2011 Meetings

January 2011
Evening Dinner Meeting

Speaker: Xochiti Sanchez Zarama
Title: Guardian Scholars Program Director, S.F. State University
Topic: Former Foster Care Youth at San Francisco State University
Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Time: 6 PM to 9 PM
Place: Basque Cultural Center, 599 Railroad Ave., South San Francisco
Chair: Jackie Buckley

 


February 2011
Educational Foundation Champagne Reception
Speaker: Samantha Ostergaard
Topic: Yoga Therapy, Acupuncture, and Chinese Medicine
Further Information: See her website, www.SamanthaOstergaard.com.
Date: Saturday, February 19, 2011, 3 PM to 5 PM
Place: Magnolia of Millbrae Music Room, 201 Chadbourne Ave (off Millbrae Ave), Millbrae
Chairs: Mary Hanson and Claudette Loughlin


March 2011
Women’s Month Member Show and Tell Arts & Crafts
Speaker: Members
Topic: Arts and Crafts Show and Tell
Date: Saturday, March 26, 2011, 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Place: Unitarian Universalist Church, 300 E. Santa Inez, San Mateo
Program: Recorders
Chair: Program Committee


April 2011
Women in the Tech World
Speaker: Jocelyn Goldfine
Title: Director of Engineering, Facebook
Topic: Women in the Tech World
Date: Monday, April 25, 2011, 7 PM to 9 PM
Place: Magnolia of Millbrae Music Room, 201 Chadbourne Ave (off Millbrae Ave), Millbrae
Chair: Catherine Wilkinson and Gerry Silberstein


May 2011
Installation Luncheon
Date: Saturday, May 21, 2011, 12 PM to 3 PM
Place: Magnolia of Millbrae Music Room, 201 Chadbourne Ave (off Millbrae Ave), Millbrae
Performance: Recorders Group
Chairs: Louise Pescetta

 


September 2011
Fall Membership Social
Each One – Bring One
Date: Saturday, September 24, 2011, 1 PM to 3 PM
Place: Unitarian Universalist Church, 300 E. Santa Inez, San Mateo
Guests: A Tech Trek girl spoke with Sue Argeris about Tech Trek experiences.
Presentations: Interest Group leaders spoke for a few minutes about each interest group,
with slideshows about Lomita Park Elementary School (Ami Seebode),
International Relations (Dorothy Robbins), Recorders (Kay Arnaudo), Tech Trek (Sue Argeris),
and Traveling Women (Phebe Sandburg).
Chairs: Ami Seebode and Carolyn Mason, and Jan Lundquist and the Lunch Bunch


October 2011
Public Policy
Title: The Paradox of Professionalism
Speaker: Roz D. Lasker, M.D.
Independent Consultant

Dr. Lasker will speak about the growing distance between the ever
better-equipped humanitarian “expert” and those whom the expert
seeks to assist. She has just returned from a conference in London
on this subject.
Dr. Lasker is known internationally for her work on public
participation in community planning, problem solving, and policy
development.
Formerly, she was Director of the Division of Public Health and the
Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health at the New York
Academy of Medicine and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Policy
Development) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Date: Monday, October 17, 2011 2 PM to 4 PM
Place: Franciscan Clubhouse, 700 Hoffman St. Daly City
Chair: Margaret Ellis

Roz Lasker


December 2011
Holiday Party
Date: Friday, December 9, 2011, 2 PM to 4 PM
Place: Franciscan Clubhouse, 700 Hoffman St. Daly City
Food: Tea Buffet
Auction: to support Tech Trek
Performance: Recorders Group
Auctioneer: Catherine Wilkinson
Chair: TBA