Program for Friday August 15, 2003 Steve Grossman Oakland's Airport of the 21st Century To keep pace with current and projected growth the Oakland Port Authority has embarked on an eight year $1,400 million expansion of the Oakland International Airport.  Oakland fastest growing business segment is the cargo handling.  It is the gateway to the Pacific for Fed X, UPS, US Postal, Airborne and of course it serves 12 million passengers and number that grows each year. Door Duty: Ralph Hill and Markku Pelanne * * * * * * * * * Program for Friday August 22, 2003 Dr. Robert Hirst PhD Tales of the Mark Twain Archives Door Duty: Joni Hiramoto and Ren Partridge * * * * * * * * * Program of August 8, 2003 Jim Briggs OUTSIDE THE BOX DECISION MAKING Jim has an interesting history.  He worked at IBM for many years overseas in the Orient.  Jim has a fascination with foreign languages particularly how they can help you understand a cultures history.  For example in China one is often greeted, in Chinese of course, with the phrase "have you eaten today?"   This is because there were great starvations in their history. Anyway, his talk was on how to come up with unusual answers to difficult questions.  His call the process "Outside the Box" It involves three components: one. Rethinking the problem, 2.  Challenging the assumptions, and 3.  Changing you point of view. The siege of Troy with the Trojan horse; moving campuses to remote locations like Delta College has done; and installing ATM's at banks are examples of people rethinking their problems. He showed a picture of a boy dropping a block of wood and asked what is going to happen when the boys lets go?  The correct "Challenging the assumptions" answer is:  Is the boy in space? Alternatively, is he under water?  He explained that the French embarked on the Panama Canal project using the same assumptions they used with the Suez Canal which were wrong and led to a great loss of life and money. Changing your point of view was the last technique demonstrated.  He used the example of the man who annoyingly always got burs stuck in his corduroy pants but who later used the problem to invent Velcro and thereby turned a problem into a success. So how do we become out of the box decision makers? He advised the following methods: ·Play thinking games ·Alter your daily routine ·Watch less lazy TV ·Read science fiction ·Learn about languages ·Try to see the world as though a child eyes. ·Read humorists ·Embrace failure. Sounds good to me.

` Last Week President Stoney rang the bell and issued a call for a silent prayer for peace.  Herb Cole was called upon to lead the club in the pledge of allegiance. Visiting Rotarians Guests  President Stoney brought his brother John who is visiting the area for a family reunion in Tahoe. Jon Lawlis brought his friend John Troughton with Cushman & Wakefield to the club. Richard Alexander brought his daughter to the club to enjoy the sunny afternoon. Win Bowman was also present.  Win is a past president of Richmond Rotary. Announcements Stoney wanted everybody to mark their calendars for 12/11/03 - the day of the big BLACK TIE PARTY which will be semi formal now because nobody's tuxedos fit any more. David N. is still under treatment and is 1/3 of the way finished.  He looks well and appreciates the flowers and card we sent. The9/12/03 meeting will be held at La Strada in San Pablo The Rotary Auction will be 12/5/03. Coming Speakers 8/29  Dr. Joseph Marshall The More You Know, The More You Owe! Recognitions President Stoney recognized the 39th anniversary of his marriage to his lovely wife with a $100 gift to the Rotary Foundation.   Happy/Sad $$ David K. just get back from fishing where he caught a 19.5" trophy trout that took him 10 minutes to land.  The fish had a 6" trout in its stomach.  For the million dollars of fun, he had catching this fish he donated $20. Jon Lawlis just returned from a wonderful  vacation with his family and donates $20 to the club. Richard Alexander was reinstated to the Naval Reserve and will be spending 1 day per month in Washington DC Donna U. had some sad dollars when she informed us that the City of Richmond was planning to let go another 90 employees. Father Chris will be replaced by Father Rena who will join us at the club this month. Raffle Mark Howe drew the white ball at the raffle and got a free lunch.  Hasta Luego Viernes Mark R. Howe

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