RCMC Newsletter
August 2022
August 2022 - Live MeetingsAugust 4th. - Andy Curtis: Andy Spins at 33 &1/3rd.
(Meeting to be held in the Sanctuary) Presentation: Andy has a turntable and a vinyl L.P. record collection, and wishes to evoke nostalgia for the 50's, 60's & 70's, the music and stories, spinning at 33 1/3 r.p.m. Bio: Andy Curtis is an RCMC member, born at the Guelph General Hospital, and a graduate of the University of Guelph (1977, College of Biological Science). He worked at the UofG Dairy Research Centre, retiring in 2005. 10am. To be followed by Live Questions August 18th. - Dr. Alexander Lanoszka : Ukraine
(Meeting to be held in the Sanctuary) Presentation: Dr. Lanoszka will be presenting his views on the historical factors that contributed to the start of the war in Ukraine, the current status of the war, and possible outcomes. Bio: BA (Windsor), PhD (Princeton) Alexander Lanoszka is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Waterloo. He studies alliance politics, theories of war, and European security. His first book Atomic Assurance: The Alliance Politics of Nuclear Proliferation (Cornell University Press, 2018) examines the conditions under which states that receive formal security commitments begin, and sometimes stop, seeking their own nuclear weapons. His second book Military Alliances in the Twenty-First Century (Polity, 2022) offers a holistic overview of how alliances operate from their conception to their eventual demise. He has also co-written policy monographs on Baltic regional security and Taiwan’s defence posture as well as co-edited a volume on NATO's enhanced Forward Presence. He sits on the editorial board of the journal Contemporary Security Policy and is the Ernest Bevin Associate Fellow in Euro-Atlantic Geopolitics at the UK-based think-tank Council on Geostrategy. He taught at City, University of London prior to coming to Waterloo and held fellowships at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology and Dartmouth College. 10am. To be followed by Live Questions. |
Andy Curtis
Dr. Alexander Lanoszka
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Future Meetings
Meetings for September
Sept.1st. - David Connolly: The Drayton Theatre story. An entertainment powerhouse…
Sept.15th. - John Dickie: Airplanes and Space
Sept. 29th. - Neil Dunsmore: Motivational Speaker: Walk from Fergus to Ottawa
Sept.1st. - David Connolly: The Drayton Theatre story. An entertainment powerhouse…
Sept.15th. - John Dickie: Airplanes and Space
Sept. 29th. - Neil Dunsmore: Motivational Speaker: Walk from Fergus to Ottawa
Activities & Events
Elora Race Night - Sept. 2nd.
Please sign up at the activities desk
Please sign up at the activities desk
Coffee Mornings
August 11th. and 25th.
Coffee/Breakfast
RCMC Live Coffee Morning Reservations have been made at the following locations.
9:30 am at The Boathouse Tea Room (116 Gordon St, Guelph)
9:00 am or before the Airpark Cafe (50 Skyway Dr, Guelph) - The AirPark Cafe serves a full breakfast and they open at 7am so you for early risers, you can go anytime after 7am.
There will be an Ad Hoc after coffee walk available at the boathouse. Please join us
More news to come regarding activities and live coffee mornings
Refer to the website often
Coffee/Breakfast
RCMC Live Coffee Morning Reservations have been made at the following locations.
9:30 am at The Boathouse Tea Room (116 Gordon St, Guelph)
9:00 am or before the Airpark Cafe (50 Skyway Dr, Guelph) - The AirPark Cafe serves a full breakfast and they open at 7am so you for early risers, you can go anytime after 7am.
There will be an Ad Hoc after coffee walk available at the boathouse. Please join us
More news to come regarding activities and live coffee mornings
Refer to the website often
Other News
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Membership
Please send any updates to your entry in the Membership Directory, including any change in email address, to Del Campbell, 519-826-0679, susan-delcampbell@sympatico.ca
Members are encouraged to invite male friends and acquaintances to our meetings.
Members are encouraged to invite male friends and acquaintances to our meetings.