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13367 Charter year 9th June 1971 Sawt Al Sulmaniya Rotary Year 2013-2014 Sulmaniya Rotary Newsletter Vol-16 Issue 09

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Minutes of last regular meeting.

Calendar & future activities Upcoming Speakers 16 OctEID Al AdhaNo Rotary Meeting 23rd OctRegular meeting & Speaker to be announced 29 October - DG Jamil Mouawad VisitChange of date & Venue Capital Club.

Take a moment and Wonder..

Every October, Rotarians are encouraged to focus their attention on vocational service. Vocational Service Month is an opportunity to begin year-long vocational service activities, ranging from Rotary discussions to awards to community projects. The concept of Vocational Service calls on Rotarians to encourage and foster: High ethical standards in business and professions The recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations The dignifying of each Rotarians occupation as an opportunity to serve society Therefore, take a moment and ask yourself: Do you value and recognize all useful occupations? Do you strive for the highest ethical standards? Do you use your vocational talents to serve society? As a Rotarian, how can you put these ideals into action? Consider these suggestions: Talk about your vocation in your club, and take time to learn about fellow members vocations. Use your professional skills to serve a community. Practice your profession with integrity, and inspire others to behave ethically through your own words and actions. Help a young person achieve his or her career aspirations. Guide and encourage others in their professional development.

From the Desk of President Sebahat Isik

President Sebahat opened the regular meeting with a warm welcome to fellow members, visiting Rotarians and guests. She then extended a warm welcome to members who had not been seen at the meetings for some time and to the Guest speaker HE Dr/PP Dhafer Alumran (Director of bilateral Relation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Acting Sgt-at-Arms Yusuf Fakhro introduced all visiting & guests and the Guest speaker was introduced by Rtn. Amira Ismail introduced our guest speaker who gave us a speech on The Royal Visit to China with HM King Hamad bin Isa AlKhalifa. Dr. Dhafer underlined the importance of HMs visit, and outlines the steps taken before and during the visit to develop relations, including the joint reduction in visa fees and the BahrainChina Business Forum on the sidelines of the visit and rhe government-to-government agreements and MoUs signed during HMs visit. Many Bahraini business women were invited to the meeting who raised few questioned and was answered by Dr. Dhafer. In appreciation, President Sebahat Isik acknowledged Dr. Dhafer with a certificate of appreciation for the club. There was no fine session but fines was conducted by President Sebahat and collected BD. 41/- as fines for the club kitty. Rtn. Andrew Petty read the Treasurers report and Secretary Ashraf Obeid gave the secretary report. The meeting was adjourned by a vote of thanks to all present.

Rtn. Marjan Modara Director of Vocational Services

HE Dr. Essam Fakhro (Chairman of Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry) Topic: Work Flow at the BCCI and the Economic Situation HE Dr. Essam Fakhro is the Chairman of Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and holds a Bachelor Degree and Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering including various position in different organization in the Kingdom of Bahrain. BCCI is one of the leading chambers in the Gulf Region. since its inception in 1939, it has played an instrumental role in highlighting and promoting the private sector's role in the economic development. All business establishments registered in Bahrain are privileged to get involved in BCCIs activities through their membership and benefit from BCCI's following services to the private sector: Volume 16 Issue 09

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Secretarys Report ATTENDANCE RE-PORT Attendance for Last week 02nd October 2013 Rotary meeting was reported as follows: Secretary Ashraf Obeid gave the Actual Attendance of 25 out of possible attendance of 59 members making 42.3% in Attendance: Pres. Sebahat Isik, Abdulla Alwedaei, Ahmed AlAkber, Amira Ismail, Janan Habib, DGE Khalil Alsharif, PP. Mohammed Salahuddin, Olivier Briand, Andrew Petty, IP Steve Glykys, Hassan Jarrar, Michel Mansour, Harb Al Omari, Ashraf Obeid, PP. Aqeel Raees, PP. Mazin Shehabi, PP. Osama Muein, Jamil Al Alawi, Patrick Jourdin, Virendra Bhatia, PP. Nada Shubbar, PP. Raed Al Samahiji, Akram Khairy, Nazem Basha, Yusuf Fakhro, Excused member PP. Sadiq Dawani, PP. Khalil Al Obaidat & PP. Dhafer Alumran. VISITING ROTARIANS Christophe Balet, PP. Robert Ainey, Sree Kumar Nair, PP. Betsy Mathieson, Paul Hsu, Anthony Mallis & PP. Ahmed Jawahery Neman Abdullah Visiting Guests HE Mr. Le Chen, Fatima AlKooheji, Ahlam Janahi, Nabeel Ajoor, Taril Nasser, Dr. Lulwa AlMutlaq, Fahad Al Aynati & Afna Zayani Salie Awaf & Lamees Al Hassan Gerban & Calina Nestianu Abdul Hameed Khoji Ross Holden MAKE-UPS Pres. Sebahat Isik, Amira Ismail & Yusuf Fakhro Michel Mansour, Pres. Sebahat Isik, IP Steve Glykys, Waleed Kanoo, Steve Glykys,& Virendra Bhatia Pres. Sebahat Isik
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Pres. Sebahat Isik Patrick Jourdin Anthony Mallis PP. Sadiq Dawani Name of the Club RCO 26.9.2013 RC Adliya30.9.2013 RC Manama29.9.2013

Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight and focused attention.

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Birthdays & Anniversaries for the Month of October

BIRTHDAYS

Anniversaries 17 Oct 17 Oct 30 Oct

Rtn. Akram Khairy Rtn. Olivier Briand PP. Abdulrahman Fakhro Rtn. Ahmed Akber PP. Mohd AlKhaja

Rtn. John Rundall

08 Oct 10 Oct 12 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 29 Oct

PP. Mohd Al Khaja PP. Ismail Khonji Rtn. Eric Cohu

Clothing Drive Collection Day - Saturday October 12th 7-8pm

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It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

Dear All, I am excited to announce that our recently established Rotaract Club will be finishing up its first project this week. Our donated clothes will go towards the migrant men and women in need. This Saturday we will hold our final collection day where we classify and tally up all the articles of clothing. Depending on the size of our collection, we will choose our destination camp with help from our guides at Helping Hands and personally deliver our donations with a small convoy. The larger the size the more we can help. We hope it is a success and will share the results. Please come and support us this Saturday at the Platinum Tower, First Floor Meeting Room from 78pm. There will be signs and I have provided a map for the directions below. If you have any spare used clothing that you are thinking of getting rid of, please drop by and give it to us as a donation. It can be anything from shirts, sweaters, trousers or shoes and for either gender. For your donation, you will receive an official certificate of appreciation from our Rotaract Club for your kind generosity. We wish you all a great Eid Mubarrak for the coming Eid Al-Adha and hope to make a lot of people happy. Kind Regards, Ozer Isik Rotaract President
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Why wear a Rotary pin?

Reasons for wearing a pin varied: for publicity of Rotary, for pride, for acceptance and recognition, for the start of easy conversation with other Rotarians wherever you go. Wearing a Rotary Fellowship pin shows a Rotarians vocation, hobby or recreational interest. Past RI President Bob Barth (1993-94, from the Rotary Club of Aarau, Switzerland) felt that a Rotary pin says this about the wearer: You can rely on me, I am dependable, I am reliable, I give more than I take, and I am available.

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Just for Humor

Rotary Central Office Villa No. 1 Compound 1334 Road No. 3729, Block 337 Um- Al - Hassam P.O. Box 592 Manama Kingdom of Bahrain Office No: 17 740 146 Fax No: 17 740 346 Email: ri2450@batelco.com.bh President Email: sebahatisik@gmail.com

A deer was trying to cross a busy road but the traffic was very heavy. After waiting unsuccessfully for a few minutes, a bear walked past and said: Excuse me, theres a zebra crossing a bit further along the road. The deer said, Well, I hope hes having better luck than I am!
________________________________________________________ A group of doctors were out duck hunting, when a large bird flew overhead. The family doctor raised his gun to shoot, but then lowered his gun saying "I am not sure that is a duck." The Psychiatrist raised his gun, but then lowered it again saying I know it's a duck, but I'm not sure that it knows it's a duck." The surgeon raises his gun and blasts the bird out of the sky. He turns to the pathologist and says "Go see if that was a duck."

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Officers & Board of Directors for the Rotar y Year 2013 -2014

PP. Khalid Turk (Phf) Immediate Past President

Sebahat Isik (Phf) President 2013-2014

PP. Peter Makepeace (PHf) Vice President

Steve GLykys (PHf) Incoming President 2014-2015

Ashraf Obeid (PHf) Honorary Secretary

Andrew Petty Club Treasurer

Amira Ismail DirectorClub Services

PP. Osma Muein (PHf) DirectorGeneral Services

Ernst Weber DirectorInternational

Yusuf Fakhro DirectorCommunity Services

Marjan Modara DirectorVocational Services

Karim Mouawad SGT-AT-ARMS

The highest of distinctions is service to others

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart Volume 16 Issue 09 4 09th October 2013