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SECOND
QUARTER 2013 PROGRAMS
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Friday, May 24, 2013,
Singapore: A Strategic Partner in the Pacific Rim, Hock Seng
Chin, Consul-General of Singapore in San Francisco
Noon, Fountaingrove Inn, Camelot Room,
101 Fountaingrove Parkway, Santa Rosa
Members: $26.00; Non-members: $31.00
Reservations due 5/17/13 |
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Singapore has a unique and strong position as a major influence in
the Pacific nations. Consul-General Chin will outline the current
government, economy, education, and healthcare in Singapore today,
and explain the close relationship Singapore has to California and
the Bay Area in particular.
Consul-General Chin assumed the post of Consul-General of Singapore
in San Francisco in 2010. He covers California, Alaska, Arizona,
Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington State. His
Foreign Service career began in 1989 with an assignment in
Washington, D.C. He was later posted to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and
Mumbai in India.
He graduated from the University of Oregon in 1986 with a Bachelor
of Arts Degree in International Studies, and earned a Master of
International Studies and Diplomacy from the University of London in
1996. In 1999 he was awarded the Public Administration Medal
(Silver).
He is accompanied by his wife Julie, the 2012-13 president of the
Diplomatic Spouses’ League of San Francisco, and daughter Jordan.

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Friday, June 14, 2013,
China’s New Leadership: Who’s In and Hu’s Out? Crystal Chang,
Ph.D., Lecturer, UC Berkeley; Adjunct Professor, Dominican
University
Noon: Hilton Hotel
3555 Round Barn Blvd., Santa Rosa
Members $25; Visitors $30
Reservations due 6/7/13 |
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At its recently-concluded 18th National Congress, the
Chinese Communist Party made significant changes to its Politburo
Standing Committee, the country’s highest executive body. How will
these changes affect the country’s domestic and foreign policies? Do
China’s new leaders see the “pivot towards Asia” policy announced by
the White House as an unwarranted attempt to expand American
influence? Who among the new faces will emerge as the key decision
makers, and what are their ties to the various party elders who
still wield considerable behind-the-scenes influence?
Dr. Chang is uniquely qualified to answer these questions. She
attended university and conducted her dissertation field work in
China and worked for two years in business development at an IT
company in Shanghai. She was also employed for two years by a
Silicon Valley-based Taiwanese venture capital company active in
China.

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Thursday, June 27, 2013,
The Boy Who Saved Thousands of Lives, Reg Green, Retired
journalist, Champion for International Organ Donation
7:30 p.m., Ingram Hall, First Presbyterian Church
1550 Pacific Ave., Santa Rosa
Members and Guests: Free; Visitors: $5 |
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Reg Green is the father of Nicholas Green, a seven-year-old boy from
Bodega Bay who was shot in Italy in a botched carjacking in 1994.
The decision by Reg and his wife Maggie to donate his organs and
corneas, which went to seven Italians, led to a worldwide awareness
of donor shortage. Howard Nathan, president and CEO of the Gift of
Life Donor Program, says, “No one has done more for public awareness
in organ donation in the entire world.”
At the time, Italy had nearly the lowest donation rate in Western
Europe. Now it has one of the highest. The Greens produced
documentaries that are shown in schools, hospitals and church groups
around the world. The made-for-television movie, Nicholas’ Gift,
starring Jamie Lee Curtis, has been seen by 100 million people.
Green was born in Britain, where he was chief business writer for
The Daily Telegraph of London, and a freelance
commentator for the BBC. The Greens now live in La Canada,
California. They have a 23-year-old daughter and 16-year-old twins.
THIRD QUARTER 2013 PROGRAMS
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Thursday July 25, 2013,
Annual Picnic and Book Sale
5:15 No host cocktails -- 6 p.m.
dinner
Quail Inn, (Oakmont Golf Club) 7035
Oakmont Drive, SR
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will be both indoor and outdoor seating
Music by the ABC Quartet
Members and guests: $23 (Corkage
fee: $10)
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Menu: • Sonoma mixed green salad
with balsamic vinaigrette and seasonal vegetables • potato salad •
corn on the cob • grilled BBQ chicken • bratwurst • veggie
alternative • ice cream sundae
BOOK SALE -- all proceeds will be
used for WACSC programs Please bring books to donate for the sale.

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