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Chat GPT - How does it work, what will it do?
Mar. 28, 2023
Sandeep will talk about very large language models which are artificial neural network trained on massive amount of text data to generate human-like text for various natural language tasks. These profoundly change the way humans communicate and interact with technology. We will explore the use of these language models as business analysis assistant. Background |
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Apr. 04, 2023 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. UTC-07:00
Meet in the private room by side entrance
Significant others and potential members and friends are welcome
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Apr. 09, 2023 8:00 a.m.
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Creating a Community Where Older Adults Thrive
Apr. 11, 2023
In February the Los Gatos Town Council unanimously endorsed a Roadmap for older adult services in Los Gatos. This Roadmap is the culmination of a 15 month effort by community members, local leaders, two Town Mayors and a Council member, presenting exciting new directions for providing services to older adults in our Town— where the older population is anticipated to approach 1/3 of the residents over the next decade. The Roadmap grew out of an effort by the Council with support from the Community Health and Senior Services Commission to address issues laid bare by the pandemic and was jump-started by Council directing $500,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds for grants last year. A comprehensive official survey, 12 community workshops, and the benchmarking of seven similar cities provided the foundation for establishing seven goals and details for 1-3-10 year projects and milestones for each goal. The Roadmap is now moving from planning to implementation and we look forward to telling you about the Roadmap findings and plans for creating an age-friendly community where older adults are engaged, valued, and provided equitable opportunities to thrive. Tom Picraux bio Tom is a retired scientist. He served as chair of the recent Los Gatos Senior Service Committee. In addition to being a member of Rotary, he is co-chair of the Membership Committee of the Sourcewise Advisory Council, coordinator of the West Valley Service Providers network and is VP of the local League of Women Voters. Dick Konrad bio Dick Konrad is a member of Rotary, member and past chair of Los Gatos Community Health and Senior Services Commission, served as a member of the recent LG Senior Services Committee, a former member of the LG Parks Commission, and chair of the LG Beautification Committee
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Red Badge Bios
Apr. 18, 2023
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Apr. 29, 2023 8:00 a.m.
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May 02, 2023 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Home of Nicollete Rodman Kelly’s Mom - Marlene Rodman
It was formerly an Italian restaurant & resort called the Florentine Village.
(The Florentine was a resort built by Italian immigrant Quintino Ceccanti. He is believed to be the first person to plant grape vines in Los Gatos). We are very lucky to be able to visit this historical place.
Carpooling is encouraged as parking is limited to the street. There are steps and uneven paths that lead to the restaurant. Please have people who may need assistance reach out to me at (408)483-8040.
Please bring an appetizer and drink to share. Desserts will be provided by the Social Committee.
Significant Others and friends and potential members are welcome. |
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Slavery in Pakistan
May 16, 2023
Mike is president of Families Set Free, a new nonprofit that is rescuing slaves from 20,000 brick making slave camps in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. There are over 1,000,000 people in these slave camps, and it is time to free all of them. In the last two years FSF has rescued over 2,000 people, started 400 small businesses, enrolled hundreds of children into school for the first time, and ended over 25,000 years of combined slavery. |
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Building and Strengthening Communities Through Dance
May 23, 2023
sjDANCEco was established in 2003 to provide professional, contemporary and classic dance to the greater Bay Area. While our annual season is based in San Jose, the company has performed nationwide and internationally. We provide mentorship programs in schools as well as live “in theater” performances which reach 1000s of students each year. We annually celebrate the wealth and diversity of our community with a free Dance Festival, hosting 70 dance companies including all genres of dance from professional to elementary level. |
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Jun. 02, 2023 5:00 p.m.
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Jun. 06, 2023 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Please join us at the home of Patti and and Eric. (408 348 1497)
Significant others, potential members, and friends are invited.
Please bring an appetizer and a drink to share. (Desserts will be provided)
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Annual Update on El Camino Health
Jun. 13, 2023
The talk will give an overview of El Camino Health, our commitment to advancing care, the healthcare services we offer, and our robust community involvement and partnership. It is a mix of a historic and comprehensive overview along with focusing on what is new in the past few years and looking ahead. Omar currently serves as the Chief Growth Officer for El Camino Health, where he focuses on developing and advancing El Camino Health's new business ventures, spotlight clinical programs, and expansion of our outpatient services. Omar prides himself on identifying creative growth strategies and has spent time spanning two decades across non-profit, academic, and for-profit publicly traded health systems of varying sizes – including three health systems in California. He has led efforts to improve access to care through master planning over $3 billion in infrastructure and expansion of clinical services totaling over $200 million. Omar earned a master's of health administration from Virginia Commonwealth University and has a bachelor's degree in finance from George Mason University. He is committed to a journey of lifelong learning as a serves as a fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives and fellow of the Advisory Board – he also serves on local and community boards. |
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President Roast & Toast Dinner at Villa Ragusa
Jun. 27, 2023
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Jun. 27, 2023
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A Simple Plan to Change the World — that's working today!
Jul. 18, 2023
Brenda Birrell is The Global Uplift Project's Program Director. After graduating from Cambridge University, UK, Brenda taught High School Physics. In 1983, she and her husband moved to Los Altos where they raised two daughters. She returned to the education field in 2001 and retired in 2017 so that she could work full time for The Global Uplift Project and help thousands of children in the developing world every year, instead of hundreds of children in the US. She loves working on all of TGUP's projects, but Save a Girl is the closest to her heart. As well as her work with TGUP, she enjoys traveling, hiking, singing, baking, listening to classical music, and spending time with family and friends. The presentation will give a summary of The Global Uplift Project's work in the developing world, with emphasis on our Save a Girl Program that is keeping girls in school and able to reach their academic potential. For $2 a year we are providing washable, reusable, sanitary supplies and education that are stopping girls from dropping out of school. Without the kits the girls are sold as child brides, sold into the sex trade or sent to work as low paid domestic servants. You will hear how I discovered the problem, designed a solution, and have now helped more than 50,000 girls. Working with strong support from Rotary District 5170 and DG Savita, we have set up a new sewing center in Cameroon. We also have sewing centers in Kenya, Tanzania and Nepal, and are providing thousands of kits to girls in all of these countries. The greatest preventable loss of human potential in the world. More than 20,000,000 girls in the developing world drop out of school every year because they cannot manage their period. UNICEF says it might be as many as 50,000,000. A kit costs $6 to make, but is free to the girl. It lasts for three years. At $2 per girl per year, this might be the highest return on human investment in the world. |
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Key Isssues for the California Economy
Jul. 25, 2023
Presentation will cover key issues such as affordable housing and its impact on the California economy. Assemblymember Gail Pellerin was elected to the California State Assembly in November of 2022 to represent the 28th Assembly District. Assemblymember Pellerin served as the chief elections official in Santa Cruz County from 1993 until her retirement in December 2020. Gail served as President of the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials from 2010 to 2012 and as co-chair of the Secretary of State’s Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee. Gail has a BS in Journalism from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Before her experience in public service, Gail worked as a campaign assistant to political campaigns, a newspaper reporter and photographer, and a community college instructor.
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Aug. 01, 2023 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Please join us at the lovely home of Judy and Gordon Levin
Please bring wine or a beverage of your choice, and an appetizer or salad to share. Desserts will be provided.
Significant Others, and Potential Members are welcome. Parking is limited. Carpool is suggested. Can park on street in the no parking areas. Driveway steep. Please leave for people with difficulty walking to be dropped off.
Thank you, Social Staff.
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Aug. 05, 2023
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For the Love of Apricots
Aug. 08, 2023
Lisa’s family settled in the Santa Clara Valley in 1960, first in San Jose, where her father established his medical practice, and then Saratoga. The Princes lived on a large property with a remnant orchard, a large vegetable garden, horses, and a few chickens. Growing up there, Lisa discovered a love of “farm to table” cooking from her mother Aileen. The post war transformation of Santa Clara Valley’s orchards into what we call “Silicon Valley” today had a profound impact on Lisa while she was a student at Saratoga High. Her deep connection to the land set her on a career path in City Planning. She studied “Land Resources Planning” at Stanford University and earned a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley. Lisa’s focused her professional work over the past 30 years on land use and environmental planning in the Bay Area. Lisa nurtured her love of cooking through practice on family and friends, enriched by travels abroad and many classes at San Francisco cooking schools. Lisa and her husband John raised four children in Marin, where they have a large garden and four apricot trees. On a winter walk through Novakovich Orchards in Saratoga several years ago, Lisa was inspired to create her cookbook memoir: For the Love of Apricots: Recipes and Memories of the Santa Clara Valley. The book brings together her passion for apricots and culinary skills with regional history and environmental perspective. For the Love of Apricots has been a regional culinary bestseller since its debut in 2018. In Spring 2023, Lisa will celebrate her love of apricots with a 5th Anniversary Edition. Lisa’s blog has followed her orchard journey at http://fortheloveofapricots.com. Lisa combines her love of apricots along with local history and memories of the Valley of Heart’s Delight in book talks often combined with recipe tasting. Her beautiful slide show presentation normally lasts 30 minutes, followed with lively Q&A sessions. Lisa has made numerous presentations to Bay Area historical societies, private clubs, and independent bookstores.
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Aug. 09, 2023 1:30 p.m.
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Her Honor: My Life on the Bench. . . What Works, What’s Broken, How to Change It.
Aug. 15, 2023
LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, a 1974 graduate of Stanford Law School, was the first lawyer to open a law practice in East Palo Alto, a low-income community of color. In 1978, she was appointed Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at Stanford Law School, where she implemented a successful minority admissions program. In 1982, Governor Jerry Brown appointed Ms. Cordell to the Municipal Court of Santa Clara County making her the first African American woman judge in northern California. In1988, Judge Cordell won election to the Superior Court of Santa Clara County. In 2001, she retired from the bench to become Vice Provost & Special Counselor to the President for Campus Relations at Stanford University. She left that position in 2009. In 2003, accepting no monetary donations, Judge Cordell, ran a grassroots campaign and won a 4-year term on the Palo Alto City Council. Judge Cordell was the Independent Police Auditor for the City of San Jose for five years (2010-2015. Under her leadership, the office gained national prominence. In 2016, Judge Cordell chaired a Blue-Ribbon Commission in Santa Clara County that investigated the jails in the aftermath of the murder of an inmate by jail guards; she also served on a Blue Ribbon Panel that evaluated the culture of the San Francisco Police Department after racist and sexist text messages surfaced. In 2018, Judge Cordell was the voice of the opposition and campaigned vigorously against the recall of Judge Aaron Persky. Judge Cordell has been an on-camera legal analyst for CBS-5 television and a guest commentator on programs such as Court TV, MSNBC’s “The Weekend with Joshua Johnson,” and “The Mehdi Hasan Show,” as well as National Public Radio. She is the co-founder of the African American Composer Initiative (www.aacinitiative.org). Judge Cordell is a mother who lives in Palo Alto with her partner of 30+ years. In her spare time, Judge Cordell is a pianist, vocalist, portrait artist, cartoonist. Her recently released memoir, Her Honor, a finalist for the California Book Award, is published by Celadon, a division of Macmillan Publishing. |
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Oak Meadow Park at 5:00pm
Aug. 22, 2023
Where: Oak Meadow Park at 5pm It's an all inclusive event: drinks (alcoholic and non alcoholic), food and railroad rides. Please register here:
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Aug. 22, 2023 5:00 p.m.
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Learning For Action: Climate Change
Aug. 29, 2023
Carl is an ex-Apple, ex-Tesla, mechanical engineer who is currently a consultant and advisor. At Apple, he applied his skills to thermal systems, accessories, iMac, and iPad. Carl grew the iPad product line and team as Director of iPad Product Design. In 2017, he joined Tesla as Senior Director of Energy Products Engineering. For 4 years, he led the organization to design, manufacture, and launch Powerwall, Megapack, and Solar Roof. Carl stepped in to lead Residential Solar operations in 2020, delivering significant growth despite the COVID-19 operations impact. His responsibilities included all solar installations, sales, service, and the Tesla Energy P&L. After leaving Tesla, Carl began a deeper exploration of climate. He took Terra.do’s “ Learning For Action: Climate Change” course and then later took on a role as an instructor. He and his wife, Adele, a software engineer, run a consulting firm. They live in Los Gatos with their two children and are active at the local schools. |
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Sep. 05, 2023 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
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Lamling Vista School and Sahaya
Sep. 12, 2023
Dr. Koen Van Rompay, a veterinary doctor originally from Belgium, will take you on the journey of his (dual) life. For the past 3 decades, he has been an infectious disease researcher at the University of California, Davis. Most of his career has focused on studying HIV, which has led to several interventions that are now used globally to treat or prevent HIV infection. In more recent years, he has also done research on the latest pandemics, such as Zika virus, and SARS-CoV-2. In 1997, a trip to an AIDS conference in India inspired Koen to step outside his comfort zone and become more socially engaged. During his spare time, he founded and manages the Davis-based 501(c)3 nonprofit organization Sahaya International (www.sahaya.org). Sahaya International is a 100% volunteer-based network of friends that supports a growing number of grassroots organizations in developing countries, aimed at helping underprivileged communities by promoting education, health, socio-economic empowerment and conservation. Koen is also a Chair of International programs of the Davis Sunset Rotary club. |
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Sep. 15, 2023 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Help distribute groceries to clients who drive up in their cars. Jobs may entail setting up tables, unloading food, handing out food, and cleaning up. Please sign up here: https://shfb.tfaforms. |
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Sep. 19, 2023
RYLA stands for Rotary Youth Leadership Program . Camp RYLA is a RotaryDistrict 5170 sponsored event. High School students from all over Bay area are selected to attend RYLA, who demonstrate leadership in school and in the community. Many of the students are from the Interact Clubs. The Students receive scholarship for 4 days camp to become better leaders, foster better friendship and actively apply what they learn in the camp the lives and communities. RYLA leadership skills ground in the fundamentals of the ‘4 Way Test’. The first camp in district 5170 was held in June 1984, which was created by group of Rotarians namely Dave Ditto, Dick Hennaing, Rick King, Jerry Pettibone, Bud Meddalena and John Fisher. Now it has developed into 8 part leadership curriculum overseen by Dr Ed Curramang and taught by the Alumni of Camp RYLA. The counselors are very dedicated and are typically in college or early in their career. They are so enthusiastic about spreading the energy and joy bringing new learning to the campers. The counselors are very dedicated and aspire to become Rotarians in the future. The campers participate in Speech and Debate, Sports activities ,Skits around camp fire, RYLA Studio with photography, videography, digital-editing and technology skills . In Entertainment they host Tuesday Night Live, in Band and Choir campers perform using their stage directing talents. These structured programs help the campers to learn and enhance their skills to perform in the activities of the Camp. This year the camp was held from June 24 to June 29, 2023 in beautiful Mission Springs Camp and Conference Center Scotts Valley Ca. The Dave Ditto BBQ was on the 28th June. It was an amazing evening of celebrations with performances by the campers, good food and enjoying the company of fellow Rotarians. We had sent 3 students this year: Alex and Brandon from Leigh High School and Alina from Los Gatos High School. They will share their learning and fun experience at the meeting. |
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Sep. 26, 2023
Jennifer Lin is the new Executive Director of the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce as of July, 2023. She grew up in the East Bay town of Danville and is a proud Los Gatos resident since 2019. Jennifer brings to the Chamber a robust background in management and brand strategy consulting. For most of her career, she worked with client organizations to solve their strategic, operational, and branding challenges. In addition, Jernnifer possesses significant non-profit leadership experience from serving on the boards of Bay Area charities that support the arts and children’s causes. Jennifer earned her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from U.C. Berkeley and her Master of Public Administration from Columbia University. In her free time she enjoys hiking locally with her husband Mark and labradoodle Dashi. |