Adventurers Club Honolulu : ADVENTURERS CLUB OF HONOLULU

NEW VENUE !!

NOTE: February 2022 meeting is WEDNESDAY FEB 16th ,,,,, WAIKIKI YACHT CLUB

March 2022 meeting is WEDNESDAY MAR 16th ... WAIKIKI YACHT CLUB

Meetings have changed to 3rd Wednesdays instead of Thursdays, due to venue requirements

January 20, 2022 - by member, William “Bill” Chapman

“Ranches, Missions, and Mansions: House Museums

in the Los Angeles Area” via ZOOM

Bill will discuss historic houses in Southern California, ranging from El Alisal, Charles Lummis’s eccentric river stone house to Charles and Ray Eames’s house in Pacific Palisades. Along the way he’ll visit the Getty Villa, San Juan Capistrano and two early period ranches. The talk will also take us to Heritage Square in the Montecito Heights neighborhood.

Bill Chapman is Dean of the School of Architecture, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Educated at Columbia (M.S. in Historic Preservation, 1978) and at Oxford University in England (D.Phil. in Anthropology, 1982), he specializes in architectural recording, the history of historic preservation, and materials conservation. He has been the VP and program chair for the Adventures Club since 2014.

Location 6:50 pm ZOOM Login & Testing (Due to high COVID counts, this meeting will be held via Zoom) Program 7:00 pm Approximately

RSVP Email Contact Info Crystal Costa, costacrystal@gmail.com (email only)

RSVP by: Sunday, January 16, 2022

Bill Chapman presents "California Dreamin' " Historic Homes and Other Places

in Southern California.. Ranches, Missions, and Mansions

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February 17, 2022 — by guests Carl & Stacy Evensen

“Maka’alamihi Gardens”

Waikiki Yacht Club

Carl and Stacy Evensen will talk about their Kaneohe property, Maka’alamihi Gardens, in Carl’s family since 1897, and how they have worked together as a team to transform it into native and other landscaped gardens geared toward providing education, inspiration and celebration opportunities for the public, especially children. Using their skills and experience, Carl and Stacy use ecological landscaping design methodologies to create garden spaces to demonstrate how to cultivate an urban food forest including native plants and how to manage and consume these food crops. Maka’alamihi Gardens hosts monthly community work days so interested neighbors and friends can assist in the development of the gardens while learning how to grow, manage and eat the garden’s bounty.

Carl has a PhD in Agronomy and Soil Science and has been a professor in the College of Tropical Agriculture, Associate Dean of CTAHR and the Interim Director of Lyon Arboretum until he retired in 2020. Stacy has a MS in Nutritional Sciences, worked in Government Relations until 2018 and is a credentialed Master Gardener.

Location WAIKIKI YACHT CLUB 6PM

Please check the monthly meeting information email that will go out on Feb 1st

Dinner 6:45 pm

Program 7:15 pm Approximately

RSVP Lowell Angell, angell@hawaii.edu or (808) 988-2098 (email preferred)

RSVP by: Thursday, February 10, 2022 (Late cancellations and no shows will be billed)

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March 17, 2022 — by guest Charles Johnson

“Mining in Botswana: Adventures in One of Africa’s

Most Successful Countries”

Waikiki Yacht Club

When Charles Johnson arrived in Botswana, it ranked among the three poorest countries in Africa. By 2021 it had the fourth highest per capita income in Africa at $18,000/per capita (purchasing power parity). It also has the highest Human Development Index in continental Sub-Saharan Africa.

The author will give his views on how Botswana achieved sustained economic growth with little corruption, while all other African countries failed. He will share personal experiences (both serious and hilarious) with three presidents of Botswana: Harry Oppenheimer, Chairman of DeBeers, and others. He will comment on his African safaris into the most remote parts of the Kalahari and meeting the last of the nomadic San people (Bushman).

Charles Johnson has a MS in geology from the University of California, Riverside, and a PhD in Minerals Economics from Penn State University. He has undertaken minerals and energy consulting projects in more than three-dozen developing countries. He spent 3 ½ years living in Botswana, where he was the senior economic advisor to the Minister and Permanent Secretary (also became Acting Permanent Secretary) in the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Water Affairs. He was heavily involved in negotiating two major diamond mining agreements, including the Jwaneng diamond mining agreement, the most profitable diamond development in the world. He was on the board of directors of a major diamond company and also a copper-nickel company. In recent years, he has been writing novels. His first, Reunion Promise, was partly set in Africa and diamonds; and his second, Romancing Waikiki contains twenty-one eclectic love stories set in Waikiki.

Location WAIKIKI YACHT CLUB 1599 Ala Moana Blvd by Ala Moana Park

6PM no host cocktails (credit cards accepted)

Please check the monthly meeting information email that will go out on Feb 1st

Dinner 6:45 pm Menu: Linguine Marinara with Italian Sausage, Onion, Bell Peppers $35

Vegetable Primavera Marinara Linguine $35

Program 7:15 pm Approximately

RSVP Kathy Reinhart, kathyreinhart@hotmail.com or (808) 396-8278 (email preferred)

RSVP by: Thursday, March 10, 2022 (Late cancellations and no shows will be billed)