The Rotary Club of San Jose

The Bulletin

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 Club Web Site

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Future SpeakersJan 26 2011Richard (Rich) Sevcik"Successful Management:Character Plus Common Sense"

Feb 2 2011Personals"Pamela Anderson-Brule andShirley Lewis Will Provide InsightInto Their Lives"

Feb 9 2011Kavita Ramdas, Sr. Advisor,Global Fund for Women"Butterfly effect: why women arethe key to reducing povertyworldwide"

Feb 16 2011Ted Lempert"Education Reform & TheChildren's Movement"

Feb 23 2011Brian Adams"Academy Awards"

Mar 2 2011ELC Kick Off Speaker"Entrepreneurship"

Mar 9 2011Russ Hancock"Joint Venture"

Mar 16 2011Michael Powell"FCC"

Mar 23 2011Hank Greely"Revolution in Neuroscience:Reading Your Mind"

Mar 30 2011Christa Gannon"Fresh Lifeline for Youth"

Apr 6 2011Jeff Rosen"District Attorney's Office"

Apr 13 2011Personals"Two Club Members ProvideInsight Into Their Lives"

Apr 20 2011Doug McConnell"Exploring the San Francisco Bayand its Watershed"

Apr 27 2011Noah Alper (Founder ofNoah's Bagels)"Ethic's Program"

Upcoming Events7:30 AM -- Orientation Mtg.Jan 25 2011

11:30 AM -- CorporateMembership Mtg.Jan 26 2011

12:00Noon -- Rotary MeetingJan 26 2011

The Speaker for January 26th

Richard (Rich) Sevcik"Successful Management: Character Plus Common Sense"

Richard W. Sevcik served as Executive Vice President and Member of the Board of Directors at XilinxInc. where he managed all product Divisions, with responsibility for overall P& L, including softwareand silicon technologies, and was instrumental in fueling the company's growth from $135M / Qtr. to$470M / Qtr. in revenue. Before Xilinx, Rich held positions at Hewlett Packard Company, Bell Northern Research(Nortel) and Bell Laboratories (AT&T). He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree, Engineering Physics from theUniversity of Illinois and a Masters Degree, Electrical Engineering from North Western University.

Thursday, February 3 Rotary After Hours Mixer

Join fellow Rotarians for an After Hours Mixer at CreaTV San Jose, located at 255 West Julian Streetin downtown San Jose from 5:30-7:30pm. Enjoy food, drinks, and a tour of San Jose's premierecommunity media center, including demos of the television studios. Signature Silicon ValleyProducer and Host Janice Edwards will be on hand to interview Rotarians in CreaTV San Jose's HDstudio for cablecasting on the Silicon Valley Channel 30.

Cost is $10 per person. Space is limited to 60 people. To RSVP, please call 408-295-8815 x301.

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ONE WEEK ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD A choice that is hard to make! Now that you have the lodging-you choose the location? Italy, Germany, Canada,Hawaii, Mexico or even the good ol' USA! With this vacation, you can stay at any of RCI's world-class resorts forseven nights. To name a few choices: European Country Charm - from quaint English cottages to lovely Parisian apartments, a vacation at one ofthese romantic destinations gives you the chance to relax in the picturesque places you've always dreamed about.

7:30 AM -- MembershipInvolvement MtgJan 27 2011

5:30 PM -- RotaPlast MtgJan 27 2011

8:00 AM -- InternationalHouse (SJSU)Jan 28 2011

Rotary After Hours Mixer!Feb 3 2011

Rotary Annual Auction EventMar 5 2011

Rotary Job Shadow DayApr 20 2011

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Columbia - Super Decameron Marazul is located along Newball Avenue on San Andres Island in the CaribbeanSea. Enjoy the resort's oceanfront view. At San Andres, you can visit the Placio de Coral, which is a governmentbuilding, the Baptist church in la Loma, San Luis and Sound Bay beaches. The Blowing Hole, The Little Pool, RockyCay, Johnny Cay, and other. In town, visit several shops. At the beaches, you can windsurf, scuba dive, jet ski andrent boats. At night, enjoy the shows and dancing. Australia - Set in lush gardens close by the Hastings River Broadwater is the Village Resort. In your privatelagoon, experience swimming and water sports of all kings. While on the shores, the stylish cabanas are perfectfor relaxing, barbequing and enjoying warm tropical nights. Bali, Indonesia - Located in Jimbaran Bay, directly on the beach - also famous for its actual fishing village in itsoriginal and a bit sleepy state. This boutique - style resort, with its unique Balinese architecture, is convenientlylocated in the Jimbaran area, close to many other famous attractions such as the Uluwatu temple, Garuda WisnuKencana Park and several beautiful surfers' beaches, while also being just a 25 minute drive from Kuta town, Bali,the magical island paradise, is blessed with superb natural beauty and a dynamic culture dedicated to the deities.

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RI's New General Secretary

Rotary International has named John Hewko, an attorney with extensive international experience inboth the private and public sectors, to be the global humanitarian service organization's new topexecutive, serving as its general secretary.

In this position, Hewko will manage more than 600 employees of Rotary International and its charitablearm, The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. Headquartered in Evanston, Illinois, USA, with

regional offices in seven countries, Rotary's Secretariat supports the activities of more than 33,000 Rotary clubs inover 200 countries and geographical areas, with a combined membership of 1.2 million men and women. TheRotary Foundation annually distributes over $180 million to fund a variety of educational programs andhumanitarian projects throughout the world.

Hewko is a former partner with the international law firm of Baker & McKenzie and was vice president at theMillennium Challenge Corporation, a U.S. government agency established in 2004 to deliver U.S. foreign assistanceto the world's poorest countries. He begins work on 1 July at a key moment in Rotary's 106-year history. Hewkowill play a lead role in the implementation of the organization's newly revised strategic plan that envisions Rotary'sexpanded engagement in areas such as maternal and child health, water and sanitation, disease prevention andtreatment, basic education and literacy, economic and community development, and peace studies and conflictprevention/resolution. His tenure could also see the successful conclusion of Rotary's principal humanitarianinitiative: its 25-year campaign to eradicate the crippling disease polio, a goal that is more than 99 percentcomplete.

Hewko also will interact with government and business leaders to enhance Rotary's global visibility and forge newstrategic partnerships worldwide to achieve common objectives and maximize the use of resources. He also willwork to expand and strengthen Rotary's current relationship with organizations such as the Bill & Melinda GatesFoundation, the World Health Organization, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and others.

SJ Rotary Goes to Work At Habitat

On Saturday January 15 about a dozen San Jose Rotarians showed up in Morgan Hill to work on Habitat forHumanity's houses. We worked on siding, painting, caulking and roofing.

The Summary for the January 19th Meeting

The Rotary Club of San Jose held its weekly meeting at the San Jose's Rotary Summit Center.

We were personally greeted by the Public Relations Committee under the leadership of Mary Curtis. The Committeeis charged works with local media to generate publicity and recognition for the community and international serviceperformed by the Rotary Club of San Jose.

"President elect-elect," Mike Blach filled-in for Larry and presided over the meeting with his usual well-toned voiceand friendly demeanor. Mike called us to order for the Club's 4822nd meeting. We joined in singing God BlessAmerica with Ray Silva and the piano of Paul Tumason.

Our "Wisdom for the Day" came from Cathy Kimball. Her good thoughts related to the addressing one's enemies.She quoted from Martin Luther King, Jr.:

"Another way that you love your enemy is this: When the opportunity presents itself for you to defeatyour enemy, that is the time, which you must not do it. There will come a time, in many instances,when the person who hates you most, the person who has misused you most, the person who hasgossiped about you most, the person who has spread false rumors about you most, there will come atime when you will have an opportunity to defeat that person. It might be in terms of arecommendation for a job; it might be in terms of helping that person to make some move in life.That's the time you must do it. That is the meaning of love. In the final analysis, love is not thissentimental something that we talk about. It's not merely an emotional something. Love is creative,understanding goodwill for all men. It is the refusal to defeat any individual. When you rise to the levelof love, of its great beauty and power, you seek only to defeat evil systems. Individuals who happen tobe caught up in that system, you love, but you seek to defeat the system."

And from the President,

"But at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized - at a time when we are far tooeager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we do -it's important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a waythat heals, not a way that wounds."

Thereafter we had news and humor from John McLeod. The News: DOW down; Obamacare subject to House vote;Giffords family considering out of state rehabilitation hospitals; Lieberman to retire from Senate in 2012; Palo AltoCity Council approves consolidated service plan with other peninsula cities. An example of the humor: two elderlypersons are driving through town. The passenger believes the driver ran a red light, becomes more certain after asecond red light is passed and certain after the third red light is run. Addressing the driver the passenger says,"You ran 3 red lights." To which the driver responds, "You mean I'm driving!"

Red Badgers Meg and Sunny Saini introduced themselves and served as holders of the

traveling mics for Rotarians with guests and visiting Rotarians. Mike requested MaryHiland come to the podium to introduce new Rotarian, Kathleen Krenek (Executive Director of Next Door Solutionsto Domestic Violence) to the "Best Rotary Club in the World."

Linda Gold was next up and she gave a brief update on Faces of Hope. Linda's presentation was heartfelt andmoving. It related to children programs to correct cleft lip and palate and assist burn victims undertaken by areaRotary clubs. She spoke with specificity about efforts last year in Guatemala and presented a Plaque to Mike fromthe children as words and symbol of thanks.

Dave Peterson introduced student guests from Santa Teresa High Interact.

Suzanne St. John-Crane announced the next Rotary After-Hours Mixer. It will be Feb. 3 between the hours of 5:30and 7:30 at CreaTV, 200 W. Julian, Suite 100. The event is limited to 60 people, so book now!

Mike announced the Speakers for next two weeks:

Jan. 26 - Richard Sevcik on Successful Management: Character Plus Common Sense. The speaker served asExecutive Vice President and Member of the Board of Directors at Xilinx Inc. where he managed all productDivisions, with responsibility for overall P& L, including software and silicon technologies, and was instrumental infueling the company's growth.

Feb. 2 - Rotary Personals - Shirley Lewis/Pamela Anderson-Brule will provide insight to their lives.

Gay Crawford introduced our speaker:

Dr. James Doty"Cyberknife"

James R. Doty, M.D., is a neurosurgeon, entrepreneur and philanthropist presently a Professor of Neurosurgery atStanford University who is Director of the El Camino Hospital Neuroscience Institute and Co-Director of itsCyberKnife program. He is recognized as a pioneer in the field of stereotactic radiosurgery and at one time wasCEO of Accuray, manufacturer of the CyberKnife.

He trained in neurosurgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and served 9 years on active duty in the U.S.Army. Dr. Doty has developed medical devices, run and started companies and remains an advisor to a number ofmedical device companies and venture capital firms. He is also on the Advisory Board of the Fogarty Institute ofInnovation at El Camino Hospital.

In addition to endowing chairs at multiple academic institutions, his philanthropy supports healthcare initiativesaround the world. He is Founder and Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education atStanford University of which His Holiness the Dalai Lama is a benefactor.

The doctor's speech had three parts: the technical; the entrepreneurial; and the humanitarian,

The Cyberknife is a robotic device utilizing extremely accurate multiple laser beams from several angles andprecision adjustment of focus and movement (including that of the patient during the procedure) to attack tumorsand lesions. The results have shown a high degree of success over a short period of therapy, proven obviously lessevasive and with lessened adverse reaction. The procedure has had especial effectiveness in the areas of the lung,liver, spine, pancreas, breast and prostrate. It shows great promise in addressing other regions of the humananatomy as well. It is FDA approved; and insurance companies cover most of its uses.

As a doctor the speaker has been attracted to new medical devices in his area of practice. In connection therewithhe has met economic success and failure. As an entrepreneur has discovered that success in endeavors requiresbelief in an idea and its success, belief in its capacity to do good and in the rightness of the idea and its result forhumankind.

His entrepreneurial success has been ground in a vision of that the most satisfaction and happiness in life is foundin one's selfless efforts in acts of compassion and altruism that subordinate the self-serving chimera of ego. Hiswork with the Cyberknife is an exemplar of his philosophy.

Respectfully submitted,

Joe Moless

Photos by Bob Beaulieu

Rotary Smiles

Smiles from David Oakes , Rotary Club of WhistlerLove Tips By Kids between the age of 5 and 10

WHAT IS THE PROPER AGE TO GET MARRIED?"Once I'm done with kindergarten, I'm going to find me a wife." (Tom, 5)

WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?"On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a seconddate." (Mike, 9)

WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?"You should never kiss a girl unless you have enough bucks to buy her a big ring and her own VCR, cause she'llwant to have videos of the wedding." (Jim, 10)

CONCERNING WHY LOVE HAPPENS BETWEEN TWO PARTICULAR PEOPLE:"No one is sure why it happens, but I heard it has something to do with how you smell. That's why perfume anddeodorant are so popular." (Jan, 9)

ON WHAT FALLING IN LOVE IS LIKE:"Like an avalanche where you have to run for your life." (Roger, 9)

"If falling in love is anything like learning how to spell, I don't want to do it. It takes too long." (Leo, 7)

ON THE ROLE OF GOOD LOOKS IN LOVE:"If you want to be loved by somebody who isn't already in your family, it doesn't hurt to be beautiful." (Jeanne, 8)

"It isn't always just how you look. Look at me, I'm handsome like anything and I haven't got anybody to marry meyet." (Gary, 7)

"Beauty is skin deep. But how rich you are can last a long time." (Christine, 9)

CONCERNING WHY LOVERS OFTEN HOLD HANDS:"They want to make sure their rings don't fall off because they paid good money for them." (Dave, 8)

CONFIDENTIAL OPINIONS ABOUT LOVE:"I'm in favor of love as long as it doesn't happen when 'The Simpsons' is on television." (Anita, 6)

"Love will find you, even if you are trying to hide from it. I have been trying to hide from it since I was five, but thegirls keep finding me." (Bobby, 8)

"I'm not rushing into being in love. I'm finding fourth grade hard enough." (Regina, 10)

THE PERSONAL QUALITIES NECESSARY TO BE A GOOD LOVER:"One of you should know how to write a check. Because even if you have tons of love, there is still going to be a lotof bills." (Ava, 8)

SOME SUREFIRE WAYS TO MAKE A PERSON FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU:"Don't do things like have smelly, green sneakers. You might get attention, but attention ain't the same thing aslove." (Alonzo, 9)

"One way is to take the girl out to eat. Make sure it's something she likes to eat. French fries usually work for me."(Bart, 9)

WHAT MOST PEOPLE ARE THINKING WHEN THEY SAY "I LOVE YOU":"The person is thinking, Yeah, I really do love him. But I hope he showers at least once a day." (Michelle,9)

HOW TO MAKE LOVE ENDURE:"Spend most of your time loving instead of going to work." (Tom, 7) "Be a good kisser. It might make your wife forget that you never take out the trash." (Randy, 8)

Meeting Speakers On The Radio !

Our meeting speakers are on KLIV Wednesday evening at 7 PM the week after the meeting. Tunein to 1590 AM on your radio dial and enjoy the program speaker once again or for the first time if

you missed the meeting. No, it does not count as a meeting make up. Nice try.

Mike Danberger records the meeting and clips the speaker's talk and our questions for everyone in the valley toenjoy every Wednesday evening. Tune in!

Meeting Speakers On TV !

CreaTV San Jose's SJSU interns will be recording some of the lunch speakers for playback onComcast Channel 15 and 30. Rotary Presents will air every Monday night at 7pm on the SiliconValley Channel 30. Search CreaTV San Jose's online programming schedule for specific dates andtimes of airings. If you are not a Comcast customer but have broadband internet access, youmaybe able to view the video on demand here at CreaTV San Jose's website. This is thanks to member SuzanneSt. John-Crane, Executive Director, CreaTV San Jose.

The Four Way Test

Over 1.2 million Rotarians can't be wrong!In all the things we say and do . . .

Is it the TRUTH?Is it FAIR to all?Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?