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HoTPCA Annual Meeting and Holiday Potluck!

Greetings Everyone,

Once again it's time to kick-off the holiday season with our November membership drive and the Annual Meeting/Holiday Potluck on Sunday, 11/23 from noon at the International Hostel on Town Lake (Where we met last year). We've had a busy year, which we'll recap briefly before ratifying new bylaws, new Board members and a new slate of Officers. Then, they'll take over and lead us in a bit of planning for the upcoming year.

Agenda for this year's meeting now available!

Everyone knows a couple of RPCVs who should be involved in our group. Give them a call so we can keep growing. Also, think about paying your annual dues at the meeting or online if you haven't already. If you have comments, questions or suggestions, feel free to email info@hotpca.org or any Board Member.

Looking forward to seeing you there,

Lorel
Outgoing President, HoTPCA

Fundraising Raffle
We're going to have a raffle again this year and all of the proceeds will go into our small project grant fund. And we'll talk about finalizing a process to decide what projects to support. The raffle includes some excellent stuff including HoTPCA logo merchandise, original art, handloomed carpets [see below] and more.

Volunteer on the Board or a Committee
As we grow, so do the number of us who are working on projects organized within four Committees: Membership, Events, Communications and Organizational Structure.

We'll be selling Peace Corps calendars and taking pictures again, as well as catching up, eating and enjoying the sunshine on Lady Bird Lake.

Directions
When: Sunday, November 23 from noon – 3:00
Where: Austin's Int'l Youth Hostel; 2200 S. Lakeshore Blvd.
Check it Out: http://www.hiaustin.org

Directions: From IH35 South of Town Lake, exit on Riverside and head East. Turn left on Lakeshore Drive, which is the first intersection you'll come to. The Hostel is about one block down on your left.

Details: There's a modest parking lot, plenty of parking on the street and lots of space indoors and outside to visit, learn what's new and bask in the sun by the lake, both inside the airy common room or outside on the patio.

There's a kitchen with a bit of room to put finishing touches on your potluck offerings. HoTPCA will provide plates and utensils, as well as drinks and a turkey. Since the hostel sits on City of Austin property, no alcohol, please.

Peace Corps Calendars ON SALE NOW!

Come to any of our events in November and get yourself a calendar. They make great holiday presents. Only $15 and seriously, the photos will knock you out.

HoTPCA.org takes first in the 2008 NPCA Electronic Media Awards!

Thanks to everyone who contributed ideas, content, and effort over the past year! It's because of YOU that we had so much to offer through our site!

Now, are YOU interested in helping take our website to the next level?

Please email info@hotpca.org if you are! We have exciting plans and can use your help!

Peace Corps Wiki launches.
1,000+ pages down, millions to go!

"UT ranks seventh in the Peace Corps' top 25 list of large universities producing Peace Corps volunteers in 2007."
UT-Austin News

On October 14, 1960, John F. Kennedy
visited Ann Arbor, Michigan and gave an impromptu three-minute speech to university students about the idea of
"a volunteer corps of young Americans."

Read/listen to his speech and see photos of him in University of Michigan's online newspaper Michigan Today.

HoT Calendar

Add this calendar to yours if you have a Google account!

To access the HoTPCA Google Calendar from other applications,
copy and paste the link below into any calendar product that supports the iCal format. http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/hotpca%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics  

Join!

Join HoTPCA for only $15.00!

Check out our calendar above for the following events

Weekly Coffee Talk
every Wed. from 5:30-6:30 pm
at Starbucks, 504 West 24th St.

Happy Hour - every fourth Thursday,
from 5:30 – 7:30 pm … location changes monthly.

Ethnic Dinner – the third week of every month
7:00 pm … location changes monthly.

Book Club – every 2nd Thursday at 7:00 pm
… location changes monthly.

Volunteer Opportunities –
offered in conjunction with other
service organizations in the Austin area.

Rio Bravo Project – twice annual volunteer work-trips
in Tamaulipas, Mexico usually in November and March.

Annual Meeting and pre-Holiday Potluck
for the membership each November.

This is just a sampling of what HotPCA has to offer.
And we are growing every year!

The HoTPCA CafePress Store
is now open for business!

HoTPCA Member Becca Hamm
fills us in on her work with the deaf community in Kenya.

Check her out and leave a comment!