IAC EVENTS - Weekly Update and More
Listed below are the Upcoming Events of the IAC
1. *February General meeting*
The February 21st IAC General meeting will be at Zanzibar restaurant in Bordo Rio. We'll meet for
coffee, tea and shopping at 10:15, and the meeting will start at 10:45. For those interested in staying for lunch, they are offering a "set" menu, so they can serve more efficiently. Their regular menu items will also be available. Here is the set menu:
*Appetizer*: Classic Greek salad prepared with tomatoes, fresh goat cheese, green peppers, black olives, onions and cucumbers dressed with olive oil and oregano.
*Main Dishes*: Filet Mignon pieces with potatoes stewed in a slow manner with coconut milk, Indian herbs served spicy with its yoghurt suace.
Braised salmon filets served on a bed of stir fried vegetables and rice noodles flavored with fresh ginger and soy sauce.
Parmesan and ricotta cream raviolis with crunchy veggies in a creamy pesto sauce perfumed with white truffle oil.
*Dessert* Vanilla crème brulee topped with caramelized brown sugar
flavored with Grand Marnier. Served warm.
Valor Menú $10.000.- por persona. Please note the price does not include drinks or propina.
If you want to stay and have the set menu, please e-mail Pat Hodges asap rlmthodges@yahoo.com
(She does NOT need to know your choice for a main dish). Thanks!
2. *Communications*
I am planning on issuing the first monthly bulletin of the year towards the end of next week, after the board meeting. If anyone** has items to be included please e-mail them to me as soon as possible.
Remember that the monthly bulletin will go out by regular e-mail ie not via the IAC Yahoo group and so will reach people who do not subscribe to the yahoo group.
There are quite a number of people who are not receiving the bulletins via Yahoo even though they are subscribed. This may be because they changed their e-mail addresses and not alerted the membership officer or some other reason. I have no way of contacting these people and assume that when/if they renew their membership the subject will be addressed.
Who works for or whose spouse works for a major international company here in Santiago? If you are willing to get the word out about IAC in "your" company please let me know. Same for "your"
embassy.
3. *Operational and Charitable Fund Raising*
One of the reasons that we are able to keep our membership fees the same for the fourth year in row is that we have five operational fundraisers during the year to help us meet our expenses -
a Murder Mystery dinner in March, two Garage Sales in April and October, our Silent Auction in September and our Christmas Bazaar in December.
The Noche de Ayudarte Art Show is our one major fundraiser for our charity/social service projects.
Surprise, surprise - we need volunteers to make these work!! Kathi Bubb is the Fundraiser Coordinator for the IAC board and would value your assistance for one or more of these events. Those who have worked on them in the past know that there is great satisfaction in a job well done. Please contact Kathi for more information -kathi@santiagochurch.org or 233-7557.
Noche de Ayudarte, to be held on May 6, needs workers, too - contact Kristel Leonard at kristelleonard@yahoo.com.
4. *Board position available!!*
*T*he *House Coordinator* position is still available and is a very important role so please do consider joining us ** and contribute to making this a fun, caring and successful organization. The last job holder, Kathi Bubb is still around and will give you lots of help..what have you got to lose, apart from missing
out on the company of a diverse and dynamic bunch of women, and the satisfaction of a job well done.
Contact President Pat Hodges for more information. rlmthodges@yahoo.com
4. *House opening schedule.*
The IAC House is open throughout the summer on Thursdays from 11:00am - 2:00pm, so drop in to get book for yourself and your children (did you know that we also have some children's books?), DVDs for those long summer nights and to renew your membership - only $42.000 for the fourth year in a
row!
5. *Dates to put in your diary for February and March.*
There will be a "Welcome Back Social" on the 24th February at the IAC House from 7:30 - 10:00pm - spouses/friends welcome! Just bring a bottle of wine to share. More info coming soon, but save the
date!
St Patrick's Day is arriving early this year and is going to be celebrated on Saturday 10th March at 7.15pm with a Trivia Night in support of Colegio Hellen Keller in Nuñoa. Mark this date in your diary, get a table together (tables of 8 compete as a team) Tickets are now available.
6. *Book library*
Lynn Oros, reachable at lynn.nob@gmail.com would also like you to consider volunteering in the book library.