News from National:
National Conference February 7-8, 2008
The 2008 National Conference "US or US and Them: Foreign Policy and the Next Presidency" was a success.
The conference included plenary and breakout sessions on the future of foreign policy as well as roundtable conversations with Ambassadors and Embassy Receptions.
Corporate Sponsors
We are pleased to recognize our business sponsors, Northern Trust Bank in Delray Beach and Northern Trust Bank in Palm Beach and our venue sponsor, Bethesda-by-the-Sea, in Palm Beach for their support and use of their facilities for our speaker meetings, Saint Edwards School for Educational Sponsorship, and Goldman, Sachs & Co. Palm Beach, FedEx, Taiwan's Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Miami (TECO-Miami), Northern Trust Bank, A.G. Edwards-Rick Klingman KS, ExxonMobil, IBM, the Palm Beach Post, and Southern Wine & Spirits for their generous financial contributions.
Council Ambassadors, Benefactors & Patrons Thanks to our Council's Ambassadors:
Bill & Harriet Martin, Barry & Merle Ginsburg, and Joyce & Sam McLendon
Benefactors:
Ann Bacon, Chip Chapin, Ben Jones, Priscilla & Sy Polishook, Arlene & David Rubin, Rita Taca, and RADM Philip Whitacre and
Patrons:
Beverly Agee & Don Cook, Vicki Bagley, Phyllis Carey, Perry Brown, Joyce & Marty Cornick, Louis & Judy Ellman, Robert & Mary Katherine Flucke, Chuck & Mary Haas, George Johnson, Al & Judy Kennemer, William Lanfan & Joan Herman, Christine Lewis, Susan & Walter Lovejoy, Margie Luntz, Michael Lynch, Al & Ellen Perlman, Henry Petraki, Enid Pollak, Barbara Rentschler, Mike & Margaret Shooshani, Gar & Deanna Smith, Chris Storkerson, Robert & Michele Weiss, Judy & Bill Wheelock, Chung Wong, Sarah Brown Weitzman, and Dick & Nancy Zappala.
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WAC DIALOGUE
Dialogue: “Interchange and discussion of ideas, especially when open and frank, as in seeking mutual understanding or harmony.”
Webster’s Dictionary
Through our Saturday morning dialogue sessions we hope to not only engage each other, but to gain a better understanding of some of today’s most pressing issues.
Meetings will take place monthly on a Saturday morning in Northern Trust Delray or Northern Trust of Palm Beach. Notices will be posted and emailed as plans for sessions are finalized.
As before we encourage you to become engaged with your ideas & volunteer to lead a discussion.
Contact Mike Shooshani, mshooshani@yahoo.com for any further information.
We encourage you to volunteer to speak on one or more of these topics.
Please contact Mike Shooshani mshooshani@yahoo.com or 561-926-2733 to volunteer or for more information.
Academic WorldQuest 2008
Academic WorldQuest 2008 was held March 1, 2008.
Saint Andrew's School of Boca Raton won for the second year in a row. WorldQuest is a world affairs quiz competition, sponsored by the World Affairs Council of the Florida Palm Beaches.
Academic WorldQuest is a Flagship Program of the World Affairs Councils of America to help students become better aware of world affairs, politics, economics, history, culture, and current events.
Saint Andrew’s now goes on to Nationals in Washington, D.C. to compete April 5 with 50 other teams from across the United States, including Hawaii and Alaska. Saint Andrew's finished 3rd last year in the National competition.
The team members read to keep current on world affairs, country leaders, culture, religions and events and study maps.
Judy Wheelock, Council School Outreach Director, said “The students are sharp and inquisitive and they really enjoy the competition. It is inspiring to see the students who will be the leaders in the next generation.”
Suncoast Community finished a close second. Five schools in all competed from the Palm Beaches also including Alexander Dreyfoos, American Heritage, and Saint Edwards.
“We’re shooting for next year,” says George Ling from Atlantic. “This competition was challenging!”
Members Supporters of WorldQuest We wish to say a special thank you to Joyce and Sam McLendon for the major contribution to underwrite Academic WorldQuest 2008.
Great Decisions (FPA)
The Foreign Policy Association Great Decisions topics for 2008 are: Iraq; European Union at 50; Diplomacy; Russia; U.S. Defense; Latin America; U.S. China Trade; and Philantrophy. |
