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Speakers
Sep 12, 2018
Bitcoin and Crypto Currency
Sep 19, 2018
Ano Nuevo: The Secret Life of Elephant Seals
Sep 26, 2018
Peninsula Open Space Trust
Oct 03, 2018
School Board Candidate Forum
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Upcoming Events
Global Elegance 2018
Sep 09, 2018
6:00 PM – 11:09 PM
 
Membership Committe Meeting
Cupertino Chamber of Commerce
Sep 10, 2018 3:30 PM
 
Community Services Meeting
Quinlan Center
Sep 12, 2018 11:00 PM
 
Fall Festival
Memorial Park
Sep 15, 2018
 
Fall Festival
Sep 15, 2018
 
Vocational Services Committe Meeting
Quinlan Center Community Room
Sep 19, 2018 11:00 AM
 
CREF Bd Mtg - Conference Room
Sep 19, 2018
1:45 PM – 3:00 PM
 
Cabinet Meeting
WVCS Board room
Sep 20, 2018 5:00 PM
 
Bocce Ball
Bocce Ball Courts
Sep 21, 2018
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
 
JW House 10 Year Gala
Computer History Museum
Sep 22, 2018
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
 
Next Week: What's a bitcoin?
Abishek Agarwal  - Bitcoin and Crypto Currency

Abhishek Agarwal is the founder and CEO of Credit Hydra. Credit Hydra is a new kind of Information bureau built on blockchain & uses a mobile first approach. It helps individuals take back control of their data on the network.  

Prior to Credit Hydra Abhishek was the founder of Croudify & Prediken. Abhishek has nearly 15 years of product and finance experience building his career at Montgomery Securities, Bank of America and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Abhishek holds an MBA from The Wharton School and is a CFA charterholder. He is also a certified Financial Risk Manager and has an engineering degree from IIT, Kharagpur.

Presentation - Tim Lundell, District Governor
Tina Oris-Hartigan introduced District Governor Tim Lundell
 
Tim and his lovely wife Penelope O’Neil joined our Rotary meeting to share Tim’s message for our Rotary year.  We also got a glimpse at a next year’s District Conference on May 17-19 on the USS Hornet.  The event is sure to be a lot of fun. Tim shared our district is the 8thlargest Rotary district in the world!  Tim attended the Rotary International conference with other district governor’s.  Here he learned our theme for the year would be “Be the Inspiration.”  This was an ah-ha moment for Tim as this theme helped solidify his own theme for our district.  
  • Leadership
  • Learning
  • Be the Inspiration
Tim encourages all Rotarians to engage, be good stewards of our community, and support our District.
Tim encourages us to focus on membership acquisition.  We acknowledge all service organizations need to be vigilant in recruiting new members to ensure future viability/sustainability of the group.
To that end, Tim shared a quote by Warren Buffett for us to consider, “someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” 
 
Fly-Up
Congratulations to both Kyle Pi and Tom Pike for turning in their red badge for a blue badge. Great job to both of you!  Kyle’s sponsor is Hung Wei and Tom’s is Orrin Mahoney and Rod Sinks.
New Member Introduction - Robert Pruitt, sponsored by Susan Black
Robert Pruitt was inducted into the rotary. He was sponsored by Susan Black. The District Governor was there to welcome him in.
Personal Talk - Scot Austin
Scott was born in Illonois.  At the age of 15 (1956) he contracted Polio.  Scot has four sisters. His father was an artist and also worked to support the war effort.  His senior year of high school the Navy approached him about a scholarship program.  He wanted to be an architect but the program was specific to engineering.  He participated anyway to get the scholarship. In 1969 he moved to California, a warmer climate more conducive to support his condition.  He got married to Donna, bought a house, and had two lovely twin daughters.  Both daughters have a son and a daughter and teach at Los Gatos High School.  
Announcements
  • Josh Selo – just a few tickets left for Chefs of Compassion.  Gets yours today! Event is September 28th.
  • George Denise – we still need 29 more volunteers.  Please connect with Stuart for more information.
  • Marine Science Institute work day is September 8th.  Contact Bill Allen if interested in participating.
  • Padma – reminder – avenues of service event is October 4th.  Learn all about the different projects going on at various clubs.  This is a great event for all Rotarians to attend.  
  • Colleen – Live Oak Adult Day Services – Colleen is encouraging Rotarians to participate in their Texas Roadhouse BBQ on October 6th.  This event is fun for the whole family and supports Live Oak’s operations.  Tickets are $50 per person and the event is held at St. Jude’s.
  • Project opportunity – there is a trip planned for October 2 – October 11 to travel to West Africa for a polio immunization project.  Cost is $1729 per person and does not include airfare.  
  • Helene shared September 19this talk like a pirate day…come prepared with your best pirate voice!
Meeting Support
  • Sgt. @ Arms – George Denise and Kiran Varshnaya
  • Greeter –  Manisha Puranik and Aeron Lauv
  • Secretary Assistant –  n/a
  • Reporter – Julie Griswold
  • Editor – Gary Latshaw
Miscellaneous
  • Visiting Rotarians: 
    • Tim Lundell – Los Gatos Morning
    • Tina Orsi-Hartigan – Los Gatos Noon
    • Debby Rice – Saratoga
    • Brahnce Gilra – Bangladore
    • Steve Andrews – Carmel Valley
    • Don Perez - Saratoga
  • Rotarian Guests:
    • Penelope Lundell – guest of Helene Davis
    • Robert Pruitt – guest of Susan Black
    • Donna Austin – guest of Scott Austin
    • Annika McClure – guest of Orrin Mahoney
    • Benafer Destoor
    • Lori Cunningham – guest of Patrick Aherns
    • Jako Wheler – guest of Patrick Aherns
    • Rey Kluk – guest of Patrick Aherns
    • Robert Yamaste – guest of Anne 
Submitting Articles to the Rotator

The following information is for club members with articles to submit to the Rotator.
Deadline for Article Submission: To help the editors in the work they do, please plan to make your submissions by the end-of-the-day Thursday. Please email them to
cupertinorotary@gmail.com. Later submissions might be deferred to the next week's Rotator, depending on how far along the editor is in processing the meeting and program staff reporting for the current week.
Our outstanding editors are assigned as follows: First Wednesday - Gary Latshaw; Second Wednesday - Stuart Rosenberg; Third Wednesday - Stuart Rosenberg ; Fourth Wednesday - Padma Chari  Fifth Wednesday - Peter Troop
Our highly esteemed meeting reporters are assigned as follows: First Wednesday - Julie Griswold; Second Wednesday -OPEN; Third Wednesday - Josh Selo; Fourth Wednesday - Bill Wilson;; Fifth Wednesday Byron Rovegno