Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Editor: SF Rotary Webmaster THE SF ROTARY OFFICE HAS MOVED If you have any comments or by SF Rotary Webmaster questions, email the editor. The new address for the SF Rotary office is: Upcoming Events 300 Montgomery St. Suite 200 WE GOTTA DANCE AT THE ARC- FEB 20 San Francisco, CA 94104 Feb 20 2009 International Service Committee Meeting Feb 24 2009 Public FEBRUARY 17 - David DesMarais, Sr. Scientist NASA Relations/Communications by SF Rotary Webmaster Feb 24 2009 World Wide Rotary Day Feb 24 2009 FEBRUARY DIVISION COCKTAIL MIXER- FEB. 25 BIO: David Des Marais has investigated the biogeochemistry of Feb 25 2009 microbial ecosystems and Earth's early biosphere, and he has participated in Mars ROTARY ROOTS OF PEACE GALA exploration. Feb 27 2009 Tahoe City Rotary Ski He has published more than 160 technical articles and chapters on the stable Challenge Feb 27 2009 isotope geochemistry of carbon in lunar samples, meteorites and oceanic basalts, Community Service Committee the Meeting biogeochemistry of marine cyanobacterial communities, the geochemistry Mar 3 2009 of ancient sedimentary carbon, and Mars science. Jean Paul Jacob, UC Scholar Mar 3 2009 MT SUTRO ROTARY MEADOW David is a member of the science teams of NASA's 2003 Mars Exploration Rover RESTORATION mission, the CRISM instrument of the 2005 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, Mar 7 2009 and Carl Djerassi, Phd Mar 10 2009 the CHEMIN instrument of 2009 Mars Science Laboratory mission. He is the P.I. Club Service Committee of the Ames team of the NASA Astrobiology Institute. He is a Fellow of the Meeting Geochemical Society, the European Association of Geochemistry, the International Mar 10 2009 Society for the Study of the Origins of Life, the California Academy of Sciences Rotary Peace Symposium and the American Geophysical Union. Mar 15 2009

Development Committee Meeting TITLE: Exploring Mars for Evidence of Habitable Environments and Life Mar 17 2009 Focus on Rotary Peace Symposium Mar 17 2009 SYNOPSIS: NASA's rovers and orbiters discovered that habitable Membership Committee environments probably existed on Mars more than 3 billion years ago. Meeting Mar 17 2009 Opportunity rover found evidence of saline lakes and groundwater. Jan Tiura, Tug Boat Captain & Photographer Mar 24 2009 Spirit rover discovered rocks altered by liquid water and pure silica International Service formed by hydrothermal activity. Committee Meeting Mar 24 2009 Orbiters have discovered widespread additional mineralogical evidence of ancient District Assembly Mar 28 2009 watery environments. Connie Moore, Pres & CEO BRE Properties Apr 14 2009 District Conference FOUR SEASONS HOTEL RAFFLE PRIZE Apr 17 2009 - Apr 19 2009 by SF Rotary Webmaster Board Meeting for Rotary Club and Rotary Service We graciously thank Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco and General Manager Apr 21 2009 Doug Housley for their generous support. They have donated a complimentary FAMILY OUTREACH PICNIC dinner for two ($200 value, excluding alcohol), to be raffled in support of our May 9 2009 Rotary Club. You will be able to buy tickets at the winemaker dinner at the Four Club Assembly and 2009-2010 Kickoff Seasons Hotel's restaurant Seasons on Monday night February 16. Tickets are $5 May 14 2009 each.

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© 2002-08 Doxess. All Rights place on the third Friday of each month at The Arc of San Francisco. Reserved. The next dance will be on Feb. 20, 2009. Doors open at 7:00 PM and close at 9:00 PM. DJ, dancing, snacks and fun! Location: 1500 Howard Street (Howard and 11th), San Francisco, CA 94103. Muni: 47-Van Ness and 9-San Bruno, two blocks from Van Ness Muni Metro station. Volunteers needed to be monitors at the door and upstairs for the dance and also to help with refreshments, as well as to have fun and dance! Some clients in wheelchairs will need assistance on the dance floor. For more information, contact Tim Hornbecker, 415-255-7200, ext. 111, or [email protected].

WORLD WIDE ROTARY DAY, FEBRUARY 24 by SF Rotary Webmaster

The Rotary Club of San Francisco invites you to the 13 th Annual World Wide Rotary Day luncheon on Tuesday, February 24, 2009, at 12:00 Noon at The Olympic Club, 524 Post Street, San Francisco. Please join Rotarian Rolf Schtte, German Consul General and Honorary Chairperson for World Wide Rotary Day, as we celebrate Rotary's worldwide fellowship and commitment to building international understanding and goodwill as well as lasting progress for people everywhere. The Rotary Club of San Francisco is proud to host the San Francisco Consul Corps at this event each year. ROTARY MEETING MINUTES, FEBRUARY 3 by SF Rotary Webmaster

EDITOR OF THE DAY: STEPHANIE DEERKOSKI

President ERIC SCHMAUTZ opened the meeting by asking DAN JORAANSTAD to lead the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a Rotary Moment from CAROL CHRISTE . Several Rotarians contributed Happy Dollars, including ROSEY WONG for buying a new house in Livermore, Nine La DOW for celebrating her 70 th birthday and is a proud cancer survivor , JIM MURRAY on behalf of Habitat for Humanity and JOHN HOCH in honor of the Steelers' win in the Super Bowl. There were many announcements: GREG GUTTING asked for people to host Group Study Exchange team from , including having them shadow people at work. Rotary International needs volunteers for upcoming Polio Plus trips to India and Nigeria. SCOTT PLAKUN asked people to save the date for the annual fundraising dinner auction on May 2; he is looking for unique auction items focused on "only in San Francisco" experiences. CECILE CHIQUETTE reminded us that the Fisherman's Wharf Club is having their annual fundraiser at Castagnola's on February 19. JOHN HOCH announced the second annual Rotary Roots of Pe ace fundraiser on February 27, to replant former minefields; there will be a cocktail reception, followed by a viewing of Charlie Wilson's War . For the last 26 years, the Rotary Club of San Francisco has honored members of the San Francisco Police Department, Fire Department, U.S. Coast Guard and Sheriff's Department for their "Service above Self." Rotary recognized these individuals with a night on the town at the Westin St. Francis Hotel and a $300 check to be spent enjoying San Francisco. JIM JEFFERY , Principal, The Briar Patch 06, Inc., was our Chair of the Day. He introduced SF Police Chief Heather Fong to recognize Sgt. Dion McDonnell for his significant role in reducing gang activity in the Mission District. He was able to reduce violent crime b y working at the state and federal level to get search warrants and ultimately get indictments that have led to reduced homicides and robberies in the Mission. JIM BRADLEY introduced Captain Cullen of the U.S. Coast Guard to honor both MTSC Collin Reic helt for performing emergency medical response for 20 minutes, saving a passenger on a Southwest Airways flight, and Seamen Benjamin Eschenbach for saving a drowning and panicked man who had fallen into the waters in Bonita Cove. STEVE TALMADGE introduced SF Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White to recognize Lt. Aisha Krieger, who has not only encouraged volunteerism in local schools but has developed a CD available in seven languages to promote fire prevention for children and their families. Finally, BOB WILHELM introduced SheriffMichael Hennessey to honor Lt. Richard Ridgeway for his work with getting inmates back into the work force. Ridgeway organizes job fairs and recruits employers to give felons a chance to turn their life around. The award recipients, all nominated by their departments, expressed gratitude to Rotary for the recognition. JOE BRENNAN announced that next week we will learn about the Bay Bridge Retrofit Project. Police SGT. Dion McDonnell

Wife of Coast Guard MTSC Collin Reichelt and Seaman Benjamin Eschenbach

Firefighter LT. Aisha Krieger

Sheriff LT. Richard Ridgeway

SUPER BOWL POOL WINNERS by SF Rotary Webmaster

The winners of the 2009 Super Bowl Pool were: 1 st quarter, JIM MURRAY ; 2 nd quarter, WARREN GRAWEMEYER ; 3 rd quarter, TOM PARRY, and 4 th quarter, ROSEY WONG . The winners each received Paul Harris Fellowship credit for themselves or a designee. Great job to everyone in raising $10,000 for The Rotary Foundation, which will come back to the Club for projects in three years as District Designated Funds!

HENRY ALKER FEATURED BY ROTARY FOUNDATION by SF Rotary Webmaster

Henry Alker was featured in The Rotary Foundation's 2007-2008 Annual Report.

SF Rotary 2's Henry Alker's combined passion for peace-building and the Rotary Foundation's Educational Programs have led him to honor his twin brother by establishing the Professor Hayward R. Alker Named Rotary World Peace Fellowship.

"His scholarly work was far reaching, but included computer simulation of conflict among more than 100 different countries, studies of the way religious ideology in a world leader can shape (how) that leader's country behaves in conflict situations, identi fication of early warning signals for world conflicts, and many collaborative studies," said Alker of his brother, who died in September 2007.

Hayward Alker's distinguished career as a political scientist specializing in international relations included professorships at , the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and University of Southern California. "He held the memorial professorship in Sweden, cochaired the first program committee of his political science organization held in Moscow, and completed a recent lecture and learning tour of universities in ," Alker said.

Now retired, Henry Alker taught psychology, sociology, and government at Cornell University and personality and political psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. A member of the Rotary Club of San Francisco, Alker particularly appreciates the positive impact of the Foundation's educational programs on participants' lives. Those who go on to leadership or other high- profile positions, he said, have a special opportunity to change the lives of others.

In addition to the peace fellowship, Alker has funded two named Ambassadorial Scholarships and serves on the scholarships subcommittees for both his club and District 5150. Recently, he helped oversee a club project in India that distributed wheelchairs to the needy.

"Rotary Foundation involvement has clarified for me how difficult it is to do philanthropic work aimed at changing the world and how deeply valuable programs and organizations are that succeed at this task," Alker said.

PROPOSED NEW MEMBER by SF Rotary Webmaster

Tne proposed new member is: Polyxenia(Xenia) Stefanidou, Greek Consul General Classification: Consul General-Greece

NEW MEMBER APPROVED BY BOARD by SF Rotary Webmaster

The new member approved by the board is: Katie Lieberg Classification: Attorney/Litigator

CLUB OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS by SF Rotary Webmaster

Eric Schmautz...... President Scott Plakun...... First Vice President C. John Hoch...... Immediate Past. President Lisa Moscaret-Burr...... Treasurer Cecile Chiquette...... Secretary

Kay P. Clarke Timothy P. Hornbecker James H. Kennedy James W. Murray Jean E. Schore John J. Tornes

District 5150 Governorbr: Russ Ketron Rotary International President: Dong Kurn (D.K.) Lee

Other Club Meetings by SF Rotary Webmaster

San Francisco West Tuesday, 7:30 AM, Lakeside Cafe, 2529 Ocean Avenue

San Francisco Greater Mission Tuesday, 7:45 AM, Double Play Restaurant

San Francisco Bayview Wednesday, 7:00 AM, Bonanza Cafe

San Francisco Chinatown Wednesday, 12:00 Noon, Tommy Toy's

Fisherman's Wharf Thursday, 7:30 AM, Franciscan Restaurant