Week of February 6, 2024

SPINNINGS

The Centennial Dinner Awaits Your RSVP

San Mateo Rotarians are invited to RSVP for the May 15th Centennial Dinner at the Marriott

Reservations are now available for the Club's Centennial Dinner which will feature our very special guests  - Rotary International President Gordon R. McInally and Heather McInally. Centennial Committee Chair Mitch Postel, Centennial Dinner Chair Tony Villenueva, and the rest of the Centennial Committee are busy planning what promises to be an evening to remember!
 
We'll be joined by various Rotary dignitaries, county leaders, significant others, and friends of the Rotary Club of San Mateo as we celebrate 100 years of service & fellowship and honor our Club's history and continuing commitment to Service above Self.  
 
You can reserve tickets by clicking on the link below.  Be sure to get your reservations in early because space is limited!    
Centennial Dinner RSVP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This Week's Speaker
Retired Judge La Doris Hazzard Cordell
Her Honor:  My Life on the Bench...What Works, What's Broken, How to Change It
 
A graduate of Stanford Law School, Retired Judge LaDoris Cordell was the first African American woman to serve as a judge in Northern California when she was appointed to the bench in 1982.  She retired from the Santa Clara Superior Court in 2001 and was elected to the Palo Alto City Council in 2003.  She has also chaired a Blue Ribbon Commission investigating Santa Clara County jails.  Judge Cordell is the author of a memoir, Her Honor, which was a finalist for the California Book Award.
Her Honor

Did you miss a January speaker?  Watch the YouTube videos listed here!

 
January 9, 2024           David Messerschmitt              How to Spot and Avoid Scams
                                  https://youtu.be/YWl8KaqjdZI
 
January 16, 2024         Anatol Shmelev                      The War in Ukraine
                                  https://youtu.be/lcLzuLb2UMY
 
January 23, 2024         Club Centennial Luncheon
                                  https://youtu.be/5ItxZGtUhzE
 
January 30, 2024         Hanna Malak                          Northern California Red Cross
                                  https://youtu.be/SNHxeJJqQEY