We are back after a week off for Thanksgiving. Robin is floating the canals in Amsterdam, so Rebecca led the meeting. Our only guest was our youth exchange student, Fran, who gave the program today.
Announcements
Kathleen introduced our Bylaw changes proposed by the club leadership team (Board). We will vote on these changes at a December meeting. Changes will be emailed to everyone prior to the voting.
Election of officers will be in December. Contact Kathleen if you would like to serve as an "at large" Board member beginning in July.
District Youth Exchange interviews were recently held in Wenatchee. We will have three students going out from Wenatchee. Pearl Spurell will be our club's outbound student in August, 2023. We need host families for our incoming student. Contact Joel Banken if you are interested in this great opportunity.
Serve Wenatchee Valley is short 160+ bags for their "stuff a back" campaign. There are only 3 days left, so if you have drawstring bags, and/or can purchase items to stuff them, contact Jackie.
Christmas party - see below
Alan summarized the Leadership Team's actions at the November Board meeting:
- approved IRS-90 form submission
- approved contributing up to $10,000 toward a matching grant for the CD Community Action Council new food distribution facility. Other Wenatchee area clubs are also donating funds for this project.
- approved $300 gift to Civil Air Patrol for wreaths to place at cemeteries for veterans.
- approved $2000 for the Women's resource Center (taken from the Road Apple Roulette earnings).
- proposed substituting an informal evening social for one of our Tuesday morning meetings each month (starting in March).
- approved a Karaoke night fundraiser at the Museum, with money to come from admission fee and alcohol sales.
Brags and Confessions
- Earl contributed for the Huskie Apple Cup win Saturday. Daughter Lucy sang in the Sponge Bob musical, and daughter Emma was chosen to go to a UN conference in Thailand. Both his parent recently passed away, but his dad was to be honored with a 70 year International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (very first one), and had a write up in the IBEW magazine.
- Carol contributed for the WSU Cougars' first half of the Apple Cup.
- Robin zoomed in from Amsterdam to say hi.
- Jackie cooked her first turkey, and attended the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert.
- Alan had a great Thanksgiving with mom and family, and got a Christmas tree on Blewitt Pass on the way home.
Program
- she lives in Trenque Lauquen (round lagoon), a city of 45,000.
- her home in is the countryside, where she bikes everywhere.
- Fran lives with her parents, 3 sisters, and 4 dogs.
- she attends a Catholic school with 500 students.
- she enjoys the warm weather there, where she boats, waterskies, and goes to the ocean beaches.
- in the winter (June - September) the family goes to southern Argentina to snow ski.
- the famous dance in Argentina is the tango
- they are known for empanadas, a drink called mate, and wood fired barbeques.
- famous people include Pope Francisca, the President, and a couple world class athletes.
- the economy has had 50% inflation over the last 3 years.
- the main industries are agriculture, livestock, wine, tourism, mining, gas/oil extraction, and leather goods.
- mealtimes (very late dinners there).
- types of food (US has many international foods)
- school times (they have school from 7:00 - 12:30)
- schools there have fewer kids, and the teachers change classes each day while the kids stay together.
- they can get a driver's license at 17, and can have alcohol at 18.
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