Fifty-five alumni and friends showed up to the "New Face of Business Development" panel on April 24 in San Francisco. Thanks to Rick Leifer and Audrey Staton who volunteered their time to make the event successful, and to the panelists who included Sarah Heckscher, Sachin Mithal, Gil Penchina, David Poplar, and Tod Francis. This event is the first of a quarterly panel we are planning. The locations will alternate between San Francisco and the Peninsula.

Over 500 alumni and guests attended this year's Bay Area Special K performances of "Who Let the Dean Out?" The audience gave standing ovations both for Dean Jacobs' 26 years of service and for one of the best Special K shows in years.

We will host a July panel on "Finding a Job in the New Economy." Stay tuned for more details over e-mail. August events will include a happy hour at a Peninsula location. We'll also host our annual golf outing and the next installment of our speaker series event.

Help build the club! We have volunteer opportunities that allow for varying levels of commitment. Please contact Kurt Scherer at kurt_scherer@yahoo.com if you would like to be a member of one of our committees (social, marketing and communications, speakers, finance, membership). If you are not receiving e-mail notification of events, you can sign up by going to http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/baykan. Once we add you to our distribution list, you will receive advance notice of events.