HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL !

1. This is to remind you of your 2nd Semester RI dues and PRM/The Rotarian Magazine which  already due on January 1, 2010.  Extension is given up to January 31, 2010 to give you time to submit the SAR Copy and PRM copy with the corresponding deposit slips on or before February 6, 2010, the deadline for submission of all documents needed for the District Awards.

2. The following clubs listed below are the final list of clubs that belong to the Large Club Category of the District Awards. The rest of the 51 clubs are considered Small Clubs.

1. Rotary Club of Iloilo
2. Rotary Club of Metro Iloilo
3. Rotary Club of Metro Roxas
4. Rotary Club of Kalibo
5. Rotary Club of Zamboanga City
6. Rotary Club of Zamboanga City West

3. Included in this GML issue is the Discon 2010 Programme. Emphases are given to the following :

1. On attire
   Feb. 25, 2010
   3:00 PM to 6:00 PM	Plenary Session 1	Business Attire
   6:00 PM to 12:00 MN	Welcome Fellowship	Barrio Fiesta Attire
   Feb. 26, 2010
   9:00 AM to 4:30 PM	Plenary Session 2,3, and 4	Smart Casual
   6:00 PM to 12:00 MN	Presentation of Talent	Black and White Costume
   Feb. 27, 2010
   9:00 AM to 12:00 NN	Plenary Session 5	Smart Casual
   6:00 PM to 12:00 MN	Governor's Ball	Formal Attire

Door Prizes will be given during the Plenary Sessions 2, 3 , 4 and 5.

 

GUEST SPEAKERS:

Plenary  Session 2    Feb. 26, 2010  (9:00 AM to 12:00 NN)

Francis J. Kong is:

• President of Success Options Publishing Company
• President of FunWorks Inc. a member of the Canadian based Mad Science International Group, the world’s number 1 Science educational-entertainment program provider for kids.
• Founding member and Director of Inspire Leadership Consultancy
• Francis has extensive work experiences in manufacturing and retail as he help founded a popular clothing company and ran a retail chain for many years.

You can hear him in his daily Radio Program “Business Matters” which was given a Year 2007 special citation by the Catholic Mass Media Awards.

You can read him through his Saturday and Sunday column of the Business Page of the Philippine Star.

You can see him as he regularly guests every Thursday morning at the popular morning show Umagang Kay Ganda.

He has been featured in many of the major business conventions and conferences both here and abroad.

• Francis is co-recipient of the Anvil Award for Excellence for the staging of the Dr. John Maxwell Leadership Seminar Series.
• Recipient of the Year 2006 Gold Quill Philippines Award of merit for Public Speech category sponsored by The International Association of Business Communicators.
• Recipient of 2008 Dr. Jose Rizal Award for Excellence in the field of Journalism.

Francis has been trained and licensed by Maximum Impact of Atlanta Georgia to do the Maxwell leadership programs. Trained and licensed by The Ziglar Corporation in London to do the Ziglar Sales and Presentation programs.

He is an author of 10 books:

• His book “One Day at a Time” has been given a most favorable review by Channel NewsAsia of Singapore.
• His book “The Early Bird Catches the Worm: is now translated into the Korean language.

Francis is married to the former Lilia Nolasco and has three children: Bryan 26, Hannah 22 and Rachel 17.

Plenary Session 3   February 26, 2010   (12:00 NN to 2:00 PM)

Robert F. Kuan Founded Chowking Food Corporation and served as President from 1985 to March 2000. Mr. Kuan has been the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of St. Luke’s Medical Center. He serves as Chairman of Creative Dining Incorporated, Goodview Seafood Restaurant and Hot Café. He has been a Trustee of St Luke’s College of Medicine since 1996 and Brent International School of Manila since 1989.

Mr. Kuan has been an Independent Trustee of Far Eastern University, Inc. … since 2004. He serves as an Independent Director of China Banking Corp. He is a recipient of several awards and citations in the field of business, such as Business Leadership Award (Pillar Category) from Aurelio Periquet, Jr. Foundation, TOFIL Awardee in the field of Business and Entrerpreneurship for the year 2003, Agora Awardee for entrepreneurship, Triple-A Awardee of AIM, Outstanding Alumnus of the University of the Philippines (UP) in the field of Business, 1999 Franchise Excellence Awardee from the Philippine Franchise Association, 1999 Most Outstanding Professional Awardee in the field of Business Administration from UP Alumni Association, among others. He holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration from University of the Philippines in 1970 .

He obtained his MBA from AIM in 1975. He took up Top Management Program exclusively for company President and Chief Executive Officers at Bali, Indonesia in 1993.

Other Information

• Schools Attended:
• MBA – Asian Institute of Management, 1975
• BS – University Of The Philippines, 1970

Other Interest

• Far Eastern University Inc – Independent Trustee, Chairman of Risk Management Committee and Member of Audit Committee, 2004-Present
• China Banking Corp. – Independent Director, Member of Audit Committee, Member of Corporate Governance Committee and Member of Risk Management Committee
• St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chairman

Plenary Session 4   February 26, 2010  (2:00 Pm to 4:30PM)

Maria A. Ressa (born October 1963 in the Philippines) is a journalist who was the Jakarta bureau chief of CNN International. At CNN, Ressa was lead reporter in East Timor, Indonesia and the Philippines, and was lead investigative reporter for Asia's terror networks in the global war on terror. She is also the writer of the book Seeds of Terror, containing her blow-by-blow account of the hideouts of Al-Qaeda.

Maria Ressa earned a bachelor's degree in English from Princeton University, graduating with honors. She was then awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to the Philippines in 1986, where she attended graduate school at the University of the Philippines.

Before joining CNN, Ressa was vice president of a post-production company in Manila, where she produced weekly public affairs programs for Philippine television.

Among the awards she has received are the National Headliner Award for Investigative Journalism in 2002, the SAIS-Novartis International Journalism Award in 2000 for her work in East Timor, the Asian Television Awards in 1999 for Indonesia and the Ferris Professorship of Journalism at Princeton University for 2001.

Ressa was in residence at Princeton University for the spring semester 2001, where she taught a course she designed on Politics and the Press in Southeast Asia.

She now heads ABS-CBN's News and Current Affairs Department.

 

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