About Us- inhouse bulletin of Rotary Mysore Midtown.

1. ISSUE : 36 VOLUME : 31 04-04-2012 PAGES - 4
Editors' Meet:
Brainstorming on `The Club Bulletin’
Ann. Anuradha . N
How the Rotary Family
Rtn. Ramki
should be involved in
History of About Us.
bringing a
complete Bulletin?
Rtn. Srinivas
Rtn. Rakesh The Economics of
Sources of information bringing a
for About Us. Club Bulletin.
Rtn. Mohan Kumar
Rtn. Bhanu How being Tech Savvy
What is an brings out a
Ideal bulletin? better bulletin?
Hearty Welcome to the Editors of Zone 7

2. 04-4-2012
President's Message
My Dear Rotarians,
Last week was indeed an interesting business meet. Our IPP Rtn Mahesh V Murthy and his team
presented the Balance sheet of the club for the year 2010-11. It was interesting because the General
Body had a healthy debate on the Balance Sheet. I thank on behalf of Midtown IPP Rtn Mahesh V
Murthy and his team for presenting the Balance Sheet. This month being the Magazine Month, today
we have organized Editors Meet. Our Editor Rtn Dr Prahlad has done a wonderful job so far and need to
be congratulated. He has designed today's program and i am sure it will be an interesting one. Look
forward to the month ahead as we have good programs coming in. I wish you all a very prosperous
financial year 2012-13.
Bye till next week…..
Thank You Rtn. Raghavendra
Gift of Life Project MG 74139
My Dear Rotarians,
April is the magazine month in
Rotary Calendar. In this regard
Midtown begins the month with
Editors' meet today. I, as the editor of
the bulletin 'About Us' plan today's meeting for
brainstorming on 'The club Bulletin'. I am bringing
together the past, future, potential editors of the
club and other intellectuals for a discussion forum
on various aspects of the Bulletin. The editors of
the other clubs in our zone are also invited and I
hope they will add their dimensions to the Master Harthik Gowda S/o Mr. Mahadevu and Mrs.
discussion. The members will definitely participate Pushparajini , aged 3 ½ yrs. from K.R. Nagar underwent
actively and ultimately will help the cause of surgery for Atrial Septal Defect at Apollo BGS Hospitals
on 27-03-12 and got discharged on 31-03-12. A cheque
bringing a better bulletin in future. At this
for Rs. 75000 was handed over to the family by
juncture, I would like to express my sincere thanks
Dr. K. A.Prahlad on behalf of President Rtn. Raghavendra.
to all the members who have been contributing to
the bulletin by writing articles, reports and in many
other ways. You have helped me to bring this
bulletin successfully.
Let me end my editorial with this small tit-bit
A blind man was begging at New York streets,
with a board written
“I AM BLIND, HELP ME”
A guy passing that side saw him.
He took the board and wrote something.
On that day blind man got heavy collection.
Can you guess what he wrote?
He wrote “YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL, BUT I
CAN'T SEE YOU”
Expressions can change life. Dear friends, that
is what I have learnt being an editor of About Us. To A Cheque for Rs. 1.5 Lakhs was handed over to RMF
express myself, to give expressions to others... Chairman Rtn. Alagappan towards science lab in RMA
Dr. K. A. Prahlad School from the club.

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04-4-2012
International Women's Day @ Midtown
International Women's Day is celebrated on March adopt a girl child from such rural families. Dr. Rama is an
th
8 every year. But throughout March, a number of inspiration to Innerwheel members who strive to work
programmes are held and women who have made a towards the upliftment of women.
difference are honoured. Innerwheel has taken the Dr. UlfathFathima enlightened the audience about
opportunity of celebrating Women's Day amongst the PNDT (Preconception & Post natal Diagnostic) Act
those people who have stood by us and supported us and the punishment imposed on doctors of diagnostic
both morally & monetarily-none other than our own centers for revealing the sex of the child before birth.
Midtown Rotarians. She went on to say how the change in male-female
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it ratio is a major concern for the society. She has set an
consists of primarily dealing with men. By and large, example herself, as to how we can work towards rural
mothers and housewives are the only workers who do upliftment, by adopting a slum area called Onde
not have regular time off. They are the great vacation- Mataram.
less class. The two doctors truly inspired and encouraged us to
Historically, women have been suppressed and work towards the noble cause of women empower
treated unfairly. International Women's Day can be ment. Mrs.Anupama Ravindranath gave the vote of
traced back to the women's suffrage movement in the thanks and invited the doctors to join our club in true
late nineteenth century. But even in this day and age, Bhanuchandran style. Lavanya Srinivasan
women face discrimination and prejudice. Yet, women
all over the world continue to work hard to make a
difference, to alter their lives and the lives of others.
Secret of married life
International Women's Day is the story of ordinary Once upon a time a married couple celebrated their
women as makers of history; it is rooted in the 25th marriage anniversary. They had become famous in
the city for not having a single conflict in their period of
centuries old struggle of women to participate in 25 years. Local newspaper editors had gathered at the
society on an equal footing with men. The day is about occasion to find out the secret of their well known "happy
celebrating the vital role women play in enhancing going marriage".
economic security for their families, communities and Editor: "Sir. It's amazingly unbelievable. How did
countries as a whole. It is an occasion to honour and you make this possible?”
praise women for their accomplishments. The UN Husband recalling his old honeymoon days said: "We
had been to Shimla for honeymoon after marriage.
theme for International Women's Day 2012 is Having selected the horse riding finally, we both started
“Empower Women – End Hunger and Poverty”. the ride on different horses. My horse was pretty okay but
The programme began with the Innerwheel prayer the horse on which my wife was riding seemed to be a
by Mrs.Geetha Krishna followed by a melodious crazy one.
invocation by the two little singing mynas, On the way ahead, that horse jumped suddenly,
making my wife topple over. Recovering her position
AnnetsPrerana & Pranav. The two women achievers from the ground, she patted the horse's back and said
Dr.H.V.Rama & Dr.UlfathFathima, recognized by "This is your first time". She again climbed the horse
Innerwheel were introduced by Mrs.Prabha Prahlad. and continued with the ride. After a while, it happened
They were honoured by PDC Chandrika Raghu and again. This time she again kept calm and said "This is
your second time" and continued. When the horse
RtnRaghavendra respectively. dropped her third time, she silently took out the revolver
Dr. H.V.Rama, who has given more than 200 radio from the purse and shot the horse dead !!
talks, spoke on how women can be empowered even I shouted at my wife: "What did you do you psycho.
before they are born, and how we as members of social You killed the poor animal. Are you crazy?!!.
organizations can make a difference by educating and She gave a silent look and said: "This is your first
empowering rural women. She gave examples of the time!!!!! ".”
social stigma women face for having delivered a girl Husband:"That's it. We are happy ever after."
child, and how she has helped childless couples to Rtn. Ramki

4. Wedding Anniversary
Ro t ar y In t er n at io n al Sign s Pro ject
Par t n er A greem en t Wit h Sh elt erbo x
Rtn. Rangaraj .N & Sumithra
5-4-2012 Cell : 9448247741
Rtn. Balaji K.J. & Rashmi
Tom Henderson, CEO of ShelterBox, and John Hewko, RI
7-4-2012 Cell : 9900509018 general secretary, during the signing of a project partner
agreement this month.
Rotary International and ShelterBox, a grassroots disaster
relief organization, signed a project partner agreement this month,
allowing the two organizations to collaborate more closely to
provide relief and temporary shelter to survivors of natural
disasters.
“Project partner” is a special status RI gives to groups started
or managed by Rotary clubs. The agreement will build on the
strengths of both organizations in responding to disasters all over
the world.
Rtn. PHF. Raghavendra S. & Ashwini “Our Rotary friends have always been there ready to assist –
9-4-2012 Cell : 9886011923 from generous donations to direct operational support on the
ground Rotary has always been part of our DNA,” said Tom
Henderson, ShelterBox CEO. “I feel like we have 34,000 ShelterBox
offices around the world working together to help those who have
lost everything when they need us the most.”
Saving lives : RI General Secretary John Hewko said the
agreement will enable Rotary club members to have an immediate,
lifesaving impact in communities hit by natural disasters.
“ShelterBox will be able to ensure that local Rotarians are provided
an opportunity to participate in the distribution of ShelterBox
containers,” he said.
Rtn. Dr. K.A. Prahlad & Prabha Each ShelterBox typically provides a bespoke tent designed to
10-4-2012 Cell : 9845175006 withstand extreme weather conditions, stove, water purification
kit, blankets, tools, and other necessities to help a family survive
for six months or more after a disaster.
There are 3 kinds Henderson, a civil engineer and former search-and-rescue
of men in the world: diver for the British Royal Naval, founded ShelterBox in 2000. Its
response teams of trained volunteers have brought lifesaving
ŸSome remain single & make wonders happen, supplies to victims of more than 175 disasters in nearly 80
ŸSome have girlfriends & see wonders happen, countries.
Mutual goals : “For more than 10 years, ShelterBox has given
ŸThe rest get married & wonder what happened!? light to over one hundred thousand families worldwide in their
darkest hour,” said Hewko. “This project partner agreement
represents our mutual goal of helping those in need. It gives RI a
N e x t We e k in Mid t o w n forward-facing approach to immediate disaster relief.”
Noted Henderson: “This partnership with Rotary
Visit to Community International is a formal recognition of our good work over the past
12 years. It will help Rotarians get a better understanding of what
Service Centre we do. I hope Rotarians worldwide will see us as a coherent and
able disaster relief organization.”
Earlier this month, a ShelterBox team distributed more than
Date : 11.04.2012 550 tents to communities in Madagascar where powerful cyclones
Time : 6.30pm left more than 250,000 people homeless.