Rotary Club of Dubai

Bulletin - July 2018 For Circulation to Members Only

Bulletin No. 01 – Year 2018 - 19 RCD Official Bulletin – District 2452 pg. 1

President’s Pen Upcoming Meeting 30 July 2018

Speaker: Rtn. Pres. Enzo Cavicchioli President - RY 2018-19

RC Varese Ceresio Italy Topic: Is Plastic Friend or Enemy

RI Theme 2018- 2019

Barry Rassin RI President

2018-19

We Meet At: Venue: World Trade Club 33rd floor, DWTC Day & Time: Monday 6:00PM – 8:00PM RSVP: Edward | rcdubai@outlook.com

To my Rotarian friends and friends of Rotary. It’s an honor to serve as President of the Rotary Club of Dubai. I am very proud to be a Rotarian and to be part of 1.2 million friends,

business associates and civic leaders who come together to create a good work for our communities and to Serve humanity above self. This year we will concentrate on continues success of previous year with a direct approach to cast more visibility for Rotarian in the community. This will serve us to make out more on the spotlight to gather larger and greater member who will help us to achieve the Rotary International objective. More Rotarians within Rotary Region and more power to create projects. Projects that will help the community for a better future. As the 2018-19 theme says, “Be the Inspiration”, our Club with the help of new Rotarians will be the inspiration for others for positive change. For others who want to do good for the community come and join us in Rotary Club of Dubai to help the people who are in need. Thank you and regards, Hassan Al Rais Club President RY 2018-19

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Board of Directors RY 2018-19

Rotary Club of Dubai

President Rtn. Hassan Al Rais

Secretary General

Rtn. James Berry

1st Vice President Rtn. Pasquale Della Penna

2nd Vice President &

Treasurer Rtn. Anthony Cerchiai

Director of Foundation

Rtn. David Gibson-Moore

Director of Service Projects Rtn. Raja Selman

Director of Youth Chair

Rtn. Sami Carouba

Club Membership Chair Rtn. PP Yaseen Jaffer

Vocational Service Director

Rtn. Konrad Milde

Sergeant at Arms Rtn. Dr. Lina Kouatly

Advisors to the President

Rtn. PDG Saeed Bin Belaila Rtn. PP Jafer Sura

Know your President 2018-19

Know your District Governor 2018-19

President Hassan Al rais Founder and General Manager of

Your Home Real Estate.

A high net worth individual holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Western Michigan University, USA. He is an active member of the American Business Council and the Rotary Club of Dubai.

He was honored with the Sheikh Rashid Award for outstanding academic background and Ring of friendship from American Business Council.

Currently he is the Head of Government and Liability Management at a premier Bank. He also held various executive positions with other leading financial institutions in the country.

Approved as a Banking Expert Panel by the Ministry of Justice in UAE.

alraisha@yahoo.com |rcdubai@outlook.com

DG Michel Jazzar Born in Lagos – Nigeria on 9th of

September 1951. A Lebanese nationality Son of Dr. Paul, Dentist graduated from Paris 1929-1932 and practiced dentistry 50 years till 1998. A Rotarian of RC Tripoli [1956-1991] and married to a French Literature Professor Rtn. Dr. Diah. Father of 3 children and has 4 grandchildren. He got a Certificate of “Oral implantology technique” from the Netherlands (4 March 1997). His diploma was upgraded in December 2008 to a State doctorate in Dental Surgery - SDDS by approval of the French Ministry of Health & University of Bordeaux. He got his doctorate of Dentistry and Oral Surgery from the University of Bordeaux - France (October 1979). University study in the University of Bordeaux - France in the field of Dentistry and Oral Surgery (1974-1979). University studies in the Lebanese University (in the field of Natural Sciences (1972-1974).

Whatever Rotary may mean to us to the world it will be known by the results it achieves.

- Paul Harris

Hassan Al Rais - President RY 2018-19 04 398 0990 | 04 325 1666

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Know your Rotary International President 2018-19

Rtn. Barry Rassin Rotary International President 2018-19

Barry Rassin, of the Rotary Club of East Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas, is the New President of Rotary International for 2018-19. As president, Rassin aims to strengthen our public image and our use of digital tools to maximize Rotary’s reach.

“Those who know what good Rotary clubs do will want to be a part of it, and we must find new models for membership that allow all interested in our mission to participate,” he says. “With Rotary more in the public eye, we will attract more individuals who want to be part of and support a membership organization that accomplishes so much good around the world.”

Rassin earned an MBA in health and hospital administration from the University of Florida and is the first fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives in the Bahamas. He recently retired after 37 years as president of Doctors Hospital Health System, where he continues to serve as an adviser. He is a lifetime member of the American Hospital Association and has served on several boards, including the Quality Council of the Bahamas, Health Education Council, and Employer’s Confederation.

A Rotarian since 1980, Rassin has served Rotary as director and is vice chair of The Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees. He was an RI training leader and the aide to 2015-16 RI President K.R. Ravindran.

Rassin received Rotary's highest honor, the Service Above Self Award, as well as other humanitarian awards for his work leading Rotary’s relief efforts in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake there. He and his wife, Esther, are Major Donors and Benefactors of The Rotary Foundation.

2018-19 RI President Barry Rassin announces his presidential theme, Be the Inspiration, at Rotary's International Assembly.

Barry Rassin laid out his vision for the future of the organization on Sunday, calling on leaders to work for a sustainable future and to inspire Rotarians and the community at large. Rassin, unveiled the 2018-19 presidential theme, Be the Inspiration, to incoming district governors at Rotary’s International Assembly in San Diego, California, USA. “I want you to inspire in your clubs, your Rotarians, that desire for something greater. The drive to do more, to be more, to create something that will live beyond each of us.”

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2018-19 RI President Barry Rassin – Be the Inspiration Rassin stressed the power of Rotary’s new vision

statement, “Together, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change — across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.” This describes the Rotary that leaders must help build, he said.

To achieve this vision, the president-elect said, Rotarians must take care of the organization: “We are a membership organization first. And if we want to be able to serve, if we want to succeed in our goals — we have to take care of our members first.”

Rassin asked the incoming district governors to “inspire the club presidents, and the Rotarians in your districts, to want to change. To want to do more. To want to reach their own potential. It’s your job to motivate them — and help them find their own way forward.”

Progress on polio

Rassin noted that one source of inspiration has been Rotary’s work to eradicate polio. He described the incredible progress made over the past three decades. In 1988, an estimated 350,000 people were paralyzed by the wild poliovirus; just 20 cases were reported in 2017 as of 27 December. “We are at an incredibly exciting time for polio eradication,” he said, “a point at which each new case of polio could very well be the last.”

He emphasized that even when that last case of polio is recorded, the work won’t be finished. “Polio won’t be over, until the certifying commission says it’s over—when not one poliovirus has been found, in a river, in a sewer, or in a paralyzed child, for at least three years,” he said. “Until then, we have to keep doing everything we’re doing now.” He urged continued dedication to immunization and disease surveillance programs.

Sustaining the environment

Rotary has focused heavily on sustainability in its humanitarian work in recent years. Now, Rassin said, Rotarians must acknowledge some hard realities about pollution, environmental degradation, and climate

change. He noted that 80 percent of his own country is within one meter of sea level. With sea levels projected to rise two meters by 2100, he said, “my country is going to be gone in 50 years, along with most of the islands in the Caribbean and coastal cities and low-lying areas all over the world.”

Rassin urged leaders to look at all of Rotary’s service as part of a larger global system. He said that this means the incoming district governors must be an inspiration not only to clubs, but also to their communities. “We want the good we do to last. We want to make the world a better place. Not just here, not just for us, but everywhere, for everyone, for generations.”

District Governors are greeted with the rhythms of Drum Café, an interactive drumming group, and with drums for an inspiring participatory experience.

Drum Café, an interactive drumming group, leads the audience in a drumming exercise to build the excitement.

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“Be the Inspiration”

Vocational Service Director Konrad Milde bring home the “Be the Inspiration Flag” from RI Convention Toronto, Canada

To be the inspiration “I want you to inspire in your

clubs, your Rotarians, that desire for something

greater. The drive to do more, to be more, to create something

that will live beyond each of us.”

These are the words of the

new RI President Barry Rassin.

In the House of Friendship, on the occasion of my attendance to the International Rotary Convention in Toronto this year, I came across the new Motto flag of 2018-19, and I immediately thought of our President Hassan Al Rais.

Knowing him, he will exactly be the role model for our club - an inspiration for all of us. Which in line means we, the members of the RCD, will the inspiration too. It became very clear to me, that this flag must be in our Club. I had the pleasure and honour to hand over the Motto Flag for the new Presidential Year 2018-19 to our President during the last RCD dinner.

"Let all of us be the inspiration."

Yours in Rotary, Rtn. Konrad Milde

The Grand Opening of House of Friendship at the RI Convention

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Rotary Club of Dubai July 2018 Fellowship Photos

Guests and Visiting Rotarians

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RCD Charter Members

RCD Formed March 03, 2002 HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum Honorable Patron HE Dr. Abdulla Al Ansari Honorable Charter Member HE PDG Saeed Bin Belaila Founding President | Charter Member PP Yaseen Jaffer Charter Member PP Hamdi Osman Charter Member PP Mahendra Patel Charter Member PP Jafer Sura Charter Member Rtn. Hani Tarazi Charter Member Rtn. Patrick Chalhoub Charter Member Rtn. Vatche Dikijian Charter Member

District Governor 2452 Michel P. Jazzar

Vice Governor Farid E. Gebran

District Trainer Ignace Moawad

District Secretary David Zein

District Treasurer Naim Bassil

District Conference OT Jawad Mouawad

Jocelyne Chidiac Assistant Governor - UAE

Birthday Celebrants

Samir Haddad – 4th of July

Peter Schaer – 7th of July

Sami Carouba – 15th of July

HE Abdulla Al Ansari – 21st of July

James Berry – 28th of July

Meet the District 2452 Team

About District 2452

District 2452 is more than 84 years old. It is formed by Multi countries, has Multi cultures and use multi languages.

It is present in 3 CONTINENTS and 9 COUNTRIES:

Lebanon, Cyprus, Jordan, Sudan, Bahrain, UAE, Georgia, Armenia and Palestine.

In 1929, the East Mediterranean Provisional District (District 2452 today) was formed by RC Cairo (11-03-1929), RC Alexandria and RC of Beirut (02-02-1932).

• In 1936, Our District 2452 was called District 83

• In 1949, Our District 2452 was called District 89

• In 1957, Our District 2452 was called District 195

• In 1977, Our District 2452 was called District 245

• In 1991, Our District 2452 was called District 2450

Were included in the District in addition to the mentioned countries: Iraq and Syria.

In 2013, District 2452 is the new name of our District and is formed by: Armenia, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Sudan and UAE.

Rotary at a Glance

Rotarians : 1,235,496

Clubs : 35,810

Districts : 539

Rotaractors : 254,472

Clubs : 11,064

Interactors : 523,733

Clubs : 22,771

RCC Members: 226,366

RCC : 9,842

As of May 1, 2018

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Rotary Upcoming Events

6th District 2452 Conference 1 – 4 May 2019, Beirut – Lebanon

You are invited to attend our 6th District 2452 Conference.

Beirut, Lebanon

1 – 4 May 2019 Please Visit www.rotaryd2452.org

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Rotary Upcoming Events

Rotary Club of Dubai | Al Wasl Building Suite M11, PO Box 35737 Dubai, UAE We Meet At: World Trade Club 33rd Floor, DWTC

Monday, 6:00PM to 8:00PM RSVP: Edward Yap | 056 547 7476 | 04 325 1666 | rcdubai@outlook.com