Speaker Date Topic
Krystal Gambie, Author & Local Shop Owner Apr 23, 2026 12:00 PM
Sausalito's Gates Co-Op, Waldo Point, in the 1950s
Sausalito's Gates Co-Op, Waldo Point, in the 1950s

Krystal's book titled Gone With the Tide pertains to the waterfront history starting back in the 1950s. Each chapter represents a decade through art, photography, and stories, plus tributes to noteworthy figures in the order of their arrival at Gate 6.

Then, inspired by her research, she has opened a shop called Waterfront Wonders at 314 Caledonia Street, next door to Waterstreet Hardware, that features an eclectic mix of jewelry, fashions, and vintage artworks and offers a step back in time during Sausalito's bayfront history.

No SYC Meeting, Lunch or Speaker Apr 30, 2026
Instead A Morning at the SF Zoo - Check Events Listing
TBD at Our Regular SYC Meeting & Luncheon May 07, 2026 12:00 AM
Matt Zarem, Exec. Director - Spaulding Boatworks May 14, 2026 12:00 PM
Building Local Relationships With the Spaulding Marine Center
Building Local Relationships With the Spaulding Marine Center

Last May, a representative for the Spaulding Marine Center, which is a 501(c)3 entity and had provided a Rotary Vocational Scholarship.
Their longtime mission has been to preserve the Spaulding Boatworks as a working and living museum, to educate the next generation of shipwrights and marine service technicians, to restore and return to active use historically significant vessels such as their flagship schooner the Freda B, and to share with the community the maritime history and culture through classes and public programming.

Leta McCollough Seletzky, Essayist/Memoirist May 21, 2026 12:00 AM
"THE KNEELING MAN" & Her Upcoming "DO YOU BELIEVE ME NOW?"
"THE KNEELING MAN" & Her Upcoming "DO YOU BELIEVE ME NOW?"

Ms. Seletzky returns by popular demand.

Her memoir entitled THE KNEELING MAN, My Father's Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. was presented to us back in October and she will continue to share the intimate and powerful story of the Black undercover police officer, her father, who famously knelt by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his dying moments just after he was shot.

Then her upcoming work includes DO YOU BELIEVE ME NOW?, which she co-authored with Al B. Sure!, the multiplatinum R&B and new Jack Swing fusion genre artist, and is a survivor's memoir that reveals the untold story of his near-death health emergency and is forthcoming from Simon & Schuster.