Rotary Club of Hong Kong South Meeting Report

resident Gary welcomed Rotarians, and guests to our regular luncheon meeting.

Fellowship Chairman PE Bob Wilson introduced the following visiting Rotarian.

Rtn. Teruko Akita, Rotary Club of Kawaguchi North Japan. Everyone gave her warm welcome

Our guests included:

Mr. N. Gibler, Guest of IPP Nick.

Miss Angela Yeung, Guest of Thomas Yeung

Mr. William Bleish, Guest of Rtn. Ernie Yim.

Sergeant-at-Arms Rtn. Thomas received contributions of $670 and raffles $380 making a total of $1050.

Birthday boy VP Tom missed his chance of our singing.

President Gary made the following announcement:

Nov. 14th: Walk for Taiwan organized by our Interact Club of HKIS. The location is around the Peak. Other Interact Clubs are welcomed. For Details, please contact Rtn. Gary Rasmussen.

Nov. 18th: BBQ night at the Hong Kong Country Club at the poolside. Please sign up. Call Deborah for special sitting arrangement.

Nov. 24th: Horse racing at the Happy Valley using Dynasty Club Box. Please sign up before Nov. 15. For the Jockey Club guest badges, please use your exact name please. One of our newer Rotarian has many good tips. See you there.

Nov. 24th: PP Tom introduced the RotaFloat. Asking our members who are either sailor or power boating to join and to share the experience with non-boaters. It is a fellowship events.

Dec. 16th: Xmas dinner with our big Club 888 draw. First prize: round trip to Bali with Hotel. Buy your Club 888 ticket fast.

Club 888:

We have sold 220 tickets. IPP Nick said it would be a shame if we cannot nearly matching the unnamed trust / donor amount of $250,000. Currently, top sales men are IPP NICK, Rtn. Sam, CP DENNIS, and Rtn. Simon. There are several Rotarians who sold more than 5 tickets. Your chance of winning is about 60%.

Members' news:

PP John Moody, RI Director Tony Moore, Rtn. Igne sent their best wishes to us.

International Project:

We have received another $25,000 donation from Rtn. Sam's connection. Our club will also donate some money together with Rotary matching grant

Rtn. Fali received another US$7,000 donation. There are too many donation that I can't keep track at the moment.

Sandy Bay events:

President Gary noted that our Sandy Bay fair at the Duchess of Kent was a great success raising $18,000 with additional $5,000 from PP John Moody when IPP Nick assisted selling PP John's old car.

HKIS, Interact, True Light, and our Rotarians were hosting our fundraising booth selling books, clothing, and toys. President Gary mentioned that Rtn. Kishore's daughters' were good salesladies. [Kishore:"They got paid."]

Attendance:

Last week I made some errors. It should have been as follow:

100% Attendance Club since July: President Gary, PP Rex, IPP Nick, Rtn. Ernie [new member], PP Tom Sheppard, IPP Nick, PP Leslie Soltay, Rtn. Francesco, and PP John Moody [yes, he is still supporting us.] Bold face Rotarians achieved 100% attendance last year.

The Speaker Mr. Richard Pearson

Program Chairman Kishore introduced his 15-year acquaintance and speaker Mr. Richard Pearson. Our Canadian speaker has been 12 years of Managing Director of Priority Management. He is a lawyer by training. Previously, he was a member of the Rotary of Admiralty. His clients included Motorola and several big firms here in HK.

He started his speech with a joke about 2 CEO trying to outrun a bear in forest. His main point is any corporation should be aware of the process of change and change in business environment. 30% of Fortune 500 companies has been unlisted since last decades showing the impact of change in today's business world.

To be successful in implementing change, there are 3 factors:

Awareness : Being aware of current reality or know the current status;
Future goal: Establishing goal and target as a means of team motivations; and
Skills required for such change: training.

Learning, the process itself, will also be a core skill. Mr. Pearson quoting a scholar that a good change executioner has to be in learning, unlearning, and re-learning.

Mr. Pearson then asked us to write down the most important skill for CEO/ Manager for the future. In future, manager must excel in harnessing human skills and motivations. A manager acts like a coach to motivate his team.

Rtn. IPP Nick thanked our speaker as a profession courtesy. President Gary then invited us to toast to RI.