,807018
Subject,Steve Bullock
Date,8/9/06
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0,Talks about his watch
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2,Discusses his career with the Red Cross and how he came to Cleveland in 1982
3,His involvement in various activities in the city and the beginning of his involvement in the City Club
4,Importance of public education 
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6,Talks about his early invovlement with the City Club 
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8,Talks about notable political figures who he saw speak at the club and issues that he remembers being discussed
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10,"While he was president of the club, issues such as same sex marriage were topic of debate. "
11,Israeli Red Cross had been denied affiliation with the international Red Cross movement because Red Cross Israel would not accept the cross as the symbol of the Red Cross. This was an issue discussed at the club. 
12,Issues related to public education 
13,"The people who have the capacity to fix public education have abandoned this system and put their resources into other types of schools, e.g. charter."
14,Inability to involve the parents of students is a barrier to the effective education of students.
15,"Ohio's school funding system has inequities and is not effective. Too difficult for districts to keep up with costs, and voters will not support schools through levies. "
16,"Lottery was supposed to fund schools, but the money has not gone to the schools. "
17,Descrepancy in funding between districts
18,State legislature has failed to push for equality.
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20,Talks about how he got on the board of the City Club 
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22,How he became president 
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24,"As president of the City Club, he had to try to understand and be cordial and respectful to viewpoints different from his own"
25,Being president of the City Club meant being chairman of the board and making things happen
26,Talks about his work for the Red Cross and his efforts to help the organization move to a new location
27,Explains Leadership Cleveland 
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30,"Was also involved with United Way, Cleveland Foundation, and Case Western Reserve University (advisor to Mandel Center), Nurse Association, Diabetes Assocation, MetroHealth Hospital, AAA (Ohio Motorist), scholarship committees"
31,Involved on board of Cleveland Heights-University Heights schools
32,Was invited to join Athletic Club - was not invited to join the Union Club.
33,Union Club was still segregated in 1982.
34,"Was asked to join more recently, but he didn't need the club for networking at that point."
35,The City Club was integrated in 1982.
36,"The City Club is open to all, but is still viewed as a white male institution. "
37,Still a need to diversify the City Club and communicate more effectively to the whole community. 
38,Talks about the City Club's ups and downs in the 1990s
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41,Young Leaders Club helped to bring new people to the City Club.
42,Push to get more members in the 1990s included emphasizing planned giving and efforts to present the club to a broader audience via technology.
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44,Impact of corporate community in the club
45,"Improving the club physically helped attract more speakers, and in turn larger audiences. "
46,Efforts to diversify speakers in terms of subjects and expertise to appeal to the community. City Club broadcasts on hundreds of radio stations.
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50,City Club and national vs. local reach
51,Antonin Scalia
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54,Free Speech Award 
55,How does the club move forward to gain more non-white members?
56,Strategic plan diversity initiative - focus on groups who are clearly absent from the Club. 
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60,Diversifying is  slow process
61,Has seen Club change in a lot of ways since he's been involved.
62,"He is now ex-oficio, but still hopes to affect change."
63,Would like to see more mixed race audiences at Club speaking events. 
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