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Programs
Sizing Up Economic Inequality
This Wednesday, August 24 at noon, CSU Associate Professor Anders Fremstad will speak to Rotary at the Lincoln Center. Bob Meroney will introduce our guest, who is a member of the Economics Department at the university. Dr. Fremstad notes that…”Economic inequality has grown in the United States over the last fifty years. This rise in inequality may have inefficient and unfair causes (like a concentration of wealth or reduced competition between firms), but it could also have efficient and/or fair causes (like technological change or a divergence in workers’ productivities)”. He will provide an overview of multiple forms of inequality, with an emphasis on which inequalities reward hard work or risk-taking and which simply reflect good luck. Together, our speaker and the club members can address the “optimal” level of inequality and discuss a range of policies that could help us achieve it. READ MORE...
RECAP: Responsible Digital Citizenship in the Age of Information Disorder
Last week our featured speaker was Dr Dominik Stecula, Assistant Professor of Political Science at CSU. His talk was entitled Responsible Digital Citizenship in the Age of Information Disorder. What commonly is referred to as “fake news” is better described by the term Information Disorder. Based on the number of google searches the peak activity for disinformation was in 2015-2016, corresponding with the presidential election cycle. It has declined since. Today, the term “fake news” has become a partisan insult and has been appropriately replaced by terms such as “disinformation”. READ MORE...
Wednesday 8/24, following the noon meeting at the Lincoln Center, we welcome Naomi Ward, Ph.D., the newly-appointed Head of the Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology Department in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at CSU. We will have an open discussion of her personal story and her vision for the Department.
Announcements
Rotary Golf Classic - Donate now to support!
Our fall golf fundraiser to support Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity is sold out! But you can still participate by donating at our Colorado Gives page. Every dollar donated through Colorado Gives will go directly to our beneficiary - Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity.
Volunteers are needed to take leftover food from noon meeting to Catholic Charities. Please signup on Eventbrite. If no one volunteers to take food to Catholic Charities, all remaining food must be removed from serving table and thrown into the trash.
In addition, all lunch paying noon members are welcome to take leftovers home. There are a few leftover containers remaining from previous Fellowship events to use then please bring your own containers.
On Wednesday, August 31, at Edora Park, join us for a summer picnic (with b-b-q dinner). There will be great fellowship, and a cornhole competition (with prizes). You will not want to miss it! Friends and family welcome!
Registration has closed for the fall cornhole league. Our Rotary Club has two teams participating in the Tuesday night league at the Exchange. Members are welcome to stop by and have a beverage and cheer us on.
This program makes fundraising easy by King Sooper donating to our Rotary Charities based on the shopping you do every day. Once you link your Card to our Rotary Charities, all you have to do is shop at King Soopers and swipe your Shopper’s Card. Here’s how it works. Please sign up now by selecting "Rotary Club of Fort Collins Charities"!
This Wednesday, August 24 at noon, CSU Associate Professor Anders Fremstad will speak to Rotary at the Lincoln Center. Bob Meroney will introduce our guest, who is a member of the Economics Department at the university. Dr. Fremstad notes that…”Economic inequality has grown in the United States over the last fifty years. This rise in inequality may have inefficient and unfair causes (like a concentration of wealth or reduced competition between firms), but it could also have efficient and/or fair causes (like technological change or a divergence in workers’ productivities)”. He will provide an overview of multiple forms of inequality, with an emphasis on which inequalities reward hard work or risk-taking and which simply reflect good luck. Together, our speaker and the club members can address the “optimal” level of inequality and discuss a range of policies that could help us achieve it. 
Last week our featured speaker was Dr Dominik Stecula, Assistant Professor of Political Science at CSU. His talk was entitled Responsible Digital Citizenship in the Age of Information Disorder. What commonly is referred to as “fake news” is better described by the term Information Disorder. Based on the number of google searches the peak activity for disinformation was in 2015-2016, corresponding with the presidential election cycle. It has declined since. Today, the term “fake news” has become a partisan insult and has been appropriately replaced by terms such as “disinformation”. 
Our fall golf fundraiser to support Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity is sold out! But you can still participate by 
Registration has closed for the fall cornhole league. Our Rotary Club has two teams participating in the Tuesday night league at the Exchange. Members are welcome to stop by and have a beverage and cheer us on. 
This program makes fundraising easy by King Sooper donating to our Rotary Charities based on the shopping you do every day. Once you link your Card to our Rotary Charities, all you have to do is shop at King Soopers and swipe your Shopper’s Card.