Marion Brown led the Pledge and Kitty Lopez gave the Thought of the Day, noting that we should practice gratitude.
Cheryl Angeles gave the Sunshine report, noting that
Joyce deRussy has had an appendectomy and would welcome phone calls.
Lynn Armenio introduced visiting Rotarians
Charles Voltz of Burlingame and
Craig Judy of the Hayward club.
Guests were there in high numbers: Mark Simon (Dick Bennett), Linda Rogerville (Paul Rogerville), Rick Bonilla (Alan Talansky), Mike Sinclair (Erin Sinclair), Laurence Jurden (Charles Cattano), Lisa Diaz Nash (Dick Bennett), Art Lempert (Sue Lempert), Judy Tuck (Mitch Williams), his wife Wendy (Mitch Williams), In-laws Bob and Caroline (Jeff Lowenstein), and Mark DeLuna (Dick DeLuna). Dennis Thomas also brought his wife Camille and his bookkeeper ,whose name I didn’t catch. There “on alert” and as a guest of Walt McCullough: Ryan Monahan of the SMPD, giving his apologies for Susan Manheimer, who is basking in the sun in Hawaii). Also there on alert for the SMPD was Detective Sergeant Glen Mancerre. My apologies to anyone I missed!
Announcements:
Nancy Stanton --
56 Tickets!
Mike Peterson reminded all to please sell our scholarship raffle tickets. Committee member Jim Engel reminded all to attend the cocktail party/drawing to be held at 5:30 on May 10, generously hosted at (and by) Boston Private. Jeff Lowenstein and Mike said prize drawings will be held each week for ticket sellers.
This week’s winners: Tom Huening (prize: Hillsdale Shopping Center gift certificate donated by Larry Ivich); Nancy Stanton, champion ticket seller (Prize: $250 gift certificate donated by Christensen and Rafferty); and Oscar Lopez-Guerra (prize: great bottle of wine, donated by Cuvée Winery).
Rotary Means Business networking event will be held on April 17 at Poplar Creek. (Can’t remember if Jodi DeSmidt or Erin Sinclair made this announcement—sorry!)
PLEASE SIGN UP NOW FOR MYSTERY NIGHT on JUNE 9!! You may pay later. Sign up by emailing:
AnneL@smccvb.com. Spots will be limited!! Thank you!
FINE WORK by President Chris
Rod Linhares was fined for a pic taken at a disco party two years ago. When Prez Chris chastised Rod for not inviting him to the party, Rod said the party givers “should be trumpeted” for not having invited him. Needless to say, “Live Dangerously Rod” joined the President’s club.
Prez Chris ATTEMPTED to fine
Joy Rudkin, until she reminded him that C&R will be donating THREE MORE $250 gift certificates for the raffle. El Presidente then turned his attention to
Lynn Armenio’s feet---or a photo of what he SAID were Lynn’s pedicured feet. She denied it, but paid $15 per toe. (You had to be there…) All agreed there had to be foul play AFOOT.
Raffle Kick-Off
Mike Peterson
Goal is to raise $60,000 for financial aid and scholarship program
Sell or buy 5 tickets and get 1 free!
There will be a drawing for those who have sold tickets each week!
Thank you to Peter Webb for photos!
Speaker
Secretary of State George Shultz
Walt gave the world’s shortest introduction for former Treasury Secretary and Secretary of State George Shultz. WHAT a mind—what an intellect. If you missed this, you missed a great one! (A pdf is attached of a Hoover Institution doc on Global Workforce Change, referred to by Secretary Shultz. )
Among the points he so eloquently made:
- The world ten years from now will be a very different place and there are four major drivers of that change:
- Changing Demography—now fewer younger people and far more older people. Most countries are losing people, with the exception of the US, Canada and Australia. If we discourage immigrants, we won’t have the same vitality we’ve had. He shared a quote from the show Hamilton: “The immigrant got the job done”. African and Asian countries have high fertility rates, but not good economic prospects and the drought/changing climate are driving migration.
- The Information and Communication Revolution is everywhere and we need to sift through it. This makes the process of governance much more difficult everywhere. He said “The Russians are laughing”, knowing they’ve tied our government in knots for a year and a half with the investigation.
- The World is very diverse, even within countries, making governance more difficult. He said the U.S. is accustomed to diversity, but the Chinese are trying to deal with it by oppression. He praised his wife Charlotte, who is Chief of Protocol for San Francisco and California, noting that every one of the 70 US-aligned countries is celebrated on its national day with a reception, its flag, etc., in the city. (Side note: He shared a story about going to the newly refurbished Statue of Liberty with President Reagan on the Fourth of July. He said Reagan made a point of saying, “You can go to China and never become a Chinese citizen, you can go to Germany and never become a German citizen, but anyone can come to America and become an American.”
- Artificial Intelligence and 3D Printing/Manufacturing—The combination of these two will allow people to produce nearly anything near their homes. This will be a huge problem in the countries that provide low cost labor, such as Bangladesh, causing a lot of displacement. On the security side, the changes mean expensive lethal weapons can be created, from drones to 3D printer- manufactured nuclear weapons.
Secretary Shultz said two factors are “of devastating importance”: One, the proliferation of nuclear weapons and two, climate change. The world is getting warmer. He noted an upcoming book Beyond Disruption and praised brilliant author Lucy Shapiro, who says global warming will result in the flourishing of tropical diseases, with the Zika virus being just the tip of the iceberg. She says we need to try to understand the situation better and to take advantage of the opportunities to protect ourselves from the ravages of disease.
He shared numerous personal experiences, noting that some of the success we had with the Russians under Reagan were due to the fact that Reagan didn’t feel a need to brag about successes achieved for the press coverage. He said the Russians knew things wouldn’t be made public, and were more willing to cooperate with us as a result.
During Q&A, he noted that the US , Canada and Mexico were once “The Three Amigos” of North America, noting that the Reagan team worked hard to get Mexico to identify with North America, rather than Latin America. He said this relationship has now been destroyed.
What a talk! It could fill volumes!
Following are Charts Submitted by Secty. Shulz
