Date: April 9, 2007
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Holiday Inn Select (Poplar at I-240), Memphis, Tennessee
Attendance:

• 41 Dining
  
• 6 Not Eating
  
• Total Attendance: 47

Pledge of Allegiance

Prayer: Ken Letterman

Call to Order: President John Schultz

Introduction of Guests: No guests this evening

Announcements

• Janet Mandanna's mother, Juanita Long, also a Scottish Society member, is in intensive care at Baptist East Hospital. John asked members to keep her in their prayers.
  
• The Spring Celidth will be held Saturday, April 14, at St. Luke Lutheran Church, 6-8 p.m. Sammy Rich is in charge. There will be a pot luck dinner and a variety of entertainment for a small fee. A King and Queen will also be chosen. All money raised will go to the Scholarship Fund.
  
• The Ozark Highland Games will be held the weekend of April 20-22 in Batesville, Arkansas. MSSI will have a tent on the grounds and is asking for volunteers to man the tent. Ken Letterman will preach at the Kirken on Sunday and SAMS will provide the color guard for the Saturday activities.
  
• Lore Hisky made an announcement about the April 17 dinner sponsored by the English Speaking Union which will be held at the Memphis Country Club. Brian Montieth from Scotland will be the guest speaker. Montieth's book is entitled What Margaret Thatcher did for Scotland – Good, Bad and Ugly. The cost of the dinner is $48. Those interested should contact Lore.
  
• The University of Memphis is hosting a Multicultural Festival on Friday, April 13 and MSSI will furnish a table.
  
• Arlington Middle School will host an International Festival on April 24 from 6-7:30 p.m. MSSI will have a booth at this event.
  
• In May we will have programs every other month dealing with Scotland 101. The first program will be Geography, Flora, and Fauna.
  
• A poem written by Ed Meece entitled "The Witness" was read.

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Program – Journey Among the Ancient Celts

Bill McGuire gave an interesting program on how the ancient Celts tied in to Scottish history. One book he recommended was The Philosopher and the Druids which discussed the ancient Greek philosopher, Posidonius. who lived among the Celts. He was an unbiased philosopher as opposed to the Romans who saw the Celts as barbarians.

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Door Prizes:
Door prizes were won by Emily Smith and Rick Clausi.

Conclusion:
John thanked Bill for an excellent talk.

The meeting is adjoined at 7:55.