El

Rodeo

LA5 Annual Day at the Races

Sunday, February 27

Santa Anita Race Track, Arcadia

First race is at 12:30 PM. $65 per person.

Questions should be directed to Dennis

Dynes or Christina Chanpong.

Upcoming Programs

March 4 Dr. Yaron Brook

President, Ayn Rand Institute

March 11 Dr. Jolene Koester

President, California State University, Northridge

Rotary Club of Los Angeles

Est. 1909

www.rotaryla5.org

2010-11

Number 24

February 25

Dr. Ronald C. White, Jr. is the author of three ma-

jor works: A. Lincoln: A Biography, a New York

Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times

bestseller.

Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural

(2002), was honored as a New York Times Nota-

ble Book of 2002, and a Washington Post and San

Francisco Chronicle bestseller.

The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln

Through His Words (2005), was a Los Angeles

Times bestseller and a selection of the History

Book Club and the Book-of-the-Month Club.

Dr. White has lectured at the White House

and has been interviewed on the News

Hour with Jim Lehrer.

He is a graduate of UCLA, Princeton Theo-

logical Seminary, and earned his Ph.D. in

Religion and History from Princeton Uni-

versity.

He has taught at UCLA, Princeton Theo-

logical Seminary, Whitworth University,

Colorado College, and San Francisco

Theological Seminary where he served as

Dean and Professor of American Religious

History.

He is presently a Fellow at the Huntington

Library and a Visiting Professor of History

at UCLA.

Dr. White is an internationally renowned

Lincoln scholar and an awesome orator.

You do not want to miss this program!

This Week’s Speaker

Dr. Ronald C. White, Jr.

Mystic Chords of Memory: Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address

President’s Message

Membership is our #1 Goal.

In any particular year, the Club looses around 10% of it’s membership because of resignations. This

is not unlike any other Rotary Club and this year was not unlike any other year. What this means is

that to bring us even to where we started we need to bring in 45 new dues paying members. To

date, we have brought in about 30 new members and we are more than half way through the year.

Therefore we need at least 30 more new members. We cannot be a Bigger-Better-Bolder Club with-

out members . . . the life blood of LA5. If everyone brings in at least one new member, we would far

exceed our goal. Please bring in your friends, business associates, church members, neighbors

and those who you know need Rotary in their lives. Thank you to the members who have spon-

sored members so far this year!

Attendance.

Over the years our Club has held level at about 24%. That is about where we are so far this year.

Members attend for any number of reasons. Fellowship seems to be the main reason, followed by

the speaker and then to network. The meal cost may be a factor, but with the non-dinner option

our members are provided with a good combination of reasons to attend meetings.

Fundraising.

So far we are at about 38% of our Community Service Fund goal and at 25% of our Rotary Founda-

tion goal. You should have received a letter from the Fundraising Division Directors and me in late

October asking for your contributions and pledges. With that letter was a listing of the many Com-

munity and International Service projects our Club supports. It is your donations that make our ser-

vice project possible. Please send in your donation or make a pledge.

The first ever Casino Night is on March 12th. The funds raised from this event will go into the

Community Service Fund, so the money you win (or loose) will go into the Community Service Fund.

This will be a great event for friends, family, with lots of fellowship and FUN!

Thanks for supporting your Rotary Club!

LA5’s 1st Annual

CASINO CHARITY NIGHT

Saturday, March 12th, 2011

6:30-7:00 Reception

7:00pm – 10:00 PM Games/Raffle

at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce

Net proceeds will support the 2010-11 Annual

Giving Campaign.

To purchase tickets visit

www.LA5CasinoNight.eventbrite.com

For more information please see Bette Quan or

L.J. Rivera at the registration table on Fridays.

Mark March 12th on your calendar!

Current registration fee is $340 per per-

son. After March 31, the price goes up

to $380.

Go to www.rotary.org for more information.

MAKE YOUR RESERVATION NOW!

Opening Remarks of Paul Harris

1911 Rotary International Convention

“This National work impresses me as being a tre-

mendous project, and I believe we are being

awakened as to what the National Association

means.

“It has been difficult to get members to take a

broad national view of Rotary. There have been

many who have been disposed to see the entire

national project through the vision of their own

Club, and measure its scope by the limitations of

a local Club.

“However, it will only take a Convention or two of

the character of this Convention to make all natu-

rally good Rotarians National Rotarians.”

EMail Contact Correction

Rotarian Roger Reck is at the Mayo Clinic in

Florida, and the email contact information sent

out recently was incorrect.

The correct email is: reck13@live.com.

His mailing address is:

The Inn at Mayo Clinic

4420 Mary Brigh Drive

Jacksonville, FL 32224

Send him an email and remind him of your

support.

Welcome New Member

Mark R. Smith, Chief Strategy Officer for

Farmers Insurance, joined LA5 last Friday. A

native of Northridge, he earned his B.A. from

University of California San Diego.

He and his wife, Penny, have two children:

Spencer, 18 and Lauren, 14.

Mark is active in his community, serving on the Northridge

Hospital Foundation Board, the Oaks Christian Advisory Board,

and he is Chairman of the Audit Committee of the California

States Parks Foundation. His hobbies are golf, running, travel

and wine making.

John Lockhart sponsored him for membership.

Welcome aboard, Mark!

The Rotary Club of Los Angeles

Est. June 25, 1909

CLUB LEADERSHIP

President Gerry Turner

President-Elect Megan O’Rourke

V. P./Program Chair Jay Richardson

Secretary Christina Chanpong

Treasurer Don Robinson

Immediate Past President Marc Leeka

DIRECTORS

Alan Bernstein John Green

Christina Hurn Art Kassel

John Langfitt Diane Netzel

Gus Oppermann L J Rivera

Barrie Segall Carol Shafer

Margaret Todd Noble Trenham

Jose Vera Elizabeth Wheeler

Club Fellowship Carol Shafer

Elizabeth Wheeler

Communications Noble Trenham

Funding Art Kassel

L J Rivera

Diane Netzel

Membership

Jon Gibby

Barrie Segall

Christina Hurn

Jose Vera

Service Projects John Langfitt

John Green

Gus Oppermann

New Generations Margaret Todd

Alan Bernstein

Sergeants-at-Arms Anthony Bourg

Anthony Calloway

Robert Donahue

Executive Director Jon S. Gibby

jon@rotaryla5.org

FOUNDATION BOARD

Chairman Al Shonk

Vice Chairman Ben F. Tunnell III

Secretary David L. Bland

Chief Financial Officer Donald R. Robinson

Director Nancy Howard

Director Marc Leeka

Director Ed Matveld

Director Gerry Turner

Rotary Club of Los Angeles Office

900 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 418

Los Angeles, CA 90017

Telephone 213-624-8601

Fax 213-624-2694

Website www.rotaryla5.org

District 5280 www.district5280.org

Governor Doug Baker

Past Presidents Recognition

In addition to celebrating National President’s Day, LA5

will also honor the Past Presidents of our club this Friday

February 25.

They will be presented to the club as a celebration of

the rich tradition of leadership all of them have provided

to the Rotary Club of Los Angeles across the years.

Save the Date!

Frank Acevedo

Denise Anthony

Virgil Aoanan

Stan Augustine

Rev. Andy Bales

Bill Barrett

Jeanne Barry

Harry Barseghian

Hal Barstow

Alan Bernstein

Paul Branks

Greg Brown

Christina Chanpong

Enrique Chiock

Mickie Choi-Hoe

Ken Chong

Fritz Coleman

Melanie Coto

Margaret Crane

John Cummings

Ninon De Rosa

Carole Donahue

Robert Donahue

Delaney Dragon

Joe Escamilla

Carmen Estrada-Schaye

Bob Firring

Sally Gallagher

Lori Gangemi

Jim Gardiner

Laurie Goganzer

Lois Gomez

Howard Goodman

Jim Graves

Dan Guerrero

Russ Guiney

Spencer Hamer

Robin Harvill

Mario Huag

Dave Hoiles

Christina Hurn

Brenda Imes

Lance Ito

Scott Jacobson

Judy Jenkins

Tina Johann

Todd Johnson

Allissa Johnson

Denecia Jones

Paul Kochanowski

Shintaro Kusakabe

Peter Lattey

Erik Laykin

Dianne Lee

Bo Lee

Chris Lewis

Beth Lochmoeller

Jayne Major

Angela Mazzie

Jamie McCourt

Karen Mikkelsen

Ann Nader

Diane Netzel

Don Norris

Megan O’Rourke

Jeanetta Parker

Beatriz Phipps

Claudia Piston

Joe Portillo

Roger Presgrove

Bob Price

Debbie Ream

John Rocca

Suzanna Sahakian

Reiko Sakata

Svitlana Sangary

John Saunders

Leon Scales

Howard Schneider

Paul Schulz

Barrie Segall

Carol Shafer

Vahe Simonian

Ron Smith

Steve Sommers

Harvey Strode

Bill Stuppy

Maureen Tepedino

Gerry Turner

Robert Venezia

Jose Vera

Antonio Villaraigosa

Raven Viltz

Eleanor Von Der Ahe

Stefano Vranca

Spencer Walch

Peter Weinberger

Elizabeth Wheeler

Jayme Wilson

Kynna Wright

Jonathan Zeichner

Debbie Zeiler

Membership Service Recognition

President Gerry will launch a new Membership Service Recognition program this Friday, February 25

at the California Club.

Those Rotarians who have been active members of LA5 for at least five years (but less than ten) will

receive a special Rotary pin they can proudly wear. Congratulations to the following members!

Christina Chanpong: the most wonderful Club Secretary in

Rotary history.

Last week’s speaker, The Honorable Eric Garcetti,

celebrates receiving his Paul Harris award.

Rotarian/Club Photographer Tony Medley with

Nicole Nadel. Thanks for all your great photos,

Tony. President Gerry visits with some seasoned Rotarians. Is that

an aura that emanates from the group, or just the glare from

the top of their heads?

Past President Mike Birkholm and Denise

Anthony: connected through LA5.

Rotary is all about networking.

Photos courtesy of Tony Medley.