Rotar y Inter nat ional Dist r ict 3800

RY 2012-2013 No. 01 July 2012 Issue

Dear fellow Rotarians, Happy New Rotary Year and may peace be with us !

As we start another year of service, we are again hoping and striving to give justice to our motto of Service Above Self. RI President Tanaka in announcing the theme for this year, “Peace Through Service”, is simply stressing that whatever we do for Rotary, no matter how simple or grand, will lead to peace in our home, community and the world.

Let us then be guided and be inspired by these thoughts. Let us focus on serving our community, which is the main reason why we joined Rotary. To be more relevant and to make more impact, RI has told us to start our year with strategic planning. We need to put more careful understanding of the needs of our customers, more creative thinking in solving these needs, a deeper assessment of our resources and a more dedicated and participative implementation of our service projects. We are also told to plan for the next three years.

For our clubs to remain preeminent in our respective communities, we have to follow the lead of Rotary International.

To the Peace Builder Presidents and District Officers, congratulations on your assumption to office. Let us keep our mandate to lead our fellow Rotarians in achieving Peace Through Service. Let us take advantage of this opportunity to be of greater service to our fellow men. Let us be the guiding light in all our endeavors.

Our year will not be all work. Your District leadership will provide a lot of opportunities for fellowship. Our sports program will continue and so with the other social activities. After all, Rotary started as a fellowship club. Participate and enjoy all these activities, not only for the fun and camaraderie, but the opportunity to meet fellow Rotarians in the District.

Spouse Glo joins me in wishing that we will all have an exciting, fruitful and enjoyable year of Peace Through Service.

Peace Builder Governor Lirio Sandoval

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It is expected that, by this time, all the Peace Builder Presidents should have received their club’s copies of the SAR from RI, which were sent to our district office and distributed since the presidents’ assembly on July 7, 2012. These SAR, which can also be seen thru members access of RI, will be the reference for the clubs’ starting point of membership this Rotary Year. All clubs are reminded that new members inducted should be reported to RI by the club presidents thru the member access immediately. Regular monitoring will be made by the District Membership Committee to avoid problem. All Rotarians are encouraged to pay attention to all the RI Awards available throughout the Rotary Year. There are deadlines for nominations to be received by RI, that is why the district office will set respective deadlines of accepting local nominations by any club before District Governor Lirio evaluates and submits the qualified nominations to RI. For more information, please visit our website, “www.rotarians.district3800.org”. For immediate nomination, we need to receive any qualified nominee for the “RI Service Above Self” award before August 15, 2012. This is a very prestigious award from RI for any qualified Rotarian. We should honor our deserving Rotarians by nominating them to RI. The District Nominating Committee (DNC) is about to be formed this year. District Governor Lirio has already circulated the call for nominees from qualified clubs. In order that our district will be able to have a good selection team for a deserving District Governor Nominee, all qualified clubs must nominate a past president who is more familiar in our district affairs. Please take note of the submission deadline. We do hope that the most qualified candidate for a next Governor position in our district will be chosen by a well-rounded DNC team that will be formed this year.

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES: August 05, 2012– Opening of District Duckpin Bowling at Market Place, Mandaluyong August 25, 2012 – District Tree Planting at Tanay, Rizal September 21, 2012— 1st Leg Golf Tournament at Valley Golf and Country Club North Course hosted by Zone 4 Rotary Clubs

October 5, 2012- Octoberfiesta hosted by RC Marikina

By SG Augusto “Augie” Soliman

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It was a glittery evening for R.I. District 3800 as the Peace Builder Team led by District Governor Lirio Sandoval gathered on June 29, 2012 at the Bayanihan Center, Pasig City, for the District Handover and Induction Ceremonies hosted by RC Marikina South.

Majestic Governor Rafael “Raffy” Garcia III thanked and congratulated the Majestic Presidents

and District Officers during his Valedictory Address. DG Lirio and DGL Gloria together with their children and grandchildren were then presented by

Secretary General Augusto “Augie” Soliman. This was followed by the induction of DG Lirio with PDG Eduardo “Edi” Chua CK as Inducting Officer. PDG Edi was also the one who inducted DG Lirio as member of RC Marikina Central in 1989 and provided guidance to him in his journey in Rotary.

In his Inaugural Address, DG Lirio thanked IPDG Raffy for clearing the path for him to trailblaze in other aspects of the way Rotarians do things in Rotary. Per DG Lirio, “In this world, nothing is permanent except change. We have to adapt to the developments happening in Rotary and in this world. Some of these changes, I already announced during the District Assembly, and I need not repeat them now. What is important is that we Rotarians should be able to accept them and proceed from there. The road to resistance is sometimes easier but for us to be more successful and become more relevant we should embrace change. Tradition has a part in our life and we must respect it but it should just remain a part of our life if circumstances warrant it.”

With all the training sessions that the Peace Builder Presidents attended, he is confident that the clubs they lead will achieve all their plans and objectives for this Rotary Year.

The occasion glittered all the more with the presence of DG Lirio’s colleagues in the book industry with whom he worked with for a long time in his roles as President of BDAP, including his high school classmates, close friends and associates, past and future District Governors, his brother and sister.

DG Lirio and the Peace Builder Team are now ready to SERVE FOR PEACE!

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It was a well-attended training seminar with 85 presidents-elect and 64 secretaries-elect coming from Zone 1 to Zone 8 of the Rotary Club network. Everyone was in high spirits, as one of the delegates jokingly looked for a shot of whisky during registration.

The seminar started promptly at 8:00 a.m. with discussions and breakout sessions on the topics of ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT, CLUB ADMINISTRATION, MEMBERSHIP, SERVICE PROJECTS AND ROTARY FOUNDATION conducted by PP Tomas ”Tom” B. Rocamora, PP Alfredo “Buboy” M. Campos, PP Bienvenido “Jun” C. Angeles, PDG Fabio “Fabie” J. Enriquez, CP Manuel “Manny” R. Reyes, and PDG Marcos “Mac” C. Hermoso, respectively. These discussions were as intellectually filling as the breakfast, lunch and merienda that were served.

With the first day sessions still going on, the host, Rotary Club of Marikina East, was already busy with the preparations for the second part of the training seminar scheduled the following Saturday, March 10, 2012.

If the first day of the training program was successful, the second and concluding portion held at the same venue was even better with a huge turn-out of almost 200 presidents-elect, secretaries-elect, assistant governors and district officers.

Discussions and breakout sessions on topics like the ROLE OF SECRETARIES, ON-LINE COMMUNICATION TOOLS, PUBLIC IMAGE, GOAL SETTING AND RESOURCES, were brewing from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., this time by renowned and seasoned resource speakers such as SG Augusto “Augie” C. Soliman, PP Joselito “Joel” M. Guevarra, PP Ferdinand Dindo “Dindo” C. Santos, PP Dolores “Dodie” F. Cheng, PP Anthony “Tonipi” N. Parungao, PP Roberto “Bobby” F. Rosadia, and unselfishly sharing his Dale Carnegie knowledge, PP Bienvenido “Doods” S. Policarpio.

After the exhausting but intellectually stimulating discussions and learning wins, it was time for the Rotarians to party.

The fellowship started at 7:00 p.m. with over 100 Rotarians enjoying each other’s company over dinner. The evening was made more exciting raffles, with prizes ranging from San Miguel Beer tower to digital cameras, sing-along, parlor games, dancing and definitely a lot of drinking.

The day officially ended at 12 midnight while others still stayed on.

Surely, everyone will be eager for the next PESETS with this last one as a benchmark.

PEACE BUILDER PRESIDENTS AND SECRETARIES GET READY

PESETS 2012

By Rtn. Karen Javier, RC Marikina East

Fair weather smiled upon the Rotarians as RC Marikina East (RCME) hosted the PRESIDENT-ELECT AND SECRETARY-ELECT TRAINING SEMINAR (PESETS 2012) at the DEPED-NCR Regional Educational Learning Center (RELC) Concepcion Uno, Marikina City, March 3, 2012.

Preparations started as early as 6:00 a.m. With able and energetic Rotarians of the host club making everything possible to make the event successful.

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R.I. DISTRICT 3800 HOLDS SEAMLESS SEMINAR By PP Jovie Sison, RC San Juan

It was a 3 for 1 event, interpreted; “Three seminars in one afternoon” or “Three seminars for the price of one.” Hosted by the Rotary Club of San Juan and the Rotary E-club of San Juan 3800, held at the historic Kalayaan Hall of Club Filipino, 209 delegates from District 3800 (43 Peace Builder Presidents) experienced its first Seamless Seminar in what normally would have been three separate sessions (each charging participants PHP 300 per seminar) was offered all together for just PHP 300. What a bargain!

Three Past District Governors from three other Rotary Districts were resource speakers namely: (speaker and their topic) PDG Ursula “Chit” Lijauco, D3820, Public Image; PDG Rolando “Oyan” Villanueva,

D3790, Membership; PDG Roberto “Bobby” Viray,

D3790, The Rotary Foundation – all Coordinators of their special fields for their respective district – all high calibre speakers, all in one afternoon. What a deal!

The room was packed, the food sumptuous (everyone had their fill), and there were raffle prizes donated by the generous Rotarians of D3800. That’s value for money!

In summary, the event organizers who were then incoming district officers (DG Lirio Sandoval, SG Au-gie Soliman, DSG Danilo Santos, PP Gina Sanchez, PDG Pepe Peralta) ascertained that participants learned about the three important Rotary subjects, were fed well, immensely entertained, and went home smiling. Now that’s Service Above Self!

Photos: From left to right—DG Lirio Sandoval provides the purpose of the event while PP Bobby Viray talks about The Rotary Foundation.

Photos: First row (left to right)- PDG Chit Lijuaco tackles Public Image while PDG Oyan Villanueva discusses Membership. Second row (left to right)- PP Gina Sanchez and AG Nante Santos hand the theme bell and gavel to raffle winner; the Peace Builder Team members listen intently to the speakers.

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FIRST DINNER MEETING AND FELLOWSHIP NIGHT By AG Vincent Santos, RC Marikina

Photos: 1st Row (L to R)—DGL Glo Sandoval presides over the meeting of the Peace Builder Spouses; DGL Glo with PDGL Minda, DGEL Ruby,

PDGL Myrna, Spouses Tess and Judy, and other spouses. 2nd Row (L to R)— District Team Spouses; DGL Glo with some Zone 4 Spouses.

On July 7, 2012, Saturday, RI District 3800 under the helm of Peace Builder Governor Lirio Sandoval, held its First Dinner Meeting and Fellowship Night at the Renaissance Hotel Ballroom, Riverbanks, Marikina City. Cluster 2, composed of Zones 4 and 6 of RI District 3800, hosted this event.

This meeting was a sort of innovation of our previous breakfast meetings wherein this time, fellow-ship and camaraderie were highlighted in order to strengthen the bond between the Peace Builder Presidents

Our seasoned Project Chairmen and speakers successfully and concisely discussed the assigned topics for the business meeting. Simultaneously, our spouses held their meeting at the 2nd floor of the Riverbend Hotel Café presided by District Governor Lady, Glo Sandoval.

Dancing, raffle and parlor games added to the fun and excitement of this memorable evening. Rotarians and spouses of RI District 3800 are now looking forward to the next Dinner Meeting and Fellowship night to be hosted by Cluster 1.

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PEACE BUILDER TEAM MEETING AND FELLOWSHIP NIGHT PHOTO GALLERYPEACE BUILDER TEAM MEETING AND FELLOWSHIP NIGHT PHOTO GALLERYPEACE BUILDER TEAM MEETING AND FELLOWSHIP NIGHT PHOTO GALLERYPEACE BUILDER TEAM MEETING AND FELLOWSHIP NIGHT PHOTO GALLERY Photos courtesy of AG Renato Santos and son Gerard, RC Marikina East

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RC MARIKINA NORTH EARLY CHILDHOOD DAY CARE CENTER INAUGURATION—On July 8, 2012, RC Marikina North led by Pres. Edith de Ello inaugurated the RCMN Early Childhood Day Care Center. Those who graced the event are District Governor Lirio Sandoval, district officers and spouses, DSWD representatives, representatives of the Office of Mayor Willy Ro-bles of Baras, Rizal, representatives from the Office of Brgy. Pinugay led by Captain Marcos Seclot, parents and children of the registrants of RC Marikina North Early Childhood Day Care Center, some Peace Builder Presidents, and the full force of RC Marikina North family. Photos show: 1st Row (L to R) –RC Marikina North led by Pres. Edith with DG Lirio and guests; Anthony Taberna of ABS-CBN assisting RCMN members during the construction stage of the day care center; 2nd Row (L to R)—RCMN members helping build the day care center; A.Taberna pose with RCMN members during the break; 3rd Row (L to R) - Pres. Edith and members distribute uniforms to the day care center children; Children’s Orientation at the day care center.

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CELEBRATING THE NEW ROTARY YEAR WITH SPECIAL CHILDREN by PP Carla R. Dejeres, RC Metro Marikina

Photos courtesy of Pres. Ricky Cinco, RC Metro Marikina

The most unforgettable part of the program was the showcase of talents of the beneficiaries. Visually impaired children sang solo and in groups while a child with Down syndrome proved that her condition will not stop her from rendering a very entertaining dance number. Some of the beneficiaries even requested the Rotarians to take their pictures to show how happy they are with the visit and the treats.

In celebration of the New Rotary Year, the Rotary Club of Metro Marikina led by Pres. Ricky Cinco together with District Governor Lirio Sandoval held a Program for Special Children at the Barangka Elementary School in Marikina City on July 2, 2012. The seventy (70) beneficiaries with visual impairments, developmental disabilities, mental illness, learning problems, and behavioural challenges were treated with snacks and provided with loot bags containing educational materials like pencils, sharpeners, papers, notebooks, coloring books, and crayons.

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RC VALENZUELA’S MULTIMEDIA CLASSROOM PROJECT By PP Benjamin Ngo, RC Valenzuela

Computer classrooms of today are not only considered as high technology, with high cost, high maintenance but also requires specialized training for the teachers. Although computers have a niche in education, these equipment reach only few children in our school systems. In the last ten years, our elementary schools have been gifted with CDs and DVDs by various agencies covering subjects like Anatomy, Science, Botany, English, Singing, and Astronomy, among others. But until now, these CDs and DVDs are only kept in storage, gather-ing dust, lacking the delivery system for our ele-mentary classrooms.

Enter the multimedia classroom kit now being installed in Valenzuela City elementary schools by the local Rotary Clubs complete with a large screen LCD television mounted on the class wall, 1 computer with DVD/RW plus USB inputs, keyboard, mouse, with a large amplified stereo speaker system, combining USB, FM Radio, and SD card inputs. It is a fraction of the cost of a computer classroom but definitely more effective. Whether the teaching format is a karaoke for the younger students in English or Tagalog, or an animated lecture on planetary bodies for the older grade levels, the multimedia classroom reaches more students and enhances learning for the entire student body. Imagine the teaching benefits of being able to pause a presentation to be able to

make clarifications or answer students’ questions. Teachers can even develop their own formats on media outside the school or at home and bring the finished packages to present to their class. For the creative and dedicated teaching professional, this will be a comprehensive and wonderful tool.

A total of 15 schools benefitted from this project and these are: Malinta Elementary School, Pio Valenzuela Elementary School, Tugatog Elementary School, Canumay West Elementary School, Santiago de Guzman Elementary School, Coloong Elementary School, Pasolo Elementary School, Isla Elementary School, Paso de Blas Elementary School, Sitio Rosario Elementary School, Mapulang Lupa Elementary School, Valenzuela Science Elementary School, A. Fernando Elementary School, Karuhatan Elementary School, and Mapulang Lupa National High School. The project started under the term of IPP Prac Nelson and is continued by Pres. Robert Nelson.

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RC SAMPAGUITA GRACE PARK PROJECTS Photos courtesy of PDG Lina Aurelio, RC Sampaguita Grace Park

MILK FEEDING — A WCS Project was born when the Rotary of Ely, RI District 5580, USA, picked up the project listed at the ProjectLink by RC Sampaguita Grace Park: to provide milk feeding for 378 undernourished pupils at Kasarinlan Elementary School, headed by its Pres. Len Isleta, with the assistance of Rotaractors from University of the East-

Caloocan and University of Caloocan City.

ANTI-CERVICAL CANCER VACCINATION — In line with Maternal Health Care, one of the emphases of Rotary International, Anti-Cervical Cancer Vaccination was provided to 180 CLE teachers, supported by Rotary Clubs in Hongkong,

Japan and Taipei. Photo above shows Pres. Len Isleta assisting during the vaccination.

On July 1, 2012, RC Marikina led by Pres. Benjamin “Benjie” Malaya and RC Rodriguez led by Pres. Benjamin “Jonjon” Salarzon unveiled their public image posters at the Marikina Rotary Youth Center (left photo) and in Rodriguez, Rizal (right photo),

respectively.—Photos courtesy of Ms. Jean Josef and Pres. Jonjon Salarzon

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RC SAN JUAN DEL MONTE PRESIDENT IS FIRST FEMALE 2RC SAN JUAN DEL MONTE PRESIDENT IS FIRST FEMALE 2RC SAN JUAN DEL MONTE PRESIDENT IS FIRST FEMALE 2RC SAN JUAN DEL MONTE PRESIDENT IS FIRST FEMALE 2----STAR GENERAL STAR GENERAL STAR GENERAL STAR GENERAL Photo courtesy of PP Bubot Sarmiento, RC San Juan del Monte

You will always be in our hearts…

farewell PP Ric Santos (RC San Juan West)

Artwork by PP Jun Padre, RC Wack Wack

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ICUFR ELECTS GP ROLLZ AS DIRECTOR FOR 2012ICUFR ELECTS GP ROLLZ AS DIRECTOR FOR 2012ICUFR ELECTS GP ROLLZ AS DIRECTOR FOR 2012ICUFR ELECTS GP ROLLZ AS DIRECTOR FOR 2012----2014201420142014

By Pres. Remedios Batac, RC Caloocan SilanganBy Pres. Remedios Batac, RC Caloocan SilanganBy Pres. Remedios Batac, RC Caloocan SilanganBy Pres. Remedios Batac, RC Caloocan Silangan

Rotary International is composed of various Rotary fellowships which cater to the interest of every Rotarian in the whole world. Bone of the Rotary fellowships is the International Computer Users Fellowship of Rotarians (ICUFR). It was organized in 1991 and formed by a handful of Rotarians who dreamed of connecting the Rotary world by computer. RI District 3800 is proud that one of its Rotarians, PP Rolando “Rollz” Elan Maningas of RC Caloocan Silangan, was elected as a member of the board of directors for 2012-2014.

PP Rollz was inducted as centennial member of RC Caloocan Silangan in 2004. He is active in various activities of Caloocan Zone Band the district especially during Discon Talent Night. Rollz became the club’s Global President during the term of PDG Virgilio “Jun” G. Farcon, Jr. He is a multi-awarded club

president. He coveted the Most Outstanding Rotary President, Most Outstanding Rotary Club (small clubs category), RC Caloocan Silangan was recognized as an EREY Club, got the Citation Service Award, awarded a Presidential Citation with Distinction, District Outstanding Vocational Award and the like. Now, PP Rollz is serving in the district as CAMANAVA Area Director for Public Image and Philippine Rotary Magazine, Sgt-at-Arms and Zone 2 Chair for New Generations Conference and Anti-Drug Awareness Program (ADAP). He is also the Secretary of the RI D3800 Global Presidents Inc.

PP Rollz is an Associate Professor of PWU-Taft , Miriam College and FEU-Manila; and Assistant Professor of De la Salle- College of Saint Benilde and PSBA Manila. He graduated BA History cum laude and MA History at the University of the Philippines-Diliman and also a life time member of Pi Gamma Mu international Honor Society.

ICUFR offers its members the following: a state-of-the-art forum communications center managed by its members for all Rotarians, a friendly and dynamic website at www.icufr.org, an active mail list sponsored by Irwin Taranto, Rotary discussion list, a friendly and fun list, monthly newsletters sent by e-mail, and annual conferences where members can put a face to friends they have met online. These conferences often have outstanding speakers from the communications industry and from ICUFR’s own members plus key note speeches from leading Rotarians. The following were elected to ICUFR board during the elections held last June, 2012: Chairman (continuing in office)- Roger Siddle [Rotary D1190 - United Kingdom]; Secretary (continuing in office) - Carl P. Cardey [Rotary D5330 - United States]; Treasurer (continuing in office)- Steve Henderson [Rotary D5170 - United States]; Directors

for the 2012-14 term: Richard DeFord [Rotary D6080 - United States], Moritz von Eckardstein [ Rotary D1900 – Ger-many], Rolando "Rollz" Elan Maningas [ Rotary D3800 - Philippines ], Senyo Agbedra Yaw [Rotary D9100 – Ghana]; Directors for the 2011-13 term: Gord Hankin [Rotary D7820 – Canada], James Corbin [Rotary D7030 – Bar-bados], Mike Parry [Rotary D1150 - United Kingdom] and Chanjiv "Jeeves" Singh [ Rotary D3070 – India].

ACKNOWLEDGMENT S and ANNOUNCEMENTSACKNOWLEDGMENT S and ANNOUNCEMENTSACKNOWLEDGMENT S and ANNOUNCEMENTSACKNOWLEDGMENT S and ANNOUNCEMENTS The Editorial Board would like to thank those who contributed articles and pictures for the first issue of the Governor’s Monthly Letter for RY 2012-2013. Our thanks also go to the following who covered the featured district activities and shared with us their pictures: PP Rueben Jarvina (RC San Juan North), PP Ricky Villareal (RC Antipolo City), PP Jun Padre (RC Wack Wack), PP Jonas Rivera (RC Mandaluyong West), AG Nante Santos (RC Marikina East), and son Gerard Santos.

May we request the club presidents to email to PP Riz Timbol at mcr_riz@yahoo.com their respective club websites and/or Facebook accounts. We may check the club websites or FB club accounts for possible publication of club projects.

For the August issue of the GML, we hope you can share with us pictures of your zone or club inductions.

THE EDITORIAL BOARD

District Governor : Lirio Sandoval

District Trainer : PDG Marcos Hermoso

Secretary General : Augusto Soliman

Deputy Secretaries General : Alfredo Abellar, Jr., DGN Marilou Co, Alfredo

Campos, Ramon Dacayo, Danilo Santos

Lieutenant Governors : Roberto Zamora, Isagani Dominguez, Lorenzito

Lorenzo, Adriel Bersola

Assistant Governors: Orlando San Pedro, Allan Tamayo, Teodorico Zamora II, Benedict Patrick Syling, Agripino Vistro, Ricardo Yu, Vicente Sanido, Vincent Santos, Rodolfo Reyes, Teodoro Yangco, Rey John Fantone, Renato Santos, Ruby Reyes, Danilo Nuesca, Ma. Rowena Bello, Erlinda San Esteban, Enrique Santos, Elmer Espiritu, Judito Callao, Florencio Pascual, Joaquin Ang, Carlos Ramos, Antonio Dilla, Arthur Andres, Rhodora Gloria, Samuel Alvarado, Reynaldo Rivera, Ma. Rosella Pagdilao, Antonia Roxas, Peter Beng

Hui, Oscar Bautista

Editor –in-Chief : Maria Rita Carla R. Dejeres

Assistant Editor : Rizalino Timbol

The GML is published every month. Send materials for publication to carladejeres@yahoo.com or to mcr_riz@yahoo.com.

RI D3800 ROTARACTORS’ DISTRICT TEAM, PRESIDENTS AND SECRETARIES TRAINING SEMINARS

By District Treasurer Nestor “Nehs” Belo, Rotaract Club of Marikina North East

Another successful activity was launched last July 08, 2012 at the Marikina Justice Hall, when the district team, club presidents and secretaries with Rotarians from different Rotary Clubs gathered for another productive event — the District Team, Presidents, and Secretaries Training Seminar, host-ed by the Rotaract Club of Mete-or sponsored by the Rotary Club of Marikina East.

From the Editor:

We encourage all the clubs to submit articles and pictures of their club projects. Pictures should be in high resolution and should show Rotarians in action and/or the beneficiaries of the club projects. We have the option to select articles or pictures to be published subject to availability of space. Some of the articles and pictures may be submitted to the Philippine Rotary Magazine and will be subject to the PRM Editorial Board’s selection process. You may submit your materials to the following:

DGR PRM: PDG Jun Farcon—farconvirgilio@yahoo.com

Deputy DGR PRM: PP Carla Dejeres –carladejeres@yahoo.com

District PRM Coordinators:

CAMANAVA: PP Rollz Maningas—rollzelan@gmail.com

MariPas : PP Ronie Masangkay—ronie_1230@yahoo.com.ph

Rizal : PP Ricky Villareal—ricvil929@yahoo.com

San Juan-Mandaluyong: PP Rueben Jarvina—

rmjarvina@ yahoo.com

A huge number of participants attended the said event. The program started with the inspiring message of District Governor Lirio Sandoval. After his speech, the Rotaractors had their picture taken with DG Lirio. The next presenter is New Generation Chairman PP Manny E. Tamayo from the Rotary Club of Pasig. He tackled RAC-100 (DRACOM). He gave us ample time to prepare for the DRACOM since this is the highest activity of the District for Rotaractors. In RAC-200 he said that the Zones and District are tasked to host Rotaract Discon 2012. The said Discon will be under the supervision of the District Rotaract Committee in collaboration with the Rotary Clubs. In RAC-300, each zone is required to do a midyear report. After PP Manny’s presentation, the participants enjoyed the flaming and sumptuous lunch.

The program resumed at exactly 1:00 pm. PDRR Wheng Tejada introduced the guest speaker, President Jonjon Salarzon from the Rotary Club of Rodriguez who discussed “Protocol and Decorum”. Prior to the said discussion, he gave some tips on how one should introduce himself or herself in front of fellow Rotaractors, Rotarians, and guests. The Rotaractors listened intently to Pres. Jonjon. This was followed by the presentation of PDRR Erwin Macam of RI D3810 who tackled the Roles and Responsibility of a Club President. Thereafter, PDRR Cathy Gonzales from RI District 3830 conducted an activity which is related to her topic, “Project Documentation and Presentation for the Secretaries”. The event concluded with a message from DRR Clarisse Felix and distribution of Certificates to all the Rotaractors who attended.