A Big Thank you from the Chair

Dear DAL members,

Thank you for coming to our Pre-Election Fund Raiser this past Sunday. For those of you who were not able to attend, we missed you. Please check out our web-site for information and pictures from our evening, as well as other up-to-date event information.

I would also like to particularly thank Nina Grant, Chair of the DA Kaiserslautern chapter for attending along with members of her group. Nina is helping to keep the cross-border participation initiative alive and we hope she and her members will attend more of our events.

We were fortunate to have Joe Smallhoover, International Counsel of Democrats Abroad, as our speaker. He told me several times during the course of the evening how much he enjoyed meeting you and having a chance to hear and see what we are doing in Luxembourg. He went away impressed, I assure you, and will take many of his observations back to ‘headquarters’, along with a few of our new brochures tucked in his briefcase. Did I tell you how proud we are of our new brochure? Make sure you pass them along to newly arrived Americans, or even long-time resident Americans who might be interested in joining us.

Earlier in the afternoon, Deborah Andersen interviewed Joe for her “Corner Café” Radio ARA program that will be aired within a few weeks. Joe said the interview was well organized and the questions well thought out. Many thanks and kudos to Deborah because Joe told me how much he enjoyed doing it. I encourage all of you to listen to his interview. Date and time will be posted so please be watching for it. Thank you, Deborah, for the interview as I know it made his visit even more rewarding.

Contributions from the evening towards our local DAL chapter came to 530€ and about $500 in write-in and direct check donations were contributed to the DNC in Washington. I would say this was very successful fund raising and it’s thanks to you and your generosity that we can keep our chapter and our party a little bit more solvent.

So, now onto our Victory Party (Yes, I am optimistic ~ however slim it may be) on the 8th of November. Again, Jo Anne will be sending notices out about the location.

Last but certainly not least, thank you, Vicki and Guy Thackray, for opening up your home to us. The setting and décor was perfect for the occasion and to all who brought goodies to eat and share, thank you for providing a feast. Pot lucks seem to be the ticket to get us together so we’ll do more of them.

Thank you for being a member of Democrats Abroad Luxembourg and let’s stay in touch.

Christine
Chair, DAL