Speaker: Dr. Vimal Hemani
Date: Mar 15, 2010
Dr. Vimal Hemani is our Service Project Chair this year. Last week he journeyed to the Little Desert of Guajart, India to see the beginnings of our windmill that benefits the salt workers there.
Vimal tells the story better than I do, so without further ado, I present Vimal Hemani, and "A Pinch of Salt".
Speaker: Jeff Rosen
Date: Mar 08, 2010
A pleasure of having a member of one's Rotary club present to the group is having the chance not simply to get to know that person better, but also to get a glimpse of what that member truly cares about. For Jeff Rosen, that passion lies in marine and environmental resources and education. In this week's program, Jeff tells us how he took this interest in his home of Massachusetts to another level.
Jeff Rosen is a scientist, statistician, oceanographer and drinking water specialist. He has been a consultant for over 35 years. He specializes in turning data into information that can support responsible decisions regarding the management of environmental resources. He joined Rotary in 2009 in hopes of applying his expertise to bring clean drinking water to more people around the world. He lives in Scituate, Massachusetts, with his wife and two children. He also volunteers as the chairman of the town's Water Resources Committee.
Speaker: Joe Kagle
Date: Mar 01, 2010
The great Blaise Pascal once said something like, "I made this letter very long, because I did not have the leisure to make it shorter." Perhaps our great Joe Kagle, in true Texas spirit, questions whether minimizing quantity is the best path to anything.
Joe introduces us to the talk he gave in Chicago last week with a look at what it takes to take on writing a speech for such an occasion. Those of us who have had the pleasure of talking with Joe know that what he lacks in brevity, he more than makes up in humor and philosophical insight. He is one who has inspired students of art and art history for decades, and I encourage you to sit in his class again today and enjoy his thoughts and words.
Speaker: Rick Barrett
Date: Feb 22, 2010
Rick Barrett is a member of the Rotary EClub of the Southwest USA who works at Rotary's headquarters in Evanston, Illinois. Today you are in for a treat, as he follows last year's popular tour of the PolioPlus exhibit from the lobby with a tour of the building itself. Get ready for some Rotary pride and history!
Speaker: Miss Truly Candid
Date: Feb 15, 2010
[This MAY be a picture of Miss Truly Candid, taken several decades ago. No one seems to be sure if this is really her or not!-- Editor ]
Our speaker today is Miss Truly Candid who comes to us from the small village of Quaking Pines, high in the Colorado Rockies. She is a graduate of the Backwater Hills High School where she took a journalist class in her senior year. Soon afterward she settled in Quaking Pines where she became the Society Editor of the Podunk Pines Weekly News. Podunk Pines is about five miles from her home, and she travels there every week to deliver her copy. She feels it is her solemn duty to let everyone in town know exactly what everyone else is doing. Her journalistic skills came to the attention of a Rotary District Governor a few years ago, and she was invited to attend a Rotary District Conference. She has written before about this event for our club. She now feels she is an unquestionable expert on all things Rotary and never hesitates to give her opinion. Today she is covering the Rotary E-Club of the Southwest.
I have admired Miss Truly Candid, created by E-Club member PDG Norma Taylor-Roderique, since the late 1990s when she became noticed by Rotarians. She shares her peripheral view of life with charm, wit, and humor. Miss Truly sees the world from a wise, joyful perspective in which we can laugh at ourselves. I hope you find Miss Truly as much fun as we do.
Judy Taunt
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