President Christy Swatzell President Elect Amanda Frank Vice President Jim Williams Secretary Michele Brown Treasurer Bob Parker Sgt-At-Arms David Sullivan Tom Burch, Tony Ansolabehere Club Service Tony Ansolabehere Membership David Sullivan Community Service (New Gen) Jonathon Lifquist Community Svc (Outreach) Julie Womack International Svc Jimmie Soto Rotary Foundation Dan Giordano Board Advisor Sandi Schwartz Vocational Michael Brazzell

Program Chair Scarlett Sabin Dave Bass Roto-News/Public Relations Amy Raddatz Social Event Chair Scarlett Sabin

Bakersfield East

Labor and Employment Law

Update

Presented by:

Daniel K. Klingenberger

LeBeau Thelen, LLP

Daniel K. Klingenberger provided an informational overview of updated

employment laws that could potential affect members.

Some key topics were:

• Employers can no longer rely on or seek salary information

unless voluntarily disclosed (AB 168)

• Ban the Box Statute (AB 1008) – Prohibits employers from

including on any application for employment a questions that

seeks the discloser of an applicant’s conviction history.

• SB 3 -Minimum Wage Increases

Other Happenings

2018 Key Events:

01/12/18 - District Governor John Weiss will be visiting out club. BERC Board Members are required to stay after the regular meeting.

02/03/18 - BERC Charter Night – Bakersfield Country Club – more detail to come

02/10/18 - First KernYes – Taft, CA

03/08/18 - All Clubs Luncheon, Double Tree

04/28/18 - Vino Amore

In Loving Memory of

Past President, Jim Williams

Jim Williams’ Funeral Service is

scheduled at the same time frame of

BERC Weekly Meeting on Friday,

January 19. Therefore, BERC will go

DARK on this day. Please see the

following schedule:

Location: Hillcrest Cemetery

Visitation: 10:00 a.m.

Service: 11:00 a.m

Graveside at: 12 noon

January 12th District Governor John Weiss

White Wilson

Womack Aguirre Amstutz Ansolabehere Arrubla

January 19th DARK – Jim Williams Funeral

January 26th Scott Speilman Distract Attorneys Office

Brown Burch

Burger Carpenter Colatruglio Creott Dovell

February 2nd DARK

February 9th TBA

Franey Frank

Gibbs Giblin Gill Giordano

February 16th Meet and Eat

Jackson Johansen

Keith Keleher-Watanabe

Kress Larson Lifquist

February 23rd TBA

Louey Markovits

Moxley Mygatt Oberg Parker Pereyra

Page 12—Dave Bass

Page 44—Tom Burch

Page 46—Bryan Oberg

Bryan reminded members of the importance

of taking photos with friends a family to have

a lasting memory of times with loved ones.

Thanks for the great reminder, Bryan!

When and why did you become a member of Rotary? I was asked by Michael Cooper to join. I went to several meetings of Bakersfield East and was sold on the work done by this Club and became a member in 1997. What is your classification with our club? Physical Therapy Retired Tell us about your family: Married to Patricia (Patty) for 47 years with 2 daughters

Megan and Jennifer. 4 grandchildren Randy, Sophia, Prewitt, and Alexander

Hobby/What you do for fun Enjoying the Grandkids…Randy 15 football and wrestling and Sophia singing in Chorus and Family gathering. Also like to ride my bike and drive my “64” corvette. Anything that you would like to share Life for the most part has been good to me….Family and Business. Rotary has also been a wonderful and fulfilling journey for me and Patty. I look forward to many more good times as I gracefully age.

Member Birthdays Steven Gibbs Jan 14 Sandi Schwartz Jan 20 Bruce Keith Jan 24 Sandra Larson Jan 28 Dan Giordano Jan 29 Terry Schroepfer Jan 31

Spouse Birthdays

Heather Dovell Jan 07 Eryn Urban Jan 27

Anniversaries to CELEBRATE Richard and Sandi Schwartz Jan 9 - 13 years Phil and Dina Franey Jan 24 - 42 years Dan and Patty Giordano Jan 30 - 47 years George and Sandra Larson Jan 30 -53 years Alan and Kelly Giblin Jan 31 – 31 years

Club Anniversaries Tom Alexander 33 years Ron Biglin 20 years Gary Creott 4 years

Member Spotlight: Dan Giordano

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OTHER LOCAL AREA ROTARY CLUB MEETINGS

MONDAY WASCO - NOON, VETERAN’S HALL ON POPLAR TUESDAY BAKERSFIELD NORTH - NOON, PETROLEUM CLUB INYOKERN - 6 PM, BERNARDINO’S WEDNESDAY BAKERSFIELD BREAKFAST - 6:45 AM, PETROLEUM CLUB SHAFTER - 6:30 AM, SHAFTER VETERAN’S HALL BAKERSFIELD WEST - NOON, STOCKDALE COUNTRY CLUB TAFT - NOON, JO’S RESTAURANT TWILIGHT - 5:45 PM, BAKERSFIELD MUSEUM OF ART THURSDAY BAKERSFIELD DOWNTOWN - NOON, BAKERSFIELD MUSEUM OF ART TEHACHAPI - NOON, DON JUAN’S DELANO - NOON, KONG’S DYNASTY FRAZIER PARK - 5:30 PM, LOS PINOS RESTAURANT KERN RIVER VALLEY - 6 PM, EWINGS

Rotary Park Clean Up First Saturday of Every Month

Time: 9 A.M. – 11 A.M.

Rotary Readers Needed! College Heights Elementary

Tuesdays or Fridays 9:30-10:00 am Contact Julie Womack 618.292.1666

Opportunities to Serve:

Contact Us

East Bakersfield Rotary Club

We meet Fridays at 12:00 PM

Bakersfield Museum of Art

1930 R Street

Bakersfield, California 93301

https://portal.clubrunner.ca/2817

MEMBER BUSINESS SECTION *Please note: New members are added on the first of every month