Get Set for the Annual Meeting

Our Annual Meeting will be held on Friday, May 17 at the Yale Club in New York. Please join us for this important event which will feature our annual business meeting, followed by a luncheon and a presentation. Our speaker will be Circumnavigator Jim Foster who will discuss the Magellan Project, a monumental recreation of Magellan’s attempt to circumnavigate 500 years ago. The presentation is guaranteed to be informative and entertaining.

Click here for details about the Annual Meeting (pdf)

This is a picture of the statue of Fernao de Magalhães, aka Magellan, erected by the Chilean government in Lisbon, Portugal in 1960 to commemorate the 500 year anniversary of the death of Prince Henry the Navigator. This is the only statue of Magellan in Lisbon. There are none in Spain. The great Renaissance mariner stands with dignified obscurity in the statue rich world of Portugal and Spain. The nuanced grudge drama that is the Magellan story, helps keep this intriguing narrative hiding in plain site to the present day.

The Log needs your help

The summer issue of The LOG is in the works. We need input from Circumnavigators for All Over the Map. It’s simple to submit a brief item about your recent travels. Just email a sentence or two, along with a photo from the trip, to davidamink@me.com. It’s important for us to share our travel experiences with the membership. We are also looking for info for Scuttlebutt. Have you had an important event in your life? — Honors, publications, graduations and the like are welcome. The LOG staff appreciates your participation.

Photo contest is complete

Thanks to our members who participated by submitting fantastic photos and financially helping the Circumnavigators Club Foundation. The winning photos will be featured in The LOG, and all of the submitted photos will be shown on our web site.


These new Circumnavigators were approved for membership by the Board of Governors on May 1. More info about them will be available in the LOG.

            Lily Arjomand, Naples Chapter

            Cynthia Bear, New York Metro

            Alexander Eklund, At Large – Manor, TX

           Page Jackson, Naples Chapter

            William McGee, At Large – Chico, TX

            Dean Patenaude, Naples Chapter

            Peter Strub, Desert Chapter


The Last Shot

 
This writer has just returned from an adventure in South Africa, along with Circumnavigator Dottie Mink. Circumnavigator Jon Dill (Naples Chapter) and his wife Melody hosted the visitors at their lodge in Welgevonden. The animals were up-close, as shown by this photo of the majestic lion. 

Do you have a good photo for The Last Shot? Please send to club@circumnavigators.org.

Luck to you!

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David A. Mink
International President
davidamink@me.com

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