February 2008 Meeting Minutes

February 12, 2007

The League meeting was held at the home of Eva Deffenbaugh in Mid Levels, Hong Kong.

Eva Deffenbaugh, President, introduced our Speaker, Phil Warner of Crossroads International. Phil Warner is a
Public Relations officer with Crossroads, having worked with them for six years. Phil explained the philosophy
of this Charitable organization as, “Where need and resource meet.” Crossroads works both locally in Hong Kong
and Globally distributing high quality donated goods where needed that might otherwise be discarded to the landfill

Phil’s presentation was followed by a questiong and answer period. Eva thanked Phil for his time, presenting him
(Crossroads) with a Lycee envelope from LGW and from the individual members.

A brief Business meeting followed:

The March 11th League mtg. will be held at the CNN headquarters here in Hong
Kong, with a tour provided by Hugh Stevens. Lunch will follow, for those available, at Butterfields.
The April 8th League mtg. will be held at Robin Ernest’s home on Tregunter Path. Our Speaker, yet to be
determined will make a presentation co-ordinated with the Consul General of Mexico, on Immigration issues.
Beth Hall has further information.
League meeting dates for 2008-09 are already established. We will be organizing Presenters and Hostesses
for these dates. A list of topics were suggested by Beth Hall, Vice President, that individual members could choose from and present themselves, rather than having Speakers come from the ‘outside’ for every mtg. Eva will e-mail this List out to members.
The May 8th League mtg will be held in the Congress Room at the Hong Kong Convention Centre. Susan
Wallace has kindly offered to organize. General Elections will be held at this time.
Voter Services head, Anita Chopra informed the membership that while it was not too late to register for
The General Election. Members can contact her for further information.
Beth Hall, head of our Nominating Committee, announced that the slate of officers for 2008-09 is ready to
be voted on at our General Meeting.

Our meeting was adjourned. Members enjoyed refreshments celebrating both the League’s 88th birthday and Chinese
New Year, all thoughtfully prepared by our hostess, Eva Deffenbaugh.