Newsletter - Archive  Oct 11, 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                                                                               October 14, 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:

Dean Babcock, temporary newsletter editor will speak on "California Water: Supply and Demand."

If you are not aware of California's current water problems you have not been reading your mail or a newspaper.

Last  Week's Program:  

Meeting of Oct. 7, 2009-10-11

President David Hyman introduced Bob French, a volunteer docent at Filoli, to speak to us on the activities, programs and mission of that grand mansion.  Bob hails from Little Rock, Arkansas and attended Hendrix College in Conway, AR.   He is a retired Navy Captain and served mostly at Mechanicsburg, PA.

Filoli was built between 1915 and 1917 for William Bowers Bourn II and his wife, Agnes Moody Bourn.  Mr. Bourn owned the Spring Valley Water Company and the land surrounding Crystal Springs lakes.  The original source of the acronym was “Fight for a just cause; Love your fellow man; Live a good life."  Following the deaths of the Bourns in 1936, the estate was sold to Mr. and Mrs. William P. Roth, owners of the Matson Navigation Company, in 1937.  Mrs. Roth, who was sick of war changed the name to “Fidelity, etc”

Bob showed us a delightful slide show of the elegant rooms, lovely formal gardens and the cluster of cluster of handsome buildings.  Over the years, Filoli has had several earthquake retrofits, sitting, as it does, right atop the San Andreas fault.

Bob described many of the interesting activities that highlight the busy year of Filoli and that are open to the public for reasonable fees.   He also described the benefits available to members and volunteers.  For further intormation call (650) 364-8300.

 Next Week's Program:

President, Dave Hyman, will introduce Oliver Bock who will talk about The Green Riders which is an electric bicycle ride across the country featuring sustainable solutions at events along the way.

Club News: 

Forward whatever scraps of information on events, plans or gossip that you may have to www.babcock.dean@gmail.com.

Please!

Coming Events:

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