Dr. Cobb will discuss the major national security issues on the President's desk and will lay out what he believes is the approach that President Trump's administration will take. He will briefly tell us who are the leading officials that the President relies on in addressing these issues, the challenges his administration faces, and--with the audience's help--likely policy initiatives that can or will be implemented.

Dr. Tyrus W. Cobb served as Special Assistant to President Reagan for national security affairs from 1983-1989. He initially served as the Director of Soviet, European and Canadian Affairs, and from 1987-89 as Special Assistant to the President for International Security Issues. He was the Executive Secretary for President Reagan's summits with Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev in Geneva (1985) and Reykjavik (1986).

Ty was also the President and CEO of Business Executives for National Security (BENS) from 1991-1995, and President/CEO of the Yosemite National Institutes from 1995-2002. Mr. Cobb served in the United States Army from 1963 until he retired as a Colonel in 1987.  During the span of his career, he served overseas in Viet-Nam, Germany, and Italy. He was a tenured professor at West Point (1977-1983) and has lectured at many major universities in the U.S, the Soviet Union/Russia, and China.

Ty was born in Reno, Nevada, and received his Ph.D. from Georgetown University, his Masters degree from Indiana University, and his Bachelors degree from the University of Nevada, Reno.  He is currently the CEO of the Northern Nevada Network. Ty was appointed to be the Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army (CASA) on July 8, 2005, where he represents the Secretary in the state on defense and national security issues.

The Barracuda Championship celebrates its 20^th anniversary of being in the Reno-Tahoe community this year July 30 – August 5, 2018.  The Reno-Tahoe Open foundation will also cross the $4 million mark in charitable contributions since it’s inception in 1999.  Whether it’s through spectating, volunteering or sponsoring, there are so many ways to get involved with the Barracuda Championship.

Chris Hoff is the Tournament Director for the Barracuda Championship –one of only 41 stops on the PGA TOUR in the United States, and the area’s only Tier-1 professional sporting event.  Hoff held the position of Tournament Manager from 1997 to 2006 and returned as tournament director and head of the Reno-Tahoe Open Foundation.  Hoff holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Oregon.

Eric Edelstein is currently the President for the Reno Aces, Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Reno 1868 FC, the second division professional soccer franchise and top affiliate of the San Jose Earthquakes. With real estate magnate Herb Simon as managing partner, he supervises all business, baseball, and soccer operations of the franchises at Greater Nevada Field in Reno.

In his first four seasons at the helm, the Aces have achieved franchise records in the important revenue streams of sponsorship sales and group events.  In addition, the Aces have launched a significant non-baseball events plan, with a haunted house, ice rink, Nitro Circus and numerous other plans set to expand use of Greater Nevada Field into the future.  In March of 2016, Edelstein announced a landmark naming rights agreement, signing a 15 year deal with Greater Nevada Credit Union to put the first ever name on Reno’s downtown venue.

Our meeting today will be in the Nevada Room of the Governor's Mansion in Carson City. Our meeting this evening will be the Annual Reno Central Rotary Music Competition.  The meeting will start at 5:30pm (bar opens), dinner at 6:00, and the students will begin performing at 6:30. The location is 606 Mountain St. Carson City.

Mike will be speaking to us on the progress of the Guatemala Clean Stoves Project. Our Club has contributed to this project.

Channel 2 Meteorologist Mike Alger joined KTVN-TV in May, 1989. Prior to that Mike had worked at KNDU-TV in Washington. Mike has provided northern Nevada "Weather Coverage You Can Count On" during the 1990 President`s Day Blizzard, the drought in the mid- 1990s, the New Year`s Flood of 1997 and the historic Snowstorms of 2005.
He has been recognized for outstanding weather coverage with the Associated Press Best Weathercast Award in 1995, and the Radio and Television News Directors Association Best Weathercast Award in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998 and 2001.
Mike has served as the consulting meteorologist to the Nevada Department of Transportation for their road sensor program. He serves on the board of directors for the Animal Ark. He also served as the past Director for the Reno/Sparks Crisis Pregnancy Center, the Board of Directors of the Truckee Meadows Law Enforcement Chaplaincy and volunteers countless number of hours to various events, schools and non-profit organizations.
Mike received his degree in Geology and Chemistry from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, where he was a Rhodes Scholar quarter finalist.
He received his Certified Broadcast Meteorologist certification by the American Meteorological Society. Mike also has been elected to serve on the AMS Board of Broadcast Meteorology.
Mike has been married for more than 30 years and has two children. His hobbies include golf, music, biking, tennis, scuba diving, writing. He has written and published one novel and is working on a second.

The Generator is a 36,000sf makerspace dedicated to engaging EVERYONE in the joy of creativity through mentorship, community, education, and access to every tool needed to build or create anything one can imagine.

Kurt will be telling us about their capital campaign to buy a professional-level CNC machine that, like all our other shops, tools and training, will be offered to the public. A bunch of our goals with this machine overlap with Rotary’s commitment to public service so I’d like your group to know about it.

I’ll be telling you about the type of machine we want, why it’s in demand as both a service and a workforce skillset, and what we’d intend to do with it. In a nutshell:

·        - Access for the entire community to an amazing fabrication technology.

·        - Free training to the community on the basics of CNC fabrication, a skillset in high demand in the Reno/Sparks area.

·        - Training program will use opendesk designs that will be given to other non-profits). As an example, we envision the Boy Scouts wanting to make a bench or desk for a homeless shelter or Animal Ark. We’ll provide all the material for free and our students will use an opendesk design and our machine to cut it. The Boy Scouts would likely come watch the last pieces being cut, then assemble the product and deliver it to their client.

·        - We’ll make The Generator more self-sustaining by cutting Burning Man projects for both the Burning Man organization and for visiting artist groups.

About the Tahoe-Pyramid Bikeway

A “Bikeway” is defined in highway administration manuals as “a generic term for any road, street, path, or way that in some manner is specifically designated for bicycle travel, regardless of whether such facilities are designated for the exclusive use of bicycles or are to be shared with other transportation modes.”

Bikeway founder, Janet Phillips (at that time Carson), spent a year investigating the route for feasibility on the ground and then went public with the concept in November 2003. Thanks to immediate and enthusiastic support of both money and talent from many eager participants, the project was able to get off to a quick start with over 200 supporters and $30,000 in cash by year-end. In 2006 the Bikeway became a nonprofit organization.