Speakers

Speaker	Date	Topic
No SYC Meeting, Lunch or Speaker	Dec 11, 2025 12:00 PM	Our Weekly Was An Evening Social at the SCC on the 10th
John Gulick	Dec 18, 2025 12:00 PM	His Vietnam Experiences As a US Navy SEAL The Navy SEALS are one of the world's elite military units. The selection and training process to become a SEAL borders on brutal and the failure rate of those who volunteer is steep. What does it take to pass these tests, be assigned to a SEAL team and experience combat. How does it impact one's life? John will recount his experience transitioning from an English Literature major at Washington & Lee University to a naval officer with duty aboard the destroyer USS Fletcher to Navy "frogman" in an Underwater Demolition Team, then ultimately to becoming a SEAL deployed on combat operations in the deadly Rung Sat Special Zone, deep in the heart of Vietnam's Mekong Delta, during which he was wounded in action.
Holiday Cheer	Dec 25, 2025	Relax
2026 Begins	Jan 01, 2026	Greetings and Salutations
Laura/Lo McMahon, Executive Director	Jan 08, 2026 12:00 PM	Legal Aid of Marin, Client-Centered Civil Legal Services "Legal Aid of Marin provides direct legal services and leads policy and advocacy efforts in housing, traffic and employment law to ensure marginalized Marin residents are seen, heard and supported in acheiving long-term stability." Lo is a public interest attorney dedicated to the liberation of all marginalized communities, ranging from Housing Law, Employment Law and Marin Community Court and also a member of the Rotary Club of San Rafael Harbor.
Dr. Paul Clark, USAF	Jan 15, 2026 12:00 PM	Corruption and the American Way of Life Dr Clark's background involves matters relating to security, organized counterterrorism, defense reform and corruption. The fight against corruption has been an unspoken key theme of the American Experiment, beginning with the 13 colonies, the American Revolution, and the U.S. Constitution being actions to living under a corrupting monarchy. He will speak defining the current state of corruption around the world, and how it is impacting the U.S. Since the U.S. has experienced corrupt periods before, i.e. the Gilded Age, Americans have previously found strategies to overcome corruption and to build a better society. Indeed, progressives on the left and right made California a leading actor in defeating the corruption of the Gilded Age. Can California be a catalyst to get past the corruption that engulfs the U.S. now? What will it take to return to good governance?
Leta McCollough Seletzky, Essayist/Memoirist	Feb 05, 2026	Part 2 - THE KNEELING MAN, Her Father As A Black Spy Leta's initial presentation was so engrossing on October 9th last year, but since her 1/2 hour ended too soon, all attending wanted, and asked, her to return when there was another day available in her schedule.