The Rotary Club of Adliya held its first meeting of the new Rotary Year 2009/2010 with a set of excellent early achievements.
The board has voted to convene regular meetings in a new location, one that is easily accessible, has plenty of parking, cost less than what it used to pay thus dedicating more fund to help the community directly and be a pleasant place in which to invite guests. All of these point have successfully been achieved by adopting the Marina Club in Manama as the new venue.
Thanks should be rendered to Rotarian PP Redha Faraj who suggested the venue and did an excellent job at negotiating the new rates with the management, our current President Hasan Al-Balooshi and Rotarian Mahmood Al-Yousif for their efforts in securing this location. Judging by the reaction of the good Rotarians in attendance, the choice is a success.
President Hasan Al-Balooshi chairing the inaugural meeting of RY09/10
The meeting’s attendance broke the usual record for RCA meetings with 69% of registered members in attendance! One of the board’s main priorities is to maintain and increase this attendance rating throughout the year, with the board’s principal commitment this year is actively engaging members in club’s activities.
The Club also celebrates the new year by strengthening its service to the community. Rotarian Dr. Faiza Ghabrial requested that the Club find a way to donate 4 new computers to The Hope Institute as they are rebuilding their computer lab. Computers were secured by the efforts of PP Redha Faraj through a generous donation from Al-Moayyed International Group. Further, PP Faraj also secured another computer from AIG which he suggested the Club donates to the Aisha Yateem Family Counsiling Centre. President Hasan expressed his thanks to Rotarian Dr. Ghabiral, PP Faraj and Al-Moayyed International Group for their generosity and commitment to the community.
During the meeting President Hasan Al-Balooshi shared with members and guests the Roadmap for his year and encouraged everyone to put in as much effort as they could to elevate the Club, it’s programs and reputation in the local community.
The outline of the President is available for download here in pdf format.
PP Redha Faraj, who holds the office of honorary treasurer for this year, then took the floor and explained the Club’s finances and outlined his plan which if followed will ensure not only the continued Club’s survival, but also continued sustainability.
The Treasurer’s presentation is available here for download in pdf format.
Comedian Ali Esbai (left) with local celebrity/DJ Imran Al-Aradi
Mr. Ali Esbai, the Bahraini up and coming talent in stand-up comedy then did his bit much to the enjoyment of everyone present. His topical biting remarks on the worsening traffic situation in Bahrain, the “benefit” of a botched bank robbery, and various other mundane aspects of life in Bahrain which he twisted and wove into excellent comedy. Everyone present thanked Mr. Esbai for his gig and wished that they had more time to enjoy his comedy, hopefully in a future function they could!
Please click to view the Secretary and Treasurer’s report for the Club’s meeting on 6 July, 2009.
You might also wish to view some of the pictures taken of the gathering in our Flickr stream. Please click here to view them.