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Luncheon Meeting Volume XCVII No. 14 Rotary Club of San Francisco, California Kensington Park Hotel 3 October 2006

DAVID GOCKLEY CLUB OFFICERS GENERAL DIRECTOR ANITA T. STANGL ...... President C. JOHN HOCH...... First Vice President SAN FRANCISCO JOSEPH S. TALMADGE. . .Immediate Past President ERIC E. SCHMAUTZ...... Treasurer David Gockley became the sixth general director of on January 1, CLUB DIRECTORS 2006. JOHN J. BRENNAN Prior to his present role, Mr. Gockley served as CAROL CHRISTIE general director of the for P. MICHAEL DAVIES 33 years. Under his leadership, the Houston ALLAN L. HERZOG Grand Opera was transformed from a small JAMES H. KENNEDY DR. AUGUST L. READER, III regional company into one of the most prestigious ROGER C. STEINER opera companies in the United States. Mr. Gockley is known as an innovator in the TERESITA T. REYES opera world. At HGO, he oversaw 33 world Executive Vice President & Secretary premieres of new and six American SHOKO VALLE premieres, made opera more accessible by simulcasting major productions on Administrative Assistant large television screens in public parks, and drove the funding and construction DISTRICT 5150 GOVERNOR of a new theater for the company. Under his leadership, San Francisco Opera MARK FLEGEL recently provided a simulcast of Madam Butterfly in San Francisco’s Civic ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT Center. WILLIAM B. BOYD A native of Philadelphia, Mr. Gockley attended Boston’s New England Conservatory, , and Columbia University Business School. COMMITTEES AND ACTIVITIES Mr. Gockley will talk to us about his vision for the future of San Francisco Opera, which includes making opera available to everyone, a renewed focus Saturday-Monday 30 September-2 October on singers, and striking a new balance between operatic favorites and Camp Enterprise, YMCA Camp Bonita innovative new works. Wednesday 4 October Twilight Golf Tournament – Jack Fleming Golf Course, 4:30 P.M. LOOKING AHEAD Sunday 8 October CHAIR OF THE DAY District Rotary Foundation Fundraiser – ♦ OCTOBER 10 – DR. BILL W ATTENBURG, TALK Hornblower Yacht, 2:00 P.M.-5:30 P.M. SHOW HOST, KGO Thursday 12 October ♦ OCTOBER 17 – OKTOBERFEST – DAN GORDON, Cruise, Dinner Buffet & Wine – Marina by the DIRECTOR OF BREWING Ball Park, 6:00 P.M. OPERATIONS, GORDON BIERSCH OTHER SAN FRANCISCO CLUBS MEETING BREWING COMPANY San Francisco Greater Mission ♦ OCTOBER 24 – GAYLE DELANEY, PH.D., Tuesday, 7:45 AM, Double Play Restaurant DIRECTOR, DELANEY & FLOWERS SCOTT PLAKUN San Francisco Golden Gate DREAM CENTER Thursday, 6:00 PM, Pachamama Restaurant, 1630 Powell Street San Francisco Bayview THE FOUR WAY TEST Wednesday, 7:00 AM, Dago Mary’s Is it the TRUTH? San Francisco West Wednesday, 6:00 PM, Villa Romana Is it FAIR to all concerned? Restaurant, 731 Irving Street Will it build GOODWILL Fisherman’s Wharf and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? Thursday, 7:30 AM, Franciscan Restaurant Will it be BENEFICIAL TO ALL CONCERNED? SEPTEMBER plus percent a year. When does it 49ers TAILGATE PARTY 19, 2006 stop? Editor of the 3. More government borrowing will raise interest so there is no free Day: lunch. JIM PATRICK 4. We had a balanced budget in the State of California last year only SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2006 HAVE YOU HEARD because we had expanded Capital 8:00 A.M. — BOB WILHELM, Gains Growth on the income side; MONSTER PARK PARKING LOT started the meeting off with the Pledge of we did not control the spending side. Cost: Allegiance followed by a thought by JOHN What needs to be done — $100 for A Game Ticket, Food & TORNES, Rhodes Architectural Stone. 1. We need some tax adjustment. Libations HAVE YOU HEARD — We had five 2. We need spending priorities – the visiting members — three from the United pot is only sooooo big. $35 for Food & Libations only States and one from Japan and one from 3. Bonds must benefit our children – India. not steel from them — roads and ($10 of your donation will HAVE YOU HEARD — We introduced schools are good - social programs go to the Rotary Club of eight guests with four potential new funded with borrowed dollars steal San Francisco) members. from our kids Game tickets will be on a HAVE YOU HEARD — HENRY ALKER, 4. We need to limit spending to the “first come first serve Alker Mineral Leasing, took pride in Rotary growth rate of inflation basis.” Please contact as he described his good friend and brother 5. We have a moral responsibility not Georgia at Special T in-law Jim Collins who was a past president to spend our children’s money. Delivery (415) 357-9000 to make your of his club and used the Rotary ideals to HAVE YOU HEARD — President ANITA reservations, and don’t forget to bring your guide his life through some difficult times. gaveled the meeting to a close. HAVE YOU HEARD — CAROL check at the tailgate. CHRISTIE, Cashin Company, had a great Rotary dinner last week and has scheduled CRUISE, BUFFET DINNER & another first class dinner program on the WINE Bay for 55 Rotarians on Thursday, October 12. It will be a 115-foot boat for 3 hours on On Thursday, October 12, 2006 we will the Bay plus a fabulous dinner. have a boat cruise on the bay. This event HAVE YOU HEARD — More water bottles will start at 6:00 p.m. at the Marina by the were given out by President ANITA to ball park. The boat is a motor boat and shall CAROL CHRISTIE, BILL KOEFOED, and take us around the bay for 3 hours. There WARREN GRAWEMEYER for their will be a buffet dinner and the wine will be continuing good work for our Club. courtesy of our member, BRAD BACH. The HAVE YOU HEARD — We have two new BLOOD RESERVE price for this event will be $65.00 with ten members who were officially pinned by our COMMITTEE dollars going back to Rotary. District Governor Mark Flegel. He If you would like to make a reservation, After 35 years as chairman of the Blood welcomed SERGEY SHARAPOV who is send your check to the Rotary office or call Reserve Committee, I thought that I had the President of Argoland Foundation and TESSIE or SHOKO with your credit number. retired last July. Now, President ANITA WILLIAM ROBISON, Vice-President of the Remember if you sign up you will need to tells me that my replacement Rotarian is Global Initiatives, Bay Area Council. pay. no longer available. So, here we go Welcome aboard to our new members. I hope to see you all there. HAVE YOU HEARD — HENRY ALKER again. — CAROL CHRISTIE introduced our speaker Tom Campbell, I would gladly welcome any of our Dean of the Haas School of Business, UC members who desire to be on this Berkeley. His talk was entitled “Deficits Do committee. Matter - The Federal and State Budgets” Our Annual Blood Drive is scheduled HAVE YOU HEARD — Tom Campbell’s for Tuesday, January 9th, 2007, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Our Blood Mobile Unit (Club #2 FAT CATS CASH talk made the following points: BALANCE AS OF 1) We are sending more than we have was the co-donor of this vehicle) will be SEPTEMBER 26, 2006 at the State and Federal Levels parked in front of the Kensington Park a) Our Federal Budget is 3% of the Hotel that day. $103.00 GDP. In the meantime, the Elks Club Blood b) We have $66 Trillion Dollars in Drive next time is scheduled for Monday, Government obligation in the form November 13th, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., of Social Security and Defined dinner (gratis), gifts, and raffle prizes will Benefit Pensions et al. be given. Also, a chance to watch the c) It will take us 511 years to amortize Monday night NFL game on the big these costs. screen TV at that time. HENRY ALKER...... 10/3 d) We are borrowing from our It is possible to donate for the Elks on SHOKO VALLE...... 10/3 children and they do not vote. the 13th of November and again for MAYRA CENTENO...... 10/6 2. Our transfer payments to people were Rotary on January 9th as the mandatory JOE TALMADGE...... 10/7 $4.2 Billion in 2001 and were $7.6 8 weeks for repeat donating will be met. BARRETT GIORGIS...... 10/8 Billion in 2005. This is a trend of 4 - DR. HOWARD DENBO ED SPRINGER...... 10/9