EVENT CALENDAR 2014/2015

IMCA

2014-2015 EVENT CALENDAR

Revised Feb. 13, 2015

 

Please mark your calendar for all of our exceptional events planned for the 2014/2015 season.

 

May 2014

 

Wed., May 7, Stammtisch, 6 p.m.

Wed., May 14, Luncheon, Hami Hamayun: "The Political and Strategic Implications of U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan".

Thurs., May 22, Nature Club Excursion to the Everglades Wonder Gardens

No Book Club meeting until November                                            

No Tuesday Club meeting until November

 

 June 2014

 

Wed., June 4, Stammtisch, 6 p.m.

Wed., June 11, Luncheon, Thomas Tyrrell: "The European Union--My Country"

 

July 2014

 

Wed., July 2, Stammtisch, 6 p.m.

 

 August 2014

 

Wed., August 6, Stammtisch, 6 p.m.

 

September 2014

 

Wed., September 3, Stammtisch, 6 p.m.

Wed., September 10, Luncheon Speaker, David Sack: "Pakistan-USA: Alliance-Defiance"

 

October 2014

 

Wed., October 1, Stammtisch, 6 p.m.

Wed., October 8, Luncheon with Jade Wu: "Working in War Zones and More--The Practicalities and Surprises"

 

November 2014

 

Wed., November 5, Stammtisch, 6 p.m.

Mon., November 10, Luncheon with Tarik Ayasun: "ISIS/IS Whirlwind Conquests: Implications to the US and the West"

Wed., November 12, Fall Cocktails & Conversation Welcome Back Party, Vineyards, 6 p.m.

Mon., November 17, Book Club begins its season of readings and discussion at Vineyards CC, 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Lunch is optional

Tues., November 18, Tuesday Club begins its discussion on worldly events, 10-12 with optional lunch

Wed., November 19, Immokalee Pioneer Museum at Robert's Ranch: (www.colliermuseums.com/locations/immokalee pioneer museum)

December 2014

 

Wed., December 3, Annual Dinner Dance

Thurs., December 4, Stammtisch, 6 p.m. (normally held on Wed.)

Mon., December 8, Luncheon with Ambassador Jose Antonio Zabalgoitia, Consul General (El C�nsul) of Mexico: "Transforming Mexico"

Mon., December 15, Book Club, Vineyards CC, 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Tues., December 16, Tuesday Club, 10-12, with optional lunch

 

 January 2015

 

Thurs., January 7, Stammtisch, 6 p.m.

Mon., January 12, with Luncheon Speaker, Dr. John Esposito: "The Islamic World--Past and Present Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality"

Thurs., January 15, 1st Dine-out

Mon., January 19, Book Club, Vineyards CC 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Tues., January 20, Tuesday Club, 10-12, with optional lunch

Wed., January 21, Billie Swamp Safari at the Big Cypress Seminole Reservation (www.billieswamp.com)

  

February 2015

 

Wed., February 4, Stammtisch, 6 p.m.

Mon., February 9, Luncheon speaker is Powell Moore with the topic: "U.S.-Russia relations, Is Conflict Inevitable?"

Mon., February 16, Book Club (President's Day), Vineyards CC 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Tues., February 17, Tuesday Club, 10-noon with optional lunch

Tues., February 17, Collier Car Museum

Thurs., February 19, 2nd Dine Out

 

March 2015

 

Wed., March 4, Stammtisch, 6 p.m.

Mon., March 9, Luncheon with Speaker Douglas MacKinnon: "China's Military Space Program--A Threat to the U.S?"

Mon., March 16, Book Club, Vineyards CC 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Tues., March 17, Tuesday Club, 10-12, with optional lunch

Wed., March 18, Naples Conservancy Tour, (www.conservancy.org)

Mon., March 23, Cocktails and Conversation, Glen Eagle Country Club

Wed., March 25, New Members Reception

 

 

April 2015

 

Wed., April 1, Stammtisch, 6 p.m.

Thurs., April 9, 3rd Dine-0ut

Mon., April 13, Luncheon, Speaker Bruce A. Beardsley: "A Modern U.S. State Department Embassy: Role, Staffing, Functions, Crisis/Conflict Management"

Mon., April 20, Book Club, Vineyards CC 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.                                              

 Tues., April 21, Tuesday Club, 10-12, with optional lunch