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Rotary Club of Santa Monica!Past Events - The Year in Review
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June 2, 2006 Youth Awards and a special craft talk presentation. Be at lunch Friday! |
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On 5/19/06 - a lively presentation from the Santa Monica Historical Society Museum |
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| Jean McNeil Wyner, Chairman of the Board, Iao Katigiri,
Vice Chairman of the Board, Ho Nguyen, Director of Operations, Nat
Trives, Museum Board Member, and
Kris Andresen, architect for the new museum will be participating in the
presentation.
The Santa Monica Historical Society Museum is a non-profit organization and its mission is the advancement of historical information and education, and the collection, documentation and preservation of objects and memorabilia relating to the Santa Monica Bay Area; and to give residents, particularly children, a sense of roots, belonging, and a strong appreciation for the unique history and qualities of their own city, and pride in the diverse, multi-cultural past of Santa Monica. You don't want to miss this unique presentation, be at lunch Friday! |
The Rotary Club of Santa Monica is Pleased to Welcome Paul Moyer on 5/12/06 |
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"My Forty Years of Broadcasting" |
The Rotary Club of Santa Monica
Presents
our
FOURTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL
FOOD FESTIVAL!
Sunday, April 23rd
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
at
Tom Loo’s Malibu Home
MEMBERS FREE
Children FREE
(Remember we’re dark on Friday, April 21)
music, laughter, fun & fellowship
June Doy 310-917-3313
rotaryclubofsantamonica@verizon.net
Please join us for our exceptional Literacy Program this Friday 4/7/06!
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Our speaker - Literacy expert, Carol Jago, an English teacher at Santa
Monica High School. Carol
is a delightful speaker - full of energy and humor - she will give us the
latest information about education in Santa Monica and California!
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Carol is also the Director of the
'California Reading and Literature Project UCLA Faculty, Scholastic
Red'. She edits
the California Association quarterly journal by Teachers of English, “California
English.” Carol has also written a weekly education
column for the LA Times. |
Carol served as director of the National Council of Teachers of English Commission on Literature and as a member of NCTE’s Secondary Section. NCTE has published her series Nikki Giovanni in the Classroom, Alice Walker in the Classroom, and Sandra Cisneros in the Classroom. She has authored several professional books, published by Heinemann.
March 10, 2006 Topic: “SPEED” IN SANTA MONICA |
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Santa Monica -- the race course -- is a little known part of
Santa Monica's early history. The City's major streets had
an early reputation as a premier auto racing venue -- for a 10
year period in the early part of the 1900s. Rare photographs of auto races
on our streets (Ocean, San Vicente and Wilshire) in race cars driven by
Barney Oldfield, Eddie Rickenbacker and others will be presented by
Roy Aaron. A
little known fact about Santa Monica in the early Twentieth Century is
that it was a road racing venue of even greater renown than Indianapolis.
It was also the “port” of Los Angeles with an amazing rail
infrastructure. Roy Aaron will
speak about the convergence of the politics of Santa Monica and Los
Angeles with the new-fangled automobile and road racing– and how the
strange alliance of politics and business changed the face of both cities. Roy is a prominent attorney and former general counsel of Plitt Theatres who will show rarely seen images of an important part of Santa Monica's history. A must see for anyone who is interested in the history of Santa Monica or automobile racing or the streets we use everyday. |
On March 3, 2006 Former Starsky and Hutch star Paul Michael Glaser Talks to us Regarding Pediatric Aides |
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| Former Starsky and Hutch star Paul Michael Glaser
Talks to us Regarding Pediatric Aides. Sadly In 1994 his wife
Elizabeth Glaser died of HIV complications. During her life she set up the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Today, the Foundation continues to serve as a voice for children. It carries out its work to stop pediatric AIDS all over the world. The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation has established a solid community of medical scientists helping to accelerate the reduction of the rate of mother-to-child HIV transmission, the discovery of preventative treatments and vaccine investigation. Today the Foundation has extended its passionate commitment to savings the lives and improving the health of even more children through the Glaser Pediatric Network linking five of the leading academic medical centers in the US. You don't want to miss Mr. Glaser's life changing presentation! |
| Due to the Los Angeles Open Golf Tournament, Lunch on 2/16/06 has been moved from the Riviera Country Club to Shutter's at the Beach. Our speaker is Lee Bycel Senior Advisor for Global Strategy at International Medical Corps (IMC), a leading international humanitarian agency based in Santa Monica. |
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| During his talk, Lee will discuss his three trips to a region in Africa devastated by war, civil unrest, displacement and economic blight-Chad and Sudan. For three years, the Darfur region of western Sudan has been devastated by an ongoing conflict that has resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of people and forced over two million people to abandon their homes and livelihoods for refugee camps in Chad and along the Chad-Sudan border. Survivors remain vulnerable to attacks by militias that operate on the outskirts of camps and villages, as well as to the ravages of starvation, dehydration and disease as a result of extreme isolation in one of Africa’s harshest environments. Lee’s trips to the region have resulted in the development, funding and construction of health care clinics and centers providing thousands of families with clean water, basic health services, nutritional assistance, shelter and livelihood support. |
Just In - Do not miss our speaker Lonnie White this Friday February 3rd |
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Former football player Lonnie White, who is now a Los Angeles Times sports writer will speak of the "The USC/UCLA Rivalry." White is the author of a book chronicling the rivalry between the two schools over the last 75 years. |
Steve Soboroff is back! He talked to us in August of 2003 and is now back by popular demand and is our speaker for 2-10-06. He is going to give us the latest information on the Playa Vista development. |
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The
challenges of developing a master planned urban community has not been easy. After 18 years, Playa
Vista is finally developing as a vibrant residential and commercial
community on Los Angeles’ west side. In fact, Playa Vista is emerging as
a model development that effectively balances the need for environmental
preservation with the demand for housing in the LA basin. Playa Vista President, Steve Soboroff, will present to us on the challenges of developing a master planned community in an urban environment and the promise and potential of Playa Vista. |
| Blair Brandenburg is all "psyched up" and ready to go for his craft talk on 1/27/05. You don't want to miss his talk. Blair tells us that he loves fly fishing , snow fishing , camping, and travel. He is an amazing guy and he will tell us more Friday. Let's all be there Friday and support our new member Blair! |
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Gary Berntsen Speaks January 20th 2005 "The Hunt for Bin Ladin" |
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| Gary
Berntsen spent more than twenty years as an officer in the Clandestine
Service and served in an array of Field Command assignments. He has been
awarded both the Distinguished Intelligence Medal and the Intelligence
Star. In
Jawbreaker: The
Attack on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key
Field Commander,
Gary Berntsen, until recently one of the CIA’s most decorated officers,
comes out from under cover for the first time to describe his
no-holds-barred pursuit of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda. With his unique mix of clandestine knowledge and paramilitary training, Berntsen represents the new face of counter terrorism. Recognized within the agency for his aggressiveness, Berntsen, when dispatched to Afghanistan, made annihilating the enemy his job description. As the CIA’s key commander coordinating the fight against the Taliban forces around Kabul, and the drive toward Tora Bora, Berntsen not only led dozens of CIA and Special Operations Forces, he also raised 2,000 Afghan fighters to aid in the hunt for bin Laden. Be at lunch Friday, we strive to keep you informed on today's major issues. |
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On 1/6/06 Our New Year Opens Up with Super Rose Parade Announcer Stephanie Edwards |
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Stephanie Edwards & Bob Eubanks - are synonymous with Rose
Parade coverage. For the last 25 or so years we have all arose to watch the
parade and automatically have found ourselves turning the station to KTLA,
largely because of these two superstars. |
Dec 30 – Dark
Dec 23 – Dark
Dec 16 – Rotary Christmas Party
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Roger Snoble CEO of MTA of Los Angeles 1/13/06 |
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Snoble is the Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority of Los Angeles County (MTA), a position he has held since
October 1, 2001. He is in charge of the daily operation of the third
largest public transportation agency in the United States. MTA is a
multimodal transportation agency that is responsible for bus and rail
operations, transportation planning and programming and construction in
Los Angeles County.
Be at
lunch to hear Mr. Snoble discuss all the great plans that the MTA has in
store for the West Side in the near future, who knows our commute time may
actually decrease! |
| Dec 9 2005– Tim Liversedge & Dr. Loren Frank, ROAR: Lions of the Kalahari |
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| Dr. Tim Liversedge - Director, Cinematographer, Producer.
Tim Liversedge was born in London and moved to Africa with his family at the
age of one. He is a citizen of Botswana where he has spent most of his life.
Wildlife, art, conservation and photography have been lifelong passions. Liversedge has lived and worked in Botswana for 40 years now. He is an honorary game warden, one of the country’s most respected naturalists and his achievements in wildlife filmmaking and scientific contributions have been recognized with the awarding of an honorary Doctorate of Philosophy. He has produced bronze sculptures, paintings and sketches of wildlife. He is a fixed-wing and helicopter pilot and has built and experimented with a variety of other crafts to aid his exploration and filming in the region. You don't want to miss this meeting, Dr. Tim is going to give us the inside scoop behind the making of his award winning film "ROAR: Lions of the Kalahari" Please note that we will be having a double meeting with Westwood Village Rotary Club. Be there Friday to make sure our neighboring club members feel welcome! |
Dec 2 – Paul Leoni, Tailgate Party USC/UCLA Players Big Game theme - Election of Officers and Directors
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NOMINEES FOR 2006-2007 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS President-Elect 2006-2007: Jim Dyer President Elect Designate 2007-2008 Jim Westbrook SLATE OF CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION (in alphabetical order)
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Vice President: (2 to be elected) |
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Iao Katagiri |
Joe Metoyer Gene Miller |
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Treasurer: (1 to be elected) |
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Steve Eorio |
Joseph Fitzsimons |
| Secretary: (1 to be elected) | |
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Monty McCormick |
Harmon Sieff |
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Directors: (4 to be elected) |
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Jillian Alexander |
Sally Pai |
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Holdover Directors: |
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Kris Andresen |
Ann Greenspun |
Nov 25 - Dark
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November 18th 2005 - Mr. Mark Leeka District 5280 Foundation Chairman will be the guest speaker for our meeting on the Rotary Foundation. His talk will be entitled “Finding my purpose in life thru Rotary” |
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Last year Marc served as the Assistant Governor for
International Service for District 5280.
He has been an active member of the Rotary Club of Los Angeles
(LA5) since 1999. Marc has become very involved in Rotary’s International service projects. He was his club’s leader in the District’s Wheelchair Initiative and was instrumental in bringing LA5 on board to provide major funding together with other clubs in District 5280, which then provided over $1 million for the District’s Wheelchair project. Our own Rotary Foundation Chair, Marv Levin, who has heard Mark talk , raves about Mark's enthusiastic delivery and guarantees that we will see no one nodding off during his amazing presentation! |
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Craft Talks 11/11/05 Bob Gabriel and Tish Tisherman |
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NOVEMBER 4, 2005 Dean McLaughlin, Dean of Loyola Law School - "From Lawyer to Author: One Man’s Journey" |
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Gerald McLaughlin was a Root-Tilden scholar at NYU and served as managing editor of the NYU Law Review. After graduation, McLaughlin practiced with the law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in New York City. He subsequently taught at the University of Connecticut Law School, Fordham Law School, and Brooklyn Law School, where he also served as associate dean for development. An expert in commercial law, with particular emphasis on the law of letters of credit, McLaughlin has lectured throughout the United States as well as in England, Australia, Hong Kong and New Zealand. McLaughlin joined the Loyola faculty as dean in 1991. |
