Dear SAS Members & Friends,

I cannot believe it has been already 2 months since my last update. A few things happened and I thought I would briefly let you know.

Our Hike/Picnic in May at the Tallulah Falls was a success. I hope everybody had a good time and enjoyed the interesting hike… stairs down and up, sure not a typical hike for us Swiss. I think the little ones enjoyed the piggyback rides! Thanks again to Toni and Luis for taking on that grill and get the sausages from Wienerz ready for everybody (Congrats Enrico to the opening of your butcher & deli shop). Enrico put together a bunch of different sausages so we could taste what he has to offer. Believe me, even though all of them were great, the Bratwursts and Cervelats were gone first, of course! If you like to get a glimpse where we were, check out the photo gallery on our website www.sasatlanta.org.
 
2007 Calendar of Events - update

Since my last update we have secured dates for some our regular events, you might want to mark them on your calendars. Of course as always invitations and more details will be sent when they are ready.

• August 1st Celebration on Sunday August 5th at the Martha Hope Cabin in Gainesville – (invitation enclosed)
• Fall Event – we are working on a new regional theme evening as we enjoyed the last two years
• Samichlaus will be visiting the children on December 1st from 2-4pm at the Garden Hills Rec. Center
• Raclette booth at the Christmas market at the International School of Atlanta also on December 1st (afternoon into early evening, volunteers are always welcome)
• Christmas dinner/party in December (no date set yet)
• Fondue night on February 9th 2008
• General Assembly in March 2008

Ladies Luncheons

Our last Ladies Luncheon was held in honor of the departure of Helen Freiermuth at the home of Mrs. Marie-Claire Hunn-Gonseth. We were served a wonderful lunch and all 10 of us enjoyed the time. Thanks very much Marie-Claire! Since during the summer months most of us are traveling we are waiting for the hot months to be over. Sybille Hoegger is leading the group going forward; please contact her if you have any ideas already for an upcoming gathering.

Other Interest Groups/Ideas

Many of you have shown interest in some of our new interest groups and thanks to new ideas too. We will are still gathering the information and will be working to see on how we go all about them, if you are interested in leading one of the suggested ones or your own idea, please contact Tanja Alemany.

SAS Board Members 2007/2008

President           Tanja Alemany     678-947-6076          
Vice President  Rene Welti            770 448 4608           
Treasurer          Markus Engel        770 578 6410          
Secretary           Berti Mikulcic         770 487 7607  
Directors           Beat Schindler      770 751 6834                    
                            Anton Buehlmann  770 565 4178           
                           Sybille Hoegger    404 843 2942           
                            Alfred Mettler         678 319 0184
                            Max Hürlimann     770 973 9372
Webmaster       Astrid Wilkens      770 906 1346

Consular Liaison  Vacant until early August, the new contact gets to Atlanta (Jean-Pierre Huber)

Please feel free to contact any board member in case you have questions and check our site www.sasatlanta.org for more info, concerns or suggestions. Don’t forget our board meetings are always open to everybody, for more information please contact Tanja.

We look forward to see you soon at one of our events.

Have a safe summer!

For the SAS Board
Tanja Alemany, President