Rotary Club of Westwood Village

Meetings Thursday noon @Hillel at UCLA
574 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024
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Diane Good, VP Service & Secretary
Tom Barron,
VP Planning
Jim Crane,
Sergeant-at-Arms
Steve Day, PP and Foundation Chair
Mark Rogo, Membership
Gordon Fell and Chris Gaynor,

Board Members at Large
Benjamin Fisher,
President
Terry M. White, Treasurer
Nevin Senkan,
International
Nancy McCready,
Community
David Stover, Youth
Janet Schwartz,
Vocational
Marsha Hunt, Peace
Ronald Lyster, Webmaster
Aly Shoji,
Social Media
*Last Zoom Meeting*
Events
Rotary Clubs: Volunteer to organize and distribute equipment for The Safer Sifting Project
 
2025
February 20 - Dr. Shawn Lin 
Shawn Lin, MD"Ophthalmology and artificial intelligence."  Dr. Lin is the recipient of the Heed Fellowship and the Abelson Fellowship. He has authored more than a dozen peer reviewed publications in leading ophthalmology journals: including the American Journal of Ophthalmology and the British Journal of Ophthalmology. He has written textbook chapters for the classic Practice of Ophthalmology textbook and the subspecialty Cornea textbook, and has delivered keynote presentations at national and international ophthalmology meetings. His research is focused on combining human and artificial intelligence to deliver exceptional surgical results to his patients.
February 25 (5:00 - 7:30) - Mario Cesar Martins de Camargo
Mario Cesar Martins de Camargo, a member of the Rotary Club of Santo Andre, Sao Paulo, Brazil, is the selection of Nominating Committee for President to become Rotary International's president for 2025-26. He will officially become the nominee on 15 September if no other candidates challenge him. De Camargo plans to boost Rotary's public image by working from the top down.

To learn more about de Camargo, read his interview and vision statement, which outline his goals for Rotary.
February 27 - Dark
March 6 - Day of Trivia
Janet Schwartz and PP Tom Barron promise to stump, entertain and amaze you with insightful trivia.  Here's a start:  What is the original full name of Los Angeles?

(El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula.)
2025
March 13 Something Irish?
March 20 Dr. Arun Kumar - "Accident Investigation and Failure Analysis." As a metallurgist, Dr. Kumar has over 40 years experience with failure analysis of aircraft, helicopters and many other fixtures and equipment. He has been an investigator and expert witness on many if not most or the airline incidents in the past.
March 27 Toni Fox - "Set Me Free" Project. Toni is the outreach coordinator for the project to stop human trafficking, a continuing topic of concern for our Club.
April 3 Sam Botbol and Val Espinoza - Craft talks.
April 10 Paul Papnek - "What's the story you want to tell from your travel photos?"
 
2025
June 21 -25 RI Convention in Calgary
 
     
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