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1 BANE RANDJELOVIC Governor Newsletter No Photo of the month: Our District 2483 signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the UNICEF representative in Serbia Michel Saint-Lot with the aim of promoting children s rights

2 A word from the Governor It s amazing how the clubs are raring to go, firing up fervor and energy, despite the near-end of the Rotary Year. I am supposing that club leaders want to leave as deep a trace as possible this year. Furthermore, even though the District Tree Planting report is sent to President Ian H.S. Riseley for World Planet Earth Day on April 22, this by no means implies that the clubs that have not had time to do so should not send their reports for the period of the Rotary Year. We will continue to log everything and place it on a District E-tree map, as usual. I think that we should praise the previous dedication of our District Tree Planting Officer, Časlav Maksimović. We are fortunate for having the Interact Club Semendria (Smederevo) and the recreated Rotaract Club Ćuprija- Morava. What is the situation with Rotary clubs? At the beginning of the year, we set the goal that each of the existing clubs will have at least one member extra at the end of the year. To the extent that I am following this situation in the RI base, we have a slight increase, although not as much as planned. I am of the opinion that all the presidents should work on this in a more earnest manner. Governor-elect Vlada Matić has held some very successful seminars: DTTS for preparing his team for the following year, and a remarkable PETS-SETS seminar for the preparation of future club management. Our Rotary movement now has a very important and respected partner - UNICEF. Also, the DELTA Foundation will be our partner on a future project, working with our marathon runner Goran Nikolić. I will use this opportunity to pay tribute to some assistants whose work I am very satisfied with for the time being. These are the following: ADG Vita (RC Ćuprija), ADG Ivica (RC Smederevo), ADG Sonja (RC Niš), ADG Dana (RC Šabac), D. Trainer Zoran (RC Niš-CV), DRR Srđan Barac, and of course, my left hand, cashier Radmila and my right hand, the unrivaled Nikola Božić. I would also like to commend the personal engagement of some Club Presidents, whose dedication I praise as Governor: Aca Radojičić (Bgd-Skadarlija), Bilja Dobrić (Bgd-Kalemegdan), Mirko Komatina (Bgd S. Grad), Daliborka Bradić (Bgd- Sava), Vlada Bulatović (Budva), Vesna Baur (Čačak), Vlada Radunović (E-club), Milena Durutović (Podgorica), Oskar Sok (Senta). Yours in Rotary, From the Editor Our District has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UNICEF, a UN child protection organization. It gives us the opportunity to work on join projects with one of the most prominent and prestigious world organizations for the benefit of the youngest. When you look at the objectives of UNICEF as a United Nations organization and compare them with the activity of Rotary International, you can see how they intertwine and coincide. This tells us that as an organization we are on the right track and we are managing to deal with real problems. Child protection, education, mother and child care, potable water, sustainable economic development, protection against infectious diseases, and of course, world peace, are topics that are acknowledged in UNICEF programs as well as by other United Nations organizations. In the future, we need to work even more in the area of networking and cooperation with global, world organizations, as well as with domestic institutions with which we can jointly realize the goals we share in full. Furthermore, we can present our goals more easily with organizations that are recognized as constructive institutions, and in the long run, we shall change the general image of Rotary in our society. On the other hand, such cooperation can strengthen our own belief that we are involved with the appropriate projects, acting in the right direction, thinking in a worthwhile way, as other important organizations, which occupy positions in a wide consultation process, share our values. Thus, it is par for the course that we make a difference. DG Bane Ranđelović ADG Nikola Božić, editor

3 Governors Visits to Clubs Beograd, Senta, Niš, Bejrut, WWW DTTS IG Bgd - Avala RC Subotica / PETS RC Bgd - Sava IG Knjaževac RC Niš Konstantin Veliki Beogradski klubovi IC Semendria RC Ulcinj Bahrein

4 District: District Team Training Seminar (DTTS) Training for a new team The District Team of Governor-elect Vladimir Matić gathered on March 17 and 18 at the DTTS Seminar on Silver Lake. The District Team Training Seminar is an introduction to the next Rotary Year as the incoming District officials are preparing for their positions as Assistant Governors and Committee Chairs as well as working bodies. The seminar for the incoming District leader team ended with a visit to the archaeological site Viminacium, upon which occasion the entire team planted 100 acacia roots of the total of 1,000 donated.

5 District: President Elect Training Seminar PETS / SETS Seminars for president-elects and District club secretaries were held on Lake Palić on April PETS/SETS is compulsory training for future Rotary club leaders who need to gain insight in all important Rotary issues. Some of the topics covered are the Rotary Foundation, the administration, the budget, youth, projects, etc. This time, the second part of the seminar was organized for the first time in working groups, in order to talk about four important topics with the participants: the Foundation, youth, public image, and membership.

6 District: International activities Zone Seminar in Bahrain A meeting of Zone 19 and 20B coordinators was held in Bahrain from March 18-21, with some districts governors present. Information about the state of events in the zones was exchanged, and guidelines for further cooperation were established under the management of RI Director Cornelia Dince. The representatives from our District were PDG Vesna Baltezarević, PDG Velibor Zolak and DG Bane Ranđelović. District: International activities MOU with UNICEF Branislav Ranđelović, Governor of Rotary District 2483, and Michel Saint-Lot, UNICEF Director in Serbia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of promoting children s rights. These two organizations agreed to collaborate on activities that focus on improving the position of children, including promoting a culture of solidarity and socially responsible business with a focus on children, as well as encouraging Rotarians from District 2483, through their activities and business practices, to exert a positive impact on complying with children s rights and to contribute to improving the position of children.

7 District: Meeting of clubs from Montenegro Coordination of activities A coordination meeting between Montenegro clubs and Governor Bane Ranđelović was held on March 30, 2018 in Ulcinj. There was a discussion about forming a federation of clubs from this country in order to facilitate the administration and functioning of the District, and a report was submitted on this year s realized activities and plans for the future period. RC Bgd Stari Grad: Humanitarian project Aid to the Institute for Orthopedic Surgery Banjica Rotary club Stari grad donated two wheelchairs to the Institute for Orthopedic Surgery Banjica on March 15, The chairs are intended for the Department for Spinal Surgery which is one of the most respected in the region. The donation was received by the Assistant Director of the Institute, Head of the Department and the Chief Institute Nurse.

8 Youth in Rotary: RtC Ćuprija Morava working again Youth in Rotary: the New Interact Club Semendria

9 Our Rotary leaders ADG Ivica Cvetković Born in Prizren in 1970, he has lived in Smederevo from 1971, where he finished elementary and high school. He graduated first from the Pedagogical Academy in Vršac and then the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade. After ten years as an educator, he left school and spent the last fifteen years working as a director and manager of several domestic and foreign companies. Mr Cvetković is a founder and member of Rotary Club Smederevo, as well as being a previous president of the club. Currently, he is Assistant Governor of Rotary District. Mr Cvetković is also an author of four novels, two of which were published. He lives with his wife and son Vidak, to whom he devoted his first novel. ADG Abaz Dizdarević, Born on May 21, 1978 in Bijelo Polje, Montenegro, Mr Dizdarević graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cetinje, and attained an MA in painting (2010). Since 2016 he has been Director of the Center for Cultural Activities Vojislav Bulatović-Strunjo, and from 2014 he is a senior lecturer at FVU, University Mediteran. In the period from 2012 to 2016, Mr Dizdarević was the director of JU Ratković s Night of Poetry (Bijelo Polje). He is a member of RC Bijelo Polje (2008), and the president in 2012/13 Rotary Year. This year he is an assistant governor.

10 Announcing Rotary events

11 Sadržaj: Foto meseca 1 Reč guvernera 2 Reč urednika 2 Posete guvernera 3 Distrikt: DTTS 4 Distrikt: PETS / SETS seminari 5 Distrikt: Međunarodne aktivnosti 6 Distrikt: Sastanak klubova iz Crne Gore 7 RC Bgd Sari Grad: Humanitarni projeka 7 Mladi u Rotariju 8 Naši Rotary lideri 9 Najave Rotary događaja: Konvencija u Torontu 9 Najave Rotary događaja: Konferencija i Skupština 10 Distrikt 2483 Newsletter No april Editor-In-Chief: ADG Nikola Božić Managing Editor: DG Bane Ranđelović Newsletter URL: The number of schools included in the 100 for 100 project 64