California (North)
Area Coordinator: Tim Carlson
781 West Dry Creek Road
Healdsburg, CA 95448
Tel: (707) 433-7121
E-mail: timjeana@sbcglobal.net
Reservations are necessary for attendance at TCC meetings

The June 7 luncheon meeting will feature TCC Treasurer Pamela Barrus and her Central Asia journey, reports Area Coordinator Tim Carlson. It will be held at Spenger’s Fresh Fish Grotto in Berkeley. “From Rio to Antarctica” was the topic of Jim McCray’s presentation at the March 1 meeting at the Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco (see photos below).

March 2008

March 2008

March 2008

March 2008

March 2008


Norcal December 2007
Pictured at the Northern California December luncheon meeting at Sinbad’s
Restaurant in San Francisco are Wayne Tamarelli, Frank Rainer, Lee Harnett,
Colleen Lance, David Steffes. Members and guests numbered 41.

Norcal December 2007
Carney Campion (left) was the speaker at the December NorCal TCC
meeting, pictured here with Boyce and Peggy Nute and Cal Schrotenboer.
Campion talked about The Golden Gate Bridge, Today and Yesterday.

Antarctica will be the subject for the March 1 meeting at the Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco, reports Area Director Tim Carlson. Additional gatherings are scheduled for the following dates in 2008: June 7, Sept. 6 and Dec 6.


Northern California, Sept. 2007
Pictured at the Northern California September TCC meeting in Berkeley:
Susan Hall, Paul Lavoie, Connie Diernisse, Sanford Smith, Betty Matthews.

Northern California, Sept. 2007
Also attending the September meeting in NorCal were
Carolyn Broadwell, Speaker (Micronesia) JoAnne Schwartz,
Betty Knudson, Joe Rosenblatt, Don DeBerr.

“The Golden Gate Bridge – Today and Tomorrow” will be the subject of the talk by Carney Campion, former GM of the Golden Gate Bridge District, at the December 1 luncheon meeting at Sinbad’s in San Francisco, reports Area Coordinator Tim Carlson.



Pictured at Northern California’s 2006 holiday lunch in San Francisco
are Pam and Allen Shelton and Betty Matthews.



TCC Secretary Sanford Smith, right, “talks travel”
with Peter Crowley, Will Taylor and Don Fillman at
the Northern California TCC meeting in September 2006.



Pictured at the Northern California March 2006 TCC lunch
in Berkeley are Don and Sylvia Fillman.


Betsy Schwartz, pictured here with TCC Secretary Sanford Smith, gave a presentation on Bicycling Around Iceland at San Francisco 's meeting in December 2005.



Pictured at the TCC Northern California June 2005 meeting
in San Francisco are Donald and Sylvia Fillman
(he will speak at the September meeting) and Paul LaVoie.


Here are photographs from our Sept. 18, 2004 meeting at at Spenger's Fish Grotto in Berkeley. Twenty-eight members and guests enjoyed Betty Knudson's slide presentation and artifacts from 12 African countries. Betty has been to Africa 15 times.

L to R: Robert Gottlieb, Lois Gottlieb, Betty Knudson

L to R: Robert Beckett, Colleen Lance, Betty Knudson, Lee Harnett


Northern California members Peggy and Tom Porter in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet


Here are some photos from our June 2004 event:


Don DeBerry, Charlotte Smith, Jim Kaumeyer, and Roberta Solbrig


Maggie Crowley and Don Fillman


David Steffes, Patra Steffes, and Richard Bullock


Sanford Smith, Richard Frank, and JoAnn Schwartz


Sylvia Fillman and speaker Jean Feilmoser


Peggy Porter and Tom Porter


And here are some photos from our March event:


Left to right: LIllie Echevarria (guest), Colleen Lance, Tim Carlson, Helen Kosilla, Sandy Thomas (guest)


Left to right: Don Fillman, Betty Knudson, Sylvia Fillman


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