Meeting Recap - 2/3/09

Pledge of  Allegiance - Monique Kane

The THOUGHT for the Day - Ken Schwaderer

SONG - Alan Goodman- Oh what a beautiful morning

TOM MYERS- reminded us of the anniversary 50 years ago "The Day the Music Died" when Buddy Holly's plane crashed.

ANNOUNCMENTS                       

The Chamber of Commerce holds mixers in the second Wednesday each month, If you want to meet other business people. On Feb 11 it will be at Embody Wellness Spa at 2495 Old Middlefield Way. As our Club is a member, you are entitled to attend.

Jim Cunningham reported on an enjoyable ski trip despite confusion over skis.

SPEAKER

Anita Grossman introduced speaker LOTAY RINCHEN who told us about his country, Bhutan, in the Himalayas.

I wasn't at the meeting, but here is some info from Bootan.com:

Never Heard of Bhutan? The spelling has changed a few times.  The original spelling from Marco Polo times was "Bootan" in the Roman Alphabet, but we call our country "Druk Yul."  Most Asians haven't even heard about Bhutan - we've been pretty quiet up here in the Himalayas.  We were not involved with the Industrial Age, the World Wars, nor the Arms Race, and until recently not even cyberspace.  In fact many of us didn't know you existed until we got your e-mail.  We live on our own "Roof of the World" and have kept to our selves for hundreds of years.

Bhutan is a landlocked country. It is about 47,000 kilometres - roughly the size of Switzerland. It is located between Tibet in the north, Indian states of West Bengal and Assam in the south, and Arunachal Pradesh in the east.

Bhutan is a land of soaring snowcapped peaks, alpine meadows and densely forested hills and ravines abounding in exotic flora and fauna. From May to August, hills are covered with an awesome variety of flowers decorated with waterfalls and streams gushing in wild abandon.