Engineers Club of Santa Clara Valley (ECSCV)
May 2002 Newsletter

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May 2002 Newsletter

The Board of Directors meetings at Adobe Creek Lodge at the University of Santa Clara have been very good. Each one attending comes in, selects his luncheon buffet style, pays the small stipend, and comes into room 1 or 2 where discussions take place. This meeting place which is quite quaint, was arranged by Dick Blackburn (you can always count on Dick Blackburn).

For the record, Board meetings are scheduled for Room 1 on these dates in 2002:

June 11
July 9
August 11
September 10
October 8
November 12
December 10 (Dick’s wife’s Birthday)

Dick sent an e-mail to everyone whose address he has, but just in case you missed out, mark your calendars. Anyone can attend Board meetings. Join us with your ideas!

Here’s a little story you might like. At a Special Olympics track meet, a young girl had just won the 50-yard dash and was jumping up and down all excited. She yelled out to her parents, “Look, Mom and Dad, I won!”

Her parents instantly burst into tears. At the awards ceremony, the young girl proudly stood there as a medal was placed around her neck. Then she ran over to her parents who were crying now even more than before. The three of them hugged... as the parents kept crying.

A Special Olympics official who had watched this whole scene became concerned and went over to the parents and asked, “Excuse me, is there anything wrong?”

“No, nothing’s wrong. Everything’s right... we just heard our daughter speak, for the first time.”

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