Rotary Club of Beijing

This is a short summary, for the full Bulletin in PDF, click the following link:
091117_bulletin.pdf

Deputy PP Kevin opened the meeting by extending a warm welcome to our guests and fellow members.
Four way test done by Sergeant-Arms Rtn. Charles in English & Chinese

Sergeant-at-Arms Rtn. Charles welcomed visiting Rotarians:
- Rtn. Eric Charlez, RC La Louvière, Belgium
- Rtn. Aqil Kabital, RC Dubai
- Rtn. Kevin Mendell, RC Carmel, IN USA
District 9710 GSE team inbound China from Australia:
- Rtn. Anton Pemmer, RC Canberra Australia
- Ms. Lora Bance, Secondary School Teacher
- Ms. Elke Davies, Wine Maker
- Mr. Des Gomez, Mechanical Engineer
- Mr. Matthew Bryant, Physiotherapist
And visiting guests:
- Mr. Michael Nalka, guest of Rtn. Gilbert
- Mr. Dalverny Jlai, guest of Rtn. Charles
- Mr. Bruce Sueei, guest of Rtn. Aqil
- Mr. Alexander Glaser, guest of Rtn. David
- Mr. Xu Bin, guest of Rtn. Marlis
- Mr. Ralf boberg, guest of Rtn. Marlis
- Mr. Graham Brown, guest of Rtn. Curt
- Mr. Jan H.W. Kuhlefelt, guest of Rtn. Gilbert
- Ms. Mary Chang, guest of Rtn. Ruby
- Mr. Arics lam, guest of Rtn. Ruby
- Mrs. Ivy Mcwang, guest of Rtn. Ruby
- Mr. Howard Mcwang, guest of Rtn. Ruby
- Mr. Kenny Dong, guest of Rtn. John

Banners were exchanged with the following Rotary Clubs:
RC LA Louvers, Belgium (unknown city)

Reports & Announcements
A Big Thank You sent out to Jo and Einar for their great efforts and their contribution to making the China Conference successful. The Saturday meeting went very well with the Rotary club of Shanghai, Hong Kong and Indonesia in attendance. Presentations from the day will be shared with our members in due course.

PP Director Charles reported on his fellowship tour of the Legation Quarters. In spite of the cold weather (-4oC) Rtn. Charles; Kevin; John and GSE team went on the tour and had a good time.

Rtn. Regula encouraged members to participate in the upcoming bazaar. It is one of the few major fund raising events of our club and more member participation really should happen. This year, under Rtn Ruby the vendors have doubled, the raffles are 100% winning, the hype around the event is immense and therefore should be more exciting and a great opportunity for us to shine.

Bazaar Chairman Ruby updated by now there is RMB 88,000 received from booth payment. Will be more after all the sales.

Ruby also introduced her friend, Mr & Mrs. Howard & Ivy McCrary. Howard is an internationally renowned Gospel and R&B singer and piano player. He and his wife currently live in Hong Kong. They have dedicated their life to world peace and he has performed on the International Peace day for the UN for the past three years as a Peace Ambassador.

Ruby secondly introduced Ms. Mary Chang, founder of Bright Angel Foundation. The Bright Angel foundation focuses on assisting visually impaired people around China.

The GSE team from Australia made their formal presentation. Along with each of the team members’ presentation, the GSE gave their highest appreciation to Rotary Club of Beijing and Shanghai for the great hospitality and hard work for looking after the whole team.

Their presentation report can be found on club website in due course.