July 15, 2014 Club Meeting eBulletin
July 15, 2014
Meeting called to order by President Vince Garcia at 12:30 pm
Pledge: Paul Treanor
Thought of Day: Alex Matthews:
Guests: Gisele Hernandez, granddaughter of Patsy Gasca
Visiting Rotarians: none
Announcements & Correspondence:
*Patsy – Freedom Rotary donated $500 to Freedom Elementary School concluding 2013-14 Community Service budget allocations.
*Jeannie acknowledged donations to The Rotary Foundation, encourages others to make pledge of support. Donors will be eligible to win trip to 2015 Rotary International Convention in Brazil. You will have missed the FIFA World Cup and you’ll be too early for Summer Olympic Games.
Detective: Katie Mahan absent. President Vince made it clear that when members are scheduled for duty (Thought of the Day, Detective, Raffle) it is their responsibility, when absent, to find someone to take their place or pay $25 fine.
Raffle: Vince
Trina – bottle of wine; Jeannie – bottle of wine; Doug – candy bar; Paul Vitali – candy bar; Giselle – Hersey chocolate bar; Rich – popcorn
Program: Ryan Gilliam of Calera Corp “Turning CO2 Emission into a Viable Resource”
Dr. Ryan Gilliam shares his stories on the challenges of working in the green technology space. Through discussing the evolution of Calera’s CO2 mitigation technology, Dr. Gilliam touches upon some of the challenges faced by many of the leading green tech companies; how to take a compelling idea that would be good for the world and turn it into an economic technology embraced by all. Ryan is a Univ. of Toronto alumni (MSE 2004, PhD 2008). After completing his PhD he joined green tech start-up Calera Corporation; a company focused on converting anthropogenic CO2 into beneficial reuse products based out of Silicon Valley. Initially joining Calera as part of its research staff, Dr. Gilliam is now the Chief Science Officer overseeing the development of novel electrochemistry and catalysis systems. Dr. Gilliam was responsible for the conceptualization and development of Calera’s platform ABLE (Alkalinity Based on Low Energy) technology. He is currently an author on more than 120 patent applications filed around the world with 15 allowed patents.
Adjournment: 1:35 PM