Welcome to another issue of our weekly bulletin! Find out what we covered during the last weekly meeting, and what we learned from our speaker.
Announcements
Volcano Forest Run
Club members spent the morning on August 19 giving out water and gatorade to the marathoners at Aid Station #5. Our volunteers were Richard Cunningham, Bryan Lindsey, Tom Witthans, Mary Begier, Sandra Wagner-Wright, Miyuki Lee, Katie Lambert, Dayday Hopkins.
International Convention 2020
John Steelquist, past district governor, announced that the International convention will be in Hawaii on June 6-10, 2020.
Multi-Club Social
The RC Kona Mauka Club invites all clubs to the Volcano Winery on Aug 27, noon to 3pm, $30.
Oktoberfest
Katie distributed the Oktoberfest silent auction form. The goal is for every member to donate, individually or as a group. This year we are trying fewer donations of higher value-- sweet spot of $75. Need names of business owners to send solicitation letter. Caps just came in ($15), available for purchase at meetings. Tickets will be distributed in two weeks (or buy a table).
Celebration of Life
Jeff Melrose's celebration of life will be at 1:00 P.M. Sunday, August 27, at the Niaulani campus of Volcano Art Center.
Support
Sharon reached out for support for the Jr Achievement Hall of Fame dinner honoring Sig Zane and his wife. Aug 26 (Saturday), 5pm, Nani Mau. Still some seats available at $75 each.
Matthew Platz is a Vice Chancellor for Academic affairs at UH-Hilo. A native of New York city, he has a Ph.D. in chemistry from Yale University and has won awards in distinguished teaching and research. Matt's research has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). UH is fortunate to have been selected by NSF as one of a few selected states to participate in NSF's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). One of Hawaii's EPSCoR projects is Ike Wai, a project to advance the state of knowledge of "blue gold", our precious water resources. At the UH-Hilo, Ike Wai research occurs on the Mookini Library 3rd floor. There is a large high resolution screen to view data collaboratively. The research challenge is data mining. UH-Hilo will soon offer a Data Science certificate to prepare students in this emerging field of opportunity. Internship opportunities are available in the natural and social sciences to address the history of water usage and policies, water security, and water quality.
Mary Begier heard a speaker explain the complex in simple terms-- just right for us Rotarians. Tapping the bountiful knowledge of our treasured UH-Hilo, we were enlightened on the topic of how astronomers peer into the universe. Christoph Baranec is an Assistant Astronomer with the Institute for Astronomy. The hot and cold air mixing in our atmosphere causes a blurring effect, much like cold fresh water mixing with warmer ocean water. Christoph has pioneered a completely robotic telescope, called AO-Robotics, that uses adaptive optics to correct and sharpen the focus of celestial objects. Adaptive optics uses a laser shot toward the star or other object to determine the light scatter. This feedback then manipulates a deformable mirror to produce a sharper image. The potential applications of this technology to other fields are just being explored, such as thick tissue imaging or optometry.
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