16 Rotary Code of Conduct As a Rotarian, I will 1. Exemplify the core value of integrity in all behaviors and activities 2. Use my vocational experience and talents to serve in Rotary 3. Conduct all of my personal, business, and professional affairs ethically, encouraging and fostering high ethical standards as an example to others 4. Be fair in all dealings with others and treat them with the respect due to them as fellow human beings 5. Promote recognition and respect for all occupations which are useful to so- ciety 6. Offer my vocational talents: to provide opportunities for young people, to work for the relief of the special needs of others, and to improve the quality of life in my community 7. Honor the trust that Rotary and fellow Rotarians provide and not do any- thing that will bring disfavor or reflect adversely on Rotary or fellow Ro- tarians 8. Not seek from a fellow Rotarian a privilege or advantage not normally ac- corded others in a business or professional relationship CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE This certifies that Rotarian ___________________________________ of The Rotary Club of _________________________________________________, District ___________, attended the October 1, 2013 meeting of the Rotary Club on New Manila Heights held at the Rotary Center, Quezon City. . By: PP Floro San Juan— Club Secretary 1 REGULAR MEETING (CLUB ASSEMBLY) October 1, 2013 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. 3F Rotary Center P R O G R A M Call to Order Pres. Al Villacorte Invocation PP Jodie Moreno National Anthem PP Boyet Alfonso Introduction of Guests PDS Jun San Juan The Four Way Test Rtn Pancoy Saavedra Recognition Time PP Boone Ongchoco Community Singing PP Alex Buot Meeting Recess Club Assembly Pres Al Villacorte President's Time Pres. Al Villacorte Rotary Hymn PP Ponchit Miranda Adjournment Pres. Al Villacorte Night Chair IPP Alex Arrojo Host for October - Group 4 (October February June) PP Boone Ongchoco PP Alex Arrojo/ PP Jodie Moreno PP Boyet Alfonso Rtn Pancoy Saavedra Rtn Ding Villafuerte
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Rotary Code of Conduct
As a Rotarian, I will
1. Exemplify the core value of integrity in all behaviors and activities
2. Use my vocational experience and talents to serve in Rotary
3. Conduct all of my personal, business, and professional affairs ethically,
encouraging and fostering high ethical standards as an example to others
4. Be fair in all dealings with others and treat them with the respect due to
them as fellow human beings
5. Promote recognition and respect for all occupations which are useful to so-
ciety
6. Offer my vocational talents: to provide opportunities for young people, to
work for the relief of the special needs of others, and to improve the quality
of life in my community
7. Honor the trust that Rotary and fellow Rotarians provide and not do any-
thing that will bring disfavor or reflect adversely on Rotary or fellow Ro-
tarians
8. Not seek from a fellow Rotarian a privilege or advantage not normally ac-
corded others in a business or professional relationship
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE
This certifies that Rotarian ___________________________________ of The
Rotary Club of _________________________________________________,
District ___________, attended the October 1, 2013 meeting of the Rotary
Club on New Manila Heights held at the Rotary Center, Quezon City.
.
By: PP Floro San Juan— Club Secretary
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REGULAR MEETING (CLUB ASSEMBLY)
October 1, 2013
7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
3F Rotary Center
P R O G R A M Call to Order Pres. Al Villacorte
Invocation PP Jodie Moreno
National Anthem PP Boyet Alfonso
Introduction of Guests PDS Jun San Juan
The Four Way Test Rtn Pancoy Saavedra
Recognition Time PP Boone Ongchoco
Community Singing PP Alex Buot
Meeting Recess
Club Assembly Pres Al Villacorte
President's Time Pres. Al Villacorte
Rotary Hymn PP Ponchit Miranda
Adjournment Pres. Al Villacorte
Night Chair IPP Alex Arrojo
Host for October - Group 4
(October February June)
PP Boone Ongchoco
PP Alex Arrojo/
PP Jodie Moreno
PP Boyet Alfonso
Rtn Pancoy Saavedra
Rtn Ding Villafuerte
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NIGHT PRAYER
As we continue the Rotary
Year, we ask You to be with
us each step of the way
Acknowledging Phil Morris - Rotary Club of Furnitureland, High Point, North
It is good to recognize how different we are. Our talents, our dreams, our backgrounds, our occu-pations. And it is good to know that when You created each of us, You broke the mold. No one is exactly like anyone else. Even our thumb print and our voice track tell us how unique we are. Yet, we thank You that we can take these differ-ences and mobilize them for the good of Rotary and our community. In our differences we can think the same thoughts and move together to-ward a common goal. Bless us as we meet to-gether. Thank You for our individuality and also for our common bond. Amen.
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District Activities:
Oct 5 Deadline for Nominations
Rotary Golden Wheel Awards
Oct 10 Recollection
Oct 15 Lutong Rotarian
Oct 26 Rotary Golden Wheel Awards Night
Oct 27 PDG Jess Cifra Chess Tournament
Nov 1 Deadline for a Polio Free World Awards
REMINDERS
Please pay your Dues
Please pay your TRF Pledges
Groupings:
Group 1 (July, November, March)
Inday Nery (Leader), Mar Nery, Al Villacorte, Jun San Juan,
Marvin Rillo
Group 2 (August/December & April)
Baby Allado (leader)/ Alex Buot/ Rod Lejano/ Alice Arcano &
Irma Pizarro
Group 3 (September/ January and May)
Elsa Unson (leader)/ Boy Escueta/ Ponchit Miranda/ Ed Aguila/
Raffy Pefianco
Group 4 (October/ February/ June)
Boone Ongchoco/ Alex Arrojo/ Jodie Moreno/ Boyet Alfonso/
Pancoy Saavedra/ Ding Villafuerte
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Community Singing
Spoof of “My Way” With apologies to Frank Sinatra
"And now, my end is near, & so I face the nation's judgment.
My friends I say it clear I have my case
& it's impending. I've lived the lie
that's full & gained from deals from every PDAF.
0h yes, I stole a lot & did it my way.
Secrets I had a few, 10 senators, 50 congressmen.
I did what I had to do, PNOY saw it thru w/out exemption.
To think I did all that & may I say not in a shy way
One of the major distinguishing properties of Rotary is its Motto of Ser-vice Above Self. Nobody else has that motto, or anything similar re-motely quite like it. It is the beacon call of most of us who have joined this organization - a philosophy of life that is not just empty words, but one that demands active practice every day of our lives. You practice it, or you lose it. To be able to live the motto in our lives however requires for us first to understand what it truly means. More important even is that the leadership must practice it, not just preach it, because the cul-ture of every society is largely determined by the example of the lives of their leaders. Now, honestly, do the leaders of Rotary show the example of Service Above Self? For example, does a tarpaulin, or Program cover, that shows the face of the honoree bigger than that of Rotary, or of the seminar itself? Why is that? Is the honoree running for public office and needs to build his/her image? Does it mean that if the honoree is not there, the seminar loses its value? In every society, there are always a few who do not follow its norms, for several reasons, but whatever the reason may be, it is never justifiable. In Rotary, all positions are for one year only, but Rotary is forever. Does it not stand to reason then that in every Rotary function, the long term good of the institution should be the one promoted, instead of one who was really elected to serve, not to use, the institution? Which brings to mind the question of how much the culture of the kind of politics we now have, has influenced Rotary itself. Is this not the basic reason for the PDAF mess we have now, the consuming ambi-tion to promote one's self to preserve one's power? Remember that the original purpose of politics was noble - to serve the community. Service Above Self - LET US NOT LOSE IT, ITS OUR BIGGEST TREASURE.
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CLUB ASSEMBLY (BOARD MEETING) AGENDA
Approval of Previous Minutes PDS Jun San Juan Resignation of PP Butch Pacana PDS Jun San Juan Monthly Reports Review Pres Al Villacorte Committee Reports
Membership and Membership Development Rtn Inday Nery Club Administration PP Alex Buot Service Projects PP Baby Allado Youth Service Rotary Foundation PP Boone Ongchoco Public Image PP Ponchit Miranda
District Matters Review for First Quarter Awards Pres Al Villacorte District Events PDS Jun San Juan
Financial Reports PP/Treas/PE Elsa
Unson Payments Receivables Payables
Other Matters
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LA VIE EN ROSE FELLOWSHIP MEETING
Upon the request of Pres Al Villacorte to have a fellowship meeting, PP Raffy Pefianco quickly arranged a fellowship meeting last September 24 at the newly opened La Vie en Rose Ballroom and Bar where the Rotarians from the Rotary Club of New Manila Heights were supposed to exercise their dancing feet. Early birds PP /PE/Treas Elsa Unson, PP Alex Buot, PP Ponchit Miranda PP Ed Aguila , PP Boyet Alfonso and spouse Noemi decided the menu was too sparse at the place and decided to eat dinner at the nearby Kamay Kainan. Other members led by Pres Al Villacorte, PDS Jun San Juan , PP Jodie Mo-reno , PP Raffy Pefianco, Spouse Chili and son Marco trickled in. The Pefianco family, PP Ponchit, PE Elsa, Spouse Noemi tried their dancing prowess and had fun with the very able DIs who were providing instant dancing lessons to both dancing members and wallflowers alike. The pictures below will attest to the level of enjoyment or other emotions during the meeting, Meeting would have been more enjoyable if the President led in the dancing. Repeated en-couragement from the persistent DIs did not make the President budge. As the saying goes, the leader should lead by example and he led the members into world class wallflowers. It’s the first non celebration fellowship and the club hopes to have more activities which will engender greater participation.
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PRESIDENT’S CORNER
President Amba “Al” Villacorte
The Man of La Mancha My high school classmate, Mar Tecson, cuts a solitary figure, an aging knight in a changed world. He strikes me as fiercely intelligent, well-versed in his chosen advocacy but, alas, he lacks an audience, a following, a constituency. He writes prodigiously and sends emails to a long list of personalities and institutions that (I suspect) were mostly unanswered, unacknowledged. Like a voice in the wilderness, he talks while hardly anyone listens or cares to lis-ten. Amazingly enough, not minding the hurt of being rebuffed or ignored, he willingly takes the risk of being misunderstood. And I think this is where his appeal comes from. He walks the talk, resolute and unafraid. He delivers his piece, punctuates his message, above the din and insensitivity. "The em-peror has no clothes," he is telling us, while most of us are still lost in the pa-rade, running around in circles, being distracted or entertained. When I invited him to speak before our club he was at first reluctant to ac-cept. But I convinced him that Rotarians would be a receptive audience for his multifaceted advocacy. I alerted him that about 50 Rotarians will come and listen, counting those from other clubs, and so he painstakingly pieced together volumes of information and disseminated them in advance. On the day itself, he brought with him two bags full of additional reading materi-als. On hindsight, Filipinos being Filipinos, I should have told him to lower his expectations. It is ironic indeed that a knight with no-name would show and lead the way. Doubters ask "Why do it?" - while others belittle him for even try-ing. Still he rides alone and fights windmills. This "fight for the right without question or pause" is what Mar represents. I feel honored to have known him and to be counted among his dear friends. If you ask me, we need more Don Quixote in this world - and believe in something greater than ourselves. ----------------------- "And the world will be better for this That one man, scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable
star." The Impossible Dream
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BLT Program Progress
Last September 10, 2013, Pres Al Villacorte , PP Baby Allado and Rtn Irma
Pizarro visited P Bernardo Elementary School to witness the progress of the
BUSOG LUSOG TALINO feeding program in the school. As the institutional ads
of Jollibee Foundation proudly emphasizes, the program can make a differ-
ence. It is heartwarming to see Rotarians from the club having a direct hand in
the implementation of the program as the pictures exemplify below:
The indefati-
gable PP Baby
Allado and
FCP Al Villa-
corte assist-
ing in the
feeding pro-
gram
FCP Al Villa-corte an PBES Principal Lina Cabildo and BLT parent volun-teers at the cooking area
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DISTRICT 3780 HOSTS ROTARY COMMUNITY CORPS SEMINAR The Rotary Community Corps is an integral part of the Service Project Portfo-lio. As such, it is important that the President of the Rotary Club, the Service Project Director and the intended leader of the RCC in the community learn what it is all about. For the Rotary Club of New Manila Heights, the almost omnipresent PP Baby Allado attended for the club. The club has to revive the RCC for the community to be better organized to handle Rotary initiatives. Incoming DS Bong Cruz of RCNME and PDG Jess Cifra presided over the inter-esting seminar
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Philippines-China Issues Explained
The speaker, Prof Aileen S.P. Baviera along with her husband, George Baviera braved the torrential rains and horrendous traffic jam last Sep-tember 10 only to meet 6 RCNMH Rotarians who were able to come to Rotary Center. They were FCP Al Villacorte, PDS Jun San Juan, PP Alex Buot, PP Boy Escueta, PP Jodie Moreno and PP Ponchit Miranda. There being no quorum, the speaker gracefully agreed to speak last September 17. She had a better audience and they listened to her dissertation on the Philippines– China issues. She outlined the historical and legal claims of both countries and the saber rattling moves by these countries along with the power plays of China and the other superpower, the Philippine ally, the USA. She expounded that the Philippines would not be able to progress through the use of force and it may be better for the country to ex-plore joint development efforts, more diplomacy and more multi-lateral options to resolve these contentious issues and it would re-dound to the benefit of the Philippines..
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PP Boone Challenges Rotaractors to Fly High
PP Boone recently served as the Rotaract DISTAS resource speaker during the breakout session with the First Class Rotaract presidents and vice presidents this past Saturday, September 14, 2013 at the D3780 Rotary Cen-ter.
In his usual energetic way, PP Boone broke down his lecture to 5 key concepts by which the Rotaractors can remember his talk with ease. Essen-tially, the first 3 concepts were Friendship, Growth and Service, which are at the core of what a Rotaract Club is all about, its goals and what its activities should aspire for.
The other 2 concepts were about Planning and Execution. This PP Boone stressed as he delved into the roles and responsibilities of a Rotaract club president and vice president. In addition, PP Boone shared a “proprietary” 9-point survival guide for the eagerly listening presidents and vice presidents.
In closing his lecture, PP Boone challenged everyone to “Fly H.I.G.H,”
that is, to serve with Heart, accomplish great things with Integrity, continu-
ously strive for Growth, and to leave a legacy worthy of Honor (note how
H.I.G.H. actually stands for Heart, Integrity, Growth and Honor). He further
encouraged the group to live up to their position and be the best ever presi-
dent and vice president in their Rotaract club’s history.
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District 3780 3rd Literacy Summit September 14, 2013 was a significant day as District 3780 hosted a Literacy Summit at P Bernardo Elementary School, The Summit had the theme “Engage Rotary, Sharing Vision for Enhanced Literacy”, Stronger and Better Private-Public Partnerships. The Rotary Club of New Manila Heights was one of 10 lead clubs and more than a dozen more clubs co hosted the event. PP Baby Allado, District Service Chairperson was instrumental in ensuring that the event was a success and that no glitches happened during the entire event. With a lean group of Rotarians orchestrating the event, the summit was a resounding success. Here the different partners, Rotarians from District 3780, the teachers and staff and students of P. Bernardo Elementary school, the officials from the Department of Education and the local city government officials and elected representatives from Quezon City joined hands .
The PBES choir delivers a very well prepared invocation to open the summit as the participants look on the prod-uct of the public school system
Principals and teachers of the various schools in Quezon City along with Rotary Club Presidents are there in the PBES Multiple Purpose Hall
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Two determined ladies PP Baby Allado of RC New Manila Heights and PP Becca de la Cruz of RC Ba-tasan Hills receive the plaques of appreciation from District Governor Francis Rivera. From the pictures you can see that the sessions were
well attended. FCP Al Vil-laorte of RC New Manila H e i g h t s watches with h e i g h t e n e d interest one of the breakout sessions of the Literacy Sum-mit. There are many ideas that come out of the summit
one of which is the for-mal adoption of the Araw ng Pagbasa by the Quezon City schools. Photo shows Depart-ment of Education offi-cials and Rotary District 3780 officers and other parties signing the Memorandum of Agree-ment. It was indeed a successful undertaking.
