RC Princes Town: Joint Meeting, Induction And Special Speaker
Posted by Sean Paddy on Apr 11, 2017
L to R: Club Presidents Tessa Solomon, Debbie Roopchand, Ramnarine Rampersad,
Michelle Ramnarine, DG Roger Bose and Club President Michael Ibrahim
On Wednesday 22nd March 2017. the Rotary Club of Princes Town hosted its 4th joint meeting for the Rotary year. On this occasion, the Rotary Clubs of Penal, Point Fortin, Chaguanas and Felicity/Charlieville all partnered together. The evening opened with a live rendition of the National Anthem by Kyle Ali on the steelpan and a warm welcome by host President Debbie Roopchand to all present.
L-R: Honourable Justice V. Kokaram and Club President Debbie Roopchand
The club was privileged to have the Honourable Justice V. Kokaram – Judge of the Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago and Chairman of the Mediation Board of Trinidad and Tobago. He delivered his feature address on the topic “A Blueprint for National Development – A Humanistic Philosophy on the Rule of Law, Justice and Peace: 'Zombieland' or 'La La Land'” which touched on one of Rotary’s 6 Areas of Focus – Peace and Conflict Resolution.
The Judge’s presentation was well received by all present and was interactive starting with the auction of a $20.00 bill in which the audience participated, with the live auction demonstrating the adversarial nature of the process. Attendees were invited by the learned Judge to consider and question the fairness of process and outcome of the auction.
Using factual examples of situations where conflict is healthy so as to bring about change, the audience was also asked to consider what are the drivers of negative conflict and whether we can embrace positive conflict. The learned Judge then imparted that Trinidad and Tobago is presently ranked 84 out of 163 countries on the Global Peace Index for 2016 and Rotarians were encouraged by him to keep up their efforts to achieve peace through their projects and activities.
In special attendance were District Governor Roger Bose and Assistant Governor Michael Kangaloo and RC Princes Town took the opportunity to induct it’s 5th new member for the Rotary year, Ravi Ramanand (pharmacist), who was pinned by District Governor Roger Bose and enthusiastically welcomed as a Rotarian by all present.
New Inductee Ravi Ramanand & Rotarians from RC Princes Town
Each Club President brought greetings from their respective club and took the opportunity to highlight the major works and upcoming fundraisers.
The evening was one of education, celebration and wonderful fellowship among all present.
