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District 3650, Korea

Paranaque East Rotary Club
District 3830, Philippines

Understanding Generative AI ChatGPT

대용량의 데이터를 학습해 문장이나 이미지를 만들어 내어 인간의 창작
영역을 넘보는 생성형 인공지능, 그 중 최근 화제를 불러 일으키고 있는 대화형
인공지능 ChatGPT에 관해 알아보고, 그 개발배경으로부터 ChatGPT가 불러올
변화와 한계에 대해 생각해볼 기회를 제공하고자 한다.

Generative Artificial Intelligence crosses the realm of human creation of sentences or images by learning large amounts of data.

Seon Ho Kim, Research scientist will provide the opportunity to think about changes and limitations by talking about artificial intelligence ChatGPT and its development background.

June 13, 2023 (Tue) at 12:15 pm

@ JJ Grand Hotel

2021 Christmas Party

Bitcoin and Digital Gold Rush

Speaker: Joshua Park
Crypto Analyst
Software Engineer
방송인 (유튜브: 비트슈아)

https://www.youtube.com/c/%EB%B9%84%ED%8A%B8%EC%8A%88%EC%95%84

제목: 비트코인과 디지털 골드러시
비트코인과 암호화폐의 현주소와 투자기회를 나눕니다.

Asian Hate Crime Intervention Training

http://www.koreatimes.com/article/1389576

▶ 오늘 10시 줌 세미나

코리아타운 로타리클럽(회장 박소연)이 후원하고 LA 아시안 정의진흥협회(AAAJ-LA)와 한미연합회, 홀라백!(Hollaback!)이 공동 주최하는 한인 커뮤니티 대상 ‘아시안 아메리칸에 대한 인종혐오와 괴롭힘을 방지하기 위한 제3자 개입 훈련’이 온라인으로 실시된다.

17일 오전 10시 줌 화상으로 열리는 이 세미나는 1시간짜리 대화식 훈련으로 한국어로 진행되는 무료 프로그램이다.

박소연 회장은 “요즘 사회적 이슈로 떠올랐고 바로 곁에서 늘 경험하는 부분이지만 인지하지 못하거나 심각한 일을 당하더라도 어떻게 대처해야 할 지 모르고 혹은 보복이 두려워서 조용히 침묵할 수 밖에 없는 한인들에게 아시안 증오 범죄 및 괴롭힘에 대처하는 방법, 또한 주변에 증오범죄를 당하는 사람을 보았을 때 도움을 줄 수 있는 방법 등에 대한 세미나를 후원, 마련했다”고 밝혔다.

이날 세미나는 미세한 공격에서 폭력에 이르기까지 아시안 아메리칸들이 직면하고 있는 차별의 유형에 관해 설명하고 제3자의 개입이 피해자, 개인들과 커뮤니티에 주는 긍정적인 영향력에 관해 배우게 된다.

Climate Change and Our community and business

Speaker Youn Sim

Youn Sim, Ph.D., P.E., ENV SP is a 23-year veteran at the County of Los Angeles. As the agency’s Sustainability & Innovation Officer and Principal Engineer, he led the sustainability initiatives through strategic planning, policy development and implementation, and long-range planning of sustainable infrastructure management. He has been invited to give numerous speeches at Universities, and national conferences and workshops.

He received a Ph.D. from University of California at Irvine in Civil Engineering. He is the former chair of the Sustainability Committee of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). He has been actively serving Korean American community as the former Southern California chapter President of Korean American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA). He is currently serving as a President of Korean American Chapter of UCI Alumni Association.

Speech Highlights

The speech will discuss various climate change effects on our daily lives and the community and the consequent impact to our business in the short and long run. Also covered in the speech will be latest policy measures from local, state, and federal governments as well as industry activities to adapt to climate change impacts.

Brady Connell, The Great Christmas Light Fight

Brady Connell will be our guest speaker of our regular meeting on October 26, 2021, Tuesday, 12:15 pm at JJ Grand Hotel.

“Extreme Makeover: Rotary Edition” How your club can participate in home makeover projects to help homeowners in need.

“Working with district to grow your Membership"

BRADY CONNELL

Brady serves as Executive Producer and showrunner of ABC’s holiday television series The Great Christmas Light Fight. He was also Executive Producer of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition where he supervised the television production and construction of over 100 new homes for deserving families. Brady has helped launch some of television’s most successful series, including Survivor and The Amazing Race.

Brady is past president of the Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club, and is currently Senior Assistant Governor of Membership. From 2018-20 he spearheaded the district’s Habitat for Humanity project, helping to build 10 homes for deserving families in Culver City... which yielded over 1600 total volunteer hours from 12 different clubs.

Book Club: The 3rd meeting at the Fancy Restaurant, Beverly Hills

Christine Hong kindly made the reservations at Via Alloro Italian Restaurant, Beverly Hills.

for our book club meeting on Saturday,11/6 @ 1 pm.

Keep on reading and see you there.

Our book club theme is “LEADERS as READERS”.

If more members are interested in joining us in our book talk, please let me know. drsuzieoh@gmail.com

Via Alloro Italian Restaurant
301 N. Canon Dr.
Beverly Hills, 90210
Lunch Reservation made for 10 persons for our Book Club Meeting on 11/6/21@1 pm

Are we ready for evolution of consciousness?

"Are we ready for evolution of Consciousness?"

Regular meeting on September 14, 2021, 12:15 pm

We will have regular meeting on September 14, 2021, 12:15 pm at JJ Grand Hotel.

As I announced earlier, we have a very special guest speaker, Dr. Daniel W Chang on September 14. Dr. Daniel W. Chang is a neurologist in Los Angeles, California and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Good Samaritan Hospital-Los Angeles and Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Keck School of Medicine of USC and has been in practice for more than 20 years.

He will have a very special session named " Are we ready for evolution of consciousness?" at our meeting. This is about not only how to prevent dementia or Alzheimer disease but also our brain health, power of thinking, energy level of consciousness and more interesting topics!

PLEASE come and join our meeting!!!!

EOBO (Each One, Bring One)!

Auction items for fundraising will be always welcome.

Connie Chung, Chief Executive Officer, AAAJ-LA

GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ATTENDANCE:
1. Members: Soh Yun Kang, Joon Baek, Kwangsoo Kim, DJ Sun, Si Roh, Christine Hong, Dr. Moon Chang, Youngsoo Lee
2. Guest: Hakjoon Joo (DJ Sun)
3. Zoom: Myung Deering

North Korea Refugee Project
1. Westchester club spearheading. Rotary Club in Korea received funding to assist with job training for North Korean refugees.
Tax Update: Employee Retention Credit
Fine Master – Dr. Moon Chang:
1. Si Roh - $10
2. DJ Sun - $10
Good news: Soh Yun Kang moved to Orange County, daughter will be attending middle school in Orange County - $20
Member Introduction - Kwangsoo Kim

Rotary Trip: Puerto Rico, 14 projects

Brochure – Charles, David Shim; Proofread by DJ Sun. DJ will provide previous brochure
CALENDAR ITEMS
1. 8/16 Lunch at Young King on Olympic Blvd
2. 8/24 District Breakfast via Zoom
3. 8/28 Bowling at XLanes

DISTRICT EVENTS
1. 8/24 District Breakfast via Zoom
2. Humanitarian Trip – Puerto Rico
3. District Conference – Arrowhead, Brian Kim has offered

Next Meeting
1. Skincare Guest speaker, Invited by Hyung J Kim

Guest Speaker: Christine Hong, top real estate agent

MINUTES 07.27.2021

GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ATTENDANCE:
1. Members: Soh Yun Kang, Joon Baek, David Shim, Suzie Oh, Christine Hong, Payton Bahk, Youngsoo Lee, Maria Moon, Kwangsoo Kim, Hyung Kim, Steven Kim, Dr. Moon Chang, Dr. Hong Il Kim, DJ Sun, Si Roh, Sunny Choi
2. Guests of DJ Sun: LimNexus attorney: Joo Hak Jun
3. Zoom: Myung Deering
GOALS
1. Goal is to HAVE FUN! Lots of social events.
2. Membership Drive – One members brings at least one new member throughout the year
3. Auction item – each member brings an auction item for fundraising throughout the year
BOOK CLUB
1. Headed by Dr. Suzie Oh
2. First meeting at Chosun Galbi 11am SHARP 7/29/21. Read any book you would like
DISTRICT EVENTS
1. District Breakfast
2. Humanitarian Trip – Puerto Rico
3. District Conference – Arrowhead, Brian Kim has offered
Working with other clubs
1. Cause-based (i.e. Mental health awareness)
2. Event for North Korean defectors
Club Budget
1. Please see budget attached to minutes below
Annual Membership - Back to normal, $2,000; $1,200; $300
Tool Utilization – Clubrunner website navigation

Soh Yun Kang – Tax Update
1. Gavin Newsom: 9.3% passthrough via personal income tax credit
2. Donate appreciated stock to charities
3. Donate RMD or IRA assets to charities

Today’s Member Introduction – Payton Bahk

FINES

Finemaster
1. Dr. Chang: $5
2. DJ Sun: $20 for brining in a guest member

AUCTION ITEM

Hyung Kim: Argentinian wine x2
1. Sunny Choi: $50
DJ Sun: scarf and tie
1. Dr. Moon Chang: $250

The First In-person meeting at JJ Grand Hotel

GENERAL ASSEMBLY MINUTES 07.13.2021

GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ATTENDANCE:
1. Members: Soh Yun Kang, Joon Baek, David Shim, Suzie Oh, Myung Deering, Christine Hong, Payton Bahk, Youngsoo Lee, Maria Moon
2. Guests of Soh Yun Kang: Kevin Park & CBB Bank employee
3. Zoom: Linda Shin
SURVEY RESULTS
1. Difficult past year, especially having to do Zoom meetings for the entire year. Despite that, survey results show mostly satisfactory and very satisfactory results
2. Club members are open to most social activities
3. Club members view our members as its greatest strength
4. Please see full survey attached to minutes below
GOALS
1. Goal is to HAVE FUN! Lots of social events. We even have a FUN CHAIR this year!
2. Membership Drive – One members brings at least one new member throughout the year
3. Auction item – each member brings an auction item for fundraising throughout the year
BOOK CLUB
1. Headed by Dr. Suzie Oh
2. First one meeting at David’s home. Read any book you would like
DISTRICT EVENTS
1. District Breakfast
2. Humanitarian Trip – Puerto Rico
3. District Conference – Arrowhead, Brian Kim has offered
Working with other clubs
1. Cause-based (i.e. Mental health awareness)
2. Event for North Korean defectors
Club Budget
1. Please see budget attached to minutes below
Annual Membership - Back to normal, $2,000; $1,200; $300
Tool Utilization – Clubrunner website navigation
Next Meeting
1. Skincare Guest speaker

FINES

Good news!
1. $20 Jon Kim – daughter started a new job
2. $20 Myung Deering – son started at Facebook
3. $20 Kevin Park – employee’s acquaintance tested positive for Covid, but company tested all employees and operations were able to resume after everyone tested negative
Extra Lunches
1. $20 Jon Kim
2. $20 Youngsoo Lee

Demotion party

Demotion Party for the year 2020-2021 was held on June 23, 2021 at the Wilshire Country Club.

Outgoing president, Hyung J Kim, told that this meeting was the first in-person meeting during my term and he didn't expect that this would be the first and last (demotion) meeting.

Total 38 persons including guests joined the meeting and greeted each other and had fun with raffle (50/50, winner: Hong Il Kim), auction (Vitamix, Nespresso, Hacienda Golf course 4 sum, gift baskets and more) and karaoke contest.

Scholarships to Elementary School Students in needs

The Rotary Club of Koreatown donated $2,500 each to Wilton Elementary School and Dr. Sammy Lee Elementary School to help the studets in need during this challenging pandemic time on March 18, 2021.

We, Rotarians, are grateful to have a change to serve our community and give an attention and care to the needy students in our community.

Together, we can make a difference.

http://www.koreatimes.com/article/1354905

Zoom meeting with Edwin Chang

Meet Edwin Chang, Writer and Director at Pixar

Please join us at our virtual club meeting on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. Our guest speaker is Edwin Chang, writer and director of the Pixar Animation Studios SparkShorts film, “Wind.” Wind is a compelling animated story about family and sacrifice, and it’s also an immigration story. He will share with us his experience of making this animated film and many more.

Edwin is a writer and director and also simulation technical director at Pixar Animation Studios. He has worked on many Pixar animation films, including Up, Brave, and Inside Out. He’s the recipient of VES Award – Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project, and he has published “Sketching Articulation and Pose for Facial Animation.” He graduated from Brown University where he studied Computer Science and Art Semiotics.

Covid-19: Donation to local community

The Rotary Club of Korea Town donated $10,000 ($5,000 per each organization) to local organizations (KFAM and KYCC) to help the needy people in these tough circumstances due to Covid-19.

KFAM (Connie Chung Joe, CEO is our member, too) provides Living expenses to domestic violence victims who are suffering more in this Covid-19.

KYCC provides lunch in association with the local restaurants which are also suffering due to Covid-19 to seniors and low income residents.

One of our members, Yong Kyu Yi donated $25,000 for this and our club matched some funds. The remaining donation (and more funds to be raised) will be used for the local community in need.

3rd Virtual Zoom Meeting on May 12, 2020

Our speaker is Joon Baek. He will talk about Major highlight Secure Act was signed into law on December 20, 2019.

RC Koreatown the first virtual meeting on April 14, 2020

RC Korea town had the first virtual meeting on April 14, 2020.

16 members joined in the zoom meeting and discussed about how to help our neighborhood in need in this Pandemic Covid-19 circumstances and decided to donate $2000 to KFAM and KYCC.

Why is it called marathon?

According to legend, the Greek messenger Pheidippides had to run from the battlefield in Marathon all the way to Athens to announce the defeat of the Persians. ... The original footrace was called a marathon in honor of the legend and as a result it also covered 25 miles

Rotary day of service: Food Bank

Posted on Mar 28, 2020

Currently, 1 in 7 people in Los Angeles experiences hunger. Fight hunger with us by giving just a little bit of your time. Help us sort, inspect, and repackage donated food items from local food drives before they get distributed to those in need.

We will volunteer at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank assembling food packages for over 27,000 low income seniors, women with infants, and children in Los Angeles County. The food packages consist of food items like canned fruit, canned vegetables, rice, cereal and other non-perishable food items. By giving just a little of our time, we can make a big difference in our community.

Register by clicking on the link on this event page. Upon registration, you will receive an email confirmation with all the logistics and forms. If you do not receive the email confirmation, please check your spam/junk folder. If you sign up to volunteer, please make every effort to show up, or cancel your registration so that others can take your place.

*Minimum age requirement is 14; NO exceptions*

*All volunteers must wear closed-toe/closed-heel shoes*

*Parking is available on site*

Meeting on February 11, 2020

Rotary club of Koreatown on Feb 11, 2020, 12:15 pm -1:35 pm

   1.   Book club (Dr. Suzie Oh): book name Dare to lead, if any one wants to join book club, please contact Dr. Suzie Oh.
   2.   Fine (Fine Master: Moonserk Chang): Steven Kim $20 to forget four way test before rotary song
   3.   Auction:

Red Silk Tie donated by Moonserk Chang: Joon $50,
Rotary Ties donated by Moonserk Chang: Myung $20, Dai Lee $20,
Luggage band donated by Moonserk Chang: $10 for Maria, Sunny Choi, Kwangsoo Kim, Hongil Kim,
Happy Potter letter opener donated by Moonserk Chang: $20 by Steven Kim

Speaker: Madhava Das

Chief Researcher at Nutritional Research Maui

   ◦   How to live younger and healthier: Low fat, whole food, plant based foodis healthy. Low fat unrefined plant, low fat unrefined vegetable (LUV)
   ◦   Sprouts, leaves, flower, seeds
   ◦   Oil: addictive, olive oil is also not healthy.
   ◦   Your taste is surely readjusted
   ◦   Don’t fall for a Little bit fallacy.

Thank you, LEON for
arranging such an wonderful speaker all the time.

October 22, 2019 Tuesday Meeting