Newsletter - Archive  Aug 5, 2009

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P.O. Box 620700                                                   Riki Intner                                                                   Dave Hyman 

Woodside CA 94062-0700                                District Governor                                                       Club President

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Regular Meeting                                                                                         August 5th, 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 some months we meet at 6:00pm at a local restaurant for hors d'oeuvres and a no host bar and meeting new people.  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:  Acupuncture

Past President, Joan Fuetsch, will introduce Edward Weiss, MD who has been practicing acupuncture in the shadow of Stanford Hospital for over thirty years. He will talk about his shift from traditional medicine after graduating from Stanford Medical School and will also demonstrate on any one of you who is willing. 

Last  Week's Program:   (courtesy of Last Week Editor, Dean Babcock)  District Governor Riki Intner was introduced by Asst. D.G. Bill Chow.  Riki and her husand Bob were members of the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa until  1992 when they became members of the R.C. of Fishermen’s Wharf.  Both Riki and Bob are past presidents of their club.  Rickie said she thinks of herself and the Asst. D.G.s as pilots, leading a crew that is navigating District 5150 from challenge to challenge for the next 12 months.

     Riki went over a summary of our clubs involvement in important Rotary International community and international areas and expressed her admiration and appreciation for our diligent work.  She hopes to see a submittal from our club for a District Achievement Award soon.

   Riki referred to R.I. President John Kenny’s theme “The future of Rotarry is in your hands.”  He feels that Rotary is more important today than it has ever been. While we can be very proud of our accomplishments in eliminating Polio, teaching third world people how to provide potable water for their villages, organizing local programs throughout the world to improve education and setting up schools to teach farmers to grow a diversity of crops and preserve the soil, there is still work to be done and challenges to be met.

Next Week's Program:   NO MEETING ON THE 12TH! 

No meeting this Wednesday as Sunday, the 16th is a club social and "kickout" party for departing president, Sandie Pugh.  Friends, family and prospective club members are welcome.  At the Barker home in Woodside.  

Club News:  Auction items for Taste of Woodside are rolling in with houses available in Costa Rica, Bali and Guatemala.  Send your friends to www.TasteofWoodside.com for auction items and to purchase tickets. 

Coming Events:

Next Board Meeting:  Tuesday,September 1st, 7:30am, Church Library 

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

Kickout Party:  Sunday, August 16th, home of Art Barker, 3pm

Taste of Woodside:  Sunday, September 20th 2009, 3-7pm, Woodside Village Church

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