Rotary year launching preparatory meeting was held in the city yesterday. District Governor (Elect) of Rtn M Khairul Alam presided over the meeting and it was attended by former Governor Tayub Chowdhury, Rotary leader Tipo Khan, M A Wahab, Deputy Governor Abul Khair Chowdhury, Nurun Nesa Begum and Sadesh Devnath.