Newsletter - Archive  Jan 7, 2009

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P.O. Box 620700                                                   Russ Ketron                                                             Sandra Pugh 

Woodside CA 94062-0700                                District Governor                                                       Club President

                                                      http://wpvrotary.org                                          

Regular Meeting                                                                                January 7th, 2009

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Wednesday with breakfast by Encore Performance Catering, fellowship, project updates and an interesting speaker from the community.

Guild Hall, Woodside Village Church, 3154 Woodside Road, Woodside, California

Guests are welcome!

This Week's Program:  Christmas in Guatemala Past President, Webmaster and Newsletter Editor, Joan Fuetsch, needed to fill this space so she will show a few photos of Christmas and New Years in Antigua, Guatemala.  Lots of heartwarming stories punctuated by violence and tragedy.

Last  Week's Program:   (courtesy of Last Week Editor, Dean Babcock) Please note that the last meeting was December 17th due to the holidays.  Our speaker was honorary member Sue Bennett.  She presented a slide show with charming pictures of the school kids in Bali.  The captions were in Balinese.  By trying to sound out the words your reporter realized that many of the words were actually Dutch!  Sue told us that the future of Bali depends on the education of the children. She mentioned that $70 covers the  school expenses for 80 kids.  Our club and the Rotary Club of Ubud help to fund them.  Prime among the problems are the economy, geography, the culture and  transportation. There are 200 languages in use in Bali. Most of the people are Hindu and there is some discrimination against non-Muslims.  Eighty per cent of the population is in Djakarta.  Our hats are off to Sue and Don for their dedication to the school kids!

Next Week's Program:   THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK.

Club News:  Inaguration of the Riecken Foundation library in Xolsacmalja, Totonicapan, Guatemala will take place during the last week of March.  If you are interested in attending please let you editor know.  Our club has provided all the books and educational materials. 

Coming Events:

Next Board Meeting:  Tuesday, January 6th 2009, 7:30am, Church Library 

Rotary Means Business:  Wednesday, January 7th, 5:30 pm Encore Performance Catering

District Assembly:   Saturday, March 28th, 8:00 - 1:30, San Mateo Community College

District Conference:  April 17th - 19th, Portola Plaza, Monterrey, www.rotary5150.org

Announcements:   Have you had a look at the Rotary International website lately for what is going on in Rotary's world?  www.rotary.org   How about finding out about what is going on in the district?  www.rotary5150.org