La Société Deux Magots (LSDM) Speaker Summaries 2018

LSDM Speakers

# of Speakers: 36

January 2018

Oz Crosby (center).  Speaker, La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) 17 January 2018.
We now have the ability to identify specific segments on DNA and then replace/repair them.  This raises major ethical questions – just because we can, should we. 

Dr. Jim Stay-Gundersen, Sports Medicine Physician and Physiologist, speaks to La Société Deux Magots, 30 January 2018.  Wasatch Bagel.
The Kaatsu method uses restricting bands around extremities to reduce blood flow.

Brigadier General Tom Fisher, Summit County (UT) Manager, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  31 January 2018.  Wasatch Bagel.
We need to be better at measurement of projects.    

February 2018

Harlan Cadinha, CEO of Cadinha and Company, Park City/Honolulu based investment manager, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM), 07 February 2017.
"If we don't grow now, we're cooked."

Roger Lipton, gold investor... restaurant analyst... speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  13 February 2017.  Wasatch Bagel.
Because bubbles are bigger, each financial crisis will be bigger than the last one.

Loren Yager, former chief economist, GAO, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM), 15 February 2018.  Wasatch Bagel.
The wages offered for many of the lower skilled jobs are not worth getting off the couch.

Dennis Lockhart, Harvard Senior Fellow, Infrastructure Development and former President Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) 16 February 2018/.  Wasatch Bagel.  Park City, UT.
Technology including sensory systems will enable more efficient monitoring thereby lowering costs of infrastructure. 

Paul Zane Pilzer speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) 21 February 2018.  Wasatch Bagel.
We need a scale for happiness. 

Charlie Sturgis, Head Mountain Trails Foundation, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  27 February 2018.  Wasatch Bagel.
Yes. And you want to be tarred and feathered and run out of town, right? 

March 2018

Casimir (Cas) Yost, Member Obama's National Intelligence Council (NIC), Professor US Foreign Policy, Georgetown University, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) 01 March 2018.  Wasatch Bagel.
Once relied upon for a consistent direction, the US has become a geopolitical variable.

Charlie Sturgis, Head Mountain Trails Foundation, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.  20 March 2018.
There will be no parking at Guardsmen’s Pass Summit. All jurisdictions agree that the current haphazard parking practice is hazardous.

Bill Rock, General Manager Park City Mountain ski area (Vail owned) speak to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) 27 March 2018.  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.
Vail is not in the real estate business.  We are resort operators. 

April 2018

Glenn Wright, Summit County (UT) Councilman, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  02 April 2018. Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.
"Whistler like" mall area to be considered at Kimball Junction proposed tramway base.

Tom Kelly, Communication Director, US Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) 03 April 2018.  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.
[Lindsay Vaughn] made the most up-beat of responses in her bronze medal acceptance speech.  

Jack Rubin, candidate (Republican) for Utah State Senate District 26, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM), 04 April 2018.  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.
I believe that everybody deserves to get to the starting line.  But, what you do after that is up to you.

May 2018

Dr. Eileen Gallagher, candidate for Utah State Senate (D) District 26, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) Wasatch Bagel, 29 May 2018.
I believe that as I make myself and my background known, people will come to understand that I am well positioned to make a contribution to District 26 in areas which have been long deficient e.g. health care, for one.

June 2018

Pat Vaughn, candidate (D) for Utah State Senate, District 26, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) at Wasatch Bagel on 06 June 2018.
Good dialogue requires diverse views. 

Sambatt Hickey speaks to La Société Deux Magots  (LSDM).   Proud Dad, Moe Hickey, looks on. Post Park City High School graduation, Sambatt went on a nine month Odyssey, 2017/18. For six months Sambatt volunteered and taught in his birth land, Cambodia.
Sambatt was a keen observer of privation and the poignant struggle amongst young "subjects" of autocratic governments. 

Cheryl Fox, Executive Head of Summit Land Conservancy, speaks to the ROMEOs of La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  13 June 2018.  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.
A lot of stars must come into alignment to do one of these projects.

July 2018

Mike Holm, owner GM of Park City Market, speaks to La Société Deux Magots (LSDM).  Wasatch Bagel.  29 June 2018.
I've been in the grocery business since age 12. 

Eileen Gallagher, candidate (D) for Utah State Senate District 26, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  24 July 2018.
The Utah state legislature targets too much that should really be decided locally. 

August 2018

Jack Kelley, LSDM member and Big Game hunter, speaks to La Société Deux Magots (LSDM).  Wasatch Bagel.  12 August 2018.  (photo – gemsbok in Ellisras, South Africa, on the Limpopo river)
The real credit for long range shots should go to the spotter.  He’s responsible for the point of impact calculations.

John M. Devine, former CFO of Ford Motor Company AND General Motors Corporation, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  14 August 2018.
Placing bets on the car business is always risky.  But, there will be winners.

September 2018

Gage Faracinni, PCM lift supervisor and adventurer, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  05 September 2018.  Wasatch Bagel.
Its time to look beyond the seasonal lifestyle I have enjoyed.  

Renai Bodley-Miller, GM, KPCW, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM), 07 September 2018.  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.
We want to add a "digital information platform" at KPCW... 

Wade Capenter, Park City Chief of Police, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM). 09 September 2018.  Wasatch Bagel.  Also attending/participating, Captain Phil Kirk, PCPD and Lt. Trent Jarman, PCPD.
My number one worry is the increasing difficulty in recruiting qualified police officers.

Henry Hancock, Principal, Precision Macro LLC, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM), 19 September 2018.  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.
Trump's policy direction re trade and tariffs with China is completely correct. 

October 2018

Tim Quinn, incumbent Representative Utah House District 54, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) 08 October 2018.  Wasatch Bagel.
My government philosophy?  Local decision making is always better.

Warren Pretorius, Tennis Analysit, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) 09 October 2018.  Wasatch Bagel.
At what point is a native a native?  My lineage goes back to the 17th century.  Boers were in southern Africa before the Zulus, who now predominate in South Africa.

Argan (Sam) Johnson.  Speaker, La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  10 October 2018.  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.
Complicating matters with  Pakistan, is the fact that Pakistan is the "Walmart Super Center of Nukes."     

Josh Mann, candidate (write-in) for Summit County Council, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM), 16 October 2018 - Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.
The "Kimball Circulator" is a huge waste of money.

Chris Neville and Meaghan Miller-Gitlin, candidates, respectively, for Utah House Districts 53 and 54, speak to La Societe Deux Magots.  18 October 2018.  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.
Utah's philosophy on public education is to be satisfied with average results with minimal education spending. Meaghan Miller-Gitlin.

Glenn Wright, Summit (UT) County Councilman, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) 19 October 2018.  Wasatch Bagel.
Park City/Summit County is at great risk from forest fires burning more intensively than "normal" because of large amounts of dead fuel in the forests. 

Cheryl Fox, Executive Head, Summit Land Conservancy, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM);  30 October 2018.  Wasatch Bagel.
"Can you imagine the open space area of the Osguthorpe farm being a subdivision? Open space has been a great contributor to the attractiveness of our community. We need to continue this tradition. Vote "yes" on the Treasure Hill Bond."     

November 2018

Jim Wilson, Park City Mountain ski instructor, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  13 November 2018.  Wasatch Bagel.  Park City, UT.
You hit your head and experience any post pain at all... get checked out by ski patrol.  Don't be stubborn like I was.

Jack Thomas, Mayor, Park City, UT 2012 to 2016, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM), 16 November 2018.  Wasatch Bagel.  Park City, UT.
There's a civility... a propriety... and a kindness out there... and, its broad and deep. Negotiations:  It’s important to be deliberate... honest... not clever... no curve balls... transparent.  If you are perceived as a straight shooter, you can make more headway. 

December 2018