This Friday, November 22 at Perry’s on Union, Sac Sem’s guest is Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Jack Ohman. He was the longtime editorial cartoonist at The Sacramento Bee. Jack is now with The San Francisco Chronicle. Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ohman He’ll be introduced by Seminarian Dan Visnich.
RSVP TO ATTEND any upcoming seminar. To assist Perry’s kitchen staff with planning for our Friday lunchtime meetings please email Dennis Wheatley at dennis@triticum.com if you plan to attend and indicate if you’ll be bringing a guest. Dennis DOES NOT need to know you are not attending. If members have RSVP’ed a “yes” and need to cancel, please tell Dennis before the cutoff of Thursday noon prior to each seminar.
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HOLIDAY GRATUITY FOR STAFF AT PERRY’S. It’s an old Sac Sem tradition that members donate a small amount that’s presented to our valued lunch serving staff just before Christmas. The suggested donation this year is $100 per member. A sum more or less is also appropriate. Mail your check, payable to Sac Sem, to Dennis Wheatley (details below).
2025 Sac Sem Dues: It’s now time to mail in your $200.00 check payable to Sacramento Seminar, Inc. for your annual dues for 2025. Please mail the check to Dennis Wheatley, 72 Heritage Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901. If members have questions, Dennis’ e-mail address is dennis@triticum.com
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UPCOMING SEMINARS:
The Seminar will NOT meet on Friday, November 29, the day after Thanksgiving.
Janelle Kellman, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of California, will be Sac Sem’s guest on Friday, December 6. A member of Sausalito’s City Council, Janelle, previously Sausalito’s mayor, holds an undergraduate degree in History from Yale, a master’s in environmental management from Oxford, and graduated from Stanford Law. She’s launched her own technology startup and served as a trusted advisor to technology entrepreneurs. She will be introduced by Seminarian and newly reelected Sausalito mayor Ian Sobieski.
Mark your calendar. Sac Sem’s annual Holiday/Christmas/Hanukkah Lunch will be on Friday, December 20.
Bob Powers, the General Manager of BART, will be our speaker on Friday, January 10th. Bob will be introduced by Seminarian Steve Heminger. Bob’s extensive history in the public transit industry is detailed at https://www.bart.gov/about/gm
John W. Busterud will be our speaker on Friday, January 17. John will discuss his time as the Regional Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency during the Trump administration. He was appointed to the Trump administration in 2020. He’s a retired Senior Director and Managing Counsel, Environment and Real Estate, Law Department, Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Mr. Busterud is a retired U.S. Army Colonel with multiple Combined, Joint and Interagency assignments, including active-duty deployments in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and Combined Forces Command Korea.
Veteran Seminarians will recall that John's father, John A. Busterud, was the last Republican to represent the Haight Ashbury in the California Assembly, served as President of the Commonwealth Club of California and was President of the Committee to Save The Marin Headlands. In 1971, President Nixon appointed John A. Busterud to be the first Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environmental Quality, and he subsequently served as the Chairman of the President's Council on Environmental Quality under President Ford.
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FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: Sac Sem members frequently send to your chair articles or on-line items that members may find of interest. While discretion is utilized in selecting items, whatever is posted does not necessarily represent the opinion of Sac Sem’s board:
Your editor suggests from The Atlantic: “The Democrats Need an Honest Conversation on Gender Identity” https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/democrats-dishonest-gender-conversation-2024-election/680604/
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OTHER THOUGTHS: “Stardom isn’t a profession. It’s an accident.” Lauren Bacall
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