Hallo

My name is Sandra Eisenring, and I am the president of the SWISS CLUB OF CENTRAL NC. In this section of the website you will see my updates that go out via email to our members. They are in chronological order, meaning the latest one is on top. If you do decide to take part in one of our events, or gatherings please use the "contact us" bar on the left hand side and I will get in touch with you shortly. In the meantime  I hope you wan to familiarize yourself with our club in checking out our website. If you have questions feel free to contact me as well, via the "contact us" button. Thank you for visiting us.

Thank you for your interest__________________________________________________________Sandra Eisenring_______

Hi everyone  1-24-2012
First off, I want to wish everyone a happy, prosperous, healthy and fun 2012. I hope you all are off to a good start.
Maybe you were wondering why the membership due letter did not hit your inbox yet. That is because the Board and I have decided to have a meeting to discuss the membership and possible changes with it. And of course to discuss other matters too. I took presidency over two years ago, and we did not meet as a group since. So we thought it was time for that again.
The meeting is next week, and I will send out an info and the membership due letter after that meeting. It will give you enough time to either send in the dues or bring it to the Fondue event on Febr. 18. I will of course send out an Invitation for that separately very soon too.
I hope to see you all on the 18th, and until then...enjoy the warm weather.
Sandra Eisenring
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Dear Swiss Club members    3-28-2011 

So far, there are only about half of all the registered members, that have paid their yearly dues. For those, that have not sent in their dues for this year, we kindly ask you to send them to Hanny Isenrich as soon as possible.
Another reminder: members which have reached their 25th birthday, need to be responsible for their own membership payments ($ 35.00 family and $ 25.00 individual).
Please support the club with your dues; this is our sole income and as we had stated at the last gathering, we have a few fixed costs which need to be covered.
Forms for payments can be downloaded from the club's website (www.sccnc.org) or if you prefer, I can resend them to you.

I have posted the dates of the 1. of August Event on the website as well and it will be on July 30, 5 PM at the Clubhouse in Windermere in Cary, same place as last year. Of course I will send out invitations and info beforehand. And as an FYI, we will most probably have the same sausages again, which you all liked alot.

Thank you for your continued support of the Swiss Club of Central North Carolina!

Sandra Eisenring
President of SCCNC
www.sccnc.org

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Hi everyobody    10-28-2010
I know, an update is long overdue…..so here it is:

The Wine Tasting was a wonderful gathering of about 12 people. It was very informative, and a very good time. I did post some pictures on the web site. Thank you Indu and Emma for organizing it, bringing the snacks, soft drinks and water, and of course the toys for the kids. Very thoughtful, and appreciated.

New Bern was beautiful in every way and we had a great time as a family and as a group of Swiss people as well. Thanks to Mr. Heinz Roth of Charlotte, who had organized a meeting for all Swiss Clubs present, we could meet and mingle with the Delegation from Bern and New Bern Officials as well. Of course it was a very eventful two days and we all got home tired and happy to have been part of this once-in-a-lifetime-event.

The International Festival was a success as well, and I think all had fun manning our booth. I have posted pictures on the website from this event as well. My personal favorites were: the food and the dances from all over the world.
Big “Thank yous” go out to:
Hanny Isenrich, Barbara Zellweger, Sandro Gisler, Martin and Petra Martignoni with daughters Zora and Gwen AND their friends and colleagues, Volker and Pascale Mittendorf, Indu and Emma Parikh and Verena Ierardi and Heinz Rehse.

And now to upcoming events:

As you might know, the Christmas Dinner is on Dec. 4th in the Jacoba Hall at the St. Francis School in Raleigh. Invitation with details and directions will follow soon.
As usual the Club will provide the Ham in Dough, appetizers and wine/soft drinks. Plus then we have the salads and desserts that people bring in as usual. I am planning on having a “Samichlaus” there as well. But for that I would need someone to volunteer for it. Whoever will step up to do this, can come for free, and does not need to pay the fee, as an incentive. I suggest that person should be someone with either no kids, or grown kids. Please consider volunteering for this. It is always so much fun for kids and adults alike.

I am also thinking of the Fondue evening (TBD for 2011) to be our official business and voting meeting with short mention of numbers from treasurer and of course Q & A session. This is just an idea for now, and I will keep you updated about that.

Thanks for your time, and as usual comments/questions are welcome.

Sandra Eisenring
President of SCCNC
www.sccnc.org
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Hi everyone    8-10-2010
First, a big thank you for all the goodies you brought in for the 1. August Party and of course for attending it too. I think we had a great turn out and everyone enjoyed it. Special Thanks to Indu Parikh, who brought the wine, to Charles Buenzli who brought the keg of beer and to Hanny Isenrich who brought the delicious appetizers. Of course there were also the very good salads, the Zopf and all the desserts that made it such a feast! Thank you all.

Here some important information and updates:

1.) September 11: Winetasting
As was announced at the August First party, it is time to plan for our visit to GROVE Vineyard & Winery on Saturday, September 11.
GROVE (www.grovewinery.com), a relatively small and privately owned vineyard is located in the beautiful Haw River valley in Guilford county. GROVE is about 40 miles west of Chapel Hill. Within a few days, Indu will send a detailed email with a registration form.

2.) Sept. 16 - 19: New Bern Update from Heinz Roth (Honorary Consul of CH for NC and SC)
First of all, the day we all meet with the Swiss Delegation will still be Saturday, Sept. 18, but at 4:30 PM!! (Not 1 PM, as mentioned in his email earlier). And second, he will not be able to find us accommodations, so if you want to stay a night or two you will have to arrange for it yourself. Also, he is still trying to find a place to meet and will let us know that ASAP.

3.) Oct. 1, 2 and 3: International Festival
I have submitted the paperwork, and I hope that more people will sign up to help. I do need at least 20 volunteers, and so far I have 3 people who signed up to help!
If you think about it, it would be an easy way in to go to the Festival, entry fee for one person is $ 7.00. Just come and help a few hours and then you are free to stroll around and enjoy the festival. 50 Countries, 25 sidewalk cafes, bazaars with goods and merchandise, and stages with dances (adults, teens and children productions), a beergarden, cooking demonstration, dancing demonstration and crafts demonstration and of course Sophisa's corner, a corner for children and more more more....here is their website: www.internationalfestival.org
We will have at our booth: a laptop with that same DVD playing like at the party and another one called "Traditions old and new", we will have music playing low volume, we will have our booth decorated with flags,etc. just like at the party, with posters, and such. Plus the Embassy in Atlanta will send us Swiss material like pamphlets, and give-aways, etc.
I am still trying to figure out a demonstration of some sort of a Celebration of Switzerland. Does anyone have an idea? Can someone "loeffle" can someone "talerschwinge" can someone "fix an old Swiss clock", Does someone have an old Swiss clock? Does someone have a "Dirndl", does someone have a "Basler Fastnachtsmaske", does someone have "Swiss cowbells or goatbells", does someone have a Swiss uniform of some sort (not military), does someone have a special apparatus or machine, or something used only in Switzerland? Does someone have Swiss Money (can be good color copies) of each banknote. We can also use these items as decoration, it doesn't have to be used in a demonstration. Think mountain, alps, cheese, clocks, milk, cows, wine, folklore music, chocolate, banks, money, traditions.
Please brainstorm a bit, and look in your closets, attics, and cellars, and help us make this a success.
I will need all these items by Sept. 15. We will have to show it to the Organization and they will have to "ok" the use of each item. I know, a bit "unionlike" and painful, but it has to be done. And also, of course whoever will be behind the booth needs to wear red and white, at least on top.

Thanks in advance for all you can do and hopefully you can participate in one or all events that are coming up.
Sandra
President of SCCNC
www.sccnc.org 
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Hi everyone    6-14-2010
I hope you all enjoy the heat!!! I also hope you all can access a pool to cool off!!

First of all, I will send out the invitations for the 1 of Aug. Party with RSVP sheet early next week, so be on the lookout for that. (It will take place on July 31). On the RSVP sheet is also a section to add your membership fee, if you have not payed it yet. And that brings me to the next point....

...there are still 15 members who have not payed! On my last email the number was 18, so just 3 members payed since then, so please take advantage of the RSVP sheet and pay your part, it so easy to just add it to your party dues. Tank you.

Then, I am forwarding an update from Indu, who has agreed to plan and organize a wine tasting for us this year. Here is his email:
We are planing to visit the GROVE vineyard/winery on Saturday, September 11 at about noon time.
The cost will be $10 per person, this includes $5 for wine tasting (which the winery charges). Children will have an opportunity to play outdoors. The winery (www.grovewinery.com), with ca. 40 acres of land with a pond, is located about 40 miles west of Chapel Hill.
Each person is responsible for own transportation. Car pooling is encouraged.
Please mark your calendar. Details will follow in due course.
Best regards - - Indu.

Thank you Indu for doing this. And as he announced, details are to follow.

And last but not least.....I have signed us up for the International Festival! We will start with a non profit booth (provided) and we will not sell anything or serve any food. It is not allowed with this set up, which is called "Cultural Exhibit". I decided to start out small, and depending on the participation of the club members, and how well it went, we would go bigger, and eventually end up doing the whole Raclette selling, and chocolate, etc. But for now, it is just an information and demonstration booth, and we cannot advertise anything, incl. our Swiss Club, which is a bummer, but those are the rules. The festival will take place Oct. 1,2 and 3. Details will follow after the first of Aug. Party, where I will inform you more about it. But please be ready to help out, since the booth has to be manned at all times every day, every hour. I will also need some typical Swiss clothing, and Swiss gadgets, etc.
You can go and take a look at their website and get informed about it too: www.internationalfestival.org

That is it for now, and I hope to see you all at the party.
Sandra Eisenring
President of SCCNC
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Hi everyone      5-3-2010

My name is Sandra Eisenring and I did want to take the opportunity and announce my presidency of the Swiss Club of Central NC. For all those who have been at the Fondue event in March, you know that already. But for all others, this might be News to them.