It’s a Sac Sem Roundtable this Friday, March 7 at the North Beach Restaurant starting at 12:15 p.m. If you watch anything political this week political, spend 9 minutes and 58 seconds watching a true leader, Governor J.B. Pritzker, as he concludes his annual State of the State talk to Illinois’ Legislature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS66O1C7Gp4 Discussing his remarks is a fine start of a vibrant roundtable discussion.
NEW RULES!!! RSVP TO ATTEND any upcoming seminar. NEW WEDNESDAY DEADLINE. To assist THE North Beach Restaurant’s kitchen staff with planning for our Friday lunchtime meetings please email DENNIS WHEATLEY at dennis@triticum.com NO LATER THAN MID-DAY ON the WEDNESDAY BEFORE EVERY SEMINAR if you plan to attend and indicate if you’ll be bringing a guest. Dennis DOES NOT need to know you are not attending.
UPCOMING SEMINARS:
Since there much to chat about and speculate in politics, national and international affairs, Seminarians will have ample opportunity to engage. The groups will be having roundtable discussions on Friday, March 14 and Friday, March 21 starting at 12:15 p.m.
On Friday, March 28 Sac Sem’s guest is Ming Chi Scott Lai the new Director-General of the Taipei (Republic of China) Economic & Cultural Office in San Francisco https://www.roc-taiwan.org/ussfo_en/post/2780.html He represents Taiwan’s interests across Northern California, Utah, and Nevada. Director-General Lai will speak about the challenges of diplomacy, relations with China, and security concerns, as well as his advice for aspiring diplomats, and his own journey in foreign affairs. Mr. Lai will be introduced by Sac Sem Speakers Chair Mike Fitzgerald.
Bebo White is Sac Sem’s guest on Friday, April 4. His topic: “Cryptocurrency: It’s Promise, Pitfalls, and Potential.” He’s a member of the technical staff at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the high-energy physics laboratory operated by Stanford University. He also holds academic appointments at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of San Francisco’s Fromm Institute and Hong Kong University. Mr. White is the author of “HTML and the Art of Authoring for the World Wide Web” which is devoted to teaching the Web user how to generate good hypertext. Seminarian Mike Fitzgerald will introduce Bebo White.
Sac Sem will hear from San Francisco’s newest member of its Board of Supervisors, Stephen Sherrill on Friday, April 11. He represents District 2 which encompasses The Marina, Pacific Heights, Cow Hollow, and Presidio Heights. Stephen served as the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Innovation under Mayor London Breed, where he led efforts to address San Francisco’s homelessness crisis. Prior to living in San Francisco, Stephen served as a senior policy advisor under New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Chair Ryken will introduce Supervisor Sherrill.
SOLD OUT. On Friday, April 25, Sac Sem members who promptly signed up travel to Santa Rosa for lunch starting at Noon with new Assemblymember Chris Rogers. A Democrat, Chris represents the 2nd AD which runs from Santa Rosa to the Oregon line. Our venue is Jackson’s Bar & Oven at 135 4th Street. It’s only one block from Santa Rosa’s SMART (Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit) station. Seminarian Bruce Raful will introduce our guest.
The train leaves Larkspur at 10:56 am and arrives in Santa Rosa at 12:01. SMART is free for those 65 and over. Departing trains leave Santa Rosa for Larkspur at 1:28 or 2:32 p.m. NOTE: Jackson’s is the only Railroad Square restaurant that accepts groups. Their limit is fourteen and we’ve now reached that limit.
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OTHER THOUGHTS: “We don’t have kings in America, and I don’t intend to bend my knee to one.” J.B. Pritzker
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