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GENERAL CLUB INFORMATION

Official name	Rotary Club of Kathmandu Mid-Town
RI Zone	5 (Asia)
RI District	3292 NEPAL
RI Club ID	26776
Country	Nepal
Language Preference	English
Chartered	18-Nov-1989
Weekly meeting	Friday, 07:30 am
Meeting location	Hotel de L'Annapurna, Durbar Marg
Active Members	49

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS


BOARD OF DIRECTORS	2011-12
President	Rtn. Dr. Som Pudasaini
Immediate Past President	Rtn. Pratap Malla
President Elect	Rtn. Devendra Gongal
Vice President	Rtn. Dr. Isabella Khadka
Secretary	Rtn. Amar Panta
Treasurer	Rtn. Jo Logghe
Joint Secretary / Treasurer	Rtn. ----------
Sergeant at Arms	Rtn. Shyam Thapali
Chair Club Administration	Rtn. Govinda Chipalu
Chair Service Project	Rtn. Arun Sherchan
Chair Public Relations	Rtn. Sharmila Mainali
Chair Membership	Rtn. Lisa Choegyal
Chair Rotary Foundation	Rtn. Laishram Buddha Singh
Chair New Generation	Rtn. Dr. C.Lekha Tuladhar

WEEKLY MEETING INFORMATION

The weekly meeting is held as Breakfast Meeting

Meeting day: every Friday except further notice

Venue: Hotel de l’ Annapurna, Durbar Marg, Kathmandu

Language Preference: English

Fellowship and Breakfast: 07:30 A.M.

Meeting: 08:00 to 08:45-09:00 A.M

For the visiting Rotarians from abroad, a short list of some other Rotary Club's that conduct their meetings in english language in the valley:

RC Pashupati Wednesday 4:00 pm (W) 5:30 pm (S) at Hotel Everest
RC Patan West Thursday 4:30 pm (W) 5:30 pm (S) at Hotel Summit
RC Kantipur Thursday 5:30 pm at Hotel Ambassador
RC Kasthamandap Friday 7:45 am at Radisson
RC Kathmandu North Sunday 4:30 pm (W) and 5:30 pm (S) at Shangrila Hotel
RC Kathmandu West Sunday 8:30 am at Grand Hotel, Tahachal
RC Mt. Everest Sunday 7:30 am at Hotel Himalaya
RC Kathmandu Metro Sunday 6:00 am at Hotel de L'Annapurna

(W) = winter (S) = summer

BRIEF CLUB HISTORY

The Rotary Club of Kathmandu Mid-Town was chartered on November, 11, 1989 as Club No. 26776 of then Rotary International District 3290 (today it is Nepal Disctric 3292) and was established as the first Breakfast Meeting Club in Nepal with 26 members, of which 3 where lady members, as Rotary International the very same year opened itself to lady membership..

Charter President is Rtn. Roop Jyoti.

Charter presentation was given by the then incoming RI President Paula V. Costa with all Club members as Paul Harris contributors on November 18, 1989. The Club received also a Rotating Trophy on the occasion.

The Rotaract club of Kathmandu Mid Town received on February 16, 1998 their Charter in the presence of DG Anjan Kumar and fellow Rotarians of the sponsor Club.

The Interact club of Kathmandu Mid Town, the first Interact club in Nepal receive their Charter in the presence of DG Anjkan Kumar / DRR Saurab Das / Incoming DRR Mohamad Feroz and fellow Rotarians of the sponsor Club on June, 11, 1998.

The Rotary Community Corps of the Club was established in 2008 as RCC Lele in Lele VDC, Laitpur District.

First Club project
The first project of our Club was the Ramkot Clinic, started in the first year of charter in 1989. The project has seen over the years an considerable increase of activities, including today the local public school, the clinic, the youth club and the cultural center as well the library, all supported by the Club. The project is still ongoing in partnership with the Rotary Club of Borken, Germany.

Actual Club strenght
Currently the Club has 49 members, of which 10 lady members and members from 9 nationalities i.e. from Nepal, India, Germany, Swiss, Belgium, Italy, Greece, United Kingdom and the United States of America.

Paul Harris Fellow - Multiple PHF, Major Donor
The Paul Harris Fellows strenght of the Club is currently 100 % Paul Harris Fellows, 11 Multiple Paul Harris Fellows and 3 Major Donor to RFI (as per May 2011) .