D-2483 DG's Monthly Letter 15 March 2019

VLADIMIR MATIĆ Governor 2018 - 19 Newsletter No 9 – March 15 2019. PHOTOS OF THE MONTH On March 2, 2019, at the “Metropol” hotel, Belgrade, more than 400 Rotarians and their guests, officially celebrated 114 years of Rotary International and 90 years since the establishment of Rotary in Serbia.

DISTRICT 2483 ASSEMBLY \"Metropol\" Hotel, Belgrade, March 2, 2019 – 16.00 On March 2, 2019, at 4 pm, at the “Metropol” hotel in Belgrade, District 2483 Assembly was held, during which several topics of importance for our district were discussed. After Governor Vladimir Matic submitted the reports, all the points on the agenda were unanimously adopted: - Balance Sheet for Rotary International, District 2483 for the period January 1 – December 31, 2018 - Budget amendment for 2018/19 with proposals and explanations, - Work Status Report for the period July 1 - December 31, 2018, - Amendments to the Rulebook on the use of DDF funds and other funds of the District Detailed explanations and decisions will be provided to all clubs in the form of minutes from the District Assembly.

CELEBRATION OF 114 YEARS OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL AND 90 YEARS OF ROTARY IN SERBIA Rotary District 2483 Serbia and Montenegro celebrated the 114th anniversary of Rotary International and 90 years since the birth of Rotary in Serbia on March 2, 2019 at the “Metropol” Hotel. The ceremony was attended by over four hundred Rotarians, Rotaractors and Interactors, as well as the Ambassador of the USA to Serbia, His Excellency Kyle Randolph Scott, representatives of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, Dora Kemos, Governor of Greece, Janez Lipec , Governor of Slovenia and Northern Macedonia, Paul Jankovic , PDG of Austria and BIH and Hrvoje Kenfelj the elected district Governor of Croatia, representatives of the District of Romania and clubs from neighbouring countries as well as representatives of companies and winners of District donations. In the first part of the ceremony, plaques were awarded to clubs founded before the Second World War, awards were presented to Rotary Citation clubs for 2017/18, PHF awards for 2018/19, special RI banners were given to 5 clubs which became \"100% PHF CLUB \"and new members of our Rotary family who joined this Rotary year were welcomed. Beginning of the event in a packed-out hall at the \"Metropol\" hotel, Belgrade Winners of the Rotary Citation plaque for 2017/18 Winners of PHF awards for 2018/19

Three important projects for District 2483 were presented: - EUCO - 1 to 5 May 2019 in Belgrade - Rapporteur Tanja Zivanovic, President of the Organizing Committee, - a new project of the visually-impaired marathon runner Goran Nikolic \"77 Marathons In 77 Days\" planned to be realized in Chicago from April 15, 2019 and - project \"100 for 100\" through which we have already equipped 114 schools with 244 donors: Total worth of donation - $ 144,564. Tanja Živanović, predsenik Komiteta za EUCO-1-5 maj 2019 Dobitnici plaketa Distrikta Goran Nikolić i Aleksandar Bojić - predstavnik “Delta Fondacije” Goran Nikolić-novi poduhvat “77 naratona za 77 dana” Dobitnici PHF priznanja za realizaciju Global Granta 1870836 “100 za 100

Finally, a new project \"For a More Beautiful School\" was presented, in which we will continue to equip schools and help talented pupils and students together with the Ministry of Education and socially responsible companies. On that occasion, the Memorandum \"For a More Beautiful School \" was signed by representatives of socially responsible companies: Digital Serbia Initiative, Swiss-Serbian Chamber of Commerce, KPMG, AIK Bank, “Petnica” Research Station, “TV PRVA” as media sponsor, as well as \"UNICEF\" Serbia and \"Energodata\" Ltd.,Belgrade. Obraćanje Saše Stojanovića-pomoćnika ministra prosvete Inicijativa Digitalna Srbija-direktor Nebojša Đurđević za oblast informacionih tehnologija Memorandum “Za lepšu školu” Marijana Pavlović, predstavnik kompanije “KPMG” potpisuje Švajcarsko-srpska trgovinska Komora-predstavnik Balz Baur Memorandum “Za lepšu školu” Memorandum “Za lepšu školu” Pomoćnik direktora “AIK” Banke Periša Ivanović i Nikola Božić za Istraživačku stanicu “Petnica” potpisuju Memorandum

Jelena Agatunović-direktor “TV PRVA”-medijski sponzor Rotarijanci sa ambasadorom USA Nj.E. Randolfom Skotom potpisuje Memorandum “Za lepšu školu” We finished the ceremony by awarding men’s and women’s watches with rotary insignia to ten young people who achieved outstanding results in 2018 in the field of science, sports, entrepreneurship and art. We also awarded five outstandingly successful schools with six computers each and the Volleyball team from Veliko Gradište, for third place in the world , was awarded four volleyball balls for training and playing matches. Dobitnici donacija za postignute rezultate u 2018.godini-najuspešniji đaci i škole u Srbiji

GOVERNOR’S ACTIVITIES Meeting of the Leadership Team and ADGs for 2018/19 in Sremska Mitrovica, on February 22, 2019. The most important topics were: strengthening of clubs, new and satellite clubs, increase of membership and contributions to the Rotary Foundation. DG Vladimir Matić's meeting with incoming governors Ljiljana Lainović, Danilo Ljevnaić and Zorica Jestrović. Topics: strategic priorities and objectives of District 2483, continuity and upcoming events and seminars. 90 Years of Rotary in Croatia - Governors Vladimir Matic and Danilo Ljevnaić with fellow Governors Darko Tipurić - Croatia and Janez Lipec - Slovenia and Northern Macedonia, at a celebration in Zagreb. DG Vladimir Matić attended a very interesting lecture by DGN Hrvoje Kefelj from District 1913 Croatia, on satellite and passport clubs and the role of the Rotary Community Corps. The lecture was organized by RC Pančevo Mihajlo Pupin, and attended by DGN Danilo Ljevnaić and PDG Nikola Obradović.

Governor Vladimir Matić attended a meeting of the initiative group for the reestablishment of RC Vršac on February 27th. The meeting was attended by the godfather of the future club Dobrivoj Ćuk and the sponsor club RC Belgrade - Dunav with PDG Dejan Čikara. The founding assembly of the club is scheduled for March 13. Good luck! The initial meeting of interested parties for the re-establishment of the Rotary Club Belgrade International was held on February 18 at “CREDO” restaurant. The meeting was organized by Jules Kovačević from the Ruma Rotary Club with the help of Marija Kržić, President of the Ruma Rotary Club and Governor Vladimir Matić. The next meeting is scheduled for March 7th. Good luck! DG Vladimir Matić visited RC Stara Pazova at the \"Mačkare\" event. RC Belgrade - Novi Beograd organized a humanitarian theatre play \"Mirandolina\" at “Vuk Karadzic” theatre, attended by DG Vladimir Matić. All proceeds are directed to help the Institute for Mother and Child.

Governor Vladimir Matić held a lecture entitled \"How to preserve and maintain membership\" at the DTTS for the new Leadership in Novi Sad on March 9, 2019. DG meeting with Podgorica Rotaract Club in Podgorica on March 15, 2019. Donor evening in Cetinje to support the global grant for equipping \"Danilo Prvi\" hospital. €40,000 collected. DGE LJILJANA LAINOVIĆ ORGANIZED DTTS From March 9-10, 2019 at the Sheraton Hotel, Novi Sad, a District Leadership Training Seminar was held. The seminar was attended by 40 members of the District team for the Rotarian year 2019/2020. The main topic of the seminar was the annual theme of Rotary International: \"Rotary Connects the World\", as well as 4 new strategic goals for the next Rotary Year. In addition to high-quality and interesting lectures, the seminar had 4 workshops, so team members could actively participate in the discussion. New rules in membership modalities and club forms have been a great challenge for both trainers and the team members. The common conclusion was that success in preserving and increasing the number of members, as well as forming new clubs, can be achieved only if we work as a team and if we introduce future club leaders to new possibilities and more flexible rules.

Great emphasis was also placed on attracting younger members and female members. Regarding Rotary promotion and a better impact of our mission on the wider public, members of the team were familiarized with various tools offered by Rotary International, and also received advice on how the Matica Srpska Gallery of Novi Sad carries out that type of work, as well as the Color Press Group, whose manager and president; Dr.Tijana Palkovljević Bugarski and Robert Čoban, were guest lecturers. The seminar was attended by PDG Bane Randjelović, DG Vladimir Matić, DGN Danilo Ljevnaić, DGND Zorica Jetrović and my humble self DGE, as lecturers. Lola Stanić of Belgrade Metropoliten RC gave a very useful lecture on Public Image, DTE Momir Jovanović from RC Ćuprija Morava acquainted us with the duties of the presidents of the district committees, the role of ADG was introduced to us by CADGE Nikola Božić from RC e-club , and DRRE Pavle Rakita from RTC Kragujevac, with a plan and programme for Rotaract in 2019-2020. In addition to Saturday and Sunday’s working segments, almost all of the team spent a very pleasant evening at Vojvodina’s \" Tako je sudjeno\" restaurant, accompanied by the sounds of tambourines, where they had the opportunity to relax, connect and get to know each other better. It was in this way that District 2483 began the implementation of the theme for the next year \"ROTARY CONNECTS THE WORLD\". Maja Kovačević from RC Novi Sad Alma Mons , the Elected District Secretary and Elected District Ceremonial Milan Jovanović from Kikinda RC, took care of the good organization and timing of the schedule, as well as the great atmosphere during the whole seminar. CLUBS’ ACTIVITIES: Serving and Socializing RC Kraljevo Delegation on February 17, laid wreaths at the monument to Antonije Ristić Pljakić in Kraljevo, on the occasion of Statehood Day in Serbia. Duke Antonije Ristić was one of Karađorđe’s followers in the uprising, who distinguished himself in the Rudnik region battles, and the nickname Pljakić was given him when he killed the Karanovac musellim Pljaka. On February 20, 2019, Rotary Club Kruševac realized another successful campaign. A donation of the \"Olympus” scope for the Department of Urology at the General Hospital in Kruševac. This instrument will facilitate the work of the staff of the Urological Department and the patients will receive improved treatment. Kruševac hospital provides health care for around 230,000 inhabitants from all six municipalities of the Rasina district. The total value of the donation is USD 3,000. On February 21, Rotary E-Club visited RC Tirana in Albania. For twelve years in a row, Kruševac Rotary Club, has been making donations for babies born on the World Day of Rotary International, February 23. All babies born on that day in Kruševac maternity ward were donated money by the Kruševac Rotary club as well as suitable hygienic packages. In this way, Rotary Club Kruševac has so far made donations to 55 babies.

Funds intended for the purchase of the colposcope for the Tivat Public Health Centre were collected during a masked ball organized by Kotor Rotary Club, held on Saturday evening at \"Vukšić D-Event\" business centre. Thanks to the participation of members of the Rotary Club and fees collected from more than 120 guests, lottery and masks sales, as well as numerous individual donations, a total of 7,790 euros was collected. The event was organized in the spirit of the carnival tradition presented to the guests of Kotor from the Rotary clubs of District 2483 through a program featuring NGO “Maškarada”, which also responded to the humanitarian action, as well as the majorettes of the “Bellissima” dance club from Tivat. On the last day of February, Kragujevac Rotary Club officially handed over the keys to five vehicles to the MUP RS Sector for Emergency Situations of the Department of the city of Kragujevac, with the aim of raising the level of preventive fire protection on the territory of the entire Šumadija district. The value of the donation is around 15,000 euros, and the gifts were received by the Head of the Sector and the commander of the fire brigade. We are particularly proud of the Rotary insignia that is found on the vehicles with blue \"P\" plates. Visit of Mr. Željko Pavlović from RC Malme to Primary School Kadinjača in Loznica together with RC Loznica and RC Beograd Čukarica on the occasion of the donation of 4 computers to this school under the project “100 Computers for 100 Schools”. The initiator of this donation was a former pupil of this school, Mr. Pavlović. On the occasion of World Civil Protection Day, March 1, at a ceremony at the City Hall of Kragujevac, the president of Kragujevac Rotary Club received thanks for all actions that the club has so far directed towards the sector. The head of the Šumadija Administrative District handed over the Thank You note. In order to promote Rotary, Rotarians Dejan Dašić from RC Morava Ćuprija, Boris Čubrilo from RC Kikinda and Srđan Perić from RC Veliko Gradište ran the Silver Lake 5 semi-marathons together and in this way marked World Rotary Day within the project “Steps Towards Peace, Health and Friendship”. This was held in a beautiful natural environment, together with more than 200 other participants, showing activism, team spirit, service, socializing and humanity at work promoting a healthy lifestyle. Members of RC Kragujevac, RC Belgrade Metropolitan and RTC Kragujevac gave a lecture at the ceremonial hall of the First Kragujevac Secondary School on the topic \"What do you want to be when you grow up?\". The idea is directed at the education of high school pupils in their final year of professional orientation. Pupils were able to hear advice on how to choose which college to enrol at, how to acquire knowledge and apply this acquired knowledge from students and experienced professionals in the field of natural, social and technical sciences. Three sets of microcontrollers were donated to robotics and electronics departments.

Members of RC Belgrade Skadarlija and RC Kragujevac visited the \"Ciciban\" kindergarten near Male Vage in Kragujevac and gave out books entitled \"The Story of Friendship\". RC Belgrade - Stari Grad: a lecture entitled: JAPAN IN THE EYES OF PHILOLOGISTS AND ENGINEERS – guest speaker: Tetsu Tsubota, Ministerial Advisor at the Embassy of Japan. For the eighth year in a row, RC Kragujevac has been awarded the Plaque for Contribution to the Development of the Profession. At the ceremony, organized on March 9, the celebrated Kragujevac boxing champion Mirko Puzović Puza received the plaque. A boxer with most awards from the former Yugoslavia, bearer of an Olympic medal, several world medals, as well as from European and Balkan championships and long-time captain of the Yugoslav national boxing team. How much this event meant to him and how well received it was by the public can be seen from the number of \"likes\" and comments on his Facebook profile. Traditionally, on the occasion of Women’s Day on March 8th, Kruševac Rotary Club organized a \"Ladies Night\" celebration dedicated to women in Rotary and the wives of the Rotarians. On that occasion, all lady guests of the club received gifts, whereas newly-appointed members of the club received badges, symbols of the rotary movement. On Wednesday, March 13, RC Belgrade - Metropolitan organized a meeting with children from the HISBAS Association and therapists from the association for hippotherapy and activities with horses \"Potkovica\". A beautiful day at the Belgrade Hippodrome made complete by the smiles of children and their parents who saw and came close to therapeutic horses. The agreement is that each child is to be assessed individually and individual therapies of children to be started where the possibility of progress is noticed. Rotary Club Požarevac - Viminacium on Thursday March 14, hosted a joint meeting of five rotary clubs: RTC.DEDINJE, R.C.DEDINJE, R.C.V.GRADIŠTE, R.C.SMEDEREVO. It was a great pleasure to listen to the lecture of Nikola Božić, D2483 Secretary, about the Rotary goals in the coming year. Nikola Božić, a lecturer and program director at the ”Petnica” Research Center, was awarded the French Order of the Academic Palm in the rank of Knight, due to his commitment and promoting of French science and education.

The reconstruction of the central city square was completed in Kraljevo also by a contribution by the Kraljevo Rotary Club. The city received a complete Cyrillic alphabet in marble inlay donated by Kraljevo Rotary Club as part of its PRESERVE CYRILLIC project. Several clubs and individuals from District 2483 took part in this action. This kind of open-air alphabet book received undivided support of citizens and the media. On the square there is a permanent Rotary sign for posterity. ABC’s Of ROTARY From Cliff Dochterman’s book Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Each summer thousands of young people are selected to attend Rotary sponsored leadership camps or seminars in the United States, Australia, Canada, India, France, Argentina, Korea and numerous other countries. In an informal atmosphere, groups of outstanding young men and/ or women spend a week in a challenging program of leadership training, discussions, inspirational addresses and social activities designed to enhance personal development, leadership skills and good citizenship. The official name of this activity is the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards program (RYLA), although these events are sometimes referred to by other names, such as Camp Royal, Camp Enterprise, Youth Leaders Seminars, Youth Conferences or other terms. The RYLA program began in Australia in 1959, when young people throughout the state of Queensland were selected to meet with Princess Alexandra, the young cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. The Rotarians of Brisbane, who hosted the participants, were impressed with the quality of the young leaders. It was decided to bring youth leaders together each year for a week of social, cultural and educational activities. The RYLA program gradually grew throughout all the Rotary districts of Australia and New Zealand. In 1971, the RI Board of Directors adopted RYLA as an official program of Rotary International. Extending Rotary Every 14 hours of every day a new Rotary club is chartered in one of the more than 150 countries in which Rotary exists. This steady growth in new clubs is extremely important in extending the worldwide programs and influence of Rotary International. New Rotary clubs may be established anywhere in the world where the fundamental principles of Rotary may be freely observed and wherever it can reasonably be expected that a successful club can be maintained. A club must be organized to serve a specific \"locality\" or clearly identified territory in which there are enough business or professional persons of good character engaged in proprietary or management positions. A minimum of 40 potential classifications is necessary for a proposed new club, and from that list a permanent membership of at least 20 members must be enrolled. Occasionally an existing club will cede a portion of its territory or will share the same territory with a new club. In the process of organizing a new club, the first step is to conduct a survey of the locality to determine the potential for new club extension. The district governor's special representative guides the organization of the new club. Among the requirements for a new club is the adoption of the Standard Rotary Club Constitution, a minimum of 20 charter members with clearly established classifications, payment of a charter fee, weekly meetings of the provisional club and the adoption of a club name that will distinctly identify it with its locality. A provisional club becomes a Rotary club when its charter is approved by the board of Rotary International. It is a great opportunity and special duty of all Rotarians to assist and cooperate in organizing new clubs. Knowing that two new Rotary clubs will be chartered someplace in the world today, tomorrow and every day provides a strong endorsement of the vitality and extension of Rotary service throughout the world.

THE CONTENT 1 2 Foto meseca 3 Skupština Distrikta 2483 7 Proslava 114 godina RI i 90 godina Rotarija u Srbiji 9 Aktivnosti guvernera 10 DGE Lj. Lainović organizovala DTTS 13 Aktivnosti klubova 14 Abeceda Rotarija Distrikt u brojkama District in Numbers On March 15, 2019, according to the database at my.rotary.org, our District 2483 gathers 66 clubs with 1,226 members. Yours in Rotary,