Message
from the PresidentHello Fellow Exchangites,
Spouses and Friends,
Another year of successes
for the Exchange Club of San Jose and due cause for a celebration! You have
done wonders and the future holds no limitations for all of us. Let us take
an evening to celebrate together and to welcome in our new/returning club officers
as their new year of service begins or continues as the case may be.
Regrettably I do not have all of the details of our Celebration/Installation
evening as these have not been worked out as yet. What I can tell you is that
it will be held on Friday, June 18, 2004 at the Park Plaza Hotel on Fourth
Street in San Jose. Those who have been to one of our meetings recently will
recognize this as our meeting location. I can also tell you that the food at
the Park Plaza has been very good and Chris Billawalla (General Manager) promises
the same for our evening meal. I will be hosting an "HHH" (Happy Half-Hour)
from 6:30 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. when the meal and festivities will begin.
Please contact me if you have any questions, special diet requests or other
information or services that I may be able to provide for you, as well as to
confirm your attendance and any guests that you may be bringing. Due to the
details not being worked out, I do not have a price for you as of yet but I
will have that very soon and I will send another e-mail with that information
as well as the menu for the dinner.
In Exchange and Your service,
Jerry Hall
Almost Immediate Past President
Enjoy a panoramic view of Silicon Valley from the 17th Floor of the Fairmont Plaza Building while dining at the Club's 4 Star restaurant! But you have to play to win by joining our membership drive contest called "Bring a Guest Contest."
Starting May 1, and continuing through July 31, Dave Mowbray will keep a tally of all members who bring guests who are prospective members to every meeting. He's going to keep score. The idea is that if we bring a guest, its up to the club as a whole to sell the guest on the idea of joining Exchange. To count towards the contest, the guest must be a prospect for membership. Members must bring a total of at least 3 guests between now and July 31 to be eligible.
Dave has the responsibility of making this determination before tallying the results at each meeting. He will also announce each member's standings in the competition each week. At the end of the contest, Dave will announce the winner who has brought the most prospects to regular meetings. The winner will receive a dinner for two at the luxurious Silicon Valley Capital Club.
Join the Fun, Bring a Guest.
STAUPP, William Louis: entered into rest Monday May 3, 200, in Los Altos, CA at the age of 88. In lieu of flowers, the family requests a donation be made to: Guide for the Blind, P.O. Box 3950 San Rafael, CA 94912-3950.
Marian Staupp invites us all to attend
memorial services June 11, 2004 at 2 PM at the Masonic Center just off
Curtner on Masonic Drive. Take 280 to 87 take Curtner exit, turn right, then
an immediate left at the stop light.
Bill was a member since 1951 and Marian joined sometime in 1980. Bill was Secretary for the Club for decades and still active in club affairs right up until he lost his hearing and eyesight. Even during his final days he was planning better things for Exchange and its future.
Trailblazers and Leaders,
The convention is close at hand – June 25 -27th at the Queen Mary.
On Friday night at the dinner and Search for Talent we will have some extra
fun. Come dressed as your favorite “Trailblazer”.
Please let me know if you are attending the convention as well as how many are
coming from your club. Have you made your reservation?
Registration information below, or can be downloaded at: www.sjexchangeclub.com/2004ConvAd.pdf
Captains On Deck!
Date
Captain
Invocator
Finemaster
Speaker
Topic
6/1 Brandon McReynolds Formusa Karen Filice Somos Amigos 6/10 BOARD MEETING 6/15 Brown Mowbray Jeffrey Ron DelPozzo Santa Clara County Judge 6/22 NO MEETING 6/29 Griego Webb McReynolds Keith Ducote More on China
General Order
No. 11
Headquarters, Grand Army of the Republic
Washington, D.C., May 5, 1868
I. The 30th day of May, 1868,
is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating
the graves of
comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and
whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet churchyard in
the land. In this observance no form or ceremony is prescribed, but posts and
comrades will in their own way arrange such fitting services and testimonials
of respect as circumstances may permit.
We are organized, comrades,
as our regulations tell us, for the purpose, among other things, "of preserving
and strengthening those kind and fraternal feelings which have bound together
the soldiers, sailors, and marines who united to suppress the late rebellion."
What can aid more to assure this result than by cherishing tenderly the memory
of our heroic dead, who made their breasts a barricade between our country and
its foe? Their soldier lives were the reveille of freedom to a race in chains,
and their death a tattoo of rebellious tyranny in arms. We should guard their
graves with sacred vigilance. All that the consecrated wealth and taste of the
Nation can add to their adornment and security is but a fitting tribute to the
memory of her slain defenders. Let no wanton foot tread rudely on such hallowed
grounds. Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors
and found mourners. Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time,
testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten,
as a people, the cost of free and undivided republic.
If other eyes grow dull and
other hands slack, and other hearts cold in the solemn trust, ours shall keep
it well as long as the light and warmth of life remain in us.
Let
us, then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains and garland
the passionless mounds above them with choicest flowers of springtime; let us
raise above them the dear old flag they saved from dishonor; let us in this
solemn presence renew our pledges to aid and assist those whom they have left
among us as sacred charges upon the Nation's gratitude,--the soldier's and sailor's
widow and orphan.
II. It is the purpose of the
Commander-in-Chief to inaugurate this observance with the hope it will be kept
up from year to year, while a survivor of the war remains to honor the memory
of his departed comrades. He earnestly desires the public press to call attention
to this Order, and lend its friendly aid in bringing it to the notice of comrades
in all parts of the country in time for simultaneous compliance therewith.
III. Department commanders
will use every effort to make this order effective.
By command of:
JOHN A. LOGAN,
Commander-in-Chief.
N. P. CHIPMAN,
Adjutant-General.
-- Logan picture and quote from http://suvcw.org/logan.htm
Covenant of Service
Accepting the divine privilege, of single and collective responsibility as life's noblest gift, I covenant with my fellow Exchangites:
To consecrate my best energies to the uplifting of Social, Religious, Political and Business ideals;
To discharge the debt I owe to those of high and low estate who have served and sacrificed that the heritage of American citizenship might be mine;
To honor and respect law, to serve my fellow men, and to uphold the ideals and institutions of my Country;
To implant the life-giving, society-building spirit of Service and Comradeship in my social and business relationships;
To better serve in Unity with those seeking better conditions, better understanding and greater opportunities for all.
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Dates for Your Calendar
June
10th - 12:15 p.m. Board Meeting at Rob Nuddleman's
OfficePresident:Jerry Hall; President-Elect: Dan Webb; Immediate Past President: Phil Griego; Secretary/Treasurer: Rob Nuddleman
Board of Directors for 2002-2004 Term: Vacant
Board of Directors for 2003-2005 Term: Lynda Brown
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