BRIDGING THE CULTURES
AS
AMBASSADORS OF PEACE
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Club # 042 Founded:1948
www.skalsanfrancisco.org
SKÅL INTERNATIONAL
SAN FRANCISCO
A Member of
SKÅL INTERNATIONAL
An Organization of Travel & Tourism Professionals
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MOK SINGH ELECTED!
SIUSA NOW ON
EXEC COMM SKAL
(see USA/INTL)
BUDAPEST 

NEXT SKÅL DINNER
ANNUAL BUSINESS DINNER
THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010
AT THE HOTEL WHITCOMB
SAN FRANCISCO

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Our club president Melita Thorpe was installed with her board at the March Dinner 2009. Her monthly Presidential Update can be read on the "Club News" page.
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A FUN SKAL WEEKEND
THE RENO FUN TRAIN
MARCH 5-7, 2010
(see CLUB NEWS for details)

Featuring Atlantis Resort Casino Spa

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CLUB MEETINGS
Skal International San Francisco holds nine scheduled meetings a year, meeting for dinner every first Thursday of the month except in the months of July, August and December. Members, their invited guests and visiting Skalleagues are welcome at these dinners. Special events are scheduled throughout the year. A special winter holiday brunch is seasonally held in December. The scheduled monthly meetings are included with the payment of the Club's Annual Dues, but the special events are at additional cost.

UPCOMING MEETINGS:
2010
-March 4, 2010: The Hotel Whitcomb, San Francisco
-April 1, 2010: The Four Seasons, Palo Alto
-May 6, 2010: The Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco
-June 3, 2010: The Basque Cultural Center, South San Francisco

SF SKAL TO TWIN
WITH BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
AT WORLD CONGRESS 2010

Cities of Bridges, Bridging the Cultures
Updated: February 7, 2010
WHAT IS SKÅL?
Skal is a worldwide organization of travel industry professionals promoting global tourism through friendship and peace. It is the only international group uniting all branches of the travel and tourism industry. Its members, the industry's top executives and managers, meet at local, national, regional and international levels to discuss and pursue topics of common interest.

Founded in Paris in 1932, Skal International today has over 20,000 members in more than 525 Clubs throughout 80 nations. Most activities occur at the local levels, moving up through National Committees, under the umbrella of Skal International, its General Secretariat being located in Torremolinos, Spain.
SKÅL INT'L
SAN FRANCISCO
2009-2010
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President:
...Melita Thorpe
Vice President:
...Kirsti Maki
Secretary:
...Ivan Osorio
Treasurer:
...Homer Laird
P.R. & Communications Officer:
...Spud Hilton
Director/Membership:
...Jade Chapman
Directors/ Hospitality:
...Logan Happel
...Jan Warmerdam
Directors at Large:
...Ray Sargoni
...Tom Klein
SIUSA Reps:
...Jim Main, CTC
...Terry Koenig
Auditors:
...Sherry Westernoff
...Karen Meyers
Executive Director
...Christian Spirandelli
Webmaster
...Jim Main, CTC
WE BID FAREWELL TO
KEN ANDERSEN &
ELLIE LLOYD
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE