Your source for upcoming speakers, special events, and timely announcements from the Rotary Club of Fort Collins.
Programs:
Rotary Addresses Poverty and Sustainable Development in Africa and the Caribbean
On Wednesday, December 6, fellow Rotarian Eric Nachtrieb comes to our luncheon meeting at the Lincoln Center and reports how Rotarians have had a significant impact on the continent of Africa and Island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean over the years. READ MORE...
For this week’s evening meeting at Sweetwater, we will be inducting a new member Maija Prebe and presenting the check for the $30,000 raised for Golf tournament beneficiary, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, United Way of Larimer County. The remainder of our meeting time will be a service project helping Nikki McIntosh from Finally Home, a community grant recipient putting together “Toolkits for BIG Emotions” to help foster and adopted kids learn how to regulate their emotions and build resiliency. Please come out to support local Fostering Parent efforts in our community.
RECAP: Antarctic Soil Worms and Response to Climate Change.
The presentation for our noon meeting on November 29 was by Dr. Diana Wall, the head of CSU’s School of Global Environmental Sustainability, who works on soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, especially in the dry valleys of Antarctica. She commented that she has spent the last 28 Christmases in Antarctica where she studies the soil of the dry valleys to increase our understanding of how climate change may affect terrestrial ecosystems with its implications for effects in more temperate settings. Specifically, she is interested in the effects of changes in temperature and precipitation on the biota, ecosystem functions, and habitat. The advantages of working with the soils of the dry valleys include that the species diversity is reduced so species relations are easier to determine, there are no non-native species with which she has to contend, and the denizens are sensitive to climate change. READ MORE...
After our lunch meeting on December 6th, the Peacebuilder Fellowship will meet. The topic will be "ISRAEL AND PALESTINE: ACKNOWLEDGE GRIEF AND INVITE CONNECTION". In conflict-ridden societies much investment is often made in educational contact schemes designed to bring young people from the divided groups together in short- and long-term encounters with the aim of reducing prejudice towards the ‘other’ and hopefully thus ameliorating conflict. Please stay and join the conversation!
After our lunch meeting on December 13th, the History and Current Events Fellowship will meet. The topic for the fellowship will be: Who is Santa Claus? Remember the 4-Way Test. Bring your "proofs" and imagination. Historical figures. Economic influences. Implications for mental health.
Announcements
Sam Solt
The Board has approved for membership Sam Solt. Sam was born and raised in Fort Collins, graduating from FCHS when the population was ~15,000. He served in the U.S. Navy, air crewing HSS2N amphibious Sikorsky helicopters. He holds a BSS in Finance and Accounting and a Masters degree in Computer Information Systems from CSU, and completed coursework at USC for an MBA. After 31 years at Hewlett Packard directing IT and supply chain, he started two companies, Avert and Clear Path Labs. With adjunct professor experience at both CSU and Regis, Sam is currently active as a "sage advisor" for the Rocky Mountain Innosphere Ventures.
The Board has approved for membership Mike Sollenberger. Mike is returning to the Rotary Club of Fort Collins. He has a 45-year career in real estate development and construction, with a special interest in low income housing. He and his wife Corkie combined have 7 children and 12 grandchildren. Travel, boating, hiking, and volunteering are his passions.
Last Wednesday, Bruce was inducted as our newest member. Bruce was raised in Queens and attended Cornell Medical School. He retired 3 years ago from his ENT medical practice, and successfully raised 4 children in Fort Collins with his wife Kathie. He is formerly a member of the Foothills Rotary Club.
Welcome Bruce to the Rotary Club of Fort Collins!
Pictured: Sponsor Bob Simmons, Bruce Smith, Past President Marty Bachman
Kyle is from Colorado Springs and has been at CSU for seven years, obtaining his undergraduate degree and currently working on his Masters degree. Upon commissioning, he would like to be an Operations Research Analyst. “Cadet Shetler has been on fire this Fall Term as our cadet wing Public Affairs (PA) lead,” reports Detachment Commander Gregg Johnson. “He has taken previous PA processes/products and improved on them many times over.” Kyle played a critical part in the CSU ROTC Alumni Rendezvous event where he captured generations of ROTC alumni/Veteran engagements during the dedicated time with cadets and social time.
On Wednesday, December 6, fellow Rotarian Eric Nachtrieb comes to our luncheon meeting at the Lincoln Center and reports how Rotarians have had a significant impact on the continent of Africa and Island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean over the years. 
The Board has approved for membership Sam Solt. Sam was born and raised in Fort Collins, graduating from FCHS when the population was ~15,000. He served in the U.S. Navy, air crewing HSS2N amphibious Sikorsky helicopters. He holds a BSS in Finance and Accounting and a Masters degree in Computer Information Systems from CSU, and completed coursework at USC for an MBA. After 31 years at Hewlett Packard directing IT and supply chain, he started two companies, Avert and Clear Path Labs. With adjunct professor experience at both CSU and Regis, Sam is currently active as a "sage advisor" for the Rocky Mountain Innosphere Ventures.
The Board has approved for membership Mike Sollenberger. Mike is returning to the Rotary Club of Fort Collins. He has a 45-year career in real estate development and construction, with a special interest in low income housing. He and his wife Corkie combined have 7 children and 12 grandchildren. Travel, boating, hiking, and volunteering are his passions. 
