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Branch 35 web site: www.sirinc2.org/branch35/ May 2016

3rd Wednesday, May 18, 2016 Elks Lodge, 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto

Social Hour 11 a.m. – Lunch 11:55 a.m.

Please, IF BRINGING A GUEST OR

NOT ATTENDING!

CALL 650-823-0702

or E-MAIL sir35notify(at)gmail.com

by SATURDAY, May 14 (Leave name and badge #)

PROGRAM

Speaker: John Lehman Topic: Name That Tune, Singer , Band or F i lm John Lehman is a software entrepreneur and self-described musicologist. As a software program manager in the aerospace industry, he was involved in the formation of

the text search and classification industry. He went on to found Verity, Sageware, and Highclassify. He is now Executive Director of Senior New Ways in Palo Alto, bringing vintage music therapy to memory-challenged seniors. John owns a database of every popular song ever recorded since 1885; this is what he uses in his therapy sessions at

Senior New Ways. But he also creates entertaining games for people of any age, called “Name that Tune, Singer, Band, or Film”. We will be challenged to identify song titles, recording artists, and timeframes of the most popular songs of our youth. Don’t miss this exciting, challenging, and most enjoyable competition!

The Big Sir Says . . . I want to thank Duncan MacVicar for standing in for me in April. I was visiting an interesting place named Berlin. If you have the opportunity to visit Europe, I encourage you to do so; it is fascinating! Our April meeting had another good speaker, Jim Colton. Bob Simon said that the way Jim used humor (always related to his topic) and the way he harked back to the previous month’s speaker was especially good. (Clearly he’d done his homework by attending our March meeting and sizing us up!)" Our Annual Picnic is getting close! We will again be holding the picnic at Saratoga Springs, the Bay Area’s oldest continually operating picnic grounds in the Santa Cruz mountains. I hope that you will sign up right away to attend. Remember, Wives and Significant Others are welcome to attend with you. Last, we continue to have a need for volunteers. If you have an interest in making our group a success, I invite you to help. You may contact me or any of our leadership to find out more. I look forward to seeing all of you in May,

Gary SIGN UP FOR THE PICNIC

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ROSTER CHANGES

Active Members: 367 Net Monthly Change: +2

NEW MEMBERS

Mark Levi (Adelheid) 650-965-2786 26 Farm Road mlevi(at)comcast.net Los Altos, CA 94024 National Semiconductor

Tennis, Hiking, Music Pete Van Kuran (Virginia) 650-833-8573 879 Garland Drive peter(at)vankuran.com Palo Alto, CA 94303 Wind River, Tandem Computers, HP

Travel, Hiking, Wade Walter (Gloria) 408-245-7021 738 Saranac Drive jwalter307(at)gmail.com Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Saveguard Business Systems

Travel, Dancing, Baseball Day

MAY ANNIVERSARIES: 10+ YEARS Don Thomas 17 Jack Joos 13 Ballard French 15 Bill Hall 11 John Richardson 14 Ed Truitt 11 J. William Young 13 Bill Webster 11

MAY BIRTHDAYS

During the social hour before every luncheon, 11:00 a.m.

Bring a few and take a few – FREE! After the meeting, residuals go to Friends of the Library of Los Altos. May is Science Fiction month. Share some great books that you don't think you will read again.

Rehearsal: 2nd Wednesday, May 11, 10:00 a.m. in the Choir Room, Los Altos Methodist Church. Pre-Meeting Rehearsal: May 18, 11:00 a.m., Elks Lodge. Parody Writers: Bob Simon, David Skurnick Accompanist: Don Cameron David Skurnick will write the parody for the May meeting. All are welcome to join our singing.

..TENNIS BILL SCHICK 650-948-8768 billschick(at)att.net

Every Monday and Thursday, starting at 8:00 a.m. at the Rinconada Park Courts – Located on Hopkins Avenue, off Newell near Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto. We play a relaxed doubles spin in open format. Sirs and non-Sirs alike are welcome.

4th Friday, May 27, 2016. Meet at 10 a.m.

Wives & Guests are welcome. Where? San Bruno Mountain State & County Park Driving Directions: Take Highway 101 north past San Francisco Airport to the Brisbane/Cow Palace exit and drive 1.8 miles on Bayshore Boulevard, heading toward the Cow Palace. Turn left (west) on Guadalupe Canyon Parkway and drive 2.3 miles to the park entrance on your right. The drive takes about 45 minutes. Best to allow for an hour in case of traffic delays along your way. There are no fees for seniors in the park on weekdays, but you will need to fill out a permit form. Carpools are encouraged. Hike Details: We will hike up to 6 miles round trip with an elevation gain of 900 feet. This park is noted for its wildflowers and great views of San Francisco (fog permitting). The hike starts on a trail that goes up to the peak, then along the southeast ridge. Next we head southwest along the ridge and descend on a loop trail back to the parking lot. Wear weather appropriate clothing and hiking shoes (wind and fog are possible). Bring water and a trail lunch or snack. Restrooms are available at the parking lot. Rain on hike day cancels the hike. Contact me by phone or email if you plan to attend this hike. This will let us know who to expect. Then we can provide additional driving directions, hike venue details and contact you if there are any last minute changes (such as rain). We can coordinate car pools if desired. I send out an email reminder about a week before each hike. If you are not receiving the email and would like to be included, let me know and I will add you to the list.

2Nd Thursday— May 12, 2016 11:00 AM Wives ands guests welcome Rain cancels; Helmet required Brisbane/Oyster Point

The Ride: We will ride the flat Bay Trail along San Francisco Bay for

about 7.5 miles going south starting from the parking lot next to the empty

former Walmart Tower building in Brisbane, and ending at South Airport

Blvd. (next to SFO) where we will have lunch at a sandwich shop just off

the trail, then ride back for a total of about 15 miles.

Driving Directions: Take 101 north past SFO to Sierra Pt. Parkway

(2nd exit past the Oyster Point Blvd.exit). At the first intersection, stop, and

turn right, then, immediately stop at the next intersection and turn left,

which is Marina Blvd., going left. Follow Marina Blvd. around a big curve

and just past the former Walmart Tower building (looks like a big ship) on

the left side, turn left into a large public parking lot with a short boulevard

entrance. We will meet there.

If you plan to ride or have questions please contact Jim Lunt as

above or Gordon Tong at gordy6850(at)gmail.com.

FLOWER DAY We are asking anyone who has a garden to bring in some flowers to the

May meeting to share with other members who do not have gardens. We will accept the flowers at the Book Swap table.

After the meeting, any member can take home a nice bouquet!

Mark Barchas Bob Garten Curt Neumann Larry Baugher Don Gfroerer Roger Potash Bob Brenner John Goldsborough Bob Roy Abe Darwish Bill Hall Ron Ruggles Dallas Denery Klaus Jaeger Augie Smith Rich DeVaul Ron Lau Bob Sutis Fred Emmenegger Adrian Maarleveld Peter Thurston Pat Fisher Rich Marconi Larry Wright Bob Fisher Bill Masters Mike Wytyshyn Paul Foerster Art McGill Dan Zemanek Jacques Fossourier Mac McKim

BOOK SWAP JOHN GERICH 650-969-6679 jgerich(at)juno.com

TRAIL BIRDS DON BOECKLING 650-965-2659 donboeckling405(at)gmail.com

HIKING DELL SMITH 650-968-5006 dellnmolly(at)sbcglobal.net

BIKING JIM LUNT 408-252-6804 jamesdlunt(at)yahoo.com

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Member Profile P RON NAKAMOTO 408-440-2330 ron.nakamoto(at)yahoo.com

This monthly article highlights one of our branch members. We hope that you enjoy knowing a little more about your fellow members and the interesting life they have had. If you have someone you would like to nominate or if you would like to help author an article, please email ron.nakamoto(at)yahoo.com.

JAY JONEKAIT

Living in “Silicon Valley”, hobnobbing with the trailblazers and non-conformers - it was bound to happen that we would end up with a “Members Profile” of an entrepreneur who was at the forefront of the computer and telecommunications booms and the Internet tsunami. He is a contrast of many things: unpretentious but quite boisterous; a software, operating systems expert who likes to call someone rather than use his computer; an innovator that made his fortune by ignoring all the rules, yet who follows the many rules and etiquette of golf. I introduce you to Jay Jonekait, a fellow Sir who has worked for thirteen start-ups in his career, traversing many professions to include; operating systems designer, auto mechanic, strategic planner, salesman, engineering manager, venture capitalist, mentor and “Pretend CFO” (his last real title).

Jay was born and raised in Detroit, which at that time “…was a pretty wonderful city”. His dad was very German, and brought home “the bacon” while his mother served the traditional home role as mother and home keeper, raising Jay and his younger sister. Jay’s mom taught him to ride his bike and throw a baseball, which he claims may explain why he was not very athletic as a kid. His single athletic passion was

ice hockey, which we played with other neighborhood kids, in the park across the street. Jay viewed himself as a nerd at the time, attending Cass Tech, a magnet school for brilliant kids who had no social life. After graduation, Jay enrolled at the University of Michigan where he tried on eight potential majors from Political Science to Physics before discovering Computer Science. It was a natural fit. He reveled in his new major and by his sophomore year experienced his first start-up company. Unfortunately, it failed almost as soon as it started, so his professor arranged for him to work in the Operating System Group working on the Michigan Terminal System (MTS). MTS was way ahead of its time, a revolutionary computer system that enabled people to use it with a terminal rather than a punched card deck. Having made the most from his college experience, Jay became a high draft choice when he graduated. He received many offers to interview from companies including IBM, CDC, DEC, Cray and others but his standards were quite high looking for a job “… as cool as MTS and an equally cool place to live”. Serendipity, he went to see Bullitt with Steve McQueen speeding through the streets of San Francisco and he knew he wanted to live there. With one less variable, his choice of a company to work for became easier. He secured multiple interview offers from companies in the area and accepted the GE Missiles and Space offer in Sunnyvale, CA. He packed his stuff and started driving towards the next chapter in his life. In Jay’s words, “It really turned out to be the change that I needed. The former nerd, bookworm tried and loved many outdoor activities for the first time. I backpacked to the top of Mount Whitney, learned to water ski, snow ski, canoe, play racket ball, bowl, bike and golf within months. I also discovered beer at the St. James Infirmary and put on some thirty pounds within five months. I met Pam at the all singles apartment complex where I lived and after seven years together she agreed to be my first, best, and only wife. She was also the first native Californian I met.” The bad news came the day after he started at GE when the U.S. Navy informed GE that they had cancelled the contract on which Jay was hired

to work. You could say that Jay was a determined survivor during this period of his life as one company after another failed within a short period after he joined. Undeterred, he persevered and joined NASA working on the same IBM computer system he had worked on at Michigan. Ten days after he became an employee, Congress threatened to close NASA/Ames Research Center. But, … it did not come to pass and Jay was now in his dream job. One day, Jay recalls having lunch with a fellow compatriot who asked him, “Do you work to live or live to work?” Jay was enjoying himself with all “… the cool stuff to do and actually getting paid to do it.” It was at this time that he got to work on ARPANET node 14 and connected the first NASA supercomputers to the ARPANET. In the late 70’s, Jay left NASA to work on the Great New Operating System In the Sky (GNOSIS), a secure computer operating system under development at TYMshare. He eventually becoming Chief Architect for the company, including TYMnet, the crown jewel and first commercial packet switched data network, which was ten years ahead of the commercial Internet. Three years after his first executive founder role in a (failed) startup, one of his TYMshare mentors recruited him to Hambrecht & Quist Technology Partners (HQTP), an investment banking firm where he got to work under the direction of Bill Perry (Editor’s note: William Perry was the former Secretary of Defense, and President of ESL.) As Managing Director at HQTP, Bill encouraged Jay to work with aerospace companies to procure commercially available products that could be adapted for military use and to use aerospace technology to develop commercial products. Jay spent several years making Mr. Perry’s vision a reality with good results. Jay’s big score came with another one of his TYMshare mentors. Here is the setup. In 1984 AT&T was deemed a monopoly and forcibly mandated to break up into Regional Bell Operating Companies. When Jay was asked in 1992 to figure out how Metropolitan Fiber Systems (MFS), a non-Bell, local telephone vendor could enter the data business, Jay came up with the idea to market and sell Ethernet between buildings and cities; “… we called it the Wide Area Network or WAN for short”. Jay developed the idea in two days and the business plan in thirty days, and then did the consultant’s worst nightmare. “I believed my own ‘bulls***’, and joined the company to implements this, which was much harder than writing the business plan.” Three years later, Jay came up with another idea to add a new service for dial-up Internet providers that cut their telecom costs in half and made dial-up Internet affordable for the masses. (Editor’s note: CompuServe, America Online and Prodigy started providing dial-up Internet access service that year.) These changes were material, helping escalate the market valuation of MFS to $5B. Soon after, in 1996, the company purchased UUNET, (the premier Internet Service Provider) to enter the retail Internet broadband business. Jay went to Washington D.C. to integrate the two companies. It worked - six months after the purchase of UUNET, WorldCom recognized MFS had created the first integrated local and long distance, voice and data company since the breakup of ATT. WorldCom paid $14B to buy MFS. Jay says, “I was very happy – until WorldCom fraud was uncovered and my options became worthless!” (Editor’s note: On July 21, 2002, WorldCom filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the largest such filing in United State history at the time.) “Pam and I never had kids, as we were workaholics and we played just as hard as we worked. In the winter we skied nearly every weekend at Squaw and all over North America (heli-skiing – yes!) for 25 years. (Editor’s note: This included a 730-foot-fall down the face of the aptly named Climax run at Mammoth Mountain ski area.) In the summer we kept our legs in shape on bike tours, long before they were in vogue. When Pam developed medical issues, we moved our vacation base to Monterey where golf and otters became our passions. For the past eight years I have been involved in dune preservation along the Monterey beaches and have become much too involved in the political constituencies who impact that process.” (continued on next page)

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Jay’s parting message; “One of the benefits of working with 13 startups was hanging around young, brilliant, and enthusiastic individuals, who helped keep me charged. I get some of that motivation today within the SIR golf group, and have volunteered to be the ambassador for all new members entering that group. See you on the course.” Like most entrepreneurs/venture capitalists, there are many more stories that could be told were there more space for this article. You will just have to make it a point to visit with him the next time you see him to hear his personal stories of events and persons that contributed to the “Information Age”. *******************************************

Assistant: Walter Weber 408-371-8925, walterweber08(at)comcast.net The SIR 60th Anniversary The State SIR Travel Committee is now planning for a convention-type event to celebrate the SIR 60th Anniversary in 2018. It will be a 3 or 4 day event at a location to be determined. They need ideas about possible activities that will promote interaction between participants from different branches and areas. The last All-SIR trip event was more that five years ago and it was a trip to Reno.The next State SIR Travel Committee meeting will be in June. Please give us your ideas. Join with other SIRS for a "SIR Day at the Park" June 18, 2016 - SIR Day at O.co Coliseum – Saturday, 1pm, A's vs Angles. July 31, 2016 - SIR Day at AT&T Park, -Sunday, 1pm, SF Giants vs Washington Nationals, section 308-324, view reserve infield. For reservations sign up at the Travel Table during our next Wednesday meeting or contact Walter Webber (408) 371-8925 July 7-19, 2016 - Join with other Sirs on a grand adventure tour from the Black Sea to Eastern Europe - Join Jim Hohenshelt and Roy Jordan of Branch 62 and myself traveling with several other SIR members and spouses on a 12- to 15-day tour of Eastern Europe from Transylvania to Bucharest with a 10-day Danube river cruise to Budapest and Vienna. We will enjoy 10 nights aboard a private Grand Circle river cruise ship in an outside cabin with seven exclusive included tours of Budapest, Osijek, Novi Sad, Belgrade, Vidin & Baba Vida Fortress, Constanta, Bucharest and finish with an optional train ride to Vienna for three night stay. Celebrate Fleet Week Sunday, October 9, 2016 by watching the 2016 Fleet Week Air Show from the San Francisco Bay on a lunch cruise aboard the iconic San Francisco Belle. The price will be about $170 and includes round trip bus transfer from San Jose and the cruise with lunch buffet, sparkling wine, orange juice, soft drinks, coffee & tea. There are many other SIR travel opportunities featured in our MayTravel Bulletin including two one-day excursions, a four-day Alaska fishing trip; as well as nine four- to sixteen-day trips to a wide variety of exciting destinations. Join fellow SIRs on any of those listings. Our Challenge remains to demonstrate that Branch 35, the largest Branch in SIR, can exceed last year's SIR statewide average of 15% travelers! BASEBALL OUTING--Since the Giants game on April 10 was so popular

(over 60 attending), we are planning another event. It will be on Friday,

September 23 at the Oakland A's. This is a Friday night game with

fireworks after the game. We plan to get field level box seats so we can

watch the fireworks from our seats.

Tickets will be about $45 each. We need

to have a group of at least 25 to get the

discounted price. To order tickets, e-mail

Ben Gikis at (gikisben(at)yahoo,com).

Tickets will be distributed at or before the August meeting. Send

checks payable to "SIR 35" to Ben Gikis, 12415 Hilltop Drive, Los Altos

Hills, CA 94024 or bring to the May meeting. Initial order for tickets

will be placed in mid-May. Deadline for orders is May 20.

THIRD ANNUAL Tomato Contest This notice is for tomato lovers. It's time to till the soil, add your special amendments and plant those award

winning tomatoes. This will be our third annual tomato tasting challenge to be conducted in July/August time frame. All SIR members and significant others are encouraged to enter and participate this year. If you are interested, please contact Jerry Ososkie at jcososkie(at)sbcglobal.net.

BOWLING

BOB TAGGART 650-321-2654 cbtaggart(at)earthlink.net DOUG ANDERSON 415-407-4000 marktinti(at)aol.com Prizes: Alan Gaudie

Every Tuesday, 1:00 p.m., at Homestead Lanes, Homestead & Stelling, in Cupertino. The Summer Session starts on May 31, so this is an excellent time to join the league. We are expanding from eight to ten teams, which will shorten the time we spend bowling. There are immediate openings for more wives or significant others. We bowl every Tuesday and the cost is only $15 per week. Come join us.

Call Bob or Doug with any questions.

WINTER/SPRING SESSION - WEEK #13 1ST PLACE – Bill Webster, Roy Robinson, Darryl Walker, Joe Enos

2ND PLACE – Rick McCollogh, Robert Dunn, Fred Schwalbach , Phil Vanderwerf

3RD PLACE – Jim Holman, Patrick Wong, Bob Taggart, Ron Nakamoto

4TH PLACE – Nancy Jones, Ranney Thayer, Ken Jones, Alan Gaudie, Doug Ericsson

5TH PLACE – Les Fisher, Arnie Satterlee, Harold Kaye, James Faucett

6TH PLACE tie – Ruth Ososkie, Carl Moyer, Doug Anderson, Chuck Huff

6TH PLACE tie – Hutch Hutchinson, Jerry Ososkie, Jay Jonekait, Ed White

8TH PLACE – Ptah Bennett, Fred Emmenegger, Jeff Grundy, Tim Eastham

HERE ARE THE WINNERS - WEEK #13

HIGH SERIES - SCRATCH 1st – Ed White: 604 2nd – Bob Taggart: 537 3rd – Darryl Walker: 540

HIGH GAME - SCRATCH 1st – Tim Eastham: 223

2nd – Phil Vanderwerf: 200 3rd – Chuck Huff: 181

HIGH HANDICAP SERIES 1st – Darryl Walker: 660 2nd –Jim Holman: 659

3rd – Robert Dunn: 621

HIGH HANDICAP GAME 1st – Doug Ericsson: 249 2nd – Jay Jonekait: 239 (tie) 2nd – Rick McCollogh: 239 (tie)

Every Friday, 10:00 a.m. to noon. Wives and guests are welcome. RAIN WITHIN PRECEDING 3 DAYS CANCELS THE GAME Location: Bocce Ball Courts (between second and last wing), Los Altos Senior Center, 97 Hillview Ave. (just off San Antonio Rd.) Parking near baseball fields. We have noticed that SIR members active in Bowling and Golf get enjoyment from joining us in Bocce Ball. The rules are so simple, newcomers with no background in the game quickly adapt. Maybe you would like to try it out! Contact Norm Pass if you have a question on whether the weather is cancelling an upcoming game. Summer is the time for a number of Bocce Ball tournaments and major championships. For example, from June 25 through July 2 there will be the U.S. Bocce Championships 2016 nearby hosted by Campo Di Bocce of Livermore [see boccechampionships.com]. Other events that we have recently heard about will be held in Pasadena, CA and Colorado Springs, CO. You may wish to check out one of these events to see how well the experts play and enjoy the festivities. We will have our own games at the SIR Branch 35 picnic at Saratoga Springs in July—a popular option last year.”

TRAVEL ED PAUSA 650-324-0322 clements.e.pausa(at)us.pwc.com

BOCCE BALL NORM PASS – SCHEDULE/ CANCELLATIONS 408-737-7639; normpass(at)sbcglobal.net

FRED SCHWALBACH – PLAYER

DEVELOPMENT 408-257-9713; fpschwalbach(at)aol.com JOHN RICHARDSON - SUPPORT 650-996-7787; jlr(at)rcgc.com

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GOLF BOB GARTEN, GOLF CHAIRMAN 408-253-5860, xonon1(at)comcast.net

SIGN-UP with John Gerich by May 12th at 650-969-6679 or jgerich(at)juno.com for the following:

GOLF RESULTS

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ANNUAL PICNIC WEDNESDAY, JULY 20

Our annual summer picnic will be at Saratoga Springs Picnic Grounds just west of Saratoga (take a look at www.saratoga-springs.com). We are going to have a great BBQ cooked on site for us including chicken, tri-tip steak, and hot dogs. There is an extensive salad buffet, delicious desserts, and ALL YOU CAN DRINK beer, wine and soft drinks. There is plenty of parking but we encourage carpooling and designated drivers. We have spaces set aside for people who sign up for carpools (4 or more). We will also have a 6-person golf cart for transportation of those that are not carpooling and have to park at some distance.

The location is in the Redwoods with a stream flowing through the park. It is a great venue full of activities for all ages including the famous "Duck Races" down the stream, Bingo, Bocce Ball, a Putting contest, Bean Bag Toss, and perhaps a Tomato contest. Sign up soon so that we can provide a count.