee and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met in Kabul 2 April to discuss continued support for polio eradication. The visit was the first by an RI president to the country. Yours in Rotary President Steve

ATTENDANCE
Guests: PP Balan Dass, guest of Poay Lim Ann Rupal, guest of Sanjay Madam Doshi, guest of Sanjay Ann Rekha, guest of Aravind Attendance: 69% Fines: -

REF News
Documentation for smooth transition, replicability and scalability RCBKS recognises that due to the challenges of manageability and resource constraints, due to available mentors, the maximum number of students (awardees) we can realistically take on is about 20-30 at any one time. Therefore the biggest positive impact to the community from establishing the REF will come from sharing the REF templates with other organizations to replicate the project. With this in mind, all critical processes of the REF are documented in detail, ensuring proper quality control of the documents. This allows replicability and scalability of the project and processes with a high degree of consistency. Good documentation will also facilitate the smooth transition and succession of committee members working on the project. MOU with RC Seremban breaks ground 1 March 2012 RCBKS is currently assisting the Rotary club of Seremban to start a Rotary Education Fund based on the same principles. We are glad to announce that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to this effect was signed with the Seremban club on 1 March 2012.
Photo: RCBKS President Steve with President Kesh of RC Seremban signing the MOU. Witnesses included the District Governor Dr Ravee and REF Chairman Dr Kong

Announcements
- The club will be assisting in registration for RYLA which will be organised by Rotary clubs in Group 7. Confirmed dates on 26 - 29 April'12. There will be an on-site meeting on Thursday 22 March at 3pm. - There will be a REF Study Techique Workshop on 7 April'12. Mentors to inform their mentees and confirm attendance to James. - Ghaurry briefed members on the club's installation and 20th anniversary on 22 June'12. - There will be a trip to Pulau Ketam with children from Trinity Home on 12 May'12. More details to follow. - There will be a Thai cooking course for spouses on 20 May 2012.

Presentation of REF as a signature project at the District Assembly 31 March 2012 RCBKS presented the REF to attendees at this years Rotary District Assembly held over the weekend of 31 March 2012. This annual training event is attended by leaders of Rotary Clubs in the district (about 80-90 Rotary clubs). The presentation, one of two projects presented, is a recognition by the Rotary District that the REF is a good example of a signature project a project with a big impact, that generates publicity and awareness of Rotary, and that meets a significant community need. This presentation follows another done at the Rotary District Conference The REF being presented as a 2010 when the REF was presented signature project by Dr Yee at the as one of the top 10 projects in the District Assembly 2012 District for that year.

GUEST SPEAKER - 24 March 2012

CP S. Nagalingam on 'Journey to the Centre of the Universe - Mount Kailash'

Words to Grow By
Service in the Rotarian sense is a mental process. It is an attitude of mind which relates persons and things with action. Thoughtfulness of others is in reality the basis of Rotary service. Frank L. Mulholland Study skills seminar for REF awardees 7 April 2012 The 20 REF awardees will be attending a seminar organized by the REF on study skills this weekend. The main speaker will be Mr Ong Hock Thye, recently retired principal of SMK Sri Permata. Besides Mr Ong, 2 outstanding scholarship students currently studying pre-university will also be present to share their inspirational stories with the students.
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Today's Programme
Mr Robert Hamilton 'Ignite the Spark, Explode Your Results!' Robert D Hamilton is the CEO and Founder of Hamilton Coaching International Sdn Bhd. He is also an author, having written his first book, 'Ignite the Spark, Explode Your Results : 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Kick Start Your Life' and founder of The New Way which is based on the philosophies of his ground breaking new book. Robert is a fully qualified Life Enhancement Coach and CEO of a multimillion dollar company based in Malaysia and regularly conducts '3 Day Accelerated Business Boot Camps' for local business owners. He has helped numerous companies increase their results through his coaching strategies. He successfully coached a Malaysian team to achieve World Records in customer retention and debt collections in the height of one of the worst economic downturns in history-through is unique, direct coaching strategies.

NEXT CHANGE
14 April(Sat) 7.30am Speaker : Ms Intan Shaifinaz Topic: MyKasih Foundation 21 April(Sat) 7.30am Speaker: Coach Tavanesh Topic: Jump Start Fitness 28 April(Sat) 7.30am Business meeting

CALENDAR of EVENTS
REF Study Technique Workshop Date: 7 April 2012 Venue : IPP Office @ 2pm Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Date: 26 - 29 April 2012 Venue: Royal M'sian Police College Trip to Pulau Ketam with Trinity Community Children Home Date: 12 May 2012 Spouses Program - Thai Cooking Date: 20 May 2012

Club NEWS
Community Service Project Trip to Pulau Ketam with Trinity Community Children Home 12 May 2012
Last Sunday 25 March'12, Community Service Director Dr Yee together with Dr Sanjay and Aravind were at the home working out the details of the project. On the day, Dr Sanjay arranged for a donation of medicines requested earlier and presented to Wendy Hew. There will be a recce to Pulau Ketam next Saturday 14 April'12. Trinity Children Centre (TCC Home) is a home set up in December 2006. It caters for the orphans, abused, neglected and abandoned children. Here at the home, we wish to help them in the spiritual, emotional and psychological well-being and to help them overcome the traumas they experienced in their lives. we also provide them with good education and to instill into them a proper lifestyle so that they will be able to contribute to our society in the future. Currently, we have 20 children, boys and girls between the age of 6 to 18 years old and they are staying in a rented semi detached house at Section 4, Petaling Jaya. ~ by Caris Yap (coordinator)

April Celebrations
Happy Birthday
Grant Mike 5 April 18 April

Happy Anniversary
Kong & Kim 21 April

Duty Roster
7 April (Membership) Sargeant-at-arms Desk Duty Introducer Thank Speaker Fines Ghaurry Karen Sanjay Graham James

Upcoming values education workshop 26-27 May 2012 This years values education Workshop will be held on the above dates. The 2 day non-residential workshop will discuss with about 60 students (including 20 of the REF awardees) the importance of living universal values such as SelfBelief, Responsibility, Humility, Compassion and Honesty. Workshops, case studies and various other activities will be conducted by chief trainers EQ Training and Development led by Shankar Santhiram together with experienced Rotarians over the two days. As always, friends of the REF are invited and welcome to attend and witness any of the REF activities organized. Should you be interested, please do not hesitate to contact Dr YL Yee at ylyee@pc.jaring.my for further details.

14 April (Club Service) Sargeant-at-arms Desk Duty Introducer Thank Speaker Fines Frankie Steven Kong Poay Lim Angie

The REF

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Board of Directors 2011/12

President Steve Robinson 016-2253777 President Elect Ghaurry 23003757(O) Immediate Past President Tan Poay Lim Vice President James Cheong Honorary Secretary PP Graham Bennett 012-2918619 Honorary Treasurer Angie Ng Club Administration PP Karen Chong Service Projects The Rotary Foundation PP Jeremy Ng Membership Development Chin Teng Yoong REF Chairman PP Dr Kong Voon Sin Sargeant-at-arms PP Frances Po Bulletin Editor - Sunny Vocational Service Chair - Mike Community Service Chair -Dr Yee International Service Chair Fang Keong New Generation Chair - Susan

Around the Rotary World

A Lesson in Recycling
Most of us think recycling means tossing a soda can or newspaper into the proper bin. But the Rotary Club of London, Ont., is taking the concept to a new level: Its recycling schools. After the January 2010 earthquake devastated much of Haiti, the London club began collecting desks, chairs, bookshelves, and other supplies from Canadian schools that were closing, then shipping the items to Haiti. And because recycling a school is a logistical puzzle, this massive project involves a close partnership with the Rotary Club of PtionVille, Haiti, along with contributions from Rotary clubs and districts in four countries; support from the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund; a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant; and dozens of volunteers donating hundreds of hours. London club members came up with the idea when they discovered that their local school district would be closing about 20 schools over the next several years because of low enrollment. The district had begun giving away the contents of the schools and was more than happy to have Rotarians make use of them. Its surplus furniture. We have no need for it and no facility to store it, says Paul Tufts, superintendent of education for the Thames Valley District School Board and a member of the London club. Its good news for everybody. Past RI Director John Eberhard, also a member of the London club, reached out to the Ption-Ville club to partner on the project. Ption-Ville Rotarians identified two heavily damaged primary schools in need of assistance. The effort fit well with the goal of rebuilding schools, identified by the Haiti Task Force, a group of Rotarians helping to channel funds to Haiti.

District 3300
District Governor Dr Raveendra 06-764 7766(O) ravee10067@gmail.com Assistant Governor Siti Subaidah 012-212 9933 sitisubaidah@rccd.org.my Rotary Clubs in Group 7 Bandar Sunway Bukit Kiara Sunrise Central Damansara Pantai Valley

Sister Clubs
RC Bugis Junction [D 3310] Saturday, 08:00 am Hotel Inter-Continental 80 Middle Road, Singapore RC ChiangmaiThinthaingam[D 3360] Thursday, 12.00 noon International Center Chiangmai University, Thailand RC Chungli Chung Shing [D 3500] Thursday, 12.00 noon No 4, Ln 10, Gwo-Ti Street Chungli, Taiwan

Bulletin Committee
Sunny (Editor) Poay Lim (Production) Angie (Speakers Programme)