October:
October 7th: Sally Cook, "Is Sex Trafficking of Minors Happening in Santa Barbara?"
October 14th: No Forum, Ideogenous People's Day
October 21st: Robert Graham, "What is the Santa Barbara
School of Squash?"
October 28th: Larry Basham, "Discovering Your Roots-
It’s Never Been Easier"

September:
September 9th: Wendel Hans, "Unknown SBYC History: The Many Faces of Opening Day 2004"
September 16th: Lori Mohr, Lori is a Docent at SB Museum of Art. Her insightful view into the paintings will delight and engage. 
September 23rd: John Raymont,  "Kurion to the Rescue; Helping Fukushima Shut Down"
September 30th: Daniel Fox, "The Future of Space: Why we must Go to Antarctica, the Moon and Beyond"

August: Monday Forums Rests, Returns September

July:
July 1st: Barry Schoer, Executive Director of Sanctuary Centers
July 8th: Charles "Brick" Connors
July 15th: Noah Benshea, Watch the film, "Jacob, the Backer" on Amazon Prime and come for presentation and discussion by producer.
July 22nd: John Raymont, How Cutting a Boat in Half Made it Go Faster
July 29th: Sally Cook, Executive Director of olive Crest Is Sex Trafficking of Minors Happening in Santa Barbara?
This event is postponed.

June:
June 3rd: Scott Devine, "Season 46: Legends and Legacies"
June 10th: Monica Krieger, "Get to Know the Work of EDF"
June 17th: Steve Windhager, Director of SB Botanic Garden
June 24th: Tom Farr, "Exotic Bareboat Vacation or Sailing"

May:
May 6th: David Valentine, "Ocean Hazards"
May 20th: Heidi August, "From the Emergence of Qadhafi to the Demise of Saddam Hussein

April:
April 1st: No Forum, Day After Easter
April 8th: Kostis Protopapas, "Zorro, Your Hero Come to Life and Other Upcoming Wonders"
April 15th: No Forum, Day After Opening Day
April 22nd: Staff Commodore Larry Leveille, "Tales of the King Harbor Race"
April 29th: Luke Swetland, President and CEO of Santa Barbara Natural History Museum "Life is Lively at the Museum" 

March:
March 4: Jackie Carrera, "The Housing Affordability Report"
March 11: Jarrell Jackman, "Norman Neuerburg; The Temperamental Genius Who Helped Design the Getty Villa"
March 18: Robin Elander, "Let's Go Downtown!"
March 25: Staff Commodore Bill Guilfoyle, "Behind the Scenes Organizing the TransPac"

February:
February 5: Bill Guilfoyle, "What it Takes to Organize a Transpac" POSTPONED
February 12: Michele Jackman, "The Old Spanish Trail and Caravans to the Coast"
February 19: No Forum, President's Day
February 26: Chuck Graham, Photographer & Naturalist

January:
January 8: Scott Simon Director of the REEF program at UCSB. "Latest Research in Local Waters"
January 15: Angela Abshier. "Sails to Shelter"
January 22: Melinda Cabrera, "How Our 
Community Helps Students"
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara
January 29: Lydia Rao, 
Manager of Collections and Exhibits of
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

December:
December 4th: “My Walk on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela”
December 11th: Dr. John Johnson, “The Arlington Springs Man”
December 18th: Lynne Halterlein & Friends on Woodwinds ~ Festive Holiday Music
December 25th: No Forum, Christmas Day

November:
November 6th: TBA
November 13th: Anna Romero, "Living in a 'Tiny House'"
November 20th: No Monday Forum
November 27th: Lori Mohr, "Vincemt Van Gogh Masterpieces and the Women Who Made Him Famous"

October:
October 2nd: Erin Graffy, "The History of Italians in Santa Barbara"
October 9th: Kim Selkoe, "Get Hooked by Local Fisheries"
October 23rd: Sarah Stark, Contract Liaison and Education at Marborg Industries, "Talking Trash"
October 30th: Peter Fiekowsky, author of the book, "Climate Restoration the Only Future That Will Sustain the Human Race".

September:
September 4th: Labor Day - No Forum
September 11th: Greg Gorga, "The Honda Disaster - 100 year Anniversary"
September 18th: Dale Surawski. "Bipolar a Gift of Thorns"
September 25th: Brian Sarvis, "The Condor Trail, 400 miles from Beginning to End"

August: Monday Forums Rests, Returns September

July:
July 3: No Monday Forum
July 10: Don Barthelmess, "The Santa Barbara Deepwater Diving Monument"
July 17: Barbara Runcie, "Kaleidoscope of Images from Tokyo and Kyoto"
July 24: Erin Graffy, "Fiesta - A Santa Barbara Tradition"
July 31: Lindsay Leonard, "Executive Director of Santa Barbara Alzheimer's Association"

June:
June 5: Maestro Nir Kabaretti, Conductor of the Santa Barbara Symphony "The Work of a Symphony Conductor and the Symphony"
June 12: Timothy Accurso, Principal Pianist of Opera Santa Barbara
"Insights and Upcoming Events"
June 19: Scott DeVine Managing Director of the Ensemble Theater Company
June 26: Simon Knight Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra
"Music Benefits and Inspires"

May:
May 1: “Central Coast Ocean Adventures: A Love Story, featuring Youth, Sailing, and the Sea”
Michael Sheehy Director of Development & Programming of Central Coast Ocean Adventure
May 2: “A Kaleidoscope of Images from Japan”- SBYC Communications & Membership Director
Barbara Runcie walks us through her recent travels to Tokyo & Kyoto.
May 15: No Monday Forum
May 22: “Excitement at the Maritime Museum”- SBYC Honorary member and Executive Director of Santa Barbara Maritime Museum Greg Gorga
May 29: No Monday Forum, Memorial Day

April:
April 3: "The Commodore No One Knows" - SBYC Member, Wendel Hans has written articles for several publications and has many tales to share.
April 10: Day after Easter - No Forum
April 17:  "More Than Conquerors: Surfing with Foster Kids" - Elle Miller has a beautiful way to share her love of surfing and youth.
April 24: "Two Lives on Four Continents, A Double Memoir" - Mary Tonetti Dorra tells a most engaging story of two people from vastly different backgrounds who find each other. 

March:
March 6: No Forum
March 13: "Celebrating 75 Years of Service" - Carol Saucedo, Information about the  Assistance League of Santa Barbara, and the work the League performs.
March 20: "Removing Abandoned Gear from the Ocean" - Kurt Lieber, President and Founder of Ocean Defenders Alliance, Kurt received the Sea Hero Award in 2015 from Scuba Diving Magazine. He works at cleaning up the coastal waters of the Channel Islands and three of the Hawaiin Islands. 
March 27: "All Hands on Deck" - Will Sofrin is a master shipwright who has taught at MIT. He writes articles for eight maritime publications and continues to race sailboats. This is his first book. It is his memoir of an epic adventure to deliver a 180' replica of an English frigate to Hollywood. It is a story of adventure and survival.

January:
January 2: No Forum
January 9: RESCHEDULED: Mary Tonetti Dora, "Two Lives on Four Continents - A Double Memoir" Mary will share parts of her most enchanting and extremely readable memoir.
January 16: RESCHEDULED: Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No Forum
January 23: RESCHEDULED: Carol Sauceda,"75 Years of Community Service" The Assistance League is celebrating an anniversary.
January 30: RESCHEDULED: Will Sofrin, "All Hands-on Deck" An Epic adventure delivering the Rose, a replica of an English frigate, to Hollywood...a gripping story of an unforgettable journey.

December:
December 5: Daniel Ortega, "Rediscovering Our Ocean: the Marine Genome Project"
December 12: Gretchen Lieff, "A Great Place to Plant New Ideas"
December 19: Timothy Accurso, "Seasonal Songs and Special Music"
December 26: No Monday Forum

November:
November 7: Bee Bloeser, “Independence Was Suppose To Be Better Than This”
November 14: Kerry Murray, “Providing Shelter In Major Disasters Around The World”
November 21: Kevin Eliason, “Santa Barbara And Beyond”

October:
October 3: Trudy & Mark Allen, "Features of Vietnam and Cambodia"
October 10: Sharon Byrne, "Peace Prize Awardee"
October 17: Charles Vinick, "Whales Without Walls: The Whale Sanctuary Project"
October 24: Kevin Short, "Portraits of the Sea"
October 31: Steve Elkins, "Lost City of the Monkey God"

September:
September 5: No Monday Forum
September 12: Holy Lotus, "Whales in the SB Channel"
September 19: Betsy J Green, "Movies & Million-Dollar Mansions"
September 26: Dora Foto, "American Riviera Bank - Interest Rate"

August: No Monday Forums in August

July
July 4: No Monday Forum
July 11: Erin Graffy, “150 Years of Boating at SBYC”
July 18: Josheph Farah, “Imaging a Black Hole”
July 25: Howard Jay Smith, “When China Ruled the Seas; Treasure Ships of the Ming Dynasty”

June-Click on the title to view the recorded presentation.

June 6: Monica LeFlore, "5 Laws We Want for California’s Wildlife Now!"
June 13: Tom Farr, "Exotic Bareboat Vacations."
June 20: Ed Vicente and Ryan Cullinen, "Today's Primary Focus of Sustainable Design & Construction."    PDF presentation, click here.
June 27: Ariana Kotovich, "The Pelicans are Sick."

May-Click on the title to view the recorded presentation.

May 2: Jeanne West, "Hospice of Santa Barbara"
May 9: No Monday Forum, day after Mother's Day
May 16: Tom Bell, "The Study of Kelp"
May 23: No Monday Forum
May 30: No Monday Forum

April-Click on the title to view the recorded presentation.

April 4: No Monday Forum, day after Opening Day
April 11: Commodore Eli Parker
April 18: No Monday Forum, day after Easter
April 25: TBD

March-Click on the title to view the recorded presentation.

March 7: Ariana Katovich, "The Future of Wildlife Care in Our Community"
March 14: Brian Barber, "MissionFish, Helping Veterans through Fishing"
March 21 CANCELLED: Rodney Gustafson, "State St. Ballet"
March 28: Ted Morton, "New Executive Director of SB ChannelKeeper

February-Click on the title to view the recorded presentation.
 

February 7: Dr. Milton Love, "Fun in the Little Yellow Submarine - What Role do California Offshore Platforms Play as Fish Habitat"
February 14: Dr. Dave Muller, "Into and 'Out of Africa' "
February 21: No Monday Forum, President's Day
February 28: Mike Wiltshire, "A Look Into the Waterfront Department"

January-Click on the title to view the recorded presentation.

January 3: Brian Fagan, "The Cruising Guide After 42 years." 
January 10: Deb Liggett, "A Grand Adventure in the National Park Service"
January 17: No Monday Forum, Martin Luther King Day
January 24: Sharon Byrne, "What You Don't Know About The Housing Crisis....And It's Happening Globally"
January 31: Arthur Kanegis, "The World is My Country"
 

December-Click on the blue link to view the recorded presentation.

December 6: Jarrell Jackman "Presidio Santa Barbara; Adobe Brick by Brick a Fitting Foundation."

December 13: Jeff Shelton, "The Fig District, Some Buildings in Downtown Santa Barbara."

December 20: John Profant, "Goleta, The Good Land" by Walker Tompkins-A Personal Book Report

December 27:  No Monday Forum Christmas Recess

November-Click on the blue link to view the recorded presentation.

November 1: Greg Gorga, "What's New at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum."

November 8: Jason Harris, "Santa Barbara's Responses and Recovery from the Pandemic."

November 15: Peter Martin, "Dragons on the Purple Moon" Imagination and creativity through Storytelling.

November 22: No Monday Forum Thanksgiving Week 

November 29: Joyce Wycoff, "How do you say 'Thank You' for Miracles?"

October-Click on the blue link to view the recorded presentation.

October 4: SB Symphony’s new CEO, Kathryn Martin

October 11: No Monday Forum Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day

October 18: Ingrid Giskes, “Ghost Gear – Challenges and Solutions to the DEADLIEST form of Marine Debris.”

October 25: Board Chair & Executive Facilitator of International Cities of Peace, Fred Arment. And Brian Berman’s, Ojai’s City of Peace initiator

September-Click on the blue link to view the recorded presentation.

September 13: Stan Roden and Karl Hutterer of the Citizens Climate Lobby, "The Climate Crisis: A Market Solution."

September 20: Betsy Green, "Way Back When: The Great Forest Fire of 1917."

September 27: Defenders of Wildlife Andy Johnson, "The Importance of Sea Otters."

August: No Monday Forum

July-Click on the blue link to view the recorded presentation.

July 5: No Monday Forum, Day after Independence Day

July 12: Hillary Hauser Executive Director of Heal the Ocean

July 19: Geoff Rusack Carrying on the Tradition of Growing Grapes  and Winemaking on Catalina Island.

July 26: David DeSelm Our Santa Barbara Courthouse - Part 2


June-Click on the blue link to view the recorded presentation.

June 7: David DeSelm, "Our Santa Barbara Courthouse - How Did It    Get Its Design?" Part 1

June 14: Nikki Barthelmess "From Foster Child to Published Author"

June 21: Richard Nahas "An Inside Look at the Remodel"

June 28: Michele Devlin "Tales of a Wilderness Medic on the Great    Inland Ocean of Lake Superior."


May-Click on the blue link to view the recorded presentation.

May 3: Meredith Hendricks, "Land Ho!, Protecting What Makes SB Specia.l"

May 10: No Monday Forum, Day after Mother's Day

May 17: Kostis Protopapas, "What is Afoot at Opera SB?"

May 24: Barbara Robertson, President & CEO of SB Scholarship Foundation

May 31: No Monday Forum, Memorial Day


April-Click on the blue link to view the recorded presentation.

April 5: No Monday Forum, Day after Opening Day

April 12: Robb Rice, "North America's Best Kept Secret" Sailing the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior.

April 19: Rhett Mauck, Director of Development of the Search Dog Foundation

April 26: Chamois Anderson, "Yellowstone Bison Relocation" with Defenders of Wild life and Devon Kotch and Cherie Wasoff

March-Click on the blue link to view the recorded presentation.

March 29: John Sekulich, Head Coach of UCSB Rowing "UCSB's Boys in the Boats."

March 22: Kathy Odell, CEO of Women's Economic Venture "There is Nothing Small About Small Businesses."

March 15: Tom Farr, "An Africa Adventure: Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe."

March 8: No Monday Forum, Day after Opening Day

March 1: Dave Muller, "The Best Worst Journey in the World."

February-Click on the blue link to view the recorded presentation.

February 1: Tom Farr, "Expedition to the Top of the World."

February 8: Robert Adams and Cassandra Ensberg, "State Street-New Designs."

February 15: No Monday Forum, President's Day

February 22: Howard Jay Smith, Meeting Motzart, Part 1 & Part II

January-Click on the blue link to view the recorded presentation.

January 4: Tom Farr, "Sailing on a Sea of Sand." 

Janaury 11: Andy Caldwell, "Be Well Pilates."

Janaury 18: No Monday Forum, Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Janaury 25: Joan Calder, "Will Monarch Butterflies Fly Again?"   Resource Page by Joan Calder

December

December 2: No Monday Forum

December 7: Dr. Michele Devlin, "COVID-19 and Meatpacking Workers; A View from the Midwest." Link to Presentation

December 14: Robert Ooley , FAIA Santa Barbara County Architect, "Reginald Johnson: Architect of SB Post Office, Lotusland and other SB buildings." Link to Presentation

December 21: No Monday Forum

December 28: No Monday Forum

November

November 2: Tom Farr, "A Fun Day in the Vertical World of Yosemite" Link to Presentation

November 9: Carrie West and Simon Knight, "Travel and the Hospitality Industry in a New Era: Post COVID-19" Link to Presentation

November 16: Marilyn McMahon, "Behind the Byline" Link to Presentation

November 23: Kathryn Martin, "All the Wonderful Things Happening at the SB Symphony" Link to Presentation 
October

October 5: Tom Farr, "Update on Mars Rover, What It's Doing Now and Where It's Going" Link to Presentation

October 12: Dietmar Petutschnig, "Panama Posse CA-FL and All the Ports In-Between" Link to Presentation

October 19: Steve Hicks, "The Tribulations of Publishing Your First Novel" Link to Presentation

October 26: Deirdre Brannigan, "Sustainability, Sailors and the Sea" Link to Presentation

September 

September 7: No Monday Forum

September 14: Valerie Olson, "What Happens When Your History Falls Into the Ocean"

September 21:  Josefa  Rios  will speak about her work as a health advocate and health link for children and family resource services under the County Education Office.
Link to Presentation

September 28: Shelley Hurst, "Santa Barbara Cemetery and the Last Best Place" Link to Presentation

August: No Monday Forum

July 6: No Monday Forum

July 13: Peter Rupert, an economist at UCSB. He is the former chair of the Dept. of Economics at UCSB and the Executive Director of the Economic Forecast Project.  Link to Presentation

July 20: TBA

July 27: Brian Von Herzen: The Ocean, Santa Barbara Channel , Marine Permaculture and Your/Our Future

June

June 1: Jackie Carrera President & CEO
of Santa Barbara Foundation.
Learn how Santa Barbara Foundation is assisting local charities stay afloat during the pandemic. An inspiring presentation representing power of community, resilience and the beauty of the human spirit.

June 8: NOAA Marine Weather Forecast Tools
for the Santa Barbara Channel; Join Ryan Kittell as he walks as through new tools on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website.

June 15: Dealing With Adversity,
Japanese American Life During WWll
Wade Nomura is a third generation Japanese American. He was born in Santa Barbara and will speak on the experiences of his family during WWll, and their recovery following the war.  

June 22: Ten Years Later: The Gulf's Recovery after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; This week we have Chris Robbins, Senior Manager of Science Initiatives at Ocean Conservancy dialing in all the way from Texas.

June 29: What's New at the
Santa Rosa Island Research Center; Russell Bradley is the new Director of the Santa Rosa Island Research Center.


May

May 4: No Monday Forum

May 11: Community Recovery and Resiliency
Host, Suzanne Grimmesey MFT will be speaking on emotional stages of disaster and recovery. She will use experiences from the Conception Fire and tie in our current state of quarantine.

May 18: Aston Smith: Sail, Guts & Glory
Join SBYC member, Aston and his Dad for an interactive perspective of what it’s like being a young sailor, competing at local, regional and international events as well as how he got there and what the future holds. In particular, Aston will be talking about his most recent International Regatta, the 2019 Asian and Oceanian Championships in Oman.

May 25: Memorial Day, No Monday Forum


April

April 6: Kostis Protopapas, Artistic and General Director of Opera Santa Barbara, "Santa Barbara Opera; The Best Show in Town"   
     
April 13: Monday after Easter NO Forum

April 20: Mark and Trudy Allen Club members and World Travelers "Our Recent Visit to Vietnam and Cambodia with AmaWaterways"

April 27: Marte Franklin, Author, Trail of Snow~River of Ice"The Rush to Gold; Over the Chilkoot Trail to Dawson City"


March

March 2: Opening Day Clean Up   NO Forum

March 9: Shomari McLemore,  Manager of Volunteer Programs, Santa Barbara Zoo, "Perks of Zoo Volunteerism"

March 16: Aparna Rao and Bob Dickey, Courthouse Docents, "Santa Barbara's Architectural Renaissance" 
                
March 23: Suzanne Grimmesey MFT, Chief Quality Care and Strategy Officer County of Santa Barbara,
"Community Recover and Resiliency"                 

March 30: Wade Noumra, Rotary International Presidents Representative, "Dealing with Adversity: The Life of the Japanese During World War II"


February 

February  3: Deborah Bertling, "On the Occasion of CAMA's Anniversary"

February  10: Victoria Juarez,"Helping Students Pay for College"

February  17:  President's Day
No Monday Forum

February  24: Karen Christensen, "Earl Warren Showgrounds In the Balance"

January 

January 6: Joseph White, Coming Your Way! A Year Without Peace

Janaury 13: Andy Caldwell, Congressional Candidate

Janaury 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
No Monday Forum

Janaury 27: Barbara Greenleaf, This Old Body:
Ninety-nine Reasons to Laugh

December

December 2 Erin Graffy, author and historian.
Saint Barbara, Our Patron Saint

December 9 Theodore Kracke, president, Paradise Retreats. The state of short-term Rentals in Santa Barbara, City and County

December 16 Barbara Gaughen Muller, president, Inited Nations Association of Santa Barbara. On the Occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the UN: Our Planet, Our Future

December 23 Merry Christmas. No Monday Forum

December 30 Merry Christmas. No Monday Forum


November

November 4 Lauren Trujillo and Ahmad Merza, What's Happening at the Santa Barbara Library

November 11 Lindsey Leonard, How the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation Supports Families and Teaches Resilience 

November 18 Adam Lewis, History of the Marine Corps in Santa Barbara During WWII

November 25 No Monday Forum, Happy Thanksgiving 


October

October 7 David DeSelm, The Story of Casa del Herrero: Its Architecture and Occupants

October 14 Bill Sener, The Life and Experiences of Philip James Conley, Major General, USAF

October 21 Jim Yabsley, Mary Compton, and Dave Young, Taxi Dancer and the 2019 Transpac Race

October 28 Geoffrey Beaumont, Art of the Sea:
The Life and Tales of Arthur Beaumont, the Last Official Painter of the US Navy


September

September 9 Linda Stirling, Aye, Aye Mr. Moriarty! The Maritime Museum, the Tall Ships, and our Youth

September 16 Keven Martin, It's All about the Music

September 23 William Wood, The Mysterious Bassoon

September 30 Dean Noble, Elings Park: What's Going On?

August

August 5 Dr. Charles Fenzi, M.D.  Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer, Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics Your Health Home: Reaching those in Need

August 12 Kria Redmond,  Executive Director , Santa Barbara Channelkeepers, Working Together for a Big Impact

July

July 1 Don Barthelmess, Great White Sharks: Myths and Realities

July 8 Nancy McTolridge, Santa Barbara Zoo: Community Jewel

July 15 Bradlley Bennett, The Best Pickle You'll Ever Eat

July 22 Brent Winebrenner, Guatemala: On the Edge of Discovery

July 29 Sara Welsh, What's a Marin Biologist Doing at the Ritz-Carlton?


June

June 3 Doug Mergerum Vintner, Wine Tasting

June 10 Michael Chiacos, Community Environmental Council, Going Green and Driving on Sunshine

June 24
Tam Trinh, Caterer and Vietnam refugee, From Rice is Nice to Spices n Rice


May

May 6 Bee Bloeser; An Empty Harbor: When a Dictator Burned All the Boats


April

April 1 Tales either "Tall" or Real

April 8 Tales either "Tall" or Real; continue

April 15 Barbara Cleveland; Thomas Fire Adventures

April 22 NO MONDAY FORUM

April 29 Bea Bloeser; Sending Small Pox into History: Recollations from Africa


March

March 11 Melissa Baffa; Development Officer for the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

March 18 Joshua Weitzman; associate executive director of Santa Barbara's Alpha Resource Center.

February Closed for Upper Deck Construction

January 

January 7: Dr. Bridget Buxton; Oh Dem Bones, Dem Bones- The Tales They Could Tell!  Underwater Discoveries in Israel. 

Janaury 14: Mahri Kerley, Book Selling in Santa Barbara
 

January 

January 1  Club Closed: NEW YEAR'S DAY

January 8  Greg Gorga: "“13,000 years of local maritime history told with postcards and old photographs.”

January 15  NO MONDAY FORUM

January 22  Mark & Trudy Allen: "Trancrucero"

January 29  Nick Sebastian: "Fire and Flood: Sailing on the Rough and Challenging Waters of Life".



February

February 5  Joel Smith: "Planning for health and wellness in the New Year - PART 1"

February 12  Joel Smith: "Planning for health and wellness in the New Year - PART 2"

February 19  Tom Farr, Club Member and Engineer atJPL/NASA: "Mars Rover: The not-so-little Rover that Could ... andDid! What's Next?"

February 26  Amanda Graves: Santa Barbara International Film Festival Education Director " Everything you Always Wanted to Know About Our International Film Festival But Didn't Know Whom to Ask...!"



March

March 5  Sarah Stark: Community Liaison forMarborgIndustries: "Marborg: A Very Special Santa Barbara Family Business that Practices the 3 R's: Recycle, Reuse, Reduce!!"

March 12  JillZackary, Director, Santa Barbara City Parks & Recreation… "Tales of the History and Recent Restoration of theCabrilloPavilion!"

March 19  Leutnant Colonel Mary Walsh: "Adventures of the First Women Military Attache."

March 26  Jimmy Young:"Tales From Santa Barbara's Iconic Purple Cow!"



April   

April 2  Janet Mann, author of Creating Compassionate Forster Care: Lessons of Hope from Children & Family in Crisis: "Risk and Resilience: The Story of the Children's Ark."

April 9  Layosh Toth: "Getting to know our new General Manager"

April 16  Dr. Samuel & Ruth Dover: "CIMWI - Educating the community on the conservation of marine mammals."

April 23  Frank J. Hein, Director of Exhibits at Santa Barbara Natural History Museum: ""To Catch an Eagle!"

April 30  Melissa Baffa: "Abaord the E/V Nautilus-The Trip of a Lifetime."     


May  

May 7   Dr. Estelle Sandhaus, Director of Conservation & Research for the SB Zoo: "California Condor Recovery Efforts."

May 14  NO MONDAY FORUM

May 21  Allison Grisham: ""The Adventures of a Tent Wife: Stories from Panama and South Africa When My Husband was Doing Ecological Research and I was Left To Fend For Myself"

May 28  NO MONDAY FORUM 



June  

June 4  Mary Jane Cooper: "The Music Van of the Santa Barbara Symphony"

June 11  Abbott Brown: Racing Sailor Extraordinaire: "A Sailor's Third "Last Boat": A 3-year Plan, now in its 15th Year!"

June 18  Kris Kimpel, Landscape Architect

June 25  ThomasWilson, Professional Aquarist and The Live Collection and Husbandry Manager for the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center. "White Abalonies"   



July  

July 2  No Monday Forum 

July 9  George Frakes, Retired Engineer: "Alexander Hamilton"

July 16  Charles Hamilton, Project Manager for the County of Santa Barbara's Water Agency

July 30  Cherie Topper, Executive Director of the Audubon Society: "Winged Beauties" 


August

*No Monday Forums this Month* 


September  

September 3   No Monday Forum- Labor Day

September 10  Commodore John Koontz: "Tales of Sailing in the South Pacific Aboard the Venerable USS Constitution!"

September 17  Luke Swetland, Executive Director at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: "Update on the Museum's Recent Renovations"

September 24  Vicki Johnson, Assistant District Attorney: "Fraud Awareness and Detection: Strategies for Avoiding Fraudulent Inducements"     




October   

October 29   Professor Ted Anagnoson "2018 Ballot Measures" 




November 

November 5  George Goodall:  A 5th generation California rancher,  George will share with us some of his family's ranching and farming history.    

November 26  John Voehl:  A Historian and dedicated Lincoln Presenter.  Members of the audiences John draws, often report that they felt as if they were in the presence of the genuine  Lincoln.    December 3         Dr. Kathryn Padgett: Santa Barbara Museum of Arts Speaker Extraordinaire will be speaking about, and showing us, some of the challenges that brush artists must resolve when depicting newly fallen snow in their paintings. ​ ​



December

December 3   Dr. Kathryn Padgett: Santa Barbara Museum of Arts Speaker Extraordinaire will be speaking about, and showing us, some of the challenges that brush artists must resolve when depicting newly fallen snow in their paintings.

December 10  Erin Graffy: Knowledgeable Editor, Author, and Speaker about all things local.















 

 

JANUARY



January 2: Club Closed 



January 9: Sig Wathne, Author & Sailor-Racer, World War II,Stories from the Norwegian Underground



January 16: Emmanuel Itier, Wonderland Entertainment Group, Discussion of Film Femme



January 23: Andrea Katz, Maravilla's Director of Sales & Marketing, Navigating the Waters of Retirement Living Choices



January 30: Randy Rowse, City Councilperson, Welcome to Lori Luhnow, Santa Barbara's New Chief of Police!



FEBRUARY



February 6: Pat Jones, Retirement Living Choices, Part Two: "Aging in Place, with a Little Help from My Friends"



February 13: Wendi Hunter, SBMA Docent, David Wiesner & The Art of Wordless Storytelling



February 20: Terry and Pat Straehly, SBYC Members, Myanmar Revisited! 



February 27: Greg Gorga, Executive Director of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum and Friends, How to Donate Intelligently



MARCH



March 6: Eric W. Spivey, Chairman of the Julia Child Foundation, The Julia Child Foundation: Origins and Future Goals



March 13: Dina Atkinson & Samuel Terry Marsh, Global Experience Stategists, Wills and Living Trusts



March 20: Sabrina Kranz, Senior Financial Advisor, Union Bank, Tales from the Santa Barbara Outrigger Canoe Club



March 27: Barbara Gaughen-Muller, President of the, UN Association, PEACE: The Global Language. What I've Learned From My World Travels!



APRIL



April 3: Kitty Thomissin & Gwen Stauffer, The Treasure in Our Backyard!



April 10: Karl L. Hutterer, PhD, Climate Change—Global Warming



April 17: Jace Turner, Santa Barbara Public Library, Santa Barbara Public Library Turns 100 Years Old!



April 24: Scott Groff, With 30 Million People Blinded by Cataracts, How a Local Nonprofit is Enabling the World to SEE Again!



MAY



May 1: Kathryn Padgett, SBMA Docent & Community Speaker: Japanese Carved Textiles



May 8: John McManigal, Motivational Speaker, Unlocking Your Potential



May 15: Michael Ridding, Gemologist, Jeweler, Owner of Silverhorn, Stones I've Known and Loved, and Stories of Their Origins!



May 22: Karl L. Hutterer, PhD, Running Hot and Cold: Climate Change and Us!



May 29: Memorial Day Celebrated. No Monday Forum.



JUNE



June 5: Chet Work, Executive Director of The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County:  "What is a Land Trust and Why Should I Care?"  



June 12: Tim Bigelow, "CASA of Santa Barbara County:  "Advocating for the Foster Youth in Our County!"



June 19: Lynn Brittner, Executive Director, Santa Barbara Historical Museum:  "Captain Lowe and His Adventures at Sea!" 



June 26: LesleyJean Compton, "Teddy Roosevelt as Seen Through Letters Written by Sailors During The Cruise of "The Great White Fleet!"!



JULY



July 10: Architects Jim Bell & Dennis Thompson: "What Are Those Mesa Architects Up to Now?"



July 17: Calla Gold, Owner & Designer at CallaGold Jewelry:  "Revitalizing One's Jewelry Wardrobe".



July 24: Rodney Baker, Santa Barbara Courthouse Docent:  "The Courthouse Clock!" 



July 31: NO MONDAY FORUM



AUGUST



August 7: Leona Evans, author, motivational speaker & Matthew Evans, filmmaker". "The Evolving Peacemaker:  A Commitment to Nonviolence" 



August 14: Nick Kaschak & Friends:  "Youth Sailors share Summer 2017's  Learnings and Accomplishments" 



August 21: Star-racer Douglas Smith: "America's Cup races - Examining and discussing how to combat the "Cup Emmui" 



August 28: NO MONDAY FORUM



SEPTEMBER



September 4: No Monday Forum: Labor Day  



September 11: Bob Wightman, Musician Extraordinaire:  "Music on Demand!" 



September 18:  Gareth Kelly, author, Journalist, Travel Writer:  "Racing to Habana!" 



September 25:  Lynn Brittner, Executive Director, Santa Barbara's Historical Museum: "Water Woes: Learnings from Examining Santa Barbara's Historical Record!"



OCTOBER* 



October: 2 Kathryn Padgett  Docent Leader Extraordinaire:Santa Barbara Museum of Art:" Celebrating seventy-five years of sharing and educating our community about art!!"  



October 9: Craig Howson, Founding Director:  "True North Adventure Cruises"! 



October 16: Kim Selkoe: "Local & Sustainable Seafood in Santa Barbara:  Tips, Challenges & Opportunities!" 



October 23: Deron Burkepile, Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology:  "Field Studies!: Making It Understandable 



October 30: Nick Sebastian, SBYC Member & Deborah Pentland, MSN: "Neuro-Diversity Ability at Seaside Wellness Gardens, a new Carpinteria Non-Profit".



*October 26: A Special Monday Forum Presentation: A very special evening where sailors young and older gather together for an evening of Friendships, Food, Film, and Fun.



NOVEMBER



November 6: Commodore Guilfoyle: Adventures Aboard the Prevail 



November 13: Bob Evans: Underwater Photos 



November 20: No Monday Forum: Thanksgiving Holiday Observance 



November 27: Kevin Marvin: SB Symphony 2017-18 "Creating an Awesome Symphony Season!"



DECEMBER*



*Due to the unfortunate events surrounding the Thomas Fire, there was no Monday Forums during the month of December.

 

February 1: Kevin A. Marvin, Executive Director, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Music at the Museum: Building Upon a Wonderful Foundation!

February 8: Rick Wait, Puppy Raiser and Lennix, Puppy—Both Extraordinaire!, Tales from a Life of Raising Playful Puppies Growing into Skilled Guide Dogs!

February 15: Art Moore, VP, Santa Clarita Sister Cities International,Living Waters for the World: Laos & Ecuador

February 22: Captain Alex Morrice (British Royal Navy, ret.), Emma Lady Hamilton—Nelson's Mistress— Saint or Sinner?

March 7: Melinda Stavely, VP, Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital & Cottage Hospital Health Therapy Services, Teamwork Matters! Improving One's Quality of Life Following Trauma, Illness or Injury

March 14: Kristian Beatle & Bob McMahon: who met January 11 and discovered they shared a deep affection for, One Boat —Two Owners: SV Aldebaran's Journey!

March 21: Robert Headline, Pat Archivist & Curator, Scott Polar Research Institute, Tales from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration

March 28: Anne Luna, Docent Volunteer, Santa Barbara Historical Museum

April 4: Jake Beattie, Executive Director, Northwest Maritime Center: Race 750 miles: NO Rules, NO Motors, NO Handicaps! Come in First: Win 10K! Come in Second: Leave with a Set of Steak Knives. Are YOU Entered Yet?

April 11: Howard Jay Smith, Vice-President, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management & Author: The Unknown Beethoven

April 18: Stanley Naftaly, Producer and Host of Jazz Straight Ahead, The Story of Jazz and its Path to Our Hearts! Part One

April 25: David Bisno, MD, Retired Physician: Budapest: The Remarkable Story of Nine Men Who Escaped

May 2: Stephen Kaminsi, MD, Trauma Director, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital: Active Shooter Pre- paredness: Lessons Learned from Isla Vista

May 9: Shirley Waxman, Docent at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art: Puja and Piety: Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist Art from the Indian Subcontinent

May 16: Stanley Naftaly, Producer and Host of Jazz Straight Ahead, The Storybook of Jazz, Part One

May 23: Stanley Naftaly, Producer and Host of Jazz Straight Ahead, The Storybook of Jazz, Part Two

May 30: No Monday Forum. Club Open for Memorial Day

June 6: Barbara Cleveland, Photographer and SBYC Member: The Mir and her Extraordinary Finish!

June 13: Robin Hutton: Sargent Reckless, America's Bravest War Horse

July 11: Marsha Marcoe, Director of Philanthropy, Braille Institute, Dining in the Dark!

July 18: Mark and Trudy Allen, SBYC Members and World Travelers, Travel Tales!

July 25: Leslie James, SBYC Member and Author, Tales from a Midshipmen's Log Book: An Interactive Voyage Down Memory's Shipping Lanes!

August 1: Virginia and Dennis Johns, TBD

August 8: Brooke Atkins, SBYC's Communication Manager, SBYC's New Website Explained!

August 22: Shanila Noakes, Volunteer Coord. and Jackie Hunt, Program Coordinator, Sea Center; TBD

September 12: SBYC's Chef Mossin, TBD

September 19: Wayne Rosing, SBYC Member, An Update!

September 26: Howard Jay Smith, Author, When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Ming Dynasty!

October 3: Stephen and Bente Millard, Members, Crusin' the BaHa HaHa and Beyond!

October 17: Kate Winn-Rogers, Cuba Before the American Invasion

November 7: John Gherini, Attorney and Descendent of Justinian, Caire, Stories from Santa Cruz Island!

November 14: Beverly Toole, SBYC Member, Oncology Nurse Manager & Friends, A Sneak Peek at Santa Barbara's New Cancer Center

November 28: John Demourkas, SBYC Member, Staff Commodore, and Racing Skipper, Messing Around in Boats: A Wonderful Life!

December 5: Cynthia Spivey, Author, Eating Paleo: What It Is and Isn't!

December 12: Mary Beth Woodward, Intrepid Musician, Dedicated Performer, Teacher, Artistic Director and Conductor of The Santa Barbara Strings, The Seventh Annual David McEachen Memorial Concert!

December 28: No Monday Forum. Happy Holidays!

December 21: No Monday Forum. Happy Holidays!

December 14: Mary Beth Woodruff and the Santa Barbara Strings:  "The 6th Annual David McEachen Memorial Concert"

December 7: Sam Tyler, Documentary Film Producer:  "The Last Roundup:  The Tale of the Vail & Vickers Ranch on Santa Rosa Island" 

November 30: Archie McLaren, Founder & Chairman, Central Coast Wine Classic: "The Story of One Man's Dream that has Become One of America's Most Successful Charity Wine Auction Foundations!"

November 23: No Monday Forum.

November 16: Dr. Mary Ann Jordan, Professor Emerita: "The Dance of Life & Death: 38 Years of Cancer Research at UCSB"

November 9: Dr. Kathryn Padgett,  Past President, SBMA Docent Council: "Art Floats My Boat"

November 2: Kostis Protopapas, Opera Santa Barbara's (NEW) Artistic Director: "Opera Then & Now: Five Centuries of Innovation"

October 26: Thadias King, Retired Firefighter, Goleta Station 11: "Wildfires and Everything Else!"

October 19: Irene Rhodes, President & CEO: Consumer Fire Products:  "Wildfire Protection in Santa Barbara County"

October 12: Sam Tyler, Documentary Film Producer:"The Priest, the Doctor and the Rock Star:  Santa Cruz Island, Carey Stanton & Friends"

October 5: Valerie Olson, Chairperson of the More Mesa Preservation Coalition Board of Directors:  "The Last Great Place"

September 28: David Pratt, Executive Director, Santa Barbara Symphony:  "The Relevance of Santa Barbra's Symphony in the 21st Century"

September 21: John "Jim" Kilroy, Retired Racing Skipper & Owner of Kialoas I-V:  "US-!, Dare to Win!:  In Business, Sailing and Life"

September 14: Dr. Janet Reineck, Executive Director, World Dance for Humanity:  "Making a Difference in Rwanda!"

September 7: No Forum; Labor Day

August 31: Dennis Friederich, SBYC Staff Commodore & Co-founder of SBYC's Annual Charity Regatta, Subject: The Legacy of Caring for the Community Continues

August 24: Archie McLaren, Founder & Chairman, Central Coast Wine Classic, Subject: The Story of One Man's Dream that has Become One of America's Most Successful Charity Wine Auction Foundations

August 17: Erin Graffy, SBYC Member, Author & Historian, Subject: After the Fall of Saigon, PART TWO

August 10: Bruno Bertocci, Senior Portfolio Manager & Managing Director, UBS, Subject: Sustainable Socially Conscious Investing

August 3: Eric Noegel, Manager of Project Development, Southern Division, USA, Subject: Rebuilding Today's Marinas in Southern California

July 27: Victor Mari, Guitar Virtuoso & Humorist, Subject: Life Lessons From Six Strings: How a Guitar Gives Rise to Love, Laughter, and Transformation

July 20: Michael Hopkins, CEO, Ice Energy, Subject: How Energy Storage Will Free Us from Fossil Fuels

July 13: Cas Stimson, El Presidente 2015, Subject: Old Spanish Days Fiesta: "Celebrating Fiesta Romantic"

July 6: Jeff Gauvin, MD, Director of Surgical Education, Cottage Hospital, Subject: Grave Robbers, Cocaine Addicts and the Rich History of Surgery at Cottage Hospital

June 29: Michelle Robin La, Author, Subject: Catching Shrimp with Bare Hands

June 22: Joseph Schomer, Community Volunteer and Santa Barbara Historian, Subject: Westward Ho with Buffalo Joe

June 15: Dr. Kathryn Padgett, Past President SBMA Docent Council, Subject: European Art Revolution - 70 Years of Dramatic Change 1867-1937

June 8: Sasha Ablitt, Owner - Ablitt's Cleaning, Subject: It Takes a Rocket Scientist - Dry Cleaning in the 21st Century

June 1: Erin Graffy, SBYC Member and Acclaimed Author, Subject: After the Fall - What Happened to Vietnam After the Americans Left and the Communists Came In

May 25: No Forum, Memorial Day Celebrated

May 18: Craig Shulman, PhD, Marine Resources Manager, CA Department of Fish & Game, Subject: The Santa Barbara Channel - A Microcosm of Marine Resources Management in California

May 11: Alex Pujo, Architect & Co-Founder of COAST - The Coalition for Sustainable Transportation, Subject: COAST, What Is It and Why Should I care?

May 4: Rich Block, CEO of the Santa Barbara Zoo, Subject: What's Gnu at the Zoo?

April 27: Ines Roberts, Prize Winning Photographer Extraordinaire, Subject: Our Values

April 20: Dawn O'Bar, President of Unite-to-Light, Subject: Brightening Lives with Solar Products

April 13: Terry Straehley, SBYC Member and Acclaimed Photographer, Subject: A Moroccan Adventure

April 6: Bud Bottoms, Acclaimed Local Sculptor, Subject: Artistic Creations that Bring Delight and Wonder to Our Lives

March 30: Maestro Nir Kaboretti, Music and Artistic Director of the Santa Barbara Symphony, Subject: Secrets of a Maestro - Creating a Season of Music that Works

March 23: Wendel Hans, SBYC Member and 2005 Sand-spit Cruise Captain, Subject: The Saga of the Snowy Plovers and the 2005 SBYC Cruise to the Harbor Sand-spit

March 16: John Goerke, Founder and CEO of Caribbean Coffee Co., Subject: Disruptive Innovations in Artisanal Coffee Brewing

March 9: Claude Dorais, Attorney, Subject: An Old Guy's Take on Biking in Santa Barbara

March 2: Dr. Alan Eustace, Vice-President of Engineering, Google Inc., Subject: Record-Setting Free-Fall from Above the Atmosphere - and Living to Tell the Tale!

February 23: Phil Conley, USAF Major General retired, Subject: Everything You Wanted to Know, but Were Afraid to Ask, About the USAF

February 16: Joseph Ilvento, MD, Subject: From Prohibition to Cardiology, and Back Again

February 9: Willie McBride & Dane Wilson, 49-er sailors, Subject: Pursuing Our Path to Olympic Gold - Winter Lessons

February 2: John Profant, Santa Barbara Sail & Power Squadron's Education Officer, Subject: The US Power Squardron - Its History and Purpose

January 26: Denise Knapp, PhD, Director of Conservation Research, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Subject: Pollinators in Danger - What Can a Plant Conservationist Do to Help Bees "Just Do It"

January 19: Betsy J. Green, Author, Subject: Way Back When - Santa Barbara in 1914

January 12: Kira Redmond, Executive Director, Santa Barbara Channelkeepers, Subject: SBCK - Dedicated to Improving Water Quality and Preserving Marine Habitats

November 3rd: Frank Goss, Vice-President of Sullivan & Goss Gallery, Subject: Water, and How Santa Barbara Became an Art Colony Because of It.

October 27th: Luke Swetland, President and CEO of Santa Barbara's Museum of Natural History, Subject: SBMNH - A Century of Connecting You to Nature.

October 20th: Madeline Ward, Santa Barbara's Acting Water Conservation Coordinator, Subject: Neither a Drip nor a Gusher Be - Tips for Conserving Water During the Drought.

October 13th: Lt. Butch Arnoldi, SB County Sheriff's Department, Introducing: Aco, Senior Member of the County's elite K-9 Officer Corps, and his handler, Sheriff's Deputy Ken Rushing.

October 6th: Lynn Brittner, Executive Director, Santa Barbara Historical Museum, Subject: Where the Museum is Today, and Where It is Going.

September 29th: Marylin Gilbert, Community Activist, Subject: Music and Justice, Both Seek Harmony in the Universe.

September 22nd: Drs. Hansma and Diaz-Perez, International Researchers and Physicians, Subject: Inventing a New, More Acurate Bone Strength Assessment Tool.

September 15th: Nick DiNapoli, Retired UCSB Design Professor, Subject: The Story of the China Clippers.

September 8th: Scott Riedman, SB Waterfront Director/Harbormaster, Subject: Santa Barbara Harbor Update.

September 1st: No Monday Forum, Labor Day celebrated

August 25th: Carly Shevitz, 470 Olympic Hopeful, Subject: Sailing for Olympic Gold - Rio, 2016!

August 18th: John C. Woodward, Attorney, Subject: 1872 - Santa Barbara Photographers Hayward & Muzzall create "Views of Santa Barbara and Vicinity"

August 11th: Mick Kronman, Harbor Operations Manager, Subject: The History of Santa Barbara's Fishing Fleet

August 4th: Sara Zak, Retired Naval Commander, Subject: The Current Military Sexual Assault Problem.

July 28th: David Bolton, Executive Director and CEO of California Missions Foundation, Subject: The California Missions - Before, During and Continuing Preservation Efforts After . . .

July 21st: Jorgen Kjaempe, SBYC Member and Restired Home Builder, Subject: My Life in Boats.

July 14th: Erin Graffy, Santa Barbara Historian and SBYC Member, Subject: Viva La Fiesta!

July 7th: Wendel Hans, SBYC Member, Subject: Searching for the Remains of the Santa Barbara Lighthouse.

June 30th: Angela Adan, Founder, Deserving Dogs Rescue and Rehabilitation, Subject: Speaking up for the Voiceless.

June 23rd: Jonathan Dobrer, PhD, Professor of Comparative Religions, American Jewish University, Subject: Islam - Understanding & Misunderstanding.

June 16th: Deborah Rogers, Volutneer - Dog Adoption & Welfare Group, Subject: DAWG - Saving Santa Barbara's Abandoned Dogs.

June 9th: Joan Easton Lentz, Naturalist, Teacher & Author, Subject: Santa Barbara's Natural History - What is It, and Why Should I Care?

June 2nd: Greg Gorga, Executive Director, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, Subject: Honda - The Worst Naval Disaster During Peacetime in United States History.

May 26th: No Forum, Memorial Day Celebrated

May 19th: Chris Potter, Local Plein Air Artist, Subject: The Art of Persistance.

May 12th: Betsy Collins, Director of Horticulture, Subject: Native Plants for Your Garden - Water-Wise, Wildlife-Friendly, and Beautiful!

May 5th: David Bisno, MD, Founder of VISTAS, Retired Opthomologist, Subject: Breyer, Scalia, and the Embarrassing Second Amendment.

April 28th: Gloria Cavallero, SBHS Alumni Association, Subject: SBHS's Long Tradition of Academic Excellence Continues.

April 21st: Ines Roberts, Acclaimed Photographer, Subject: Two Films - Of Water, Boats, and Fantasy; Costa Rica.

April 14th: Jennifer Haake, SBMM Guest Services & Volunteer Coordinator, Subject: Why Maritime Museums Matter.

April 7th: Jonathan Ford, SBYC Member, Father, Firefighter, Subject: The Friendship Paddle - Channel Crossing October, 2013.

March 31st: Susan Plummer, PhD, Director, Santa Barbara Alliance for Living and Dying Well, Subject: The Five Wishes - Have You Had The Conversation?

March 24th: Jeff Shelton, Award Winning Architect, Subject: The Process of Architectural Design.

March 17th: Alexandra Cole, Principle, Preservation Planning Associates, Subject: The Ins and Outs of Saving Our Heritage.

March 10th: Willie McBride, Head Coach, SBYSF, Subject: Pursuing Dreams - Olympic Class 49-er Sailing.

March 3rd: Ruth and Buddy Ellison, Circumnavigators and co-authors, Subject: Full Circle - A 12-Year Journey Around the World.

February 17th: Tom Farr, PhD, Geologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laberatory, and SBYC Member, Subject: Roving the Red Planet: Recent Results from the Exploration of Mars.

February 10th: Roger Perry, Insurance Services and 8th Generation Santa Barbaran, Subject: Growing up in Paradise.

February 3rd: Karen Lee Stevens, President & Executive Director, All For Animals, Inc., Subject: Therapy Dogs Inspire Childhood Literacy!

January 27th: Sarah Meinzer, MSW & Community Outreach Coordinator, Alliance for Living & Dying Well, Subject: The 5 Wishes, Have You Had The Conversation?

January 20th: Edie Ostern, Retired Teacher/Artist, Subject: Alabama, The Klan and Me!

January 13th: Tim James, PhD, Co-Founder and Director of the Acuitas Medical, Subject: Improving Diagnosis & treatment of AD, Osteoporosis, and Liver Disease.

January 6th: Ron Boehm, SBYC Member & Sailor Extraordinaire, Subject: 40 Years of Sailing International 14s!

December 30th: No Forum

December 23rd: No Forum

December 16th: Mary Beth Woodruff and the Santa Barbara Strings, Subject: The Fourth Annual Dave McEachen Memorial Concert

December 9th: Leon and Joyce Lunt, SBYC Members, Subject: Travels in China, Part Two

December 2nd: Leon and Joyce Lunt, SBYC Members, Subject: Travels in China, Part One

November 25th: No Forum, Club Closed

November 18th: Collie Conoley, PhD, Professor and Director of the Carol Ackerman Positive Psychology Center at UCSB, Subject: What Really Makes People Happy and How Happiness Helps Us!

November 11th: Stanley Ostern, MD, Retired Physician, Subject: World War II Experiences as a Polish Jew

November 4th: Chad Turner, SBYC Member and Oraacle Team USA Design Team Member, Subject: How the Cup was Won!

October 28: Tom Parker, SBYC Member and CEO Hutton Parker Foundation, Subject: The $100 Million Dollar Secret: Investing in Community!

October 21: Terry Straehley, SBYC Member, Subject: Vietnam and the Temple of Angkor

October 14: Randy Rowse, SBYC Member and Mayor ProTempore, Subject: Santa Barbara City Council the MIS-State of the City: An Update

October 7: Sarah Chrisman, president, board of directors, Santa Barbara Center for the Preforming Art, Subject: The Historic Granada Theater Renovation: Lighting Up State Street Once Again!

September 30: William Guilfoyle, SBYC Member and Tanspac Sailor, Subject: Prevailing on Prevail!

September 23: Roger Chrisman, SBYC Staff Commodore & Son of a Son of a Son of a Lighthouse Keeper, Subject: Nineteenth Century Life as a Lighthouse Keeper

September 16: Maxi Decker, Santa Barbara Author and Horsewoman, Subject: No Trail Untried

September 9: Capt. Chris Goldblatt, Founder & CEO, The Fish Reef Project, Subject: Helping Ocean Life Thrive!

September 2: Club Open for Labor Day; No Monday Forum

August 26: Arch Montgomery, Club Member, Subject: Louis Vuitton Cup Videos!

August 19: Jonathan Fox, Executive Artistic Director, Ensemble Theatre, Subject: The Artistic Director's Challenges, Part II

August 12: Milton Kahn, President, Milton Kahn Associates, Subject: The Recent Dramatic Changes in the Publishing World

August 5: Brenda Campbell, Entrepreneur & Retired Business Owner, Subject: The Story of Chrysler's Air Flow

July 29: Vicky Harbison, Montecito Union's Acclaimed Classroom Teacher, and Founder of: Turn the Page Uganda, Subject: Turn the Page Uganda

July 22: Melissa Howard, Community Leadership Coordinator, Subject: Santa Barbara County's FoodBank Explained

July 15: Club Closed for Carpet Cleaning

July 8: Geoffrey Rutkowski, Master Cellist & Professor Emeritus, Subject: Travels With My Friend

July 1: Willie McBride, Junior Program Director, SBYSF, subject: High Performance Sailing: Adventures of an SBYSF Alum

June 24: Ines Roberts, Photographer Extraordinaire, Subject: California Missions - Just a Glimpse

June 17: Bud Stuart, Retired Veterinarian & Author, Subject: Feeding Fido .... and Fluffy Too

June 10: Mike Pyzel, and Friends, Subject: Singlehanded TransPac Skippers Roundtable: Our Best Stories

June 3: Margaret Rose, Director of Development & VP of PathPoint, Subject: PathPoint: People with Purpose

May 27: No Forum - Club Open for Memorial Day

May 20: Randy Weiss, Sports Writer, Subject: The Outs and Ins of Kidney Donation

May 13: Greg Gorga, Executive Director, SBMM, Subject: Keepers of the Light!

May 6: Morgan Crowe, SBYC Member, Subject: Rescue Off Bermuda

April 29: Robert Remy Boudesseul, Retired Local Restauranteur, Subject: From Normandy 1928 to California 2000

April 22: Kent Pierce, Staff Commodore SBYC & Past President SBYSF, Subject: Youth Sailing: A Case Study

April 15: Dave Wyman, SBYC Member & Retired Manufacturing Executive, Subject: Transpac Dismasting: Extreme Damage Control

April 8: NOVA Produced VIDEO, Subject: Dogs Decoded!

April 1: Elwood Schapansky, PhD, Retired Physics Professor & Alaskan Glacier Pilot - Subject: Chasing the Midnight Sun

March 25: Terry & Pat Straehley, SBYC Members - Subject: Searching for Roots: A Personal Journey through England, Ireland, and Scotland

March 18: Bernie Schaeffer, President, Alpha Resource Center's Board - Subject: Travels with my Uncle Phil: The 1907-09 Voyage of the Great White Fleet

March 11: Stephen & Lynel Lemon, SBYC Members - Subject: The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway: The Carolinas, Virginia, and the Chesapeake

March 4: Stephen & Lynel Lemon, SBYC Members - Subject: The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway: Florida, Georgia, and the Abacos

February 25: Club Closed for Carpet Cleaning

February 18: Jacques and Nita Steininger, SBYC Members - Subject: A World of Chartering

February 11: Steve Hodges, Sailor Extraordinaire, - Subject: The 2012 Single-Handed Transpac: FROLIC's Flight

February 4: Greg Gorga, Executive Director, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum - Subject: The Whole Nine Yards: Nautical Phrases in Everyday Language

January 28: Lanny Ebenstein, President, California Center for Public Policy - Subject: Oil & Gas in Santa Barbara County

January 21: Benjamin Aleman, PhD, UCSB President's Postdoctoral Fellow - Subject: Diamonds: More than Just a Girl's Best Friend!

January 14: Joy Kelly & Sandy Campbell, owners of Chapala Gardens - Subject: From Tower to Table

January 7: Club Closed for Carpet Cleaning

December 31: Club Closed

December 24: Club Closed

December 17: Alita Rhodes, Cellist & Mary Beth Woodruff, Founder and Artistic Director of the Santa Barbara String- Subject: The Third Annual David McEachen Memorial Concert

December 10: Michael Smith, Project Coordinator, Gray Whales Count - Subject: Do Whales Count?

December 3: Greg Gorga, Executive Director, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum - Subject: The Whole Nine Yards: Nautical Phrases in Everyday Language

November 26: Club Closed

November 19: Andrew Wooden, PhD, Head of Marymount School, Santa Barbara - Subject: What Will Students Need to Know in an Unclear Future?

November 12: Peter Howorth, Marine Mammal Center - Subject: TBD

November 5: Terry Honikman, PhD, Engineering Consultant - Subject: An Unusual Engineering Career

October 29: Tim Putz, SBYC Member - subject: Christmas On the Rhine, New Year's in France

October 22: Club Closed for Carpet Cleaning

October 15: Danny Vickers, Executive Director, Elings Park - Subject: Elings Park: An Amazing Success Story!

October 8: Al Salzer, SBYC Member and KREWE Captain, - Subject: The KREWE of Santa Barbarians Celebrate Mardi Gras, 2013

October 1 - Adrian Spence, Founder and Artistic Director, Camerata Pacifica - Subject: The Roadmap to a Symphony

September 24 - David Grossman, Executive Director, Santa Barbara Symphony - Subject: The Santa Barbara Symphony: More than Meets the Ear!

September 17 - Diana Washburn, Program Manager, Tri-Counties Regional Center - Subject: Changing Lives - One Person at a Time

September 10 - Jace Turner, Senior Librarian, SB Central Library - Subject: What's New at Your Library? e-books and More!

September 3 - No Monday Speaker: Club Open

August 27 - Laura Kirkley, VP Sales and Marketing, Il Fustino - Subject: Oils and Vinegars Explained!

August 20 - Andy Schaeffer, President, AIS Construction - Subject: Keeping Santa Barbara's Harbor Open: How We Do It!

August 13 - Freeman Gosden, Jr. , son of Amos of Amos & Andy - Subject: Dad's Hilarious Stories of Show Biz & Famous Friends

August 6 - Carole Palmer, VNHC Rehab Supervisor - Subject: Is Your Home Ready For You to Age in Place?

July 30 - Tim Owens, KDB-FM Vice-President and Manager - Subject: KDB-FM: Past, Present. and Future!

July 23 - Gil Garcia, Past President, Sister City Committee - Subject: 40 Years of Sister City Friendship with Puerto Vallarta!

July 16 - Doug Lynch, Founder and Managing Director of The Reach Group - Subject: Today's Oilfield: Truth or Fiction

July 9 - Skye Allmang, Project Coordinator, SB County, Youth Corps - Subject: Preparing Our Youth for the Future.

July 2 - Club Closed

June 25 - Mary Saputo, President Canine Adoption & Rescue League - Subject: Do We Rescue Them? Or, Do They Rescue Us?

June 18 - Phoebe Brunner, Contemporary Landscape Artist - Subject: Oceania Series: Surreal Paintings of the Sea

June 11 - Lorraine Cruz Carpenter, Executive Coordinator of Looking Good Santa Barbara - Subject: Looking Good Santa Barbara - What is this program all about?

June 4 - Ken Richardson, President, Hughes Aircraft - Subject: Hughes After Howard

May 28 - Club Closed for Memorial Day Observed

May 21 - Marv Bauer, Retired Attorney - Subject: Motorcycle Adventures in Far-Away Places

May 14 - John Berg, Sailor Extraordinaire - Subject: Sailing Blind with Lombard

May 7 - Club Closed for Carpet Cleaning

April 30 - April Price, Conservation Specialist, Coal Oil Point Reserve - Subject: Coal Oil Point Reserve: The Plover Story

April 23 - Dr. Greg Cailliet, Professor Emeritus, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories - Subject: Unraveling the Secret Lives of Sharks and Rays

April 16 - Jonathan Fox, Executive Artistic Director, Ensemble Theater - Subject: The Artistic Director's Challenge: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Theatre Today

April 9 - Mark and Trudy Allen, SBYC Members - Subject: Cruising the Norwegian Fjords

April 2 - Judy Fontana & Phil Holland, SBYC Members - Subject: Fetching Light Completes Her Voyage

March 26 - Jeffyne Telson, Founder and President, ResQcats - Subject: A Journey Through the Eyes of RESQCATS

March 19 - Captain Helene Webb, SBYC Member and Webmaster - Subject: Messing About in Boats, Books and Art

March 12 - Bob Kieding, SBYC Member - Subject: SBYC in the 1940's and 1950's!

March 5 - Kathi Brewster, Master Docent, Santa Barbara Historical Museum - Subject: A Salute to Santa Barbara's Women

Feb 27 - Club Closed for Carpet Cleaning

Feb 20 - Scott Riedman, Santa Barbra Waterfront Director - Subject: Santa Barbara Harbor Update

Feb 13 - Michael Ditmore, Executive Director, The Novim Group & Jim Knight, Executive Vice-President, The Novim Group - Subject: Climate Change and Other Easy Subjects

Feb 6 - Steve Windhager, PhD, Executive Director, SB Botanic Garden: - Subject: What Use is a Botanic Garden?

Jan 30 - Frank Staplemann, Yacht Designer - Subject: Designing Practical Boats that Sail Well and Please their Owners

Jan 23 - Craig Tyler, Illustrator Extraordinaire - Subject: Cruising the Intracoastal Waterway at 8 Knots

Jan 16 - Thomas L. Scheff, Professor Emeritus, UCSB - Subject: What's Love Got to Do with It?

Jan 9 - Adelaide Ortega and her Guide Dog Caraway, Braille Institute Student and her Partner - Subject: A Woman and Her Guide Dog - Their Story

Jan 2- Club Closed

Dec 26 - Club Closed

Dec 19 - Alita Rhodes and Mary Beth Woodruff, Directors of The Santa Barbara Strings - Subject: The Second Annual Dave McEachen Memorial Concert

Dec 12 - Ines Roberts, Photographer Extraordinaire - Subject: Films of the Channel Islands

Dec 5 - John Coye, SBYC Member - Subject: Exploring the Galapagos Islands Aboard Nemo II

Nov 28 - Club Closed for Carpet Cleaning

Nov 21 - Stacey Otte, Executive Director, The Wilding Museum - Subject: Island Encounters, The Art and Conservation of the Channel Islands

Nov 14 - Nicholie Bufkin, Destroyer Captain In A Multi-Mission Navy - Subject: Conversations with the Commander

Nov 7 - Barry Keller, PHD, Consultant to Industry and Government - Subject: Atop the Rupture Zone - Chile's 8.8 Earthquake and Tsunami

Oct 31 - Susan Mellors, President of VISTAS Lifelong Learning - Subject: VISTAS, It's Never Too Late to Learn

Oct 24 - Shannon Miller, Vice Chair, California, Health Care for ALL - Subject: Health Care for Every Californian

Oct 17 - Howard Hudson, Bugler Extraordinaire - Subject: Taps - 24 Notes that Stir a Nation's Soul

Oct 10 - Macduff Everton and Mary Heeber, Local Author and Photographer - Subject: The Book of Santa Barbara, A Love Letter to Our City

Oct 3 - Stephanie Boumediene, Vice President, External Affairs, SBMRI - Subject: NanoMedicin, Tomorrow's Science Today!

Sept 26 - Peter Crane, Sailor Extraordinaire - Subject: Offshore Single-Handed Racing

Sept 19 - Jack Byers, Commodore SBYC: Jack and His Tahiti Cruisers, SBYC Members - Subject: Tahiti and Back!

Sept 12 - Mark Schrader, Project Director, Around the America - Subject: One Island, One Ocean; What We Learned Sailing Around the Americas

Sept 5 - No Monday Forum, Club Open

August 29 - No Monday Forum,Club Closed for Carpet Cleaning

August 22 - Bill Guilfoyle, SBYC Member - Subject: Transpac 2011, Part Two: The Race

August 15 - Lynda Tanner, CEO of VNHC - Subject: The Opening of Serenity House

August 8 - Susan Plummer, PhD, Director, Alliance for Living and Dying Well, An Innovative Community Model - Subject: Conversations About End of Life Care

August 1 - Karen Ramsdell, Director, Santa Barbara Airport - Subject: Santa Barbara's Airport: An Update

July 25 - Randy Rowse, SBYC Member and SB City Councilman - Subject: Inside the Santa Barbara City Council

July 18 - MJ Taylor, ATSI Director, Outreach & Education - Subject: ATSI: Programs for Youth Aboard The Tall Ship Bill of Rights

July 11 - Greg Gorga, SBMM Executive Director - Subject: SBMM - Our Neighborhood Treasure

July 4 - No Monday Forum. Independence Day BBQ.

June 27 - Duncan Shea, Jr, SBYSF Program Director - Subject: Teaching the Sailors of Tomorrow

June 20 - Bruce Hinds, SBYC Member, Retired Test Pilot - Subject: An Update, B2 and Stealth Technology

June 13 - Charles Browning & Stan Darrow, Jr, SBYC Members - Subject: Transpac 2011 - Part One

June 6 - Carpet Cleaning: No Monday Forum

May 30 - Memorial Day: No Monday Forum

May 23 - James Wapotich, SBN-P Columnist - Subject: Santa Barbara's Back Country

May 16 - John Fritsche, Postcard Collector - Subject: Sailing through Time via Picture Post Cards

May 9 - Nanci Pfarr, SBYC Member and Manager, SB West Marine Store - Subject: How West Marine Became West Marine

May 2 - Michael and Kathryn Graham , Owners of C'est Cheese - Subject: A Short History of Cheese & How We Got into the Business

April 25 - Jack Byers, Commodore, SBYC - Subject: An Update and Tour of SBYC's Galley

April 18 - Dr. Rod Nash, UCSB Professor Emeritus of History and Environmental Studies - Subject: The Consequences of the 1969 Santa Barbara Channel Oil Spill

April 11 - Scott Reed, President of the Music Academy of the West - Subject: The2011 Summer Festival

April 4 - Ed Vernon, Member SBYC - Subject: The Port of Santa Rosalita

March 28 - Jasques Steininger, Member SBYC - Subject: OAT Turkey Tour

March 21 - Chad Dreier, Member SBYC and Collector Extraordinaire - Subject: The Dreier Museum: Santa Barbara's Unique Treasure

March 14 - James Lambden, Above the Waterline - Subject: Electric Boat Design

March 7 - Kira Redmond, Executive Director, SB Channelkeeper - Subject: Protecting Our Waters

February 28 - Club closed for carpet cleaning

February 21 - David Petry, Local Historian - Subject: The Best Last Place, A History of Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara Cemetery.

February 14 - Jeanne Martin, Harpist - Cupid's Harp: Love Songs and Valentine Mythology

February 7 - Mike Lunsford, Naturalist - Subject: Treasures of the Gaviota Coast

January 31 - Duncan Mellichamp, Board Pres., Opera Santa Barbara - Subject: Making Opera Come Alive in Santa Barbara

January 24 - Brian Trautwein, Environmental Analyst, EDC - Subject: The Mission Creek Steelhead Recovery Project

January 17 - Hester Rumberg, Author - Subject: Survival at Sea: A True Story

January 10 - Ted Tedesco, Member - Subject: A New Community Venture: The Santa Barbara Institute on World Affairs

January 3 - Judy Fontana and Phil Holland, Members/Cruisers - Subject: Ocean Crossings, Part 2

December 27 - Holiday Break. No luncheon.

December 20 - Alita Rhodes and Mary Beth Woodruff, Musicians - Update on the Santa Barbara Strings and Holiday Recital

December 13 - Bob Kieding, Member - Subject: "SB Harbor in the 40's and 50's"

December 6 - Ines Roberts, Photographer - Subject: Winter in Yellowstone

November 29 - Capt. Mike Argo, USN - Subject: A Look at Navy Special Warfare

November 22 - No luncheon - Club maintenance

November 15 - Speaker: Judy Fontana and Phil Holland, Members - Subject: Pacific Crossings

November 8 - Dr. Andreea Serban, SBCC President - Subject: SBCC at the Beginning of Its Second Century

November 1 - Jay Robinson, FLIR Systems - Subject: Thermal Imaging for Mariners

October 25 - Terry and Pat Straehley, Members - Subject: "Bhutan, Land of the Thunder Dragon"

October 18 - Craig Springer, Dir. of The Granada - Subject: "The Future of the Granada: the Vibrant Home for the Performing Arts in SB"

October 11 - Greg Gorga, Director of the SBMM - Subject: SB Maritime Museum--On the Horizon

October 4 - Kate Nelson, President of Save the Mermaids - Subject: The Mission of Save the Mermaids

September 27 - Jon Light, Lawyer and Baseball Enthusiast - "The Cultural Side of Baseball"

September 20 - Christian Smith, Software Developer - Subject: "The age of the iPhone and the direction of mobile technology"

September 13 - Owen Dell, Landscape Architect - Subject: Auditing Your Landscaping for Sustainability

September 6 - Labor Day Holiday - No luncheon (Carpet cleaning)

August 30 - John Bridley, Waterfront Director, and Karl Treiberg, Waterfront Facilities Manager - Subject: Marina One Construction Project Presentation and Waterfront Update

August 23 - Gretchen Hofmann, Prof. of Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology - Subject: Ocean Acidification and Our Future

August 16 - Peter Karoff, Chairman of The Philanthropic Initiative - Subject: "Moral Dimensions - True Wind and Apparent Wind in Philanthropy"

August 9 - Edward Keller, UCSB Dept. of Earth Science - Subject: "Santa Barbara Earthquake Hazard: We do Have our Faults"

August 2 - Tony Durham, SB County Sheriff's Crime Prevention Specialist - Subject: Living More Safely

July 26 - Craig Barilotti and Bruce Harger, Marine Botanists - Subject: "The Giant Kelp as a Renewable Energy Resource. Ellwood Kelp Farm."

July 19 - Erin Zetter, Coordinator of Docent Programs - Subject: The Santa Barbara Museum of Art: Collections and Mission

July 12 - Bob Fulmer, Writer - Subject: Newcomers to Paradise

July 5 - Jim Kreyger, Photographer - Subject: A Collage of America's Natural Beauty

June 28 - Lt. Steve Baldovsky, USCG - Subject: The Mission of the USCG Blackfin

June 21 - Larry Coldren, Dean of the UCSB School of Engineering - Subject: Fiber Optics Are Changing Your Lives

June 14 - Bruce Bennett, Board Member of HAR - Subject: The Hearts Adaptive Riding Program

June 7 - Dixie Daddies - Subject: History of Dixieland - Part 6

May 31 - Memorial Day - No Luncheon

May 24 - Nick Di Napoli, Friend and Scholar - Subject: "Battle of Tsushima"

May 17 - Mark Schrader, Captain and Project Director - Subject: Around the Americas: Circumnavigating the American Continents to Raise Awareness of Marine Health

May 10 - Wayne Rosing, Member - Subject: Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network

May 3 - Jon Lee, Coach and Traveler - Subject: Uganda, the Pearl of East Africa

April 26 - Joseph Liebman, Attorney - Subject: "Everything You've Always Wanted to Know about Landslides and Subsidence from a Legal Perspective"

April 19 - Greg Gorga, Dir. of the SB Maritime Museum - Marking Time: Voyage to Vietnam

April 12 - Morgan Crowe, Member - Subject: "Mediterranean Odyssey"

April 5 - Mark and Trudy Allen, Members - Subject: Faraway Places with Strange Sounding Names (Cruising from India to Singapore)

March 29 - Erin Graffy, Member - Our Book Is Finished! Or, A Long Time to Tell Our Story

March 22 - Laura Inks, Dir of education - The Granada's Education Program

March 15 - Steen Hudson, Exec. Dir. of Elings Park - Subject: The Gifts of Elings Park

March 8 - Bob Kieding, Member and Writer - Subject: Summarizing 118 Articles about the Sea

March 1 - Club Maintenance - no luncheon

February 22 - Forrest Fleming, CEO of True Vision Surgical - Subject: True Vision: An Amazing New Medical Technology

February 15 - John Woolley, Prof. of Poli Sci at UCSB - Subject: "The US Presidents and Boating"

February 8 - Karl Hutterer, Director of the SB Museum of Natural History - Subject: "The Natural History of God"

February 1 - Bill and Sam Fleetwood, Cruisers - Subject: "From Kebabs to Couscous, Blue Banana Sails the Mediterranean"

January 25 - Mary Jane Cooper, Member, and Dick Nielsen, Volunteer - Santa Barbara Symphony League Music Van

January 18 - Mark Schneidman, Realtor - Subject: "A Snapshot of Santa Barbara Real Estate"

January 11 - Bob Craven, Member - Subject: Renovation of the NADA II

January 4 - Kristian Beadle, UCSB Bren School Graduate and Rotary Scholar - Subject: Voyage of Kiri

December 27 - Holiday Break. No luncheon.

December 20 - Alita Rhodes and Mary Beth Woodruff, Musicians - Update on the Santa Barbara Strings and Holiday Recital

December 13 - Bob Kieding, Member - Subject: "SB Harbor in the 40's and 50's"

December 6 - Ines Roberts, Photographer - Subject: Winter in Yellowstone

November 29 - Capt. Mike Argo, USN - Subject: A Look at Navy Special Warfare

November 22 - No luncheon - Club maintenance

November 15 - Speaker: Judy Fontana and Phil Holland, Members - Subject: Pacific Crossings

November 8 - Dr. Andreea Serban, SBCC President - Subject: SBCC at the Beginning of Its Second Century

November 1 - Jay Robinson, FLIR Systems - Subject: Thermal Imaging for Mariners

October 25 - Terry and Pat Straehley, Members - Subject: "Bhutan, Land of the Thunder Dragon"

October 18 - Craig Springer, Dir. of The Granada - Subject: "The Future of the Granada: the Vibrant Home for the Performing Arts in SB"

October 11 - Greg Gorga, Director of the SBMM - Subject: SB Maritime Museum--On the Horizon

October 4 - Kate Nelson, President of Save the Mermaids - Subject: The Mission of Save the Mermaids

September 27 - Jon Light, Lawyer and Baseball Enthusiast - "The Cultural Side of Baseball"

September 20 - Christian Smith, Software Developer - Subject: "The age of the iPhone and the direction of mobile technology"

September 13 - Owen Dell, Landscape Architect - Subject: Auditing Your Landscaping for Sustainability

September 6 - Labor Day Holiday - No luncheon (Carpet cleaning)

August 30 - John Bridley, Waterfront Director, and Karl Treiberg, Waterfront Facilities Manager - Subject: Marina One Construction Project Presentation and Waterfront Update

August 23 - Gretchen Hofmann, Prof. of Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology - Subject: Ocean Acidification and Our Future

August 16 - Peter Karoff, Chairman of The Philanthropic Initiative - Subject: "Moral Dimensions - True Wind and Apparent Wind in Philanthropy"

August 9 - Edward Keller, UCSB Dept. of Earth Science - Subject: "Santa Barbara Earthquake Hazard: We do Have our Faults"

August 2 - Tony Durham, SB County Sheriff's Crime Prevention Specialist - Subject: Living More Safely

July 26 - Craig Barilotti and Bruce Harger, Marine Botanists - Subject: "The Giant Kelp as a Renewable Energy Resource. Ellwood Kelp Farm."

July 19 - Erin Zetter, Coordinator of Docent Programs - Subject: The Santa Barbara Museum of Art: Collections and Mission

July 12 - Bob Fulmer, Writer - Subject: Newcomers to Paradise

July 5 - Jim Kreyger, Photographer - Subject: A Collage of America's Natural Beauty

June 28 - Lt. Steve Baldovsky, USCG - Subject: The Mission of the USCG Blackfin

June 21 - Larry Coldren, Dean of the UCSB School of Engineering - Subject: Fiber Optics Are Changing Your Lives

June 14 - Bruce Bennett, Board Member of HAR - Subject: The Hearts Adaptive Riding Program

June 7 - Dixie Daddies - Subject: History of Dixieland - Part 6

May 31 - Memorial Day - No Luncheon

May 24 - Nick Di Napoli, Friend and Scholar - Subject: "Battle of Tsushima"

May 17 - Mark Schrader, Captain and Project Director - Subject: Around the Americas: Circumnavigating the American Continents to Raise Awareness of Marine Health

May 10 - Wayne Rosing, Member - Subject: Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network

May 3 - Jon Lee, Coach and Traveler - Subject: Uganda, the Pearl of East Africa

April 26 - Joseph Liebman, Attorney - Subject: "Everything You've Always Wanted to Know about Landslides and Subsidence from a Legal Perspective"

April 19 - Greg Gorga, Dir. of the SB Maritime Museum - Marking Time: Voyage to Vietnam

April 12 - Morgan Crowe, Member - Subject: "Mediterranean Odyssey"

April 5 - Mark and Trudy Allen, Members - Subject: Faraway Places with Strange Sounding Names (Cruising from India to Singapore)

March 29 - Erin Graffy, Member - Our Book Is Finished! Or, A Long Time to Tell Our Story

March 22 - Laura Inks, Dir of education - The Granada's Education Program

March 15 - Steen Hudson, Exec. Dir. of Elings Park - Subject: The Gifts of Elings Park

March 8 - Bob Kieding, Member and Writer - Subject: Summarizing 118 Articles about the Sea

March 1 - Club Maintenance - no luncheon

February 22 - Forrest Fleming, CEO of True Vision Surgical - Subject: True Vision: An Amazing New Medical Technology

February 15 - John Woolley, Prof. of Poli Sci at UCSB - Subject: "The US Presidents and Boating"

February 8 - Karl Hutterer, Director of the SB Museum of Natural History - Subject: "The Natural History of God"

February 1 - Bill and Sam Fleetwood, Cruisers - Subject: "From Kebabs to Couscous, Blue Banana Sails the Mediterranean"

January 25 - Mary Jane Cooper, Member, and Dick Nielsen, Volunteer - Santa Barbara Symphony League Music Van

January 18 - Mark Schneidman, Realtor - Subject: "A Snapshot of Santa Barbara Real Estate"

January 11 - Bob Craven, Member - Subject: Renovation of the NADA II

January 4 - Kristian Beadle, UCSB Bren School Graduate and Rotary Scholar - Subject: Voyage of Kiri

December 28 - Holiday Break - No Luncheon

December 21 - Joseph Sohm, Writer and Photographer - Subject: Visions of America

December 14 - Alita Rhodes and Mary Beth Woodruff, Musicians - Subject: Santa Barbara Strings and Holiday Recital

December 7 - Willard Thompson, Writer - Subject: Postcards from Paradise

November 30 - Robert Warner, Professor and Chair of Evolutionary ecology, population and conservation biology - Subject: Connecting the Spots: Spatial Management of the Coastal Ocean

November 23 - Club Maintenance - No Luncheon

November 16 - Jim Kreyger, Photographer - Fall and Winter Beauty

November 9 - Steve Hodges, Sailboat Cruiser - Subject: Weather Forecasting

November 2 - Nicolas Di Croce - Subject: California's Water Solutions

October 26 - David Mullinax, Regional Manager of League of Calif. Cities - Subject: Dysfunction in California Government

October 19 - Morgan Green, Member - Sailing Insanity in Alaska

October 12 - Greg Gorga SBMM - Subject: Alaska's Inner Passage

October 5 - Bill Brown, SB County Sheriff - Subject: The Missions of the Sheriff's Department

September 28 - Rich Block, Director of SB Zoo - Subject: What's New at the Zoo

September 21 - Nick Di Napoli, Historian - Subject: the Sea Battle of Actium

September 14 - Peter Schuyler, Conservation Biologist - Subject: Research Projects on Santa Cruz and Catalina Islands

September 7 - Labor Day - No speaker

August 31 - Fred Lange, UCSB Materials Science - Subject: How Materials Have Revolutionized Society

August 24 - Maria Long, Director of CASA - Subject: The Work of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)

August 17 - No luncheon - club maintenance

August 10 - Michelle Howard, Development Director of WYP - Subject: The Work of Wilderness Youth Project

August 3 - Erin Graffy, Author - Subject: The History Secrets behind Fiesta

July 27 - Major Sean Malis, US Army Civil Affairs - Subject: Celebrating 60 Years of the US Army Reserves in Santa Barbara

July 20 - John Bridley, Waterfront Director - Subject: Waterfront Update

July 13 - Paul Larson, Sailor and Writer - Subject: America's Cup Review

July 6 - Doug Crawford, Navy League - Subject: Commissioning and Update on the USS Stockdale and SB Navy League

June 29 - Doug and Stephanie Johnstone, Members - Cruising the French Canals

June 22 - Will McClintock, PhD., Director of the MarineMap Consortium - Subject: MarineMap: Designing Marine Protected Areas with a Web Based Tool

June 15 - Mark and Trudy Allen, Members - Subject: Easter Island Wonders

June 8 - Bob Vincent, Cruiser and Photographer - Subject: "Sailing in the Mediterranean"

June 1 - Dixie Daddies - Subject: History of Dixieland, Part 4

May 25 - No luncheon - Club maintenance September 1 - Labor Day - no luncheon

May 18 - Bob Muller, writer - Subject: The Trees of Santa Barbara, or, "Santa Barbara's Urban Forest: An Historical Legacy with an Uncertain Future"

May 11 - Ed O'Donnell, Senior VP of Venoco - Subject: Oil Operations on the Coast

May 4 - Nir Kabaretti, SB Symphony Conductor - Subject: Symphony Update

April 27 - Michelle Kelly, American Heart Association - Subject: The Mission of the American Heart Association

April 20 - Ted Sten, Grand Jury Foreman - Subject: The Santa Barbara County Civil Grand Jury

April 13 - Monday after Easter - no luncheon (We had a very small crowd last year on this Monday, so I decided to skip it rather than have to explain again to a speaker why there were only 12 or so people.)

April 6 - Linda Krop, Chief Counsel of Env. Def. Center - Subject: The Work of the Environmental Defense Center

March 30 - Jacques Steininger, Member - Subject: Sailing in the Caribbean

March 23 - Mike Beck, Headmaster of Dunn School - Subject: USS Constitution: Sailing into the 21st Century

March 16 - Bill and Sam Fleetwood, Cruisers - Our Circumnavigation Continues - Part 3

March 9 - Bob Haller, botanist - Subject: Mediterranean Climates, Rare Plants, and Related Research at the S B Botanic Gardens

March 2 - Paul McCaffrey, SBPD - Subject: Police Matters

February 23 - No luncheon - Club/carpet maintenance

February 16 - Roger Chrisman, Vice Commodore - Subject: Stories Behind Some Club Trophies

February 9 - Bruce P. Luyendyk, Prof. of Marine Geophysics (UCSB) - Subject: Natural Oil and Gas Seepages in the Santa Barbara Channel

February 2 - Capt. David Bacon, SOFTIN - Subject: Seafaring Opportunities For Those In Need

January 26 - Capt. Brick Conners, USN - Subject: Sonar, Whales, and the Environment

January 19 - Willard Thompson, Writer and Lecturer - Shipwrecks: Troubled Waters of the Santa Barbara Channel

January 12 - Karl Hill, SB Zoo Veterinarian - Subject: Being Dr. Zoo

January 5 - Sam Dover, Marine Mammal Veterinarian - Subject: Marine Mammal Medicine in the Santa Barbara Channel

December 29 - Holiday season - No luncheon.

December 22 - Terry and Pat Straehley, Members - Subject: South Africa Safari

December 15 - Jacques Steininger, Member - Subject: La Belle France

December 8 - Shelley Bookspan and Gillian Launie - Subject: The Pearl
Chase Story

December 1 - Mary Olson, General Manager of KCLU - Subject: The
Challenges of National Public Radio

November 24 - No luncheon. Carpet replacement/repair.

November 17 - Dr. Bill Morton-Smith, DRI - Subject The Work of Direct Relief International

November 10 - Karl Hutterer, Dir. of SB Mus. of Nat. Hist. - Subject: Natural History Museums as Dinosaurs

November 3 - Bob Kull, Researcher - Subject: A Year In Wilderness Solitude

October 27 - Ed Hartfeld, Writer - Subject: Dwight Murphy: Santa Barbara's Renaissance Man

October 20 - Steve Gaines, Dir. of the UCSB Marine Science Institute - Subject: The Changing Seascape of the Santa Barbara Channel

October 13 - Kira Redmond, Exec. Dir. of S. B. Channelkeeper - Subject: The Work of Channelkeeper

October 6 - Courtney Seeple, Pres. of S. B. Beautiful - Subject: The Work of Santa Barbara Beautiful

September 29 - Tom Reeg, CRH - Subject: The Work of the Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital

September 22 - Greg Gorga, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum - Coming Events

September 15 - Rolf Geyling, Pres. of S. B. Rescue Mission - Subject: The Work of the SB Rescue Mission

September 8 - Kate McCurdy, Sedgwick Reserve Director - Subject: Bears in Your Back Yard