Events

Dr. Jeanette Monosoff, Ajijic Club Rotarian, will speak to us about her work in India for a number of years, with village women to teach sewing and develop a Coop for marketing their products.  

Michael Reason has been widely praised for his imaginative programming and dynamic presentations. His versatility as aconductor, arranger and communicator has garnered critical acclaim both at home and abroad.

Originally from England, where he studied conducting with Maurice Miles at the Royal Academy of Music, piano with Georgina Zellan Smith and earned a B. Mus. Ed. from Kingston University, Michael has had a highly successful career as an enterprising and entrepreneurial conductor.

After a decade of working in professional music theatre in England Michael was appointed Music Director of the Prince George Symphony Orchestra, B.C. in the early 1990’s which was followed by a 3-year tenure as Artistic Director of the Niagara Symphony Orchestra. In 1997 he was appointed Principal Pops Conductor with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and in March 2001 he was appointed the orchestra’s Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, a position he held until June 2006. 

He was invited to form the Lake Chapala Orchestra in 2018 and remains it’s artistic director to the present day.  https://lakechapalaorch.com/members

There wil be no regular meeting today.

Catherine Conzales is a Skymed Representative and will be addressing our club about  aby updates.

Orchestra

Alvaro Becerra Sanchez, who is an Attorney at law will address our members and guests about Immigration.

Alvaro graduated from law school of University of Guadalajara, SRE branch Jalisco, naturalization from 2000-2006, independent legal practice from 2006 till today, masters of human rights and peace ITESO, Jesuit University of Guadalajara

Nutritionist Rosario Bedoya will be speaking about stem cells and other health services.

There is no schedule meeting today. Instead there is PICA Amoeba testing in San Pedro. (Whatever that means)

Our primary speaker will be Dra. Ema Sotelo. Dra Ema is a kidney donor and will talk about her experience. I will bring Filipe Vega Ramos who was the first transplant patient under our Rotary “Jalisco Kidney Transplant Program”. His transplant was July 9, 2024. Accompanying him will be Luis Eduardo Baltazar Morales. Luis received his kidney transplant February 19 , 2019 from his father, Ramon. Luis, along with Mike Jones, is in contact with all of our past and future potential transplant candidates.

Our speaker today is Rex Gale.

Rex is a certified speaker and personal development coach. He retired from a career in management consulting and human resources, and currently is the founder and organizer of TEDxAjijic, a locally-organized TED event operating under a license granted by TED, He previously was the organizer of TEDxHiltonHead.

Rex's talk will share some insight about TED events, TEDx events, and our plans for TEDx Ajijic, to be held on March 22, 2025 at the Cultural and Arts Center of the Riberas (CCAR)

In honour of American ThanksGiving Day there will be NO meeting today, so our Family and friends can enjoy the day together with Turkey

Dale Knight has been a Rotarian for 27 year and is a member of the Ajijic Club, where she is currently the Rotary Foundation Chair. She is a Past President of the RC of  Guadalajara Alamo,

She was previously in D5130 California, where she served as club president, District Grants Chair, District Foundation Chair, International Service Chair.

Dale's topic today will be Polio.

A REAL Posada for the children in Chapala.

More details to follow

Bill and Barb Wilson are pleased to invite Club members and guests to the Annual CSRC party.  This year, we are hosting it at our home in Condominios Los Arroyos Norte, Int 20 , December 11 from 5-7:30 PM.   Barb and Bill’s home is in West Ajijic just past the pantheon and the Tuesday organic market.   Directions to follow closer to the date.

Tacos and Tamales!  Informal, just a time to have fun before everyone gets too wrapped up in the end of year festivities.

There is no cost,  just bring your  holiday spirit, and your alcoholic or non- alcoholic beverage of choice with some extra to share.

Again, Please RSVP so that we have an approximate guest count...

bbwphd@gmail.com     331 007 8432 ( Cel/WhatsApp)

Patrick Neary is a Retired Federal Government Exeucitve, who worked 38 years in a variety of intelligence community jobs

He will be peaking about his experience writing his first novel, a work of fiction about the intelligence profession, with significant forays into religion, philosophy, and science.

His book RedStReamis available on AmazonKindle https://www.amazon.in/Red-StReam-Streaming-Book-1-ebook/dp/B0DGVJYYSL

After her husband’s diagnosis in 2015, Elly Contreras dedicated herself to understanding dementia and supporting others on this challenging journey. 
After relocating to Lake Chapala, Elly noticed a lack of resources and support for those grappling with dementia. Fueled by her studies at the Wicking University of Tasmania in "Understanding Dementia" and "Preventing Dementia," Elly is on a mission to raise awareness and create supportive communities.
Elly's training now empowers her to facilitate discussion groups for individuals with early-onset dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MID) — giving them a voice and working tirelessly to dismantle the stigma surrounding the disease.

Elly is also a Club Champion for ADRAG https://adrag.org/club-champions/

We wish all Rotarians and their families a wonderful Holiday Season.  We look forward to seeing you all again on January 9, 2025

Happy New Year. May all your wishes for the new year come true

Andrea Perez & Lily Ehlebracht will speak about the Instituto Internacional in Chapala.

Our mision is to provide a free atmosphere that becomes the natural space where both

critical thinking and imagination thrive" by teaching social, research, communication,

self-management, and thinking skills necessary not only to achieve academic success, but

to generate global impact.

https://sites.google.com/view/instituto-internacional

Presentation: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFDyFJnJ9c/Nn_jN2YuYN1019nxmrTCAA/watch?utm_content=DAFDyFJnJ9c&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor

Past President Barbara Wilson is our Club's Foundation Chair.  She will be speaking about the inportance of Supporting our Rotary Foundation.

No Rotary Meeting today but a Visit to Primavera Forest with Gabriel Vasquez  (former Director of AIPROMADES)