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Friday, October 11 at Perry's on Union: Rob Thompson, Chief Cultural Officer of the Presidio Trust

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Rob Thompson, the chief cultural officer of the Presidio Trust, is our speaker on Friday, October 11. The mission of the Presidio Truist, a federal agency, “is to steward and share the history, beauty, and wonder of the Presidio for everyone to enjoy forever.” https://presidio.gov/about/presidio-trust Rob is trained as an archeologist and historic preservation lanner. A graduate of the University of Virginia with a degree in archeology. He holds a master’s degree from Columbia University in Historic Preservation. Mr. Thompson will be introduced by Seminarian Dan Riley.


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.


POTENTIAL SAC SEM FACT FINDING TRIP: We are seeking to gauge the level of interest in a proposed Sacramento Seminar ‘Civil War Battlefield’ tour next year. Timing: April 2025 for one week. Estimated cost: $3,000 per person including accommodation, professional guide, transportation, breakfasts but excluding lunch and dinner. You will need to make your own arrangements to get to and from the start/finish point in Washington DC. Battlefields will be likely be in Northern Virginia and Maryland. We’ll also set up meetings in our Nation’s Capital with local elected officials and representatives of the new administration. Good eats, topflight beverages and fun times are guaranteed.


Without committing yourself it would be appreciated if you could send an email to Dennis Wheatley dennis@triticum.com to indicate interest, if we get enough people showing interest, we’ll start to firm up the arrangements.


UPCOMING SEMINARS


Alfonce Munyao Mula, a climate scientist from Kenya, will be our featured speaker on October 18th. He is a member of the United Nations Environment Program's Youth Constituency Global Steering Committee (the official youth engagement mechanism to the UNEP). Since 2021, he has worked with Partnerships for Change, an NGO based in San Francisco as the Director of its Environmental Division working primarily to lift the environmental profile of the organization around the world and in particular within the African continent, which is focused on solutions dealing with climate change, peace, and security. Alfonce will be introduced by Seminarian Susan Horsfall.


California’s top political pollster, Mark DiCamillo, himself a Seminarian, returns to update the Seminar on pre-presidential election polling trends on Friday, October 25. Mark is with the University of California (Berkeley) Institute of Governmental Studies. https://igs.berkeley.edu/people/mark-dicamillo where he conducts the IGS poll focusing on California issues and campaigns.


Friday, November 1, just four days before the end of balloting, will be a Zoom meeting. We will NOT be at Perry’s. Your Zoom link will be sent the week of the seminar. We’ll be with the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley to review their final analysis. Yes, that means we’ll be with seminarian Mark DiCamillo two weeks in a row. What an ideal time for California’s top political pollster to brief the Seminar. That’ll enable those so inclined to place insider bets on the outcome of election for president, Congress, and mayor of San Francisco.


Friday, November 8 will be the “big roundtable” to analyze the results of November 5th presidential, congressional and city elections. This is your big chance to show your chops as a pundit, whether amateur or professional. If seminarians miss this roundtable, they shall forever after, remain silent on the events of that big day.


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 has also launched her own technology startup and served as a trusted advisor to technology entrepreneurs. She will be introduced by Seminarian and current Sausalito mayor Ian Sobieski.


Mark your calendar. Sac Sem’s annual Holiday/Christmas/Hanukkah Lunch will be on Friday, December 20.


OTHER THOUGHTS:

“The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution.” Hannah Arendt


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