The Rotary Club of San Jose The Bulletin Friday, October 29, 2010 Club Web Site Editor: Teresa McCarthy End Polio Event Last WeekEnd If you have any comments or questions, email the editor. Future Speakers Nov 3 2010 Larry Gerston "November Election Recap" Nov 10 2010 Dr. Fran Harvey, Secretary of the Army (Retired) "A Decisive Land Force for the 21st Century" Nov 17 2010 Thanksgiving Program "What I Am Thankful For" Nov 24 2010 No Meeting "Happy Thanksgiving! " Dec 1 2010 Barry Eisler "Where Stories Come From" Dec 8 2010 Leigh Rubin "Cartoonist" Dec 15 2010 Holiday Program "Happy Holidays" Rotary World Polio Day, San Francisco Sunday October 24, 2010 Dec 22 2010 The Speaker for November 3rd No Meeting "Merry Christmas" Dec 29 2010 Larry Gerston No Meeting "November Election Recap" "Happy New Year!" Jan 5 2011 A professor of political science at San Jose State University, Larry Gerston examines the public policy Gary Schlosberg process at the national and state levels. His Public Policy Making in a Democratic Society: A Guide to "Current Economy" Civic Engagement has been heralded for defining "hands on" citizen participation. Recall! California's Jan 12 2011 Political Earthquake (with Terry Christensen), was selected as "outstanding academic book of 2004" by the Peter Schrag American Library Association. In American Federalism: A Concise Introduction (2007), he demystifies the unique "Fresh Faces, Old Problems: and complex power relationships among the various levels of American government. Larry's most recent research Future of California Politics" effort and tenth book, Retreat from Reality: Ten Problems Threatening to Implode American Society (and How We Jan 19 2011 Can Fix It), addresses fundamental themes that Americans refuse to face. Dr. James Doty "Cyberknife" Larry Gerston is the political analyst at NBC11 (the Bay Area NBC station) and has penned more than 100 op-ed Jan 26 2011 columns in newspapers including the San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times. He Richard (Rich) Sevcik has also appeared on NBC Nightly News, BBC, NPR, and CNN's Inside Politics. Previously he worked for a California "Management and Character" legislator and Los Angeles County supervisor. Josh Burroughs Steps Out For San Jose Rotary! Upcoming Events 12:00Noon -- Don Goldeen Delivering Wheel Chairs in Shanghai and Bangladesh Com Nov 2 2010 7:30AM -- ELC Meeting Nov 2 2010 7:30 AM -- Membership Development Mtg Nov 3 2010 12:00Noon -- Rotary Meeting Nov 3 2010 5:30PM -- Event Meeting (Lois Wilco-Owen's) Nov 8 2010 12:00Noon -- Rotary Book Club Nov 8 2010 8:00AM -- Downtown Development Committee Nov 9 2010 7:30AM -- Membership Committee Meeting Nov 9 2010 11:45AM -- Program Committee Mtg. Nov 9 2010 12:00Noon -- Rotary Mtg. Nov 10 2010 11:00AM -- Rota-Arts Mtg. Nov 10 2010 7:30AM -- Contribution Mtg. Nov 11 2010 7:30 AM -- Youth Exchange Nov 11 2010 4:00PM -- 100 Year Legacy Mtg. Nov 15 2010 7:30AM -- Board of Directors Meeting Nov 16 2010 7:30AM -- Adult Gift of Life (If you cannot view the video that is here, you need to load Adobe Flash Player. This may require restarting your computer also. It is free from our Meeting corporate friends at www.adobe.com. It is located on their site on the right and it says "Get ADOBE Flash Player.") Nov 17 2010 11:30AM -- Digital Bridges Next Rotary "After Hours" November 10 Meeting Nov 17 2010 12:00Noon -- Rotary Meeting Nov 17 2010 The Membership Involvement Committee will sponsor its next "After Hours" event at San Jose State University. The event will take place on November 10, 2010 from 5-7 pm in the SJSU 7:30AM -- Foundation Board Meeting Engineering Building Room 285-287. Nov 18 2010 7:30AM -- Los Amigos de The event will be hosted by the Office of International and Extended Studies (Mark Novak), the Washington Mtg. Mineta Transportation Institute (Rod Diridon), and the SJSU Alumni Association. Nov 18 2010 12:00PM -- International The event takes place during International Week on campus. We will have wine supplied by Bert George and Rod Service Mtg. Diridon (thanks to both of them). We will have a variety of international food choices. This year we will once again Nov 18 2010 have the "Boulevard of Languages" where Rotarians can learn a new language and meet our bright international 7:30AM -- Red Badge Mtg. students. We will also have an international slide show and gifts from the Alumni Association. Nov 19 2010 NO ROTARY MEETING!! This will be a fun and engaging event. Please put this on your calendar. Nov 24 2010 HOLIDAY -- Rotary Office Park in the garage on 4th and San Fernando (the usual lunchtime parking garage). Walk across the street to the Closed MLK Library. We will have students there to welcome you and guide you to the event. Nov 25 2010 HOLIDAY -- Rotary Office San Jose Rotary Introduces Ethics Award Closed Nov 26 2010 7:30AM -- Orientation Mtg. (DATE CHANGE!!) We want to recognize the following organizations for being finalists in our 2010 inaugural award Nov 30 2010 process. Each of these organizations deserves our thanks for their commitment to ethics in business: News November Birthdays This eBulletin has been generated by ClubRunner club Companies communication software. Visit clubrunner.ca for details. Architectural Facades (Award Winner) Blach Construction Co. © 2002- 10 Doxess. All Rights California Sports Center Reserved. eBay Empire Broadcasting Hopkins and Carley Samaritan Medical Center Nonprofit Organizations Neighborhood Housing Services Silicon Valley (Award Winner) EMQ Families First O'Connor Hospital PACT We heard from many Rotarians that during the course of the program many other worthy organizations came to mind. We are seeking brief nominations of organizations you think worthy of consideration. Rotarians are invited to nominate organizations in the business, non-profit or government sectors in which the organization pursued an ethical course of action, even though financial or other interests might have been more compelling. The top candidates for the award will be researched and interviewed by San Jose State University MBA students. The Ethics Award will be presented at the Rotary Club meeting in April 2011. If you know of an organization deserving of community recognition, please complete the 2011 Nomination Form located at the San Jose Rotary Ethics Web Site . The deadline for submittal is January 7, 2011. For additional information please contact Elaine Curran, Chair of the Rotary Ethics Award Committee, [email protected], (408) 859-7238 or Carl Cookson, co-chair, [email protected], (408) 286-2836. You can also download the nomination form directly by clicking HERE. <---- Summary of the October 27th Meeting The reception line for the 4813th meeting of the San Jose Rotary Club was staffed by the Membership Committees featuring a large group of greeters working under MARK WALKER Corporate), BARRY CRISTINA (Involvement), and JESSIE THEILEN (Young Members). President LARRY STONE called the meting to order for the singing of "God Bless America", led by RAY SILVA and accompanied by PAUL TUMASON at the piano. The wisdom of the day was provided by President-Elect SHIRLEY LEWIS, who quoted the "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz about the need to treasure each day we're here. Then our virtually flawless leader made a mis-step, calling for the introduction of visiting Rotarians and members' guests before hearing the "News of the Day" from JOHN MCLEOD. The mike jockeys were SUZANNE ST. JOHN CRANE and MEG FITTS. John's hurt feelings were somewhat mollified by better attention and less talking from the audience under this format. President Larry then called upon JOSH BURROUGHS for a report on his trip to Shanghai, China, and Dhaka, Bangladesh, to deliver wheels chairs inconjuntion with the Wheelchair Foundation set up by Ken Behring. JOSH provided us with an outstanding report through the means of a video presentation on the big screen. We got a look at the sights of Shanghai and Dhaka, Rotary cooperation with the club in Shanghai(1), and the Clubs (153) in Dhaka, and best of all, many happy faces from the crippled who were getting mobility for the first time. Great work, partnered with a Rotary club in Hawaii. Next CHRISTINE BACKHOUSE gave us a further boost about the club's offer to contribute $350 towards the completion of any member's first Paul Harris Award. The offer is on the table until December 31. MAX WAXMAN then gave us the rundown on the nomination process for the Ethics Award. MARK NOVAK announced the next Rotary After Hours, which will be held November 10 at the San Jose State Engineering Building. He was followed by PHIL SIMS, reminding us that the DON GOLDEEN award would be announced at the Chrismas meeting, and seeking recommendations. MAGGIE BLUDEAU introduced Kevin Nelson, our speaker for the day. Mr. Nelson has written and has had published 18 books, which include non-fiction historical accounts of subjects of general interest. His latest book is "Wheels of Change: From Zero to 600 MPH". The book is an account of California's love affair with the automobile. It all started with a gentleman in San Francisco who built the first car in California in his basement, and then had to remove part of the wall of his home to get the auto out on the street. Mr. Nelson, who is tall and lanky, is an engaging speaker with a good line of patter, His talk was accompanied by a power-point presentation of historical developments of the automobile. The story-line ran from initial construction, coast-to-coast races, women learning to drive and then Henry Ford's mass-production bringing the Model T to average Americans, and even lowering the price to reach still more customers.