“What The AFS Is Doing For You”
N. E. W. Chapter Newsletter
Meeting Date:January 3, 2005
Meeting Place:Germania’s, Menasha WI
Meeting Times:Directors’ Meeting …………….4:30 P.M.
Social Period …………………..5:30 P.M.
Dinner …………………………6:30 P.M.
Entrée:Beef Burgundy & Broiled Haddock Oscar
Price: $15.00Make checks payable to N.E.W.
Announcements
Our Seventeenth Annual Valentines Dance will be held this year on February 19, 2005, at the Holiday Inn Riverwalk, Neenah WI. Reservation forms are included with this newsletter.
Program Chairman:David Jablonski, Joy-Mary, Inc
Program:January 3rd – “AFS – What We Can Do For Each Other” – Kevin McMahon, Past Iron Division Chairperson and Awards Committee Chairperson and Mike Welch, Past Division Chairperson Pattern and Tooling, both from Brillion Iron Works, Inc.
February 7th – “What Our Scholarships Accomplish” – FEF Professors
February 19th, - Valentine’s Dance
Rooms have been reserved at the Holiday Inn Riverwalk, Neenah for the evening of February 19th.
Please make your reservations by January 19, 2005, and make sure that you indicate that you are with the Northeast Wisconsin AFS. The telephone number for the Holiday Inn is 920-725-8441.
Programs for 2005 – 2006:Anyone interested in being a speaker, or if there is a specific program that you would like to see, please contact Bob Braun at 920-682-8286 or .
Meeting Cancellations:In the event of inclement weather, you can verify if a meeting has been cancelled by contacting one of the following:
Joey Leonard …………………… 715-258-6796
Anna Halaychik ………………… 920-725-0059
Membership:Jim Olson reported a membership of members. Our N.E.W. record for membership is 433. Members are asked to encourage co-workers and other contacts to join. Application can be submitted via the internet at our web site, afsnew.org, or the society web site, afsinc.org.
We would like to thank the following for their cash donation to our FEF Scholarship Program:
Benchmark Pattern, Inc
Castech, Inc
D & M Precision Patterns, Inc
Excel Patterns, Inc
Manitowoc Pattern & Manufacturing Co
Valley Pattern, Inc
N. E. W. Bucks:We will be drawing for a $50 winner from everyone who buys a dinner ticket.
Raffle:At this meeting we will have a raffle for “A Foundry Person’s Shopping Spree”. This will include gift cards for $150 to Gander Mountain, Fleet Farm and Menards. Raffle tickets will be available up to the time of the drawing. The winner of the drawing for the “Osthoff Resort Get Away” was Tom Eisner from Manitowoc WI.
Return Cards:To help control costs, it is important to have an accurate count of members attending for dinner. If you are unable to return your card prior to the due date, please contact Anna Halaychik at (920) 725-0059 and let her know how many will be attending. It is only necessary to return your cards if you are coming to the dinner. You may also respond via our web site, afsnew.org.
Please mail your cards by December 22, 2004or call with the count by December 29, 2004.
Sincerely,
Leslie Kinas-Gearing
Secretary, N. E. W. Chapter AFS