Newsletter - Archive  Feb 25, 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                                                                                   February 25th, 2009

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Wednesday with breakfast by Encore Performance Catering, fellowship, project updates and an interesting speaker from the community.  The last Wednesday of each month we meet at 5:30pm at a local restaurant for wine and hors d'oeuvres along with a speaker of interest.  Please check our website calendar for details. 

Morning meetings:  Guild Hall, Woodside Village Church, 3154 Woodside Road, Woodside, California  Guests are not only welcome but encouraged!

This Week's Program:  What's Up in Woodside? 

Woodside Assistant Town Manager, Kevin Brant, will talk about current issues in the town of Woodside.  

Last  Week's Program:  (courtesy of Last Week Editor, Dean Babcock)  Past President Joan Fuetsch  introduced Patrick Hall to speak to us about micro-credit, or as it  is sometimes known – village banking.  Patrick was born in San Luis Obispo and graduated from University of Santa Clara.  He obtained his law degree from U.C. Hastings.  He is a member of the Rotary Club of Pacifica and very involved with micro-credit in Mexico and Central America.
      Patrick told us of the district projects in Guayaquil and Quito, Ecuador and the new project starting in Guatemala with the Rotary Club of Guatemala City Oeste in conjunction with Namaste Guatamaya.  This project involves business development as well as micro-credit.
      Namaste Guatamaya works to reduce poverty in Guatamala and Southern Mexico by financing women with small loans and helping them to start small businesses such as weaving clothes or quilts, raising poultry or cooking tortillas to sell in the market place. 
      Patrick says $1,000 dollars will help 5 families in Mesoamerica escape from poverty.  For more information on how you can help, contact Patrick at pthlaw@aol.com or call him at (650 359-2996.

Next Week's Program:  The K-9 Patrol 

Mike Chicas from the Belmont Police Department will visit with his K-9 companion and talk about the dog's duties and handling. 

Club News:  Your editor has received two more email addresses for our newsletter and event distribution list for a grand total of eight email addresses.  Somebody is holding out.  Is it you?

Coming Events:

Next Board Meeting:  Tuesday, March 3rd, 7:30am, Church Library 

Rotary Means Business:  Wednesday, March 4th, 5:30 pm Encore Performance Catering

District Assembly:   Saturday, March 28th, 8:00 - 1:30, Redwood High School, Larkspur

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