BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2014-2015 Rotary Club of Bangkok The First Rotary Club in Thailand, est. 1930 Charter No. 3392, (est. 1930) District 3350 WEEKLY BULLETIN #13 October 2, 2014 TODAY’S PROGRAM Architect Kris - Krissanapong Kiattisak Topic: Creative-Driven Society UPCOMING CLUB CALENDAR October 9 Topic: Thailand Reform and Decentralization Speaker: Prof. Charas Suwanmala, PhD October 16 Topic: Ahimsa in Thai Context Speaker: Somkiat Onwimol, PhD October 23 No Meeting October 30 Fellowship / Special Club Dinner Meeting in German style Venue: TBA Meeting: Thursday 12:00 pm at Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel www.rotaryclubofbangkok.org Published and edited by Rtn. Bijen and Rtn. Daniel M. Wylie for Public Relations Committee Rotary Club of Bangkok (Secretariat): 975 Ploenchit Road, Apt #1711, Lumpini, Patumwan, Bangkok Tel.: 02 656 1634 Fax: 02 656 1634 E-mail: [email protected] Executive Secretary: Mrs. Maekawan Sripraiwalsupakit (Mobile 082 641 4298) President: Suraphon Kittiwet Immediate Past President: Santi Chatterjee President Elect: Chiemi Svensson Vice President & President Nominee: Dr. Charles Cheung Club Secretary: Daniel Wylie Club Treasurer: Suthep Unaphumnag Directors: Club Administration: Thamolwan Ekbundit Fellowship & Inter Club Relations: Sanne Emborg Membership: PP Churairat Panyarachun Community Services: Maleeratna Plumchitchom Vocational Services: Dr.Urs Blum International Services: Dr. Jean-Pierre A Verbiest Rotary Foundation: Abdullah Alawadi Public Relations: Ido Berger Youth Services: Stephan Heisler Fundraising: Dr. Alexander Paufler BRCF Co-ordinator: Pornchai Wessatada Sergeant-At-Arms: Jirada Daengprasert Advisors: PDG Gen. Saiyud Kerdphol PP Vinai Sachdev PP Prof. Ananta Krukeo PP Dr. Jiraporn Charudilaka PP Kallaya Leeissarapong PP Chitti Dansubutra PP Ateeb Maskati PP Linda Cheng PP Abdus Samad PP Chamnong Watanagase DEPUTY DIRECTORS 2014-2015 Public Relations: Bijen Jonchhe Club Administration: PP Chamnong Watanagase, Sanne Emborg International Service: PP Jan Van Eyndhoven Community Services: Santi Songsermsawas, Nippita Pukdeetanakul Vocational: Dr.Remy Van de Walle Fellowship & Inter Club: Thamolwan Ekbundit, Prof. Dr. Paolo Piazzardi Rotary Foundation: Cord Cassel, PP Dr. Abdus Samad Youth Services: Pierre Edouard Vintrou Fundraising: PP Ateeb R.Maskati Rotary Club of Bangkok The First Rotary Club in Thailand, est. 1930 Charter No. 3392, (est. 1930) District 3350 TODAY’S PROGRAM Topic: Creative-Driven Society Speaker: Architect Kris - Krissanapong Kiattisak Education: - Suankularb School - B.Arch ( First honour ) Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University - M.A. ( Interior Architecture ) University of California, Los Angeles. UCLA - M.Arch University of California, Berkeley. - M.B.A. University of California, Los Angeles. - M.A. Communication Design, Royal College of Art, London, UK Previous experience: - Chairperson: Department of Interior Design: School of Fine and Applied Art: Bangkok University. - Chairperson: School of Architecture: King Mongkut University of Technology. - Lecturer: School of Architecture: Silpakorn University. - Editor in chief: Wallpaper* Magazine - TV Personality: Nation Channel, Bluesky Channel - Radio Personality: Nation Radio - Instructor: Mandarin Oriental Cooking School Rotary Club of Bangkok The First Rotary Club in Thailand, est. 1930 Charter No. 3392, (est. 1930) District 3350 News and Announcements Your participation in RCB Bulletin In view of making RCB Bulletin more inclusive, Pres. Suraphon and the editorial team would like to request all committee directors to participate in its publication. Please send in your contributions in the form of write-ups, news, articles, reports, announcements or just pictures related to your committee and projects under them. We look forward to your participation, please extend your helping hands in our attempt to develop the Bulletin into integral platform for members to share matters related to the club and Rotary movement as a whole. You can send in your contributions to the following emails: Pres. Suraphon Email: [email protected] Rtn.Ido Email: [email protected] Rtn. Bijen Email: [email protected] Or you may hand in your copy to : Mrs Maekawan Sripraiwalsupakit Executive Secretary, during regular Club meeting on Thursdays. Although it is with great appreciation that we receive your inputs, the final content of the Bulletin will be determined based on the relevancy of material received and available space in respective issue. YiR Bijen Jonchhe Editor, RCB Bulletin 2014-15. Rotary Club of Bangkok The First Rotary Club in Thailand, est. 1930 Charter No. 3392, (est. 1930) District 3350 News and Announcements Calling for Sponsorship of Food for Thought Bags!! Dear Fellow Rotarians, Thank you to all your support that our Food for Thought Bags have been helping our club in raising good funds for our charity projects. This would not be possible without the generous donations of our sponsors, like Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, Marriott Courtyard Hotel, CyberDict, Nanmee books... In order to continue, we need sponsors to donate food or any items that you think could contribute to the “Food for Thought” title in a fun, creative, practical and/or positive way! Please contact Khun Mae or Dr. Alex or PP Linda for more details. Thank you!! Rotary Club of Bangkok The First Rotary Club in Thailand, est. 1930 Charter No. 3392, (est. 1930) District 3350 News and Announcements Fundraising Committee Meeting Fund raising committee meeting held last Friday at Prof.Dr.Alex ‘s Residence with dinner cooked by Dan and Alex, good wine and private show on Steinway piano resulting the constructive fundraising plan with great “fellowship.” Rotary Club of Bangkok The First Rotary Club in Thailand, est. 1930 Charter No. 3392, (est. 1930) District 3350 Last Meeting Rotary Club of Bangkok The First Rotary Club in Thailand, est. 1930 Charter No. 3392, (est. 1930) District 3350 Last Meeting Rotary Club of Bangkok The First Rotary Club in Thailand, est. 1930 Charter No. 3392, (est. 1930) District 3350 Last Meeting Rotary Club of Bangkok The First Rotary Club in Thailand, est. 1930 Charter No. 3392, (est. 1930) District 3350 THANK YOU!!! PR SPONSORS WINE SPONSORS October PP Linda Cheng Rtn Wichien Harnpraween Rtn Dr. Urs D. Blum Rtn Cord Cassel P Suraphon Kittiwet Food 8/2 Thought Sponsors October Kim Chongsatitwatana PN Dr. Charles Cheung 25 September 2014 Total THB 2,600.00 Visiting Rotarians of the Week DRFC Sirichai Simaskul, Bangrak, Thailand. Rtn Vladek Szymanski, Prince Eugene, Vienna, Austria. PP Ana Maria Ramirez, Libertador Rcoleta, Argentina. Rtn Ralah Portmore, Pearl Ridge, Hawaii, USA. Smilebox 25 September 2014 Rtn Maleeratna Plumchitchom Welcome students from School of Music, Mahidol University PP Kallaya Leeissarapong Happy Day! Very happy to see students from "MCM“ PP Linda Cheng So proud to have our music theatre dept. here today! Rtn Eid Jazairi Hello everybody!! Rtn Vongthip Chumpani We had a nice trip to KL. Rtn Pornsri Luphaiboon Total THB 900.00 Bulletin edited by Rtn. Bijen and Rtn. Daniel M. Wylie for Public Relations Committee – RCB-Rotary News: www.rotary.org/newsroom