Eleven visitors from Ipoh in Malaysia attended our meeting last Monday evening. They comprised five Rotarians, their partners and one son and they attended as part of a five day visit to Campbelltown. During the meeting, our President, Tony Lagozzino and the President of the Rotary Club of Ipoh, SY Lee, signed a joint Certificate of International Friendship. This certificate sets out the formal details of the new sister club arrangements between the two Rotary clubs. The objectives of the sister club relationship include the establishment of a special bond between the two clubs and it is intended to promote friendship and to lead to

planning for a mutually acceptable joint project. Benefits will also include fostering goodwill and better international understanding between the two countries through fellowship.

The District Governor of Rotary District 9520, Arthur Robinson witnessed the signing of this agreement. He also welcomed the visitors from Ipoh and he spoke about how he saw that the sister club relationship will provide the opportunity to continue to grow for many years and he wished it well. Gifts were also exchanged between the two clubs.

Duty Roster Rostered members are asked to arrive early. If unable, please arrange a substitute

Rotary Meeting	26/5/2003	2/6/2003	16/6/2003	23/6/2003
Program Topic	Person behind badge	All about Kenya	RYLA	Club Assembly
Speaker	Jennifer Drewett	John Ngatia	Zoe Pfeiffer	Directors' Reports
Chair	John Ngatia	Reg Bennett	Benny Bosman	President Tony
Vote of Thanks	Narelle Rawnsley	Babu Kanagasabai	Jane Gascoigne	Nil
Door	Tony Uren	Angelo Dilena	Garth Holmes	Jim Silvestri
Plaques	Stan McPhee	Mal Hansen	Kevin Parkinson	Jeff Blanco
Cashiers	Brian Stevens Benny Bosman	Kerrin March Don Marcoionni	John Ngatia Jim Everett	Michael Dilena Chris Gascoigne
Fellowship	Eric Webb	Peter Rumbelow	Narelle Rawnsley	Jane Gascoigne
Stewards	Margaret Northcote Eddy Pethers Graham Wallis	Reg Neale David Richards David Tuckwell	Peter Richards John Schubert Tony Eddowes	Ian Reddy Pat Ruotolo Fee Chin
Special Events	Board Meeting	Partners' Night	Board Meeting
Time	6.00 for 6.30 pm	6.30 for 7.00 pm	6.00 for 6.30 pm	6.00 for 6.30 pm

Previous Meeting		Birthdays		Inductions
Foundation Pot	$31.40	Eunice Uren	21st May	Benny Bosman	13th May 1996
Raffle	$53.00	Amanda Nicholls	24th May
Attendance	86%	Val Webb	26th May
		Coralie Richards	8th May
		Bob Northcote	9th May
		Ian Dunlop	11th May
		David Richards	11th May

Lag along with Lago (From the President)
	"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing." A special welcome to the President of the Rotary Club of Ipoh, President SY, and to our other good friends from Ipoh in Malaysia.
Club News
	Goodwill International Message: Robert Northcote presented a polished wood message of goodwill to Ipoh President Elect, Peter Ho. This plaque was originated by the Rotary Club of Knysna, in District 9350 (South Africa).

The plaque is intended to be presented to the next international Rotarian who visits the club of the plaque holder. In this way, it is expected that the plaque will continue to circulate the world.

Jeff Blanco has been able to include Rotary in a special feature promotion in this week's East Torrens Messenger. The feature, which covers the entire back page, congratulates Tony & Mark's Adelaide Fresh Fruiterers on being a 2003 Small Business Winner and also congratulates them for their Rotary Award for "Excellence for Vocational Service to the Community". Also look for the photo of President Tony.

Special Thanks to the Rotary Club of Ipoh which has donated $300 towards our Polio Plus Program.

Our Club Concert: Lin Green has tickets and promotional posters for our fund raising concert on Sat. 14th June. The key performers will be the Lobethal Harmony Choir with guest artists.

Congratulations to our candidate for 2004/2005 District Governor: Milton Lewis. Following a secret paper ballot which selected him, Milton reminded us that should he be named as DG, it will entail this Club in significant additional responsibilities and a 100% commitment. Milton was then formally endorsed as this Club's nomination for DG by a show of hands. He also thanked Robert Northcote for permitting his name to be also put forward as a candidate.

Directors: Would all Directors please ensure that a copy of their draft annual reports is with Secretary Sandy no later than Saturday 31/5/2003.

Polio Eradication Fundraising Dinner: Jan Tsoutouras requests that we must have numbers for this dinner to her by Monday 26th May at the latest. On the next day, Jan must advise the organisers of the final number of attendees.

Shed Working Bee: Val Webb reminds the Shed ladies team that there will be a working bee to sort out clothes, etc this coming Friday commencing at 1.00 pm.

Stop Press: Congratulations to our honorary member, Mayor Steve Woodcock on his re-election as Mayor.

Diary of Coming Events

Mon. 26th May: Regular meeting, Jennifer Drewett and"The Person behind the Badge", then Board meeting.

Sat. 31st May: Shed Sale. 8.00 am to 1.00 pm.

Sat. 31st May: Special fund raising Polio Plus dinner dinner at the John DiFede Reception Centre, Windsor Gardens.

Sun. 1st June &endash; Wed. 4th June: Rotary International Conference in Brisbane.

Mon. 2nd June: Partners' night, John Ngatia and Kenya, 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm.

Sat. 14th June: Our Club Concert: Performers will be the Lobethal Harmony Choir with guest artists.

Mon. 16th June: Regular meeting, then combined incoming and outgoing Board meeting.

Mon. 23rd June: Regular meeting, then Club Assembly.

Fri. 27th June: Handover dinner. John DiFede Reception Centre.

Sat. 28th June: Shed Sale.

Mon. 7th July: First regular 2003/2004 dinner meeting.

• President Lee Seong Yan (President SY)
• President Elect Peter Ho (PE Peter) and his wife Ann
• Past President Loganathan (PP Dr. Loga) and his wife Jeyanthi and their 11 year old son, Krisun
• Past District Governor Dato Mohammed Ariff (PDG Dato Ariff) and wife Datin Josephine (Datin Jo)
• Rotarian Chin Yoong Kim (Rtn Yoong Kim). Yoong Kim is Fee Chin's brother
• Rotarian Leong Keng Soon (Rtn Keng Soon) and his wife Hooi Lean (the executive secretary of the Ipoh Rotary weekly bulletin, the E-Hub)

Good Tidings from our Sister Club, Ipoh

Fee Chin introduced our visitors to the Club by telling us about Ipoh (pronounced e-poh). It is Malaysia's third largest city with more than 500,000 people and is about 200 km north of the federal capital city, Kuala Lumpur and some 150 km south of Butterworth and Penang. Ipoh is the capital of the State of Perak (the silver state) and is well known for its old town Chinese and British colonial architecture. Jungle-clad limestone hills with many famous caves are nearby. The city's original wealth came from the nearby tin mines and it is sometimes called the tin city. While the tin industry is now fading, Ipoh has grown with the country's economy and it is poised to become a focal point of industry, business, investment, education, and social activities. The city's name is from the Ipoh tree which produces the poisonous sap once used by the original tribes to make fatal darts for their blow pipes. This tree is now becoming scarce and therefore, as a special project, the Rotary Club of Ipoh has planted a single Ipoh tree in front of the architecturally significant and famous Ipoh Railway Station.

The President of the Rotary Club of Ipoh, President SY then told us about the history of his Club and how it was formed in 1929 and is one of the three oldest Rotary clubs in Malaysia. When Rotary International is celebrating its centenary in 2005, Ipoh will be celebrating its 75th anniversary. While the Ipoh Club has no female members, the partners are very active in Club activities. President SY brought good tidings from Malaysia and Ipoh and he spoke about the value of being ambassadors of goodwill and how they looked forward to learning more about Adelaide and Australia. They especially looked forward to exchanging ideas about culture, religion and history. SY then presented Campbelltown with a special Ipoh Rotary bannerette.

Chris Gascoigne thanked SY for his talk and presented him with a classic Australian bush hat embossed with the Campbelltown Rotary badge. In return, all the Ipoh visitors, lead by choirmaster Yoong Kim, sang several wonderful Malaysian songs.