After reviewing our speaker programs for the first half of this year, I believe that it is possible to say that a new, higher standard has been set for interesting and topical subjects presented by excellent speakers. Our Program Committee, under the superb direction of Leanna Breese, deserves our thanks and appreciation for a job well done. Assisting Leanna in bringing these programs to Sonoma County are the following Committee members: Tom Bond, Alice Eurotas, Pat Givens, Joe Oliver, Susan Standish and new addition, Paul Willihnganz. Without the exacting and professional work of our Program Committee, we would be just another club.

The Foreign Policy Association 2010 Great Decisions discussion groups finished in May, and the consensus was that this year’s list of eight topics was one of the best in terms of being topical, relevant, and interesting to read and discuss. We had two groups meeting at Spring Lake Village on Tuesday evenings and three groups meeting in Oakmont on Monday mornings. If you have never participated in a Great Decisions program and you are interested in a better understanding of major world issues and how to resolve them in discussion with interesting people, I recommend that you plan to join one of the groups when they start again next spring. Try it; you’ll like it!

It’s satisfying to see our membership roster growing again. Perhaps my repeated plea to all of you to talk to your friends, relatives, and neighbors about what WACSC is all about is paying off. Perhaps word of our excellent programs is spreading throughout Sonoma County. Whatever it is, we are pleased and promise to do our very best to continue to deserve your support of our programs in the future. 

Bill Anderson

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