Silicon Valley Republican Women Federated

NEWSLETTER

www.svrwf.org * April 2005

 

             

 

 

President: Doris Whitney – 408-997-0581 * 1st VP & Program: Alice Story – 408-733-3248 * 2nd VP & Membership: Marie Dominguez-Gasson - * Newsletter Editor: Laura Riffle – 408-263-0990

 

All SVRWF luncheons and dinner meetings are held at the Ramada Inn Silicon Valley, 1217 Wildwood Avenue, Sunnyvale, California – Luncheon Meetings: Social 11:30am, Lunch 12:00 Noon – Dinner Meetings: Social 6:30pm, Dinner 7:00pm – Luncheon: $16.00 – Dinner: $20.00 – For reservations please call Louise Kinney at 408-739-4724 or Alice Wilson at 408-733-6352 or Doris Whitney at 408-997-0581

 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

 

April 7 SVRWF Luncheon at Ramada Inn Silicon Valley, Sunnyvale.  Speaker will be Dr. Robert Burnett.

Luncheon Choices: Dijon Pork Chop or Shrimp and Artichoke Salad

 

April 14  Executive Board Meeting for SVRWF at 12:00 Noon, Ramada Inn Silicon Valley, Sunnyvale

 

April 25 & 26  California Federation of Republican Women Advocacy, Sacramento Hyatt Regency and California State Capitol for Lobby Day.

 

May 12  Santa Clara County Region VIII Republican Women Federated Conference.  10:00 A.M. to 2:00P.M. including lunch.  Conference will be held at Ramada Inn Silicon Valley, Sunnyvale. All three Federated groups will be present.  Cost is $25 including lunch.  The U.S. Attorney for the California Western Region will be one of the speakers.  This conference will replace our regular May meeting.

 

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

 

With the coming of spring and nice weather, I hope each of you will continue to attend our luncheons to hear our outstanding speakers.  Our March speaker, Dr. Richard Burris with the Hoover Institute at Stanford University, shared with us some of his incredible background with Republican Administrations, and then summarized with ways we can make the Republicans effective today.  Thanks to our program chairman Alice Story for all the great speakers.  Also, a special thanks to Anita DeSmet for the Easter table decoration.  Anita had crocheted a yellow Easter chick around a plastic egg filled with candy for each place setting.  What a lot of wonderful work and thought!  Our heartfelt thanks to Anita.

 

Our April speaker will be Dr. Robert Burnett.  He is a physician who works in emergency care and was our former Santa Clara County Republican Party Chairman.  Please plan on joining us April 7 for lunch and the opportunity to hear this great Republican speak on health issues.

 

Membership and registering voters will be some of our main focus for the coming months.  Volunteers are needed and will be most appreciated.  The Northern Division CFRW Spring Conference has five SVRWF members attending.  Report to follow in next newsletter.

 

SVRWF is located in Region VIII, which is all of Santa Clara County.  There are three clubs in the county.  Yearly, we have a Regional Conference for our county and this year it will be May 12.  Since many SVRWF members prefer attending local area meetings, mark your calendar for May 12 as you will have the opportunity to hear a speaker seldom available.  We will not have our usual May meeting, but will work and attend the May 12 conference.  SVRWF anticipates a good response for the May 12 Region VIII conference.

 

My best to you from your president, Doris Whitney, Silicon Valley Republican Women Federated.

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If you haven’t paid your dues for 2005, this may be your last NEWSLETTER!

 

Text Box: Membership – SVRWF membership dues are: Active Voting Member - $25.00, Associate Member - $15.00, Patron - $40.00 ($25.00 dues plus a $15.00 gratuity to the club). A person can only be a voting member of one federated club but may be an associate member of one or more clubs if she is already an active voting member of a Unit Club. Please make your checks payable to SVRWF and mail to: SVRWF / Doris Whitney 20181 Almaden Road San Jose, CA 95120

 

 

 

Remember… A “May Day” Conference for Region VIII - At Ramada Sunnyvale

10am – 2pm – Luncheon: Chicken Cameron or Vegetarian – Speakers include District Attorney George Kennedy and a presentation by a US Attorney on the benefits of the Patriot Act.

SILICON VALLEY, PALO ALTO and WEST VALLEY Republican Women Federated

All members, families and friends are invited to attend!  Send your check for $25 made out to SVRWF no later than May 6th.  Send to: Shirley Harvey, 1026 Narciso Court, San Jose, CA 95129.  For more information call 408-253-1591.

 

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A message from the Treasurer… PLEASE have your check ready when you come to our luncheon… it will save time… you will zip right through the line! - Carol Greenleaf

 

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UPCOMING SVRWF WOMEN’S BRIDGE EVENT at The Forum – May 25th at 9:45am…   COUPLES – May 20th at Jane Reed’s house.

 

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JOIN ARNOLD in making 2005 a memorable ELECTION YEAR…

 

Petitions are now available at Santa Clara County Republican Headquarters:

 

Reapportionment  (Re-Districting)

Pension Reform

Education Reform

 

Santa Clara County Republican Headquarters is located behind Westfield Shoppingtown VALLEY FAIR at:  522 North Monroe Street – 408-246-6600 

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Text Box: “Line-Drawing Issue Crucial to Governor's Plans” By Daniel Weintraub Sacramento Bee Columnist March 8, 2005 Of all the items on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's agenda for 2005, the sleeper - as a matter of both policy and politics - is his proposal to change the way political boundary lines are drawn. The idea has the potential to change fundamentally the way California government works. And it is Schwarzenegger's secret weapon in seeking to portray his entire, sweeping program as a movement for reform. Sitting among the governor's red-hot proposals to overhaul the state's pension system, write new budgeting rules and limit tenure for public school teachers, his proposal to take the power to draw district lines away from the Legislature and give it to an independent commission stands out - by not standing out. Gleaned from California Republican Party Political Alert by Shirley Harvey

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