The Promise

Fortnightly Bulletin
Rotary Year 2020-21
Issue 10, Meeting 140, Date : 03rd January 2021

ROTARY CLUB OF DHAKA LUMINOUS

Club ID No: C 0000 87004
Chartered Date : 30 June 2015
RI District 3281, Bangladesh

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INVOCATION
We, the Rotarians are dedicated to maintain the
dignity and worthiness of our calling by the
acceptance and promotion of high ethical standards,
and to regard our business or profession as an
opportunity to express ourselves in service to society.

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 society
6. Offer my vocational talents: to provide opportunities THE FOUR WAY TEST
for young people, to work for the relief of the special
needs of others, and to improve the quality of life in OF THE THINGS WE THINK, SAY OR DO
my community 1) Is it the TRUTH?
7. Honor the trust that Rotary and fellow Rotarians
provide and not do anything that will bring disfavor 2) Is it FAIR to all concerned?
or reflect adversely on Rotary or fellow Rotarians
8. Not seek from a fellow Rotarian a privilege or 3) Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
advantage not normally accorded others in a business
or professional relationship 4) Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

ROTARY CLUB OF DHAKA LUMINOUS

Hadi Mizan Al Hossain Mohammad Abdullah
President Secretary
+88 01715 005161 +88 01713436355
[email protected] [email protected]

Club Mailing Address: House# 3/D, Road # 2/A, Block # J, Baridhara, Dhaka-1212, E-mail: [email protected]
Meeting Venue : IBA Alumni Club Limited, Tejgaon Link Road, Dhaka, Date & Time: Sunday (1st & 3rd week) at 7:00 pm

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From the Desk of Editor

Message from Mohammad Shahidul Haque
Rtn Hadi Mizan Al Hossain President Elect 2020-21

President
Rotary Club of Dhaka Luminous ‘My Rotary’ website upgraded
(Rotary News)

I am pleased to convey this message in bulletin “The My Rotary is the member-¬facing website where
Promise” in the Rotary Year 20-21. Rotary shares resources, tools and information with
Rotarians and Rotaractors. Over the years, RI
During the pandemic Novel CORONA situation, our received a lot of feedback from members, especially
important meetings are being held virtually. Two club and district officers, who asked for a more
regular fortnightly meetings and another is the robust site that was faster and easier to use. With
this input as the guide, RI set out to give members
board meeting in each month. You will get meeting
what they needed.
notes and other club and members important
information in this bulletin.
Here are a few of the updates and new features
now available on My Rotary:
Members of RCD Luminous are also joining district’s
seminars and programs, doing fellowship with other It’s accessible on all mobile devices in eight Rotary
Rotary Club members over online platform. languages.

Our commitment and involvement will shape the Club officers can create multiple meetings and add
destiny of our club. Together, we will work for more detailed meeting information to their club
developing community in the society. Luminous is profile, including time, place, meeting language,
getting prepared to take initiative for a sustainable and whether the club meets ¬in-person, online or
service project and other community services. both. This level of detail improves the club meeting
search function.
The Year 2020-21, Rotary International Presidential
Member profiles may include a member’s name,
Theme “Rotary Opens Opportunities”.
club, leadership roles, and contact information,
though the information that is visible depends on
Our challenge at the Rotary Club of Dhaka Luminous
the member’s chosen privacy settings. When a
is to do our part to support RI theme to strengthen member updates their profile, they determine what
the many ways. “We believe that our acts of service, information to share and with whom.
big and small, create opportunities for people who
need our help. Everything we do opens another This is just the beginning. The goal is to make
opportunity for someone, somewhere.” ongoing improvements so RI can continuously
provide members with what they need to
Best wishes for a glorious Rotary Year 2020-21. successfully serve their clubs and communities.
Everything will be fine, stay safe. Over the next several months, there will be more
updates to My Rotary, like improving functionality
for district officers and fully integrating Rotaractors
and Rotaract clubs into the site. There are resources
available for club officers in the Learning Center.

Rotary.org

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Core Values of Rotary

Rotary’s core values represent the guiding principles of the organization’s culture, including what guides
members’ priorities and actions within the organization. Values are an increasingly important component
in strategic planning because they drive the intent and direction of the organization’s leadership.

Service
We believe that our service activities and programs bring about greater world understanding and peace.
Service is a major element of our mission. Through the plans and actions of individual clubs, we create a
culture of service throughout our organization that provides unparalleled satisfaction for those who serve.

Fellowship
We believe that individual efforts focus on individual needs, but combined efforts serve humanity. The
power of combined efforts knows no limitation, multiplies resources, and broadens our lives and
perspectives. Fellowship leads to tolerance and transcends racial, national, and other boundaries.

Diversity
We believe Rotary unifies all people internationally behind the ideal of service. We encourage diversity of
vocations within our membership and in our activities and service work. A club that reflects its business
and professional community is a club with a key to its future.

Integrity
We are committed to and expect accountability from our leaders and fellow members, both in the results
of our efforts and in the processes we use to accomplish our goals. We adhere to high ethical and
professional standards in our work and personal relationships. We are fair and respectful in our
interactions, and we conscientiously steward the resources entrusted to us.

Leadership
We are a global fellowship of individuals who are leaders in their fields of endeavor. We believe in the
importance of leadership development and in leadership as a quality of our members. As Rotarians, we are
leaders in implementing our core values.

All of these core values are reflected in the Object of Rotary and The Four-Way Test, which we use in our
daily lives. They inspire us to foster and support the ideal of service for developing and maintaining
integrity in human relations.

Next Meeting STATISTICS OF LAST MEETING

17 January 2021, Sunday, 6:30:00 pm DG’s Oficial Club Total Members 20
visit & Club Assembly at Saltz Restaurant Members Exempted 0
Members Present 12
Next Board Meeting Percentage of Attendance 60%
Last week Percentage of attendance 50%
11 January 2021, Saturday, at Saltz Restaurant, Visiting Rotarian 00
Gulshan -2 at about 7:15pm Club Guest 00
Members Guest 00

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Rotary Club of Dhaka Luminous

Board of Directors 2021-22

Mohammad Shahidul Haque

President

Hadi Mizan Al Hossain Mohammad Abdullah Al Amin Redwanur Rahman PHF

Immediate Past President President 2021-22 Vice President -1

Mohammad Monjurul Karim Golam Sarwar Farrouqi Sahana Sultana Poppy Sharwar Hossain FCMA
Vice President -2 Club Secretary Joint Secretary Treasurer

Kazi Saiful Hoque PHF B MD S A Sheak Sadi Mohammad Abdullah Md. Mushfiqur Rahman
Director- Club Administration Director-Membership Director-Service project Director-The Rotary Foundation

Monowar Hossain Barrister M. Atikur Rahmanf Md. Abdur Rahim PHF

Director-Public Relation Sergeant-at-Arms Club Trainer

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RI Presidential Message

January 2021
Holger Knaack
President
Rotary International
2020-2021

Dear Rotarians, Rotaractors, and friends,

January is finally here. As we look forward to 2021, our thinking doesn’t have to stop at the end of these 365
days. Are you thinking ahead about what you will be doing in 2022, 2023, and beyond?
We cannot foresee the future, but we can steer ourselves where we want to go. I think it is important that
every Rotary club hold a strategic meeting at least once a year. Past RI Director Greg Yank, who has a lot of
experience working with clubs on their plans, shares his viewpoint.
A famous aphorism states, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” Planning is essential to achieving
success in all areas of life, including Rotary, and we’re getting better at it every year.
Strategic planning for Rotary clubs works. I have helped many clubs find that pathway by working with them
to build what I call a blueprint, a multiyear plan that answers the fundamental question: “What is our vision
for our club?” The best plans I have seen are those that are focused, when a club concentrates its resources on
the best opportunities it has. Your Rotary club cannot be all things to its members and to the community it
serves; it has limited human, financial, and time resources. A successful plan factors in assets and limitations
to chart the desired pathway for your members.
Begin building a multiyear strategic plan by brainstorming with your club, asking, “What are our initiatives
and priorities for the next two to three years?” Document your answers using action-oriented language that is
specific, concrete, and measurable about the goals you want to achieve.
Next, narrow down your initiatives to a core set of three to five priorities. Your club will then develop specific
objectives for each initiative, outlining who will be involved, key milestones of achievement, how progress
will be tracked, and a timeline for completion. Keep your plan short and simple.
Then go out and do it. Review the progress you make toward accomplishing the initiatives, and revise as
needed at least once a year. Rotary has a solid template to assist clubs in their planning, which you can find at
my.rotary.org/en/document/strategic-planning-guide.
We want to enrich and enliven our clubs with new discussions and ideas. But how do we attract the diverse
professionals, from different backgrounds, ages, and experiences, who are all driven by as strong a sense of
integrity as we are?
Through strategic planning, we explore this question to define the very nature of our club and the value it
offers to its members and to the community. Each club is different, and each club’s value will be unique.
During the planning process, clubs may also find that some of the activities they used to do are no longer
relevant or attractive.
Once your club makes a strategic plan, it’s time to take action and carry out the necessary changes. When we
do that — as we engage members in vibrant and active clubs that not only have fun but also serve their
communities with projects that have real and lasting impact — our clubs grow stronger. And when we
discover what makes our own clubs unique and build upon 05 those core values in all our efforts, Rotary Opens
Opportunities to enrich the lives of everyone.
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Rotary Club of Dhaka Luminous

Club Members 2020-21
As on 1st July 2020

Sl Name of Rotarians Mobile Office E-mails

01 Hadi Mizan Al Hossain +88016150 05161 - [email protected]

02 IPP Md. Mushfiqur Rahman +88017114 27455 +8802-8815222-3 [email protected]

03 PP M Abdur Rahim PHF +88017133 76510 +8802-9884505 [email protected]

04 S A Sheak Sadi +88019113 00006 - [email protected]

05 CP Kazi Saiful Hoque PHF B MD +8801988 444111 - [email protected]

06 PE Mohammad Shahidul Haque +880171 1394755 - [email protected]

07 PP Lt Col Md Tarikul Islam, psc, lsc(Retd) PHF +8801713 -367885 - [email protected]

08 Ahamed Karim PHF +8801713- 376520 +8802-9884505 [email protected]

09 S. M. Matin +88017155- 576195 - [email protected]

10 Mohammad Monjurul Karim +8801711- 539449 +8802-9554456 [email protected]

11 Al Amin Redwanur Rahman PHF +88 01911-918647 +8802-8881824-6 [email protected]

12 Mohammad Abdullah +880171- 3436355 - [email protected]

13 Mohammed Ziaul Sharif +8801796-585535 - [email protected]

14 Sahana Sultana Poppy +8801713-011731 - shahnaz.sultana.popy@@hotmail.com

15 Golam Sarwar Farouqui +8801953322229 +8801947222522 [email protected]

16 Md. Monowar Hossain +8801715 009034 - [email protected]

17 Sharwar Hossain FCMA +8801715 615380 - [email protected]

18 Barrister M. Atikur Rahman +8801711127746 - [email protected]

19 Farzana Nazmae Rabbani +8801841427455 - [email protected]

20 Fahmida Begum +8801713376511 - [email protected]

21 Rtn Kazi Nuzat Simeen MD +88 01716477588 [email protected]

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Rotary Club of Dhaka Luminous

Board of Directors 2020-21

Hadi Mizan Al Hossain

President

Md. Mushfiqur Rahman Mohammad Shahidul Haque Ahmad Karim PHF

Immediate Past President President 2021-22 Vice President -1

S M Matin Mohammad Abdullah Mohammad Monjurul Karim Golam Sarwar Farrouqi

Vice President -2 Club Secretary Joint Secretary Treasurer

Md. Abdur Rahim PHF S A Sheak Sadi Al Amin Redwanur Rahman PHF Barrister M. Atikur Rahman
Director- Club Administration Director-Membership Director-Service project Director-The Rotary Foundation

Monowar Hossain Mohammed Ziaul Sharif Kazi Saiful Hoque PHF B MD

Director-Public Relation Sergeant-at-Arms Club Trainer

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