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Yvonne Newman

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Bernd & Christy Hoffman

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

5:00 p.m., Saturday, June 8, 2013

Seratto's Restaurant, 2112 NW Kearney, Portland, OR 97209

The latest photos from our 2013 events: Look

Calling All Members!

Send in Your Favorite Recipes for Wine Enthusiasts

Go through your recipe boxes, favorite cookbooks, or online sources and Send in your favorite recipe to our Newsletter Editor, Dawn Foster (dawned3@frontier.com) for inclusion in the next issue. Whether you’ve created one yourself, obtained one from another source and enhanced with your own culinary twist or from a published source(s) please cite the source to avoid potential copyright infractions. Depending on the quantity received, your recipe may appear in a subsequent issue. With submission, include a brief description of how you came about the recipe and what food and wine pairings you enjoy.

Our recipe database keeps growing. We now have 46 The latest recipe is from Judy Erdman. View Recipes

Wine and Food Society of Oregon’s Privacy Policy

In consideration of my (our) participation in any function or activity of the Wine & Food Society of Oregon, Inc. (“WFSO”), a non-profit Oregon corporation, I (we) hereby release WFSO, its members, agents, officers, and/or directors, and each of them, from any and all liability for injury and/or damage which may be incurred by me (us) incident to, or as a result of, my (our) participation at any function or activity sponsored, conducted or carried on by WFSO, whether on public or private premises, and I (we) further hereby release any private host(s) at any such function or activity from any and all such liability. Further, I (we) hereby consent to the publishing of photos of my (our) guest(s) and myself (ourselves) on the WFSO web site. This release is binding on my (our) heirs, administrators, representatives and assigns.

WFSO Bylaws Reviewed and Posted on Website

Bylaw review is required every two years. A Review Committee consisting of Nora Berwick, Jim Galbraith, and Arlene Harwood reviewed the WFSO Bylaws this spring and reported to the WFSO Board at the June 4, 2011 meeting that there was no need to make any substantive changes, only minor formatting and consistency edits. The Board approved the Bylaws as updated with the next review scheduled for 2013. Read Bylaws

NEW ONLINE REGISTRATION

2011 is our 25^th consecutive year of putting on quality wine and food events in Oregon. For many years your Board has been discussing ways to streamline registration for events (as well as pay annual dues), and it’s been a long road between the “idea” and the “reality”. We are pleased to announce effective January, 2011, we are now able to process event registration as well as renewal of annual dues online using just over $1,000 for labor and software to implement this new system.

Online event registration emails will be sent within a month of the event date to pay with a credit card. Of course, checks are always welcome as usual at anytime prior to the event. But if you use the new system, we hope you enjoy it. We hope to generate additional dues and event income to help pay for the new system.

To that end, if you have any friends who might like to attend a trial Society event, we will send them online announcements of upcoming events. Please send their e-mail addresses to: jim@jatwood.com.

Sincerely,

Jim Atwood, Event Coordinator

We want to make sure we have your current information. Please send any changes to your contact information (name, phone, email, address) to Dick Stinson (judy.erdman@comcast.net), membership chair.

We have an exciting line up of events next year and look forward to seeing you!

Hello WFSO Members. We need more pictures for our annual photo albums. Please take pictures of the people and food and wine of events you go to and send me copies: Digital copies, send as attachments to an email to jfred@easystreet.net; Hard copies from film, send to Avon Holmes; 9345 NW Kaiser Road, Portland, OR, 97231. Thanks for your help in keeping a record of all the wonderful things we get to see and taste and do.

Avon

Important Messages from your Board:

Please note that your payment reserves your spot at events. Use the on-line reservation system or mail your check to secure your place.

As a clarification, all guests are charged the non-member price for events. The on-line reservation system distinguishes between members and guests. If you elect to pay by check, please identify any guests and include the appropriate amount with your check.

We have an updated membership directory available. If you would like a copy, please contact the President or Membership Chair. The membership directory is for members only and not to be used for any type of solicitation.

The board is currently updating our bylaws; they should be ready in early May and will be available upon request.

We look forward to a fun year packed full of great events, fantastic wine, and scrumptious food. Hope to see you at an upcoming event soon!

SPONSORS/COORDINATORS:

Please submit your event write-up, menu, time and cost by the 25th of the third month preceding your event in order for the event to be listed and advertised in the newsletter for at least two months prior to the event. For example, February event information should be submitted to Dawn Foster by November 25th for advertisement in the December and January newsletters. This will help generate interest and member registration in plenty of time to insure the success of the event.

WFSO MEMBERS:

Please sign up for events as soon as you can so that Event Coordinators can get an idea of the number who will be in attendance. This is especially important when restaurants or catering companies need a deposit or a guaranteed number of guests to keep a reservation.

WFSO LOGO ATTIRE

WFSO members wishing to order clothing with the WFSO logo on them may do so by contacting WFSO member, Steve Lutz at his email: steve@lutzandco.com. You can preview clothing items available at www.companycasuals.com .

Don Dibbern is now writing a monthly column for WineLoversPage.com. A link to his column has been added to our links page (above). Go There