STEM Junior Botball Challenge
2015-05-16 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Hoover High School
You’ll want to watch a very excited group of elementary school kids from six City Heights schools show off their knowledge and understanding of robotics, as they put their bots through various challenges, perhaps even one they have never executed before!
Contact Bink Cook for more information binkcook@gmail.com

Grotarian Event - High Tech High Tour & Reception with Founder Larry Rosenstock
2015-05-19 17:30 - 19:30 | CA
Come join the Grotarians for a tour inside the mind of the genius of the founder and creator of High Tech High, Larry Rosenstock. He will personally take us through the High Tech High Pt. Loma schools with a thorough, detailed explanation of the way the school is structured and the success of their students. Known internationally, the HTH also now has an interact Club sponsored by us! Food and beverages will be served at the end of the tour.
Date: Tuesday May 19 th
Time: 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Place: High Tech High Main Pt. Loma campus 2861 Womble Street San Diego CA 92106
Cost: $20.00 per person
Friends and family are welcome!
High Tech High in brief:
High Tech High (HTH), a public charter school organization in San Diego, combines challenging academic curriculum with project-based learning, performance-based assessment, digital portfolios, and internships for all students. The HTH design principles—personalization, adult world connection, common intellectual mission, and teacher as designer—signal a radical departure from conventional high school structures and practices.
High Tech High has achieved success with a diverse student population, admitted by lottery. The 532 graduates in the Class of 2011 (from our five high schools) were admitted to college at a 97% rate, with 68% planning to attend a four-year university. Of 1,928 HTH graduates since 2003, 77% have graduated or are still enrolled in a post-secondary institution, with 25% of the college graduates holding degrees in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics). In contrast, only 17% of California college graduates earn degrees in STEM fields.
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STEM Family Science Night at Joyner Elementary
2015-05-20 16:15 - 18:30 | Joyner Elementary School
Family Science Night at Joyner Elementary School; theme: Behind the Magic; includes onsite training for volunteers
Contact Bink Cook for more information binkcook@gmail.com

Douglas Myers - San Diego Zoo Global
2015-05-21 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Innovation, risk-taking, and leadership are the buzz words in our 21st century San Diego economy. However, these words have been the mainstays of the San Diego Zoo since its founding in 1916. Doug Myers, San Diego Zoo Global President and CEO, will share the highlights of the Zoo’s first 99 years and what it has done, and continues to do, to earn its World-Famous reputation every day.

STEM Family Science Night at Franklin Elementary
2015-05-27 17:30 - 19:30 | Franklin Elementary School
Family Science Night at Franklin Elementary School; theme: Fantastic Physics; includes onsite training for volunteers
Contact Bink Cook for more information binkcook@gmail.com

Barbara Wight - COO/CFO Taylor Guitars
2015-05-28 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
The Taylor Guitars Story:
Founded in 1974 by Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug, Taylor Guitars is a leading manufacturer of acoustic guitars, employing over 900 people and crafting 700 guitars per day. Along with its commitment to quality guitars, the company is a pioneer in preserving the future of tonewood forestry; for this, Taylor was recognized with the 2014 Award for Corporate Excellence from the U.S. Department of State.
Barbara Wight will present the history of Taylor Guitars, and tell us what the company is doing today, and it’s plan for the future.

Monthly Club Board meeting
2015-05-29 07:30 - 09:00 | Club 33 Conference Room, 2247 San Diego Ave, Suite 233, San Diego, CA, 92110, United States
Zoom Only

Audrea Taylor, President and Co-founder of im2moro
2015-06-04 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
KNOWING MILLENNIALS
The millennial generation is here and we’re shaking things up. We are the largest and most influential generation in US history. We think differently, and we are doing things in new ways. Our approach to life, in fact our entire worldview is unlike any generation before us. So if you are going to hire millennials, relate to millennials and even marry your children off to millennials then there are a few things you should know about us. I’m looking forward to sharing with you some insight into the next generation of leaders and innovators who are already changing our nation and our world.
Audrea Taylor, President and Co-founder of im2moro, a national non-profit organization engaging the millennial generation to own their future.

Aqua Farming - Don Kent, President - Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute
2015-06-11 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Rose Canyon Fisheries: San Diego Securing the Future for Healthy, Local, Sustainable Aquaculture
Rose Canyon Fisheries is a partnership between Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute and Cuna del Mar established to operate a commercial-scale fish farm off the San Diego coast—the first operation of its kind in federal waters of the United States. Designed to meet the growing demand for healthy, local seafood, the project will generate hundreds of jobs, tens of millions of dollars in annual economic impact for the region, and re-establish San Diego as a National leader in seafood production.

Grotarian Event - USO Airport Center Tour
2015-06-16 17:30 - 19:30 | CA
Join the Grotarians for a tour inside the largest USO Airport Center in the world. Retired USMC Sergeant Major, Bobby Woods, who serves as the current Director of the USO Neil Ash Airport Center, will welcome the San Diego Rotary Club and give us a detailed tour through this amazing center and the public art that exists around and within this facility. Staffed primarily by volunteers, the 10,000-square-foot stand-alone building across from Terminal 2 is open 18 hours a day, 365 days a year and served over 122,000 military men and women and their families last year. Many are young Marines headed to and from MCRD for boot camp and Camp Pendleton for further training.
Food from Phil’s BBQ and beverages will be served outside on the patio at the end of the tour.
Date: Tuesday, June 16th
Time: 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Place: USO Neil Ash Airport Center (across from Terminal 2) 3705 North Harbor Drive (driving directions and map below)
Cost: $25.00 per person
Parking: Please park in the Terminal 2 Short Term Parking Lot adjacent to the USO. Parking will be validated so bring your ticket in with you.
Friends and family are welcome!
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Directions:
From the North
Take the 5 South. Exit toward Sassafras/San Diego Airport. Go straight onto Kettner Boulevard. Turn right onto W Laurel Street. Turn right onto N Harbor Drive. Proceed to the Terminal 2 Parking Lot and pull a ticket to park. The USO Neil Ash Airport Center is located immediately on the right once you pull through the ticket gate.
From the South
Take the 5 North. Take the Hawthorn Street exit, exit 17, toward San Diego Airport. Keep left to take Hawthorn Street ramp. Turn slightly left onto W Hawthorn Street. Turn right onto N Harbor Drive. Proceed to the Terminal 2 Parking Lot and pull a ticket to park. The USO Neil Ash Airport Center is located immediately on the right once you pull through the ticket gate.

Unlocking the Power of the Genome - Karen Possemato, Chief of Staff, Illumina, Inc.
2015-06-18 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Technology has transformed our world, from the iPhone, to the Cloud, to personalized monitoring. Genomics is an impending wave of change that will transform the future of human health. That change is being catalyzed here in San Diego at Illumina. Get a glimpse of what is coming during this presentation.
Our guest speaker, Karen Possemato is the Chief of Staff at Illumina, Inc. She has spent over 10 years at Illumina building brand, outbound marketing and communications, and now working with the executive team to establish a greater footprint for Illumina in the community and beyond.

President's Roast
2015-06-25 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
The Rotary year has come to an end, and so, as tradition goes, it is time to honor all of the accomplishments of our beloved President Michelle Candland.
Join us on Thursday as we poke fun at Michelle in an uplifting and good-spirited way. Solo performances by Solveig Deuprey, Suzy Spafford and Steve Hubbard will highlight a wonderful afternoon of hearty joke-telling and song-singing.
So come prepared to laugh and have a great time as we say “thank you” to President Michelle.

San Diego Rotary Golf Tournament
2015-06-26 | San Diego Country Club, 88 L St., Chu, CA, 91911
ATTENTION ROTARY GOLFERS!
The final round of our tournament had to be rescheduled due to rain and will now be played on Friday, June 26th, to determine the 2015 Champion. Bonnie Schwartz and Tom Wilson are tied for the lead, closely followed by Richard Coutts, Don Tarte, Marten Barry, John Peele and several others who can win the trophy with a good final round.
Please let us know if you are able to play on this new date. Join the fun and friendly competition by contacting Marten Barry mbarry@naisandiego.com or Alli Lucas alucas@naisandiego.com. Cost is $116, including cart, and the field is limited to 20 players…so sign up now!

DARK - No meeting
2015-07-02 | CA
There will not be a meeting today. See you next week!

Change of Command
2015-07-09 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Join us as our 106th President, Peter Duncan, is sworn into office by Mayor Faulconer. Peter will also share his vision and goals for 2015-2016.

Grotarian Event - Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute Tour
2015-07-14 17:00 - 19:00 | CA
LAST DAY TO REGISTER IS THURSDAY, JULY 9!
Join us for a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at the exciting work under way at the Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute. HSWRI is in its 52nd year, and is dedicated to providing effective, innovative solutions to conflicts that arise between human activity and the natural world. Institute scientists apply sophisticated technologies seeking solutions that protect and conserve marine animals while benefiting humans and their reliance on marine resources. The Institute recognizes the critical importance of scientific literacy for competing in the highly technical and competitive global economy providing innovative education programs in marine science for our children and future scientists.
Don Kent, President and CEO, will give an overview of the Institute’s work in San Diego, Carlsbad and Florida. He will share the details of these pursuits including a ground breaking project right off our coast. We will then tour the facilities to get an up-close look at their leading edge work and laboratories. Closed toe shoes required.
Details:
5:00- 5:45: Reception with wine, beer, soft drinks and food stations featuring Caesar Salad, build your own carne asada or fresh fish tacos, with all the toppings. Also, Cuban black beans and flourless chocolate cake.
5:45-6:45: Overview and tour of the labs and facilities with institute scientists for an up-close look at their leading edge research and program implementation.
Address: 2595 Ingraham Street, San Diego, CA 92109
Free parking in the adjacent lot
Cost per person $35
Rotary members and their guests only
Directions from Interstate 5:
Take the SeaWorld Drive exit and head west. Take the Ingraham Street/Mission Bay Drive exit off SeaWorld Drive (it is just past the main entrance to SeaWorld), and see below.

Directions from Interstate 8:
Take the Ingraham Street/Mission Bay Drive exit, turn right or go west, and see below.

From Ingraham Street/Mission Bay Drive:
Move to the left one lane (otherwise you’ll be caught up in a cloverleaf that takes you to Mission Beach). You’ll see a sign overhead for SeaWorld … you can use that as your guide for what lane to be in. Turn right at the first stoplight (Perez Cove Way). Our building (stone facade, with Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute in large letters) is on the corner of Ingraham St. and Perez Cove Way. If there’s no oncoming traffic, you can make a quick left into the second driveway (first is blocked with a barrier pole) immediately after turning right at the stoplight. If there is oncoming traffic, go down to the third driveway and then backtrack. There should be plenty of parking near our building.
The primary purpose of Grotarian events is to bring “Red Badge” and longtime Rotarians together to build new relationships and facilitate greater involvement in Rotary 33 programs.
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Rose Schindler - Surviving the Holocaust & Returning to Auschwitz
2015-07-16 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Seventy years ago, Rose Schindler was a teenage prisoner of the Third Reich, caught up in the horror the world would come to know as the Holocaust. She lost her parents and some of her siblings who were among 1.1 million others who perished in Auschwitz. Earlier this year, Rose and her husband Max, also a Holocaust survivor, returned to Auschwitz along with 300 other survivors from around the world for a ceremony marking the day 70 years ago that they were liberated from the death camps.
Rose will share her emotional story of survival. Though it is difficult for her to talk about the past, she does so as a promise she made to her father. “Every story is special,” she states, “but I want to share my story, just as I promised my father, so the world will always remember and those who are gone will never be forgotten.”

San Diego Youth Symphony
2015-07-23 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
SDYS and Rotary District 5340 International Youth Exchange celebrate the 11th annual International Youth Symphony in Balboa Park. Every summer, this unique three week orchestral program brings together gifted conservatory musicians from around the world to play with exceptional SDYS musicians under the leadership of SDYS Music Director Jeff Edmons for an intensive and top quality orchestral and chamber music experience. This year fifteen international musicians representing the UK, Ireland, Germany, Spain, The Czech Republic and Canada will join eighteen SDYS students to create the unique International Youth Symphony orchestra for two weeks of rehearsals and a variety of recitals and concerts will be shared with the community.
The orchestra will perform excerpts from some of the most celebrated works including Mozart’s Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, Gabriel Faure’s Pavane, Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 in D Major “Haffner”, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 in D Major.

Monthly Board meeting
2015-07-25 17:30 - 19:00 | San Diego Yacht Club, 1011 Anchorage Ln, San Diego, CA, 92016, United States

Finance Committee
2015-07-28 12:00 - 13:00 | Club 33 Conference Room, 2247 San Diego Ave, Suite 233, San Diego, CA, 92110, United States

Brad Howard - Rotary International Director
2015-07-30 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Why Rotary?
Why should someone join Rotary or continue to be a Rotarian? For years, we have been explaining “What is Rotary?” when the real question is “Why Rotary?” Rotary International Director Brad Howard will explore what makes Rotary unique and how Rotary is positioned to be relevant in today’s social environment. He will ask you the question– Is Rotary a service organization that has members, or is it a membership organization that does service?
Brad Howard is a member of the Rotary Club of Oakland-Sunrise and Past District Governor of District 5170, which covers the Silicon Valley. He currently serves as Zones 25 & 26 Rotary International Director for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 Rotary years. Those Zones include parts of British Columbia and Nevada, and all of Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona and Hawaii, representing more than 1,300 Rotary clubs and approximately 60,000 Rotarians.

All Chair Committee Meeting
2015-07-30 13:30 - 14:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
This meeting is for all committee chairs and co-chairs. Meeting is being held by President Peter Duncan and President-Elect John Morrell.
The meeting will take place in Room 202.

Ignacio De La Torre - AT&T It Can Wait
2015-08-06 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Ignacio De La Torre, Regional Vice President of External Affairs for AT&T, will share what AT&T is doing to expand the It Can Wait campaign from a focus on texting while driving to include other smartphone driving distractions that have emerged as our relationships with our devices have changed. Ignacio will share AT&T’s simple message to keep drivers safe: Keep your eyes on the road — not on your phone!
How do you rationalize engaging with your social media while on the go in your car? Maybe you have not, but do you wonder if your spouse, kids or grandkids do? Learn why AT&T has embarked on their It-Can-Wait campaign for the 5th year and see for yourself how effective advertising and promotion can impact real results. Oh, and do you think you’re a skilled driver with nanosecond reflexes? Then test your skills in the text-and drive simulator that will be available before and after our program. Don’t miss this powerful program!

VIP New Member Prospect Reception
2015-08-13 11:30 - 12:00 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Bring a prospective member to the Liberty Station Conference Center to meet with the club leadership and hear a brief pitch about why it’s is beneficial to join San Diego Rotary. Then bring your guest to lunch (the Club will pick up the cost of the guest) so they can learn more about the club.
The reception will take place in the main dining room. Registration is required.
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Dr. Peter Salk, President - Jonas Salk Legacy Foundation
2015-08-13 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Jonas Salk’s Centenary Year – a Vision for the Future
Jonas Salk is an icon in the history of medicine. The polio vaccine he and his research team developed in the early 1950s lifted a pervasive fear. He is less well known for his earlier work on the first influenza vaccine, his founding of the Salk Institute, and his relentless pursuit of ways to alleviate human suffering in diverse realms. This talk, given by Dr. Peter Salk, will touch on these various aspects of his life.
Dr. Peter Salk graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University in 1965 and Alpha Omega Alpha from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1969. Following two years of house staff training in internal medicine at the University Hospitals of Cleveland, he worked in his father’s laboratory at the Salk Institute from 1972-1984 conducting research on the biology and immunotherapy of cancer and autoimmune disease and strategies for vaccine production. He worked again with his father from 1991-1995 on a project to develop an inactivated vaccine for HIV infection, and subsequently worked on the introduction of AIDS treatment programs in Africa and Asia. He is currently President of the Jonas Salk Legacy Foundation, where he is devoting attention to educating the public regarding his father’s life and work and to extending and applying his father’s vision to help address humanity’s present challenges and opportunities, particularly in the realms of vaccines, global health, and creating a sustainable human future.

Grotarian Poolside Chat
2015-08-18 17:00 - 19:00 | CA
Please join us this summer at our annual Grotarian Poolside Chat. We will have committee Chairs from approximately 8-10 committees speak about their committees, what their committees do, their projects and what your involvement would be as a committee member. Dinner and beverages will be provided. This is a great opportunity to learn more about Club 33. It is also a fun evening, at which you can become better acquainted with other Red Badgers.
This is a free event.
Rotarians only (no spouses or guests please)
Location: John Morrell’s residence. An email with the address will be sent to you before the event.
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Dr. Steven Steinhubl, Director of Digital Medicine, Scripps Translational Science Institute
2015-08-20 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Can Mobile Technology Completely Transform Healthcare?
Remarkable advances in miniaturized computing power and connectivity over the last several decades have changed nearly every aspect of our lives, but they have yet to make a substantial impact on healthcare. However, mobile health (mHealth) technologies currently being developed are capable of enabling unprecedented changes in the manner and quality of clinical care available to the growing majority of the world’s population with mobile connectivity. This presentation will review the great deal of ongoing work being carried out, much in San Diego, to establish the true capabilities and potential value of the evolving field of mHealth.
Dr. Steinhubl is the Director of Digital Medicine at STSI and a cardiologist at Scripps Health, Scripps Clinic. He received his undergraduate training in chemical engineering at Purdue University in Indiana, graduate training in physiology at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and his medical degree at St. Louis University in Missouri.
Dr. Steinhubl’s research activities have covered a broad range of topics in cardiology with a primary early focus on trials of novel antithrombotic therapies for the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease, and more recently on the application of an integrated systems-based approach to the optimal identification, communication and treatment of an individual’s risk for various manifestations of cardiovascular disease. He has been principal investigator or helped lead over a dozen large-scale, international randomized trials and has authored nearly 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts as well as numerous book chapters, and abstracts.

Business Networking- Maximize your Net Worth!
2015-08-27 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Guest speakers: Phil Blair, Co-owner and Executive Officer, Manpower Staffing Services & Jenni Prisk, Founder and CEO of Prisk Communication
When we think about our net worth, we usually think of our financial investments. However, there’s another aspect of your worth…your professional contacts. Do your friends, family, colleagues and clients really know what you do? In an exhilarating program, Jenni Prisk and Phil Blair will teach you how to create a powerful elevator pitch and, if you’re lucky, you’ll get a chance to share it with all the Rotarians in the room. Don’t miss this opportunity to state your worth!

Darryl Anunciado - CEO ActionDrone, Inc.
2015-09-03 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Drones in the Commercial Industry
Darryl Anunciado, Chief Executive Officer of ActionDrone, Inc. will discuss the impact and upcoming changes small unmanned aerial vehicles, sUAVs (aka drones) will have on the commercial industry. Agriculture, public safety and military fields are just starting to harness the potential of this new technology. Details on how the sUAV can be applied will be highlighted for each of these fields. There will be a demonstration as well as ample time for questions and answers from the audience.

Hoover Interact Committee
2015-09-03 13:30 - 14:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Interact committee meeting immediately following our program at 1:30. Room # TBD.
