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Nov. 07, 2024 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Nov. 14, 2024 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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IN-PERSON & ZOOM MEETING : Honor Flight
Nov. 14, 2024 12:00 p.m.
Past District Governor Jerry Chapman will talk to us about his recent Honor Flight experience.
About Past District Governor Jerry Chapman 2018-2019 Jerry is a native Texan. He was born in Dallas where he spent most of his childhood. At age 16, his parents relocated their business to Mineral Wells, Texas where he graduated from High School. After discharge from the Navy, Jerry returned to Dallas where he completed his engineering studies at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is graduate of the Anglican School of Theology and serves as a bi-vocational Episcopal Priest in Austin.
Jerry held management positions in finance and engineering with two large technology firms. Following the death of his wife, Jerry shifted careers. He became a Certified Financial Planning practitioner.
Jerry joined the Rotary Club of North Shore Lake Travis in 2005. He served as a director, TRF Chair and president of the club. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Cedar Park-Leander.
At the district level, Jerry has served as the District Roll of Fame Chair, Assistant Governor, District Secretary, Annual Fund Chair and District Governor. Currently he is the District Rotary Foundation Chair. He has been a facilitator in the Rotary Leadership Institute, and Lonestar PETS. He is a Paul Harris Society member and a Major Donor.
Jerry’s son lives in Austin. His daughter’s family with two grandchildren reside in the Boston area.
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Nov. 21, 2024 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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IN-PERSON & ZOOM MEETING : The 5 Books of the Old Testament
Nov. 21, 2024 12:00 p.m.
Look at your Bible. The first five books of the Old Testament (the Torah or Pentateuch) consisting of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy are called the Five Books of Moses. For centuries, anyone who challenged the idea that Moses was not the author of these writings was either excommunicated, exiled, imprisoned or executed. Yet for hundreds of years, scholars have defied these risks in attempts to determine who actually were the authors, when did they write and for what purpose. It was not until 1943 that a major turning point for scholarly research occurred when Pope Pius XII issued an encyclical encouraging scholars to pursue knowledge about the Biblical writers as the “living and reasonable instrument of the Holy Spirit”. The result for today is what is known as the Documentary Hypothesis, identifying five primary writers and compilers known as J (Jahweh), E (Elohim), P (the Priestly Writer), D (the Deuteronomist), and finally the Redactor (the person who assembled the books of the Old Testament from Genesis to Ezra/Nehemiah and also wrote the Chronicles. This hypothesis provides a historical framework and context upon which the major and minor prophets can then be placed like ornaments on a Christmas tree. Above all the Documentary Hypothesis gives the reader a deeper insight into understanding and interpreting the stories and events of the Old Testament and an insight into the way Jesus would deal with the Scripture he encountered in his day.
About Chris Harrison The Reverend Christian Harrison received his undergraduate degree from Southwestern University in Georgetown and then a Doctorate of Jurisprudence with Honors from the University of Texas in 1976 Rev. Harrison spent six years as Chief Prosecutor in the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office in Fort Worth near the family ranch. But his best friend was killed in the 1994 courthouse shooting and his wife declared that it was time to leave prosecution work. Chris spent three years as a Plaintiff’s and Criminal Defense Attorney before following a call to ministry He graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 2000 and joyfully served in church ministry for over twenty years before retiring last year. Rev. Harrison now lives in Georgetown with his wife Beverly, a retired Orchestra teacher, and near his two daughters and grandchildren. In retirement, you can now find Chris up at 5 every morning to lift weights and then run several miles with his Golden Retriever, Molly, then playing tennis, teaching classes in history and theology and thoroughly enjoying retirement.
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Nov. 21, 2024 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Nov. 28, 2024 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Dec. 05, 2024 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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IN-PERSON & ZOOM MEETING : Angela Smith & Selected Members
Dec. 05, 2024 12:00 p.m.
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Dec. 12, 2024 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Dec. 19, 2024 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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IN-PERSON & ZOOM MEETING : Holiday Party!
Dec. 19, 2024 12:00 p.m.
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Dec. 19, 2024 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Dec. 26, 2024 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Jan. 02, 2025 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Jan. 09, 2025 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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IN-PERSON & ZOOM MEETING : Interview, with Q&A encouraged
Jan. 09, 2025 12:00 p.m.
Retired Judge Lee Yeakel, a great friend of the Rotary Club of West Austin through the years, will be the subject of a Club interview, lead by our engaging moderator Mike Wray. Questions from Club members are encouraged. So, think of questions that you want to pose to Lee about his illustrious career.
Judge Lee Yeakel (Retired): Lee Yeakel was a United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate in 2003.
Before becoming a federal judge, he served as Chief Justice and Justice of Texas’s Third Court of Appeals and was in private practice in Austin, where he has spent his entire legal career. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Virginia. The Texas Bar Foundation awarded him the 2012 Samuel J. Pessara Outstanding Jurist Award. The University of Texas Law School’s Review of Litigation named him the 2014 Outstanding Texas Jurist. He is a sustaining life fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, a life fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and a member of the American Law Institute.
The Honorable Lee Yeakel Intellectual Property American Inn of Court is named in his honor. He presently serves as a Texas commissioner to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Recently he served as a member of the United States delegation to the Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters and was a signer for the United States of the treaty that resulted from the convention.
Yeakel is a former president of the Rotary Club of Austin. He and his wife Anne have two children and three grandchildren.
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Jan. 16, 2025 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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IN-PERSON & ZOOM MEETING : TxDOT, Projects Around Town
Jan. 16, 2025 12:00 p.m.
Jeffrey Barker is an outreach & community engagement representative of TxDOT. He will talk to us about the various TxDOT projects around town and expected completion dates. About Jeffrey Barker Jeff Barker is a Public Information Officer for TxDOT’s Austin District. In his role with the agency, Jeff works on projects across the Austin area, including the I-35 Capital Express program. This project is the first major reconstruction of I-35 through the Austin corridor in nearly 50 years. Jeff joined TxDOT in July after a 10-year career in TV news, most recently as a sportscaster at CBS Austin. In his free time, Jeff enjoys golfing, rooting for his favorite sports teams, and spending time with his wife, Jasmine, and their five-year-old son, Jace.
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Jan. 16, 2025 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Jan. 23, 2025 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Feb. 06, 2025 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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IN-PERSON & ZOOM MEETING : Why Rotary?!
Feb. 06, 2025 12:00 p.m.
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Feb. 13, 2025 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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IN-PERSON ONLY ! History of the El Arroyo Sign
Feb. 13, 2025 12:00 p.m.
Clay McPhail is a former owner of El Arroyo in Austin and the founder of the famous El Arroyo sign at their location on east bound 5th Street Meeting Location:
5280 Burger Bar and Taphouse
7034 Wood Hollow Drive
Austin, TX
(West side of Wood Hollow Drive about 1/2 block south of Far West Blvd.)
About Clay McPhail: Clay McPhail is a former owner, founder & CEO of El Arroyo in Austin and the famous El Arroyo sign. He is the current owner of the 5280 Burger Bar on Wood Hollow Drive. Clay studied at the University of Texas at Austin. He was raised in Tyler, TX and went to Robert E. Lee high School, class of 1970. Clays is married to Julie Krumholz McPhail. |
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Feb. 20, 2025 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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IN-PERSON & ZOOM MEETING : UT Sports, NIL (Name, Image, Likeness), and the Transfer Portal
Feb. 20, 2025 12:00 p.m.
Brian Davis will join us in person! He usually talks about what’s going on with Texas sports at the moment. This week Brian will give us a more in-depth anaysis and understanding ot UT Sports, NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) and the impact of the Transfer Portal.
About Brian Davis
Longtime Austin-based sportswriter Brian Davis has been covering the Texas Longhorns since 2013 for the Austin American-Statesman and now A to Z Sports.com. He also covered college sports for 11 years at The Dallas Morning News. Brian is married to Debbie Davis, and they both spend all their extra money attending club volleyball tournaments all over the countryside. They’re praying 16-year-old daughter Adyson lands a college scholarship. Somewhere. Anywhere.
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Feb. 20, 2025 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Feb. 27, 2025 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Mar. 06, 2025 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Mar. 13, 2025 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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IN-PERSON & ZOOM MEETING : CPR, An Overview
Mar. 13, 2025 12:00 p.m.
Firefighter Jerry Cohen will introduce us to CPR and provide an overview of this lifesaving procedure. About Jerry Cohen Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, after a failed attempt at college baseball at Sonoma State in California, I transferred to UT Austin in 1997. Upon graduating with a Government degree in 1999, I decided to become a firefighter with the Austin Fire Department. I started teaching CPR and First Aid classes in 2004, and I am now a Lieutenant on Engine 8 for the Austin Fire Department. I met my wife at UT, and am married with a senior in high school son starting at UT next Fall and a sophomore daughter. My hobbies include playing guitar and woodworking. |
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Mar. 20, 2025 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Mar. 20, 2025 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Mar. 27, 2025 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Apr. 03, 2025 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Apr. 10, 2025 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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IN-PERSON & ZOOM MEETING : Wildfire Danger for Austin
Apr. 10, 2025 12:00 p.m.
Retired Battalion Chief with the Austin Fire Department (AFD) Randy Denzer will talk to us about the wildfire dangers in the Austin area.
About Randy Denzer:
Randy Denzer has more than 30 years in the fire service and is one of the highest certified and qualified wildland firefighters in central Texas. He retired last year as a operations Battalion Chief with the Austin Fire Department (AFD). His last assignment at AFD was Battalion 2 B-Shift in Northwest Austin.
During Randy’s career at the Austin Fire Department, he wrote many wildland response policy’s for the AFD. One of the policies he drafted became the initial Wildland Urban Interface policy put into practice in 2008. This policy laid out how firefighters in Austin and Travis County are to protect structures during interface fires. Many of the policies he helped to create through the years are still in practice today. In 2012, Randy successfully spearheaded the effort that created the AFD’s Wildfire Division. Later that same year, he designed and led the training program that required every AFD and Lake Travis Firefighter to become a certified national basic wildland firefighter. The AFD became the first large urban fire department in Texas to achieve this status.
Randy has responded to many large Urban Interface and Wildland fires. He has operated as a Structural Protection Specialist, Division Supervisor, Task Force Leader, Incident Commander and other command level positions. In the spring of 2011, he was deployed on the first ever Texas Intrastate Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS) response to the west Texas fires. He also responded to fight the Pinnacle fire that spring. During the 2011 Labor Day fires, he acted as the initial Wildland Division Supervisor at the Steiner Ranch Fire. One day after the fire was contained, he was sent to lead a TIFMAS Strike Team at both the Bastrop Complex and Riley Road fires. In 2018, Randy was selected as a Task Force Leader on the first out of state TIFMAS deployment that sent 240 Texas Firefighters to help fight the Carr Mega Fire in Northern California. A Couple months later, He was sent to lead a Structural Protection Strike team to the Woolsey Fire in Malibu, California. In October 2020, Randy was a TIFMAS Task Force leader sent to the Creek Fire in Fresno, California. While on the assignment, he was assigned as a Division Supervisor for Whiskey Division on the south end of the mega fire.
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Apr. 17, 2025 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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IN-PERSON & ZOOM MEETING : Update from the Austin Police Department
Apr. 17, 2025 12:00 p.m.
About Wuthipong "Tank" Tantaksinanukij : Detective Wuthipong "Tank" Tantaksinanukij is a highly experienced law enforcement officer with 34 years of service, including 29 years with the Austin Police Department this May 2025. He is currently a Detective assigned to the Crisis Intervention Team, also known as the Mental Health Unit, where he specializes in firearm seizure cases involving individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. Over the course of his career, Detective Tantaksinanukij has served in various capacities. He began with five years in patrol before advancing to the Special Operations Air Support Unit, where he spent 17 years as a Corporal. He later transitioned to the Impaired Driving Investigation Unit as a Detective for three years before assuming his current role in the Crisis Intervention Team, where he has served for the past three years. A graduate of the inaugural 2001 Austin Police Department West Point Leadership Program, Detective Tantaksinanukij played a key role in the development of the Air Support Unit. His innovative approach to leadership and problem-solving has significantly contributed to enhancing both community safety and police operations in Austin. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Organizational Leadership and a Master's degree in Strategic Leadership with an emphasis on Crisis Leadership. Beyond his career in law enforcement, Detective Tantaksinanukij enjoys traveling, cooking, and grilling. Most importantly, he cherishes time spent with his two grandchildren, family, and friends. Through his extensive experience, leadership, and commitment to community safety, Detective Tantaksinanukij continues to make a meaningful impact in law enforcement and mental health intervention. |
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Apr. 17, 2025 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Apr. 24, 2025 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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