The Stand Up America Program ends in November. Under this program, you can sponsor a member to join Exchange and they will receive free membership for 90 days.
The initiation fee will be deferred for 90 days and the new member does not have to pay any dues for the first three months. This program is good only for members signed up in the months of October and November.
This is a great opportunity to bring in new members! We've already had three prospective members take advantage of this opportunity. This is a great chance to build our club.
Any member interested in learning more about the Blue & Gold Award Committee activities are invited to attend the meetings.
We will meet at Phil's office, with occasional excursions to fun places, at 6 PM, 95 S. Market Street, Suite 500, every 2nd Thursday of the month. The next meetings are set for December 11, and January 8.
We will meet Thursday February 19, which is the 3rd Thursday of that month to get closer to the event in case we need any last minute changes.
It is the responsibility of the One-A-Month Sponsors to bring in a new member this month.
Upcoming One-A-Month Sponsors:
December - Bonita Gibson / Lynda Brown
January - Dan Webb / Rob Nuddleman
February - Max Schultz/ Phil Griego
March - Lori Formusa / Roger Brandon
April - Lynda Brown / Jose Posades
May - Rob Nuddleman / Phil Griego
June - Jerry Hall / Bernie Mille
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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Dear Friends and Family,
I hope that you will spare me a few minutes of your time to tell you about something that I saw on Monday, October 27. I had been attending a conference in Annapolis and was coming home on Sunday. As you may recall, Los Angeles International Airport was closed on Sunday, October 26, because of the fires that affected air traffic control. Accordingly, my flight, and many others, were canceled and I wound up spending a night in Baltimore.
My story begins the next day. When I went to check in at the United counter Monday morning I saw a lot of soldiers home from Iraq. Most were very young and all had on their desert camouflage uniforms. This was as change from earlier, when they had to buy civilian clothes in Kuwait to fly home. It was a visible reminder that we are in a war. It probably was pretty close to what train terminals were like in World War II. Many people were stopping the troops to talk to them, asking them questions in the Starbuck's line or just saying "Welcome Home." In addition to all the flights that had been canceled on Sunday, the weather was terrible in Baltimore and the flights were backed up. So, there were a lot of unhappy people in the terminal trying to get home, but nobody that I saw gave the soldiers a bad time.
By the afternoon, one plane to Denver had been delayed several hours. United personnel kept asking for volunteers to give up their seats and take another flight. They weren't getting many takers. Finally, a United spokeswoman got on the PA and said this, "Folks. As you can see, there are a lot of soldiers in the waiting area. They only have 14 days of leave and we're trying to get them where they need to go without spending any more time in an airport then they have to. We sold them all tickets, knowing we would oversell the flight. If we can, we want to get them all on this flight. We want all the soldiers to know that we respect what you're doing, we are here for you and we love you."
At that, the entire terminal of cranky, tired, travel-weary people, a cross-section of America, broke into sustained and heartfelt applause. The soldiers looked surprised and very modest. Most of them just looked at their boots. Many of us were wiping away tears. And, yes, people lined up to take the later flight and all the soldiers went to Denver on that flight. That little moment made me proud to be an American, and also told me why we will win this war.
If you want to send my little story on to your friends and family, feel free. This is not some urban legend. I was there, I was part of it, I saw it happen.
Will Ross
Administrative Judge
United States Department of Defense
Captains On Deck!
Date
Captain
Invocator
Finemaster
Speaker
Topic
11/18 Brown Hall Formusa Kurt Heston Recording for the New Member Video 11/25 NO MEETING 12/2 DISTRICT LUNCHEON 12/9
BOARD MEETING 12/16 Hall Webb Sanfilippo Lynda Brown C.E.R.T. Program 12/23 NO MEETING 12/30 NO MEETING 1/6 Rahimi Nuddleman Schultz Mel Keyes Future of Real Estate in California 1/13 BOARD MEETING 1/20 Webb Brandon Pluff Nancy Pyle City Council Candidate
Dates for Your Calendar
President:Jerry Hall; Immediate Past President: Phil Griego; Secretary/Treasurer: Rob Nuddleman
Board of Directors for 2002-2004 Term: Jill Rahimi, Dan Webb
Board of Directors for 2003-2005 Term: Lynda Brown
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