Newsletter - Archive  Apr 22, 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                                                                                       April 22nd, 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:   Our Newest Members

Our newest members, Frank Klein and Rae Schmidt, will introduce themselves officially to the club talking about their backgrounds and what led them to join Rotary.  Perhaps we will also hear from Barbara and Sandie about the District Conference

Last  Week's Program:   (courtesy of Last Week Editor, Dean Babcock)

      Pres. Elect David Hyman introduced Yali Liu to speak to us about borrowing, lending and investing in the current troubled economy.  Yali was born in Shandong Province, near Beijing. She has native proficiency in Chinese and verbal ability in Swahili.  She has degrees from Qufu Normal and Beijing Universities.  She did two years volunteer service in Tanzania and Kenya for the World Health Organization.   

       Yali started her financial career with Merrill Lynch in Beverly Hills. Then she spent 10 years with Citigroup before joining Wells Fargo in 2004 at the Palo Alto office.  She is currently a Senior Financial Consultant and holds state securities and insurance licenses. 

       Yali reviewed the last two decades of banking and market history in California and the more recent government and industry measures taken to get the lending and investment areas going on a more rational basis.  Club members asked several pertinent questions which Yali answered in good detail.  She may be reached at yali.liu@wellsfargo.com.

Next Week's Program:   Club Assembly  Food baskets will be assembled for the St. Francis Center.  Please bring non-perishable food with an emphasis on cake and brownie mixes as requested by Sister Cristina.

Club News:  This Saturday is the Rebuilding Together Project where the club will work with the Peninsula Sunrise Rotary Club and the San Mateo Credit Union to refurbish a home in Redwood City.  Food by Encore Performance Catering.  For information contact Ken Hayes.

Charlie Update:  Last week 9-year old Astrid (who is an A student) lectured 12-year old Charlie about not doing his homework and told him,, in no uncertain terms that if he didn't do his homework and raise his grades that his school next year would not be paid for.  He did his homework.

Coming Events: 

Next Board Meeting:  Tuesday, May 5th, 7:30am, Church Library 

Rotary Means Business:  Wednesday, May 6th, 5:30 pm Encore Performance Catering

Rebuilding Together:  April 25th

Pancake Breakfast:  Saturday, May 2nd, 8-10am

Taste of Woodside:  Sunday, September 20th 2009

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