Newsletter - Archive  Feb 10, 2010

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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                                                                                   February 10th 2010

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:  Teaching English in Tanzania 

Rae Schmidt will tell us about her adventures teaching English at a Masai girls' school in Tanzania. 

Last  Week's Program:  (courtesy of Last Week Editor, Dean Babcock)  International Chair, Ken Broome, and new member, Jim Sanderson, reported on their  participation in the Woodside Elementary School Science Fair. When Bill Dolniuk, who is retiring, called out the categories, Jim raised his hand quickly on the subject “Behavioural Sciences.”  So for their talk, Ken (a physical scientist) deferred to Jim. 

   This was Jim’s first experience as a science fair judge. He was very impressed with the level of the kid’s work and the range of subjects. “They have really done their homework!” he said.  Each judge is given a report card for each project with 5 scoring categories, 50 points max for each category.  The standard sized display boards set the amount of space available to each student.  Ken and Jim judged 8 projects. Jim noted the high level of participation. He cited as an example a study of sales techniques.  The student offered his subjects various items and got their reactions to seeing, hearing and touching the items.  Jim wondered how the experimenter measured the response.  Unfortunately, Ken and Jim did not have time to interview their winner.  The sixth grade winner will go on to the Bay Area Science Fair and perhaps to the state and national! 

Next Week's Program:  American Freedom  Fred Lacosse, former TV anchor on KNTV and KRON, will give a 45-minute presentation entitled "Your American Freedoms" 

Club News:  Alan Holdship is about to take his US citizenship exam.  Good luck Alan!  Hopefully, Alan has memorized the Pledge of Allegiance by now.

Coming Events:

Next Board Meeting:  Tuesday, March 2nd, 7:30am, Church Library 

Rotary Means Business:  Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010, 5:30 pm Encore Performance Catering

5150 District Assembly:  Saturday, March 27th 2010, Redwood High School, Larkspur

District Conference:  San Francisco, April 16-17, 2010, www.rotary5150.org

Rebuilding Together Home Rebuilding:  Sunday, April 25th

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