MEETING OF APRIL 10, 2003 By Steve Yarbrough
Dick Blanding, EditorPresident Mary gaveled the meeting to order and invited John “Bogie” Bogart to lead the pledge of allegiance. Allen Lambert led the group in an off-key, cacophonous, chaotic chorus of April Showers. Bill Palmer provided the thought for the day, paraphrased, as we should learn, from the mistakes of others because we won’t live long enough to make them all ourselves. President-elect Al Traficanti introduced visiting Rotarians and Rotarians with guests.
Wyatt Allen, chairman of the annual Rotary Foundation effort, presented Paul Harris Fellow awards to Pat Farrell and Jerry Moison. Cindy Luedtke was presented with her Paul Harris Fellow plus two, Dick Henning a Paul Harris Fellow plus five, and Jerry Tomanek a Paul Harris plus six – a ruby pin. Congratulations to these outstanding Los Altos Rotary members.
Joan Rosselle announced that the drive to fund the new partnership of the Rotacare Clinic and El Camino Hospital has exceeded $220,000. This was a result of lots of contributions from individuals and included $50,000 from Los Altos Rotary, $15,000 from Sunnyvale Rotary, $11,000 from Cupertino Rotary, $22,000 from individual Los Altos Rotary Club members.
Paul Nyberg presented new Rotarian John McDonnell with his pin and Rotary badge. John joins the club as an attorney who focuses on business and tax law. John’s office is on Main Street, Los Altos, where he has practiced since 1990. He is married and has four children. He was welcomed with a standing ovation. Welcome John!
Marge Bruno announced the program for the 4 p.m. April 11 Los Altos Library Endowment Fund meeting features Nancy Packard, writing professor emeritus from Stanford University. Her former students included Scott Turrow, legal fiction author, and Mike Cunningham, writer of The Hours. Everyone is invited.
Jerry Moison announced that Jean Newton’s Rotary Art Show posters are now available and urged everyone to post them in their business. See Jerry to get yours.
Sam Pesner announced that if you have not yet volunteered for the art show, you soon will be volunteered! Don’t forget to get your Rotary art show T-shirt from Joan Rosselle.
Jack Higgens spotted a good article on the RI website featuring the Rotacare clinic. Check it out.
Ellen Yamane Flanagan and Joe Corral announced that the Polio Eradication drive has raised $32,400 so far. That means we still have only 5 weeks to raise the balance of $13,000. If you have not contributed your $300 check to the drive, please do so soon! Thank you to Victoria Emmons, Brian Ward, and Roy Lave for their $300 contributions. Help Rotary fulfill our promise to eradicate polio from the earth by making your contribution. Donate items to the May 1 live auction and to the silent auction.
John “Bogie” Bogart presented his five-minute talk. John, or Bogie as he’s been called all his life because of his name association to Humphrey Bogart, for years didn’t know that he is related to the famous actor. John’s parents were farmers in the Delta area near Stockton. In 1940, his mother was three weeks from delivery of John when flood waters drove her from the family home. John and his sister grew up in Woodland near Davis. John’s father raised tomatoes and other crops on the 2,500 acre family farm. John attended UC Berkeley on an athletic scholarship and was active in rugby. He is married to Maryann and they have two daughters, Allison and Kristen, and two new grandchildren. John owns his own pipe business, but for 19 years worked for Johns Mansville Company. On his 50th birthday, he and Maryann climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa, and later Mt. Rainier.
Finemaster Brian Ward nicked John Bogart, Steve Anderson, Larry Madsen, Marty Spangler, David Dye, Irene Preston, Harriet Heebink and Wes Olson.
Joan Rosselle introduced speaker John Freidenberg, CEO of the El Camino Hospital Foundation and vice president of corporate development for the hospital. John spoke about the changes in store for the hospital due to the seismic retrofit mandated by the state.
El Camino hospital was started in 1956 and was funded by a voter approved bond issue. The hospital campus is 41 acres and houses many newer buildings since the construction of the original nursing tower. The hospital is scheduled to build a new facility to replace the aging and seismically unsound existing building. Estimated to cost about $298 million, the project will be funded by hospital reserves, fund raising, borrowing and a proposed bond of about $150 million.
The new facility is designed to bring equipment into patients’ rooms, allow for greater privacy and better control of infection by the use of large private rooms for patients.
John answered many questions from the audience:
Q: How is the Rotacare clinic going to interact with the hospital?
A: the clinic will have a larger waiting room, more cooperation with the ER, is closer to physicians for greater volunteer time, and is a partnership of the hospital and Rotary.
Q: What is the impact of construction on the surgery and birthing center?
A: None. Full service will continue during construction.
Q: Where is the new building located?
A: If you are standing in front, facing the main entrance, it will be located to your right between the parking area and the front door.
Q: Will employee housing be included?
A: Not at this time, but maybe in the future.
Q: How is the financial health of the hospital?
A: It has never been better. In the past two years the hospital has gone from deficit spending to being in the black.
Q: Trauma Center included?
A: No. Stanford has a trauma center. El Camino had 37,000 ER visits last year. Will be a bigger, more improved ER.
Q: What happens to the old tower?
A: Torn down.
Q: What is the total number of beds?
A: Now 319, new 314.
Q: Will insurance cover these private rooms?
A: Yes.
LAREF INFORMATION FROM CHAIRMAN SAM PESNER:
After tallying the votes for the six nominations for the next LAREF board, the clear preference of our board for the slate is:
Bella Berlly
Firooz Ghaffari
Mel Kahn
Seth Manning
Bud Oliver
Bill Rewak
I have received confirmations from all that they are willing to stand for office. Mary and I have agreed that she will announce their names at the April 17 luncheon so that they can, in effect, run for office.
According to the bylaws, "On or before the first Thursday in May of each year, the board of trustees shall present to the members its nominees to fill vacancies in the offices of elected trustees upon the expiration of terms of office in that year. Within ten (10) days of the first Thursday in May of each year, any member may nominate from the floor or in writing to the board of trustees additional candidates for the office of elected trustees."
We will elect three new trustees, two for regular four-year terms (2003-2007) and one to a three-year term (2003-2006) to replace Cindy Luedtke as she succeeds Al Traficanti as an ex officio (president-elect) trustee. Our precedent has been to award the four-year terms to the top vote-getters and the three-year term to the third-place finisher.
The election will take place at our annual meeting on Thursday, June 12.
Programs and EventsApril
April 24: Judge Len Edwards. Judge of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County. Topic: Working with Abused and Neglected Children.
May
May 1: Rotary Salmon Picnic, Garden House Picnic Grove, Grill. Program topic: Fish Stories and Live Auction.
May 8: Partners for a New Generations, Appreciation Luncheon
May 9: Golf Tournament, 10:00 AM at Shoreline Golf Links, Mountain View
May 15: Cheryl Houts, Community Librarian, Los Altos Library - Topic: "The Los Altos Library in 2003 and Beyond"
May 17 and 18: Rotary Fine Art Show
May 22: George Koo, Director of Chinese Services Group, Deloitte & Touche - Topic: " Economic Integration of Greater China and Implications for California".
May 29: Scholarship Awards ProgramOTHER ROTARY CLUB MEETING PLACES
MONDAY
Palo Alto: Rickey's Hyatt House, 12:15 p.m.
TUESDAY
Los Altos Sunset: The Echo Restaurant, Los Altos, 7:15 p.m.
Sunnyvale: Ramada Inn, 12:15 p.m.
Mountain View: Adobe House, Moffett & Central, Mountain View, 12:15 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Menlo Park: Menlo Park Recreation Center, Menlo Park, noon.
Woodside/Portola: Woodside Village Church, Woodside, 7:30 a.m.
Sunnyvale Sunrise: Wild Woodys Grill, Sunken Gardens Golf Course, 7 a.m.
Cupertino: Quinlan Community Center, 12:15 p.m.
East Palo Alto Bayshore: Starbucks, Home Depot EXPO Shopping Center, East Palo Alto, 12:15 p.m.
THURSDAY
Yosemite: The Ahwahnee Hotel, Noon
FRIDAY
Palo Alto University: Sheraton, El Camino, Palo Alto, 7:30 a.m.
Lake Tahoe: Harvey's Hotel, 12:15 p.m.
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