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A MEMBERS ONLY SPECIAL PLANNING MEETING AND LUNCH

5/15/2025

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When: June 16
Time: 12:30pm
Where: Beth Emet Synagogue, 1224 Dempster St, in Evanston


Lunch will be provided at no charge.
Please RSVP by June 12th so we can order the proper amount of food.
 
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The Board of Directors of SAM would like your input and ideas regarding current activities and any new activities we should consider. 
 
Any member can suggest either a new continuing activity or one-time event.
 
The board needs help from members to plan several potential future activities but not limited to: 
 
 1. Yearly lunch meeting for members and potential new members. Lunch would be free for guests, minimal charge for members

2. Annual dinner or brunch for members and spouse or partner

3. Welcoming and mentoring new members


4. Planning tours of various places of interest, such as Argonne Labs , S.C. Johnson HQ Building


5. Finding speakers for our general meetings


6. Attending sports events Cubs, Sox, Northwestern, etc.


7. Coordinating a monthly lunch group


8. Public service projects

 
We currently have the below activities:
 
1. Roundtable Discussion Group
2. Book group
3. Film group
4. Canasta
5. Poker
6. Walking (seasonal)
7. Golf (seasonal)
8. Lineball (seasonal)
9. Bowling (shared activity with other men’s groups)
10. General meeting with speaker
11. Breakfast group
12. Short Stories group
13. Story Telling Group
14. Northern Illinois Food Bank (located in Lake Forest)
15. Biking (shared activity with other men’s groups)
16. Bridge  (shared activity with other men’s groups)
 
 
SAM Board of Directors
Rich Steele
Phil Osborne
Pierre deVincentis
Zane Cohn
Howard Sachs
Bill Steel
Alan Greene
Marc Rosenberg
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May 6th - General Meeting

4/25/2025

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Time: 1:30pm
Where: Beth Emet Synagogue 1224 Dempster St, in Evanston
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Guest are Welcome

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Topic: Chicago Sports

Speaker: Mike Berman


BIO
Mike Berman’s dream was to work in his hometown. That dream became a reality in August of 2016 when he joined the NBC 5 Sports team.

Before returning home, Mike worked for almost two years as the main sports anchor at WTTV (CBS) in Indianapolis. Prior to his time there, he spent more than six years as a sports anchor/reporter in Austin, Tex. Mike began his career in Springfield, Ill., where he served as a sports anchor/reporter at WICS (ABC) for two years.

Working in sports journalism has enabled Mike to witness some of the biggest sporting events in the United States. He’s covered the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, Indy 500, Men’s and Women’s Final Four, College World Series, and many bowl games.

Mike has a degree in Broadcast News from the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri. While attending school, he worked at KOMU (NBC) as a sports anchor/reporter/producer and lent his voice to the Missouri Baseball team as its PA announcer.

Born in Chicago, Mike grew up in Northbrook. He attended Glenbrook North High School.
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March 17 - General Meeting

3/3/2025

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When:  Monday, March 17
Time: 1:30pm
Where: Beth Emet Synagogue 1224 Dempster St, in Evanston
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Guest are Welcome

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Speaker: Peter Slevin 


Topic:
The role of the media – never more important or more fraught - during Trump 2.0
 
Bio: Peter Slevin is  a professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
He has spent much of his career writing for newspapers, spending seven years in Europe for The Miami Herald and a decade on the national staff of The Washington Post, where he wrote about foreign policy and later traveled the country with an eye to politics. His portrait of Michelle Obama--Michelle Obama: A Life--was a finalist for the PEN America biography prize and rated as one of Booklist’s top ten biographies of the year.
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