La Société Deux Magots (LSDM) Speaker Summaries 2012

LSDM Speakers

# of Speakers: 13

February 2012

Roger Lipton, blue shirt with back to the counter, addresses La Societe Deux Magots, 06 February 2013. Roger Lipton, based in New York City, operates a hedge fund partnership valued at $40 million, for his own account and for friends and family.
We have fundamental reasons for owning gold, not rooted in emotions or chart reading, but based on literally thousands of years of worldwide acceptance of gold as a medium of exchange and store of value. Over the centuries, going back to biblical times, god has maintaned its purchasing power while an untold number of paper currencies ('fiat" i.e. "unbacked") have come and gone. the paper currencies' lives were defined invariably by how long it took the politicians of the time to debase or dilute the unbacked medium of exchange, and that continues to be the case.

April 2012

Wesley F. Smith, facing camera, addresses La Societe Duex Magots at Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT, 20 April 2012. Wesley Smith, son of Wesley Smith, a speaker at LSDM in 2012, is a graduate of Park City High School and a recent college drop-out from the University of Utah.
Education platforms such as CANVAS, through facilitating MOOCs, with interactive capability, and multiple paced learning potential, have the potential of revolutionizing the way we learn.

Gordon C. Strachan (blue shirt holding coffee cup facing camera) is guest speaker at La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  LSDM attendance was 13, and included Park City councilman, Alex Butwinski, seen seated on table to the right. 21 April 2012.
Gordon C. Strachan, who worked for H. R. Haldeman, Nixon's chief of staff, as White House liaison to the Committee to Re Elect the President, and our speaker today, was the only one of the Watergate Seven who had his indictment dropped.

October 2012

On 09 October 2012, Chris Robinson, was speaker at La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM). Chris, a candidate for the Utah state legislature - District 54,  is in his second term on the Summit County Council.
Chris billed himself as a consensus builder.  There is a need for balance in the legislature, according to Chris.  He said he has a proven track record in resolving problems via consensus and cooperation... eg.  the power of "AND."

Jim Dabakis,  Utah Democrat Party Chair, makes a point speaking to members of LSDM - Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT, 10 October 2012.
The state's education is in public crisis, held hostage by backward thinking politicians.

11 October 2012, Bob O'Connor, principal of Park City High School was guest speaker at La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).
STEM is very important today.  However, one doesn't need to start too early to be an engineer.  The soft skills... collaboration, teamwork etc.  are also important to a student's effectiveness down the road.  Liberal arts is important.  Reading and writing clearly are critical skills that need to be learned to supplement a STEM education.

Max Greenhalgh, candidate for Summit County Council - Seat A, was guest speaker at La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM), Friday 19 October 2012.
Max wants to "bring a steady hand to growth management" and build upon the gains  achieved, while he was on the planning commission.

Kraig Powell, (R) incumbent candidate for Utah state legislature, district 54, was speaker at La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) on 20 October 2012.
He is an outspoken reformer in the Republican caucus.  He takes no campaign contributions from lobbyists, special interest groups or corporations.  He has introduced legislation to require open caucuses.  He has fought what he sees as extremist bills like abstinence-only education.

26 October 2012, Jacqueline Smith, write-in candidate (R) for Summit County Council, Seat C, addressed La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).
"There is no reason that the public sector cannot operate efficiently just as the private sector does, she said."

30 October 2012, Dee W. Smith, candidate (D) for Utah Attorney General was speaker at La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).
"The AG's office should not be an office where its leaders play politics.  The AG and his prosecutor team should prosecute crime.  That's what I do best."

December 2012

19 December 2012, Leon Daniel "Ohl Man," was speaker at La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  He was accompanied by his wife, Ann Daniel. 
In Libya, in the early 1970's, as chief reservoir engineer for Occidental Petroleium (Oxy), he managed reservoir development of four giant fields using advanced recovery techniques. Instar D Field ultimate recovery reached 85% of the oil in place using high pressure miscible gas.

Diane Foster, Interim City Manager, Park City, UT speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) at Wasatch Bagel, 27 December 2012.
Asked why she has not thrown her own hat into the ring for the position of City Manager, Diane noted that she felt she didn't have enough experience yet.  "Bakaly, she said, "was a rock star in the city management world."  She learned a lot from Tom Bakaly, but felt she needed more experience before taking on such a challenge.

Captain Scott Wolford, US Army, and Dad, Sheep (Navy fighter pilot, now LSDM, moniker) at La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM), Wasatch Bagel, 28 December 2012.
Captain Wolford had infantry combat experience in Iraq (2006/7) in Iraq as a battle captain.  He attended flight school at fort Rucker, Alabama (2008/9) to gain proficiency flying Kiowa Warrior close air support helicopters.  He was an OH58 (Kowa Warrior) troop commander in Afghanistan in 2010/11.   For his final nine months in Afghanistan he was the principal staff aid to one of the five Afghanistan regional commander, two star generals (US).