{"id":6811,"date":"2026-01-18T19:27:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T03:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/?page_id=6811"},"modified":"2026-04-20T19:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:24:09","slug":"2026-meetings-and-presentations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/2026-meetings-and-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Meetings and Presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\" style=\"height: 125px;\" width=\"746\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Date (invite\/menu)<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Presentation<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Presenter<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-content\/uploads\/lunch.invite.1.28.26.pdf\">January 28<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sirs.larry.stone.1.28.2026.compressed.mp4\">Silicon Valley Economics 2026<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-content\/uploads\/larry.stone_.1.28.2026.IMG_7892.png\">Photo<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/news.santaclaracounty.gov\/larry-stone-stepping-down-after-30-years-assessor-and-47-years-elected-office\"><strong>Larry Stone<\/strong> &#8211; former Santa Clara County Assessor<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-content\/uploads\/lunch.invite.2.25.26.pdf\">February 25<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sirs.2.25.26.michael.cox_.mercury.mines_.of_.new_.almaden.pdf\">Mercury Mines of New Almaden &#8211; 1845 to 1975<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newalmaden.org\/About.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael Cox, President of the Quicksilver County Park Association<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/mercury\/\">Summary Page &amp; Photos<\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sir.branch5.luncheon.invite.3.25.26.pdf\">March 25<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-content\/uploads\/john_coffee_profile_20260225_223111317.webp\">John Coffee &#8211; <strong>New Member Induction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-content\/uploads\/andy.danver.wis_.bylaws.ballot.pdf\">Andy Danver &#8211; <strong>SIR Bylaws and Women In Sir<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-content\/uploads\/peter.branch35.women_.in_.sir_.pdf\">Peter (Branch35) &#8211; <strong>Women in Sir<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-content\/uploads\/don.weden_.Intelligent.Urbanism.Summary.2026.pdf\">Don Weden &#8211; <strong>The Suburban Model Has Run Out of Gas<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-content\/uploads\/don.weden_.bio_.pdf\">Don Weden &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">retired Principal Planner for the County of Santa Clara<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-content\/uploads\/don.weden_.pic1_-scaled.jpg\">Photo1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-content\/uploads\/don.weden_.pic2_-scaled.jpg\">Photo2<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><s>April 22<\/s><\/td>\r\n<td><s>Update on the James Webb Telescope<\/s><\/td>\r\n<td><s>Tony Mazzucco<\/s><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>May 27<\/td>\r\n<td>County District Attorney<\/td>\r\n<td>Jeff Rosen<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>June 24<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p>Stories of Healing from Trauma as Told by Combat Veterans<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>Craige Edgerson<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>July 22<\/td>\r\n<td>The Vallejo Love Letters<\/td>\r\n<td>Bob Senkewicz<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>August 26<\/td>\r\n<td>TBD<\/td>\r\n<td>TBD<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>September 23<\/td>\r\n<td>TBD<\/td>\r\n<td>TBD<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>October 28<\/td>\r\n<td>TBD<\/td>\r\n<td>TBD<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>November 18<\/td>\r\n<td>December Holidays<\/td>\r\n<td>Richard Holmboe<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>December 2<\/td>\r\n<td>TBD<\/td>\r\n<td>TBD<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">\u00a0<\/h5>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date (invite\/menu) Presentation Presenter January 28 Silicon Valley Economics 2026 &#8211; Photo Larry Stone &#8211; former Santa Clara County Assessor February 25 Mercury Mines of New Almaden &#8211; 1845 to 1975 Michael Cox, President of the Quicksilver County Park Association <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/2026-meetings-and-presentations\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6811","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6811"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7132,"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6811\/revisions\/7132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}