District English Teacher Training Programme

The District English Teacher Training Programme orginsed by the Rotary Clubs of Colombo Millenium City and Ratnapura was held from 27-29 August, 2008. Rotary Clubs nominated the 30 English Teachers to benefit from this well organised residential training programme. Rtn. PP. Anusha was the District Chair for this worthy project, contact rotary.anush@gmail.com

A web-solution for our Rotary Clubs/ District

As discussed at PETS/SETS, ensuring a presentable web-solution will be a great advantage to our Clubs/ District. A user friendly web-solution that includes unlimited server space/ initial site designing, setting up & training/ publishing & running newsletters, birthdays, anniversaries / member access etc. has been sourced. Cost :
· Web space cost – Rs.12,600/- per Club (a One time payment)
· Yearly hosting charges - Rs.1,800/- per Club (2nd year onwards)
Draw your cheque in favour of “RI DISTRICT 3220” and post it to: Rtn. Ashad Wahab - 255, Colombo Road, Ratnapura.
For any clarifications contact Rtn. Pres. Ashad rotary.ashad@gmail.com / Phone 071-4810085

Special TRF Seminar for District/Club Leaders

The Rotary Foundation - 2nd Level Training Meet & Stewardship Seminar for District Leaders will be held on 10 August at 9.00a.m. at Excelworld, Colombo. Cost: Rs.900/- with lunch. DGE, DGN, Asst. Governor's, District TRF Committee Members should attend. Clubs that are doing/ planning to do Matching Grants too may attend.

Club - Semi Annual Report Form / RI Dues

The Semi Annual Reports requesting Clubs to pay their Dues has been received from RI and were sent to the Clubs. Only the names of members admitted before 1 July, 2008 should be included. Inductions from 1st July onwards need to be reported only after this SAR period.

The below is payable for each Active Member (US$1.00 = Rs.108/-)
Annual RI Per Capita Dues - US$48.00 (US$24.00 payable half yearly)
Subscription to The Rotarian - US$24.00 (US$2.00 x 6 per half year)
Towards defraying the cost of the Council on Legislation - US$1.00

Seperately: Annual District Dues at Rs.600/- per member.

RI Presidential Citation & District Citation

The RI Presidential citation brochure can be viewed by clicking on http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/900a_en08.pdf

The RI Presidential citation certification Form 2008-9: (click on) http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/900b_en08.pdf

District Citation Goals for individual Clubs:
1. Achieve the RI Presidential citation
2. Representation of the Club Officers (President, Vice President, Pres. Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, etc.) and the Club Chairman (Club Administration, Membership, Service Projects, The Rotary Foundation & Public Relations) at the District Assembly. If at least 10 members could not attend the Dist. Assembly then the shortfall could be made-up by your members attending the various District Seminars (Membership, TRF, Service Projects, District Leadership seminar, etc.)
3. Achieve the net Membership growth target given by the Club
4. Achieve TRF - Annual Program Fund Goal given by the Club
5. At least 30% of the Club Members to be recipients of the "Special Citation for Individual Rotarians"
6. Minimum 40% of Club members to register for the Dist. Conference
7. Complete at least 5 activity citations from the menu of Service activities listed on http://www.rid3220y2008-9.blogspot.com/ (Please scroll down to the list of District Officers/ Chairman & see the many Service projects/activities)

The below Clubs have not paid their RI Dues as per the Club SAR: Negombo - 649.83, Badulla - 692.73, Kegalle - 268.59, Panduwasnuwara -793.28, Panadura - 873.00, Dickoya - 728.02, Wennappuwa - 705.29, Kuliyapitiya - 603.80.

Terminated: Jaffna

Menu of Service Activities - RI District 3220

Complete at least 5 activities to qualify for the District citation

*Vocational Service:
Vocational Service Awards
Career Guidance/ Development
Promotion of The 4-Way Test
*Rotary Volunteers

*Community Service:
Water & Sanitation
Health & Hunger
Literacy
Computer Training
English Teacher Training
Sports Development
Enable the Disabled
Adopt a School
Adopt a Childrens Ward
Preserve Planet Earth
*Rotary Community Corps

International Service:
*World Community Service (WCS)
Donations in Kind (DIN)
*Rotary Friendship Exchange

New Generations/Youth Service:
*Interact
*Rotaract
*R.Y.L.A.
*Youth Exchange

* = RI Programmes

Governor's Official Visit - Check List

Given below is the check-list/list of documents that need to be kept ready by Clubs at the time of the Governor's Official Visit (GOV) to your Rotary Club. The below mentioned documents will be reviewed and discussed at the time of the GOV to your Rotary Club:

For the Meeting with Club President, Secretary & Pres. Elect:
- Club Charter
- Club Constitution & By-Laws
- Updated Classification Roster
- Roster of Members & Contact details
- Club Committee Structure
- Board Meeting Minutes Book
- What are the Continuing Projects from 2007-8
- Club Plans & Objectives/ Projects planned for 2008-9
- Club budget for 2008-9
- Manual of Procedure (MOP)
- President's & Secretary's Work Book
- List of PHF's/ PHSM's/ Benefactor's
- List of Potential new PHF's/ PHSM's/ Benefactor's
- Copies of Previous Semi-Annual Reports & Dues Payments
- Club Attendance Register
- Club Publications / Newsletters
- Matching Grant Files
- Club Accounts for the Previous Rotary Year

For the Meeting with the Club Board Members & Chairman:
- List of Club Officers, Directors & Committee Chairman
- Planed Projects/ Activities of the various Committees
- Budget Allocations for Each Committee/ Sources of Funding
- Club Achievements

Rotary 2008-9: "Make Dreams Real"

Best wishes for an excellent Rotary year of "Service Above Self" filled with much joy and happiness. As RI President D.K. Lee has said, together we can "Make Dreams Real" during Rotary 2008-9.

R otary International's center for online learning provides for the independent study of RI information. Learning modules, which are in PowerPoint, are available in the following areas:

Member information (click any topic below to view a presentation)
Attendance
Menu of Service Opportunities
Public Relations: The Responsibility of Each Rotarian
The Rotary Foundation
Member Access
Rotary International programs
Rotary’s guiding principles
Your club, district, and RI

RI programs information
Community Service
Interact
Rotaract
Rotary Community Corps
Rotary Fellowships
Rotary Friendship Exchange
Rotary Volunteers
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA)
Vocational Service
World Community Service
Youth Exchange