Coffee Cabinet
The RAM Coffee Cabinet has resumed with in-person meetings in the Garden Room at the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo. Attendees start arriving each Thursday around 8:00 a.m. and meetings are called to order at 8:30 am for a one hour program that includes humor, highlights of history, announcements, anecdotes and a featured speaker.
Upcoming Programs
November 4, 2021 – Scott Collins, City Manager, Morro Bay, CA. He will discuss the Proposed Battery Storage Plant in Morro Bay.
November 11, 2021 – Erik Brun, Lt. Col (ret), U.S. Army. Erik will present: They Faced the Rising Sun – the Patriots Who Defended the Central Coast in 1942.
November 18, 2021 – Gael Meuller, Weaver. Gael will present Antarctica to Ireland.
November 25, 2021 – Thanksgiving Day, no meeting.
Meeting Archives
During the COVID-19 restrictions, we used Zoom to virtually meet and record the Coffee Cabinets. Click on a video link below to watch a recording of a past Coffee Cabinet Zoom-based meeting or, if not recorded, presentation materials made available by the presenter.
DATE PRESENTER(S) TITLE / ORGANIZATION TOPIC
8/26/21
Michael Codron
Director, Community Development, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo’s Building Projects. [Presentation Document only]
6/10/21
Bob Priola
Director, Investment & Research, Wacker Wealth Partners
Cryptocurrency Basics
6/3/21
Brad Parkinson
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University – and RAM Member
Update on Testing Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity: Gravity
5/13/21
Heather Mullin
Development Manager, The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo
Discussion of The Land Conservancy of SLO and Four of Their Most Recent and Upcoming Major Projects
5/6/21
Rob Keim
Pastor, St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Arroyo Grande
Hiking on the 500 mile Camino de Santiago in Spain
4/22/21
Elliott Marshall
Pacific Coast Railroad Historian, SLO Railroad Museum
Building the Avila Breakwater, Part 2
4/15/21
Elliott Marshall
Pacific Coast Railroad Historian, SLO Railroad Museum
Building the Avila Breakwater, Part 1
3/18/21
Joy Pederson, Interim Dean of Students & Aydin Nazmi, Epidemiologist
Cal Poly
Update on Cal Poly’s Planning & Response to COVID-19
3/11/21
Jorge Garcia, Management Services Director
City of Pismo Beach
Projects Update: Projects Within Pismo Beach and Those with Five Cities Regional Impact
3/4/21
Bill Burlingame, Docent
Firestone / Ford Museum, Detroit
Museum and Period Working Farm
2/4/21
Sr. Theresa Harpin, Exec Dir; Vivien Devaney, In-Custody Re-entry Dir.
Restorative Partners
Program Update; Collaborative Initiatives with the Sheriff & the Courts
12/17/20
Salud Carbajol, 24th Dist Rep
US House of Representatives
Report to Constituents
11/19/20
Kristen Adams, Mgr
A Better Life Recovery, Orange Cty
Helping Adults From Addition to Recovery
11/12/20
Jim Brescia, EdD, Superintendent
SLO County Schools
Preparing to Restart In-person instruction
10/15/20
Sioux Oliva, PhD, Historian
Independent
Personal Family History of People of Note
9/10/20
Michael Latner, PhD, Professor
Cal Poly Political Science
Some General Election Factors
8/27/20
Mona Tucker, Pres. & Wendy Lucas, VP
Northern Chumash Tribe
Chumash Culture & Local Priorities
8/20/20
Dr. R. “Mike” Hill, Director
SLO Co Public Health Agency
COVID-19 as it relates to seniors
7/30/20
Tim Bridwell, Coord: Past Pres.
Friends of the Elephant Seals
Elephant Seals, Program 2
7/16/20
Jim Maraviglia, Vice Provost
CP Enrollment Development
College Admissions & Beyond
7/9/20
Ann Kitajima, Ass’t Director
MB Nat’l Estuary Program
Recent Environmental Report Card
7/2/20
Brad Parkinson, Prof Emertus, (recalled)
RAM, Stanford University
The Third Planet