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Jim's
Gems
From Jim Bourn
As we reach the end of the year, we all need to give thanks to God for all
the blessings we have as a nation, state, city, and club. A rousing cheer of
thanks go to edward perez, his officers and all who helped him in his
successful leadership of the club and an example of cooperation to achieve the end product
for all members.
I hope to also be successful with the help of my staff, officers and all
those who step forward to fill the many jobs to make a successful program for our
members and guests. Thanks everyone for their support as we continue to
have a club that is known for a can-do spirit.
I believe that as a whole, if we have a successful program, don't try to fix
it. At the same time, many who went on the exchange to San Francisco returned
with praise for the many activities that were different from the usual visit. With
this in mind, I would like to urge each inbound exchange, add SOMETHING
DIFFERENT AND KEEP IT FUN. Our first exchange, with Sacramento, has
several new ideas that all of us will enjoy. Some of these new activities will
be discussed at the monthly business meetings and the meetings that each
exchange will hold. An example of this is possibly to hold several dinners for 16
persons at various small restaurants and thus more can attend and everyone will
feel welcome yet not overload one person in home preparation and meal preparation. At the same time people can experience great meals at places
too small to be used for a complete club meeting. In the summer, meals could be box
lunches or picnics to allow a larger selection of visits. If anyone has similar
new ideas, please let me know at business meetings of the club or smaller
meetings of individual exchanges.
Several of our members are planning to go to
the Regional [Southwest Regional Conference] in Wichita, Kansas at the end of March. Some of us are driving to save
the cost of flight expense. Conference is March 23, 24, 25 and homestay March
25, 26, 27, if desired. I am looking forward to working and traveling with everyone.
In friendship,
Jim Bourn
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Club
News
New Officers
Starting January 1, 2012 the club has a new slate of officers. See Club
Information for list of officers and committee chairs and their contact
information. There is still room for volunteer
participation.
President - Jim Bourn
Vice-President - Mary Williams
Membership - Brud Kisner and Patty
Niemeyer
Treasurer - Jim Naughton
Secretary - Ruth Barrow
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Future
Meetings
January: Sunday Jan 8 – 1:30 pm
Mumtaz Indian Buffet, 216 W Campbell Rd, Richardson (at back of shopping
center)
Double program:
(1) 2012 Opportunities with FF AND
(2) Presentation
on San Francisco outbound exchange by
Dale
Klosterman.
Cost: $12 for buffet of meats, veggies, soups, desserts, soft
drink or tea and
gratuity. BYOB if you want wine or beer.
ALL paying at
the door will be charged $17...no
exceptions
(ie: even if you call ahead).
For reservations send checks payable by
Jan 4 to FF Dallas to Paula Rose - paularose2000@yahoo.com
February: Sunday Feb 12 – 1:30 pm
 Highland Park Cafeteria (Casa Linda) - Shakespeare Room. 1200 N. Buckner Blvd. at Garland Rd., Dallas, 75218 (NE corner, next to Albertson's). 214-3245000
Program: ALL ABOUT COLOMBIA - interactive quiz conducted by Martha Durst
Food: Buffet in our meeting room: beef brisket, baked chicken,
tossed salad, squash casserole, sour cream potatoes, spinach quiche, rolls, assorted cobblers, tea or coffee.
Cost: $14.00 per person (includes gratuities) with advance reservations; $19.00
at the door.
For reservations send check by
Feb 6 to Martha Durst - marleo9039@tx.rr.com
March: Sunday Mar 11 – 3-5 pm
Chimneyhill Club House, 9223 Emberglow
Program: World Friendship Day
Free. Bring snacks; drinks provided by
club
Reservations to Paula Rose
April 7-14: Sacramento Inbound events
Welcome
party
Farewell dinner
April 13
Reservations to
Wendy Whaley
May 12-19: Bogotá, Colombia Inbound events
Welcome party
Farewell dinner
May 18
June: Sunday, June 10 - 6 pm
Annual picnic at
home of Kathy Morris
Reservations to Paula Rose
July 8: Small group dinners
Members’ Homes
Volunteer to host/Reservations to Betty Mayeur
Aug 12: TBA
September: Sunday, Sept 9
Ethnic desserts in
homes
Volunteer to host
Reservations to Georgia Sigalos
October: Sunday, Oct 14
Program: Caribbean beyond
Cruises
Taste of the Islands, 909 W. Spring Creek Pkwy #300, Plano
Reservations to Sandy Kaiser
November: Sunday, Nov 11
Casa Milagro
Restaurant - 1403 E. Campbell Rd, Ste 110, Richardson
Program: Presentation
of Haliburton Highlands and Cincinnati outbound exchanges
Reservations to Georgia Sigalos
December: Sunday, Dec 9
Holiday party
Bring snacks; drinks provided by club.
Reservations to Sandy Kaiser
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Future
Exchanges
International Exchanges for 2012
 From May 12 to 19 of 2012
we will jointly host an inbound exchange from Bogotá, Colombia with the Fort Worth club. Many of you will recall that our club went
to Bogotá in 2007 as a joint exchange with Houston. It was a marvelous
experience and they were great hosts. They also hosted our Spanish Language exchange in
2009. So to many of us they are old friends. Since they normally travel with 40
persons, which is beyond our capacity to host, we were assigned this as an
exchange with Fort Worth. This is a new concept for hosting and we will
be coordinating joint events and hosting with Fort Worth, acting together as
one exchange. This will be a great chance to brush up on your Spanish! For more
information, or to work on the committee, please contact Exchange Director
Raymond Enstam at enstam@sbcglobal.net.
 From
Sept 25 to Oct 2, 2012 we will have an outbound exchange to Haliburton Highlands,
Ontario, Canada. This is the same club that we hosted in 2010. This should be a
popular destination because we have friends there, and travel costs and time will
be less than many more distant places. And Canada is a great place to visit!
They will be able to host 20 people, and we will begin to publicize the
exchange after the first of the year and have applications at that time. Paula Rose is
the Dallas Exchange Director (she was also the Exchange Director when we hosted
that club in Dallas). For more information please contact Paula at paularose2000@hotmail.com.
A visit to Cincinnati for a domestic exchange has been planned for the week prior
to Haliburton Highlands for those who would like a combined two weeks of
exchanges; see next section. Applications for both outbound
exchanges will be available after January 8.
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Domestic Exchanges
From Dale Klosterman
We have two domestic exchanges in 2012:
Inbound exchange from Sacramento - April 7-14
(we visited them in 2009).
Wendy Whaley will be Exchange Director. Contact: whwhaley@yahoo.com.
Outbound Exchange to Cincinnati, Ohio, September 18 - 24,
immediately prior to exchange to Halliburton Highlands. Mary Williams is the
Exchange Director. Dale says: “September is a good time to see the changes in
colors in Cincinnati and the city has a lot to offer. The FFI web site has a
description of what is available in the Greater Cincinnati area and what the club
usually offers to people when they have an exchange. Covington, Kentucky
is a Cincinnati suburb – right across the river – and homes on the Kentucky
side are famous as the last stop on the “underground railway”. If you would like
to collect fossils, Cincinnati is world famous for its invertebrate fossils that date from
the Ordovician Period (450,000,000 years ago). You can buy your own collection
of fossils from the Natural History Museum. It also has a world-class symphony
orchestra, arts district, and zoo. And so much more. “
Contact: mwilliamstxtravel@yahoo.com
It is always exciting to begin planning a new exchange, and Cincinnati
sounds like a very exciting addition to our outbound schedule. This would make a great
driving trip for those who would like to experience two homestays. Many
people who hosted Ottawans may want to also go to Ottawa after the visit to Haliburton,
as it is not far from Haliburton. And looking ahead - Cincinnati is interesting in
coming here in 2013.
UPDATE: Dale has scheduled
another domestic outbound exchange with Morganton, NC -
the last two week in July. Escape Texas to cool off in the North
Carolina mountains! Sandy Kaiser has agreed to be Exchange Director. See
the Exchanges page for more details.
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Conferences
2012 Friendship Force Southwest Conference
Mark your calendar to attend the next Southwest Regional Conference at
the youngest club in our region – Wichita, Kansas on March 23-25, 2012.
The Kansas Club is doing the work now to provide members of our region with a great
conference. Set aside this weekend in March to renew acquaintances and
make new friends in other cities, learn some new things about Friendship Force, and
explore ways to build a better club. And – it's always fun!
You will be staying at the Old Town Hotel, 830 East First Street in downtown
Wichita [from $112 - $122 per night, including breakfast buffet]. Friday
night meet
members from our region [maybe even George Brown from FFI]. Saturday
features speakers, workshops, lunch in Old Town restaurants, and a dinner banquet with
entertainment.
There will also be an opportunity to participate in a three day post-conference
home stay with members of the Kansas FF. See links for a flyer and an
application form on the Exchanges page. See
more at http://www.friendshipforceofkansas.org/
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There will also be a 3-day homestay following
the conference. Request information on the homestay from Lottie Miller: lottimay@yahoo.com |
Friendship Force International Conferences
2012 World Conference – Hiroshima, Japan
October 30 - November 3, 2012
2013 World Conference - New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
November 22-25, 2013
Hosted by the Friendship Force of Baton Rouge.
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Additional
Travel Opportunities
2012 Friendship Force Southwest Exchanges
Here is the tentative list of 2012 exchanges from our region's clubs:
Feb-Mar : New Mexico to Nepal and Bhutan. Contact Judith Mead 505-323-2253
for more info.
June: Kansas to Calgary Region, Canada
June: Baton Rouge to Halle-Saale, Germany and Vienna,
Austria
June: Houston to Tarapoto and Lima,
Peru
Sept: Dallas to Haliburton Highlands,
Canada
Oct : San Antonio to Malang,
Indonesia
Oct : Oklahoma to Metro Vancouver, Canada
Nov : Austin to Hamilton and Otago, New Zealand
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2012 Friendship Force International Exchanges
Aug 28 - Sept 3, 2012: Memphis Music Global Exchange
You're invited to the Memphis Music Global Exchange, August 28-Sept. 3, 2012, to learn how Mississippi cotton fields, the restlessness of WWII babies,
and the tumultuous 1960's culture EXPLODED in Memphis, giving birth to Rock
'n Roll. It includes a Memphis-Clarksdale-Indianola-Greenwood trip, tour of
Graceland Mansion and other Memphis blues sights.
Package Inclusions: Fully escorted by Sweet Magnolia Tours
Round trip transportation on a 47-passenger deluxe, A/C motor
coach
1 Night Room & tax at the Hampton Inn
Greenwood
Delta Blues Museum
Hopson Plantation Tour/ Delta Donuts & Coffee
Clarksdale Tour
BB King Museum
Tour of Greenwood Historic District
Presentation by Greenwood Historian at Robert Johnson's Gravesite
Museum of the Mississippi
Delta
Dockery Plantation
Lunch at Ground Zero
Lunch at Crystal Grill
Dinner at Webster's in Greenwood
On board snacks & bottled water
The two-day, one-night Blues excursion is priced at $350/person and is a part of
the exchange. Total cost of exchange is $500/person. Full and final details and
Registration became available Nov. 1, 2011. See Memphis website,
http://www.friendshipforcememphistn.org.
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Member
News
Shuttle Service
A large portion of donations to our club comes from people using our airport
shuttle service. The instructions for using the service or volunteering to be a
driver are listed in your yearbook. For a ride to DFW you make a donation to theclub of $30 ($40 north of Plano), with your check noting "Donation - in honor of
<driver>." Plan to use the shuttle service next time you need a ride to or pickupfrom either airport.
New Members
Greet with a warm welcome to Friendship Force of
Dallas these new members; all details will be in the upcoming yearbook.
Toula T. Barelos
No E-Mail available
Galina Chavez and Sevet Atbas
galinachavez@yahoo.com
Al Currie
big_al@worldlogon.com
Virginia De la Garza
cvdelagarza@yahoo.com
Cheryl Lehmberg
Cheryl@wildflowerpix.com
Mona Magnis
mfmagnis@aol.com
Larry (Max) Maxwell
max.maxwell@ahss.org
max@maxlaw.com
Gini Nichols
gypsygini@yahoo.com
Felicity Sentance
fsentance@gmail.com
Carina Vanlaet
carinavanlaet@hotmail.com
Michael and Jackie Wald
mwald999@gmail.com
Changes
New e-mail for Ana Marie Lee: amlee3205@yahoo.com.
Jim and LaNell Naughton have moved.
Jim's new e-mail is: njames44@att.net.
New e-mail for Mary Williams:
mwilliamstxtravel@yahoo.com.
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Travel
Request
Zia Shamsy is looking for a
male traveling companion to accompany him to Yellowstone and Grand Teton
National Parks the last week in August, 2012. He plans to fly to Jackson
Hole. Contact Zia at zia_shamsy@yahoo.com
if you are interested.
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