November 2015 - Tampa Bay Mensa

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Welcome to Tampa Bay Mensa!......................................................3
November Birthdays.............................................................................3
RVC Column for Region 10................................................................4
LocSec Column........................................................................................ 5
Calendar of Events.................................................................................6
November 2015 Calendar....................................................................7
Mensaversaries........................................................................................9
Member Book Review........................................................................10
News & Notes: November 2015.....................................................12
Cryptopoem............................................................................................. 13
Haiku.......................................................................................................... 14
Fall Picnic 2015!!
November 1st
(see page 5 for details)
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Welcome to Tampa Bay Mensa!
Catherine Dazevedo
* Brendan Driscoll
* Jamie Driscoll
Deborah Duvall
Joshua Justice
* Robert King
* Kristin Ottinger
William Ragains
* New members.
November Birthdays
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Robert King, Elizabeth Rafaloski, Doug Wilcock
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RVC Column for Region 10
Thomas George Thomas
The American Mensa Committee (AMC) met on the weekend of September 12, and
there were two topics in particular that generated a lot of discussion. Second topic
first - The AMC voted to appoint a Regional Vice Chairman (RVC) to the Executive
Committee (ExComm). The ExComm is a subset of the AMC that is authorized to take
actions on behalf of the AMC between regular meetings. In the past, the ExComm has
consisted of the five nationally elected officers (Chairman, First Vice Chairman, Second
Vice Chairman, Treasurer, and Secretary). But for a variety of reasons – all of which
were brought up in the lengthy discussion – it was felt that this might be the right
time to make a change. Considerations in favor of the motion were the changes in the
balance of the AMC following the bylaws referenda in the recent election, which resulted in two-thirds of the AMC being comprised of RVCs. While the point was made
that an RVC does not have a mandate by the full membership to act on their behalf, it
is also true that all members of the AMC have equal fiduciary responsibility for the organization, whether elected by the full membership or by a geographical segment. It
was suggested that RVCs, as they have direct interaction with a number of local
groups of various sizes and demographics, have a closer line to the thoughts of the
membership. While this was countered with the valid statement that any action that
required immediate action by the ExComm would not allow for an RVC to poll their
membership for their opinions, it was still a compelling thought that the RVC had a
constant involvement with the grass roots of the organization. Another idea that was
brought up was whether an ExComm was necessary at all, since instant communication has become much easier since the original structure was created. In the end, the
motion passed, and after a paper ballot, Baker Ring (RVC 5) was chosen for the sixth
position on the ExComm.
The longer discussion at the meeting involved potential changes and/or clarifications
to Name and Logo Committee policies, specifically in regard to their use in external
events. There had been motions on this topic on the agenda, but they were withdrawn
prior to the meeting because there were still significant gaps in understanding and
consensus regarding the intent and impact of the motions. The topic was precipitated
by the use of a large banner bearing the Mensa name and logo including the group
name “Chicago Area Mensa” in the 2015 Chicago Pride Parade in June. There are differ ing opinions on whether this was intended as a social advocacy position. People disagreed on whether the Chicago chapter had the right to use their name on the banner
under the provision that Mensa does not hold a position, however the Mensa Constitu tion allows that individuals and groups of individuals (interpreted in this case as a Lo cal Group) may express their opinions as long as they do not state those opinions as
that of the organization. There were statements made about the difference between
what we can justify to ourselves as meeting the guidelines and what will be perceived
by an impartial outside observer. But there were also concerns expressed that if we
don’t allow any outreach, we cannot build our membership (under this argument, the
parade was positioned as a promotion, and not support for any specific social position). While it was generally agreed that the name and logo rules need to be clarified
so there would be less room for controversial interpretation, it was also determined
that the Name and Logo Committee, together with other committees, needed to take
the results of the discussion away and draft a new proposal for
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LocSec Column
Sylvia Holt Zadorozny
First to Last
First things first: Our Fall Picnic is coming up Sunday, November 1. This time we’ll be
going to Hillsborough River State Park. Be aware that there is a fee to enter the park,
but carpooling can minimize your cost. I’m told we might even get a chance to tour a
historic fort while we’re there, and I’m curious to see what else there is to explore in
this park. (I’ve never been there, but Theresa says it’s great.)
Theresa Hohmann Shadrick, who arranged this picnic, is just one volunteer to step up
and help out our organization. Our esteemed Editor, Tanya Stay, and also our new Circulation Officer, Lisa Blair, are two more non-ExComm members who hold important
offices and keep our group functioning. Then there are our regular and occasional
event hosts, and of course the Executive Committee itself. It takes LOTS of volunteers
to make a good local group, and we can always use more! If you’d like to increase
your participation in TBM, just let me or anyone on the ExComm know what you’re interested in doing, and if we can help you out, we will.
Speaking of the ExComm, if you look at the inside back cover, you’ll notice that we
have some new names on the ExComm list now. What you may not realize if you
don’t know the players is that now I’m the only one on the ExComm who’s too old for
GenX/GenY. We even have a teenager on the board. All this young(er) blood means we
can expect changes in the way things are done. I’ve already been asked about TBM setting up a meetup group, which means the old calendar could soon no longer be our
primary way of reaching members to inform them of new events. Fortunately for us
old fogey dinosaurs, not all events will require modern technology to access, and some
are still quite predictable: Thursday Lunch Bunch, 1 st and 3rd Wednesday Reading
Group, second Saturday Games Night.
Another predictable event is our Regional Gathering over Memorial Day weekend.
(Hopefully registration will be up on our website soon.) After much searching, I found
a larger venue for our 2016 RG, and David Fleming has put together an RG committee
to run things. Unfortunately, meeting space won’t be free this year, which means that
the group can expect to take a loss, but the ExComm considers the RG is a valuable
member benefit and is willing to dedicate funding for it.
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RVC Column for Region 10 (cont)
whatever changes need to be made. This will be an ongoing effort, but our eye is on
making sure we get it done right, rather than fast.
There will be a teleconference of the AMC on October 25 th, but the primary agenda
item is the approval of the minutes for the September meeting. The next full public
meeting of the AMC will be on December 6, 2015, in Grapevine, TX. 
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For updated event information, check our online calendar: http://tampa.us.mensa.org/cal
Calendar of Events
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November 2015 Calendar
Except for rare cases that hosts will make clear, all events listed in our Calendar of
Events, whether hosted in private homes or public venues, are open to all Mensans,
their spouses, and accompanied guests.
While kitty amounts are mandatory, hosts often spend far more than the specified
amount. Donations in excess of the kitty amount will be appreciated. If you have
special needs or restrictions, it is prudent to discuss them with your host before at tending an event.
November 1 10am Fall Picnic
Location: Hillsborough River State Park, 15402 N US Highway 301, Thonotosassa, FL
33592, United States
There is a $6 per car fee for up to 8 passengers, or $4 for a single passenger. For an
additional $2 a person, people can elect to take a tour of the Civil War Fort across
the street; the tour starts at 11 am. There are hiking trails and hiking medallions
available for purchase. We've reserved shelter Miccosukee for the picnic. Tampa
Bay Mensa will provide hamburgers and hot dogs. Please bring your own beverage
and a side dish to share. See you there!
November 4 7pm Reading Group
Location: IHOP, 4910 West Spruce Street, Tampa
Read whatever you like and bring books you'd like to recommend, discuss, exchange, or give away.
Ronan Heffernan 727-537-6626 [email protected]
November 5 12:30pm Lunch Bunch
Location: Piccadilly Cafeteria, 11810 North Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa
We meet at Piccadilly Cafeteria (next to Barnes and Noble Bookstore), in Tampa.
For directions, descriptions, and/or encouragement to attend, call:
Jim Perry 813-837-3473 [email protected]
November 12 12:30pm Lunch Bunch
November 14 7pm Games Night
Location: 651 Timber Bay Circle West, Oldsmar
We play fun board and table games. Snacks and sodas provided ($2 kitty helps defray refreshment expenses). No smoking indoors.
Sylvia Holt Zadorozny 813-855-4939 [email protected]
November 18 7pm Reading Group
November 19 12:30pm Lunch Bunch
November 26 12:30pm Lunch Bunch
November 27 6pm TLC
Location: 18244 Collridge Dr, Tampa
It's time to Tape, Label, and Chat, as we prepare the next issue of Tampa Bay
Sounding for mailing. Come help out and be one of the first to get the latest issue.
Lisa & Bryce Blair 813-907-2418 [email protected]
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November 29 10am Thai Breakfast at Wat Mongkolratanaram
Location: 5306 Palm River Rd, Tampa, FL 33619, USA
This was so much fun last time that were going to do it again! The food choices are
overwhelming at the Sunday Market at this Buddhist temple, with offerings of
soup, custardy coconut-onion cakes, noodles, chicken, sprouts, red port curry over
rice, and so much more. The temple is at 5306 Palm River Road in Tampa. This is a
shared event with Manasota Mensa, so at the temple well all meet at one of the
picnic tables by the wooden gazebo. Look for the yellow balloons! R.S.V.P. to [email protected] or 941-373-0956. See you there!
LocSec Column (cont)
The ExComm also spent money to sponsor a Mensa recruiting table at Necronomicon in
October. Having a table at the convention was the brainchild of David and Art
Schwartz, and Ronan Heffernan made it happen by
manning the table all
weekend, along with Art
and Sapir Schwartz. I personally know current or
former Mensans who like
to attend conventions like
this, and we’re hoping
more con attendees might
be interested in joining
Mensa.
Of course Mensa hosts its
own giant convention each
year: Mensa-Con, or the
Annual Gathering (AG).
Next year’s AG is far away in California, but the 2017 AG is set to be in Hollywood, Flor ida! Marc Lederman is in charge of the Florida AG, and he’s asked our own Bonnie
Wilpon, together with former TBM member Betty Wadsworth, to run tournaments. He
also asked me to be in charge of the casual games room. (Apparently the Tampa Bay
group has a reputation for games.) For those not into games, AGs always have loads of
great speakers and other programs to keep you fully entertained. While I realize that
summer 2017 is still a long time away, I’m mentioning it now because you might want
to plan your vacation time around this AG, as we probably won’t have another AG in
Florida again for many years.
Finally, next month you may have a new LocSec writing this column. (The ExComm appoints new positions a few days after my column deadline.) So just in case this is my
last column, I’d like to thank you all for reading this past year.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving! 
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Mensaversaries
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Kerry Lawson, Henry Morse, Stanley Pleban
Elliott Loyless
Martha Metcalf
Thomas Timberlake
Donald White
Karen Payne, Tracy Sober
Ronald Croft
Fernando Narvaez, Carol Park
Jamie Heuer, Alvin Nienhuis, Bradley Price
Anthony Shun
Timothy Dixon, Christopher Orozco
Linda Christina, Jason Newberg, Richard Quinn
Genevieve Corrada, Allan Escher, Douglas Woolley
Pamela Colker, Ella Mendelowitz, Fredrik Tucker
Kaci Loveland
Elizabeth Knowles, William Knowles
David Fleming, Aidan Humphries, Cole Jacobson,
Reid Manning, R Rawls
Jennifer Michel, Alex Obenauf
Sophia Bajohr, Alexander Black, David Campbell,
Andrew Ford, John Grace, Kenneth Kaplan,
Zachary Schrader, Danny Taylor, Constance Wallace
Note: Years are for continuous membership. Members who let their membership lapse start from
the date of reinstatement.
Please consider submitting articles, personal anecdotes,
poetry, short fiction, photographs – virtually anything
that interests you – to [email protected], for
publication in the Tampa Bay Sounding !
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Member Book Review
Jim Perry
Max Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
This is Weber’s analysis of the evolution of values in the Protestant Reformation. This
particular translation is by Steven Kahlberg, in the 4 th edition of a volume that includes others of Weber’s writings ‘on the Rise of the West.’
Early Christianity was a mix of values, including those related to work and wealth,
which are of special interest to Weber. Beginning with Calvin and Luther, a new perspective and posture toward work and wealth was established and has now expanded
worldwide. From time immemorial, the word ‘work’ referred to labor, travail,
drudgery, toil, done either for hire or under compulsion. Work was the business of
serfs, peons, slaves, and women; it was not the business of gentlemen. And yet, today,
‘hardworking Americans’ has become a single word (like ‘damn Yankees’) a political
slogan connoting nobility, if only nominally. How did this happen? I’ll give you a hint:
it wasn’t Karl Marx. According to Weber, it was the Protestant Reformation, and above
all Calvinism.
The so-called Protestant work ethic was based on the idea of a vocation, a calling,
which is to say systematic work in an institutional setting, aimed at accumulating
wealth. This accumulated wealth was not to be spent (since that leads to waste, ostentation, and dissipation), nor to be donated to charity (since that creates a moral
hazard, encouraging the behavior that makes beggars), but only to be invested or lent
at interest. The result of all this was a rationalized society that made a “cosmos” that
today “determines the style of life of all individuals born into this grinding mechanism,
and not only those directly engaged in economically productive activity. It does so
with overwhelming force – and perhaps will continue to do so until the last ton of fossil fuel has burnt to ashes.” (p. 157)
This book is an illuminating history of how this all happened. It is a magisterial account of many strands of thought and the many individuals who spun and then wove
those strands into the tapestry of modern life. John Calvin [1509-64] and Martin Luther
[1483-1546] were two of the foremost leaders of the Reformation, but Weber also tells
us about the life and contribution to Protestantism of Richard Baxter [1615-1691] (whom
I had never heard of until now), and about the significant work of John Wesley [170391], Benjamin Franklin [1706-90], and many others.
Prior to the Reformation, life appeared to everyone to be what we today call a ‘zerosum game,’ a structure in which one man’s gain was necessarily another man’s loss.
In such a system, the only moral course was to take from the environment only
enough to support life, to do just enough work to support one’s family. To make sure
this happened, people needed training to stifle their impulses. Monasticism was seen
as an ideal means “to escape the power of irrational drives.” The ultimate aim was “to
subordinate life to the supremacy of the organized will, and to subject…actions to a
permanent self-control and a reflection upon their ethical implications.” (p. 116)
With the Reformation, work replaced God as the driving force protecting individuals
and their societies from the chaos of our own impulses and instincts, as well
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Member Book Review (cont)
as from the distractions around us. As the Sun was to the Egyptians the source of
many blessings, and the buffalo to the Plains tribes, so, in our own time, jobs are to
us: work distracts us from our impulses and instincts while it gives us income, sta tus, and exercise. “Work,” says Weber, “is the tried and proven mechanism for the
practice of asceticism.” (p. 143)The fact that diligent labor led to profit and wealth
was noted with alarm by John Wesley: “For the Methodists in every place grow diligent and frugal; consequently they increase their possessions of material goods.
Hence they proportionally increase in pride, in anger, in the desire of the flesh, the
desires of the eyes, and the pride of life. So, although the form of the religion remains, the spirit is swiftly vanishing away. Is there no way to prevent this continual
decay of pure religion? We ought not to prevent people from being diligent and frugal; we must exhort all Christians to gain all they can, and to save all they can; that is, in
effect, to grow rich.” (p. 154)So it now appears that Marx’s “opiate of the people” is
not religion, but greed, and malice toward the poor, to suppress that most dangerous
of all human attributes, free will.
One of the most disturbing strands of Protestantism is the Calvinist doctrine of predestination. Weber cites the Westminster Confession of 1647 (p. 104) which declares
that “some men [such as church leaders (p. 119)] are predestined unto everlasting life,
and others foreordained to everlasting death.” This difference, according to Calvin’s
teaching, is one that no mortal has any power to change: few will be saved, and
none by their own effort. This is an echo of Plato’s ‘Noble Lie,’ the Myth of the Metals (which – falsely, as Plato says – claims we are born with certain metals in our
souls, gold, silver, and iron or brass, and our social station is thereby determined beyond any hope of effort). It seems especially pernicious since the Westminster Confession declares that the damned “harden themselves.” But if they can harden
themselves against enlightenment, why can they not soften themselves toward it?
But perhaps Calvin’s doctrine was, in part at least, an effort to explain, rather than
mandate, the difference we see in life around us between those who plan for the ‘afterlife’ of retirement and old age, and those who don’t. The work of Walter Mischel,
author of The Marshmallow Test, (reviewed in TBM’s Sounding, December 2014) suggests strongly that it is indeed possible for people to develop the skill and vision
needed to postpone gratification at will. Mischel, you may recall, argued that selfcontrol was the master skill, the foundation for effective human living.
This particular volume of Weber’s work contains three other relevant works by Weber, together with three appendices, 93 pages of notes, a glossary, a subject index
and a name index. The name index alone is four full pages long, which should give
you some idea of the breadth and depth of Weber’s presentation. The translator
helpfully provides the original German in brackets for certain technical terms. I
made ten typed, single-spaced pages of notes of my own in the course of reading
Weber’s book, and expect to be coming back to it again and again. 
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News & Notes: November 2015
Happenings & Celebrations:
November is National Novel Writing Month.
November is Native American Heritage Month.
4th: King Tut Day
13th: World Kindness Day
17th: Homemade Bread Day
Resources:
- Channel your inner author and find the resources at ywp.nanowrimo.org/. The
Young Writers Program helps thousands of youth pen their first book.
- Learn some interesting facts about the history of Native American Heritage month at
http://www.bia.gov/DocumentLibrary/HeritageMonth/.
- Read more about King Tut in the book The Complete Tutankhamun: The King, the
Tomb, the Royal Treasure by Nicholas Reeves or watch National Geographic’s movie
about him at bit.ly/nat-geo-tut.
- For World Kindness Day, start with your own house! Print out the Mensa Foundation’s “Around the House Kindness” page and start being really nice to the people who
matter most bit.ly/house-kindness.
- Find a very simple recipe for homemade bread, along with lots of other simple bread
recipes here bit.ly/kids-bread.
Triviality:
- King Tut Day is not actually the young Pharaoh’s birthday, but rather the anniversary
of his tomb’s discovery in 1922 by British archeologist Howard Carter.
- Abraham Lincoln declared the first official Thanksgiving Holiday in 1863. Thanksgiving fell on November 26th that year.
- The name 'November' is believed to derive from 'novem' which is the Latin for the
number 'nine'. In the ancient Roman calendar November was the ninth month after
March. As part of the seasonal calendar November is the time of the 'Snow Moon' according to Pagan beliefs and the period described as the 'Moon of the Falling Leaves'
by Black Elk."
It’s Your Birthday!
If you were born in November, you share your birthday month with Daniel Boone
(2nd), Marie Antoinette (2nd) James K. Polk (2nd),Warren G. Harding (2nd), Phil Simms
(3rd), Will Rogers (4 th), Matthew McConaughey (4 th), Bram Stoker (8th), Sean Combs
"Puff Daddy" (9th), George S. Patton (11th), Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (11th), Leonardo DiCaprio
(11th), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (12th), Nadia Comaneci (12 th), Robert Louis Stevenson
(13th), Prince Charles (14th), Condoleezza Rice (14th), Alan Shepard (18th), Mickey Mouse
(18th), Margaret Atwood (18th), James A. Garfield (19th), Robert F. Kennedy (20th),
Voltaire (21st), Charles de Gaulle (22nd), William "Billy the Kid" Bonney (23 rd), Zachary
Taylor (24th), Charles Schulz (26th), Jimi Hendrix (27th), Sir Winston Churchill (30th). 
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Cryptopoem
Sylvia Holt Zadorozny
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Answer to the October Cryptopoem:
The startled quail in covies whir
From 'neath your feet as on you stray
Along the narrow thread-like path,
This cool October day. …
On every side the golden rod's
Long, graceful plumes of tawny gold
And ageratum's purple bloom The banners of the wold.
The stubble of the June-reaped wheat
Stands up in bristling ranks of spears,
Its gold is covered now with frost,
Like warriors grey with years. ...
There in the stream beneath the elms,
The leaves, like ships of Lil'put, fair,
Drift down, sans rudders and sans sails
To ports that lie nowhere.
~ James Edwin Campbell, “Through October Fields”
Haiku
TIME
BECAUSE SHE ASKED
Heals our deepest wounds
I can write haiku
Mind and soul seek its embrace
if you give me a topic
The passage of time
(otherwise it's lame).
By J.J. Nolan
Sylvia Zadorozny
NOVEMBER
HEY, YOU!
Cool nights, golden leaves
Political rants
First fireplace eve? Not so much.
Not your cup of chamomile?
Turkey 'neath the palms.
Send us a haiku
By Tanya Stay
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2014-2015 Tampa Bay Mensa Officers
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
➢Local Secretary
Ronan Heffernan
27504 Breakers Dr
Wesley Chapel FL 33544
727-537-6626
[email protected]
➢Deputy LocSec
David Fleming
5303 Reflections Club Drive,
Apt 104
Tampa FL 33634
asstlocsec@
tampa.us.mensa.org
➢Treasurer
➢Publisher
Ombudsman
[email protected]
➢Scholarship Chair
➢Proctors
Kevin Brawner
727-397-8483
Ronan Heffernan
scholarship@
tampa.us.mensa.org
➢Scribe
David Fleming
[email protected]
➢Testing Coordinator
Jen Michel
[email protected]
Kathy Crum
7164 Quail Hollow Blvd.
Wesley Chapel, FL 33544
813-907-0526
[email protected]
➢Webmaster
➢Auditor
Kevin Brawner
5001 Terrace Palms Cir
Unit 101
Temple Terrace, FL 33617
813-732-3837
[email protected]
➢Editor
➢Calendar Editor
Sylvia Holt Zadorozny
651 Timber Bay Cir. W.
Oldsmar, FL 34677
813-855-4939
[email protected]
➢Gifted Youth
Coordinator
Melissa Stephens
2023 Blue Rock Rd. #301
Tampa , FL 33612
813-476-5405
giftedyouth@
tampa.us.mensa.org
➢Members-At-Large
Isabelle Hohmann
Kay Shapiro
349 Shore Dr. E.
Oldsmar, FL 34677
727-543-2004
[email protected]
➢Publicity Officer
David Fleming
[email protected]
Nove m be r 2 01 5
Ronan Heffernan
webmaster@
tampa.us.mensa.org
OTHER OFFICERS
Tanya Stay
[email protected]
➢Membership Officer
Steve Shapiro
349 Shore Dr. E.
Oldsmar, FL 34677
727-543-2004
membership@
tampa.us.mensa.org
➢Circulation Officer
Lisa Blair
18244 Collridge Dr
Tampa, FL 33647
813-907-2418
distribution@
tampa.us.mensa.org
➢Editorial Board
Art Schwartz
Thomas Thomas
Ronan Heffernan
Kay Shapiro
Melissa Stephens
Jen Michel
➢Election Committee
Pending 2016 election
➢Election Supervisor
Maran Fulvi
3422 Hilltop Cir
Spring Hill FL 34606
[email protected]
➢Maran Fulvi
ombudsman@
tampa.us.mensa.org
Jen Michel
Thomas Thomas
David Fleming
Kay Shapiro
Jay Johnson
➢Programs Officer
Art Schwartz
[email protected]
➢SIGHT Coordinator
Melissa Stephens
[email protected]
➢Social Directors
Art Schwartz (Spring)
Melissa Stephens (Summer)
Ronan Heffernan (Fall)
ASSISTANT OFFICERS
➢Asst Treasurer
Sylvia Zadorozny
➢Asst Webmasters
Kevin Brawner
Belinda Nemeth
➢Asst GYC
Kay & Steve Shapiro
➢Asst Programs Officers
Melissa Stephens
Sylvia Zadorozny
➢Asst Membership Officer
Art Schwartz
➢Asst Circulation Officer
Ronan Heffernan
REGIONAL CONTACTS
➢RVC, Region 10
Thomas George Thomas
27647 Sky Lake Circle
Wesley Chapel, FL 33544
813-994-3981
[email protected]
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at 5001 Terrace Palms Cir Unit 101
Temple Terrace, FL 33617.
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