Funds Request Forms being processed

Dear Team,

Our Salcedo WCS project blog site is shaping up. It now has graphics (Dominican Republic & USA flags joined by a partnership hand shake) plus a photo library. As the project progresses it will be updated from time to time. Your comments are welcomed & encouraged.

Our request forms for funds were mailed Tuesday, 11/27/06. And TRF advises us to expect a 2 months period for the forms to work their way through the sign off cycle at Evanston, Illinois. And interestingly, this delay is not because of the holidays. They say that this is their slowest time of the year. So it looks like the physical aspects of the project will not begin until around February 1, 2007.

I'm planning to travel to Salcedo, Dominican Republic, around mid-March for a couple of weeks. And a couple of our Rotarians are thinking of going also. Within a week, I will be mailing to RI a "Volunteer Service Grant Application". It must be received by TRF 3 months prior to the expected departure date & approved within 2 months, all travel reservations to be confirmed 45 days prior to travel.

I hope that you all feel that you are a vital part of this project. Because you certainly are. None of it would have been possible without each & every one of you. My deepest thanks to each of you, especially to my 2 computer technical advisors, my daughter, Anne, & my son, Ryan, who assisted, instructed, monitored & supervised my bumbling efforts to set up the blog site. In other words, they essentially created it. It sure helps to have close relatives in the business who boldly come to the rescue.

Merry Christmas & God bless you all,

Norm Malmberg
Rotary Club of Scott Valley
International Cosponsor
TRF MG #61404 (D5110 WCS #06-10-1)