DSOI NEWS LETTER

APRIL 2012
CHANGE OF GUARD The Managing Committee, all members of the Institute and staff of DSOI extend a warm and heartiest welcome to AVM Mathew George, AVSM, VSM who took over as the new President with effect from 01 Dec 2011. He took over the reins from the outgoing President, Maj Gen Rajiv Sachdev. We assure AVM Mathew George, AVSM, VSM of our best of cooperation and unflinching support in handling the affairs of the Institute and wish him success in his very challenging assignment as President, DSOI. NEW YEAR S EVE CELEBRATIONS Members Annual Meeting was held on Sunday, 19 Feb 2012. The Meeting commenced with the President s address followed by two minutes silence to pay homage to the departed members and staff who left for heavenly abode during 2011. The President apprised members of various activities improvements and certain important on going issues. A fairy large number of members actively participated in the deliberations and were satisfied with the functioning of the Institute. The points raised by the members were discussed to the satisfaction of the members. Minutes will be

displayed on the Notice Board and posted on the Website where members can view by logging on to www.dsoidelhi.org

ELECTIONS OF THE MEMBERS TO THE MANAGING COMMITTEE The annual election to the Managing Committee under the retired/exservicemen category for the year 2012 was held at the DSOI on Sunday, 19 Feb 2012. Col (Retd) VR Tokas and Cdr (Retd) PS Dhupia were declared elected by the President and were hailed by the members present.

IMPLEMENTATION OF DSOI SMART CARDS SYSTEM As is the case in many of the reputed service institutes in India, a Smart Card system has been implemented at DSOI as well. In this regard detailed information in the form of Important Notice alongwith a copy of the application form was sent to all members in the month of June/July 2011. Under this system, a Smart Card will be issued to all members, and their respective spouses and dependants. The Smart Card will act as Membership Smart Card and replace the existing Blue Bar Coded Card and store entire details of members/dependants. This will act as a debit card for payment of services provided/utilized at DSOI except for some services like booking of Banquet Hall and Residential Suites which will be integrated in due course. Members will have to charge their respective Smart Cards for the desired amount to utilize any of the DSOI facilities be it Bar, Restaurant, Sports etc. Installation of this system will eliminate the monthly bills. Bills will be raised on annual basis only, wherein one-year advance subscription will be charged in the month of March every year for

the ensuing financial year i.e. 01 April to 31 March next year. It may be appreciated that a system of this nature can only function successfully if the entire personal data of members and their dependants is available at DSOI Members Master Database. Members who have not yet applied for Smart Card are requested to:(a) Download Application form for DSOI Membership Smart Card

from our website viz. www.dsoidelhi.org or collect it by hand from the Billing Section, DSOI. (b) Submit the application, duly completed and signed by the

member, spouse and dependents along with latest photographs. REPAIR OF ROADS AND PARKING AREAS Repair/resurfacing of Roads and parking areas and painting marking of parking slots have been completely carried out. With the repair of roads, the differential of height between the main road outside and our approach road of In and Out gates have been totally tapered making the entry/exit smooth. Members are requested to park their vehicles at designated areas only.

CONVERSION OF MEMBERSHIP Members when posted out or who shift their residence out of the National Capital Region, do not convert their Membership from Active to Outstation. This results in avoidable correspondence on the subject resulting in members paying subscription at active rates. Members converting their

membership from active to outstation are required to pay their subscription in advance. The present billing cycle is from Mar 11 to Mar 13 if the subscription for this period is not paid in advance, the membership is not converted to Outstation as per the Rules of DSOI. Moreover, conversion of membership from active to outstation is not done from retrospective effect. It is in the Member s interest to convert their membership status at the earliest.

UPDATING OF MEMBERS E-MAIL ADDRESS AND MOBILE NUMBER Members are aware that in keeping with the present trend in all walks of life we have switched to the e-mail mode of communication with our members. We have therefore, stopped sending hard copies of bills to members and are using e-mail for the purpose. This has not only caused a saving in consumption on paper and manpower but also on postage. Though we now have the e-mail address of majority of members, there are still a few who have yet to forward the same to us. Members are requested to forward their e-mail addresses and also to keep us posted of changes if any in their address.

HOSTING OF FOREIGN NATIONALS Hosting of foreign nationals in the DSOI is permissible subject to security clearance from respective Services HQ. It has been observed that members are requesting this Institute for security clearance at the eleventh hour when it becomes practically difficult to obtain the clearance from the HQ, which causes embarrassment both to the member and their foreign guests.

Members are requested to apply, at least a fortnight in advance to the Institute, in prescribed form available at the Establishment Section for the security clearance for entertaining their foreign guests in DSOI. DRESS CODE Members are requested to ensure that proper decorum with regard to the wearing of dress at the Insitute is maintained. Members are not permitted to enter the main building of the Institute in Dhoti, Kurta-Pajama, and Tshirts without collars or with slogans printed on them, Jeans, Sports kit, wearing sports shoes and chapals. Members bringing their guests to the Institute are requested to ensure that their guests follow the DSOI Dress Code (Bye-Laws Rule Complexes. 47). Similar/appropriate dress code may also be followed at the other outlets of DSOI viz Canteen, Banquet Hall and Sports

MAY QUEEN BEAUTY PAGEANT -2012 Like every year, this year also DSOI May Queen Beauty Pageant 2012 will be organised on Saturday, 19 May 2012 at Swimming Pool lawns. Saparate notice giving all relevant details and guidelines will be displayed on the Institute s Notice Board. Young girls of 18 years and above age have the opportunity to put their foot forward to the gramorous world. Last date for receipt of entry form is 07 May 2012. Entry to the Institute for attending the main event will be regulated through Entry passes with valid membership card only. Issue of entry passes will start from 09 May 2012 and will continue till 19 May 2012 or till

the passes are available. Please check the Notice Board of the Institute or our website www.dsoidelhi.org for further details.

TIMINGS OF VARIOUS OUTLETS OF DSOI Canteen Wed to Sat Sun Mon Library Wed to Sun Mon Reading Room Holidays Bars Wed to Fri & Mon Sun & Sat Restaurants Main Dining Hall Golden Palm Chinese Restaurant 1200 hrs to 1415 hrs 1900 hrs to 2215 hrs 1900 hrs to 2215 hrs (Daily) 1200 hrs to 1415 hrs (Saturday only) 1200 hrs to 1415 hrs (Friday to Sunday) 1900 hrs to 2215 hrs 1200 hrs to 1415 hrs 1900 hrs to 2230 hrs 1100 hrs to 1430 hrs 1900 hrs to 2230 hrs 1100 hrs to 2000 hrs 1100 hrs to 1900 hrs 1030 hrs to 2100 hrs 1200 hrs to 2000 hrs 1100 hrs to 1400 hrs 1630 hrs to 1900 hrs 1030 hrs to 1400 hrs 1630 hrs to 1800 hrs 1030 hrs to 1430 hrs

Rummy & Bridge Room Wed to Sat Sunday Sports Complex Tennis Squash/Badminton Health Club Morning Members/Spouses/Dependents Evening Members/Spouses/Dependents Billiard Room Wed to Fri Monday Sat & Sun ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES The upcoming entertainment programmes for the year 2012 is indicated below. Any change in dates of the functions and other important information will be placed on main Notice Board of the Institute as also on the website www.dsoidelhi.org etc. Members are requested to access the website directly and not through other search engines like Google, Yahoo 1300 hrs to 2100 hrs 1500 hrs to 2100 hrs 1200 hrs to 2100 hrs 0630hrs to 0930 hrs 1630hrs to 2030 hrs Summer Winter 1530 hrs to 1930 hrs 1430 hrs to 1730 hrs 1500 hrs to 1900 hrs (Sun) -Do0600 hrs to 0900 hrs 1600 hrs to 2030 hrs 0630 hrs to 0930 hrs 1600 hrs to 2030 hrs 1400 hrs to 2130 hrs 1300 hrs to 2130 hrs

MONTH DATE DAY May Jun Jul Aug Sep 02 19 06 23 04 14 01 12/14 05 22 03 13 7/8/9 22 31 Wed Sat Wed Sat Wed Sat Wed Sun/Wed Wed Sat

TIME NAME OF EVENT 1900 1930 1900 1930 1900 1930 1900 1930 1900 1930 Evening Tambola May Queen Beauty Pageant - 12 Evening Tambola Members & Dependents Dance Evening Tambola Musical Evening/Rain Dance Evening Tambola Independence Day Eve Dance Evening Tambola Entertainment Evening (Ghazal/Quawwali Evening) Evening Tambola Members & Dependents Dance Diwali Eve Dance with Firework Show Children X mas Party and Members/Dependents Dance New Year s Eve Ball

Oct Nov Dec

Wed 1900 Sun 1900 Wed/Thu/Fri 1900 Sat Mon 1400 2000

CLOSED DAYS/GAZETTED HOLIDAYS DSOI offices, Library, CSD and BEC will remain closed on the following Holidays, however, restricted services like Sports, Catering and Bar will be made available except on national holidays:S No. Holidays 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Budha Purnima Janmastami Idu l Fitr Independence Day (Vaisnava) Dates 06 May 10 Aug 15 Aug 20 Aug 02 Oct Day of Week Sunday Friday Wednesday Monday Tuesday

Mahatma Gandhi s Birthday -

6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami) Idu l Zuha (Bakrid) Diwali (Deepavali) Muharram Guru Nanak s Birthday Christmas Day -

24 Oct 27 Oct 13 Nov 25 Nov 28 Nov 25 Dec

Wednesday Saturday Tuesday Sunday Wednesday Tuesday

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