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	June 2011 Programs
June 6	Judith Kleinberg, The Soul of the Community
June 13	Elias Aboujaoude, MD, Virtual You: The Dangerous Powers of the E-Personality
June 20	Jeff Byron, California Energy Plans
June 27	Dark, Debunking Invitations TBA

	May 2011 Programs
May 2	Knight Duff-Brown, "Women's Empowerment"
May 9	Esther Wojcicki, "Solving the Education Crisis in CA:  Prospectives from One Classroom"
May 16	Axel Merk, "Challenges for the Dollar and the Economy"
May 23	New Member Talks, Jim Baer, Susan Lutter, and Elliott Wright
May 30	Dark, Memorial Day Observed

	April 2011 Programs
April 4	New Members & Longtime Member Talks, Derrick Britt, Ben Threlkeld, & Bill Love
April 11	Geri Spieler,  "The Squeaky Fromme Story"
April 18	Bill Draper, "Generational Venture Capital"
April 25	Sid Espinosa, "Conversations with the Mayor - A discussion led by Judy Kleinberg"

	March 2011 Programs
March  7	Jay Thorwaldson (PA Weekly), "Top Ten Stories of My Career"
March 14	Cash Alaee, "Reflections on Iran"
March 21	Chris Longhurst, "Data-Driven approaches to improve health & healthcare"
March 28	Ken DeLeon, "Overcoming Adversity"

	February 2011 Programs
February 7	Shelly Fisher Fishkin, "The Mark Twain Autobiography"
February 14	Larry Gerston, "California Challenge, 2011: Now What?"
February 21	Hans Steiner, "ADD:  Driven to Distraction"
February 28	Leeor Neta, "A Second Chance for East Palo Alto Youth"

	January 2011 Programs
January  3	New Members / Old Member Talk, Chaiti Chatterjee, Kay Wilson / Bill Love
January 10	Bob Bowlsby, Athletic Director, "Stanford Athletics"
January 17	Dark, Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Observed
January 24	Angelo Izama, Knight Fellow
January 31	Stefan Kratz, Sloan Program "Solar Technology in China"

	December 2010 Programs
December 6	New Members / Old Member Talk, Michael Repka, Dick Bush / Bob Bulmore
December 13	Kevin Skelly, PA Superintendent of Schools, "Palo Alto Education: Navigating the Iceberg"
December 20	West Bay Opera, Holiday Program
December 27	DARK (No Meeting), Actually Sparkling and Bright

	November 2010 Programs
November 1	Ronald Lynn, Director of Player Development-Stanford Football
November 8	Joe Simitian, "Disconnected:  Is Democracy Still Doable?” Have the American public and the institutions that represent them reached such a level of alienation that conventional notions of democracy are still viable?
November 15	Steve Player, Big Game Social w. Berkeley Club (Palo Alto)
November 22	New Members / Old Member Talks - Sam Gordon, Sue Hartenbaum, and Duane Kalar
November 29	Mark Blumenkranz, M.D.  "The Eye in Health and Disease:  Vision Care and Science at the Eye Institute at Stanford."

October 2010 Programs
October 4	Walt Hays, Art Stauffer, and Cindy Wilbur, "World Community Service"
October 11	Gloria Hom and Ginny Lear, "State and County Initiatives"
October 18	Dr. Bharat Pandya , "Rotary Foundation - Partners in Service"
October 25	Sahar Ghazi, "Knight Fellow/Pakistan"

September 2010 Programs
Sept. 6	Dark, Labor Day
Sept. 13	Rich Casey, Los Altos Rotary, "Child AIDS Prevention in Africa"
Sept. 20	New Member Talks:  Chaiti Chatterjee, Mark Stevenson, and Jocelyn Villaruz
Sept. 27	Linda Thor, Chancellor of the Foothill-DeAnza College District,  "A Newcomer's Perspective on California Higher Education:  The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"

August 2010 Programs
August 2	Roger Hassler, Rotary District 5170 Governor "District Governor's Talk"
August 9	Gerald Uelmen, SCU Law School Former Dean "California's Dysfunctional Death Penalty Law"
August 16	Mark Garcia, Lieutenant (retired), Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office and Primary Undercover Agent for the FBI's Operation “Matrix”  "Are We Winning? (and the answer will surprise you)."
August 23	New Member Talks:  Christina Chu, Roseanne Fairty, and Don Morgan
August 30	John Etchemendy, Provost, Stanford University, "Why U. S. Universities  the Envy of the World (and Can We Maintain Our Advantage)."

July 2010 Programs
July 5	Dark, Observing Independence Day
July 12	Bill Sherry, Director of Aviation   "San Jose Airport Today"
July 19	Dr. William Dement, Stanford    "Sleep Disorders"
July 26	Bob Scott, Stanford "The Gothic Enterprise: A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral"