Husam Hishmeh led us in the Flag Salute
 
Menu for tonight honey Dijon pork chops, sweet potato and lemon Fluff
 
Upcoming Programs:
Andre Mendez - CIO Dept of Commerce
Kevin Clerici – Downtown Ventura Partners
Thursday evening meeting - Scategories
 
Our Opportunity Drawing was donated this week by Carin Kally – Kayaking for 2 in Ventura Harbor.
 
Laura Shannon spoke about getting penpals for seniors.
 
Sharon Daly – Hydroponic program as a possibility.
9/25 Mossy foot will have a fundraising dinner.
 
Ashley Pope – Schools just started. Still working out what we are going to do. Will know more in a few weeks.
 
Joe Strohman – As with youth, more information in a few weeks after classes get settled in.
 
Bruce McGee – Andre Mendez, Chief Information Officer (Acting) U.S. Department of Commerce. He will discuss tech evolution, artificial intelligence and human longevity.
 
André Mendes was appointed Chief Information Officer for the Department of Commerce in August of 2019. There, he has overall responsibility and oversight of all technology systems at the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) and its associated bureaus (FY2020 Budget $3.8B).

Prior to leading multiple Govt Agencies Mr. Mendes worked with Special Olympics, PBS and many other companies. 
Let people know about our speaker and invite them to come listen in.
 
Our program today was Marlyss Auster with the Ventura Visitors & Convention Bureau.
 
Happy $’s: Cal Magro,
 
Opportunity  Drawing winner: Larua Shannon!
 
We took a few minutes to speak about Bill Klope.
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