Well the lusty month of May has come and gone (hope you all kept it somewhat in check—or at least under wraps), but this is nonetheless the May Waterlog. June will follow...in June, we hope. Below you will find minutes of not one, but two meetings of your industrious Board. (These are actual minutes of actual meetings, so expect to be more informed than entertained). Also, … [Read more...] about From the editor
Archives for May 2017
Poetry corner
...from Seven Days in May (1964) [Ok, not really poetry...but it seems somehow—I don’t know—fitting?][General James Mattoon Scott (Burt Lancaster), speaking to the President of the U.S.]And if you want to talk about your oath of office, I'm here to tell you face to face, President Lyman, that you violated that oath ... when you deliberately played upon the fear and … [Read more...] about Poetry corner
Board meeting minutes
CALM Advisory Board Meeting May 10, 2017Attending: Conny Bleul-Gohlke, Kay Van Der Have, Ben Swiggett, Sandra Ramos, Jeremy Cohen, Steve Washburn, JannRonis, Kai StoeckeniusIssues discussed in the meeting: Many/most of the items relate to needing to improve communications with UC bureaucracy. We still lack a definitive roster of team members. We are lacking … [Read more...] about Board meeting minutes
Member profile
Last tango in Fiddletown Deep down, Rachel Fields has always wanted to be a tango dancer, but so far things haven’t quite worked out that way. Fair warning: Rachel is one of those people who can make you feel (not deliberately, of course) that you haven’t done enough with your life. At the tender age of 31, she has studied abroad in Chile, motorcycled through Africa, learned … [Read more...] about Member profile
And in other news…
Open water opens—The open water season started with Spring Lake May 20...but no CALMers sprung for Spring Lake it seems. We will be better represented at Lake Berryessa by—at least—Scott Adams, Deb Kory, Zac Unger and Sara Everett. Probably others as well. They will be enjoying (as Coach likes to say) a 1 or 2mile swim...and sitting under the new CALM sun tents (recently … [Read more...] about And in other news…