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The Commonwealth Club Putting You Face-To-Face with Today’S Thought Leaders The Commonwealth Club putting you face-to-face with today’s thought leaders ANNUAL REPORTJuly 2012 to June 2013 Fiscal Year Dear Club Members and Friends, Our 2012–13 fiscal year encapsulated several milestones for the Club. The Commonwealth Club is a fast-paced, action-packed hub of activi- February 2013 marked our 110th anniversary, and our membership ties that explore the most important and exciting issues of today. Host- continued to grow, surpassing 20,000. Our prestigious and enduring ing more than 400 programs each year, we often present three or four history and robust membership make it possible for The Common- programs in a single day. Our programs take place in a range of loca- wealth Club to deliver a remarkable lineup of timely, unique and in- tions throughout the Bay Area, and attract diverse audiences, engaging triguing programs to our community and to those who listen to and individuals of all age groups, backgrounds and professions. watch our broadcasts across the nation and around the world. We take great pride in the fact that our programs cover a wide Thank you for your support in making the Club a flourishing civic trea- range of topics and address timely and important issues. This year sure. We appreciate your contributions of time, talents and financial we presented such renowned individuals as Supreme Court justices resources to make it all possible. Sandra Day O’Connor and Sonia Sotomayor, former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and George Shultz, Vice President Al Gore, Grover Warm regards, Norquist, President Jimmy Carter, John Stossel and Senator Dianne Feinstein, just to name a few. Our members let us know that they benefit from hearing these presenters’ viewpoints in depth and directly from the sources. It’s an experience made even more meaningful by the opportunities the Club gives our audiences to engage with the pre- senters and participate in shaping the program discussion. We devote a full half of each program to audience questions. Then we share these Dr. Gloria C. Duffy Anna Mok unique discussions with local, national and global audiences via a thriv- President and CEO Chair, Board of Governors ing radio, television and Internet service. ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENTS • The Club turned 110 in February 2013 • Hosted our firstClimate One programs outside of the Bay Area in Sacramento and Monterey • Membership surpassed 20,000 members • Audiences flocked to sold-out programs over a two-month • Purchased 110 The Embarcadero, a buliding that will be the future period, featuring Rob Reiner, Dick Costolo, Bruce Bochy, Christina permanent home of The Commonwealth Club Romer and Keith Hennessey, and Julian Castro • Launched monthly member socials, bringing together smart and • Launched a new ongoing feature on Huffington Post called engaged individuals to discuss the news over snacks and wine Commonwealth Club Thought Leaders, presenting a short video and text highlight from a recent noteworthy speaker • Annual Club podcast downloads reached 1.2 million • Initiated design for a new iPhone app for easy access to upcoming • The Club’s Inforum division, by and for younger generations, Club events, tickets and audio of countless past programs presented 30 programs and came in 12% over projected revenue targets, breaking every average for event revenue, event size • California Governor Jerry Brown attended a Climate One event and ticket price in honor of climate scientist James Hansen, winner of the 2012 Stephen Schneider Climate Science Communication Award Photo by Martin Künzel Noteable QuotesTHOUGHT on Stage at The Commonwealth LEADERS Club “Even here in the Bay Area, one of the wealthiest, most blessed regions “While it’s true that the government can organize a surveillance state, in the world, 20 percent of Bay Area residents live at subsistence level the odds of any government, including the best-run ones, managing or lower. Subsistence level is $22,000 a year for a family of four. Imagine to pull that off with the kind of tools and technologies against them trying to live on that in this area.” [used by an] informed and empowered populace with mobile phones –Carly Fiorina are highly unlikely to be successful. There’s just too many ways in which Former CEO, HP; Chair, Good360 citizens can get around that.” March 21, 2013 –Eric Schmidt Executive Chairman, Google “What are the goals of a great nation? I would say they’re the same June 4, 2013 as the goals of a great person. They’re the goals that have been estab- lished most clearly in the religions that we might adopt as our own – “I see a positive that this society of ours has a longer tradition of self- Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and so forth – and they’re all the government and freedom and liberty and people who are educated same. It would be a commitment to peace, a commitment to justice, and responsible and want to take care of themselves, and people who a commitment to freedom and democracy, a commitment to human are willing to sacrifice if they were only told the truth.”” rights, to protecting the environment that we’ve inherited, to sharing our –David Stockman wealth with others. I think those are the hallmarks of a superpower.” Former U.S. Congressman, –Jimmy Carter Former Director of the Office of Management and Budget Former President of the United States April 11, 2013 February 24, 2013 “You take these kids who are kind of different. You have got to get “What is the barrier that stops people from being able to pursue them involved with shared-interest things. This is what worries me. their values, to pursue the things that they believe will lead to their Right now there is a shortage of software engineers in the tech indus- happiness? It’s coercion and force. Violence is the primary [obstacle]. try. I can tell you where a lot of potential software engineers are: They’re So what we want is a government that extracts that coercion, that ex- playing video games in the basement, because nobody worked on de- tracts force from society, that protects us from the use of coercion by veloping their skills in programming. We need to be introducing inter- other people.” esting things like this to kids really young.” –Yaron Brook –Temple Grandin Executive Director, The Ayn Rand Institute Professor of Animal Science, Colorado State University October 22, 2012 June 4, 2013 “The first case that I was on was Citizens United. Talk about being “Even though immigration reform has received the lion’s share of at- thrown in! Needless to say, if I’d been scared before, I was terrified by tention, the fact is that the dropout rate in the Latino community is then. I knew the world was waiting and watching for my first question. higher than in just about any community, that the fundamental abil- I threw myself in, drowned myself in my work.” ity of people to enjoy the fruits of America, to pursue their American –Sonia Sotomayor dreams, is being hampered because too many of them are going to Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court public schools that are decrepit, that aren’t high quality. Their dreams January 28, 2013 are stunted, and oftentimes they don’t have the chance that they should have.” –Julian Castro Mayor, San Antonio, Texas January 7, 2013 TOP GROSSING PROGRAMS OTHER NOTABLE PROGRAMS 1. Sonia Sotomayor 82nd Annual California Ray Kurzweil 2. Dan Savage & Daniel Handler Book Awards Meghan McCain 3. Eric Schmidt & Jared Cohen Yves Behar & Tim Brown and Michael Ian Black 4. President Jimmy Carter Mark Bittman Grover Norquist 5. Al Gore Bruce Bochy Sandra Day O’Connor 6. Madeleine Albright Mayor Julian Castro Rob Reiner 7. Instagram Co-founders Kevin Systrom & Mike Krieger Dick Costolo Mary Roach 8. Senator Diane Feinstein Carly Fiorina Sir Ken Robinson 9. Chuck Palahniuk Barney Frank David Stockman 10. Christina Romer & Keith Hennessey Dr. Temple Grandin Ambassador Kenneth Taylor 2012–2013 FISCAL YEAR FINANCIAL REPORT EXPENSES REVENUE $4,779,156 $8,837,351 92% PROGRAM SERVICES $4,410,020 62% CONTRIBUTIONS $5,456,159 8% SUPPORT SERVICES $369,136 12% PROGRAM REVENUE $1,082,518 10% MEMBERSHIP DUES $899,777 10% SPECIAL EVENT REVENUE (NET) $882,499 3% MISCELLANEOUS INCOME $252,293 2% GAIN/LOSS ON INVESTMENTS $190,904 1% DONATED MATERIALS & SERVICES $73,201 2012–2013 FISCAL YEAR CLUB LEADERSHIP COMMONWEALTH BOARD OF Dr. Kerry P. Curtis John Leckrone Robert Saldich** ADVISORY BOARD CLUB OFFICERS GOVERNORS Dr. Jaleh Daie Dr. Mary Marcy George M. Scalise Alecia DeCoudreaux Don J. McGrath Lata Krishnan Shah Karin Helene Bauer Chair Dan Ashley Evelyn S. Dilsaver Frank C. Meerkamp Connie Shapiro* Hon. William Bradley Anna W. M. Mok Massey J. Bambara Joseph I. Epstein* Richard Otter* Charlotte Mailliard Shultz Dennise M. Carter Ralph Baxter Jeffrey A. Farber Joseph Perrelli* George D. Smith, Jr. Rolando Esteverena Vice Chair Dr. Mary G. F. Bitterman** Dr. Joseph R. Fink* Hon. Barbara Pivnicka James Strother Steven Falk John R. Farmer Hon. Shirley Temple Black* Dr. Carol A. Fleming Hon. Richard Pivnicka Hon. Tad Taube Amy Gershoni John L. Boland Leslie Saul Garvin Rev. Stephen A. Privett, S.J. Charles Travers Jacquelyn Hadley Secretary J. Dennis Bonney* William German* Dr. Mohammad H. Qayoumi Nelson Weller* Heather M. Kitchen William F. Adams Michael R. Bracco Dr. Charles Geschke Toni Rembe* Judith Wilbur* Amy McCombs Helen A. Burt Paul A. Ginsburg Victor J. Revenko* Dr. Colleen B. Wilcox Hon. William Perry Treasurer John Busterud* Rose Guilbault** Skip Rhodes* Dennis Wu* Ray Taliaferro Lee J. Dutra Michael Carr Edie G. Heilman Dr. Condoleezza Rice Russell M. Yarrow Nancy Thompson Maryles Casto** Hon. James C. Hormel Brian D.
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