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Looking forward to RY10/11

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In the last meeting of the Rotary Year 2009/2010 under the leadership of President Hasan Albalooshi, the Club, which strongly believe in continuity and sustainability, took the opportunity to look forward and build on past successes.

The meeting was well attended, and was presided over by PP Redha Faraj, who invited Incoming President Mahmood Al-Yousif to share his goals and aspirations for RY 10/11.

In the attached Podcast, you could listen to the Mahmood’s presentation and download the accompanying presentation (pdf) to see and hear the plans and aspirations for yourself.

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Briefly, the following are the major points presented which will be the backbone of RY10/11 for the Rotary Club of Adliya:

The main cause: The Gift of Life Bahrain [GOLB]

For the benefit of children with congenital cardiovascular defects. It aims to not only build and equip a new annex to the Salmaniya Medical Centre, but also equip it with the appropriate equipment and help train a doctor and nurses to ensure its viable and long term sustainability.

With the aim to raise BD100,000 (US$ 265,000) to enable us to achieve this goal, we are planning several major fund raising events throughout the year; some of which will be:

Fund Raising Activities for RY10/11

  • Breast Cancer Walk • shared with Think Pink Bahrain
 • October 2010 – P. Mahmood Al-Yousif
  • Cricket Tournament • Rotarian Zoher Taherbhai
 • November 2010
  • RCA Bahrain Golf Invitational • PP Peter Muijrers • 
Jan 2011
  • RCA BAHMUN XVII • Rotarian Fareed Bushehri • 
Feb 2011
  • Earth Day / Art Competition
 • March 2011

IP Mahmood Al-Yousif also detailed some other events which the Club will take on as part of its community responsibility, including:

  • Orphans Cinema Outing in cooperation with the Bahrain Cinema Club • Sept 2010
  • Bahrain National Day • December 2010
  • RCA Family Fun Day activity • December 2010
  • DG visit • February 2011 • should coincide with BAHMUN
  • Elderly & Orphans desert camp • March 2011

The members expressed full support for these programs and committed to exert all efforts at ensuring their success.

We look forward to RY10/11, please join us!

Why Rotary? A retrospective look at why a Rotarian joined.

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Rotarian Wesam Baqer delivering his speech

Rotarian Wesam Baqer has a long history in community service. having been a Rotaractor (Manama & Salmania) for some 9 years and having gone through various leadership positions with the Rotaract Club, including a presidency and a leading position within the District’s management.

As Wesam wanted to continue serving his community in a structured and institutionalised manner after he naturally left the Rotaract Club, he decided to join the Rotary Club of Adliya.

Rightly thinking that others would benefit from his experience, Wesam approached the club and asked to be featured as a Speaker so that he can share his experiences, reflect on his time as a Rotaractor and also share his enthusiasm and aspirations with his fellow Rotarians to inspire them to do even more within their community.

Please click on the link below to listen to Rotarian Wesam’s talk and click here to download his presentation [pdf 12MB]

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E-Waste: Challenges & Opportunities

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These days, it’s often cheaper and more convenient to buy a new PC than to upgrade an old one. But what happens to those old computers once they’ve been abandoned for newer models?

The refuse from discarded electronics products, also known as e-waste, often ends up in landfills or incinerators instead of being recycled. And that means toxic substances like lead, cadmium and mercury that are commonly used in these products can contaminate the land, water and air.

Fareed Bushehri, the UNEP’s ROWA DTIE officer, and an acknowledged expert who provides technical assistance to countries of the West Asia Region to promote Sustainable Development, will be speaking to us at our regular meeting tomorrow evening (April 19th, 2010).

Mr. Bushehri covered:

  • What is E-Waste and Why E-Waste is an issue?
  • The Arab region and Its ICT Industry
  • E-Waste Projects & Initiatives currently undertaken by UNEP
  • Results of the Desk Study on E-Waste Management in the Arab Region
  • Potentials for Environmentally Sound Management of E-Waste in the Region.

Please listen to the podcast of the meeting and Mr. Bushehri’s talk by clicking Play below:

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You can also download Mr. Bushehri’s accompanying presentation by clicking here [pdf].

disclaimer: some text copied from Wired.com

How can two teams play for 5 days and end up in a draw?

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That’s how Test Cricket apparently ends up in sometimes!

On the night that PP Alan Blackman stood-in for President Hasan Al-Balooshi due to the latter being on a business trip, our very own Rotarian Zuhair Taherbhai stepped up to the plate and spent the next 20 minutes trying desperately to explain something which was rather obvious to him (and to both Rotarian Sam Mulholand and our stand-in president PP Alan Blackman) to a roomful of people who were utterly bewildered as far as Cricket is concerned. Thankfully, Rotarian Zuhair was finally able to get us to start to comprehend it.

That’s a good thing, as our club is putting a plan in place to mount another Cricket competition in Bahrain to raise money for our endeavors. Rotarian Zuhair spent a few minutes talking about the plans and suggested ways in which club members can contribute.

On behalf of the club, we wish to extend our thanks to PP Alan Blackman for chairing the meeting. We hope you enjoy listening to the Podcast.

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Click the Play button above to play the Podcast or click here to download it to your computer.

How important is having an IT strategy for a business?

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There is one constant in the IT business and that is change! So how would a business – regardless of size – get a grip on how to enact an effective IT strategy that would ensure business success?

To explore this and other issues, our club invited Abdulkarim Abu Jaber, Managing Director of Primus Bahrain to discuss this topic and share some of his experience to start the attendees on the right path of creating or strengthening their company’s ICT strategies. Some of the topics to be discussed include:

  • General IT industry Trends
  • IT in business and personal life
  • How IT can help organization grow and reduce cost
  • Adoption of new IT trends
  • How in the current economic downturn technology can drive innovation, as people and enterprises need new technologies and new products
  • How can IT and technologies provide companies with a competitive advantage
  • How running a business and overseeing IT is a tough task in the best of times. But in today’s environment—with consumer and business spending shrinking, budgets declining, the stock market sinking, and the pressure to adopt new tools and technologies growing—many organizations are finding themselves stretched to the limit.
  • Software as a Service

You can listen to the talk and download the Podcast here:

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Click the Play button above to play the Podcast or click here to download it to your computer.

Please click here to download the accompanying presentation.