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
May 5, 2022 – Jeffrey Armstrong, President, CSU Cal Poly. Dr. Armstrong will discuss Issues and Actions related to Cal Poly.
May 12, 2022 – R. Hillery, Coffee Cabinet regular, and Jim Murphy, SLO RAM member. They will each present 15 minute autobiographies.
May 19, 2022 – Adriana Popescu, Dean of Library Services, Cal Poly. Adriana will discuss the Kennedy Library Renovation and Public Access.
May 26, 2022 – Gerald Holmes, Director, Strawberry Center, Cal Poly. Dr. Holmes will discuss Cal Poly’s Strawberry Research Program. Those who are attending the Day Trippers outing this morning with their Significant Other may bring them to this Coffee Cabinet for a reduced fee of $5.
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