BOD March 2024
| Meeting Date | 12 Mar 2024 |
| Meeting Time | 18:00:00 |
| Location | RCPC Office Yogi Park |
| Meeting Type | BOD |
| Meeting Topic | BOD March 2024 |
| Meeting Agenda | |
| Chief Guest | |
| Club Members Present | 10 |
| Minutes of Meeting | Board Meeting Minutes Date: Tuesday, 12 th March 2024 Time: 18:00 Venue: Club Office, Yogi Park Attendance Present: Rtn. Ajay Chitnis, Rtn. Ashish Goyal (via Zoom), Rtn. Delshad Karanjia, Rtn. Arun Shroff, Rtn. PP Ajay Dubey, Rtn. PP Ravi Kapoor, Rtn. Giri Sakhrani, Rtn. Nandita Khaire, Rtn. PP Sanjiv Kumar, Rtn. Dr. Saroj Bande, and Rtn. Madhvi Kshettry Leave of Absence: Rtn. PP Madhu Rathi, Rtn. PP Dr. Ramesh Dumbre, Rtn. PE Brig. PKM Raja, Rtn. IPP Uday Dharmadhikari, and Rtn. Nitin Rajore 1. President Ajay Chitnis welcomed Directors to the ninth meeting of the Board. 2. The minutes of the Board meeting held on February 13, 2024 were approved. 3. Leave of absence for the BoD meeting was approved for Rtn. Ashish Goyal, Rtn. PP Dr. Ramesh Dumbre, Rtn. PP Madhu Rathi, Rtn. PE Brig. PKM Raja, Rtn. IPP Uday Dharmadhikari, and Rtn. Nitin Rajore. 4. RCPC member Rtn. Prasanta Choudhury’s resignation due to health reasons was accepted. 5. President Ajay thanked Board Members for their support and added that RCPC had held two successful events in the preceding week, namely the Wheelchair Cricket Match and the Sippers Nite hosted by RCPC. He said that forthcoming events included RCPC Rocks – II on March 16, 2024, presentation of Vocational Awards, and the multi-district Public Image seminar on March 17, 2024. 6. President Ajay congratulated Rtn. PP Ravi Kapoor for being recognized for his “exemplary service to The Rotary Foundation”. 7. Regarding the freezing of the club’s FCRA account, Rtn. Ravi said that some issues had been raised regarding alleged irregularities in handling the account — such as not applying for renewal in time, improper use of funds — and a reply was being put together to clarify and resolve the matter with the Ministry of Home Affairs in New Delhi. 8. Rtn. Arun reported that Rtn. Baakir Baker’s donation of Rs.10 lakhs for cataract eye surgeries had been received and had to be utilized by March 31, 2024. Rtn. Arun added that he had sent reminders by email to members who had made commitments at the Fund-Raising but had not yet paid the donation amount. 9. Regarding the status of Global Grants projects, Rtn. Ravi said that reports on six GG projects had been submitted, of which four are showing as closed and two are waiting for review. The Green PCs project has been submitted for a GG; queries raised regarding the cataract eye surgeries project have been answered; GG application for cardiac surgeries was updated — increased from Rs 85 lakhs to Rs 95 lakhs for 50 surgeries — and has been submitted. Rtn. Ravi added that for the second time RCPC would be handling the largest CSR project of over Rs 10 crores for cataract surgeries. The shortfall of Rs 45 lakhs in the target amount could easily be met. 10. Rtn. PP Sanjiv said that on March 3, 2024, Rtn. PP Abhay Shah had hosted a dinner meeting at the Boat Club to encourage RCPC members to become Paul Harris Fellows. The aim was to make all RCPC members Paul Harris Fellows. Rtn. Sanjiv said commitments of $23,500 to TRF had been made so far. The target for TRF donations was $28,000. 11. Rtn. Dr. Saroj said that a Menstrual Hygiene camp had been held in Lavasa School last month. She added that the date for the proposed Positive Health camp in Mulshi had not been finalized. 12. Rtn. Madhvi said that several RCPC members had still not downloaded the Rotary 3131 app. Board members were not in favor of using digital tools such as a biometrics machine to mark attendance or for other purposes. 13. Rtn. Giri Sakhrani reported that the well project for the Happy Village now had fresh water and needed pipeline connections. Villagers were informed that RCPC would contribute funds for the proposed pipelines, but 25 percent should come from villagers themselves. Rtn. Giri said that as the Miyawaki forest project was not likely to happen, funds would be diverted to the 14 Trees project. He added that the restoration of a 300-metre dam in Rajapur village in Satara District was progressing well. 14. Rtn. Nandita Khaire said that the setting up of a Rotaract Club at Christ University in Lavasa was under way. President Ajay suggested that directors/members could donate to get the club started. 15. President Ajay informed the BOD that 10 RCPC members were going on a Family Exchange Visit to Gothenburg in Sweden in May 2024. 16. Rtn. Ashish said he will follow up with Rtn. Jignesh Patel re the status of the Jivika Foundation’s AdoptaZindagi vaccination project. 17. The meeting concluded with a Vote of Thanks. |