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o o Stories o Editor SF Rotary ROTARY LUNCHEON, SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 Webmaster If you have any Posted by Scott Plakun comments or

questions, please contact the editor. Hockey Pucks at the Cow Palace o Club Events Speaker: Pat Curcio Chair of the Day: Loren Lopin

o ROTARY LUNCHEON: Pat Curcio - Hockey in SF Sir Francis Drake Patrick Curcio played professional hockey for ten years Hotel with the East Coast Hockey League (on the Dayton Sep 11, 2012 12:00 PM Bombers, the Charlotte Checkers and the Hunstville Blast) and in Europe (Milan Devils, Wedemark o Rotary Golf- At the Scorpions, Ravensburg EV, Hannover Scorpions and Cliffs Cliffs at the Bayreuth ESV.) Olympic Club Sep 12, 2012 04:00 PM In 2001, he began coaching by working with teams including the Pickering Panthers, the London Knights, the Utah Grizzlies and the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. o HELP PAINT THE VETERAN'S ACADEMY In 2009, he organized the Euro Can Cup at London’s AT THE PRESIDIO John Labatt Centre. This round-robin tournament pitted London Knights Presidio alumni against EHC Munich, Linz Black Wings and EV Zug, and raised more Sep 15, 2012 09:00 AM than $35,000 for the American and Canadian Spinal Cord Research’s Shoot for a Cure campaign. o Community Service Meeting First Republic Pat most recently led the charge in bringing pro hockey back in San Francisco. Bank, 11th floor He now serves as the Owner, President, General Manager and Head Coach of Sep 17, 2012 06:00 PM the San Francisco Bulls ECHL team, founded in 2011 and which will begin play in October 2012. o ROTARY LUNCHEON Sir Francis Drake Hotel Sep 18, 2012 12:00 PM Pat will talk about the state of the Cow Palace, discussing ideas for renovations and additions to that unique building, as well as the team, the o ANGEL ISLAND East Coast Hockey League and the potential for affiliation with the National ESCAPE Angel Island Hockey League. Sep 22, 2012 Enjoy lunch with your fellow Rotarians while we learn about San Francisco's newest sport team. o Rotary Means Business - San Francisco Four Seas Individual luncheon tickets are $40 or you can get a discount by buying a Restaurant book of four for $145. Sep 24, 2012 06:00 PM

o ROTARY LUNCHEON Sir Francis Drake Hotel Sep 25, 2012 12:00 PM ROTARY LUNCHEON MEETING MINUTES, SEPTEMBER 4 Posted by Nina La Dow o Rotary Golf Harding Park Scribe of the Day: Stacey Poole Sep 26, 2012 04:10 PM Cecille Chiquette was the President of the Day, filling in for Jimmie Jeffery. After calling the meeting to order, David Dye led the club in the o District Foundation pledge of allegiance, followed by Bal Raj Capur providing the word of the Event Sausalito Bay day. Esther Lerner welcomed one international visiting Rotarian and three Model Sep 30, 2012 12:00 PM domestic visiting Rotarians. There were several announcements regarding upcoming events. September o Rotary Golf - Final 30th is the District Foundation Event at Sausalito Bay Model. Early Bird Outing TBA Tickets are $55. You must turn in your raffle tickets and funds by next Oct 05, 2012 Tuesday in order to have them eligible for the drawing. Fantastic prizes will be awarded. o Interact Day at the th Golden Gate Yacht There are limited spots for the Blue Angels Cruise on October 7 . The boat Club Golden Gate Yacht will be departing at 11a.m. and food and drink will be provided. The cost is Club $200. This is an opportunity to be on the Bay to see both the planes and the Oct 06, 2012 12:00 PM America’s Cup boats.

Greg Gutting is hosting an Angel Island Escape fellowship event on o Blue Angels and nd America's Cup on the September 22 for the September Division. Tickets are $35.00 and include Bay 5 Star Yachts your ferry ticket, wine and non-alcoholic drinks. Pack your own picnic lunch. Oct 07, 2012 11:00 AM You can depart from San Francisco or Marin County. Please sign up online.

The next local community service meeting is September 17th. Please check o Italian Heritage Parade the events calendar for details or contact Carol Christie. North Beach Oct 07, 2012 12:30 PM The September Division was announced: Present were David Dye, Stacey Poole and Bal Raj Capur. Not present were Tom Lewis, Greg Gutting, o Membership Curtis Burr, Douglas Shackley, Charlotte Maillard-Shultz, and Clif Committee Meeting Thomas. Happy Birthday to the September Division! First Republic Bank, 11th floor Oct 08, 2012 06:00 PM Anita Stangl presented a check from the San Francisco Rotary Foundation for $9,000 for the work that our club does with Harbor House. Harbor House is a o Community Service sober living housing facility for families that allow the parents to develop life First Republic Bank, skills, education and vocational training before they enter permanent 11th floor housing. Upon graduation from the Harbor House program, our Club provides Oct 22, 2012 06:00 AM the graduates with everything that they need to furnish their new living space (beds, bedding, towels, silverware, lamps, etc.). Throughout the year, our o Membership Club also has a picnic for the Harbor House residents, and provides them with Committee Meeting Thanksgiving food baskets. Audrey McKeague is the committee chair for First Republic Bank, this program and the Harbor House is always so appreciative of her and her 11th floor committee’s work. Nov 12, 2012 06:00 PM Diane Kohler presented Stacey Poole with the August member of the o Bell Ringing for our month award for her involvement with the membership committee over the Salvation Army past 3+ years. Partners Union Square Dec 07, 2012 10:00 AM The speaker of the day was Keith Axtell. Keith, a fellow Rotarian, is currently the chair of the District Grants Committee. Keith described his work with six micro credit projects that our District has been involved with in Ecuador, o Membership Committee Meeting Guatemala and Colombia. The program started in 2005 at the urging of his First Republic Bank, wife Holly, who wanted to help women in Latin America. They met with 11th floor Rotary clubs in that area to see how they could help, and decided that the Dec 10, 2012 06:00 PM micro credit program would be successful.

The Microcredit program works, because a micro credit “group” is formed. It o ROTARY HOLIDAY LUNCHEON City Club is a group of 5-30 low income borrowers (primarily women) who are loaned Dec 18, 2012 11:30 AM $50-$300 to start their small self-help business. They make weekly payments back to the group at a 25-35% interest rate. The interest is low for the area and covers the administration costs for running the group. The group o guarantees each other’s loans so there is peer pressure to timely pay back your commitment and be successful.

The first group was loaned $2,500, and not only paid it back, but saved $1,000 amongst themselves. Considering that most of these business owners feed and house their families on less than $1 per day, this is a very successful program.

The goal of the program is self-sufficiency and the micro credit program can provide some training to help them sustain their businesses. The types of businesses include a toy store, a beauty shop, a restaurant, and a vegetable stand. One woman purchased a fishing boat, put her husband to work on the boat, and then sold the fish in her community.

Rotarians have found that this program is most successful with women, because the men tend to spend their profits. The women promote education for their children and better manage the money. This program provides these women with pride, self-confidence and financial security,

which also improves their local community. This is a true example of helping people help themselves, and allowing them to become self-sufficient.

The Rotary Club of San Francisco has co-sponsored four of these projects, and 33 Rotary Clubs within our District have participated in micro-credit projects. There is a new project in Colombia underway. In total, this program has started 1,600 new businesses, loaned $387,000 in funds, and the last project had a 100% payback rate.

After Keith spoke, he drew the winning raffle ticket. Wai-Ling Eng won the raffle prize that was generously donated by Kevin Leong.

A NEW ROTARY FAMILY MEMBER Posted by Nina La Dow

Emily Borland-Wong and husband, John, welcome JT.

ROTARY MEANS BUSINESS CELEBRATES 15TH ANNIVERSARY Posted by Nina La Dow

Stephanie Herrin, Randy Katz and Peter Logan at the Rotary Means Business Meeting.

The next meeting on September 24th, will mark the 15th Anniversary of Rotary Means Business.

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CLUB OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS Posted by Nina La Dow

Jimmie Jeffery, President Cecile Chiquette, President Elect Jim Kennedy, Immediate Past President Steve Ruben, Secretary John Mathers, Treasurer Carol Christie, Community Service Casey Blair, Club Service William LeRoy, Development Ellie Giorges, International Diane Kohler, Membership Laine Hendricks, PR/Communications

District 5150 Governor: Robert Intner Rotary International President: Sakuji Tanaka

OTHER ROTARY MEETINGS Posted by Nina La Dow

San Francisco West Tuesday, 7:30 AM, Lakeside Cafe, 2529 Ocean Avenue San Francisco Greater Mission Tuesday, 7:45 AM, Double Play Restaurant, 2401 16th St. San Francisco Bayview Wednesday, 7:00 AM, Southeast Community Facility 1800 Oakdale Ave. S.F. 94124 San Francisco Chinatown Wednesday, 12:00 Noon, Four Seas, 731 Grant Ave Fisherman's Wharf Thursday, 7:30 AM, Franciscan Restaurant, Pier 43 1/2

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FOUR-WAY TEST Posted by Nina La Dow

1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all?