On a quiet Saturday morning, over 15 HTA leaders from Modesto to Eureka, Sacramento and the East Bay travelled to meet at the law offices of McDermott Will & Emery in Palo Alto to form the new Federacion of Jaliscan Clubes de California Norte. Over fresh fruit and juices provided by the HTA presidents, lawyers from McDermott set up Powerpoint presentations as they educated the audience on the ins and outs of non-profit incorporation, technology, email, websites and the internet.
It was truly a watershed event -- HTA presidents who are small restauranteurs, landscape gardeners, caterers and the like - getting instruction from some of the best Silicon Valley lawyers on how to leverage the internet.
After a full morning of seminars and mini-tutorials, each HTA president spoke a little about his/her own background and why each is involved. The stories fascinated me and I was touched by how much each individual was driven to give back to their community in some manner. They all told stories of how economic opportunity was so limited in their communities of origin, the success they found here just by being in a different context - after all, it's not like they suddenly had more education or skills here compared to Mexico - simply that they were in a cultural, economic and regulatory environment where they could successfully build businesses here.
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