By Investment fund sponsors kids benefit

KAL Equity Capital Fund, an affiliate of Los Altos-based KAL Equity Group, sponsored the Rudy Ruettiger Foundation Celebrity Dinner and Golf Tournament earlier this month at Sun City Anthern and Anthern County Country Club in Las Vegas. The foundation was founded by Rudy Ruettiger and his wife Cheryl, on which the movie “Rudy” was based.

KAL is an investment fund that focuses its efforts by providing mentoring, marketing and funding opportunities for early-stage Internet, telecommunications and technology companies.

PC users group monthly meeting

SPAUG ( The Stanford Palo Alto Users Group for the PC) will meet at 7:15 tonight, at the Elks Lodge (Lodge Room), 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. Regular monthly meetings are on the last Wednesday of the month.

This month’s speaker will be Russell J. Jacobsen, business development manager of Gemteq Software.

American Business Women’s Association

The Changing Times chapter of The American Business Women’s Association holds its monthly dinner meetings on the third Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 2885 Lakeside Drive, Santa Clara. The next program will be the importance of customer references for marketing messages (March 21).

Cost is $25. For reservations, contact Robin James at (408) 938-2216. Reservations must be made by the Friday prior to each meeting.

The Technology and Society Committee

The Technology and Society Committee meets for lunch and a speaker at 11:45 a.m. on alternate Tuesdays at the Golden Wok, 895 Villa St., Mountain View.

Lunch is $7 for members, $8 for non-members. For information, call 969-7215.