Club members continued their regular Sunday morning visits to the patients and families at the Burma Children Medical Fund's B.K. Kee Patient House. We need additional members to become involved with this due to Gary and Mike departing our club and visiting Rotarian Gordana’s return to Croatia.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday GED preparation sessions with students at BEAM Foundation wrapped up this month. Students are beginning to take and pass the Social Studies portion of the GED test. There will be a break during April, May and June before new group of students begin GED preparation. Club members are welcome and needed to participate to support this project.
Members Mike Gholson and Brian Poole assisted with the formation of a new Interact Club at Unity Concord International School.
Club members represented CMIRC at the 1st and 3rd Friday Chiang Mai Expats Club Breakfast and the 4th Saturday of month CEC general meeting to recruit new members and encourage adoption and change collection for the "Change for Children" ceramic owls (shown top left).
Saturday and Sunday, March 2 and 3, multiple Thailand District President Elect Training Seminar (multi-PETS) in Hat Yai attended by PE Colin and PP Jerry.
Tuesday, March 5, our final regular club meeting at Hong Kong Lucky at Top North Hotel where we learned about cricket and children’s cricket in Thailand from speaker Martin Papworth.
Friday, March 8, a visit to Phrao and the Warm Heart Foundation where club members saw evaluation of students completing the Children’s Water Safety and Drown Proofing Program which is financed by Australian Direct Aid Program.
Monday, March 11, the pre-induction meeting (PIM) for Gawain at My Secret Café in Town.
Wednesday, March 13, Rotarian William and other club members were at Payap University for the organizational meeting and officer election for the new Rotaract Club of Payap University.
Monday, March 18, the CMIRC moving party from Hong Kong Lucky at Top North Hotel to PP Jerry's Rotary store room. Deja vu again.
Tuesday, March 19, a regular club meeting where we inducted a new member Gawain, recognized departing PP Shana and had some of our members share part of their life story with their club members. This meeting was at Royal Peninsula Hotel which we hope will become our permanent new meeting home. The newly elected officers from the Rotaract Club of Payap University also attended the meeting.
Monday, March 25, the Budget planning session for projects in RY 2019-2020.
Tuesday, March 26, the monthly CMIRC Board meeting.
Friday, March 29, several club members attended a seminar hosted by BEAM on "Continuous Education Access for Migrant and Out-of-School Children and Youth", with participants from both the Thai and Burmese governments and several organizations concerned with solving the problems faced by these disadvantaged youths.Friday, March 29, the monthly informal "Let's Talk Rotary" lunch, lightly attended because of a conflict with the meeting scheduled by BEAM. Below is a photo (from left to right) CP Roger and Rotarians William and Gary, at "The Grill of India" restaurant, after they finished lunch and sucked in their tummies for the photo. "The few, the proud and the way too fat". The next "Let's Talk Rotary Lunch" will be Friday, April 26, 11:30 am at Ristorante Italiano Pulcinella da Stefano near Thapae Gate. Google maps: https://goo.gl/maps/415s2hkSpoP2
