President’s Letter – May, 2007

By Wayne M. Lampert

Greetings Fellow Skålleagues!

Our May meeting was held at the Cypress Creek Marriott in Fort Lauderdale. Thanks go to Ken Kaylor the General Manager of the Fort Lauderdale Marriott North for making the evening a most enjoyable one. From the cocktail reception thru the great dessert no one left hungry. The view from the reception room was a wonderful change. After dinner Ken introduced the hotels chef and the service staff to a round of applause.

The dinner was held jointly with members of ASME and 30 members and guests were in attendance. Jawayne Keyser who is not only a SKAL member but also President of ASME gave the opening traditional toast. Because it was a joint meeting everyone introduced themselves.

Jim Stuber, a guest of Michael Wright and a perspective member, came to the lectern and discussed with us the status of the Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau of which he is Interim President. His talk was very informative and we wish him well in his endeavors.

With the club 48 members strong, we acknowledged the presence of 4 individuals who have declared themselves perspective members. We are continuing to grow.

Thanks were given to Susan Smith who has so ably been in charge of our website. Those of you who have not logged on recently are encouraged to do so and to check out the pictures of our great April Installation Dinner. 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 .

Recognition was made of past president Lee Smolinski by way of presentation of the chain of office to him and to Carlos Banks who has been a past president of no less than 3 SKAL clubs.

Our SIUSA rep, Lee Smolinski, will be attending the June 6-9 meeting NAASC Congress in Los Cabos, Mexico. All members are invited to attend and can do so by registering on the SIUSA website.

The locations for our upcoming meetings are as follows:

   June 19th - Rocky's Italian Bistro in Delray Beach.

   No dinner meetings will be held during July and August.

   September 18th - TBA

Upcoming SKAL events are:

   June 6-9 NAASC Congress in Los Cabos, Mexico

   June 9th - SKAL International Ft. Lauderdale & Palm Beaches Annual Golf Tournament will be held at the Winston Trails Country Club.

   July 27-29 - Region IV Summer Golf Tournament hosted by the Miami Club.

   November 4-9 - SKAL WORLD CONGRESS in Antalya, Turkey

Check out our club's website at www.skal-ftlauderdale-palmbeaches.org for additional club news and the upcoming Call to Meeting. Have a great June meeting and wonderful summer.

I look forward to seeing you all in the fall.

SKAL!

Wayne M. Lampert
President