TORCH CLUB of the FOX VALLEY
M i n u t e s
8 May 2008
Atlas Coffee Mill & Café
Present: Jim Baumbach, Al Button, Christine Cross, Scott Cross, David Debbink, Marcia Debbink, Leota Ester, Barbara Kelly, Bill Kelly, Mary Poulson, Bob Swain, Peter Thiel, Donna Weis, Len Weis, Janet Wullner-Faiss Cloak
PRESIDENT Barb Kelly called the meeting to order.
MINUTES of 10 April were approved.
TREASURER’S REPORT: No change
Summer Party possibilities were discussed. More on that later.
CONVENTION 2009: Peter Thiel gave the report. A full packet will be sent to this year’s Lancaster, PA, Convention.
Speakers are “in flux” for our Convention. Want good local people if possible. (Michael Douglas?)
Bill Kelly asked for our 2008 - 2009 PROGRAM SEASON possibilities:
J. Baumbach — Global Odyssey (Around the World in 30 Days/ 50 Cities in 30 days)
A. Button — Ocean-going Industrial Pollution
C. Cross — Relevancy and Sustainability in the Museum Field
S. Cross — Chief Oshkosh OR Salem Acres Commune
L. Ester — Handwriting Analysis
Barb Kelly — Retirement
Bill Kelly — Chocolate
M. Poulson — (CropWalk) Poverty OR Thoroughbred Horses
B. Swain — John Birch Society OR Downtown vs. Mall
D. Weis — The Role of the Typewriter
L. Weis — The Ancestor’s Tale by Richard Dawkins
JW-F Cloak— Eternal Boy OR Bewitched Horseman OR Lava Tube Series
Barb took us around the website, urged us to send bio information or changes, photos if we don’t like what’s there. Send information we’d like to have added to the website.
After dinner Len Weis led a provacative discussion of the Wall Street Journal as a Source.
Janet Wullner-Faiss Cloak, Secretary