Moderator- Girish
Pande, Guest Speaker- Twinkie Lau, Pres.
Dennis Valdes and the Bell (fresh from
the shop)
Ms. Twikie Lau during her talk. Note the
presence of Rt. Robbie Leviste (center)
Mr. "open forum", Rtn. George
Juico asking his question
Guest speaker- Twinkie Lau and Pres.
Dennis Valdes
Twinkie Lau receiving her certificate of
appreciation |
What Are We in Power
For?
By
Dennis O. Valdés
Good morning! There's a part of me that's
still hung over from our Induction last
July 16, 1999. (Or is it hung over from
Luther's stag party last Saturday?) Quite
a few members, Presidents of other clubs
and District Officers have let me know
what a great time they had (at the
Induction, not at Luther's). Governor
Guiller Tumangan wrote me a short note to
let me know how much he appreciated our
unique program (again, at the Induction,
not at Heart Beat).
This past week has been busy also, with
our 1st Dental Mission held at the
Stepping-Stone Learning Center on July
23rd. One of the best parts of the
Mission is that so many Baby Rotarians
supported it. Congratulations to
Community Service Director Dong 1 for
leading the group! (And of course, IPP
Miguel for showing the way!)
On the same day, we participated in the
Awarding Ceremony for Partners and
Supporters for a Polio-Free Philippines,
where PDG Oskie de Venecia gave us a
Certificate of Appreciation. (Read more
about it in Club Sec. Alvin's article.)
Key point: the Philippines will be
declared polio-free by March 2000. As PDG
Oskie put it in his talk, this is
Rotary's gift to the children of the next
millennium.
But that is all past, so I'd rather
devote this week's column to upcoming
events. There are so many! Samples for
the rest of July and August:
1. July 31 - District Rotaract/Interact
Assembly & Conference at Pamantasan
ng Makati. Our Rotaract Club's Past
President, Percival Estillero, is the
District Rotaract Representative. In
effect, he's the equivalent of DG Guiller
for the Rotaractors. I'll be asking Youth
Service Director Jake Uichico to lead a
delegation to support Percy.
2. August 1 - Maybe our 2nd Medical
Mission already! Details to follow if it
will push through.
3. August 6 - 1st President's Cup at The
Country Club. Sports Chairman Dindo
Litonjua and PP Arsenic Laurel are ready!
Watch out and cry when you receive your
new handicaps. (Please keep the date
flexible, as Chairman Dindo's wife,
Ailene, is due any day.)
4. August 7 - District Membership
Development Seminar. The District is
trying to ensure that Baby Rotarians and
prospective members are properly
introduced to Rotary. Gov. Guiller has
asked our 6 new Rotarians to come and
attend.
5. August 9 - 1st Governor's Cup at
Riviera. Another golf tournament ?!? Why
not! The more the merrier. Sports Guru
Dindo is again planning to send a team of
4. This is known as "investment
golfing" because these clubs will
also support our upcoming 4th Paul Harris
Cup.
6. August 12 - RC Makati West's Guest
Speaker is new CB Governor Paeng
Buenaventura. They've invited us (hakot?)
to attend and we are going to 50%
subsidize the lunch fees of RCMA'ers that
attend.
7. August 21 - International Service
& Vocational Service Seminar.
Directors Cary Rufino and Carey de
Venecia, respectively, will be very
interested in learning more about their
avenues of service. Costs c/o RCMA, of
course.
8. August 25 - Our Guest Speaker is PRID
Paing Hechanova. Paing is one of the
godfathers of our club - so devoted to us
that he even dropped by our Induction for
a couple of hours, despite the conflict
with his home club's Induction that same
evening. Let's make sure we get 100%
attendance for his talk.
Our Guest Speaker this morning is Twinkie
Lao, who will tell us more about Private
Banking, also known as "how to open
a Swiss bank account," a topic that
ex-President Marcos was an expert at.
Let's try not to be our usual irreverent
selves, so as not to shock our guest. |
