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Sep 16, 2019 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
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Sep 23, 2019 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
We are having a joint social with our friends at the Heart of Texas Peace Corps Association We have been building a relationship with these folks this year, having hosted them as speakers twice, The social is at Via 313 Pizza, 3016 Guadalupe St #100, Austin, TX 78705 There is parking in the garage on 31st St. |
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Sep 30, 2019 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Trudy Marshall will talk to us about Rotary sponsored libraries in Kenya and Uganda. Trudy is a member of
the Pflugerville Rotary. From Trudy:
Uganda was just another sight seeing trip for me in 2001. I was a teacher, but was working on a degree in library science at the time. I visited schools and found no books. I traveled for 3 years and then returned to Uganda to do one library in 2005. Now, in 2019, we have 41 libraries in schools in Uganda, and 7 very remote in Maasai land in Kenya. We also have a large sponsored student program. We continue to add new libraries, but also restock all of our previous ones. I live in Uganda and Kenya six months each year.
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Oct 14, 2019 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
More and more business and municipal decisions (loans, job applicant screening, criminal prosecutions, etc.) are being made by (or in conjunction with) computer algorithms. How these algorithms reach their conclusions - what data do they use, what rules do they use, and in the case of AI, what models do they use and how were those models developed - is a topic of pressing concern. Peter Coldicott will discuss the background, explain potential biases in algorithms, and describe curren initiatives in transparency and fairness in AI and Algorithms.
Peter is currently the CTO and Development Manager for the Artificial Intelligence based Video Analytics product portfolio in the IBM Watson Media and Weather division of IBM Cognitive Applications. Peter is a Distinguished Engineer at IBM, Emeritus Member of the IBM Academy of Technology and an IBM Master Inventor. He is a recipient of the White House Award for Community Service (Silver)
Peter is based near Austin Texas, is married with 5 children (including 17 year old triplet daughters) and has 4 grandchildren. He also is a set designed for the Lake Travis Music Theater, as well as past president of Lago Vista High School PTSA.
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Oct 18, 2019 8:15 AM - 10:00 AM
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Oct 21, 2019 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
The Kapadia Education Foundation connects bright and dedicated students in the developing world with mentorship and financial resources, to pursue higher education and affect positive change in their communities. Through lean and efficient operations, we cultivate cross-cultural relationships for students, staff, and supporters alike. Pradeep Kapadia, founder of the organization, will talk to us about the vision of the foundation for a world where all have a higher education, and how the work done by the foundation is already making a difference in the lives of the students and their communities Pradeep came to the United States in 1972 as a foreign student from India. He completed his studies at Tufts University, graduating as a Mechanical Engineer, and decided to stay in the U.S. instead of returning to India. Having lived in three continents and traveled through about 48 countries, Pradeep has always been interested in cross-cultural relationships.
Pradeep ran an engineering and contracting firm, Kapadia Energy Services (KES), incorporated in 1980. KES specialized in energy and water conservation, saving our world's precious resources for future generations to use more wisely. Largely based on the success of his company, Pradeep was able to retire and focus on outside interests, the main one being the start-up and administration of Kapadia Education Foundation.
It is clear to Pradeep that his good fortune has been made possible by his family in India and in the U.S., as well as by countless friends and mentors all over the world who helped along the way. It is they who have paid it forward to Pradeep, setting the example for Kapadia Education Foundation to help others pay it forward.
When not working for the Foundation, Pradeep is busy traveling the developing world encouraging college students to be the best that they can be with their newfound opportunity.
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Oct 22, 2019 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Come get on a boat and see the bats from under the Congress Avenue bridge with all your Rotary friends in Austin.
It is a spectacular sight to see the bats emerge from the bridge at sunset! An estimated 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats live under the Congress Avenue Bridge. It is the larg-est urban colony in North America. Join fellow Rotarians to socialize with old friends, make new friends and enjoy what Austin has to offer. Our private charter on the Lone Star Riverboat (next to the Hyatt Hotel) will be depart at 6:30 pm for a two hour tour. BYOB and dish to share.
The cruise is a social potluck - the e-Club is providing bottled water and utensils - everyone else needs to bring a dish and a beverage. You can park in the Hyatt parking and the Valets at the Hyatt can give you directions or park your vehicle, or you can Please arrive by 6:00, We will leave the dock at 6:30 pm. For additional information contact - Linda Tyler 512-636-8199 Kent Bohls—512-663-1005
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Oct 26, 2019 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Please mark your calendars and hold the morning of Saturday, October 26th, open to join your fellow club members and pick up some trash.
We will conduct a trash pick up on April 13 at our club's adopted street, which is Lamar Blvd for a long block north of 45th St. We need a crew of 8-10 volunteers.
We will meet at 9:00 a.m. in the Chili's parking lot at the southwest corner of 45th & Lamar. We should be finished by 10:30.
Please RSVP via a reply email letting me know you plan to come.
Charles Smaistrla
512-461-4636 cell CJS@LawEconomics.com |
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Oct 28, 2019 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
As a followup to his talk in September, we are fortunate to have Dr. Robert Prentice continue his talk on "Why It's Hard to Be the Kind of Person Your Dog Thinks You Are."
The science of behavioral ethics, which studies how and why people make the ethical (and unethical) choices they do, has revealed that good people often do bad things even though they have the best of intentions. For those of us who desire to live lives of integrity, it pays to be familiar with this research. You can find some fascinating videos by Dr. Prentice and team
on everyday ethics at https://ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/ Dr. Robert A. Prentice is a Professor and Department Chair of the Business, Government and Society department at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas. Dr. Prentice received his B.A. from the University of Kansas and his J.D. from Washburn University. His research and teaching interests include partnership and corporate law, securities regulation, and the legal liability of accountants. |
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Nov 04, 2019 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Tonight we will be getting an update on Rodeo Austin - Rodeo Austin started as a stock show in 1938 and has |
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Nov 18, 2019 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
We will be getting an update on Mobile Loaves and Fishes - one of the key players in addressing in Austin's homeless crisis, Tracee Henneke has worked in the nonprofit industry for over 17 years and has been fundraising for over 13 years. As the Director of Relationships & Giving for Mobile Loaves & Fishes, Tracee provides strategic leadership in relationship building and fund development to advance the mission and vision of the organization. The vision of Mobile Loaves & Fishes is to empower communities into a lifestyle of service with the homeless. This vision is embedded in Tracee’s philosophy of fundraising as an invitation to be a part of what the organization is doing for the homeless in the community.
Mobile Loaves & Fishes (MLF) is a social outreach ministry that has been empowering communities into a lifestyle of service with the homeless since 1998. Founded in Austin, Texas, the organization serves its homeless neighbors through three core programs: Truck Ministry, Community First! Village and Community Works.
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Nov 21, 2019 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
It's time for our multi-club fall fellowship event at Austin Playhouse on Thursday, November 21st at 7:30 PM. Showtime is at 8 PM. ​This fall's play is a romantic musical comedy- "She Loves Me " - more details below. She Loves Me is about a charming case of mistaken identity set in a 1930s European perfumery. Feuding perfume clerks Amalia and Georg work together begrudgingly by day, and write beautiful love letters to their “secret admirers” by night. Constantly bumping heads while on the job, the sparring coworkers can’t seem to find common ground. But little do they know, the anonymous pen pals they are both falling for happen to be each other! The unlikely romance unfolds as Georg and Amalia discover the truth, but will their love continue to blossom once their identities are finally revealed? She Loves Me is a musical adaption of the 1937 play Parfumerie. The story has also been adapted into the films The Shop Around the Corner (1949) and You’ve Got Mail (1998).
We will have snacks at the theater, and drinks are available for purchase at the bar.
Also, we *may* have some special door prizes! Austin Playhouse is at A note about getting to the theatre (from https://www.austinplayhouse.com/directions ) As you enter the parking lot from Airport Blvd, make a left (if coming from the north) or a right (if coming from the south) and follow the parking lot around, keeping the mall on your right, until you reach the South entrance. Enter the mall and take the stairs or elevator down to the lower level. Turn right. Austin Playhouse will be on your right.
Should you require wheelchair accessible entry:The Highland Campus has an elevator at the South Entrance. There is also a ground floor loading zone entrance located to the right of the mall’s South entrance. Please call the box office at 512-476-0084 for directions.
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Dec 16, 2019 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Our speaker will be the new Irish Consul General for Austin Claire McCarthy. Sam Bakir arranged this program. this should be a great program.
Our meeting place will be Casa Chapala at 9041 Research Blvd # 100, Austin, Texas. We have met there before.
More information will follow in a subsequent e-mail about Counsel McCarthy.
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Dec 23, 2019
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Dec 23, 2019
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Jan 13, 2020 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Our own Jennifer Richmond will be talking to us about how words can change lives.
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Jan 18, 2020 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Our very own Jennifer Richmond will be speaking at TEDxSouthCongress on Saturday, January 18. |
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Jan 20, 2020 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Jan 27, 2020 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Fang Fang will give us an overview of the 2020 US Census, which has been in the news quite a bit in the past few years. Fang Fang is a Partnership Specialist for the United States Census Bureau. She is responsible for developing partnerships with all level of governments, community-based organizations, faith-based groups, schools, media, businesses, and other grassroots entities in communities in the Greater Austin area for the Decennial Census in 2020. Fang Fang spearheaded the formation of the Asian Complete Count Committees (CCC) in Austin and in San Antonio, which quickly became a model for other ethnicity based CCCs. She also serves as a liaison member of multiple regional CCCs to advise and coordinate their collective efforts on 2020 Census, including Williamson County CCC and the Business subcommittee of the City of Austin and Travis County joint CCC. Fang Fang has worked both on the Hill and at the local lever in government, media and technology. She worked as a Congressional Reporter in Washington, DC with Voice of America Chinese Branch, before transferring to New York as its New York Correspondent. She then worked in Public Affairs at Edelman’s New York office, facilitating global companies to form positive relationship with the government and public in the United States. Prior to join the U.S. Census Bureau, she co-founded a technology startup to provide supply-chain solutions for small international e-commerce vendors. She traveled 35 cities in Asia and Latin America to study the local markets as well as their entrepreneur ecosystem. Fang Fang holds a Master’s degree in International Journalism from Baylor University in the United States, and a Bachelor’s degree in English from Northeastern University in China. |
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Feb 03, 2020 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Trevor Perry will be speaking on "Get An Extraordinary Life". Trevor is a friend of Jennifer Richmond. Trevor Perry is a keynote storyteller, a technologist by trade, an Australian by birth, and a collector of wisdom. He is the founder and Chief Extraordinary Officer URXO, Inc. Trevor’s unique background and heritage allow him to use storytelling with humor and translation to entertain you, challenge you, and make you feel. His books are written in a voice that is easy to read and are best read one page at a time. His keynote sessions are interactive and include serious stories to play moments – all of which will challenge your perspective. Trevor is direct, entertaining, motivating, sometimes blunt - and always inspiring. You can learn more about him at http://trevorperryspeaker.com/ |
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Feb 10, 2020 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Why I Walked 444 Miles to Make a Memory - Andra Watkins
New York Times best-selling author Andra Watkins chose a crazy way to launch her debut novel. She's one of the only living persons to walk the 444-mile Natchez Trace as the pioneers did, and she did it with an unconventional wing-man, her 80-year-old father. Her life-changing adventure inspired her New York Times best-selling memoir Not Without My Father, which chronicles their experience. Andra is also the author of four other successful books. Andra's presentation challenges audiences to evaluate their relationships. She gives attendees, whatever their phase of life, concrete ideas and strategies to leave inspired to Make a Memory of their own and turn “I wish I had” into “I’m glad I did.”
Featured in January 2017's Rotarian Magazine, Andra is an active and celebrated Rotarian, having served in a number of leadership positions at Eastern South Carolina area clubs.
Our meetings are open to the public and don't require you to purchase a meal or a drink, but the food and drink at Shoal Creek Saloon was recently featured in the Austin American-Statesman. We are in the Last Lift Lounge room of Shoal Creek Saloon.
Parking can get crowded at Shoal Creek Saloon - additional street parking is available on 10th Street.
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Feb 17, 2020 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Patricia Wilson - Making a Difference - The Art of Community Engagement Patricia A. Wilson, professor at the University of Texas, has worked for over thirty years in community development, mostly in Latin America, exploring what it is that makes some aid projects successful and some not. She will present two stories from her most recent book that addresses that question: The Heart of Community Engagement: Stories from Across the Globe (Routledge, 2019). 240 pp.). Dr. Patricia A. Wilson, a senior professor in the U.T. Graduate Program in Community and Regional Planning, teaches international community development. Her extensive field research in community-based change processes has included Latin America, South Africa, India, and the U.S. Dr. Wilson holds a B.A. (with honors in Economics) from Stanford and a Master’s and Ph.D. In regional planning from Cornell.
Details about her book The Heart of Community Engagement: Practitioner Stories from Across the Globe (Routledge, 2019), can be found by clicking HERE . 20% discount code: enter SOC19.
Our meetings are open to the public and don't require you to purchase a meal or a drink, but the food and drink at Shoal Creek Saloon was recently featured in the Austin American-Statesman. We are in the Last Lift Lounge room of Shoal Creek Saloon - enter thru the main door and turn left into the Last Lift Lounge as you pass the bar.
Parking can get crowded at Shoal Creek Saloon - additional street parking is available on 10th Street.
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Feb 24, 2020 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Conflict and violence displaced more than 68 million people in the past year, and half of those are children. We refuse to accept conflict as a way of life. Rotary projects provide training that fosters understanding and provides communities with the skills to resolve conflicts.
Yes, it is true. In the midst of a conflict-torn world, nation and community, our website boldly announces it. That is what we proclaim and that is what we do. Deep in the heart of Rotary is the long push for peace throughout the world in what we believe, what we say, and how we choose to serve.
But often we take for granted our power and our calling to be peacemakers.
Rotary clubs in District 5870 have the opportunity to focus on the role of each member and each club to intentionally be peacemakers. Instead of wringing our hands over the conflict, we can grasp hands and enable peace to emerge.
Easy? No. Possible? Yes. First step: schedule one or two programs of your regular meetings to focus on the Rotarian resources and opportunities to “grow peace” where you are, and where you serve. Each club can learn how to become a “peacemaking” organization instead of a bystander in a troubled world. Rotary makes things happen. It starts with you.
Kent Miller was born and raised in the south in a small town in eastern South Dakota. When he attended Macalester College in St. Paul, MN he met this attractive, blond Swedish girl and they were married after graduation and still married after 58 years. They have three children and 6 grandchildren. Twp years ago Kent was promoted to the status of great-grandfather with the birth of Sophia. He formerly taught sociology at Chico State University, Chico, CA. He is currently retired from over 50 years in the ministry of the Presbyterian Church, having served in California, in San Antonio, Denton, Austin. In 1994 he joined a Rotary Club and has been active ever since. Kent is a club past-president. He has sponsored five "wheelchair" projects through the Rotary Foundation and traveled to several distribution sites. He is a strong supporter of PolioPlus ( past club chairperson), and is the District Chairperson for the Peace Fellowship program. In the past two years he has been engaged with the water crisis in the world, is chair of a Global Grant project that completed 12 accessible fresh water sites to people in rural Ethiopia. He is currently filing a global grant for 24 water sites in Ethiopia. Today he comes to us to talk about Rotary and how local clubs and Rotary members can be peacemakers in our communities and the world. |
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Mar 02, 2020 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
For almost 40 years, quantum computing has intrigued and amazed scientists and non-scientists in its future possibility for solving problems that are intractable using classical computing. Over the last three years, IBM has made real quantum computers available on the cloud so that clients, students, and researchers can begin to learn and experiment with this new way of computing.
We'll see what use cases are being considered in industry, the state of quantum computing today, and how you can get on the right path to make the earliest use of this rapidly evolving technology.
Bio: Russell has been with IBM since 2016, working on Watson (IBMs AI platform) before joining IBM Quantum as a UX Designer. He worked on the IBM Quantum Experience, IBMs cloud based quantum software that enables anyone to use a quantum computer for free through a browser. He currently focuses on the IBM Quantum brand and content, with the goal of making quantum computing approachable and understandable for everyone. Russell is also an artist, musician, and Georgia Tech alum.
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Mar 06, 2020 8:15 AM - 10:00 AM
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Mar 09, 2020 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
*** WE HAVE CANCELED THIS MEETING *** After consulting with our board members with a medical background, and out of an abundance of caution, we are cancelling tonight’s meeting. We will continue evaluation during this week as to further meeting scheduling. =====
Dr. Matthew Hinsley and Ciyadh Wells of Austin Classical Guitar (ACG) will talk about ACG's Education Program. Since 2018, the Rotary Club of Austin University Area has sponsored the purchase of guitars for low income students who wanted to participate in the program. See https://www.austinclassicalguitar.org/acg_education/ for more information on the ACG Education Program. Dr. Matthew Hinsley is the 2020 recipient of the Margaret Perry Award for Excellence in Education. In 2019 he received the National Guild for Community Arts Education Milestone Award for more than twenty years of community service in the arts. He was named Public Citizen of the Year by the Texas Association of Social Workers, and won an Austin Under Forty Award for Arts and Culture. Dr. Hinsley is interested in discovering and implementing ways that music can lift individuals’ spirits, help overcome isolation, encourage international cultural exchange, and help young people confidently express themselves and build their unique identities. With the help of the University Rotary Club, he and his team at Austin Classical Guitar have built systems and programs now serving over 4,000 students in 60 local schools including the Juvenile Justice System and Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, how their work has spread to 40 states and over 20 countries. Matt is the author of six books, including Creativity to Community: Arts Nonprofit Success One Coffee at a Time.
Ciyadh Wells is a multifaceted musician who prides herself in not only being an artist but also an activist, and a scholar. Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Wells’ passion for music developed at a young age with her involvement in choir and band. Her skillset grew the more she honed her skills in private guitar lessons. After earning her Bachelors, Wells successfully pursued her Masters of Music in Instrumental Performance with a concentration in Applied String Pedagogy from the University of Louisville. She is currently working on her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Guitar Performance at the University of Georgia. As a scholar and educator, Wells believes everyone deserves access to art, which she advocates as being essential to society. Furthermore, her advocacy has made a difference in many young musicians’ lives. Ciyadh’s mission is to utilize the impact of music old and new, to manifest moments of meaningful change and to inspire community therein. About Rotary Club of Austin University Area: Our meetings are open to the public and don't require you to purchase a meal or a drink, but the food and drink at Shoal Creek Saloon was recently featured in the Austin American-Statesman. We are in the Last Lift Lounge room of Shoal Creek Saloon - enter thru the main door and turn left into the Last Lift Lounge as you pass the bar.
Parking can get crowded at Shoal Creek Saloon - additional street parking is available on 10th Street.
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