1. ROTARY INTERNATIONAL THEME IN 2009-2010
OFFICIAL WEEKLY PUBLICATIO OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF MAKATI SA LORE ZO
PROGRAMME PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
ROWENA “Jing” SARAO
Call to Order
Pres. Jing Sarao
Invocation
Rtn. Shelly Lazaro Welcome to our 3rd regular meeting for our
Rotary year and the entire district is slowing down on
National Anthem inductions while in full swing with projects, seminars and
Rtn. Alice Villanueva conferences. As we all know, we just finished a very hectic but
fun 17th Induction last August 7. It was held at the Philippine
Introduction of Visiting Army Officers Club. IPP Chacha Camacho really transformed
Rotarians and Guests the place into paradise. It was indeed such a memorable and
Rtn. Odette Ong successful induction. 15 of our sister club from Taipei Capital
came. Charter President of Hongkong Channel Islands, Allan
President’s Time
Tang came as well..
Pres. Jing Sarao
Introduction of Last week our club co-hosted the Dria. We
Guest Speaker actually sent 8 interactors to attend this forum for the youth. It
Rtn. Manu Alcuaz was held last August 8, 2009 at the Asia Pacific College. We
also co-hosted the 2nd Vocational Caravan which was at the
Guest Speaker Sister of Mary School in Biga, Cavite. The young boys and
Augusto “Gus” girls were involved in interviews and personality development.
Lagman And on that evening, our key members visited the wake of
Junjun Binay’s wife, Kenken Binay. Then the group went to
Adjournment Rockwell, Powerplant’s Pepper Lunch to have dinner.
Pres. Jing Sarao This week we are focused on one of our biggest project which
Program Moderator is the 3H Grant in Calawis, Antipolo but with a guest speaker,
PP Mari Lacson Mr. Gus Lagman to talk about election automation.
INVOCATION AUGUST
Heavenly Father we praise and thank you for the
06 Marissa Fenton
blessings of our careers in Rotary and the 07 Ian Vendivel
vocation you have uniquely bestowed upon each 21 Marilou Romero
of us. That we may be able to gain, not the 22 Nini Layug
wisdom of the world, but Your kind of Wisdom
dear Lord, that those who have less in life be
filled with your blessings. All these we say in
Jesus name. Amen

2. OFFICIAL WEEKLY PUBLICATIO OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF MAKATI SA LORE ZO
Thursday, Aug. 13 & 20, 2009
17th INDUCTION
A NIGHT OF
GLITZ &
GLAMOUR
Friday, August 07,
2009, Philippine Army
Officers Club (PAOC)
RCMSL, RCTC - Gov. Sid & Wife Tesha
INDUCTION CHARGING
In the evening of
August 7, 2009, the
Philippine Army
Officer’s Club was
filled and oozing with
beautiful people. It Pres. Jing Sarao –
RCMSL & Pres.
was indeed the night Marie Ma. -RCTC
of glitz and glamour
and it was the 17th
Induction of the
magnificent Rotary DG Sid Garcia, Tesha Garcia, Pres. Jing
club of Makati San Sarao, IPP Cha-Cha Camacho, Sonie
Lorenzo. A gathering Zamora, IPDG Boyet Limon
of family, friends and
loved ones filled with
fun and laughter, food
and drinks, everyone
enjoyed the evening.
SISTER CLUB SIGNING

3. OFFICIAL WEEKLY PUBLICATIO OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF MAKATI SA LORE ZO
Thursday, Aug. 13 & 20, 2009
TRIP WITH
SISTER CLUB
Saturday, Aug. 08, 2009
INTERCON HOTEL
BULACAN
SUBIC
PALUTO SA DAMPA
On August 8, Taipei Capital sister club enjoyed out of town trip and experienced Bulacan.
They enjoyed snacks at Citang’s snack house. Thank you to PP Maridel for hosting the
lunch at the Subic Yatch Club then did a lot of sightseeing and proceeded to Dampa for
dinner. We had crabs, prawns and seafoods. Dinner was hosted by PP Nini Layug, PP Beth
Lao, Alice Villanueva, Tessie Santos and Mitzi Piad.

4. OFFICIAL WEEKLY PUBLICATIO OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF MAKATI SA LORE ZO
Thursday, Aug. 13 & 20, 2009
LUNCH – PASEO DE UNO
Sunday, Aug. 09,2009 Mandarin Hotel
August 9 lunch was hosted by PP Marietha Holmgren at the Paseo Uno of the
Mandarin Oriental. District Governor of 3830, Sid Garcia graced the lunch.
LET’
LET’S PARTY
Sunday, Aug. 09, 2009,
Alabang (House of Rtn. Marissa Fenton)
Dinner was all the way in Alabang. It was the
birthday celebration of Marissa. The night was
filled with fun, food, drinks and dancing.

5. OFFICIAL WEEKLY PUBLICATIO OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF MAKATI SA LORE ZO
Thursday, Aug. 13 & 20, 2009
3H Grant
- UPDATE
Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, Brgy.
Calawis, Antipolo
On the fourth day, the
group headed to Calawis,
Antipolo to visit our 3H
Grant project. We were
welcomed by the warm
folks of Antipolo. We met
the Governor, Jun Ynares,
the Mayor, Danilo Leyble
and some important
people. Our group was
headed by DG Sid Garcia,
IPDG Boyet Limon and
DCC Mon Veluz who
inducted our RCC. Lunch
was hosted by PP Mari
Lacson, Jing Sarao and
Shelly Lazaro at Sonia
Roco’s farm in Antipolo.
Dinner was hosted by IPP
Chacha and Randy Perez
at the residence of
Chacha.

6. OFFICIAL WEEKLY PUBLICATIO OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF MAKATI SA LORE ZO
Thursday, Aug. 13 & 20, 2009
BUSINESS AFFILIATIONS
Present Positions:
Chairman Director
Vinta Systems, Inc. STI College Recto
(Developer of AI-oriented software products) Biometrix Technologies, Inc.
STI College Caloocan; Novaliches
Past Positions:
Founding Chairman Director, 1st eBank
STI College (HQ) Director, Aurotech Corp.
Chairman & CEO President, Dataprep Philippines, Inc. EDP
Systems Standards, Inc. Consultant President, Computer
Scala Business Solutions, Inc. Associates, Inc. Methods Coordinator, IBM
Protemps, Inc Philippines, Inc.
Director, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA)
I.T. INDUSTRY and OTHER PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
President South East Asia Regional Computer Confederation 2001
President IT Foundation of the Philippines (ITFP) 1999
President Philippine Computer Society (PCS) 1982-83;83-84;89-90;2000-01
1st “Hall of Fame” Awardee Philippine Computer Society 1992
Founding President IT Association of the Philippines (ITAP) 1984-86; 1988; 1989; 1999
Private Sector National Information Technology Council (NITC) 1994-2000
Representative
Co-Chair, HRD Committee IT & E-Commerce Council (ITECC) 2001-2003
Member Governing Council, PCASTRD, DOST 2001-2007
Industry Captain,
Electronics Sector Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) 1987-1991
Member Technical Panel on IT Education, DECS/CHED 1990; 2004-present
Technical Panel On Tech-Voc Education, DECS 1990
IT Technical Panel, PCASTRD, DOST 1992
Vice-President, IT & Philippine Chamber of Commerce
Services Division/Director and Industry (PCCI) 1992-95; 1998-2000
Chair, IT Committee Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) 1999; 2001
CIVIC-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES and OTHER AFFILIATIONS
Member
NAMFREL National Council 1992-2006
Head, Systems Committee
NAMFREL Operation Quick Count 1984;86;87;92;95;98;2001;04;07

7. OFFICIAL WEEKLY PUBLICATIO OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF MAKATI SA LORE ZO
Thursday, Aug. 13 & 20, 2009
Member, Steering Committee
Coalition Against Corruption (CAC) 2004-present
Member, Board of Trustees
ATRIEV (IT school for the visually-impaired) 2004-present
Vice-Chair, Program Comm.
Bishop Businessmen’s Conf. (BBC) 2000-01
Member
Cluster on Education, BBC 1998-2000
Past President
Rotary Club of Makati-North 1982-83
Senator
Makati Jaycees
President
Automobile Association Philippines (AAP) 2 005-present
Vice-President, FIA Region II
Federation Internationale de l'Automobile 2007-present
Past President
Auto Rallye Club of the Phils. (ARCP) 1983-90
EDUCATION
Elementary: San Beda College
High School: San Beda College
Centennial Awardee for Science and Technology granted by the San Beda Alumni
Association (1995)
Bedan of the Century Awardee for Information Technology granted by San Beda
College (2001)
College: B.S. Mechanical Eng'g, University of the Philippines
Achievement Awardee for IT Industry Development granted by the UP Alumni
Engineers (2001)
President San Beda College Alumni Association 1998-1999; 1999-2000
* CCP - Certified Computing Professional
- awarded by the Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals, Des Moines,
Illinois, USA
Rotary Club of Makati San Lorenzo is now in Facebook:
www.fbook.me/rcmsl
Aug. 26 Governor’s day at Tuloy sa Don Bosco. 12nn.
Aug. 28 Joint meeting with RCME at Turf room Polo
RCMSL FELLOWSHIP Club. PASIG CLEAN UP. Lead club RCMSL &
Monday, Aug. 13, 2009, Pepper Lunch
RCME.
Fellowship dinner after the We would like to appeal to everyone to please settle
wake of Kenken Binay was at their quarterly dues and ads for souvenir program. For
the Pepper Lunch in Power
plant, Rockwell
those paid, please disregard this. THANK YOU

8. OFFICIAL WEEKLY PUBLICATIO OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF MAKATI SA LORE ZO
Thursday, Aug. 13 & 20, 2009
Becoming a Rotary club member
What is Rotary?
What are the qualifications for membership?
Rotary International is an association of Rotary clubs worldwide. It’s Prospective members must
made up of more than 32,000 Rotary clubs in over 200 countries and Hold (or be retired from) a professional,
geographical areas. The members of these autonomous clubs are proprietary, executive, managerial, or community
called Rotarians, and they form a global network of 1.2 million position
business and professional leaders, all volunteering their time and Have demonstrated a commitment to service
talents to serve their communities and the world. Individual Rotary through personal involvement
clubs, in turn, belong to the global association called Rotary Be able to meet the club's weekly attendance or
International. Find out more about Rotary’s history and structure. community project participation requirements
Live or work within the vicinity of the club or
surrounding area
How do I become a member of Rotary?
If you’re interested in joining a local Rotary club, submit a What are the responsibilities of membership?
Prospective Member form, though individuals must be sponsored or Members are expected to attend weekly club
proposed for membership into a club. Rotary International staff will meetings. They must pay annual dues to their
process your information and forward it to local Rotary club leaders. clubs, their Rotary district, and Rotary
You can also contact a local Rotary club directly. Use the Club International, and they’re expected to participate
Locator to find clubs in your area. in local or international Rotary club activities or
projects. Clubs encourage members to aspire to
Often, a person being considered for membership is invited by a club
club leadership or committee roles.
member, or sponsor, to attend one or more club meetings to learn
more about Rotary. In this case, the sponsor submits the candidate’s
name to the club's membership committee. Please note that
Membership in a Rotary club is by invitation only.