Events Calendar
SEPTEMBER 2008 Speaker Series
September 3
Speakers: Luce Ann (Lance) Visovatti
Topic: From Boob Tube to You Tube . . . CTN’s 35 Years of Ann Arbor on TV
Public Access TV has been part of the Ann Arbor media scene for 35 years, now occupying four local Comcast channels (16, 17, 18 & 19). Long-time radio personality Lucy Ann Visovatti (known on-air as Lucy Ann Lance), Assistant Manager of the Community Television Network, will review how CTN has brought “power to the people” with a forum to speak out, create and communicate over the past 3-1/2 decades and give us a peek at what’s next for Ann Arbor’s own reality TV. Host/introducer: Patricia Garcia.
September 8
Speakers: President Jim Cook and Other Club Luminaries
Topic: The Golf Outing Dinner . . . This IS Your Regular Weekly Club Meeting!!!
Again this year our regular weekly meeting moves two days ahead on the calendar and several miles south, to Travis Pointe Country Club, where the annual Golf Outing fundraiser will be held this MONDAY afternoon and the festive dinner/auction that concludes the day’s activities will be our Club meeting for the second week of September. Even if you don’t play golf or tennis, please attend to enjoy our usual fellowship and good cheer in this unusual venue and support this important effort to fund our good works in the community.
September 17
Speakers: Beth Fitzsimmons and Cathi Duchon
Topic: The Ann Arbor YMCA . . . Serving the Community for 150 Years
Few local institutions ever survive for 150 years, but the Ann Arbor Y – established as a student chapter in 1858 – is not only surviving but thriving in service to our community in 2008. Board Member Beth and CEO Cathi will share YMCA stories and video highlights from the past 150 years, preview the Y’s future, and tell us about community events that will be part of the historic occasion of its 150 th birthday celebration. Host/introducer: Tony Nam.
September 24
Speaker: Grady Burnett, Director, Online Sales & Operations, Google Ann Arbor
Topic: An Update on Google Ann Arbor & Online Search
The biggest positive economic news in Ann Arbor over the past several years has been the establishment of Google’s local office for online sales and operations. We’ll get the inside story of what Google is doing and why it’s doing it here from the head of the Ann Arbor office, Grady Burnett. No stranger to Ann Arbor , Grady is a U-M graduate who followed his academic adventures here by earning an MBA in Massachusetts at the Michigan of the East. Host/introducer: Ken Fischer.