President’s Letter – September, 2007

Greetings Fellow Skålleagues!

Our September meeting was held at the Hilton Deerfield Beach/Boca Raton. Thanks go to David Comerota the General Manager of the Hilton Deerfield Beach for making the evening a most enjoyable one. From the cocktail/hors d'oeuvre reception thru the great dessert no one left hungry. We were also able to enjoy the company of Andy, the corporate executive chef for the owners. After dinner David introduced the hotels chef, sous chef and the service staff to a round of applause.

At the dinner we were honored to have fellow skalleague Dotty Tarbox, who as a member of the Tampa Bay club gave the opening toast.

With the club 49 members strong we acknowledged the presence of 3 individuals, David Comerota, Llana Gros, and Serena Hoermann who have declared themselves perspective members. We are continuing to grow.

Those of you who have not logged on to our website recently, www.skal-ftlauderdale-palmbeaches.org, are encouraged to do so and to check out the pictures of our great September meeting. Additionally, any member wishing to have a link put on the website to their business can do so by sending a 'live link' to rwstafford@earthlink.net .

Those members who have had a change in email address are requested to contact Paul Cook at travelizme@aol.com and inform him of those changes. In addition any other changes (address, phone, etc.) should be made on the NAASC website, www.naasc.com with a copy to Paul Cook.

I will be attending the SKAL International conference this November in Turkey along with Dotty from Tampa and Jan West from the DC club. All members are invited to attend and can do so by registering on the SKAL International website, www.skal.org .

The locations for our upcoming meetings are as follows:

October 16, Marriott Heron Bay, Coral Springs
November 13, The Columbia Restaurant, West Palm Beach
December 18, The Bridge Restaurant (Holiday Party), Deerfield Beach

Upcoming SKAL events are:
November 4-9 - SKAL WORLD CONGRESS in Antalya, Turkey
December 8-10 - Imperial Majesty Cruise to Nassau
December 18 - Holiday Party Auction

Check out our clubs website at www.skal-ftlauderdale-palmbeaches.org for additional club news and the upcoming Call to Meeting.

I look forward to seeing you all at the October meeting.

SKAL!

Wayne Lampert
President