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03
Dec
2019
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Family Giving Tree
Dec 03, 2019 - Dec 11, 2019

We are slightly short of our Family Giving Tree goal of 100 gifts.  Deadline to bring unwrapped gifts is Dec. 10th - bring to club meeting. 
*Make shopping easy and purchase on-line.

 Click on this LINK

You can select a person, age, and even gift if you change the search restriction.  
For example: Zenaida, Senior would like a new Purse With Wallet - $40

2019 FAMILY GIVING TREE WISH DRIVE: 
BUY A HOLIDAY GIFT FOR A CHILD WHO WOULD OTHERWISE NOT RECEIVE ONE
 
TWO WAYS TO PARTICIPATE THIS YEAR!
OPTION 1: 
Purchase the gift identified on your gift card(s)
Affix the card(s) to the UNWRAPPED gift(s) w painter’s tape and return 
     to Lisa Cheskin, Mike Norcia or Meghan Burton at our meetings on Nov 19th, 26th, or Dec 10th 
     or our President's Brunch on Dec 1st. 
OPTION 2: - NEW!
Don’t have time to shop?
Use Virtual Giving at: https://vtree.fgt.org/RotaryClubofLosGatos/ 

07
Dec
2019
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63rd Annual Los Gatos Childrens Parade
Dec 07, 2019 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Our Club will have an Offical Car and carrying a banner that says Los Gatos Rotary. Last year we had several members & their families walk behind the car show casing our 2 largest fundraisers (Great Race & CrabFest) and that we are People of Action.  Our car will be in place by 9am and the parade starts at 11am.  Wear red or Christmas colors and we can provide you with banners to hold or wear. 

//Join us on Almendra Avenue and walk in the parade: arrive no later than 10am//

VIEW our photos from 2017

If you can walk, you will need to arrive 10am in the spot assigned to our club once that is provided. 

We are #45 in the Parade which lines up on Almendra Avenue. We are behind Los Gatos Ballet & Kiwanis club. Morning Rotary will be behind us. We plan to walk with them as well to show our BIG Rotary family here in LG. 

More about the Parade: 
The 63rd Annual Los Gatos Children’s Christmas/Holidays Parade is sponsored by the Los Gatos Lions Club & LGS Recreation, in cooperation with the Town of Los Gatos and Los Gatos High School 

Parade Route:  (see attached map)
Starts at N.Santa Cruz/Almendra Av. - wraps to W Main Street - ends at Church Street. (nice stroll, not too long)

 
10
Dec
2019
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Dr. Martin Fishman

Seeing again Guatemala

Dec 10, 2019

Our current club President will share an update on the latest trip to Guatemala and how the funds our club benefited the community

TheMission

Every six months we send a group of volunteers to the same site the Clinica Maxeña, to provide medical and surgical eye care over a one week period.
We are volunteer ophthalmologists and operating room personnel who provide medical and surgical eye care to an indigenous Guatemalan population. 

“Seeing Again-EyeCare Guatemala” is an ongoing medical and surgical mission project at the Clinica Maxeña in Santo Tómas La Unión, Our groups usually consist of four or five ophthalmologists, often a Stanford third year ophthalmology resident, and several nurses and surgical scrub technicians familiar with ophthalmic surgery.

 

17
Dec
2019
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Fisher Middle School Choir

Sing - A capella choir

Dec 17, 2019

Raymond J. Fisher Middle School -- Sing A Cappella is a select ensemble that meets during flex period. Auditions were required for this ensemble during spring and early fall. Sing A Cappella is the face of the choral music program and is featured in many performances outside of the normal school day. This group focus is on music written for A Cappella choirs, both traditional and modern, as well as vocal jazz. 

Students at Fisher have many different opportunities to participate in music here are a few more they offer:

Open Choir is designed to help students develop their voice and their love of singing. No experience is needed. This choir will will focus primarily on Unison and 2 part singing but may advance to 3 part SAB performance as they progress through the year. Open Choir will perform everything from Bach and Beethoven to Pentatonix and Broadway. 

 

Mixed Choir will continue to develop the voice as a musical instrument and will focus on proper vocal technique as well as music theory and fundamentals. This class is recommend for students with 2 years of experience in a music class. Mixed choir will focus on SAB and SATB arrangement and will sing in multiple languages. This group will also explore a wide variety of music form multiple genres throughout music history. 

 

Treble Choir will continue to develop the voice as a musical instrument and will focus on proper vocal technique for the treble voice. This class is recommend for students with 2 years of experience in choir or other music class. Treble choir will focus on SSA and SSAA arrangement and will sing in multiple languages. This group will also explore a wide variety of music form multiple genres throughout music history.

19
Dec
2019
Board Meeting
Dec 19, 2019 5:30 PM
20
Dec
2019
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Movie Fundraiser: Star Wars The rise of Skywalker
Dec 20, 2019 5:45 PM – 8:00 PM
Get your tickets for the opening night of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (click here)  and help families of critically ill children. All proceeds benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Bay Area and Lucille Packard Foundation for Children's Health (LPFCH) who provide families an affordable place to stay, meals, schooling, camps for siblings, counseling, and much more - allowing them to stay together at a difficult time.

- Friday December 20 at 5:45 at the Los Gatos Theatre!
- Bring the whole family, costumes encouraged!

Los Gatos purchased every seat in the main theatre and will be hosting families who are staying at the Ronald McDonald House as their child is being treated. 

$100 prize for best costume.  
24
Dec
2019
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Club Dark - Wishing you a "Merry" Christmas!

Dec 24, 2019
31
Dec
2019
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Club Dark - Happy New Year!

Dec 31, 2019
02
Jan
2020
First Thursday
Jan 02, 2020 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Dark due to New Year.
07
Jan
2020
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Bradley Hinson

Securing Democracy with Civic Tech, ePluribus

Jan 07, 2020

We dream of a more secure, engaged, and unified democracy. Out of many, we are one.

ePluribus goal is to make it insanely easy for Americans to send official messages to their representatives and Unum ID to empower them to do so as verified constituents. ePluribus and Unum ID together stop bots and meddling from wreaking havoc on in our politics.

 

ePluribus is a civic engagement platform that addresses problem (1) by providing a suite of tools: a mobile app, Chrome extension, and embeddable widget. These tools literally put representatives in the palm of your hand, from Trump down to your Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Unum ID is a blockchain identity platform that address problem (2) with a mobile app that lets people verify their identities and share personal data with unprecedented privacy and security. Each user’s data is stored ONLY on their device; there is literally no database. Since over 1 billion people were affected by data breaches in 2018, it’s hard to overstate how important this is.

14
Jan
2020
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Dr. Joseph DeSimone, Executive Chair of Carbon

3D Printing of Real Products

Jan 14, 2020

Abstract:

In this talk, I will describe Digital Light SynthesisTM (DLS) technology, which embodies a convergence of advances in software, hardware, and material science to enable a powerful approach to 3D printing. DLS brings the digital revolution to polymer manufacturing and opens major opportunities for industrial production across diverse industries. Previously unmakeable products are already being manufactured at scale with DLS, given its combination of performance, speed, and material choice. Examples include the large-scale production of midsoles for the adidas Futurecraft 4D shoes, mass-customized dental products, next-generation football helmets by Riddell, and parts on Ford production vehicles.

Bio:

Dr. Joseph M. DeSimone co-founded Carbon in 2013 and served as the company’s CEO until being named Executive Chairman in 2019. As CEO, Joe grew Carbon from a small team of scientists and engineers into 500-person global company valued at almost $2.5 billion that is defining the digital revolution in manufacturing. In 2016 President Obama awarded him the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honor in the U.S. for achievement and science.Joe maintains academic appointments at both UNC and North Carolina State University. He is one of only roughly 20 individuals elected to all three U.S. National Academies—the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the National Academy of Engineering. Joe currently resides in Monte Sereno, California with his wife of 30 years, Suzanne. They have two children and two grandchildren.

16
Jan
2020
Board Meeting
Jan 16, 2020 5:30 PM
21
Jan
2020
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Ann Northrup, Plant Pathologist

Changing Botany of Santa Cruz Mountains

Jan 21, 2020

Ann spent her undergraduate years at the University of Michigan where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology.  Her interest in plant pathology started there but she took a five year diversion working in the field of medical diagnostics and molecular biology research.  After that long wait, she returned to plant pathology to earn a master’s degree at UC Berkeley. 

Her work has been primarily in disease diagnostics of ornamental plants, first with Soil and Plant Lab in Orange CA, and then with Nurserymen’s Exchange in Half Moon Bay.  She currently works 3/4 time at Montalvo Art Center in Saratoga as the Landscape Curator, consults privately in plant pathology and arboriculture and teaches horticultural classes at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills and Merritt College in Oakland.  One of her long time and current enjoyments is volunteering at the "Sick Plant Clinic" at the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden.  She is also an active volunteer in the UCCE Master Gardener program of Santa Clara County. 


 

 

25
Jan
2020
19th Annual CrabFest & Auction Fundraiser
Jan 25, 2020 5:00 PM
 
All-You-Can-Eat CrabFest Fundraiser
 
Date:            Saturday, January 25th, 2020
Time:           5:00pm (Dinner served at 5:30pm)
Location:   13601 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA 95070
Price:          $70 before Jan 10
                               $80 after Jan 10
                    $30 Children 6-12
                    FREE Children 5 and under
 
Benefits:
  • Rotary charities & scholarship foundation 
  • Provides grants for local and international world service non-profits
  • Raise the Paddle for our next generation (youth programs)
Food Served:
  • Crab, Crab, Crab, Crab
  • Soup, Salad, Bread
  • Pasta (vegetarian)
  • Dessert
Live and silent auctions are a big hit with prizes ranging from winter vacations in Tahoe to sunny Mexican cruises,  and many other vacation homes in SF, Hawaii, and Switzerland, custom art, fine dinning in local restaurants, and private hosted dinners. 
 
 
28
Jan
2020
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Wayne Gregori, President Gregori Group

Money and Crypto Currencies

Jan 28, 2020

Wayne Gregori is a technologist and entrepreneur that has the rare talent of translating the complex world of Bitcoin and blockchain out of the abstract and into concrete, real world examples in a fluid and entertaining manner. He first took an interest in Bitcoin in 2014 thanks to the innovation and promise of blockchain technology (the foundational bitcoin technology). But over time he became equally interested in the potential social impact Bitcoin/blockchain might have on our human communities and on the institutions upon which society relies so heavily; government, finance (banking) and security.

Money might be the most imporant and misunderstood concept in modern society. Bitcoin and crypto currencies are at the root of a global conversation that will force the re-evaluation of the global financial system. Fiat currencies (like the dollar) have an average life of 27.5 years. Our current dollar (since we left the gold standard in 1971) is 48 years old. Bitcoin and other cytypto currencies will challenge the dollar and the banking system that underpins our financial system. This presentation covers, the history of money, social drivers behind bitcoin, explanation of how bitcoin works, and the competitive landscape of other crypto currencies.

04
Feb
2020
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High School Students giving their speech

Rotary Richard D. King Speech Contest

Feb 04, 2020
This year speech theme - matches Rotary international -  “Rotary Connects The World”
Rotary Clubs of District 5170 sponsor the Richard D. King Annual Youth Speech Contest with three goals in mind for the Club Members and each Speech Contest Participant:
 
  • To increase the personal knowledge and awareness of the importance of being able to speak effectively before a group.
  • To increase public knowledge of what Rotary is and does throughout the world, especially among young people.  Through this knowledge, we hope that they will learn, as we have in the past,          “He who serves best profits most.”
  • To increase participation in the contest and to provide all high school contestants an opportunity to win prizes as top speaker, or runners-up, in District 5170.

    Four levels of competition -  prize levels:
    Club - $25 - $100
    Area  - $100 - $200
    Region - $250
    District price - $300 - $1,000
    For more information click here
18
Feb
2020
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Sandeep Gopiestty, Director of Al systems at IBM

TENTATIVE DATE The future of Computing

Feb 18, 2020
Abstract: 
Advancements in technology are accelerating, creating new opportunities for companies towards transformation of industries and growth in businesses. Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a key disruptor. The future of computing is anchored in three core principles 
 and I will explore the future of bits, neurons and qubits.

Bio: 
Sandeep Gopisetty is an IBM Distinguished Engineer, Director of AI, Systems &  Solutions Research, and is responsible for advancing cognitive enterprises. With over 25 years of IBM Research experience, he has a passion for nurturing high performance, global and multi disciplinary teams to bring innovation from Research to the market in collaboration with product groups, services, customers, and universities. Sandeep joined Los Gatos Rotary in May of this year.
 Sandeep.Gopisetty@us.ibm.com
 
20
Feb
2020
Board Meeting
Feb 20, 2020 5:30 PM
19
Mar
2020
Board Meeting
Mar 19, 2020 5:30 PM
16
Apr
2020
Board Meeting
Apr 16, 2020 5:30 PM
21
May
2020
Board Meeting
May 21, 2020 5:30 PM
06
Jun
2020
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Rotary International Convention June 6-l0, 2020
Jun 06, 2020 - Jun 10, 2020

If the thought of swaying palm trees, grass skirts, flower leis, and warm weather piques your interest, think about going to Honolulu, Hawaii for the RI Convention.  You’ll meet Rotarians from all over the world, hear inspiring speakers, find out about amazing Rotary projects in all the Areas of Focus, and just have a great time.  There are savings for early registration, so go to the Rotary International website for information (https://www.riconvention.org/en/honolulu/register).

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