Events

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.

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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/ 

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

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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.

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.

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.

Abstract:

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 3D printing. Previously unmakeable products are already being manufactured at scale. 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:

Joe grew up in the Philadelphia area and studied chemistry at Ursinus College, a small liberal arts school in his hometown. A first-generation college student, he was inspired by chemistry and went on to earn his Ph.D. at Virginia Tech in 1990, joining the faculty at UNC that same year. He quickly achieved international recognition as a scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur, earning major accolades including the U.S. Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award and the Lemelson-MIT Prize. In 2016 President Obama awarded him the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honor in the U.S. for achievement and leadership in advancing technological progress.An author of over 350 scientific publications and a named inventor on nearly 200 issued patents, 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.

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. 

 

• Rotary charities & scholarship foundation 
• Provides grants for local and international world service non-profits
• Raise the Paddle for our next generation (youth programs)

• Crab, Crab, Crab, Crab
• Soup, Salad, Bread
• Pasta (vegetarian)
• Dessert

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.

• 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

About the Speaker

Born and raised in China, Mr. Nan Su came to the U.S. in 1989.  Mr. Su has been serving as a news commentator for SOH International Chinese Radio Network and NTD International TV network since 2003, and has made many speeches at public events in the past decade on China-related topics.

Mr. Su currently is a Senior Reporter for The Epoch Times, a newspaper published in 35 countries and 23 languages.

In addition to his media work, Mr. Su has also been an activist for China’s human rights. He was one of the coordinators of Human Rights Torch Relay in 2008 prior to Beijing Olympics Game. Starting from Athens, Human Rights Torch Relay spanned from July 2007 to July 2008, with stops at more than 140 cities around the world in order to raise international awareness of China’s human rights situation.  Mr. Su was instrumental in making San Jose as the first stop of the torch relay in North America.

Mr. Su has been married for 30 years, and currently lives with his wife and two daughters in San Jose, California.

About the Presentation

Many people have long been interested in China.  This is true today more than ever before.  The ethical values and principles derived from traditional Chinese culture helped create five-thousand years of splendor in Chinese history.

With the current state of the world, understanding the true China has never been more important.

Titles "Wisdom and Humanity from Ancient Chinese Culture”, this new presentation is the continuation of the previous well-received program: The Renaissance of Traditional Chinese Culture, which was presented to and overwhelmingly welcomed by more than 250 organizations in Northern California.

While the previous program bridged the ancient Chinese culture and modern American culture with humanity, the current 2^nd presentation reveals the ancient philosophies deeply rooted in the Chinese culture since its very beginning, and explains how traditional Chinese culture built based upon these philosophies.

In recognition of International Women’s Day, the Rotary Club of Cupertino has invited Sylvia Whitlock to be the speaker at their Club's regular meeting on Wednesday March 11, 2020 (12 - 1:30pm).  

Anyone is invited to attend their meeting to hear this inspirational woman who was Rotary International's first woman club president.  She will share the story of Rotary International’s opposition to women joining Rotary, and the United States Supreme Court decision opening the door.

Please contact Dana Stern, the Rotary Club of Cupertino's Secretary, at danastern19@gmail.com if you would like to RSVP for this meeting, so that they may plan accordingly.

Josh Zulliger currently works as a Game Warden with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and has worked with the Department for the last 11 years. Working in law enforcement, however, was not always Josh's dream. In 1995, Josh joined the United States Cost Guard.  After a year on a Coast Guard Cutter in Alaska Josh transferred to Humboldt Bay where he finished his tour in the United Stated Coast Guard.  He later received a degree from Humboldt State University in Industrial Technology with the hopes of becoming a high school shop teacher. Those dreams never became reality however, as Josh gained a passion for the outdoors and the oceans of the North Coast. In 2008, he became a Game Warden, assigned to patrolling the rivers, streams, and oceans of the North Coast from southern Mendocino County to the Oregon border.   In 2016 he joined one of the Department's first Watershed Enforcement Teams (now Cannabis Enforcement Teams), which works with biologists to protect California's natural resources from exploitation by those in the legal and illegal cannabis industry.

 Josh currently lives and works in Humboldt County, the heart of the "Emerald Triangle".  He lives near the City of Fortuna with his fiancé (an elk biologist) and their small family of dogs, cat, beef, and chickens. 

Rotary District 5170 Area 8 Rotarians, Interact students, Rotaract, friends and family, will join together with Rise Against Hunger and package 10,000+ meals that will be sent to those in need around the world.

REGISTER: HERE (tinyurl.com/area8serviceproject)

Rise Against Hunger is an international hunger relief organization that distributes food and life-changing aid to the world’s most vulnerable, mobilizing the necessary resources to end hunger by 2030.

The event will be held on Saturday February 29, 2020,  at 9:30 am at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino. The Rotary clubs collectively contributed a total of $3,500.00 towards the project.

“The 10,152 packaged meals will be consolidated onto a shipping container that has space for 280,000 meals, “ said Terry Lewis, Community Engagement Coordinator of Rise Against Hunger.” 

“ Typically the meals from the RISE AGAINST HUNGER location end up with our Southeast Asian partners.  The meals packaged on the 29th will most likely be shipped within 1-2 months of the hands-on project event,” he added.

“Rotarians are here to serve and support our communities locally and internationally, and Rise Against Hunger is especially important as we collaborate to end hunger by packaging meals that will feed the most vunerable around the world.” said Helene Davis, Assistant Governor, Area 8, Rotary District 5170.

Tim Wong leads the Autonomous Vehicle Technical Marketing team for NVIDIA. Tim works with our customers, partners and suppliers to enable self-driving technology using our DRIVE platform, along with AI and deep neural networks for high-quality, robust and flexible self-driving solutions.  Before joining NVIDIA, Tim was the president of the MHL Consortium where he drove the adoption and licensing of MHL technology into more than 950 million smartphones, displays and accessories.  Tim received his B.S. in Computer Engineering from Boston University, his M.S. in Computer Science from USC, and his Mini-MBA in Finance from the Wharton School at UPenn and the AT&T School of Business.

Support District 5170 Vietnam Project by spending 2 nights on the beautiful coastline in Mendocino.

Mah Jongg Social Get-away:  March 10, 11 12 at Little River Inn, Mendocino:  This vacation will support the Rotary District 5170 Vietnam Project, which funds scholarships for school girls in Vietnam.  

The cost is $690 for two nights including food and beverage.  
Details are available through Avis La Grone or call her:1 (408) 838-2577‬

In recognition of International Women’s Day, the Rotary Club of Cupertino has invited:

Sylvia Whitlock to be the Rotary Guest speaker at their Club's regular meeting on
Wednesday March 11, 2020 (12 - 1:30pm).  

Anyone is invited to attend their meeting to hear this inspirational woman who was Rotary International's first woman club president.  She will share the story of Rotary International’s opposition to women joining Rotary, and the United States Supreme Court decision opening the door.  

Please contact Dana Stern, the Rotary Club of Cupertino's Secretary, at danastern19@gmail.com if you would like to RSVP for this meeting, so that they may plan accordingly.

Listen to her being interviewed if you can not make it: click here

Out of concern for public safety and the recommendations of health officials, we have modified the 2020 Rotary Club of Los Gatos Great Race which was scheduled to be held on April 19.

We are excited to announce The Rotary 'Social Distancing' Great Race. Register: www.lggreatrace.com

$25.00 to participate in the NEW Rotary Great 'Social Distancing' Race. 

Jim Williams founded Exploradus in 1985. His lifelong curiosity with fascinating cultures and pristine places inspired him to share his passion for exploration with his clients.

Jim Williams has been touted as the Ernest Shackleton (a renegade Polar explorer of the 1900s) of our time. From successfully guiding the Seven Summits (the highest mountains of each of the seven continents) in under one year, to retracing Shackleton’s epic crossing of South Georgia Islands in the hazardous Antarctic to co-leading the first Ski Expedition to the South Pole, Jim has earned a world-class reputation as an explorer and mountain guide. He was bestowed the prestigious Lowell Thomas Award by the Explorers Club in 2009.

Let us know if you're coming! It will be safe, wear your masks and bring hand sanitizer. Pre-order your food & drinks by calling or emailing Campo de Bocce.  

Everyone will have your own separate table. Stop by & wave or Stay! Eat in your car or take home your food & drinks