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Denver Rotary Program/Speaker Schedule

All Club meetings are held at the Denver Athletic Club every Thursday from 11:45 - 1:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted below or in the Calendar.

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2009 2010 Past Rotary Programs/Speakers Listing

2010-2011 Past Rotary Programs/Speakers Listing

2011-2012 Program Schedule

July 2011- Education History Month
7/7	Bill Convery, State Historian and Director of Exhibits and Interpretation for History Colorado
7/14	CENTENNIAL HISTORY TOPIC:  "Influence of Religion and Education in Colorado - Iliff Partnerships" - David G. Trickett, President, Iliff School of Theology and Denver Rotarian
7/21	Rotary Day at the Rockies (Offsite Family Picnic) RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
7/28	CENTENNIAL HISTORY TOPIC:  "Media - Social Networks and Privacy" - Alex Porter, President, Location 3 Media, and Denver Rotarian
August 2011 - Tourism History Month
8/3 WED	A Wednesday Breakfast Club Meeting at the DAC - John Hofmeister, author of "Why We Hate the Oil Companies" - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
8/11	CENTENNIAL HISTORY TOPIC:  "Tourism in Colorado" - John Lay
8/18	"Attracting the Next Generation to Rotary" - Tom Thorfinnson, Rotary International Director & Vice President, 2009-2011 (SOUP DAY)
8/25	Rotary 5450 District Governor Jim Halderman, 2011-2012
September 2011  - Cultural History Month
9/1	"Denver’s Role in the History of the National Historic Preservation Movement" - Barbara Pahl, Regional Director, National Trust for Historic Preservation (Mountains/Plains Office)
9/8	"Snowmastodon:  The Amazing Ice Age Discovery at Snowmass Village" - Kirk Johnson, PhD  (OFF SITE at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science) - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
9/15	Rotary Social Lunch - "Enjoy Fellowship and Networking with Rotarians"  PLUS:  The Branch Rickey Award Press Conference to announce our 2011 Award Winner
9/22	CENTENNIAL HISTORY TOPIC:  "100 Years of Architecture in Colorado" - Dennis Humphries, Principal, Humphries|Poli Architects
9/26 MON	"Fiscally Speaking:  Putting our Federal Finances in Order" - David M. Walker, former US Comptroller General  (THIS WILL BE ON MONDAY September 26th rather than September 29th)
October 2011 - Energy History Month
10/6	"CU Boulder Opera Performance" - Leigh Holman, Director
10/13	John F. Walsh, U.S. Attorney, District of Colorado
10/20	CENTENNIAL HISTORY TOPIC:  "Energy" - Tanuj "TJ" Deora, Director of the Governor's Energy Office
10/27	FELLOWSHIP MEETINGS - (various offsite locations) RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
November 2011 - Finance/Economics History Month
11/3	The Rotary Foundation Program - Wilfrid Wilkinson, past RI President and The Rotary Foundation Chair Elect
11/10	NO MEETING - Branch Rickey Award Week
11/17	"Six Months in Space – Sleeping in Space and Other Secrets of Life on the ISS" -  Catherine Coleman, Ph.D. (Colonel, USAF, RET.) - NASA Astronaut and member of the Expedition 26 crew that launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz 25 in December 2010.
11/24	NO MEETING - Happy Thanksgiving
December 2011 - Aerospace History Month
12/1	CENTENNIAL HISTORY TOPIC:  "Aerospace"  - Dennis Ebbets, Business Development Manager - Astrophysics at Ball Aerospace & Technologies, Corp. & expert on Hubble Space Telescope
12/9 FRI	District 5450 Annual State of the State - Governor John Hickenlooper & "100 Years of Rotary in Colorado" Centennial Celebration (THIS WILL BE ON FRIDAY - OFFSITE - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED)
12/15	"Personal Branding, Reputation Management" - Lida Citroen, Principal, LIDA360
12/22	Denver Rotary Annual Family Holiday Party - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
12/29	NO MEETING - Happy Holidays
January 2012
1/5/12	"Long Term Plans for the National Western Stock Show" - Pat Grant, former President & CEO   OFFSITE MEETING at NWSS - RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED
1/12/12	Rotary International President Kalyan Banerjee - SOUP DAY
1/19/12	"Steve Weil has Western Genes" - Steve Weil, Prsident/CEO of Rockmount Western Wear
1/26/12	Denver Center for International Studies - Dan Lutz
February 2012
2/2/12	"Pulling out of Iraq" - Col. Joe Rice, Colorado State Representative and former Mayor of Glendale
2/9/12	Union Station - Offsite/RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
2/16/12	FELLOWSHIP MEETINGS - TBD
2/23/12	Chris Roberts, Founder, CISO and Chief Geek of One World Labs - "Secure Your World"
March 2012
3/1/12	"Colorado Financial Budget" - Cheri Gerou, Colorado State Representative, Chairperson of the Legislative Joint Budget Committee and Fellow Rotarian from the Evergreen Club
3/8/12	Colorado Territorial Gold Coins/Denver Mint - Bob Bair, Bob Bair Rare Coins, Inc.
3/15/12	The Rotary Foundation - TRF Chair Bill Boyd
3/22/12	"World Affairs" - Ved Nanda, DU International Law Professor and fellow Denver Rotarians
3/29/12	"Colorado Water 2012 - Speaker TBD
April 2012
4/5/12	Hank Brown
4/12/12	Colorado Ethic in Business Alliance (CEBA) 2012 Business Ethics Awards luncheon - Offsite at Marriott City Center - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
4/19/12	FELLOWSHIP MEETINGS - TBD
4/26/12	Denver Kids, Inc./Rotary High School Scholarship Student Graduation Day - Speaker TBD
May 2012
5/3/12	NO MEETING - District Conference
5/10/12	"Denver Business Affairs" - Joe Blake, Chancellor, Colorado State University and former Denver Rotarian
5/17/12	Denver Rotary Club Foundation Celebration Day - SOUP DAY
5/24/12	"DIA Expansion" - Patrick Heck, CFO, Denver International Airport
5/31/12	"Colorado Economics" - John Hayes, CEO/President, Ball Corporation
June 2012
6/7/12	FELLOWSHIP MEETINGS - TBD
6/14/12	"Hydraulic Fracturing"  - Jennifer Miskimins, Professor at Colorado School of Mines
6/21/12
6/28/12	Annual Rotary Changing of the Guard Program - President Seth Patterson and President Elect Jim McGibney