ROTARY CLUB BOURGAS REPORT

01.07.2004 – 30.06.2005

Rotary year 2004 - 2005

I. Club service
1. Creation of Family of Rotary Committee. The committee was established on 07.07.2003 with staff as follows: Chairman: Milena Ilcheva and members: Svetlana Prodanova, Toni Kostova, Neli Sabeva.
2. The other Club Committees are set up as follows: Club service Committee including Attendance, Classification, Membership and membership development and Rotarian information Committees; Vocational Service Committee, Community service Committee and International Service Committee. In order to improve the club activities, another committees were appointed as follows: Financial Committee, Club Archive and Club History Committee. Appointed were also Rotaract, Interact and Rotary Foundation officers, Club accountant and auditor as well.
3. Preparation of 4 new Rotary Clubs: Ajtos, Tsarevo, Primorsko, Sozopol. In the beginning of September the task forces to prepare the initiation of the new Clubs were appointed.
4. In July were carried out lectures to familiarize the Rotarians with RI and D 2480 structures as well as to represent the 2004/05 Theme and to find out opportunities for it's implementation in life. Lecturers were Rumen Angelov, Past President, Chairman of D2480 Rotaract an Interact Committee, ADG and Krasimir Ganchev, Past President and ADG.
5. Preparation the visit of Kalcho Hinov, DG of D2480 in Bourgas. Participation of most Rotarians, Rotaract and Interact Club members during the festivity dinner on 05.11.2004 was assured.
6. 8 Paul Harris Fellow recognitions were handed by Rotary Club Bourgas, 3 of them multiple.
7. All Club members were subscribed to Rotary Bulgaria magazine.
8. All Club members received: information materials package, containing Club program and budget for the current year; copies of Rotary Club Bourgas constitution and bylaws, Rotary ID cards.
9. An active work with Rotaract and Interact Clubs was done.
10. Festively and with special ceremony birthdays and name days of Club members have been celebrated every month.
11. Club representatives visited the D2480 Rotary Foundation Assembly, PETS and D2480 District Conference.
12. Club representatives visited the charter ceremonies of RC Sandanski, RC Gorna Oryahovitsa-Lyaskovets and the 10. Anniversary of RC Gabrovo.
13. In connection with 100. Anniversary of Rotary the visiting activity of other clubs was increased.
14. Club assembly took place as planned and the new Board for 2005/06 Rotary year was elected.
15. The charity Christmas party was realized together with RC Bourgas-Pyrgos and Bourgas-Primorie.

II. Community service
1. Continuing the realization of the common activities with RC Lekkerkerk - Netherlands, Stade - Germany and other Clubs in those countries to realize the last stage of reconstruction of "Alexander Georgiev - Kodzhakafaliyata" Orphanage in Bourgas in the amount of 51 000 Еuro. The Bourgas Municipality financial participation in the project is assured, too..
2. In development is project about House "Nadezhda" - Bourgas, realized with the aid of Christine Dagwell and RC Hull. The administrative procedure to obtain design permission was finished.
3. In July an aid of computers and individual packs was donated by Christine Dagwell and RC Hull.
4. In September a container with pampers and clothes for adults was donated by RC Hull and the aid was distributed by RC Bourgas.
5. The Club works on a program to support the Orphanages in Bata, Sredets and Nadezhda House - Bourgas.
6. On 18.12.2004 Interact Club Bourgas organized a charity Christmas concert "Christmas for everyone" to  gather financial aid for the ill child Maria Petrova Andonova, 4 y.o. and assured an amount of 600 lv.
7. RC Bourgas supported financially the realization of May Conference for  modern Bulgarian literature of N. Obreshkov Gymnasium, what was held on 11.05.2005.

III. International Service
1. Deeper contacts to Rotary Club Lekkerkerk, The Netherlands. RC Bourgas members visited this club.
2. A contact to RC Loyola Heights, Quezon City, The Philippines, D3780 was established.
3. A visit to RC Kavala, Greece was planned.
4. A contribution of 4460 USD was made to the Annual Programs Fund of The Rotary Foundation.
5. Lectures "The Netherlands - present and future" by Svetoslav Dinev and "The economic development of China" by Gerhard Bentzien were held.
6. For merits to RC Bourgas Christine Dagwell and RC Lekkerkerk were awarded with the Honorary Club Sign.

IV. Vocational Service
1. A program and activities plan for the Vocational Service Month (October) was prepared.
2. The fellows were represented following lectures: "Port of Bourgas extension project" by Al;exander Alexandrov, "Development of the customs' control" by Dimcho Kiryazov, "Specifics of insurance" by Ivan Zlatanov.
3. The Regional Police Office was awarded with the Honorary Club Sign for high vocational results.

V. Family of Rotary
1. A program to increase the interest of Rotarian's families' members to Rotary has been prepared.
2. The possibilities to include non-Rotarian family members (e.g., spouses, adult children, widows) in Club charity actions have been examined.

Total membership as on 01.07.2004: 50
New members for the period 01.07. - 30.06.2004: 0
Total membership as on 30.06.2005: 44