We met at Wanda's in Coos Bay at 9:30 and had another fine breakfast. Unfortunately, the fairly minor cost of this seems to be too much for some clubs to absorb, as it has been the responsibility of each of the clubs in the Division in rotation, so we're going to start meeting at Umpqua Bank with continental breakfast funded by donations.
I'm going to run for Lieutenant Governor. I don't expect to be outstanding at the job, but nobody else wanted it and as publisher of Oregon Coast Magazine, I travel a lot through the division and it shouldn't be hard to make visits to other clubs.
A new Internet Kiwanis club is going to be formed. It seems that Dave Curry, the president of Kiwanis International, belongs to just the sort of club I have in mind. It's "located" in Virginia City MT, although it has no members who live there. It meets twice a month by Internet chat and has a single mission, which is to support an orphanage in Vietnam. Our club will draw most of its members from along the Oregon Coast and will support child care centers.
All six of the existing clubs plan to keep going. Gold Beach was down to a half dozen, but they're hanging in. We have lost the clubs in Brookings and Reedsport. It would seem that enough retired Kiwanians should be living around Brookings to establish at least a basic club, so that will be a goal. Reedsport is probably more of a challenge.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
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