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Speaker info and sign up for Aug 3 mtg.
Please join us for lunch at the Plaza Club (12-1p) and meet our speaker, Dr. Jack Suyderhoud, his BIO noted below.
 
Please click onto the link to sign up:  
 
Dr. Suyderhoud is Professor Emeritus of Business Economics, Department of Financial Economics and Institutions, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa.  He served as the Associate Dean of the College for the period July 1996 – June 2000 and as Interim Dean July – December, 1999.  He earned his Ph.D. in economics from Purdue University in 1978 and has published in a number of scholarly journals.
 
Professor Suyderhoud has been a consultant to First Hawaiian Bank, the State of Hawaii, Governments of American Samoa, Guam, and the County of Hawaii, the National Education Association, the Pacific Basin Development Council, and numerous Hawaii businesses and labor organizations.
 
He is now serving his fourth term on the Hawaii State Council on Revenues.  He was also the Executive Director of the Hawaii Tax Review Commission (1983-84), and was a member of the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Tax Reform (1986-87), the Hawaii State Tax Department’s Task Force on Tax Policy and Revenue Enhancement (1995), and the Hawaii Economic Revitalization Task Force-Taxation Work Group (1997).
 
Dr. Suyderhoud has won a number of teaching and service awards including the University of Hawaii Award for Meritorious Teaching in 1992, the Dennis Ching (First Interstate Bank) Outstanding Teaching Excellence Award in 1990, 2012 and 2016, and the College of Business “Kaizen” Service Awards in 1993 and 1995.
 
Dr. Suyderhoud has taught in business programs in Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, and France.
 
Fun Facts:
  • Jack and his wife Regina have been married for nearly 38 years.
  • Jack is proud of his three kids: two sons who are US Navy F-18 pilots and a daughter who is a registered nurse.  She presented Jack and Regina with their first grandchild.
  • Jack enjoys singing in the bass section of the Honolulu Chorale.
  • Jack is an open-ocean swimmer who has completed nearly 30 Waikiki Rough Water Swims.
 
UPDATE as of (7/31):  RE Kyoto West Students Visitation 7/30 - 8/10/2018
Club social potluck picnic on Sunday, Aug 5, with the sister club Kyoto West visiting students!
 
Fellow members,
 
Please come and join the club social picnic on Aug 5, Sunday at Ala Moana beach park, chaired by our President, Stan Wong, who will put up a tent, members please bring a dish and your families to celebrate a summer fun with the 3 students, from the sister club Kyoto-West, who will be visiting Hawaii from 7/31 - 8/10/2018.
 
Please click onto the link to sign up: 
 
UPDATE as of 7/31, sign up sheet for student visitation program:  
 
Mahalo, 
Terry Lo
 
Dark for Admissions Day - Aug 17
We are DARK on Friday, August 17 for Admissions Day!  There will be no WHR Mtg.
 
WHR Club Assembly and Board Mtg. - Aug 18
WHR club members,
 
Our first Board meeting of the Rotary year will be Aug. 18, Saturday, at 5:00PM at my house.  The club Assembly will follow at about 6 PM.  The agenda will include preparing for the DG visit in Sept..I emailed his agenda a few weeks ago. As we get closer to our Aug. date, I will send a detailed agenda. Thanks for your great support.  Lets keep up this attendance at the meetings.
 
Please click onto the link to sign up:  
 
Stan
 
Rotary International Convention for 2019 will be held at Hamburg Germany, from June 1 -5 , 2019!
WHR plans to put together a group to attend the convention and do some sightseeing in Germany, the trip will be around 2 weeks, visiting Cologne, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Munich, Berlin. If you are interested in joining us, traveling in Germany and RI Convention, please sign up by clicking onto the link below!
 
 
Dear D5000 Rotarians,
The Hamburg RI Convention is June 1-5, 2019, if you are considering going, please read this to find out about:
1) The early registration discount, if registering between 6/23 and 6/26 2018.
2) If you are interested in getting a hotel room with the group, please add your name to the list by CLICKING HERE.
 
Don’t miss your chance to Capture the Moment at the 2019 Rotary Convention in Hamburg, Germany. Hamburg, Europe’s “Gateway to the World” will be your gateway to the world of Rotary. A place where the Rotary spirit fills the air — a place to connect with friends while making unforgettable memories and a place to discover the latest news, ideas and strategies that drive Rotary. 
 
So take advantage of the special limited-time registration rate of $350 when you register and pay between Saturday, 23 June and Wednesday, 27 June CDT.  
http://www.riconvention.org/en/hamburg.
 
NOTE: 
This promotional rate is also available on-line for those who aren’t in attendance in Toronto.
Regarding the block of rooms we are getting:
1) We will let you know in the next few weeks what hotel we will be in.
2) Your commitment to reserve a room will be needed by sometime in September.
3) Your payment will be needed by sometime late November 2018.
 
We will be promoting our 2020 Hawaii Convention in Hamburg and registration will open at that time. 
 
Naomi Masuno 808-492-0126
District Governor Elect