Current Events are held at the Rose Room of City Hall.
Click here for Rose Room at City Hall map, address, and directions.
Please scroll down for information about our June and July speakers.
May Speaker Meeting
May 15, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon, PDT
Our speaker will be Bill George, historian and author.
His subject will be “How a Maverick Coach Upended Society & Led a Group of Young Swimmers to Olympic Glory .”
This meeting will be held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall.
The public is invited. The meeting is free to attend.
Click here for Rose Room address, map, and directions. Also, info on Rose Room parking, now offsite only.
Bill George is a historian and the author of “Victory in the Pool: How a Maverick Coach Upended Society and Led a Group of Young Swimmers to Olympic Glory,” (Rowman & Littlefield). An inspiring story about the swimmers from a Sacramento swim club who won 20 Olympic Gold medals, the swimmers included Mark Spitz, Debbie Meyer, Sue Pedersen, Mike Burton, John Ferris and Jeff Float, and their coach was Sherm Chavoor. Bill is also a filmmaker. He founded Nimbus Films in 2011 and has written and produced seven award-winning documentary films about California history for PBS. He is the author of “Rails, Trails and Tales.” Bill has more than forty years’ experience in journalism, government public affairs, and corporate marketing. He was an award-winning television and radio journalist who has covered the World Series, the Super Bowl, and NFL and MLB playoffs for CNN and ESPN. https://billgeorge1.com/
June Speaker Meeting
June 19, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon, PDT
Our speaker will be Geri Spieler.
Her subject will be ““Advanced Internet Research Skills.”
This meeting will be held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall.
The public is invited. The meeting is free to attend.
Geri Spieler, author and investigative journalist, has written for the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Forbes. She was a Research Director for Gartner, a global technology advising company. Her creative nonfiction book Housewife Assassin: The Woman Who Tried to Kill President Ford has been optioned for a movie. Her upcoming book is a work of historical fiction, Regina of Warsaw: Love, Loss and Liberation.
July Speaker Meeting
July 17, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon, PDT
Our speaker will be Karen Phillips.
Her subject will be
“It’s All in the Presentation — Cover Design and Book Formatting.”
This meeting will be held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall.
The public is invited. The meeting is free to attend.
Karen Phillips is the author of A Deadly Combo (Book 1) and the upcoming A Deadly Match (Book 2) in the Rocky Nelson Boxing Mystery Series. As a graphic designer with a degree in Applied Art & Design from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, she is passionate about book covers and has worked freelance for many indie authors and small publishers. Her cover design business is Phillips Covers. https://phillipscovers.com/
