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FLORIDIANS
Ken Fish, 941-421-2681, Kenjudfish@comcast.net

Greetings Floridians and potential Floridians. Enjoying food and friendship
continues to be the mainstay of our club’s social functions. This was again evident
when we had an excellent turnout for our annual picnic at the Civic Association site.
The picnic was catered by the Smoke House with good food for all to enjoy. By
holding the event in April, we get to mingle with many of our snowbird members
before they leave. The special event in April was a visit to the Butterfly Sanctuary in
Fort Myers. Dine Around was held at Visani where members had a great meal and
stayed for the show.

As mentioned earlier, the leadership team
continues to think of ways to make it easier for
us to enjoy life. Some changes were
mentioned last month and more are in the
works. A significant change will be
implemented immediately. Our once a month,
second Monday, membership meetings will be
moved to 5:30 p.m. All meetings will have a
food component. Some meetings will be
purely social while others may include
speakers or activities.

For the remainder of 2017, the following
schedule of membership meetings has been
planned:
June – Cook Out/Eat In
July – No meeting
August – No meeting
September – Taco Night
October – Octoberfest Meal (Bring your favorite beer)
November – Game Night and Annual Meeting
December – Holiday Party at Isles Yacht Club

Other activities such as Food and Friends,
Dine Around, Ladies Lunch Out and Ladies
Lunch Bunch will be scheduled by the
coordinators. Movie Time, Special Events and
Men’s Lunch Out will be suspended for the
summer and start again in October. Meet and
Greet will continue throughout the summer at
the Four Points Sheraton.

Our May meeting was scheduled to have a
presentation on the use of the website and
calendar. The goal is to have all our events on
the calendar for all to see. You will then be
able to sign-up for events on the website.
Thanks to Pat Jones for coordinating this
major project.

Toni Dorman has agreed to consider the formation of a new book club in November.

We hope you noticed that the look and format of our Pineapplegrams has changed. Judy Burger has been working on
the new look. Thanks Judy.

When you get the June Commentator, most of our snowbird members will have migrated. For the year round members,
we will settle in for the afternoon thunder shower, hopefully, and checking the weather channel for the tropical
depressions forming off the coast of Africa. But most important we will get the two-for-one specials and no waiting in
line.

Remember Floridians is here to help you enjoy life. If you are interested in membership, please contact Rolf Simonson
at rolfsimo@gmail.com.

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