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Recent Events Starlight Sea Kayaking with Fireworks
Back by popular demand! Two years ago, this event sold out in less than two weeks and our lucky participants agreed, "It was simply magical!" Even those who came alone exclaimed, "This is one of the most romantic evenings of my life!" What's more, it's for a good cause! This year, with Mother Nature's cooperation, we'll have another chance at this "once-in-a-lifetime-experience!" Join HCSF and Environmental Travel Companions (ETC) for an unforgettable evening on San Francisco Bay as we explore Sausalito's waterfront by sea kayak, watch the sun set behind Mt. Tamalpais and moon rise over the Bay Bridge, and then "raft up" under the stars and enjoy the famous "KFOG Ka-Boom" Fireworks show backlit by San Francisco's skyline. We will launch from Sausalito and remain in the relatively sheltered waters of Richardson Bay. No experience is necessary. We paddle in stable two- and three-person sea kayaks. All equipment is provided and you will be expertly guided by ETC's professional sea kayak guides. We will even have a radio so we can tune into the choreographed music show broadcast by KFOG. People with disabilities are encouraged and welcome to participate. Please indicate on the RSVP form if you require special assistance. 7:00 pm - meet at Schoonmaker Marina ETC is a non-profit organization that provides outdoor adventures to over 2,000 disadvantaged youth and people with disabilities every year. Your participation in this trip helps ETC provide these trips with scholarships and at highly subsidized rates to people with special needs. For more information about ETC, go http://www.etctrips.org. Pay by PayPal buttons above. If you would like to pay with a credit card over the phone, please call our office at 415-621-3900. Members may bring one guest at member price. Registration and payment required by May 1, 2008. No refunds after March 27, 2008. In case of event cancellation due to weather, full refund will be provided. 'Exploring the Possibilities' - A Harvard and Stanford Club Career Panel for Potential First Generation College Attendees
Volunteer Overview: Give a 15 minute* presentation about the following: Duties:
*We will be running five presentations simultaneously, each comprised of panelists and most occurring in separate rooms. Groups of 10-15 students will rotate three times during the event, enabling them to participate in multiple presentations. This format is intended to allow for presentations that are more intimate and interactive than those made possible in a traditionally structured panel. Panelists will have the option of collaborating on a presentation and are encouraged to make their presentations as interactive as possible (i.e. visuals that bring your job “to life”, hands-on activities, open Q&A format, etc.). This will be a great opportunity to use your creativity! Fields/Industries we would like to represent on the panel:
If interested, hit the RSVP button, and we will contact you, or you can get more information by contacting: Andres Paez Preston Dodd Creative Spirits: from TV and Film to the Old-New Art of Craft-Distilling, with Brian Backus Members-Only Salon Discussion
Come meet Brian Backus, HCSF member, BA 1987 (Adams House), MBS 1999. Between the two Harvard experiences, Brian attended film school (USC) and spent a number of years as a Creative Producer at Voyager in New York and LA, and Disney Interactive in LA. After HBS, in '99, Brian founded an entertainment software company called Linkscapes, and has written, produced and appeared in a number of films. He also creates interactive art for children, under the name Kidlandia. Tonight, however, Brian will introduce us to the Old-World style of Craft Distilling, as he guides us through his latest venture as president and co-founder (with distiller Lance Winters and chocolatier John Scharffenberger) of Qi Spirits. Brian's interest in this methodology was triggered on his trips to Scotland, as well as by the Italian tradition of locally-made Amaro (herbal bitter liqueurs).Highlight of the evening will be a tasting of his creations - Qi - pronounced "chee", meaning the life energy in all things, hand distilled from organic teas here in Alameda. Join us for a unique, very San Francisco evening, complete with dinner, drink, good company,and fascinating conversation. Salon Discussion is our own HCSF members-only small-group monthly discussion series, featuring interesting speakers on interesting topics. These discussions take place in members' homes, in groups of 20-25, with plenty of opportunity to interact and socialize over dinner and drink. Many of our speakers are Harvard alumni who are involved in fascinating work, both locally and around the world. These events are perfect opportunities for you to meet them, and hear about their projects and activities in an intimate social setting. If you would like to volunteer to host a "Salon Discussion" event in your home, or suggest a speaker, please contact Marvin Kasoff at membership@harvardclubsf.org. All you need to host an event is a space large enough to squeeze in 20-25 people. The Activities Committee will provide refreshments, so that all you need to do is be present at what we hope will be a wonderful evening of congenial company, stimulating discussion, good food, and general camaraderie. Also, if you have suggestions for future programs, please contact Marvin at the same email address. Pay by PayPal buttons above. If you would like to pay with a credit card over the phone, please call our office at 415-621-3900. Members may bring one guest at member price. Registration and payment required by 04/28/08. No walk-ins. No refunds after 04/23/08. Early College Awareness Program
The Harvard Club's Early College Awareness Program (ECAP) is taking place on Saturday, April 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Each year, members of the Harvard Club of San Francisco organize this half-day workshop to help prepare eighth graders and their parents for college. The event consists of panels on admissions, financial aid, and student life, and is geared toward students who will be the first in their families to attend college. Last year, more than 120 students participated with their parents. If you are interested in contributing to the success of this event, we could use your help! Right now, we are looking for volunteers to help out on the day of the event. For additional information about ECAP, including how to become a volunteer or make a donation, please visit us on the web at www.ecapsf.org or contact us at ecapinfo@ecapsf.org. Keiretsu Forum Angel Capital Expo
Keiretsu Forum, the world's largest angel investment network, and the Harvard Club of San Francisco are proud to welcome the Bay Area Harvard community to Keiretsu Forum's second annual Angel Capital Expo. Angel Capital Expo™ is a premier gathering of the angel capital community. Attendees will include over 400 private equity (angel) investors, venture capitalists, and corporate investors. The Expo will feature 12 presentations from early stage companies in technology, life sciences, consumer products, real estate, clean tech and social ventures. For accredited investors only. For the purposes of this event, if you meet the criteria at the link below, you are considered to be "accredited." Accredited investors are individuals who professionally represent a relevant investment institution OR personally have either a) individual net worth, or joint net worth with the person's spouse, that exceeds $1 million and/or b) have income exceeding $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with a spouse exceeding $300,000 for those years and a reasonable expectation of the same income level in the current year. This is an unofficial summary. For the official SEC definition please see: www.sec.gov/answers/accred.htm. For information, please contact Maggie Jacobberger AB'99 at 925-878-5202 or maggie@keiretsuforum.com. Alumni Mixer at The Bubble Lounge
The Bubble Lounge is a unique gem and the only true champagne bar in San Francisco. Please join us for a special HCSF Happy Hour in the bar's "Magnum Lounge", an exclusive and private lounge area that boasts high ceilings, red velvet couches, overstuffed chairs and an elegant mahogany bar. Relax and mingle with fellow alums over a glass of bubbly or one of the memorable mixed champagne cocktails. For the event, the Bubble Lounge will offer HCSF members $2 off Bubble Bellinis or Mini "Bubble" Zaza champagne drinks. No-host bar. San Bruno Mountain Habitat Restoration Work Party
Join park volunteer veteran and Harvard Club member Peter Li for an afternoon of fun doing important habitat restoration work at San Bruno Mountain State and County Park. This event offers Harvard Club members and friends the opportunity to work together outdoors, discover a special Bay Area place, and learn about habitat conservation, local ecology, natural history, and environmental politics. (For more background on San Bruno Mountain, see the previous restoration posting http://www.harvardclubsf.org/events/past/index.asp#225.) For today's event, we will again join San Bruno Mountain Watch for their monthly habitat restoration. Work on the mountain changes with the seasons. At last month's restoration, we cleared several hundred square feet of invasive scabiosa weeds, allowing for the return of native plants vital for the endangered butterfly populations on the mountain. This month will again focus on clearing of invasive weeds. Meet at 12:45 p.m. at the San Bruno Mountain Watch office, 44 Visitacion Ave., Brisbane, CA, just off Hwy 101. Bring water, sunscreen, tough layered clothes, and sturdy shoes. Gloves and tools will be provided but feel free to bring your own if you have them. Hard rain may cancel; call Peter (415-255-4742) or the Mountain Watch Office (415-467-6631) Sunday morning to check. Also let Peter know if you are available for or interested in carpooling. Trek the Bay Model
Tour the entire bay, from the Sacramento Delta to past the Golden Gate Bridge – without leaving the Sausalito Waterfront. The 1.5 acre Bay Model is a working hydraulic model that simulates local tides and currents. It was built by the US Army Corps of Engineers in the 1950's to test a plan to dam the bay. The model and surrounding visitor center are now used for educational purposes. Join Harvard alumni and their families for a guided tour of the model. Watch the tides ebb and flood as you learn how the model helps us understand the complexity of California water issues past, present and future. We'll start at noon with a bring-your-own picnic lunch at the on-site waterfront picnic tables. Look for your event organizer, Anne Moon, wearing Harvard apparel. A nearby green area is available for the kids to burn off energy. The guided tour runs 1:30pm – 3:00pm, and is appropriate for adults and children Grades 3 and up. The center also has ecology and history exhibits to explore on our own afterwards. Free parking, free admission. Registration required for planning purposes. Please RSVP above or call office at 415-621-3900. Evening with Professor Michael Sandel
Over a thousand students pack Harvard's Sanders Theater for Professor Michael Sandel's "Justice" course–an introduction to moral and political philosophy. They come to hear him lecture about great philosophers of the past–from Aristotle to John Stuart Mill–but also to debate contemporary issues that raise philosophical questions–about individual rights and the claims of community, equality and inequality, morality and law. Students are asked to answer the age-old moral reasoning dilemma: what is the right thing to do? To make this legendary course an educational resource that reaches beyond the Harvard classroom, Harvard recently commissioned a professional production team to film the lectures in broadcast quality video, including student interaction. Last fall, in a new and successful venture in distance learning, the university offered the full set of 24 lectures, titled "Justice Online," to Harvard alumni worldwide. And now, WGBH, Boston's PBS station, is seeking funding to broadcast the course as a 24-part series on public television. Laura and Gary Lauder will host Professor Michael Sandel and Harvard alumni at a cocktail reception and fundraising gathering to showcase a screening of a video trailer for this innovative project, followed by a discussion of plans by WGBH and Harvard to bring this exciting course in civic education and moral reasoning to a national audience. Please join us for this gathering, hosted by Laura and Gary Lauder at their home in Atherton, CA, on Saturday, April 12, 2008, 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Space is limited. Please RSVP to Laura Lauder at 650.323.2111 or at Samantha@Lauderpartners.com. For more information on Professor Sandel and the Justice Online project go to: Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco: Boys Night Out (April 11th) and Girls Day (April 12th)
Join with other Harvard Alums for an evening that makes a difference, one kid at a time! For the Boys & Girls Club Members, this is a chance to interact with a caring, responsible adult from their own community - someone who just might inspire them to think about their future and to dream big. For SF Harvard Alums, it is a chance to make a big impact. Volunteers are matched with Boys and Girls Club Members for lighthearted competition, games, food and prizes. All events are supervised and led by Boys & Girls Club Staff members, so there is no upfront planning required. The Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco has sponsored this event every year since 1928. Join us in supporting one of HCSF’s primary community service partners! - Partner: - Directions and Parking: Parking: The city operates a parking garage at 16th and Otis, which is less than one-tenth of a mile away. "Hike Your Own Hike": Francis Tapon Talks on his Backpacking Round-Trip Hike of the Appalachian Trail.
This event has been postponed and that a full refund will be processed for any registrations to date. HCSF Sports Event Series Come and join us for an inspiring talk by Francis Tapon (Harvard MBA) at a newly-opened branch of Sports Basement. Francis Tapon sought wisdom when he quit his Silicon Valley job, donated most of his belongings, and set off to hike the Appalachian Trail. He traversed the 2,168 mile by walking for nearly four months. In this talk, along with slides and videos from his trip, he will tell you about his amazing pilgrimage across the Appalachian Mountains with practical advice on how to squeeze the most out of life both on and off the trail. Francis Tapon was born and raised in San Francisco, California and has traveled to over 65 countries. His mom is from Chile and his dad is from France. He co-founded a successful Silicon Valley company. He also worked at Hitachi Data Systems and Microsoft. He thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail. In 2007 he became the first person to do a round trip on the Continental Divide Trail. He wrote Hike Your Own Hike: 7 Life Lessons from Backpacking Across America. He is now writing his second book, which is about his five month adventure in Eastern Europe. He has a degree in Religion from Amherst College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Learn about his book, Hike Your Own Hike: 7 Life Lessons from Backpacking Across America, at: http://FrancisTapon.com The talk starts at 6:30pm. But come by 6pm, enjoy the refreshments provided by the Sports Basement, browse and shop as well. HCSF has a strategic partnership with Sports Basement: They give HCSF members ongoing 10% discount. But with this event, they will give HCSF members 20% discount on all purchases before and after the talk. If you would like to suggest or organize sports-related events, please contact sportsevent@harvardclubsf.org. HBSA/NC Spring 2008 Poker Mixer
Join the Harvard Business School Association of Northern California on April 3rd for the Spring 2008 edition of the social Poker Mixer event! Here is how it will work: We meet at 6:30pm for pizza and beverages, which will also be provided throughout the evening outside the playing area, where people who get eliminated can continue mingling, observing the tournament, or start side games. The game is no-limit Texas Hold'em tournament style, and it will begin at 7pm sharp. We will have one re-buy, so bring your wallets! We will distribute a sheet explaining the rules and format at the event. For those unfamiliar with the popular no-limit Hold'em format, don't worry -there will be plenty of beneficent players who will explain. As always, note that we will play for prizes, not for real money! Due to size constraints we are limiting the event to 50 attendees on a firstcome, first-served basis. Now shuffle up and deal! Andrew Fraknoi: A Grand Tour of the Universe Distinguished Lecturer Series Co-sponsored by the Gladstone Institutes
HCSF is proud to present Andrew Fraknoi, astronomy professor and regular radio guest, as our April Distinguished Lecturer. In this non-technical program, Professor Andrew Fraknoi will take participants on a "tourist tour" of the universe as astronomers understand it today, starting with the planets and moons of our own solar system and then out into the Milky Way Galaxy and beyond. The talk will be illustrated with the latest magnificent color images from the Hubble Space Telescope, U.S. and European space probes that flew by or orbited the planets, and the world's largest telescopes on the ground. Among the highlights of the tour are:
No background in science will be assumed; the talk is designed for everyone with an interest in the wonders of the universe. There will be time after the program for questions from the audience. Andrew Fraknoi, Class of 70, is Chair of the Astronomy Department at Foothill College and Senior Educator at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, specializing in explaining astronomical developments in everyday language. He appears regularly on Bay Area and national radio, including the KGO afternoon talk show, KQED Forum program with Michael Krasny, and the syndicated Mark and Brian morning program. He is co-author of one of the leading introductory astronomy textbooks in the country, and has recently written a children's book, called 'Disney's Wonderful World of Space.' In 2007, the Carnegie Foundation for Higher Education selected him as the California Professor of the Year and the American Institute of Physics awarded him the Gemant Prize for a lifetime of contributions to physics and culture. He served as Executive Director of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for 14 years, and founded two national projects that bring hands-on astronomy activities to 4th - 9th grade classrooms and to family and community groups. The International Astronomical Union has named Asteroid 4859 Asteroid Fraknoi to honor his contributions to the public understanding of science. This event is made possible by the generous support of the Gladstone Institute. Pay by PayPal buttons above. If you would like to pay with a creditcard over the phone, please call our office at 415-621-3900. Members may register one guest at member price. Registration and payment required by 3/31/2008. No walk-ins. No refunds after 3/30/2008. Keiretsu Forum San Francisco Chapter Meeting
Keiretsu Forum, North America's largest angel investment network, and the Harvard Club of San Francisco are proud to welcome the Bay Area Harvard community to Keiretsu Forum's monthly San Francisco chapter meetings. Keiretsu Forum's chapter meetings are a premiere gathering of over one hundred private equity investors, venture capitalists, and corporate investors. Each chapter meeting features five presentations from early stage companies in technology, life sciences, consumer products, real estate, clean tech and social ventures. For accredited investors only. For the purposes of this event, if you meet the criteria at the link below, you are considered to be "accredited." Accredited investors are individuals who professionally represent a relevant investment institution OR personally have either a) individual net worth, or joint net worth with the person's spouse, that exceeds $1 million and/or b) have income exceeding $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with a spouse exceeding $300,000 for those years and a reasonable expectation of the same income level in the current year. This is an unofficial summary. For the official SEC definition please see: www.sec.gov/answers/accred.htm. For information or additional details about other Bay Area chapter meeting locations and times, please contact Maggie Jacobberger AB'99 at 925-878-5202 or maggie@keiretsuforum.com. Community Service Committee Meeting
If you are interested in taking part in some meaningful and fun volunteer activities alongside other Harvard alumns or have your own ideas for community service events the Harvard Club could take part in, please join us for our next Community Service Committee planning meeting! We already have Early College Awareness Program, Boys and Girls Club, Surfrider Foundation, and San Bruno Mountain events in the works and would like to offer a wide array of volunteer opportunities this spring to suit the varied interests of our membership. We hope to see you on the 25th! Harvard Club of Silicon Valley Annual Dinner
Featured Speaker: "Buying and Selling in Silicon Valley: The Role of M&A in the Tech Capital" We would like to cordially invite you to the ever-popular Harvard Club of Silicon Valley Annual Dinner. The festivities will begin with a reception at which you'll mingle, catch up with old friends, and meet new people. During dinner, Charles Giancarlo will speak to the club on the topic of “Buying and Selling in Silicon Valley: The Role of M&A in the Tech Capital”. Don't miss this exciting event and opportunity to reconnect with your alumni community! This event is open to everyone, so please register soon as space is limited. Sign-up by March 17th to take advantage of the early-registration price. Schedule of events: For further questions, contact info@hcsv.net Salon Discussion: Establishing Relationships in the Bay Area, with Susan Rabens, author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dating for Teens." Members-only Event
Come meet Susan Rabens, Berkeley psychotherapist, writer, and author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dating for Teens." Susan will talk about ways to meet and connect with people in the city... not just young people or single people, but people of all ages, married and unmarried. She will also talk about writing, and how she came to write for the Complete Idiots (as well as other freelance writing). A native of Berkeley, Susan grew up in Evanston, Illinois. She served as a ward administrator in the adolescent program at Napa State Hospital, and did a two-year post-master's fellowship at Mt. Zion Hospital in San Francisco, where she was supervised by Erik Erikson. She was a member of the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF, and was a therapist at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute. She has had a private practice in San Francisco and Berkeley/Albany for 36 years, seeing couples, families, and individuals, and is the founder of "FuturePlans". She was one of the sex and relationship advisors for WebMD and has been a guest on the Ronn Owens radio program. If you are interested in learning more about strategies for meeting people, improving relationships, and enriching your life experiences, come join us for dinner, refreshment, good fellowship and conversation, led by this fascinating lady. "Salon Talk" is our own HCSF members-only small-group monthly discussion series, featuring interesting speakers on interesting topics. These discussions take place in members' homes, in groups of 20-25, with plenty of opportunity to interact and socialize over dinner and drink. Many of our speakers are Harvard alumni who are involved in fascinating work, both locally and around the world. These events are perfect opportunities for you to meet them, and hear about their projects and activities in an intimate social setting. If you would like to volunteer to host a "Salon Discussion" event in your home, or suggest a speaker, please contact Marvin Kasoff at membership@harvardclubsf.org. All you need to host an event is a space large enough to squeeze in 20-25 people. The Activities Committee will provide refreshments, so that all you need to do is be present at what we hope will be a wonderful evening of congenial company, stimulating discussion, good food, and general camaraderie. Also, if you have suggestions for future programs, please contact Marvin at the same email address. Pay by PayPal buttons above. If you would like to pay with a credit card over the phone, please call our office at 415-621-3900. Members may bring one guest at member price. Registration and payment required by 3/21/08. No walk-ins. No refunds after 3/19/08. Fortune Cookie Chronicles Book Event
Jennifer 8. Lee (College '98) joins us for a discussion about her newly released book, The Fortune Cookie Chronicles. We'll get a chance to nibble on some delicious treats while Jenny shares with us the interesting, and sometimes surprising, tales of the history of Chinese food in the U.S. For those of you who enjoy Chinese dishes like General Tso's chicken, chow mein, and fortune cookies, you won't want to miss this event! See the video from her recent appearance on Stephen Colbert's show here: http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=163297 Jenny's blog at The New York Times: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/author/jlee/ Deepak Srivastava: iPS Cells, the Politically Safer Stem Cells? Inaugural Distinguished Lecturer Series Event!
HCSF welcomes our members and guests to our Inaugural Distinguished Lecturer Series event, featuring Deepak Srivastava, M.D., Director of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease. Last summer Dr. Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University and the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease led a series of breakthroughs in stem cell research resulting in the creation of embryonic-like induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells derived from adult skin cells. The impact of this discovery and the potential for accelerating the benefits of stem cell-based therapies to patients is extremely exciting, and also challenging. Dr. Deepak Srivastava will discuss the science and the political and ethical implications of Yamanaka's discovery and outline the probable short and long-term milestones to gauge progress of this important work. Dr. Srivastava is a pediatric cardiologist who has made significant contribution to the fields of cardiac development, human genetics, stem cells, and microRNAs. He received his training in Pediatric Cardiology at Boston Children's Hospital (Harvard Medical School). Currently, Dr. Srivastava holds the following positions at University of California - San Francisco: This event is made possible by the generous support of the Gladstone Institute, an independent, not-for-profit biomedical research institution affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), devoted to research into cardiovascular disease, HIV/AIDS, and Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders. For more information about Dr. Yamanaka's and Gladstone Institutes' research on iPS cells, click here About the Distinguished Lecturer Series: From time to time, HCSF offers to its membership the opportunity to hear speakers who are preeminent in their fields, who come to enlighten us in their areas of expertise. This provides us the rare treat of exploring diverse areas of interest, after our experience on the banks of the Charles is over. These speakers may be distinguished Harvard faculty, and the lectures may be co-sponsored by other institutions in the Bay area - what they have in common is that they illustrate beautifully that principle that we all know so well - that education should never end with graduation. Pay by PayPal buttons above. If you would like to pay with a credit card over the phone, please call our office at 415-621-3900. Members may bring one guest at member price. Registration and payment required by 03/18/2008. No walk-ins. No refunds after 03/17/2008. 1st Meeting for Harvard Angels 2008
Entrepreneurship is thriving, VCs continue to fund companies on up-tick valuations and private companies are being snapped-up left and right in M&A deals with great investor returns. Its time to look at these deals with your classmates as part of "Harvard Angels". This new group made several investments in 2007 and will meet quarterly in 2008 to look at 3 promising startups per meeting that can benefit either from your advice or cash as they seek advisors and angel investors (with a preference for HBS and Harvard Club SF alum entrepreneurs seeking early stage rounds). The format is simple: 15 minutes Power Point time, 15 minutes Q&A, and a 5 minute group general feedback summary per company (if you don't get cash, at least you get some great thoughts on your pitch and how to improve). Companies to be announced. We are now taking executive summaries for consideration for the March 2008 meeting. To be considered as a presenter at the next Harvard Angels meeting please email your executive summary to Tom Cervantez by no later than February 22, 2008 (tomcervantez@dwt.com). The Harvard Angels are active and looking for promising ventures to fund in 2008, so come see some quality deal flow that is making money flow. To attend the meeting as an "angel" you must be a Harvard graduate and an "accredited investor" or at least meet the definition, whether or not you have made angel investments before. Organizers: Tom Cervantez '91 San Bruno Mountain Habitat Restoration Work Party
Join park volunteer veteran and Harvard Club member Peter Li for an afternoon of fun doing important habitat restoration work at San Bruno Mountain State and County Park. This event offers Harvard Club members and friends the opportunity to work together outdoors, discover a special Bay Area place, and learn about habitat conservation, local ecology, natural history, and environmental politics. Harvard luminary E. O. Wilson called San Bruno Mountain a "global treasure", and numbered it as one of only eighteen "global biodiversity hotspots in need of immediate protection", alongside such places as the Usambaa mountain forests of Tanzania and the Columbian Chocó. It is home to a number of endangered species, including some found nowhere else in the world, and also harbors some of the largest known Ohlone shellmound sites, reminders of the native people who preceded us here. As the last major remnant of the unique Franciscan ecosystem that supported native life in the Bay Area for millennia, San Bruno Mountain is truly hidden in plain sight, an underappreciated ecological treasure in our own backyards (less than ten miles from the heart of San Francisco!). And the mountain has a storied place in the history of the local Bay Area conservation movement as well as on the National scene in the history of the Endangered Species Act. For today's event, we will join local restoration group San Bruno Mountain Watch for their monthly habitat restoration, which can always use more volunteers. Later in the year we hope to expand on this, combining with San Bruno groups, the California Native Plant Society, and Harvard Club of the Peninsula to adopt our own site on the mountain for sustained restoration efforts. Come show your support for this budding project and feel free to contact Peter (peter.li@ucsf.edu) with any thoughts or ideas. Meet 12:45 p.m. at the San Bruno Mountain Watch office, 44 Visitacion Ave., Brisbane, CA, just off Hwy 101. Work on the mountain changes with the seasons. Today we'll focus on weeding invasive species along the ridge above Buckeye Canyon. Bring water, sunscreen, layered clothes, and sturdy shoes. Gloves and tools will be provided but feel free to bring your own if you have them. Hard rain may cancel; call Peter (415-255-4742) or the Mountain Watch Office (415-467-6631) Sunday morning to check. Also let Peter know if you are available for or interested in carpooling. The World Affairs Challenge
The World Affairs Challenge™ is a unique academic program and competition for Bay Area middle and high school students. We are proud to note that this year the program will attract participation from over 500 students. Collectively, we expect over 1,000 people to attend the event. The Challenge has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle and has received enthusiastic support from local non-profits, businesses, elected officials, schools, and other community members. This year, students will work with issues related to the annual theme–Global Health. Students will focus on solutions to some of the world's current problems surrounding health, such as access to health care, disease, poverty and nutrition. World Affairs Challenge™ Judge Responsibilities: Evaluating students' Formal Presentations, Collaborative Questions and Discovery Posters and engaging in a Q&A with students. Qualifications: Little prior knowledge relating to the theme is required. Anyone with a passion for education and an interest in global issues is encouraged to participate as a judge! Time Commitment: An all day commitment at the Challenge as well as attending a 2 hour orientation prior to the Challenge. World Affairs Challenge™ Proctor Responsibilities: Monitoring classrooms and keeping track of time for Formal Presentations and Collaborative Questions, moderating a Q&A period after each Formal Presentation and troubleshooting classroom/technology or presentation problems for those two events. Qualifications: No prior knowledge relating to the theme is required. Time Commitment: An all day commitment at the Challenge as well as attending a 2 hour orientation prior to the Challenge. General Day-of Volunteer Responsibilities: Volunteers will assist our staff in running the event. Tasks include providing information to students, parents and visitors, being responsible for audio-visual equipment, providing food and refreshments for attendees and participants, etc. Time Commitment: This is a one-day event, taking place on March 15, 2008. Help is needed throughout the day in either 4 hour or 8 hour shifts. For more information about World Affairs Challenge, please Bryn Murray, Program Director, at tel: 415-292-7421 or email bryn@worldsavvy.org. HCSF Activities Committee Meeting
Are there any event (or types of events) you like to see HCSF host? HCSF is a volunteer run organization and all HCSF activities are organized by our members. How about organizing an activity around a topic of your expertise or passion? Some suggestions for future events include: Bring your event ideas to this meeting! Due to building security policies, you must RSVP by March 11 to enter the building. You name must be on the final RVSP list in order to enter the building. A final agenda will be sent out to all those who RSVPed by March 11, 2008. If you cannot attend the meeting, but would like to suggest a new event, please email, activities@harvardclubsf.org. Thanks! HCSF Finance Committee Meeting
Habitat for Humanity Work Day
Come on out and put your hands to work at another HCSF work day at Habitat for Humanity! Habitat for Humanity builds homes for—and with the help of—low-income families who cannot afford to do so themselves. Volunteers will help construct houses at the Outer Mission work site. You don't need to know how to handle a hammer or a saw to take part; Habitat provides all necessary training and equipment, so just pack a lunch and some water and come have a good time alongside fellow alumns while learning some useful skills at the same time! To learn more about the project, visit Habitat for Humanity at: http://www.habitatsf.org/bartlots.php. Ivy League Plus Young Alumni Mixer for a Cause
Mingle with young alumni from the Ivy Leagues, MIT, Duke, and Stanford. Have a drink and support a great cause! Asylum Access: All proceeds will be donated to Asylum Access, a non-profit organization based in San Francisco that provides legal aid to refugees in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Legal aid enables refugees to obtain asylum, or legal sanctuary, in their first country of refuge. Asylum protects refugees from unjust deportation, detention, or death, helps them to assert their human rights and rebuild their lives. Emily Arnold-Fernandez, refugee rights activist and founder of Asylum Access, will speak about her work at 7:30 PM. A recent graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, Emily Arnold-Fernandez has practiced in the areas of human rights, employment, and civil rights law on behalf of a variety of disenfranchised communities. In 2006, she received the Inspirational Young Alumna Award from her undergraduate university, Pomona College. Ivy Plus PrimeTime Singles Alumni Cocktail Party
The Harvard Club of San Francisco invites you to join us for a special evening with Ivy Plus Singles We are delighted to invite alums (age 40-55) of Ivy League colleges and grad schools for an evening of drinks and appetizers at Sports Club/LA. Located in the Four Seasons Tower, the Sports Club/LA offers stunning views of the city and Asian-inspired cuisine. We have limited space so please sign up as soon as possible. To maintain a balanced gender ratio, priority reservations will be given to women who bring a male friend. In addition to having their friend register separately, women should note their male friend's name in their own registration. Due to the gender balance requirement, please provide your email address so we can confirm your registration via email prior to the event. You must receive this email confirmation to attend. Registrants must be a graduate of Ivy Plus schools listed below: Cambridge, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, MIT, Oxford, Penn, Princeton, Stanford and Yale Spread the word to your Ivy Plus friends! We look forward to seeing you on March 5th at the beautiful Sports Club/LA. Dress: Business casual, $15 cover fee paid in advance at time of registration. Cash bar. Alumni Mixer at The Bubble Lounge
The Bubble Lounge is a unique gem and the only true champagne bar in San Francisco. Please join us for a special HCSF Happy Hour in the bar's "Magnum Lounge", an exclusive and private lounge area that boasts high ceilings, red velvet couches, overstuffed chairs and an elegant mahogany bar. Relax and mingle with fellow alums over a glass of bubbly or one of the memorable mixed champagne cocktails. For the event, the Bubble Lounge will offer HCSF members $2 off Bubble Bellinis or Mini "Bubble" Zaza champagne drinks. No-host bar. Keiretsu Forum San Francisco Chapter Meeting
Keiretsu Forum, North America's largest angel investment network, and the Harvard Club of San Francisco are proud to welcome the Bay Area Harvard community to Keiretsu Forum's monthly San Francisco chapter meetings. Keiretsu Forum's chapter meetings are a premiere gathering of over one hundred private equity investors, venture capitalists, and corporate investors. Each chapter meeting features five presentations from early stage companies in technology, life sciences, consumer products, real estate, clean tech and social ventures. For accredited investors only. For the purposes of this event, if you meet the criteria at the link below, you are considered to be "accredited." Accredited investors are individuals who professionally represent a relevant investment institution OR personally have either a) individual net worth, or joint net worth with the person's spouse, that exceeds $1 million and/or b) have income exceeding $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with a spouse exceeding $300,000 for those years and a reasonable expectation of the same income level in the current year. This is an unofficial summary. For the official SEC definition please see: www.sec.gov/answers/accred.htm. For information or additional details about other Bay Area chapter meeting locations and times, please contact Maggie Jacobberger AB'99 at 925-878-5202 or maggie@keiretsuforum.com. STRUCTURE OF THE NEW STARTUP: How Can I Get Started for Less Than 100K?
Remember the days of "grow big, fast" mentality for the Internet or software service startup? Now, fueled by an increasingly tech savvy consumer, rampant growth of "platforms" that provide quick customer access and accelerate development, and the growth of early stage "seed" investors – larger and more sophisticated than angels, fleeter of foot than VC's … we see variety of rapid start ventures that succeed by "grow fast, cheap." Join us as our distinguished panel of speakers dive into what it means to you as an entrepreneur, an investor, a partner. Questions will drill into "is this real" and "for what sectors," "how this changes your competitive strategy (e.g., hiring, skill sets needed, or even planning for bubble 2.0), structure of the team, how to think about financing approach and timing, and YOUR questions. The panel brings a wealth of experience building both big as well as cheap, funding and structuring these companies, as well as prognosticating on their rapid rise. Panelists include:
Prices go up after 2/18 and space is limited, so please register early. You can register at http://www.hbsanc.org/events/EventDetail.asp?id=ETC0041/ETC0041 Contact for any questions: Michael Ni (mniext@verafirma.com) Rock Climbing Class: Belay Safety for Beginners! Members Only!
Learn how to rock climb with your HCSF friends in a safe and fun indoor environment! Enjoy an immediate climbing experience with instructors as they guide you through the proper use of belay equipment, knot tying and basic top rope climbing. Personal responsibility and safe climbing practices are emphasized. Recommended for first-time climbers. No equipment or prior climbing experience required. Please arrive 15 minutes before the schedule class start time. If you would like to suggest or organize sports-related events, please contact sportsevent@harvardclubsf.org. Pay by PayPal buttons above. If you would like to pay with a credit card over the phone, please call our office at 415-621-3900. Members may bring one guest at member price. Registration and payment required by 2/19/2008. No refund after 2/18/2008. No walk-ins. Salon Discussion: The Ups and Downs of a New York Times Crossword Puzzle Writer Members Only Event!
Ever wondered how they create crossword puzzles? Come and meet someone who's done it: Andrea Carla Michaels, A.B. '80, and a fellow member of the HCSF! Andrea has crossword puzzles for the New York Times, TV Guide, and a lot of other publications. She's a nationally-ranked Scrabble player and aficionado of puzzles in general. She was a winner on Wheel of Fortune, and was a featured performer in our Crimson Comedy Night (Harvard comedians telling Harvard stories to a Harvard audience) held last year. She's also a [professional namer - she gets hired to name companies and products! At this Salon Discussion, Andrea will discuss making puzzles, give us some tips on solving them, and host a friendly competition in completing one of hers, created especially for our event! Come join us for a fun, friendly and entertaining evening. "Salon Discussion" is a new HCSF members-only small group monthly discussion series featuring interesting speakers on interesting topics. These discussions take place in member's homes, in small groups of 20-25, with plenty of opportunity to interact and socialize over dinner and drink. Many of our speakers are Harvard alumni who are involved in fascinating work, both locally and around the world. These events are perfect opportunities for you to meet them and hear about their projects and activities in an intimate social setting. If you would like to volunteer to host a "Salon Discussion" event in your home or suggest a speaker, please contact Marvin Kasoff at membership@harvardclubsf.org. All you need to host an event is a space large enough to squeeze in 20-25 people. The Activities Committee will provide refreshments, so that you need to do nothing but be present at what we hope will be a wonderful evening of congenial company, stimulating discussion, good food, and general camaraderie. If you have suggestions for future programs, please contact Marvin at the same email address. Pay by PayPal buttons above. If you would like to pay with a credit card over the phone, please call our office at 415-621-3900. Members may bring one guest at member price. Registration and payment required by 2/18/08. No walk-ins. No refunds after 2/17/08. "Date My Friend" Beginners Argentine Tango Class, for Singles ages 30 - 45
Are you a single professional age 30 - 45 who would never be caught dead at a 'singles event?' Well, this event is designed for great catches just like you! The focus of the evening is on great friends, great fun, and a bit of mystery! The opportunity to 'meet someone special' is, well, just icing on the cake! Here's how it works: sign up with a platonic friend of the opposite sex who you think could be a great catch for someone else (and who will say the same of you). You and your friend will be asked to give a “30 second ‘date-my-friend' commercial” about each other (so come prepared with your pitch!). Then, Ney Melo, one of the most requested tango teachers, will spice things up by teaching us a little Argentine Tango! If you pay close attention, you might even learn a flirting technique or two. We'll rotate partners throughout the evening, so rest assured you'll have the opportunity to dance with every member of the opposite sex at least once. The rest…well, that's up to you! No previous dance experience required! Just bring your enthusiasm and dancing shoes! About our Instructor: For more information about Ney, visit his website www.neymelo.com. You can see videos of his performances at www.youtube.com/tangotelevision If you are interested in planning any other singles event, including events for other age groups, please email singlesevent@harvardclubsf.org or attend the next Activities Meeting. Pay by PayPal buttons above. You must sign up with a platonic friend of the opposite sex. At least one person per couple must be a member to receive member price. No Harvard affiliation required. If you would like to pay with a credit card over the phone, please call our office at 415-621-3900. Registration and payment required by 2/18/08. No walk-ins. No refunds after 2/17/08. "Birds and Butterflies of Bolinas" Hike and Brunch
Join GSD landscape architect and ecological designer Josiah Raison Cain for brunch and a late winter stroll through beautiful Point Reyes National Seashore near Bolinas. We will meet and start our outing with brunch at the Coast Side Café in downtown Bolinas. After brunch, we will visit a nearby eucalyptus grove that has been an over-wintering and mating spot for the migrating Monarch butterflies. If Mother Nature cooperates, we'll see thousands of butterflies swarming all over each other like bees. It's a writhing, swirling mass of beautiful butterflies of a volume you can only understand in person. Then, we'll proceed to the Point Reyes Bird Observatory for a moderately strenuous 3.0 mile hike to Palomarin Beach, home of tidepools and gorgeous views. Please bring cash for brunch, wear comfortable hiking shoes, dress in warm layers, and bring binoculars for wildlife viewing, cameras, water, and rain-gears in case of rain. Please meet promptly at 11:30am at Coast Side Café in downtown Bolinas. Look for Josiah wearing a Harvard cap. Clean Technology: Investing With The Pros
Find out which "Greentech" areas the pros believe will be the most viable and most profitable investments in the next three to five years. Which areas, while profitable, aren't really helping the environment? Which sectors, while great, in theory, for the environment, have a low probability of being economically viable? And finally, which sectors and companies stand to benefit most from the Cleantech movement? And where are the returns likely to be greatest, in the US or overseas? Distinguished panelists include: Mark Townsend Cox founder, managing member and chief investment officer of New Energy Fund LP, a hedge fund launched in January 2005 and designed to invest in stocks that are focused on the emerging sustainable energy technology market. Frequently quoted in Wired Magazine, Mark has been recently interviewed on ABC, CNN, Bloomberg television and the Sundance Channel's features on Renewable energy. Representing the global Fund of Funds sector is Virginia Reynolds Parker, founder of Parker Global Strategies (PGS), a firm specializing in custom designing and managing funds of hedge funds (FoHF) for institutional clients across the globe. Since 1995, PGS has designed over 20 multi-manager programmers and advised on over US$1.75 billion. Parker Global has recently launched a Global Fund of Funds focusing on Renewable Energy. Virginia is an OPM graduate of HBS. Sharing the venture capital perspective will be Steve Vassallo, Principal at Foundation Capital. Steve has previously worked with several alternative energy project startups, and now focuses on new opportunities in Cleantech for Foundation Capital.A mechanical engineer, he has a BA and MBA from Stamford. John Denniston, a partner in the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, will bring a long-term perspective to the panel. John was a member of the KPCB Partner team that many years ago conceptualized and launched KPCB's Greentech investment initiative. Since then, KPCB has been an active investor in the Greentech field, having invested in a large number of start-up companies across a wide variety of sectors. John is an active participant in KPCB's Greentech Innovation Network, a network of business, academic and policy leaders who meet regularly to identify, and then pursue, the most important green technology and public policy innovations. Prior to joining KPCB, John was a Managing Director and Head of Technology Investment Banking, Western U.S. at Salomon Smith Barney. He also served on the Investment Committees for both Salomon's venture capital direct investment fund and CitiGroup's venture capital fund-of-funds. This event is co-sponsored by Keiretsu Forum, the world's largest angel investor network. Founded in 2000, The Keiretsu Forum has a membership of over 750 accredited investors in 16 chapters on three continents, including in three chapters in the San Francisco Bay area. Jennifer Kho, editor of Greentech Media, will moderate this panel of Greentech investment experts. Jennifer Kho served as a staff writer at Red Herring, where she created the Cleantech beat and attracted a devoted following of readers. Jennifer, whose stories have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times and the Oakland Tribune, has a graduate degree from U.C. Berkeley's journalism school. Organizer: Maria Robinson, MBA '70. 'Love in the Sand Dunes,' starring the Elephant Seals Members-Only Event!
Join in on the annual trek by intrepid members & guests of the Harvard Club of San Francisco to view the largest mainland-breeding colony of Northern Elephant Seals. Mother Nature is at her purest and most lustful level as the male seals battle for mates and often consummate the act shortly there after. The HCSF has purchased a limited number of these hard-to-come-by tickets to a guided tour of the seals' love nest on Saturday February 9, 2008. Individual tickets are difficult if not impossible to obtain during the peak mating season and no tickets will be available at the preserve. Paul Toulmin, HCSF, will meet registrants at noon at the Visitor Center to distribute tickets. Watch for the Harvard banner and/or the Harvard apron. Tour will promptly begin at 12:45pm. This year members must drive to Ano Nuevo State Preserve, right off Highway 1, located 27 miles South of Half Moon Bay on the San Mateo County coast. Nearest town is Pescadero. Parking at the preserve is $6 per car with a discount for seniors. SamTrans no longer offers the bus/tour ticket combination we have enjoyed for many years. The Preserve offers picnic tables in several locations where your group can enjoy lunch before the tour. Bring your own food and beverages as no edible items are offered in the Visitor Center Gift Shop. Bring extra water if desired. The naturalist-guided 3 to 4 mile walk travels over some rough & wet terrain and go out rain or shine. Tour lasts about two and a half to three hours. Dress in layers and wear good walking shoes, no umbrellas allowed. Bring your picnic lunch, snacks & water. PLEASE NOTE: Group tickets to this tour were extremely difficult to obtain and the quantity is very limited. In consideration of other members, please make certain you can attend before registering. If you need to cancel for any reason, please let us know immediately so that other members may attend in your place. We always have a long waitlist for this event. No-show without advance notice may result in restriction on reservations for future member-only events. Pay by PayPal buttons above. If you would like to pay with a credit card over the phone, please call our office at 415-621-3900. Members may bring one guest at member price. Registration and payment required by 2/1/2008. No walk-ins. No refunds after 1/31/2008. Community Service Committee Meeting
Salon Talk: How To Have More Fun In Everyday Situations, with Gary Krane
Come meet Gary Krane, author of the book "Simple Fun For Busy People: 333 Ways to Enjoy Your Loved One More in the time You Have". Gary has a Masters from Harvard in Educational Psychology and a PhD from Berkeley. He is the national award-winning journalist - producer of numerous documentary films for PBS. He is currently engaged in strategies to raise money to fight war, genocide, global warming, and the stealing of elections. This Salon Talk will be a combination lecture and experiential presentations. Participants will be invited - but not required - to play exemplary games (e.g., one dinner game, one riding in the car game, and one going to bed at night game). Handouts will include at least 10 other of the author's favorite games that can be easily integrated into every-day routines and activities such as dinners, office meetings, shopping, commuting, telephone conversation, etc. In so doing, participants can learn additional ways to make their lives more playful and more poetic, by making the ordinary, extraordinary. Singles and couples are equally welcomed! "Salon Discussion" is a new HCSF members-only small group monthly discussion series featuring interesting speakers on interesting topics. These discussions take place in member's homes, in small groups of 20-25, with plenty of opportunity to interact and socialize over dinner and drink. Many of our speakers are Harvard alumni who are involved in fascinating work, both locally and around the world. These events are perfect opportunities for you to meet them and hear about their projects and activities in an intimate social setting. If you would like to volunteer to host a "Salon Discussion" event in your home or suggest a speaker, please contact Marvin Kasoff at membership@harvardclubsf.org. All you need to host an event is a space large enough to squeeze in 20-25 people. The Activities Committee will provide refreshments, so that you need to do nothing but be present at what we hope will be a wonderful evening of congenial company, stimulating discussion, good food, and general camaraderie. If you have suggestions for future programs, please contact Marvin at the same email address. Pay by PayPal buttons above. If you would like to pay with a credit card over the phone, please call our office at 415-621-3900. Members may bring one guest for free. Registration and payment required by 1/23/2008. No walk-ins. No refunds after 1/22/2008. Ivy Young Alumni Mixer
Please register your response at the Evite to help us gauge attendance and to help our venue plan! See the Evite at: Usher in the new year with the Ivy League Young Alum Mixer! Young Alums (20s/30s) of all Ivy League colleges and grad schools are encouraged to join us for another blow out drinks night at the elegantly remodeled Sake Lab, which is now called Horizon. Our last five events each drew over 300 Ivy Leaguers, and this one will be even bigger! Welcome to Stanford and MIT who is joining us for the third time!! In its continuing bid to be our permanent venue, the sleek, new lounge and restaurant, Horizon (www.horizonsf. com), is giving us exclusive use of the lounge, dedicated staff, and a DJ for free. They are also giving us a drink special for the night. Since Horizon is doing so much for us, we would like to give them a fair estimate of attendance. Therefore, we ask that you please click "yes," "no," or "maybe." A high response rate also helps us keep our privileges with Evite (so even answering "no" or "maybe" helps!). Spread the word to your Ivy League / Stanford / MIT friends. No cover. Horizon also serves food. Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale... and Stanford and MIT! See you there! Wine Maker's Dinner and Wine Pairing
Join Wattle Creek Winemaker, Michael Scholz, for an intimate three-course meal custom paired with his award winning wines at "Best of Citysearch" winner, First Crush Restaurant and Wine Bar. Fifty guests will be welcomed with a reception of wine and artisan cheese hors d'oeuvres followed by three courses, each paired with a different Wattle Creek Cabernet. The main course of pan-seared salmon fillet or rib-eye steak will be paired with their 2001 Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, which was awarded five stars by Decanter Magazine. HCSF members have been offered a 20% discount on tickets to this event and attendees will also receive a 20% discount on any featured wine purchases they take home. Attendance is limited to 50 guests, so be sure to reserve early! Keiretsu Forum San Francisco Chapter Meeting Members-Only Event!
Keiretsu Forum, North America's largest angel investment network, and the Harvard Club of San Francisco are proud to welcome the Bay Area Harvard community to Keiretsu Forum's monthly San Francisco chapter meetings. Keiretsu Forum's chapter meetings are a premiere gathering of over one hundred private equity investors, venture capitalists, and corporate investors. Each chapter meeting features five presentations from early stage companies in technology, life sciences, consumer products, real estate, clean tech and social ventures. For accredited investors only. For the purposes of this event, if you meet the criteria at the link below, you are considered to be "accredited." Accredited investors are individuals who professionally represent a relevant investment institution OR personally have either a) individual net worth, or joint net worth with the person's spouse, that exceeds $1 million and/or b) have income exceeding $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with a spouse exceeding $300,000 for those years and a reasonable expectation of the same income level in the current year. This is an unofficial summary. For the official SEC definition please see: www.sec.gov/answers/accred.htm. For information, please contact Maggie Jacobberger AB'99 at 925-878-5202 or maggie@keiretsuforum.com. Ten Americans: The Connection Between Our Health and the Environment
Ten Americans is a riveting, emotional, and fact-filled journey that makes a powerful connection between toxic chemicals in our environment and our health. Beautifully illustrated, the fast-paced 25-minute lecture explains why we should be concerned about the chemicals scientists are now finding in all of us and describes what can be done about it—at home and in Washington. It is the story of environmental legacy and heritage, with a wake up call about the toxic chemicals that are slowly poisoning us, and a call to arms for what we can do about it. For over a year Ken Cook has been presenting Ten Americans to rapt, enthusiastic audiences across the country and in Europe. About the Speaker: For more information about the EWG and Ken Cook, please visit http://www.ewg.org This event is made possible by the generous support of the UCSF Gladstone Institute. Pay by PayPal buttons above. If you would like to pay with a credit card over the phone, please call our office at 415-621-3900. Members may bring one guest for free. Registration and payment required by 1/22/2008. No walk-ins. No refunds after 1/21/2008. HCSF Activities Committee Meeting
Are there any event (or types of events) you like to see HCSF host? HCSF is a volunteer run organization and all HCSF activities are organized by our members. How about organizing an activity around a topic of your expertise or passion? Some suggestions for future events include: Bring your event ideas to this meeting! Due to building security policies, you must RSVP by January 21 to enter the building. You name must be on the final RVSP list in order to enter the building. A final agenda will be sent out to all those who RSVPed by January 21, 2008. If you cannot attend the meeting, but would like to suggest a new event, please email, activities@harvardclubsf.org. Thanks! Join The Circus For An Afternoon!
Back by popular demand! Last year's Circus class sold out within a week. So, hurry and register before it's sold out! Learn to fly through the air with the greatest of ease at the San Francisco School of Circus Arts, home of the renowned Pickle Family Circus. In a two-hour private class led by professional trainers, we will be introduced to a sampling of circus arts: the flying trapeze, acrobatics, trampoline, juggling, and balancing. Wear workout clothing, as this event will be highly interactive. PLEASE NOTE: Children 5 years of age and older are welcome to participate; however, the School of Circus Arts does not offer special rates for children. Children of HCSF members qualify for the $30 rate. The SFSCA is located at 755 Frederick Street, near the corner of Frederick/Lincoln Way and Arguello Street. Parking is extremely limited; there is a parking lot half a block away, on the corner of Frederick and Stanyan. Please visit www.circuscenter.org for more information on the San Francisco School of Circus Arts. We have reserved spots for 18 people, so register as soon as possible, as this event will fill up quickly. Paid reservations are required by Thursday, January 10. No refunds will be available after that date. Pay by PayPal buttons above. If you would like to pay with a credit card over the phone, please call our office at 415-621-3900. No walk-ins. Members may register for one guest at member price. ECAP 2008 First Planning Meeting
It's time to start planning the Early College Awareness Program for 2008! Each year, members of the Harvard Club of San Francisco organize this annual half-day workshop for San Francisco eighth graders and their parents to help prepare students for college. We focus on students who will be the first in their families to go to college. Last year, more than 100 students attended with their parents. Come to our first planning meeting and help us make ECAP 2008 even better and reach even more students! If you can attend, please send an email to Ray Mertens (RJM@dodgeandcox.com) so he can put you on the visitor list for security. If you are interested in helping out with ECAP but can't attend the meeting, please email Meredith Osborn (osborn@post.harvard.edu) and she will send you information about how to get involved. HGSE Dean Kathleen McCartney and Networking Reception
The Harvard Graduate School of Education Office of Development and Alumni Relations invites you to join us for a networking reception for Alumni in the San Francisco Area. The program will also feature remarks from Dean Kathleen McCartney. Kathleen McCartney is the Dean of the Faculty of Education and the Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Development. She is a developmental psychologist whose research informs theoretical questions on early experience and development as well as policy questions on child care, early childhood education, poverty, and parenting. For the past 15 years, she has served as a principal investigator on the National Institute of Child Heath and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care & Youth Development, a study of 1,350 children from birth through 15 years. The NICHD Early Child Care Research Network summarized their findings in a 2005 book, Child Care and Child Development, published by Guilford Press. McCartney and Deborah Phillips have just edited The Handbook of Early Child Development, to be published by Blackwell in 2006. McCartney's work has been informed by her experience as the director of the University of New Hampshire Child Study & Development Center, a laboratory school for children from birth through kindergarten. To register for more information, contact Erica Baker at gse_alumni_services@harvard.edu or (617) 496-3605. Talk Show Live with Kurt Bodden '85
Kurt Bodden '85 (fresh from performing comedy at the HCSF annual dinner!) hosts this unique live event every month at the intimate Purple Onion nightclub in North Beach. Talk Show Live features jazz, comedy and interviews with the most interesting people in town in front of a live audience. The entertainment is electric and so is the audience! This month, Kurt interviews Harvard alumnus Brian Backus '87, MBA '99, founder of San Francisco-based Qi Spirits, as well as internationally celebrated scuptor/artist Gyongy Laky and actor/director/playwright Jeffrey Hartgraves. Plus, live jazz from Talk Show Live's house band, Ned Boynton and the North Beach Irregulars. Dinner, drinks and snacks available downstairs in the club starting at 7 pm, during the band's first set. For all the information about the January 14 show, and to buy tickets, go to www.talkshowsf.com/01142008. Special for HCSF members: TSL is offering a special $3 discount off the usual $18 online price to HCSF members who buy their tickets online by December 31st. When you get to the purchase page, enter the discount code 'HCSF' and hit the 'show additional prices' button. |
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