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Call to Order Pres. Richard Dy Invocation & Four Way Test Romy De Castro National Anthem Luncheon Welcome and Greetings Joel Salvador Birthday
Celebrator: Introduction of New Member Dir. Jerry Parlan Honorable Charge to the New Member PP Dan Bolong Induction of New Member PDG Ces Mendoza Friendship Session PE Tante Licudine President’s Time Pres. Richard Dy Presentation of Speakers Short Talk Pres. Michelle
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Pres. Alex Tiongson Rotaract Club of Union Christian
College Response & Adjournment Pres. Richard Dy Day Chairman &
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It was another very fruitful meeting
last week. Our club hosted the 1st Inter City Meeting of all La Union Rotary
Clubs, with our guest of honor and speaker his Excellency Ambassador Roland
Remoortele of Belgium. We had a jam packed room with over 100 rotarians and
innerwheels present. Also present was no other than our District Governor
Mark Go. And I would like to thank all the Presidents of the other Rotary
Clubs for their suuport. A week earlier, we had the president of
International Aid Mr. Myles Fish as guest of honor and speaker, where he gave
us more in-depth information about their organization, International Aid, and
what are the programs that their organization specializes in. One of which is
in the field of medical equipment, which our club is their partner in the
implementation of the Medical Equipment Repair Training under 3H Grant. And
I’m really proud we have partnered with an organization that is dedicated in
providing training on health care and disaster preparedness. Last Wednesday, we have our 2nd farmer’s class at Barangay Calabugao, the training was conducted in coordination with the Municipal Agriculture Office of this City and the topic was on hog fattening. This is to ensure the continued success of our “Porkies for Goodwill” project, that is to provide additional livelihood and training for our RVC/RCCs. So far we have already distributed 84 piglets to 42 beneficiaries. 21 of the beneficiaries have already paid back their loan and are now awaiting for new loans from our club. I hope with this continued success, we can expand the program (the farm) to produce more piglets. This Friday, we will be distributing the 7th batch of 14 piglets at Brgy Calabugao. Last Wednesday, March 6, we |
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It is essential to keep everybody
talking. Imagine a mechanist working on a piece of metal for an airplane’s
landing gear felt something when he lifted it. He said nothing because his
boss tended to treat bad news bearers as if they had caused the problem. Of
course it failed during testing. It was taken apart and when nothing wrong
was found, put back together, tested again before the problem was finally
found and corrected. Climates where people can speak freely
are less common in crisis, when the chances increase that what anyone has to
say will be bad news about, say lost customers, or lost sales, and when the
negative consequences of everyday mistakes can be amplified. It is a human
nature that anyone does not want to be the bearer of bad news. However, this
is inevitable if someone wants the company, or association to excel,
especially in any tumultuous times. Let me take a company, as an
association. You can always tell whether you have a communication problem:
Next time you have a serious problem, simply trace knowledge of the issue
back to its source and see how long it took to come to your attention. “Did
someone know earlier? Could we have acted earlier to solve the problem?” Support reluctant whistle-blowers by not
blaming those who bring bad news. Encourage candor by holding frequent
meetings where face-to-face talk takes place between employees and managers,
for instance. Ask gentle, probing questions, and strictly refrain from
criticizing bad news. Also, be open yourself. Share important news, including unpleasant reports, with everyone in your organization and you will increase the chances that people will feel safe in bringing similar intelligence to you. You can, |
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go too far in encouraging communication if casual complaining takes up too
much time. In a couple of companies they limit direct communication to
managers, who in turn ferret out important information from their
subordinates. It should be hard to hide a secret in a
small company, and it sometimes takes special effort to know all we should.
The impact of delayed work can be much worse in a small firm, where a few
lost sales or customers can mean disaster. No matter what size or type of company
you run, when the chances of bad news are high, it all comes down to
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REGGIE…set...go! Dir. Reggie Chan Asst. Ed. Dindo
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