NEWSLETTER
Y'sMen of Westport/Weston
April 7, 2005

SPEAKERS

APRIL 14

Rudolph von Bernuth, Vice President of Save The Children's Children in Emergencies and Crisis Division, will cover activities in South Asia, how funds are being used, how organizations work together, what progress is being made, and what impact the recent earthquake had made on relief efforts - and what are the plans for the future. He will also talk, from a humanitarian assistance viewpoint, about other hot spots in the world, such as Sudan, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc. Mr. von Bernuth, a graduate of Columbia University, has 31 years of experience in managing international development and emergency relief programs.

APRIL 21

Robert Selverstone, Ph.D. will speak on the subject: “Values:  What Do You Stand For And What Won't You Stand For, Now that Goldilocks Is Dead?" He is a psychologist whose practice in Westport for the past 25 years has focused on adults, couples and adolescents.  He was also in the Westport Public Schools for over 25 years as a teacher, counselor and administrator. He lives in Westport with his wife of 43 years and has two grown children and four grandchildren.

FUTURE MEETINGS

April 14 Rudolph von Bernuth, Save The Children
April 21 Robert Selverstone, Psychologist
April 28 Dick Foot, YMCA
May 5 William Rosenau, Terrorism

DONUT HOSTS

The donut hosts for April 14 will be Harry Audley, Warren Rossell, Norm Mason and Bill Sorenson. On April 21 the hosts will be Gerry Smith, Neil Remlin and Jack Gibbons.

MEETING FACILITIES

Setting up the chairs April 14 will be Walter Eads, Dave Kidney, Peter Sternbach and Rick Towers. April 21 the chairs will be set up by Roy Dickinson, Haynes Farmer, John Freeman and Don Hendrickson.

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IN MEMORIAM

Robert J. “Bob” Maisonpierre

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NOMINATING COMMITTEE

The Y's Men's Nominating Committee will meet at 8:30 a.m.  on Thursday April 14 to consider recommendations for the Y's Men's officers for the operating year 2005-06 which commences at the May Annual Meeting.  The Y's Men's By-Laws stipulate that the Nominating Committee consists of Past Presidents and is chaired by the Immediate Past President.  This year's Chairman of the Nominating Committee is Pete Wolgast and he welcomes any suggestions for officers.  If you are willing to serve in an official position, please let Pete know at 259-4215 or akwpete@aol.com .

WEBSITE UPDATE

Bill Balch reports that a dedicated group of ten Y's Men recently spent a week calling over 200 members to gather accurate email addresses for a forthcoming publication of member contact information. They were able to add about 85 email addresses to our database to bring the total to roughly 315 for an online participation rate of 75% - more than we had anticipated. 

This will greatly improve the ability of our Y's Men's email based Bulletin Service to reach a larger portion of the membership with timely notices at no cost to our budget.  If any member with an email address does not find it on the Member Contact page of the website or is not receiving the Y's Men's Bulletins please email Bill Balch at wbalch@optonline.net and let him know your address.

TRIPS AND TRAVEL

May 3 – Go Behind the Scenes at the Bronx Zoo for an exciting guided tour. The cost of just $49 per person includes admission, guides, gourmet box lunch and transportation. Sold out but we are accepting stand-bys. Contact Elliott Netherton, 454-0489.

May 25 - Enjoy a day at the Belmont Racetrack. The price is $58 per person and includes admission, lunch in the Garden Terrace and transportation. Contact Norm Mason, 227-6233.

June 27/July 5 – Enjoy the Blue Danube River Cruise, a 9-day escorted tour by Collette Vacations, featuring Prague, Vienna and Budapest . The cost is $2,859 per person, double occupancy, including transportation from Westport . We are sold out but will accept stand-bys. Contact Elliott Netherton, 454-0489.

September 16 – Visit the Goodspeed Opera House and enjoy the musical The Boy Friend, directed by Julie Andrews. The price of $89 per person includes show, motor coach and lunch at La Vita Gustosa. Contact Warren Rossell , 226-5357.

HIKING

The hiking group meets at the Saugatuck Congregational Church parking lot at 10 a.m. Bud Martin (227-2448) should be contacted if you have any questions.

HOOT OWLS

The Hoot Owls will sing April 14 at the Darien Community Association at 1:30 p.m.

CAMP MAHACKENO DONATION

The Y's Men have donated $1500  to Camp Mahackeno. This will cover from 5 to 7 kids from Westport  for about two weeks this summer. These are campers, who otherwise could not afford to go. The kids are selected by the Y for financial and emotional needs.

MEETING SCHEDULE

April 14 Rudolph von Bernuth
April 21 Robert Selverstone
April 28 Dick Foote
May 5 William Rosenau

TRIPS

May 3 Bronx Zoo
May 25 Belmont Race Track
June 27/July5 Blue Danube River
Sept 16 Goodspeed Opera House

Editor — Steve Raffel

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Art — Hank McIver
Mailing — Neil Coleman