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Through The Rotary Foundation’s Health,
Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grants program, the Foundation
provides major grants from US $100,000 to $300,000 for
club and district sponsored international projects that
improve health, alleviate hunger, and enhance human and
social development as a means of advancing international
understanding, goodwill and peace.
- 85 Rule
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Rotarians whose years in Rotary and age
add up to 85 or above, are exempted from attendance.
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One who is appointed by the president
to fill a vacancy in the office of governor until such
time as a new governor has been elected by the convention
or the RI Board. An acting governor also may be appointed
to fill a temporary vacancy during a time when the
governor is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of the
office.
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A member of a club who has been elected
to membership in the club under a classification of
business or profession and who has all the obligations,
responsibilities, and privileges of membership as provided
in the RI constitution and bylaws.
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Fee paid to a club by an applicant for
membership in the club. The fee varies according to the
amount specified by each club in its bylaws.
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Assistant Governor (AG) which
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Any club may, at the time of selecting
its delegates to the convention, choose for each delegate
one alternate, such alternate being entitled to vote at
the convention in case of the absence of the delegate for
whom the alternate was chosen.
- Ambassadorial Scholarships of the Rotary
Foundation
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The Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial
Scholarships programme is the world's largest privately
funded international scholarships programme and are
awarded for study or training in another country where
Rotary clubs are located.
- Annual Children's Treat of R. C. Calcutta
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It all started in December 1925. The
Rotary Club of Calcutta met for their Regular Tuesday
Luncheon Meeting, then as now at the Grand Hotel. Rows of
members' cars parked in front of the hotel awaited their
owners' return. Throngs of street urchins hovered around
them ready to beg for an anna or two
Christmas was approaching and the sight of these
children moved one of the members deeply. Next week our
club bulletin, "The Chaka" of November 17, 1925, carried a
letter signed by " a non-vocal Rotarian." It read that
some 20 or more cars could usually be seen outside the
Grand Hotel at Rotary tiffin time on Tuesdays and went on
to suggest that in the winter season how nice it would be
if these same cars could line up outside a children's
orphanage or Old Peoples' Home for the purpose of taking
as many of the inmates as the cars could accommodate for a
drive to Barrackpore, or the Botanical Gardens. It added
that if the car owners or other Rotarians could spare a
few Rupees, perhaps the wives of the Rotarians could
arrange tea for the unfortunate children.
This proposal appealed to the members so much that a
committee was formed forthwith and on December 28, 1925
some 200 poor children from five institutions in Calcutta
were collected by Rotarians and their wives, driven to the
Chandpal Ghat Jetty and taken across the river to the
Botanical Gardens. After a day's feasting and sports, the
children were driven back to their orphanages. Thus was
born the famed Annual Children's Treat of the Rotary Club
of Calcutta – the longest running community service
programme of our club.
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Programme to raise funds for the
eradication of Poliomyelitis. A contribution of
US$ 26.50 (@ Rs 49/$ = Rs 1300) would make a person an
Arch Klumph Fellow.
- Asia Zone 5-Restructuring of clubs:
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By letter dated 22-Nov-02 RI Gen.
Secretary Edwin H. Futa informs that the RI Board of
Directors at their meeting held in November 2002 has
approved a new Section Plan for the clubs.
Section A: Districts 3010, 3050, 3070, 3080, 3090,
3100
Section B: Districts 3030, 3040, 3060, 3130, 3140
Section C: Districts 3110, 3120, 3240, 3250, 3260,
3290
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Meeting of all club officers,
directors, and committee chairs, held for the purpose of
conferring on the program and activities of the club.
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A training meeting conducted annually,
preferably in April or May, of club presidents-elect and
members of clubs assigned by the club president-elect to
serve in key leadership roles in the upcoming year. It
provides a program of instruction to develop club leaders
who have the necessary skills, knowledge, and motivation
to improve club effectiveness as defined by the RI Board
as well as an opportunity to share local and district
plans and objectives.
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6-day annual mandatory training meeting
attended by general officers, governors-elect, RI
committee chairs, and others designated by the RI Board.
Its purpose is to provide Rotary education, instruction in
administrative duties, motivation, and inspiration to
governors-elect and to afford them and others in
attendance an opportunity to discuss and plan how to
implement Rotary's programs and activities during the
ensuing year. The last meeting was held 16-23 February
2006 in San Diego, California, USA.
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A Rotarian appointed by the governor,
in accordance with RI Board policy, to assist the governor
with the administrative work associated with club
operations for designated clubs within an assigned
geographic area. In District 3290 we have an AG for each
of the 17 Zones of our District. The AG is himself
assisted by a Zonal Representative (ZR).
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A foundation which has been established
based on criteria and guidelines from the Foundation
trustees and approved for operation as an associate
foundation by the trustees. The primary purpose of
associate foundations is to provide tax benefits to
Rotarians in countries where such foundations have been
established.
- Attendance Make-up
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A member can makeup his attendance by
attending a meeting of another Rotary club either two
weeks before or two weeks after the meeting of his own
club that he misses.
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Report of the attendance at its
meetings which each club is required by the RI bylaws to
make each month to its governor, if the club is within a
district, or otherwise to the general secretary.
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- Board of Directors (Club)
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Governing body of a
Rotary Club, to be constituted as the byelaws of the club
may provide.
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Certificate signed by the governor
certifying the nomination of the Rotarian duly nominated
by the clubs in the district for the office of governor in
a specified future year.
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The Chaka (Wheel) is the name of the
Rotary Club of Calcutta's weekly bulletin. It is the
oldest in India.
Click
to see the weekly online edition. You can also read
archived copies.
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A founding member of a Rotary club.
This member is elected to membership prior to the
admission of the club to membership in RI.
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Club Internet Communications
Coordinator. New terminology for CICO. See below.
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Club Internet Communications Officer.
Rotarian in charge of Internet communications. Shares news
harvested from Rotary websites and email groups with club
leadership and editor. See also
DICO
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Word or phrase which describes a
separate and distinct business or professional service
rendered to the community. As a term, it is the word or
phrase which most accurately describes the principal and
recognized business or professional activity of the firm,
company, or institution with which an active member is
connected or that which covers the active member's
principal and recognized business or professional
activity.
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Complete list of business and
professional activities of the community, showing which
have been filled, and which remain unfilled, in the club.
- CLE
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Concentrated Language Encounter. Highly
successful Rotary sponsored approach to literacy. At risk
children worldwide are taught to read and write in their
native languages.
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Club Regular Weekly Meting where
internal affairs of the club are discussed amongst its
members e.g. approval of annual accounts. The President
announces, " Visiting Rotarians may now leave if they so
wish." (NOT 'Closed door' meeting).
- Club Assembly
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Meeting of all club officers,
directors, and committee chairs, held for the purpose of
conferring on the program and activities of the club.
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Formal meeting of the entire club
membership to inform members about service activities.
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An area which contains the minimum
number of classifications required for the formation of a
new club. A club may be organized in the same locality as
one or more existing clubs.
- Club Officers
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The officers of the club are the
president, president-elect, vice-presidents, a secretary,
treasurer and sergeant-at-arms.
- Club Officials
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The officials of our club are the
editor, club correspondent, CICO (club Internet
Communications Officer) and the Webmaster.
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Rotary's first Avenue of Service
involves actions a Rotarian must take within the club to
help it function successfully.
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A comprehensive document containing all
of the general and permanent policies of Rotary
International.
- COL
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See
Council on Legislation
- Committees-Club
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All members should volunteer to serve
on at least two club committees. The advantages being to
learn about your club and its members. The other members
can also meet and learn about you.
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A non-mandatory committee established
by the RI Board that continues in existence until its
tasks are completed.
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A non-mandatory committee that
continues in existence until the end of each Rotary year
in which it is appointed.
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A committee mandated in section 16.010.
of the RI bylaws.
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Rotary's third Avenue of Service
comprises varied efforts that Rotarians make, sometimes in
conjunction with others (e.g., a Rotaract or Interact club
or a Rotary Community Corps), to improve the quality of
life for those who live within their club's locality or
municipality.
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Annual international meeting of Rotary
International. Each May or June, Rotary International
holds a worldwide convention "to stimulate, inspire and
inform all Rotarians in an International level." It is the
annual meeting to conduct the business of the
association. Its primary purpose is to inspire and inform
Rotarians at an international level. Club delegates from
around the world elect RI officers for the coming Rotary
year, including the president and RI Board.
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Rotary International's legislative body
as provided for in article X of the RI constitution and
article VIII of the RI bylaws. It is attended by a
representative of the clubs of each district and meets
every third year to deliberate and act upon proposed
enactments and resolutions submitted by clubs, district
conferences, the general council or conference of RIBI,
the council on legislation, and the RI Board. Its actions
in adopting legislation are subject to review by all
clubs. The next COL is in 2007. more>>
- Closed Meeting
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Meeting held amongst
members of the Rotary Club of Calcutta only. Visiting
Rotarians and guests are politely asked to "leave if they
so wished." Usually held once in three months, this gives
an opportunity to the President to appraise members of any
internal developments or difficulties that may have
arisen. Members also get an opportunity to ask for
clarifications and give suggestions on the working of the
club.
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Meeting of all club
officers, directors and committee chairmen, held for the
purpose of conferring on the programmes and activities of
the club. All interested members and especially newer
members are expected to attend.
- COTS - Club Officers' Training
Seminar
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Meeting usually held in
June each year prior to the start of the new Rotary year.
Usually conducted by an Assistant Governor, the
Chairpersons of the club are appraised of norms of
conducting committee meetings and about special programmes
for the coming year.
- Council on Legislation
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Rotary's parliament with
representatives from all districts; deliberates on
policies of Rotary. Last one held 2001 April 22-28.
- Cyber Rotary Club
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Rotarians from Colorado,
USA created history on 4 January 2002, when RI officially
chartered its first ever Internet-based Rotary club in the
world, Rotary e-Club One of District 5450.
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- DCH
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District Chairman
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District Designated Fund from the
Rotary Foundation - Community Assistance Program awards
that enable Rotary districts to service projects in their
own countries.
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Rotary is an organisation of business
and professional leaders
united worldwide to provide humanitarian service,
encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help
building goodwill and peace in the world.
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Representative of a Rotary club at the
international convention. Each club is entitled to send
one delegate for each 50 of its members, or major fraction
thereof, honorary members excepted.
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Each officer and each past president of
Rotary International still holding membership, other than
honorary membership, in a club, is declared by the RI
constitution and bylaws to be a delegate-at-large at the
convention. Such delegate is entitled to cast one vote on
each question.
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The District Governor Nominee (DGN)
automatically becomes the District governor Elect (DGE)
after the International Assembly held usually in February.
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The Governor in waiting. Takes over the
reins of the District after the current Governor's term
expires on June 30 midnight.
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District Internet Communications
Officer. Harvests news from Rotary websites and email
groups and shares information with clubs of the District.
See also
CICO
- DIR
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District Interact Representative.
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Name given to a limited geographic area
within which clubs are grouped for RI administrative
purposes.
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Meeting held annually in each district
to further the program of Rotary through fellowship,
inspirational addresses, and the discussion of matters
relating to club and district affairs. It is open to all
Rotarians in the district and their families.
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Report which the governor and the
secretary of the district conference are required to make
to RI covering any action taken by the conference, the
number of clubs represented, and other matters.
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A senior Interactor elected by the
Interact Clubs of the District to act as a Liaison with
the District Governor.
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The RI Board-recommended organizational
structure for all districts. Components include the
following: use of the title "assistant governor" as
defined by the RI Board; defined responsibilities and
duties, as well as defined limits to terms of service and
number of terms, for assistant governors and district
committee members.
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District Leadership Trainer (2006: PDG
Siddhartha S Bose, RC Calcutta South West)
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District Rotaract Representative. A
senior Rotaractor who liaises between the District
Governor and the Rotaract clubs of the District. He is
guided by the District Rotaract Committee.
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Every active member of a club pays an
admission fee and annual dues to the club in amounts
determined by the club.
- EarlyAct
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EarlyAct is a "Rotary
sponsored school wide service club for elementary students
from ages 5 to 13. The mission and operation of EarlyAct
are closely linked to the ideals of Rotary and provide the
foundation and natural succession into Interact." Started
in 2001.
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- Exempted from Attendance
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The 85 rule:
A member is exempted from attendance if the sum of his age
and years in Rotary is 85 or
above.
- Family of Rotary
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The Family of Rotary
includes our personal families and their involvement in
Rotary activities - plus our extended family-Youth
Exchange students, RYLArians, Interactors, Rotaractors,
Scholars, Group Study
Exchange team members and others.
- February 23 - World Understanding
and Peace Day
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The anniversary of
Rotary's birth, 23 February 1905, is also observed as
World Understanding and Peace Day. Each club, on that day,
gives special recognition and emphasis to Rotary's
commitment to international under-standing, friendship,
and peace.
- Founder of Rotary
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Term used in Reference
to Paul P. Harris, who organized the first rotary club in
Chicago in 1905. Paul Harris was born 19 April 1868 and
died 27 January 1947.
- Four Avenues of Service
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The term is frequently
used in Rotary literature. The 'Avenues' refer to the four
elements of the
Object
of Rotary which describe the primary areas of Rotary
activity:
1 Club Service - activities necessary for
Rotarians to make their club function.
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2 Vocational Service
- undertaking service projects by representing one's
vocation.
3 Community Service - improving the quality of life in
one's community.
4 International Service - programs to promote
international understanding.
- GML (Governor's Monthly Letter)
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Personal, official
communication issued every month by the governor to the
president and secretary of each club in the district
containing items of special interest and importance,
including the Monthly Membership Attendance Report.
- Good Standing
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Members of "Good
standing" basically means you have paid your dues!
Even a candidate vying for the Governor's post must be
endorsed by the home club stating that he or she is a
member of good standing.
- Green Badgers
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New members of less than
six months membership. In earlier years, their name badges
were covered with green cellophane paper, to identify them
as such. This way, the older members could help assimilate
them into the club.
- GSE: Group Study Exchange
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One of the most popular
and rewarding programmes of The Rotary Foundation which
pairs Rotary Districts to send and receive study teams. It
gives an opportunity to visiting team members, to meet,
talk and live with Rotarians and their families in a warm
spirit of friendship and hospitality. The first such
exchange was between California and Japan in 1965.
In addition to learning about another country, as the team
visits institutions, professional offices and
government establishments, the GSE teams serve as
ambassadors of goodwill. They interpret their home
nation to host Rotarians and others in the communities in
which they visit. Many of the personal contacts
blossom into lasting friendships.
- GSR: Governor's Special
Representative
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Senior Rotarian usually
a Past President in charge of forming a new Rotary club.
- Health Center.
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See Rotary
Health Clinic.
- Honorary Member
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A person who, by serving
with distinction in the furtherance of Rotary ideals, has
been elected to honorary membership of a club. an honorary
member is exempt from payment of fees and dues, has no
vote, and may not hold office. However, an honorary member
may attend all meetings and enjoy the privileges of the
club. Honorary membership terminates each year on 30 June
but may by resolution be continued from year to year.
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maps. In our club we
have PDG Saral Deb as an Honorary Member.
- Hundred Percent Attendance
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See
Perfect Attendance.
- IEC
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Informative Educative
Communicative Material. Kit especially for Polio Plus.
- Inner Wheel Club
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Independent service
organisation of wives of Rotarians.
Complimentary to Rotary in their service to mankind.
In England, on 15 May, 1923, the Manchester Club proposed
"The Formation of
a Ladies' Rotary Club in Manchester." The proposal was
lost, but instead,
the first Inner Wheel Club was formed.
Inner Wheel Club of Calcutta
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Meant for present and
past Rotary officers. Generally held annually, at the same
place of an international assembly or convention. Affords
the RI officers an opportunity to improve their knowledge
of Rotary's plans and programs and thus enhances their
value as resource persons to their clubs and districts.
- Interact
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Rotary club-sponsored
clubs for young people dedicated to service and
international understanding. Membership is open to
students at the secondary school level (ages 14-18).
Interact clubs in schools sponsored by Rotary Club of
Calcutta:
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1. Ashok Hall |
2. Assembly of God
Church |
3. Future
Foundation |
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4. GD Birla School
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5. La Martiniere
Boys/Girls |
6. MB Girls'
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7. Sri
Shikshayatan |
8. South Point |
9. Wellman
Goldsmith |
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Interact Club of La Martiniere
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District sponsored
symposia held usually on the Rotary Theme of the Month. No
charges.
Attending this meeting qualifies for attendance credit
(towards an absence in a club weekly meeting).
- Jean Harris
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Paul's wife Jean
Harris was born of November 8, 1881 in Edinburgh.
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A Regular Weekly Meeting
held jointly with that of another Rotary club, to promote
goodwill.
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In addition to The
Rotarian there are 28 regional magazines printed in 22
languages. Although each regional publication has its own
unique style and content, they all provide Rotarians with
up-to-date information and good reading.
- Make-up
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To attend the meeting of
another Rotary club or certain other functions thereby
protecting membership and receiving attendance credit when
a meeting of the Rotarian's own club is missed.
- Months -
Special Months in Rotary
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Months designated by the
RI Board to emphasize the involvement of every Rotarian,
and not just clubs, in Rotary activities. They are:
Literacy (July), Membership and Extension (August), New
Generations (September), Vocational Service (October), The
Rotary Foundation (November), Rotary Awareness (January),
World Understanding (February), Magazine (April), Rotary
Fellowship (June). See
planner>>
- MOP Manual of Procedure
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A Reference Manual for
Rotary Leaders
The Manual of Procedure is a compilation of statements of
policies and procedures adopted by conventions, the
council on legislation, the RI Board of Directors and the
Trustees of The Rotary Foundation. It also includes the
current text of the RI Constitution and Bylaws, the
standard Rotary club constitution, the club bylaws
recommended by the RI Board, and the Bylaws and portions
of the Articles of Incorporation of The Rotary Foundation.
The Manual is published in several language editions every
three years, and a copy is sent to each Rotary club and RI
officer. The 1998 edition incorporates changes in policy
and procedures since its 1995 publication. Some material
that is frequently referred to has been reorganized to
make it more easily accessible. Many entries have been
edited for clarity. If any question arises about the
meaning or interpretation of the Manual, English is the
official language of RI. (Source: Manual of Procedure,
1998).
Hard copy available at Rotary Archives. Or,
Mottoes
Service Above Self is the principal
motto of Rotary established by the 1959 Council on
Legislation. It has replaced the first motto of Rotary, "He
Profits Most Who Serves Best."
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Innovative Project
between the Kolkata Police and the Rotary clubs in
Calcutta. Street children are brought in at various police
stations. Rotarians conduct free health check-ups,
distribute medicines, help in literacy awareness. The
Rotary Club of Calcutta and the RC Bhowanipur jointly
organises camp at the Bhowanipur Police Station. Third
Sunday of every month.
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The month of September
is designated as "New Generations Month" to focus on all
Rotary activities that support the development of young
people up to the age of 30. Rotary clubs are encouraged to
use the slogan, "Every Rotarian an Example to Youth" in
club bulletins and publicity material during "New
Generations Month."
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Special days earmarked
for immunizing with Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) all children
under 5 against poliomyelitis in an effort to eradicate
the disease from India.
- Nitish Chandra Laharry
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Past President of our
club ( 1944-45) who became the first Asian President of
Rotary International in 1962-63. The RI motto for that
year was, "Kindle The Spark Within".
- Non-District Club
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Club which is not
included in a district in RI but which is under the direct
supervision of the RI Board.
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The Object of Rotary is
to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of
worthy enterprise and in particular, to encourage and
foster:
FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an
opportunity for service;
SECOND. High ethical standards in business and
professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all
useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's
occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in
each Rotarian's personal, business and community life;
FOURTH. The advancement of international
understanding, goodwill and peace through a world
fellowship of business and professional persons united in
the ideal of service.
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- Oration - Rotary
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Project of RC Calcutta
started in 1997-98 to commemorate the anniversary of
Rotary's birth on 23 February 1905. This day is observed
as World Understanding and Peace Day.
- Past Presidents or PP'S
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Past Presidents are a
exclusive group of special Rotarians. It is not easy to
become a PP. It takes years of training. First you have to
be nominated by the Board, accepted by the members, do a
year of being a President-Elect and if you are still
around or willing to continue in this quest, you do
another year of being President. There are 29,000 +
Rotarians around the world in this endeavor each year. If
you survive, (don't run away, throw in the towel or be
impeached) you then are admitted to this elite fellowship
as a IPP. (Immediate Past President). This is only for a
year and then the I is dropped. You are awarded a Special
Badge to wear, This is to let all know that you are now a
"PP" and what year you achieved this honor. Note: You
are only a president for a year, but a PP forever!
- Past Service Member
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A former active member
whose active membership was terminated because of his
retirement from active business or professional life.
- Paul Harris Fellow
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An individual who
contributes or in whose honor or memory is contributed
US$1,000 to The Rotary Foundation.
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Term used by many clubs
to refer to a Rotarian's 100 percent attendance record.
However, no official definition of the term exists.
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Rotary's current
flagship project - eradicate poliomyelitis from the world
by year 2005. This would coincide with the centenary of
the Rotary movement.
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Past RI Director.
- Probus Clubs
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The first
Probus Club, an acronym for
Pro(fessional) and Bus(iness), specifically for
active-retired-persons aged 56 and above was formed in
1966 by the Rotary Club of Chatterham, England. It offers
an opportunity to the senior citizens to be part of a
group of like minded friends and contribute to the
happiness of others and - in fact - develop their own
close community to take care of each other.
Probusindia has details of Indian
clubs.
- Provisional Rotary Club
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Beginning with its first
organizational meeting, providing it meets regularly each
week, this name is given to a new club until it is
admitted to the membership of RI.
- RCC
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Rotary Community Corps.
Groups of non-Rotarians who work to improve the conditions
of their communities with Rotary club support.
RCCs under the Rotary Club of Calcutta are +>
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- RINO
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'Affectionate' name for
category of Rotarians In Name Only.
Also true for Rotaractors.
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See
convention.
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The Rotary Leadership
Institute (RLI) is a multi-district, grassroots
leadership development program of member districts
organized into
regional divisions in various parts of the world. It is
not an official
program of Rotary International and is not under its
control. The
RLI seeks to have Rotary clubs in member districts
identify those
Rotarians who seem to have the potential for future club
leadership (not necessarily as club presidents) and
provide those
so identified with a quality education in Rotary knowledge
and
leadership skills for voluntary organizations.
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- Rotaract
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Rotary's leadership and
service program for young people ages 18 to 30. It aims to
enhance their knowledge and skills that will assist them
in personal development, to address the physical and
social needs of their communities and to promote better
relations between all people worldwide through a framework
of friendship and service. The
Rotaract movement started on 13
March 1968 with the first charter being granted to the
Rotaract club of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. The event
is commemorated each year with the celebration of the
World Rotaract Week.
Clubs sponsored by the Rotary Club of Calcutta:
1. Rotaract Club of Calcutta (meets Rotary Sadan, Sundays
5:30 pm).
2, Rotaract Club of IISWBM, College Square.
- Rotary
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Rotary is used as
expressive and indicative of the organized body of Rotary
clubs and Rotarians, of the spirit which animates them, of
the principles and practices and precedents which guide
them, and of the purposes and object they seek to
accomplish.
- Rotary Award For World
Understanding & Peace
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The Rotary Award for
World Understanding and Peace is an annual RI award to
recognize and honor a non-Rotarian or an organization for
outstanding achievement consistent with the ideals and
objectives of RI.
Focusing on advancing world understanding and peace,
the award seeks to inspire, encourage and stimulate more
Rotarians to be personally involved in humanitarian
service, as well as to gain public recognition for
Rotarians and RI as significant contributors to
humanitarian service. First presented in 1981, the award
has been received by 15 individuals and three
organizations.
- Rotary Community Corps / RCC / RVC
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Groups of non-Rotarians
who work to improve the conditions of their communities
with Rotary club support. RCCs under the Rotary Club of
Calcutta are:
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- Rotary Convention
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To inspire and inform
all Rotarians at an international level particularly
incoming presidents, governors-elect and other incoming
club and RI officers.
- Rotary Foundation
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is a not-for-profit
corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary
International to achieve world understanding and peace
through international, humanitarian, educational and
cultural exchange programmes. It is funded solely by
voluntary contributions.
The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable
Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill and
peace through the improvement of health, the support of
education and the alleviation of poverty.
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Medical facility run by
RC Calcutta in association with the Benud Behari Trust of
Rtn. Kanak Dutt. Situated in 36 A&B Pratapaditya Road,
Calcutta-26, Tel: 2466-8788, it is rendering excellent
healthcare to the local population.
- Rotary Regional Magazines
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See
Magazines.
- Rotary Institute
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Assembly of all past and
present officers of Rotary International. See
Institutes,
Rotary.
- RYLA
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Rotary Youth Leadership
Awards. The idea came about from a program started in
Queensland, Australia in 1959 and evolved until 1971 when
the Rotary International Board of Directors declared it as
an official program of Rotary International. The simple
version of the program is to bring together young leaders
from area schools (usually from the junior year of high
school) for a week of social, cultural and educational
activities. They learn about such things as public
speaking, environmental issues, problems facing the
elderly, economics and many things that we hope will give
them knowledge necessary for becoming tomorrow’s leaders.
- RYLARIANS
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Youth attending RYLA
programs.
- "Service Above Self"
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Motto which may be used
in Rotary literature and elsewhere. Designated by the 1989
Council as Rotary's principal official motto.
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Special National Immunisation Day
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Innovative vocational
service programme of the Rotary Club of Calcutta organised
by R-Ann Veena Rohatgi. Boys and girls finishing high
school are given basic training as nurses. They are
quickly absorbed in private hospitals and nursing homes.
- Sister Clubs
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Rotary Clubs establish
Sister relationships with other Rotary Clubs by agreeing
to establish a special bond of friendship between the two
Clubs for a specified period, subject to renewal by mutual
agreement of both clubs. The clubs agree to promote
friendship between the two Clubs and communicate and
cooperate with each other regarding projects and
activities, to initiate planning for a mutually acceptable
joint project and to implement and complete at least one
such project within the term of the agreement.
President Dileep Rohatgi (2000-01) is trying to forge such
a friendship with the Rotary Club of Dhaka - the first
club of Bangladesh and sponsored by us in 1937.
- Special Months in Rotary
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See >>
Months
- STAR Programme
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Special Training
for Action in Rotary. Developed by RC El
Paso, Texas, USA in 1976 has proven to be an effective
tool for creating a better informed membership and
preparing members for club leadership positions. First
introduced in RC Calcutta on 2 Sep 2001.
- Statistics - Rotary
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Number of Rotarians,
Rotary clubs, Districts and other figures
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- The Rotarian
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The name of the official
magazine of RI and an international magazine for business
and professional people.
- Toasts
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At the end of every
regular weekly meeting, it is customary to remember with
good wishes, another Rotary club - thus fostering
international goodwill and peace amongst nations. Have a
look at our
Toasts
form.
- Understanding - World, Day
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February 23rd, the
anniversary of Rotary's birth.
- Vocational Service
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Rotary's second avenue
of service. it's purpose includes promoting high ethical
standards in business and professions and fostering the
ideal of service in the pursuit of all vocations. The role
of the club includes developing projects that help members
contribute their talents to meeting society's needs. Te
role of Rotarians includes conducting themselves and their
businesses in accordance with Rotary principles and
responding to projects their clubs develop.
- World Headquarters
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The world Headquarters
of the Secretariat located at One Rotary Center, 1560
Sherman Avenue, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
- World Understanding and Peace Day
- Feb 23
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The anniversary of
Rotary's birth, 23 February 1905, is also observed as
World Understanding and Peace Day. Each club, on that day,
gives special recognition and emphasis to Rotary's
commitment to international under-standing, friendship,
and peace.
- Youth Exchange
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Team exchange between
high school of one District with another. Enriched
experience by students, host families, sponsoring clubs,
receiving schools and the entire community. Opportunity to
learn about customs, languages, traditions and family life
in another country. Since 1927.
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Zonal Representative, which see below.
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A District Official appointed by the
Governor who assists the
Assistant Governor
in administering a Zone of a Rotary District. In District
3290 we have 17 such Zones and thus 17 ZRs.
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By letter dated 22-Nov-02 RI Gen.
Secretary Edwin H. Futa informs that the RI Board of
Directors at their meeting held in November 2002 has
approved a new Section Plan for the clubs.
Section A: Districts 3010, 3050, 3070, 3080, 3090,
3100
Section B: Districts 3030, 3040, 3060, 3130, 3140
Section C: Districts 3110, 3120, 3240, 3250, 3260,
3290
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Rtn.
Ketan Patel