CREATIVE RETIREMENT
Great Decisions II -- Great, Too.
Theme of Personal Interest Club (TOPIC)
Friday Round Table Discussion Group

0. Organizational Meeting -- 15 May2009. Jim's pre-meeting notes and results
First and third Fridays. Usual room is 803.
1 . Palestinian Issues. -- 15 May.
2 . Future of Food. -- 5 June.
3 . Evolution -- future of mankind. -- 19June in Room 607-609.   Different room because of Kids College.
Or as a M$-Word document (which might be easier to print and read). 3evolution.doc
Actually 3 topics -- see evolution and eugenics below.
4 . Mythology, Legends and Fact.   --   2 July, Religion, Bible to Science.
Thursday (closed Friday for Independence Day.) Room 805. Outline of future topics due.
5 . Health Care Bill and Future of Health Care   -- 17July . Outline of future topics still due.
6 . The First Gulf War - Kuwait and Iraq --  7 August→ Thursday, 6 August - conflict with another Creative Retirement program.
Also note a topic change.   Your list of suggestions for future topics will be appreciated.
7 . Capitalism -- is it alive? should it be ?     -- 21 August→ Thursday, 20 August ← Note another date change.  These changes are risky to the membership, but are decided by the attendees. Be sure to check this web page for latest information.
8 . Water Wars --     4 September -- "Blue Gold".
9 . Voter Owned Iowa Clean Elections -- 18 September.
10. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty -- 2 October . Date, not day, change requrested by speaker.
11. Immigration --  16 October→ Thursday, 15 October . ←- Note another day-and-date change. No rooms available.
12. Afghanistan & Pakistan --- background and history to Gulf War Two till Today. --   6 November
13. Poverty in Marshalltown --   20 November, Friday.   B. Niblok

14.     Health Care Bill --   04 December -- Liz Zuercher

15. Origin of Celebrations --   18 December   (Bring snacks to share)
16. xxx --   08 January 2010  
17. xxx --   22 January 2010  
18. xxx --   05 February 2010
19. xxx --   19 February 2010 -- end of season.
01. Special Envoys --   26 February 2010 -- start of Great Decisions 2010
02. Kenya & R2P --   05 March 2010
xx. No class 12 March
Suggestions for future Topics
n . Poverty in Marshall County.
n . Women's Issues --they vote, now what ?
n . Language-- should English be fixed ?
n . Responsibility -- Justice ?
n . Evolution 0 - pure evolution
n . Eugenics -- therapy or enhancement ?
n . Civilization and humanity
Does AAUW or Marshalltown Library have older (before 2005) Great Decisions books/ tapes?
Humor?
I told you so.
Net (and Email) Ettiquette.
Great minds discuss ideas ; Average minds discuss events ; Small minds discuss people.

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