Club News February 2020 - Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention Month
The Rotary Club of Simi Sunset is a group of leaders that meets regularly to form bonds and friendships and we strive to improve lives locally and around the world.
President's Message
Welcome to February Sunsetters,
Our meetings for the month of January seemed to fly by. And speaking of flying, we as a club learned all about UAVs or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and how they started and where they are going, with AeroVironment. We flew with JPL to Mars with their presentation of the Mars rovers and landers. We even let our imaginations soar while learning about the Performing Arts Center at Moorpark College. Our month finished strong with the Santa Susana High School Interact Club taking over our meeting for a night. These young adults are amazingly bright and talented.
I want to welcome back Sally from her leave and Floyd. The meetings were not the same without you two. I'm also excited for next couple months with our "Reading by Nine" childhood literacy project beginning with an extra infusion of funds thanks to our generous members and some outside
supporters. Enabling our club to bring books to a few extra schools in Simi this year.
Our Club is incredible and our members are amazing. I'm so proud to be a part of it.
Hamed Khalkhali, Ph.D, is the Vice President of Engineering at AeroVironment. AeroVironment is an American defense contractor headquartered here in Simi Valley, that is primarily involved in unmanned aerial vehicles--drones. Hamed spoke openly about drones they have created and what they are used for.
John Loprieno is an American actor and writer and has appeared in many TV shows and soap operas. John also happens to be the Department Chair for the Performing Arts program at Moorpark College. John had many inspirational things to say about his career, how he got into acting and of course the wonderful things Performing Arts program is doing. A production of Romeo & Juliet is coming up soon!
Gregory L Davis is the Principal Technologist at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. He came to speak to us about the how the lab came to be and what it's doing currently. More importantly, he talked about the rovers and other devices that they've sent to Mars and the data they are collecting. He was very excited to announce that there is an upcoming mission to land another Rover in July of this year. For those who are interested, you can watch JPL building this rover live on YOUTUBE.
Tonight's meeting was led by the Interact Club at Santa Susana High School. Simi Sunset's Charter. Interact is the stepping stone into Rotary. They hold their own meetings, have a board of directors, and plan community events. These kids are our future and we couldn't be prouder.
President's Message
