January 7, 2025 - Tonight we had John LeBeau and his friend Don join us to give us some insight into the status, history, and future of 3D Printing. President-elect Yoshi is taking a closer look. John told us that 3D printing has been around for over 20 years and it continues to rapidly improve both with respect to processes and materials. While John was telling us about the various kinds of head and bed motions, he was printing out a simple model - took about 30 minutes. Very impressive. Thank you John and Don - we hope to visit your facility in the near future.
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November 16, 2024 - Andy, Stan, and Harry happily put all their skills together to assemble stuff at Treasures for Teachers today.
A small crowd of Rotarians but up to the challenge. Thanks guys.
October 15, 2024 - Club member John Lamont gave us an overview of what the impact of new refrigerant requirements will be on our air conditioners. The new refrigerants are changing from R22 to 410. Daiken is leading the industry regarding the global warming potential of air conditioning. The testing will be more stringent and all support equipment has to change. Baseline efficiency will increase by 80%. Club members expressed a keen interest in the subject and peppered John with lots of questions. Thanks John for keeping us aware of what's going on in your world.
October 1, 2024 - District Governor Michelle Holcomb visited the club. She gave us a brief update on several issues including specialized license plates, Rotary's focus on the resurgence of polio and the availability of IRON LUNG LAGER to support Polio Plus.
On another note - dictionaries are arriving tomorrow and will be labeled at Dave's house on Sunday October 6 in the afternoon.
August 27, 2024 - Steve Trimble, a Rotarian in the Tempe Downtown Club and a Professor of Practice in mechanical and aerospace engineering at Arizona State University, gave us an overview of many of the projects he has worked on - an impressive list indeed. He told us about the Order of the Iron Ring which was originally a Canadian organization. He wrote a book of poems dealing with engineering entitled "Made to Serve, Made to Last: Poems and Thoughts of an Engineer". He read us a few of his poems before answering many questions from a very interested audience.
Tempe, AZ 85284
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