President’s Corner

Dear Fellow Manila Rotarians,

Since last Friday, May 27, I have been in Seoul, Korea, to attend this year’s RI International Convention with DG Obet Pagdangaban, DGND Rudy Bediones and his wife, Sharon, PDG Vince Carlos and his wife, Tina, Club AS Alvin Lacambacal, PD Jun Hallare and his wife, Myrna, PD Bebot Pineda and his wife, Sylvia, and Dir Oscar del Rosario.

While here in Seoul, we took the opportunity to get together and closely interact with our sister clubs, RC Seoul Muak (which hosted dinner for us and the officers and members of RC Osaka East) and RC Osaka East.

At the dinner meeting with our sister clubs, we signed our Memorandum of Understanding with RC Osaka East, witnessed by the officers and members of RC Seoul Muak, documenting our joint project with RC Osaka East which involves the funding by RC Osaka East in the amount of US$ 11,500 of the installation of solar power energy facilities at the Hospicio de San Jose. The officers of RC Osaka East promised to send us more funds in the near future to finance more joint projects. By the way, Manila Rotarians are invited to attend the 60th charter anniversary of RC Osaka East next year. (RC Seoul Muak is celebrating its 20th charter anniversary this year.)

As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. I hope that the pictures contained in this President’s Corner will capture the stimulating, inspiring, and enjoyable convention that we are currently attending.

Please make plans to attend the 2017 RI International Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, in June 2017. In the meantime, please continue to actively participate and support our Club’s activities, plans, and programs during the remainder of this Rotary Year.

Most importantly, we still have some time before the end of this Rotary Year to beef up our Club’s membership. Please recommend, as soon as possible, at least one new recruit for the consideration of our Membership and Classification Committee.

Mabuhay ang Rotary Club of Manila!