NCC Programs

The North County Chapter holds Thursday Morning Forums throughout  the year at the Remington Club II in Rancho Bernardo.  Directions to the facility are  HERE 

These forums promote and encourage public interest in the study of international affairs and foreign policy.  The speakers are international experts from the San Diego & Orange County regions, of whom approximately 1/2 are our own members with specialized international knowledge and expertise. NCC typically produce 24 programs per year and averages about 70 attendees at each event.

We begin each program with a coffee social at 10:30 am followed by the speaker at 11:00 am.  After a short break around 12:00 am there is a Q&A period ending at 1 pm.

No reservations are needed and there is no charge to attend the Thursday Morning Forums.

There are currently two exceptions to this standard format. The first is our yearly Annual Meeting and Luncheon, which is traditionally held at a local Country Club but which has been held online in recent past years because of the restrictions imposed by the pandemic.  The second exception is that no forums are scheduled during August or on holidays.

Information about the programs is in a monthly newsletter to our members.  Recent editions of the newsletter are available HERE.

A number of our speakers have graciously allowed us to provide access to their presentation materials to all who would like to review them in detail.  These materials are available HERE.  The initial numbers in the titles of the files accessed by this link correspond to the dates on which the presentations were given.  Note that on occasion speakers have to be rescheduled or replaced after our monthly newsletter goes to press.  For this reason the recorded presentations on certain dates may differ from what was listed in that month’s newsletter.

On April 2, 2020 we temporarily moved our Thursday Morning Programs to an online format in order to maintain their value while complying with the need to avoid large gatherings to defeat the coronavirus pandemic. We also changed to a biweekly format. 

On October 5, 2023, we resumed our in-person meetings at Remington Club II but continued our biweekly format but also preserved the online option for members (and speakers) to attend remotely if they choose.