Rotary Club of Beijing

This is a short summary, for the full Bulletin in PDF, click the following link:
090721_bulletin.pdf

Club President, John Barnes chaired the meeting.
The Four Way Test was conducted by Past president Kevin in English and Chinese.

Sergeant-at-Arms Charles welcomed visiting Rotarians:
- Lucas Rodrigues, RC Maringasul Brazil
- Guilherme Iantoano, RC Maringasul Brazil
- Mary Walker, RC Johnson City, TN USA
- Oscar Wu, RC Walnut Creek, CA USA
- Paul Shao, RC Annandale, VA USA
And visiting guests:
- Daniel Moeller, guest of Rtn. Kevin
- Fabian and Joey Bresillow, guest of Rtn. Charles
- Graham Brown, guest of Rtn. Unknown
- Guntram Kleine, guest of Rtn. Kevin
- Anthony Gloh, guest of Rtn. Paul Shao
- Walter Jansen, guest of Rtn. Gilbert
- Enoch Li, guest of Rtn. Gilbert

Banners were exchanged with the following clubs:
- RC Johnson City TN, USA
- RC Maringa-Parana-Brazil (District 4630)

Reports & Announcements
President John announced that there will be a Key Handing Over Ceremony to celebrate the joint efforts of the RCB and CSCLF to donate the “Gift of Life” Bus on August 8 in Henan. Members who wish to participant this ceremony please let Nancy know.
President John also announced Rotaract Charter celebration will be held on 31st July at Danger Doyle’s at 20:00. Members are encouraged to join. Please let Nancy or Rtn. Christoph Mueller know if you wish to attend.
Rtn. Carl shared some of his experience with the Iron Man competition in Cheju Island, South Korea. This is his third Iron Man competition Carl took this hobby up in 2005 and is making steady progress. He is willing to share his pain with anyone willing to get involved in the sport. It was noted that he has replaced his mountain bike with a carbon fiber bike, so it is belived that he is now serious.
Rtn. David announced that we need to dispose of some servers and work stations which have been taking up space at the Rotary office. If any members has a chartable use, please contact David. The difficulty is that the servers are old and would require a knowledgeable IT professional to set them up. We need to find a good home for the equipment in the next week or so.