Events from Previous Years

2009

Saturday, November 21, 2009

The Game"
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Kick off at 9:00 a.m. PST

First & Main Sports Lounge
397 Main Street
Corner of First and Main Streets
Los Altos CA 94022
Map
650-949-1380

First & Main Sports Lounge opened in Los Altos in November of 2008, and we are trying it for the first time this year. We will be in the Lounge and Lower Dining Area.

Yale Fight Songs

Down the Field
Bulldog
Boola
Bingo, That's the Lingo
Goodnight, Harvard
Bright College Years

The game begins at 9:00 am, and First & Main will open around 8:30 am. There is no cover charge or minimum. Food and beverage will be available to purchase. Children are welcome. Our friends from Harvard will be joining us again, so we need lots of Yalies to out-shout and out-sing them. Come join us to watch the Game, meet old friends, and make new friends.

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Minds for Sale
by
Jonathan Zittrain '91
Professor of Internet Law
Harvard Law School

Moderator: Pulin Sanghvi '92
Assistant Dean &
Director of the Career Management Center
Graduate School of Business
Stanford University

Networks connect people as well as devices, and when they are cheap and easy to use, intellectual tasks can be broken out and performed elsewhere by other people. We are in the initial stages of distributed human thinking that can be directed at mental tasks the way that surplus remote server rackspace or Web hosting can be purchased to accommodate sudden spikes in Internet traffic. For example:

· Firms like InnoCentive offer rewards of $5,000 to $1 million to solve challenges ranging from designing self-cleaning kitchen sponges to creating a new molecule or biomarker.

· Marketplaces like Amazon's Mechanical Turk offer "HITs" - human intelligence tasks - for sale one unit at a time, from as low as $0.01 for boring and repetitive work to as high as $10.00 for more demanding tasks. If Mechanical Turk had preceded Wikipedia, potential contributors to the latter might have been more primed to wonder why they should give away for free what otherwise commands a price.

· Firms like LiveOps allow people to take pizza orders one minute and solicit campaign donations the next. At some fast food drive-throughs, the microphone and speaker next to the menu board are patched through to an order-taker thousands of miles away. That person types up the requested order and dispatches it back to a screen in the food preparation area of the restaurant while the car is idling.

Imagine a future in which passengers on a subway train stare into screens even for just a few minutes and earn as much money in that time as their respective skills and stations allow.

Jonathan Zittrain '91 DC, will discuss the prospects and issues for this future in which human computing is ubiquitous and nearly any mental act can be bought and sold. Zittrain is professor of Internet law at Harvard Law School and author, most recently, of The Future of the Internet And How To Stop It, published by the Yale University Press. An interactive online version of the book is available on the Yale Books Unbound website of the Yale University Press. Jonathan Zittrain will have a new book out in 2010 on Internet Law.

Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Future of Internet.jpg

Time:
6:30 pm            Check-in/Reception with light refreshments
7:00 pm            Program and Q & A
8:00 pm            Book Signing (paperback books for sale at the event)

Location (map):
Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium
1313 Newell Road (On the corner of Embarcadero Road)
Palo Alto 94303
(650) 329-2366

Ticket Price per Person (YCSV members will get the member code by email):
               $12          Paid in advance for YCSV members and 1 guest
               $20          Non-member price and price at the door
               $ 7          Student price (please show student ID at the door)

Sponsors:
The Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley, Yale Club of Silicon Valley,
and Harvard Club of Silicon Valley.

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Thursday, September 10, 2009

Special Post-Show Reception for Attendees

Yellow Face
A SATIRICAL SELF-PORTRAIT

By David Henry Hwang '83 MFA
Starring
Pun Bandhu '01 MFA as D.H.H.
Francis Jue '86 as D.H.H.'s father

A revealing backstage comedy from the Tony Award-winning author of M Butterfly, this ferociously funny, utterly unreliable memoir chronicles David Henry Hwang’s struggle to define racial identity in the mixed-up melting pot of contemporary America. Part fact, part fiction, provocative yet full of heart, this Obie Award winner is a tale of cultural politics, family fortunes, and artistic integrity. Actor and Tony-winning producer Pun Bandhu plays D.H.H. Broadway star Francis Jue recreates his award-winning role as D.H.H.'s father.

Dinner: For those who wanted to get together before the performance, we will meet for dinner at the New Mongolian BBQ at 304 Castro Street in Mountain View beginning at 6 pm. Service is buffet style, so people can arrive at different times.

Post-show Reception: After the show playwright, David Henry Hwang '83 MFA, actors Francis Jue '86 and Pun Bandhu '01 MFA, and TheatreWorks Artistic Director Robert Kelley will meet with the group to discuss the play and their roles.

Date:          Thursday, September 10, 2009

Program:
6-7:15 pm    Meet for dinner (buffet style) at New Mongolian BBQ,
                   304 Castro Street, Mountain View, 94041
8:00 pm       Play begins
Post-show    Reception at theater with Francis Jue '86, Pun Bandhu '01 MFA,
                    David Henry Hwang '83 MFA, & Artistic Director Robert Kelley

Location (map):
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
500 Castro Street
Mountain View, CA 94041

Tickets:
TheatreWorks is offering us its group benefit ticket price so that we can sell the tickets at prices lower than its typical discounted rates. The ticket prices are:
Adult:     $35
Student   $25

Sponsors:
The Association of Asian American Yale Alumni (AAAYA) and the Yale Club of Silicon Valley are co-hosting this event. Part of the ticket price will go to AAAYA to raise money for its programs.

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Monday, August 3, 2009

Chris Mooney '99
co-author of

UNSCIENTIFIC AMERICA
How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future

Climate change, the energy crisis, nuclear proliferation—many of the most urgent problems of twenty-first century require scientific solutions. And yet Americans are paying less and less attention to scientists. For every five hours of cable news, less than a minute is devoted to science; according to Gallup and Pew polls, a large percent of Americans do not believe in evolution; the number of newspapers with science sections has shrunk from ninety-five to thirty-three since 1989. The gap between the scientific community and American culture grows wider every day.

In Unscientific America, journalist and best-selling author Chris Mooney and scientist Sheril Kirshenbaum explain how corporate interests, a weak education system, science-phobic politicians, and hyperspecialized scientists have created this dangerous state of affairs. They also propose a broad array of initiatives that could reverse the current trend and lead to the greater integration of science into our national discourse—before it is too late.

Chris Mooney is a contributing editor to Science Progress and author of the New York Times bestseller, The Republican War on Science, and Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming. He contributes to many publications including Wired, Slate, and The American Prospect and has appeared on radio and TV shows such as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Chris is a visiting associate in the Center for Collaborative History at Princeton University and will be a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT for 2009-2010.

Date: Monday, August 3, 2009

Time:
6:30 pm            Check-in/Reception with light refreshments
7:00 pm            Program and Q & A
8:00 pm            Book Signing (books for sale by Kepler's Books)

Location:
Kellogg Auditorium
Silicon Valley Bank
3005 Tasman Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408.654.7400

Directions:
Silicon Valley Bank is located near the Great America Parkway, which connects to both highways 101 and 237. The Kellogg Auditorium is next to the main office.

Ticket Price per Person:
$15 Members and non-members paid in advance
$20 Paid at the door

Sponsors:
Yale Club of Silicon Valley and the Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley

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Saturday, June 6, July 18, September 12 & October 10, 2009

San Mateo Memorial Park Creek Trail Building Project

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The park entry fee is waived for volunteers.

	On the Yale Day of Service when many areas were roasting in 95 degree weather, Yale volunteers were enjoying 70 degree weather in the shade next to the picturesque Pescadero Creek in Memorial Park. This is a trail that has been closed for years and is not even shown on current maps. The Trail Center , a community service organization that our club will work with throughout the year, returned on June 6, July 18, and September 12, and is scheduled to finish the trail building on Creek Trail on October 10. We will finish building the retaining wall and clearing the trail upstream to the suspension bridge, the connector trails, and the trail downstream from the waterfall. This is a great opportunity for Yale alums to help San Mateo County maintain a park that is a favorite for many.
Registration Go to the Trail Center website to register for any project. Include that you are a Yale alum and how many people are in your party. Children should be 14 years or older. Check with the Trail Center before bringing younger children because of the dangers of the terrain and tools. Schedule Arrive at 8:30 am (about an hour drive from Palo Alto or SF because of the distance and winding roads) for safety talks, instructions on how to use the tools, and crew assignments. Work will start on the trail at 9:00. Bring a lunch for the lunch break, which we enjoyed last time sitting on the rocks in and next to Pescadero Creek. The work will continue after lunch until 2:30 or 3 pm, at which time the Trail Center breaks out the beer, juices, chips, dip, veggies, and other goodies for a refreshing feast and time to get to know one another better.
	What to Bring Volunteers should bring water, sunscreen, sturdy shoes, lunch, and a change of clothes. Wear long pants and a long sleeve shirt to protect against poison oak. The Trail Center provides tools, training, gloves, and refreshments after the workday. Directions Memorial Park is located on Pescadero Creek Road about 7 miles east of the town of Pescadero. The parking/meeting place for our group is the first picnic area in the Huckleberry Flat Group Picnic Area, which is about 0.4 miles to the west of the main park entrance. There should be a Trail Center sign on Pescadero Creek Road by the entrance to the Huckleberry Flat Group Picnic Area.
When coming to Memorial Park from the coast side, take Highway 1 to Pescadero Road. This way is often faster and more comfortable for car passengers if you are coming from SF or areas north of Highway 92. Follow Pescadero Road east about 7 miles past Pescadero to the Huckleberry Flat Group Picnic Area entrance, which is about 0.4 miles before the main park entrance. If you pass this entrance, you can turn around at the main entrance. The ranger at the main entrance booth can give you directions. Tell the ranger that you are working on the Trail Center trail building project so that you are not charged the entrance fee.
	Other Places To Go After the Trail Center project is done, there is still time to visit the towns of Pescadero or Half Moon Bay. Half Moon Bay If you are passing through the intersection of 84 and 35, you can stop and enjoy the scene on weekends at Alice's Restaurant. More Information about Memorial Park and the Project The Trail Center website and the San Mateo website have more information about Memorial Park and the project.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

JWAL Cover.JPG Scotty McLennan '70

author
JESUS WAS A LIBERAL
Reclaiming Christianity for All

Scotty McLennan claims that Jesus championed a progressive social vision of the future, rationality, tolerance and freedom from religious authority. In modern terms, Jesus was a liberal. Today, the press frequently talks about a culture war between the religious right and the secular left. In the middle – forgotten or maligned – are liberal Christians. They represent at least twenty percent of Americans, and perhaps as many as fifty percent. This book seeks to give them a voice and to reclaim “liberal” as a positive word. Importantly, it also tries to build bridges to conservative and evangelical Christians as well as to those impressed by the new best-selling atheist books.

"[A] timely and powerfully reasoned argument that it's time for liberals to reclaim ownership of Christ as he was - an outlier, a passionate but rationalist revolutionary who spoke to the best in us." - Garry Trudeau, author of Doonesbury

The Rev. Scotty McLennan is the dean for religious life at Stanford University. He was the university Chaplain at Tufts University from 1984 to 2000, and senior lecturer at the Harvard Business School for ten of those years. McLennan received his B.A. from Yale University in 1970 as a Scholar of the House working in the area of computers and the mind. He received his M.Div. and J.D. degrees from Harvard Divinity and Law Schools in 1975. In 1975, he was also ordained to the ministry (Unitarian Universalist) and admitted to the Massachusetts bar as an attorney.

Before his presentation at Kepler's Books, please join Scotty and other Yalies at Cafe Borrone for an informal get-together. Rev Scot Sloan.jpg

Date:       Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Time:
6:30 pm    Reception at Café Borrone (next to Kepler's)
                with Scotty McLennan
7:30 pm    Presentation at Kepler's Books

Location (Map):
Kepler's Books
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park CA, 94025
(650) 324-4321

Hope to see you there. Peace!

Scotty and Garry Trudeau were roommates at Yale, and Scotty was the inspiration for Doonesbury's Rev. Scot Sloan.

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Yale Day of Service

The Association of Yale Alumni (AYA) launched the Yale Day of Service on May 16, 2009, with the goal that Yale alumni around the globe will come together to serve their local communities. The Yale Day of Service is designed to:

· Celebrate the historic Yale tradition of service

· Enable Yale alumni to make a difference in their local communities through a shared commitment to service

· Give alumni the opportunity to connect with other alumni, especially young alumni and families, in new ways

The Yale Club of Silicon Valley sponsored three community service projects:

· Positive Coaching Alliance in Palo Alto

· EHC Food Bank in San Jose

· Trail Center Trail Building at Memorial Park, San Mateo

Go to the AYA Day of Service website to learn more about the program and the projects that were done by our club and other clubs.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Gary Reback '71

author
FREE the Market!
Why Only Government Can Keep the Marketplace Competitive

Gary Reback’s new book, Free the Market!, draws on vivid, behind-the-scenes accounts of key Silicon Valley events and leading high tech lawsuits – involving top companies like Apple, Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, and AT&T – to paint a tableau of government policy gone awry.

“You can read his account as eyewitness history,” wrote Scott Herhold in the San Jose Mercury News. “Free the Market! is a white paper meant to influence a new government in Washington D. C.”

Join Gary to discuss entrepreneurs, innovation, and the competitive struggle – and what we need to do to foster growth by reversing policies that favor a few big, entrenched firms. Among the timely questions Gary will consider:

· Is Microsoft still a threat to Silicon Valley?

· Is Google the new Microsoft? What should the government do about that?

· Should the government block consolidation in Silicon Valley industries like software and pharma?

· How should competition policy deal with companies that are “too big to fail?”

Gary Reback is best known for spearheading the efforts that led to the federal lawsuit against Microsoft in the 1990s. California Law Business called Reback “the leading proponent of [Silicon] Valley’s emerging technologies in the courts.” The National Law Journal has referred to Reback as the “antitrust champion” and the “protector of the marketplace.” “If there’s one person who’s going to help define antitrust law for the 21^st Century,” wrote Wired magazine, “it’s Gary Reback.”

Gary has been named one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America by the National Law Journal and is quoted regularly by major media. He is currently of counsel with Carr & Ferrell LLP.

Rob Hof, the Silicon Valley bureau chief for Business Week, will be the moderator for the program.

Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009

Time:
6:15 pm            Check-in/Reception with light refreshments
7:00 pm            Program and Q & A
8:00 pm            Book Signing (books for sale by Kepler's Books)

Location:
Kellogg Auditorium
Silicon Valley Bank
3005 Tasman Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408.654.7400

Directions:
Silicon Valley Bank is located near the Great America Parkway, which connects to both highways 101 and 237. The Kellogg Auditorium is next to the main office.

Ticket Price per Person:

$20 Members and non-members paid in advance

$25 Paid at the door

$ 7 Student price

Sponsors:

Yale Club of Silicon Valley and the Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Is Peace Possible in the Middle East?

Joseph Cumming

Director, Reconciliation Program

Yale Center for Faith and Culture

Yale Divinity School

The Yale Divinity School has taken the leadership to develop programs to bring together Christian, Muslim, and Jewish leaders to reconcile the theological, political, social, cultural, ethical issues that traditionally divide them. Rev. Joseph Cumming, the Director of the Reconciliation Program, has a wealth of information to share with us about the progress that is being made in the Middle East and the work that remains to be done. By bringing political and religious leaders together in new ways, can Yale play an important role in the peace process and help to bridge differences that have not been resolved through the political process alone?

The recent conference at Yale was featured in the Sept/Oct 2008 issue of the Yale Alumni Magazine ("Love Thy Neighbor") with Joseph Cumming's response to the Letters to the Editor in the Nov/Dec 2008 issue and Letters to the Editor in the Jan/Feb 2009 issue.

We scheduled this event after the first 100 days in office for President Obama and after several important political events in the Middle East to learn how much the situation in the Middle East has changed during the first months in 2009.

Date: Thursday, April 30, 2009

Time:
6:30 pm            Check-in/Reception with light refreshments
7:00 pm            Program
7:30 pm            Q & A

Location:
Michaels at Shoreline http://www.michaelsatshoreline.com/
2960 Shoreline Blvd
Mountain View 94043
650-962-1014

Directions:
Michaels is the clubhouse for the Shoreline Golf Links. The gate to the golf course is about 1 mile north on Shoreline Blvd. from the exit at 101. Continue on the road that winds around the golf course for another mile to get to Michaels.

Ticket Price per Person:

$15 Members and non-members paid in advance

$20 Paid at the door

Sponsors:

Yale Club of Silicon Valley and the Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Yale Redpath Seminar

The Future of Asia

http://www.yaleredpath.org/

Westin St. Francis Hotel

San Francisco

$75 ($90 at the door) per person

$50 ($65 at the door) for Yale alumni classes 1999-2008

Each year the Association of Yale Alumni (AYA) presents the Redpath Seminar, a full day of lectures, panel discussions, and receptions, at a different location around the country.

This year the seminar focuses on The Future of Asia. As China and India strive to position themselves as economic powerhouses and Asia plays an increasingly significant role on the world stage, what impact will this have on the U.S. and other countries? What is propelling Asia's growth, and more importantly, what may be undermining potential expansion? Taking into account historical trends as well as the present economic climate, what can we expect for Asia's future?

A distinguished Yale panel:

· Nayan Chanda, Editor of YaleGlobal Online at the Yale Center for Globalization

· Amy Chua, Professor of Law at Yale and author of Day of Empire and World on Fire

· Marian Chertow, Director of the Industrial Environmental Management at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

will explore these questions and provide key insights into Asia's position as a global power.

Schedule

8:00 - 9:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 am	Welcoming Remarks
	Lecture by Nayan Chanda
	Globalization and the Re-emergence of China and India
10:30 - 10:45 am	Break
10:45 - 11:45 am	Lecture by Amy Chua
	How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance - and Why They Fall
11:45 - 1:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 - 2:15 pm	Lecture by Marian Chertow '81 M.P.P.M., '00 Ph.D.
	Asian Economic Power and the Environment
2:15 - 2:30 pm	Break
2:30 - 4:00 pm	Faculty Panel and Discussion
4:00 - 5:00 pm	Reception

For more information on the seminar and speakers, go to http://www.yaleredpath.org/.

Hosted by the Bay Area Yale clubs.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Craig Johnson '68
(1946-2009)

The Virtual Service Firm (VSF)

A New Way of Working

Recent improvements in high speed Internet connectivity; the availability of low cost enterprise software tools; seemingly never ending increases in the billable rates and overhead of conventional professional service firms; and widespread dissatisfaction with the pressures and lack of work/life balance inside these firms have led to the emergence of a new kind of business – the virtual service firm (VSF). VSFs allow professionals in law, accounting, recruiting, product design, investment and other fields the flexibility to work from home, set their own hours and rates, work in teams, live where they want to live, work less, charge much lower billable rates, be less of a burden on the environment and still earn more money than they could at conventional firms.

Craig Johnson, CEO and co-founder of Virtual Law Partners LLP, will discuss this emerging trend and the reasons the VSF model benefits both professionals and clients. Prior to founding VLP, Craig was the Chairman and co-founder of Venture Law Group and before that was a senior partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Craig has been recognized by the National Law Journal as one of the 100 most influential attorneys in America and by Forbes Magazine as one of the country's top private company investors ("Midas List").

Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Time:
6:30 pm Check-in/Reception with light refreshments
7:00 pm Program and Q & A

Location:
Kellogg Auditorium
Silicon Valley Bank
3005 Tasman Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408-654-7400

Directions:
Silicon Valley Bank is located near the Great America Parkway, which connects to both highways 101 and 237. The Kellogg Auditorium is next to the main office.

Ticket Price per Person:

$20 Members and non-members paid in advance

$25 Paid at the door

Sponsors:

Yale Club of Silicon Valley and the Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley

Thursday, February 19, 2009

2009 is the International Year of Astronomy, commemorating the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first recorded astronomical observations of the heavens with a telescope and the publication of Kepler's Astronomia nova in 1609.

Are We Alone?

The Dance of a Fertile Universe

Lynn Rothschild '78

Astrobiologist

NASA Ames Research Center

Fr. George Coyne

Astronomer & Former Director

Vatican Observatory

The potential for life was present at the Big Bang, but the only place that we have found that promise to be realized is planet Earth. What have we learned about the possibility for life elsewhere in the universe? George Coyne, an astronomer and Jesuit priest, and Lynn Rothschild, an evolutionary astrobiologist at NASA, will approach this question from their different perspectives. Against the canvas of the physical universe, the niches for life will be sketched, concluding with thoughts on the meaning of this remarkable potential.

George Coyne is the former director of the Vatican Observatory and the President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. The Vatican Observatory is one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, and its research group operates the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) at the Mount Graham International Observatory (MGIO) in southeastern Arizona. It does leading research on current issues in astronomy such as dark matter, dark energy, quasars, and supernovae. Dr. Coyne has published many papers on polarimetric studies of interstellar medium, stars with extended atmospheres, interacting binary star systems that give off sudden bursts of intense energy, and dust about young stars. The asteroid 14429 Coyne discovered by Shoemaker and Levy is named for him. Dr. Coyne has commented often on the differences between science and theology, for example, opposing intelligent design as defined by many of its supporters. Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, interviewed Dr. Coyne for Dawkins' television program The Genius of Charles Darwin in the UK.

Lynn Rothschild is an evolutionary biologist-astrobiologist at NASA’s Ames Research Center and a consulting professor at Stanford and Brown Universities where she teaches Astrobiology and Space Exploration. Dr. Rothchild's research has focused on how life, particularly microbes, has evolved in the context of the physical environment on Earth and potentially elsewhere in the solar system and universe. Her work has taken her to the harsh environments in some wild places on Earth. Most recently she has taken to the air in conjunction with the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department at Stanford, flying experiments up to 106,000 feet on high altitude balloons.

Dr. Rothschild has appeared on a number of Naked Science TV programs on the National Geographic Channel and on the Alien Faces episode for The Universe TV program on the History Channel.

Date:       Thursday, February 19, 2009

Time:

6:30 pm            Check-in/Reception with light refreshments

7:00 pm            Program and Q & A

Location (Directions):

Ballroom, Building 3 Conference Center

NASA Ames Research Park

Moffet Boulevard/NASA Parkway

Mountain View

Note:  You will need to show an ID at the security gate.

The guard can direct you to the Building 3 Conference Center.

Ticket Price per Person:

$10 YCSV members and one guest (member + guest = $20)

$15 Non-members and additional guests

Note:  The ticket price for high school and middle school students is $5.

Sponsors:

Yale Club of Silicon Valley, Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley,
and NASA Ames Research Center

Monday, February 2, 2009

Van Jones '93 YLS

author

The Green Collar Economy

Van Jones Website

As climate chaos and soaring fuel costs batter the U.S. economy, Van Jones brings a unique perspective to the color green. A 1993 Yale Law School alumnus, Van is a tireless advocate committed to creating "green pathways out of poverty" and greatly expanding the coalition to fight global warming. So when he imagines an Earth-friendly economy, he dreams of a society that has no throw-away species or resources - and no throw-away kids or neighborhoods.

He argues that a green economy that rescues the polar bears can also rescue the U.S. economy - putting America back to work; driving down energy and food prices; giving green-collar jobs and a second chance to wayward youth; and ending forever the need for oil wars and resource wars. In his vision, the green economy can be much more than a place for affluent people to spend money. It also can be a place for more ordinary people to earn money - and for poor people to save money.

Shifting the new environmental discussion from green consumers to green workers, Van shows how the shift from an oil-dependent, pollution-based economy can create a powerful engine for economic renewal - creating jobs for millions. Warning against the dangers of "eco-elitism" and "eco-apartheid," Van calls for a "Green New Deal" to help all classes and colors enjoy the work, wealth and health benefits of the green economy.

Date: Monday, February 2, 2009

Time:
6:30 pm            Check-in/Reception with light refreshments
7:00 pm            Program and Q & A
8:00 pm            Book Signing

Location:
Kellogg Auditorium
Silicon Valley Bank
3005 Tasman Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408-654-7400

Directions:
Silicon Valley Bank is located near the Great America Parkway, which connects to both highways 101 and 237. The Kellogg Auditorium is next to the main office.

Ticket Price per Person:

$20 Members and non-members paid in advance

$25 Paid at the door

Note:  The ticket price for high school and middle school students is $7.

Sponsors:
Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley, Yale Club of Silicon Valley, and
Yale Law School Association of Northern California

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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Yale Glee Club Winter Tour 2009

7:30 PM

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Grace Cathedral

1110 California Street

San Francisco, CA 94108

Tickets:

$10 General Admission

$8 Students and Seniors

City Box Office

180 Redwood Street

San Francisco, CA

http://www.cityboxoffice.com

(415) 392-4400

The Yale Glee Club, founded in 1861, is Yale University's oldest musical organization and premier undergraduate mixed chorus. Today, the Glee Club is a chorus of eighty women and men - majors in music or mathematics, biology or philosophy, political science or art - drawn together by a love of singing and an understanding that raising your voice with others to create something beautiful is one of the noblest human pursuits. One of the most traveled collegiate choruses; the Glee Club has appeared on six continents and in most of the major concert halls in the United States. The ensemble collaborates regularly with internationally renowned guest conductors and presents frequent premieres of new music.

Under the direction of Yale School of Music professor Jeffrey Douma, this year's tour program features works by Guerrero, Grieg, Rachmaninoff, Pärt, and a new piece composed for the Glee Club by eminent American composer Ned Rorem, as well as arrangements of folk songs, spirituals, and traditional college songs.

2008

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Yale Club of San Francisco

~ Yale Holiday Party ~

Thursday, December 4, 2008

7:00 pm

The Westin St. Francis

Union Square, San Francisco

The Yale Club of San Francisco invites Yale alumni and friends to attend its 5^th Annual Yale Holiday Party on Thursday, December 4^th. This is an opportunity for Yalies from all over the Bay Area, from all classes and schools, to come together for an evening of revelry at what has become a favorite San Francisco holiday tradition.

Come see old friends and make new ones at this special event to be held at in the majestic Westin St. Francis on Union Square. The party will be held in the gorgeous and historic Colonial Room. We hope you’ll join us!

Please buy your tickets to this event at the Yale Club of San Francisco website (http://www.yalesf.org/).

Saturday, November 22, 2008

"The Game"

Saturday, November 22, 2008
Kick off at 9:00 a.m.

Dan Brown's Lounge & Sports Bar

4141 El Camino Real
(Just north of Arastradero and Charleston Roads)

Palo Alto CA 94306
650-493-9020

Free Admission

We return to Dan Brown's Sports Bar to watch the Game, meet old friends, and make new friends. We will try to make this more of a networking event this year with name tags, sheet music to share, and whatever else we dream up before kick off.

Yale Fight Songs
Lyrics to "Bulldog," "Down the Field," and others

The game begins at 9:00 am, and Dan Brown's Sports Bar will open around 8:30 am. There is no cover charge or minimum. Food and beverage will be available to purchase, and there is a game room and small patio. Our friends from Harvard will be joining us again, so we need lots of Yalies to out-shout and out-sing them.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Guy Kawasaki
author

Reality Check

The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition

The Commonwealth Club is Offering its Member Price
to Members of the Yale Club of Silicon Valley

If the two most popular words in your company are "partner" and "strategic," and "partner" has become a verb, and "strategic" is used to describe decisions and activities that don't make sense, it's time for a reality check. Reality Check is a compilation of Guy's best wit, wisdom, and contrarian opinions in handy book form. From competition to customer service, innovation to marketing, he shows readers how to ignore fads and foolishness while sticking to commonsense practices.

This is a mere sampling of the book's topics:

§ How to get a standing ovation

§ The art of schmoozing

§ How to create a community

§ The top ten lies of entrepreneurs

§ Everything you wanted to know about getting a job in Silicon Valley but didn't know who to ask

For nearly 30 years, Kawasaki has earned a notable reputation as a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and popular blogger. The former Apple Evangelist will share his provocative insights and commonsense practices for succeeding in today's business world. Kawasaki's "no bull shiitake" approach is a reality check that covers everything from customer service to competition, innovation to marketing.

Date: Monday, November 17, 2008

Time:
6:30 pm            Check-in
7:00 pm            Program and Q & A
8:00 pm            Book Signing (books for sale by Kepler's Books)

Location:
Santa Clara Marriott
2700 Mission College Blvd
Santa Clara

Ticket Price per Person:
$15 Members (one guest of YCSV members also gets member price)
$25 Non-Members and additional guests

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Alyssa Rapp '00
Book Launch and Wine Tasting
Author
Around The World in 80 Sips

Alyssa Rapp is launching her new book, Guide to Wine: Around the World in 80 Sips, with a presentation about wine regions and varietals and a guided tasting that will take us on a journey through the world of wine. This program will help to educate us about an important industry in California and how California wines compare with those from other parts of the world. The wines, compliments of the 2008 Book Tour Sponsors, Kobrand Corporation and W Hotels, range in price from $13 to $55 per bottle and include:

· Caposaldo Prosecco (Italy)

· Louis Jadot Beaujolais Village Blanc 2004 (France)

· St. Francis Chardonnay 2006 (California)

· Craggy Range Te Kahu Merlot 2005 (New Zealand)

· St. Francis RED 2005 (California)

· Barrua Isola dei Nuraghi 2004 (Italy)

· Bodegas Roda Reserva 2003 (Spain)

· Sequoia Grove Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 (California)

Descriptions of the wines are shown below. Pamphlets describing the wines will be available at the event.

Enjoy a variety of hors d'oeuvres and expand your wine knowledge as you explore wines from boutique producers from around the globe. There will be a Q&A session following the presentation, and during the wine tasting, Alyssa will sign books purchased at the event.

From the publisher:
Today wine is more popular than ever—and consumers need up-to-date, sensible, and sophisticated advice from those in the know. Based on one of the Web site's most popular tasting events, Guide to Wine: Around the World in 80 Sips, will take readers on a journey through time and today's vineyards. Combining essential information about wine, featuring a primer about the different categories and a one-of-a-kind regional guide, what more could a wine-lover want? Inspiring wine drinkers to expand their knowledge base and explore their taste preferences, Bottlenotes will take a look at the most interesting wine spots, including: Napa, California; Italy; Australia; Lebanon; Israel; China; South Africa; Chile; and others! It used to be that there were two choices when you ordered wine—European or Californian? But now the wine world is multicultural and international. In order to stay in the game, it's important to learn from those in the know—and the folks at Bottlenotes are here to help!

Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Time:
6:30 pm            Check-in/Reception with hors d’oeuvres and a white wine to begin
7:00 pm            Presentation by Alyssa on her books and the wines
7:30 pm            Q & A
7:45 pm            Wine tasting and book signing

Location:
Michaels at Shoreline http://www.michaelsatshoreline.com/
2960 Shoreline Blvd
Mountain View 94043
650-962-1014

Price and Registration (includes the Guide to Wine book):

$25 per person for Yale Club members and one guest

$35 per person for non-members

Sponsors:
Yale Club of Silicon Valley & Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley

Bottlenotes
http://www.bottlenotes.com/

Alyssa Rapp '00 is an entrepreneur who co-founded Bottlenotes in 2005 after graduating from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford. Bottlenotes is a different kind of wine education and marketing club for its members. It delivers wine tailored to its members tastes using proprietary matching technology patterned after NetFlix (a co-founder of Netflix is on the board of Bottlenotes) and sources wine exclusively from some of the world's best boutiques and estate wineries. It has done wine tastings at the Oscars, the Emmy's, Sundance, and an array of celebrity and alumni events. Its Facebook application is at http://apps.facebook.com/bottlenotes.

The following are just a few of the Bottlenotes features:

· Winecyclopedia. The Bottlenotes Winecyclopedia is a reference for learning about wine. It includes guides on wine varieties and regions, the winemaking process, how to assess wine quality, and much more.

· BottleBlog. This blog provides the latest information about wines and events of interest.

· CelebrityNotes. Read the comments about wine by some celebrities.

Wine Descriptions

Caposaldo Prosecco
ITALY

Pale straw with greenish undertones; fruity aroma with citrus, green apple and acacia flowers. A pleasant acidity, freshness and full-bodied flavor make this a perfect wine to drink as an appetitive or with an antipasto or dinner.

Louis Jadot Beaujolais Village Blanc 2004
FRANCE

Fresh, lively and elegant, the aromas are vivid and marked by pear, white peach and floral fragrances underscored by discreet mineral notes which carry onto a firmly structured, balanced palate. The finish is long, crisp and finely tuned.

St. Francis Chardonnay 2006
CALIFORNIA

This ripe, lush, direct Chardonnay is a classic Sonoma expression of the grape, with overt tropical fruit and apple flavors, rich toasty oak notes and a crisp, supple finish.

Craggy Range Te Kahu Merlot 2005
NEW ZEALAND

Opaque garnet core with youthful crimson hues. Aromas of ripe plum and fruit cake characters neatly meshed with sandalwood and spicy cinnamon overtones. The overall aromatic impression is one of brooding complexity.

St. Francis RED 2005
CALIFORNIA

Red, ripe and robust fruit flavors with spicy aromas make this a wine that pairs well with a variety of foods. Great with grilled foods and pizza or pasta dishes with red sauce.

Barrua Isola dei Nuraghi 2004
ITALY

Barrua is deep crimson red in color with violet highlights and aromas of crushed fresh blackberries and a suave, silky palate supported by sweet, refined tannins and a fine note of acidity. Together, the color, fragrance, extract and alcohol achieve a degree of richness which yields wine of opulent suppleness, elegant tannins and finely tuned acidity: a textbook expression of the Carignano grape.

Bodegas Roda Reserva 2003
SPAIN

Shows big, black cherry, blackberry and wild herb aromas and dense, powerful, spicy and mineral fruit on the palate. RODA is a wine with a serious structure, harmonious, balancing acidity and ripe soft tannins.

Sequoia Grove Cabernet Sauvignon 2005
CALIFORNIA

With a deep, dusky dark-red color, the wine has expressive aromas of characteristic Rutherford dust, black cherries, currant and herbs, with intriguing red cherry cocoa powder and dried herb notes.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Naomi Wolf
author
Give Me Liberty
A Handbook for American Revolutionaries

The Commonwealth Club is Offering its Member Price
to Members of the Yale Club of Silicon Valley

In Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries, bestselling author Naomi Wolf illustrates the breathtaking changes that can take place when ordinary citizens engage in the democratic system the way the founders intended and tells how to use that system, right now, to change your life, your community, and ultimately, the nation.

Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Time:
11:30 am   Check-In/Boxed Lunch
12:00 pm   Program
1:00 pm   Book signing

Location:
National Semiconductor
Building E Conference Center
2900 Semiconductor Drive
Santa Clara

Cost per Person and Registration:

$15 Member of the Yale Club of Silicon Valley and one guest each at $15
$20 Non-Member

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Inside Web 2.0 Strategy Panel Discussion

This distinguished panel of entrepreneurs and strategists, lead by Yale alum Amy Shuen '77, will discuss the following questions:

· How do Web 2.0 companies make money?

· What is the business model and revenue stream for their companies?

· How have companies moved from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0?

· What does the future of Web 2.0 look like?

The panelists will share stories and strategies about what they have done and what they have found to work and not work.

Professor Shuen is the author of Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide, which illustrates through real-life examples how businesses, large and small, are creating new opportunities on today's Web. This book is about strategy. Rather than focus on the technology, the examples concentrate on its effect. Creating a Web 2.0 business, or integrating Web 2.0 strategies with your existing business, means creating ways online that people can come together to share what they think, see, and do. A small percentage of the customers help build the site, and old-fashioned "word of mouth" becomes hyper-growth. Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide and the panel will use the examples of their companies to illustrate the power of this new paradigm.

The panel includes:

Amy Shuen '77, Moderator

Amy is a software/digital electronics engineer, economist and business school professor at CEIBS, formerly at Wharton and Berkeley. Her industry and consulting experience includes Intel, P&G, Bell Labs, Booz Allen, the Silicon Valley Strategy Group and the McKenna Group. She has advised more than 50 Silicon Valley venture-funded startups as well as executive committees of multinational corporations and started up a $100M corporate innovation venture fund for the European bank Societe Generale. Amy has a BS in CSEE/English from Yale, and MBA from the Harvard Business School, and a PhD from UC Berkeley.

Christa S. Quarles

Christa Quarles is a Managing Director within the research department at Thomas Weisel Partners and has been covering the internet sector since 2000. In 2006, Forbes ranked Christa the #2 Internet, Software & Services Analyst for stock picking. Christa regularly appears on CNBC to discuss trends within the Internet sector. Christa graduated with a BS in Economics and German from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Michel Veys

Michel Veys is Chief Operating Officer at JAJAH, a leader in Voice 2.0, making voice over IP networks as easy to use as a search engine. The company has grown exponentially since its launch and now serves millions of consumers in 122 countries. Michel has been a successful senior executive at PayPal, Verisign, Visa, and Citigroup France as well as starting up QEDSoft, a rich media startup and bringing Trintech, an e-commerce provider to IPO on Nasdaq. Michel has a Masters in Industrial Engineering from Solvay in Belgium and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Josh Elman

Josh Elman is a Platform Program Manager at Facebook, where he focuses on new initiatives and programs for developers on Facebook Platform. Previously, Josh was Head of Product Mangement at Zazzle, where he led the development of Zazzle’s marketplace and commerce platform. Prior to Zazzle, Josh worked at LinkedIn where he helped grow the business network from 200,000 to 3 million users. Josh began his career at RealNetworks, where he led the development team through three versions of RealPlayer. Josh holds a bachelor’s degree in symbolic systems from Stanford.

Seth Sternberg '01

Seth is the co-founder and CEO of meebo.com, the web¹s live interaction platform. Seth launched meebo with Elaine Wherry and Sandy Jen after a summer internship at Warburg Pincus while attending Stanford Business School. Seth left Stanford to pursue meebo, which serves over 30 million people monthly. Meebo has raised $37.5M from Sequoia Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, JAFCO and Time Warner. Seth previously worked in IBM¹s Corporate Development group as an M&A Lead. Seth graduated from Yale with a degree in political science.

Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Time:
6:15 pm            Check-in/Reception with light refreshments
7:00 pm            Program and Q & A
8:00 pm            Book Signing (books must be pre-purchased by September 17)

Location:
Kellogg Auditorium
Silicon Valley Bank
3005 Tasman Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408.654.7400

Directions:
Silicon Valley Bank is located near the Great America Parkway, which connects to both highways 101 and 237. The Kellogg Auditorium is next to the main office.

Cost and Registration
(must register by 9/17 for the option including the book):

A previous event with this panel sold out before the date of the event. To insure a seat, please register early. Walk-ins will be allowed only if space is available. If the event sells out, we will note it on the club website at (http://www.yaleclubofsiliconvalley.org/).

$20 Per person - does not include a copy of the book.
$35 Per person including book - Must register by September 17 for this option

Sponsors:
Yale Club of Silicon Valley & Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Christopher Buckley '75

Novelist; Political Satirist

Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes FYI magazine

Author

Supreme Courtship

The Commonwealth Club is Offering its Member Price
to All Alumni of Yale University

Buckley has been called “the quintessential political novelist of his time” by Forbes Magazine. Fellow novelist Tom Wolfe called him “one of the funniest writers in the English language. Now, Buckley takes his razor-sharp wit and trains it on the U.S. Supreme Court, for his 12th novel, Supreme Courtship.

Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008

Time:
6:30 pm            Check-in/Reception with light refreshments
7:00 pm            Program and Q & A
8:00 pm            Book Signing (books for sale by Kepler's Books)

Location:
Michaels at Shoreline (http://www.michaelsatshoreline.com/)
2960 Shoreline Blvd
Mountain View 94043
650-962-1014

Directions:
Michaels is the clubhouse for the Shoreline Golf Links. The gate to the golf course is about 1 mile north on Shoreline Blvd. from the exit at 101. Continue on the road that winds around the golf course for another mile to get to Michaels.

General Price:

$12 Members

$18 Non-Members

Premium Price (includes a copy of the book):

$45 Members

$65 Non-Members

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Larry Lessig '89 J.D.

Professor, Stanford Law School

and

Founder of Creative Commons

Is There a Solution to Corruption in the Political Process?

Just how corrupt is the U.S. political process? Is listening to money the only way to secure reelection, resulting in an economy of influence that bends public policy away from sense and toward dollars? This year, Lessig and Joe Trippi officially launched the Change Congress Initiative, a movement to build support for basic reform in how our government functions. Lessig, who has devoted the next ten years to trying to solve the problem of corruption of the political process, will discuss why he thinks this issue is the most important problem in making government work and what can be done about it.

For reference see the article in the February 1^st issue of the San Francisco Chronicle.

Location:

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

2440 West El Camino Real, Suite 300

Mountain View 94040

Time:

6:30 pm Check-in

7:00 pm Program

Price per Person:

$15 Yale Club of Silicon Valley members and one guest prepaid by August 12^th

(2 people = $30)

$20 Price per person for non-members, additional guests, and

payment on the day of the event.

Sponsors:
Yale Club of Silicon Valley & Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Peter Schuck

Professor, Yale Law School

co-editor of

Understanding America:

The Anatomy of an Exceptional Nation

What is America? Is it a hegemonic superpower, composed of ruthlessly selfish capitalists? Or is it a land of hope and glory, a shelter for the huddled masses, and a beacon of freedom and enlightenment? The definition of this complex nation has been debated substantially, yet all seem to agree on one thing: it is unique. The idea of an exceptional America can be traced all the way back to Alexis de Tocqueville's nineteenth-century observations of a newly formed democracy that seemed determined to distinguish itself from the rest. Little, it seems, has changed.

Building on de Tocqueville's concept of American exceptionalism, this collection of essays, contributed by some of the nation's top scholars and thinkers, takes on the weighty task of sizing up America in a way its people and others can comprehend. Far more than simple history, they outline the current state of American institutions and policies—from the legal system to marriage to the military to the Drug War—and anticipate where these are headed in the future.

Location:

Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium

1313 Newell Road (On the corner of Embarcadero Road)

Palo Alto 94303

Time:

6:30 pm Check-in and Reception with Light Refreshments

7:00 pm Program

8:00 pm Book signing (books available for purchase at the event)

Price per Person:

$15 Yale Club of Silicon Valley members and one guest prepaid by July 8^th

(2 people = $30)

$20 Price per person for non-members, additional guests, and

payment on the day of the event.

Sponsors:
Yale Club of Silicon Valley & Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Lewis Black

Comedian & Author of

ME OF LITTLE FAITH

The Commonwealth Club is Offering its Member Price
to All Alumni of Yale University

Award winning comedian, actor, playwright, and social critic Lewis Black offers his unique perspective about religion, where his own spiritual journey has taken him, and why it keeps him laughing. Questioning everything from people’s search for transcendence to the notion of politics and faith, Black has stumbled upon a number of inconsistencies, constraints, and peculiarities that religion has had on all of our lives.

Black received his Masters from Yale Drama School (1977) and has appeared on The Daily Show since 1996 as well as a number of successful specials on HBO and Comedy Central.

The Commonwealth Club is offering this event to Yale alumni at the Commonwealth Club member rate shown below.

Location:

Cubberley Community Center Theatre

4000 Middlefield Road (Between East Charleston and San Antonio Roads)

Palo Alto 94303

Time:

6:30 pm Check-in

7:00 pm Program

8:00 pm Book signing (books for sale by Kepler's Books)

Price per Person:

$12 Yale alumni and one guest (2 people = $24) prepaid by June 16^th

$18 Additional guests and price for payment on June 17^th if not sold out

Premium Price per Person (includes book):

$35 Yale alumni and one guest (2 people = $70) prepaid by June 16^th

$45 Additional guests and price for payment on June 17^th if not sold out

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Inside Web 2.0 Strategy Panel Discussion

Sponsored and Hosted by Facebook

June 4, 2008

5:00 to 7:30 pm

Facebook

164 Hamilton Ave

Palo Alto

Yale Club of Silicon Valley has 20 tickets to this event.

Tickets will be offered first to club members.

Join an amazing panel of entrepreneurs and strategists and moderator Amy Shuen '77 to learn their secrets to successful, monetizable Web 2.0 business models. Tickets are $20 for Wharton, Yale, Haas, INSEAD, and Northwestern alumni and club members. All online registered and pre-paid attendees will receive a copy of Professor Sheun's new book, Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide. Books will be handed out only to people who attend the event.

Amy Shuen '77, Moderator

Christa S. Quarles

Trevor Healy, CEO Jajah

Trevor Healy is CEO at Jajah. Jajah (www.jajah.com) is a leader in the new category of Voice 2.0, making voice over IP networks as easy to use as a search engine. The company has grown exponentially since its launch and now serves millions of consumers in 122 countries. A successful entrepreneur and Nasdaq 100 executive, Trevor brings a blend of early stage skills, and public company knowledge to Jajah. He has participated in three M&A exits, completed an IPO and Secondary Offering, and ran business units of two large public entities. Trevor graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Business Studies from the University of Limerick, in Ireland.

Dave Morin

Dave Morin is the Senior Platform Manager at Facebook, where he is responsible for the company’s platform strategy and further expanding the Facebook developer community. Dave joined Facebook from Apple, where he was the Manger of Creation & Collaboration technologies after his tenure as Manager of Student Marketing. Prior to Apple, Dave founded the company Viadi, a technology and marketing company focused on building strong brand experiences using the power of the Internet. Dave received a bachelor’s degree in economics and business from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Matt Sanchez '04

Matt Sanchez is President & CEO / Co-founder of VideoEgg. VideoEgg is the leading video ad network for online communities, connecting brands to over 50 million people with video and rich media across a network of more than 200 leading video and gaming sites, social networks, and applications. An advertising innovator, the company was the first to commercialize interactive advertising overlays onto video, an approach that is being widely adopted by the industry. Leading brands such as Jeep, NBC Universal, Coca-Cola, Nike and Hewlett-Packard (as well as more than 250 others) have all run campaigns on the Eggnetwork.

VideoEgg is a privately held company, which is based in San Francisco, with offices in the UK and New York City. The company has raised $35 million in funding and is backed by August Capital, First Round Capital, Maveron, Focus Ventures and WPP.

VideoEgg was born in early 2005 when the three co-founders, Matt Sanchez, Kevin Sladek and Dave Lerman were trying to crack the code on all things video. In a previous venture, the Yale graduates were involved in a social venture that was matching non-profit organizations, who needed public service announcements (PSAs), with a nationwide network of filmmakers who were itching to make video with their digital cameras and desktop editing packages. They quickly discovered that with all the different devices, editors, encoders, and players, there really wasn't a simple, foolproof way for people to get video on to the web. They started creating tools to publish video to the web, and VideoEgg was hatched.

Prior to co-founding VideoEgg, Matt was chief operating officer of MediaLiquid, a production company that focused on helping non-profits develop cost-effective public service announcements. He began his entrepreneurial career in high school when he founded a computer consulting group. Matt holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Yale University.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

New World Stars Wine Tasting

Adam Rapp

Associate Chair of the Playwriting Department

Yale School of Drama

Bottlenotes, Inc. and the Yale Club of Silicon Valley will present a double feature at the home of Emily & Brian Melton in Portola Valley:

· Adam Rapp, the associate chair of the playwriting department at the Yale School of Drama, will present a reading and answer questions about his work and the drama school, and

· New World Stars wine tasting. Alyssa Rapp '03, one of our local alumni entrepreneurs who is co-founder and CEO of Bottlenotes (and Adam's sister), will conduct a wine tasting of some New World wines that we can enjoy during Adam's presentation. These wines embody the optimism and bravado of New World ideology. They are experimental, revolutionary even, breaking the rules of tradition in favor of new flavors, textures and structure. Challenging the status quo assumption that wines must be matched to specific foods, they are often best consumed without accoutrements. Whether scoffed at or revered, these wines elicit strong opinions from all who taste them, challenging the taster to rethink preconceived wine making and tasting notions.

This is our first event at which we are combining a faculty speaker arranged through the AYA speakers program with a wine tasting program.

Tuesday, June 3^rd

6 to 8 pm

$45 per person prepaid by June 2^nd

$60 per person at the door

Questions? Email katherine.mathis@bottlenotes.com or call 650.329.0400

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

The Commonwealth Club is Offering its Member Price
to All Alumni of Yale University

Content NOW! The Digital Media Showcase

Steve Nelson, Director of Product Management, Netflix Instant Viewing
Jonathan Shambroom, SVP & General Manager, Crackle, Inc.
Scott Roesch, VP General Manager, MTV's AtomFilms
Angela Gyetvan, VP Marketing & Content, Revver
Faisal Galaria, General Manager & VP Corporate Development, Jaman
Martine Paris, Strategic Content Partnerships - Moderator

Experience entertainment like never before: personal, immersive, addictive. Whether it's a film you watch right now or a masterpiece you broadcast to the world, the online video revolution is delivering content everywhere and in every form you desire. Join us as we make sense of this fragmented market and explore ways in which fans are finding favorites and filmmakers are finding fame and fortune in the long tail of digital distribution.

Location:

Cubberley Community Center Theatre

4000 Middlefield Road (Between East Charleston and San Antonio Roads)

Palo Alto 94303

Time:

6:30 pm Check-in

7:00 pm Program

Price per Person:

$10 Yale alumni and one guest (2 people = $20) prepaid by May 20^th

$15 Additional guests and price for payment on May 21^st and at the door