RUNNER - Volume: XVII No.24 Dated 22th December, 2009

RI President: Rtn John Kelly
Dist Governor: Rtn Utpal Majumdar
President: Rtn Kuldip Singh Virdi
Secretary: Rtn Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
Editor: Rtn Pradip Kumar Pal.


B o r t i k a (District Conference for RY 2009-10)
Will be held at Nazrul Manch during 15, 16 & 17th January, 2010
Registration forms are with Dist Conference Committee Chairman Rtn Sanjit Chatterjee.
Regn Charges Rs 1200 for Rotarians and Rs 1000 for Annes.
( till 31st December, 09) after that it will be more.

Matching Grants:

Our IOL Operation Matching Grant Project No. 70433 has started….

On Thursday, the 24th December, 2009 our President, Rtn Kuldip along with Club Secretarty Rtrn Sanjay and Rtn Tapas went to Behrampore and attended a meeting with

Our English Teaching through Computers Matching Grant Project has been approved and the Matching Grant No. for this project is 72074
Our sincere thanks go to our advisors and helping Hands i.e., PDG Debashish, Rtn Ranjit, Rtn Vishnu and our DG Utpal for their help and guidance.

John Bernardin, International Cosponsor, President of El Sobrante Rotary Club and Director Literacy program (D-5160) will be in Kolkata either late January or early February. He will train the teachers at the Rotary Computer Center. He will be in Kolkata for 3 days. This will be an excellent opportunity to establish a long term relationship with a District leader from D-5160.

Well done Sanjay…..

Inter District Girl’s RYLA Camp:

Is being organized by Rotary Club of Serampore during 26th to 28th December, 2009 at Vani Bharati School, Rishra C/O: M/s Jayashreer Textiles, Rishra, Dist Hooghly.,

For details contact:
Rtn Sanjay Mukherjee,
President, R.C. of Serampore, Mob: 98302 65311

Birthday Greetings:

17th December: Ms. Debjani Halder (D/O: Rtn Kakoli Halder)
25th December: Mt. Aryan Jaiswal (S/O: Rtn Rajesh Jaiswal)
29th December: Mt. Diptarka Pal (S/O Rtn Pradip Pal)

Blood Donation Camp:

Was held on Sunday, the 20th December, 2009 at Mondal Temple Lane, New Alipore from 10 A.M. onwards. 50 Persons donated blood voluntarily.
President, Rtn Kuldip attended the event.

Blankets donated:

PP Run Bhupen Roy visited our club on 8th instant and appealed for donation of Blankets for the poor, the project he undertakes every year.
Our members present were generous enough in donating cost of 50 Blankets (each costing Rs 100).

CP Rtn Sanjit Chatterjee (10 Nos), Rtn Tarun Bannerjee (5 Nos), Rtn Tripti Dutta (10 Nos), Rtn Sanjay Kanodia (5 Nos), Rtn Subhash Agarwal (5 Nos), Rtn Pramod Mathur (5 Nos) and Rtn Kuldip ( 10 Nos). These will be distributed to the needy persons on 25th instant at 4 P.M. from the residence of PP Rtn Bhupen Roy’s house at Anandalok, 326/11, Raja Ram Mohan Roy Road, Kolkata-8

On 27th December breakfast for the children has been arranged at the same venue by him. He requested and invited our members to attend both events.

Minutes of the 753rd Regular Weekly Club Meeting held on 15th December, 2009 at The Metropole 174, Sarat Bose Road, and Kolkata-700 029 at 6.30 P.M.

President, Rtn Kuldip Singh Virdi:

• called the 752nd Regular Meeting to order
• National Anthem was sung by all members led by Rtn Pradip Pal.
• President welcomed Shri Debashish Maitra (Guest of Rtn Tapas Kumar Mokherjee)
• extended birthday greetings to our Club Secretary Rtn Sanjay Kumar Kanodia for 17th December and Mt. Raj Mathur (S/O: PP Rtn Pramod Mathur) for 20th December.
• Treasurer Rtn Sanjit informed the members that the cheque for Rs 8,00,016/- has been received on 8-12-09 from Delhi branch of The Rotary Foundation against our Matching Grant no. 70433 for IOL Operations in and around Murshidabad.
• 1st Half Yearly dues for this year are almost paid. There are very few members who have agreed also that they will clear their dues very soon.
• Our CP and Dist. Conference Committee Chairman Rtn Sanjit informed about the developments and current status regarding incoming District Conference. He had met with our DG Rtn Utpal for this purpose and held important discussions. He also requested our club members to pay the registration charges immediately to him and thanked the members who have already done so.
• our thanks was extended to PP Rtn Pulak, Rtn Tapas, Rtn Dibyendu, Rtn Swati and Rtn Ashok Kar for arranging neighboring club visits for various Rotary Clubs and highlighting their members about registering in good numbers along with Annes, Rtrs and friends for the incoming District Conference on 15th - 17th January, 2010 at Nazrul Manch. Their efforts are highly appreciated. They assured that these visits will be continued.
  

President requested Club Secretary Rtn Sanjay Kumar Kanodia to conduct regular club business.
Club Secretary, Rtn Sanjay Kumar Kanodia:

• informed that some of our members are yet to pay their 1st Half Yearly club dues. They are requested to clear their dues immediately.
• informed about the receipt of cheque from TRF against MG No 70433 and also informed about the current status of our English Literacy through Computers Matching grant project and read out the correspondence he had with concerned persons in this regard.
• informed that next regular club meeting will be held on Tuesday at The Metropole on Tuesday the 22nd December, 2009 between 6.30 to 8.30 P.M.
  

President, Rtn Kuldip announced the club statistics and terminated the regular club meeting.

Club Statistics
Total Members: 27
Members Present 16
Guests 2