Newsletter - Archive  Sep 23, 2009

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P.O. Box 620700                                                   Riki Intner                                                                   Dave Hyman 

Woodside CA 94062-0700                                District Governor                                                       Club President

                                                      http://wpvrotary.org                                          

Regular Meeting                                                                               September 23rd, 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:  Taste of Woodside Wrap Up  A discussion of what went right, what went wrong, suggestions for next year and a preliminary profit estimate.

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

Newsletter Editor Joan Fuetsch introduced Dr.Marilyn Butler  to speak to us about her proposed website to coordinate volunteer medical workers in third world countries, specifically pediatric surgeons.  Dr. Butler is from Texas, trained at Columbia and now is Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at Stanford.  Dr. Butler’s specialty is pediatric surgery and she is putting together an organization to coordinate volunteers, a global pediatric surgery network.  She lives in Woodside and practices at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital.

     Dr. Butler has traveled to many countries and met many surgeon volunteers. Her proposed website will be a clearing house to refer those looking for help or further training to find other volunteer surgeons or mentors.  Dr. Butler plans to spread the word at the forthcoming world meeting of the World Congress of Pediatric Surgeons in Delhi, India among a number of other academic gatherings. 

    She plans to have her web site up in 2010, until then you can reach her at 650-799-0455.

Next Week's Program:   Is Plastic Surgery for You?  President Dave Hyman will introduce Dr. Rosenfield, an area plastic surgeon who will discuss the benefits of tinkering with Mother Nature.

Club News:  Your regular editor is taking a five week break while traveling the world looking out, of course, for new projects.  Dean Babcock has volunteered to do the newsletter in the meantime.

Coming Events:

Next Board Meeting:  Tuesday, October 6th7:30am, Church Library 

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

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

Rotary International Foundation Event:  Sunday, October 18th, 12:00pm - 3:30pm, The Bay Model, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito  Register and pay online at www.rotary5150.org

District Conference:  San Francisco, April 16-17, 2010, www.rotary5150.org Discounted Price Ends 10/19/2009

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