From George Lucas to san Anselmo – A Gift - Net

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Issue 3
3rd Quarter 2012
From George Lucas to
San Anselmo – A Gift That’s
Out of This World
Inside:
Members in the News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Welcome New Members. . . . . . . . . . . . 4
“You make a living by what
you get, but you make a life
by what you give.”
— Sir Winston Churchill
Alcoholic Beverage Bill
Passes Senate Committee. . . . . . . . . . 5
W
e are fortunate to
live and work in
a beautiful place
with fine homes, excellent
schools, loving families, and
unique shops and businesses.
Our greatest assets, however,
are the people who care deeply
and contribute generously to
our community. George Lucas
is one among many, and as you
know, he has recently donated
property on San Anselmo Avenue on which to build a small
park. This wonderful addition
to our town is designed to
enrich and add vitality to the
heart of our downtown.
The open space will feature
two bronze statues donated by
Lucas: the wise Yoda from Star
Wars and the adventurous Indiana Jones. The statue of Indiana Jones is the only one in the
world and has never been publicly displayed, which will add
a distinctive note to the new
park and undoubtedly delight
those who come to relax in the
company of one of the world’s
most beloved action heroes.
Urban planners who study
communities understand the
importance of parks. Leafy,
Event Photo Gallery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Calendar of Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Keep It Local
New Program Idea: Lolo Cards . . . . . . 8
Hal Brown Dedication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The Crowdfund Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Free Business Services. . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Legal Lectern:
Living with Brinker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Georgi & Willow Launches July 28, 2012
open spaces provide a respite
from the fast pace of our daily
life; a safe place to relax and
enjoy the company of others.
While town parks are essential,
there is an enormous amount
of effort that goes into creating
and maintaining them. Bringing a park to life is one way we
can engage and focus on making our communities better
places to live, raise families,
and do business. As one study
points out, the ability and
willingness to work together
to create such community assets defines “stable, prosperous
places where people want to
live and work.”
This is where you can help.
Park
Continued on page 8
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CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED
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Members in the News
San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 2844
San Anselmo, CA 94979-2844 • (415) 454-2510 • (415) 258-9458 fax
[email protected] • www.sananselmochamber.org
3rd Quarter 2012 • San Anselmo Network Success
2012 Board of Directors
President/CEO
Connie Rodgers
(415) 454-2510
www.SanAnselmocChamber.org
Chairman
Dr. Adam Cantor
Cantor Chiropractic Center
(415) 454-9600
www.CantorCC.com
Vice Chair
Kris Kelson
State Farm Insurance
(415) 721-0121
www.KrisKelson.com
Treasurer
Erwin Andrews
Data Flo Corporation
(415) 457-2976
[email protected]
Executive Secretary
Danielle Dinnerman
D. R. Dinnerman Insurance Services
(415) 479-9881
www.DrDinnermanInsurance
Services.com
Ex Officio Chair
Jay W. Luther
Law Offices of Jay W. Luther
(415) 456-6197
www.lutherlaw.com
Joyce Brown
Elan Health & Fitness Center
(415) 485-1945
www.ElanFitness.com
Greg Davison
Sir Francis Drake High School to Career
(415) 458-3484
www.tamdistrict.org/drake
Vance Frost
Frank Howard Allen Real Estate
(415) 459-5901
www.LiveinMarin.com
Gisele Martin
Union Bank
(415) 259-2721
www.unionbank.com
Kelli Nevin
Pacific Gas & Electric
(800) 743-5000
www.pge.com
Connie Pelissero, MS Ed.
Artist Within /Cedars Textile Center
(415) 453-4240
www.TheCedarsofMarin.org
Town Council Liaison
Councilmember Lori Lopin
2012 Ambassador
Committee
Ambassador Chair
Anne Shaw Zumwalt
Pacific Billing Source
(415) 686-8491
Dr. Adam Cantor
Cantor Chiropractic Center
(415) 454-9600
www.cantorcc.com
Jan Carpenter JC Interior Sources
(415) 609-0134
www.jcinteriorsources.com
Allison A. Chapman Green Key Real Estate
(415) 828-5451
www.AllisoninMarin.com
Mark Cooper
HL Commercial Real Estate
(415) 608-1036
www.hlcre.com/search/home
Danielle Dinnerman
D. R. Dinnerman Insurance Services
(415) 479-9881
www.DrDinnermanInsurance
Services.com
Lawrence Frauens
Equitable Mortgage Group
(415) 990-7990
www.emgmortgage.com
Vance Frost
Frank Howard Allen Real Estate
(415) 459-5901
www.LiveinMarin.com
Tiziano Grifoni
Synergy + Physical Therapy & Pilates
Studio
(415) 924-2228
www.synergyptpilates.com
Royce Kakar
San Anselmo Optometry
(415) 7478191
www.sananselmooptometry.com
Kris Kelson
State Farm Insurance
(415) 721-0121
www.KrisKelson.com
Patti Mangels Patti’s Personalized Baskets & Gifts
(415) 902-1834
www.pattisgiftbaskets.com
Dr. Vera Renee Meyer
Dental of Marin
(415) 456-3368
www.dentalofmarin.com
Kathrina Peterson
Moving Forward
(415) 845-0084
www.kathrinapeterson.com
Gayle Permar
Gayle Gilboy Permar,AIA
(415) 482-8977
ggphomes.com
Katarina Wierich Pacific Sun, Marketing Consultant
(415) 485-6700 x311
kwierich@embarcaderopublishing.
com
Editor: Alaina Yoakum, Friday Graphics & Marketing
Design & Layout: James Anderson
Delivered by: Marin Independent Journal
San Anselmo’s Marinitas makes the San
Francisco Chronicle’s Top 100 Bars List in the
“food centric” category for having “a taco van
available for events.” “Our Carta Marinitas
Taco Truck can bring Marinitas favorites, such
as our famous Tacos, Mexicana Salad, or Tres
Leches Cake, to your home or office, for 40-400
people.” Their restaurant menu is inspired by
Mexico and Latin America dishes made from
local and seasonal products. Heidi Krahling
and Frank Villa collaborate to deliver Latinfocused cuisine with an exciting blend of new
and familiar flavors. The wine list draws from
the best wine makers from Argentina, Chile and
California. Cocktails focus on the silver and gold
liquors of Central and South America. The bar
is dedicated to classic cocktails including citrus
juice squeezed to order, house made sweet-andsour concocted from unrefined cane sugars,
along with the highest quality mixers. Beers
include a full Mexican selection from light Lagers
to dark regional Latin micro-brewed Ales.
218 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo,
415-454-8900, www.marinitas.net.
Bank of Marin Bancorp, (NASDAQ:
BMRC), parent company of Bank of Marin,
announced second quarter 2012 earnings
of $5M, up 0.2%, from $4.9M in the first
quarter of 2012, and up 44.0% from $3.4M
in the second quarter of 2011. Bank of Marin
Bancorp also declared a quarterly cash dividend
of $0.18 per share, a $0.01 increase from the
prior quarter. This is the 29th straight quarter the
Bank has paid a dividend. “Our solid earnings
are driven by our excellent credit quality, strong
relationships with customers, and commitment
to the community,” said Russell A. Colombo,
President and CEO of Bank of Marin. “We
have positioned ourselves to expand our wine
industry lending by adding another experienced
commercial loan officer in Sonoma County,
and the appointment of a new board member
from Napa, Michaela Rodeno, former CEO
of St. Supery Winery.” Bank of Marin: 501 Sir
Francis Drake Blvd. Ste. 100, Greenbrae,
415-785-1553 and 1101 Fourth Street, San
Rafael, 415-485-2275, www.bankofmarin.com.
Michaela Rodeno
joins Bank of Marin
Board. Rodeno brings
40 years of business
and wine industry
experience to the
Board, which now has
12 active members.
During her distinguished career in the wine
industry, Rodeno was employee #2 and VP of
Marketing for Domaine Chandon, and was
the first CEO of St. Supery Winery—one of
the industry’s very few female CEOs. During
her 21-year tenure, she also served as a board
director of Silicon Valley Bank for ten years. In
the words of Joel Sklar, MD, Chairman of the
Bank of Marin Board: “We are delighted to have
Michaela join the Company as a Board Member.
Michaela’s leadership skills and significant
management and board experience will be of
great value, particularly as we continue to expand
in Napa and Sonoma Counties and build our
wine and wine-related portfolio, which is one
of our highest priorities. Michaela has a strong
track record of success in business and driving
positive change in the community, and she will
Members in the News
Continued on next page
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Members in the News
be a wonderful ambassador for
the Company.”
inch LCD televisions. The
lobby and meeting rooms also
underwent updating with
new carpeting, lighting and
artwork.” 56 Madera Blvd.,
Corte Madera, 415-924-1502,
www.cortemaderainn.com.
“Summer numbers for 2012
will surpass the number [of
visitors] in the summer of
2011,” stated Bill Blackburn,
Best Western Corte Madera
Inn’s General Manager, in
Northbay biz. “The hotel has
undergone renovations making
it pleasing for the summer’s
swelling reservations. Many
rooms have been completely
renovated with new carpeting
and furniture, along with 37-
L’Appart Resto Co-owner
and Chef, Olivier Souvestre,
was lauded in Northbay biz
for one of his favorite
specialties: foie gras, a popular
French delicacy. Its flavor is
described as rich, buttery and
delicate, unlike that of an
ordinary duck or goose liver.
We invite you to drop by and
taste it for yourself!
636 San Anselmo Ave.,
San Anselmo, 415-256-9884,
www.lappartresto.com.
San Anselmo Inn hosted
an event in Verona, Italy, in
partnership with Coppola
and Beringer Wineries to
promote travel to California
and specifically to Marin
County. 500 plus attended the
event enjoying over five hours
of free wine tasting, muscle
cars and bikes (Mustangs,
Camaros, Harleys), while
several screens showed images
and videos of Marin County.
San Anselmo Inn offered a
lottery winner a free visit to
San Anselmo this August,
including airfare and lodging
at the inn. The San Anselmo
Inn is planning similar events
in all major Italian cities in
partnership with Alamo
Rent-a-Car, Marriott, and the
Italian importer of Coppola
and Beringer Wines. By June
of 2013, the Inn hopes to have
reached over 30 cities and several
thousand individuals bringing
them to our great Town.
San Anselmo, 415-455-5366,
800-598-9771,
www.sananselmoinn.com.
Georgi & Willow Launches July 28, 2012
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7,000 were prepared to rejoin
the job market. What does this
mean for the Bay Area? It means
families stay intact, children are
fed, homelessness is reduced
and people are provided with a
dignified path out of poverty.
More than 80% of the
Cutting the ribbon at the
funding for Goodwill programs
Georgi
& Willow Launch
and services comes from selling
Party on July 28, 2012:
goods donated to us, such as the
Deborah Alvarez-Rodriguez, CEO
tightly curated looks at Georgi
of Goodwill San Francisco, San
& Willow. Goodwill also
Mateo & Marin Counties; Council
contributes to making Marin
Member Jeff Kroot; Vice Mayor
Kay Coleman; and Chamber
one of the greenest counties in
President/CEO
Connie Rodgers.
the nation. Each year, the local
Goodwill diverts more than 20
million tons from the Bay Area
businesses is part of our DNA,
the space to showcase their
landfills and leverages its social
Georgi & Willow hires Marin
work, the raw material for
enterprise sensibility to move
craftspeople and vendors, and
which is sourced through the
toward zero waste.
partners and promotes other
local Goodwill Chapter.
The Georgi & Willow team
businesses along San Anselmo
Purchasing with a purpose
appreciates San Anselmo’s
Avenue. To celebrate local
was never more evident than
charm and character, where
artists, Georgi & Willow also
on Saturday, July 28th, when
everyone pitches in to help local
hosts a revolving art exhibit in
the community gathered to
business and culture thrive.
the store’s main window. Bay
celebrate the vitality of the San
Because supporting local
Area environmental artists use
Anselmo shopping district
while standing in support of
second chances. Thank you,
Marin!
Georgi & Willow,
San Anselmo, 415-721-7917,
www.sfgoodwill.org
www.georgiandwillow.org
Like us on Facebook! www.
facebook.com/georgiandwillow.
an a place where
people love to
shop also be a place
people give back? The Georgi
& Willow team thinks so.
Georgi & Willow, a brand that
grew out of our admiration
for everyone in Marin who’s
ever donated to Goodwill, is
100% nonprofit, with proceeds
supporting the mission of
the local Goodwill Chapter.
Goodwill has been part of the
fabric of Marin for 25 years.
Proudly serving a population
of local men and women who
deserve a second chance at a
good job and a meaningful
life, Goodwill opens doorways
to jobs through vocational
job training and placement
services, life-skills coaching,
computer literacy classes and
more. In the past 12 months,
more than 575 people started
earning a paycheck thanks to
Goodwill programs, as another
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Welcome New Members
Centre for Structural
Re-Integration
Kathryn Hood
Pilates | Structural Integration |
Movement Therapy
7 Ross Avenue
San Anselmo, CA 94960
(415) 747-9060
[email protected]
www.structuralreintegration.
com
The Centre provides a holistic approach to optimizing
body mechanics and awareness. Ideal for athletes and nonathletes alike, the use of various
whole body manual therapies
and client specific cross training brings the body closer to
balance and alignment. Intrinsic muscles are revitalized and
trained, preserving a healthy
spine and joints. Services include: Structural Integration
(Rolfing), Pilates body conditioning, movement analysis
and therapy, and Craniosacral
Therapy.
Frank Howard Allen
Candy Grippi
700 5th Avenue
San Rafael, CA 94901
(415) 250-9154
www.fhallen.com
[email protected]
Grippi has been a licensed
real estate broker in Marin and
the Bay Area since 1978. Grippi is a member of the Luxury
Conclave, which compares
marketing strategies with
agents from around the world
every year, and was a speaker
at the Palm Beach Florida
Conclave in 2005. She has
worked with the Marin County Board of Realtors education committee to help bring
relevant, up-to-date seminars
to the real estate commu-
nity at large, and served on the
board of directors for the Marin
County Income Property Owners Association. She’s written
articles and segments about real
estate for many media outlets.
A native Marinite, Grippi grew
up on Forbes in San Rafael, raising her children in San Rafael
where she built and sold numerous luxury homes, including
the Marin Designer Showcase
home of 1989 in Marin Bay
Park. Grippi’s business is almost
100% referral based. She believes in doing a top professional job for each client, one client
at a time. Let Candy Grippi put
her thirty-plus years of experience to work for you.
House of Dog
Lisa Frechette
15 Ross Avenue
(415) 453-2504
houseofdoggrooming@gmail.
com
If you have been “around the
block” with your dog looking
for the perfect groomer, look no
further! House of Dog provides
expert grooming by dedicated
employees who truly love their
job. Your pup will experience
a completely new approach to
housing while they wait their
shampoo—each has its own
stall, no cages! The end result is
an excellent experience for both
you and your hound.
Kwait Family & Sports
Chiropractic Care
Dr. Joe Kwait
6 Bridge Street
(415) 454-1700
DrJoe@Kwaitchiropractic.
com
www.kwaitchiropractic.com
As an avid runner, mountain
biker, cyclist and CrossFit
athlete, Kwait is a passionate
advocate for health, wellness
and functional fitness. His
mission—to bring excellent
chiropractic care to athletes,
active folks and anyone experiencing pain—stems from his
passion for natural health care
and the body’s innate ability
to heal itself. With extensive
training in biomechanical
and postural analysis, Kwait
treats the source of your injury
presenting customized solutions designed to support your
active lifestyle. His top priority is to improve your health,
fitness and performance
through chiropractic care. He’s
worked with a wide range of
athletes: Ironman competitors, professional and amateur
cyclists, runners, Olympic
weightlifters, CrossFit athletes,
and professional dancers to
improve performance, prevent
injury, and reduce pain. Kwait
is the D.C. to see for sports
injuries—he’ll get you back
in shape so that you can keep
playing and doing what you
love. Kwait holds certifications
in Active Release Technique,
Graston Technique and CrossFit Level 1 Instruction. He is
currently studying to become a
Certified Chiropractic Sports
Physician. He holds an undergraduate degree from John
Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio, and a doctorate
from Life West Chiropractic
College.
Lincoln Park Wine Bar
198 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
(415) 453-9898
[email protected]
www.lincolnparkwine.com
Named after their backyard
neighborhood, Lincoln Park
Wine Bar offers mediumsized plates and outstanding
regional wine and beer from
$5 to $15. Co-owner and
COO Jennifer Ashby-Simmons transformed the space
to be comfortable yet sophisticated. Chef and co-owner
Stephen Simmons’ focus is
on serving enticing seasonal
dishes … some inspired by
organic produce that local
residents can bring in for
trade. You may just find parsnip fries, Wagyu beef sliders, artisan cheeses and local
charcuterie on their menu.
Their wine list features lesserknown wines rich with flavor
and stories, as many of them
were crafted by local Marin
winemakers, like the Watkins
Pinot from the family-owned
winery of co-owner Holly
Bragman. Ask about their
“in-house corkage” program!
Lolo Cards Inc.
Magan Arthur
21 A Rowland Court
(415) 462-2979
[email protected]
www.lolocards.com
Lolo serves community
organizations and local businesses interested in building
community-focused “Shop
Local” programs. By providing cutting edge business and
communication tools, Lolo
brings their combined experience and skills as well as their
love for the communities they
live in to empower local businesses, strengthen local communities and make shopping
local more convenient and fun!
Lorraine Ferrarese, EA
160 Sir Francis Drake Blvd
(upstairs suite)
(415) 456-1047
(415) 640-1047
[email protected]
www.lferrarese.com
We believe in the value of
client relationships, viewing
each one like a partnership.
We truly believe that our
success is a result of your success. We provide a variety of
services including income tax
preparation for individuals,
businesses, estates and trusts;
IRS and state audit representation; and estate and trust
accounting.
Mountain Mike’s Pizza
Joti Siash, Owner
2100 4th Street
(415) 454-4300
www.mountainmikes.com
The first Mountain Mike’s
Pizza restaurant was established in 1978 in Palo Alto.
What started as a single pizza
restaurant with a casual,
family-oriented atmosphere,
Mountain Mike’s Pizza has
grown into a leading pizza
brand with more than 150
restaurants in California, Oregon, Nevada and Utah. Our
restaurants are designed to
accommodate those seeking a
family-oriented casual dining
environment along with delivery and carryout. We look
forward to seeing you soon in
Mountain Mike’s Pizza’s newest location: San Rafael!
New Members
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Alcoholic Beverages Bill Passes Senate Committee
AB1320 successfully passed the
Senate Governmental Organization Committee and was
heard by the Senate Appropriations Committee on August 6th
Description
AB1320 adds a new Section to the Alcoholic Beverage
Control (ABC) Act which
authorizes the Department of
ABC to issue a maximum of
15 new original on-sale general licenses over a three-year
period for bona fide public
eating places in Marin County. Specifically, this measure:
1.Authorizes the Department of ABC, to issue
five new original on-sale
general licenses per year,
until 1/1/2016, for bona
fide public eating places
having a seating capacity for 50 or more diners
in a county of the 18th
class. Also, provides that
no more than a total of
15 such licenses shall be
issued relative to this measure.
3.Provides that a person
who currently holds
a valid on-sale general license for seasonal
business is not prohibited from applying for an
original on-sale general
license pursuant to this
measure.
4.Makes it explicit that a
license issued pursuant
to this measure shall not
be transferred from one
Existing Law
The enactment of the 21st
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1933 repealed the
18th Amendment and ended
the era of Prohibition. Accordingly, states were granted
the authority to establish
alcoholic beverage laws and
administrative structures to
regulate the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages.
Existing law establishes
the Department of ABC and
grants it exclusive authority
to administer the provisions
of the ABC Act in accordance
with laws enacted by the Legislature.
This involves licensing individuals and businesses associated with the manufacture,
importation and sale of alcoholic beverages in this state
and the collection of license
fees or occupation taxes for
this purpose.
The ABC must deny an
application for a license if issuance would create a law enforcement problem, or would
result in, or add to, an undue
concentration of licenses in
the area where the license is
desired. For liquor stores and
other specified retail license,
however, the ABC is authorized to issue a license if the
respective local government
determines that public convenience or necessity would be
served by granting the license.
Existing law caps the number of new on and off-sale
general licenses issued by the
ABC at one for every 2,500
inhabitants of the county
where the establishment is
located (2,000:1 for on sale licenses). If no licenses are available from the state due to the
population restrictions, those
people interested in obtaining
a liquor license may purchase
one from an existing
licensee, for whatever price
the market bears. In 1994, the
Legislature approved a 3-year
moratorium on the issuance
of new off-sale beer and wine
licenses, which at the time was
not bound by any population
to license restriction. In 1997
this moratorium was made
permanent.
Existing law defines “bona
fide public eating place” to
mean a place which is regularly
and in a bona fide manner
used and kept open for the
serving of meals to guests for
compensation and which has
suitable kitchen facilities connected therewith, containing
conveniences for cooking an
assortment of foods which may
be required for ordinary meals,
the kitchen of which must be
kept in a sanitary condition
with the proper amount of refrigeration for keeping of food
on said premises and must
comply with all the regulations
of the local Department of
Health.
Existing law defines an “onsale” license as authorizing the
sale of all types of alcoholic
beverages: namely, beer, wine
and distilled spirits, for consumption on the premises
(such as at a restaurant or bar).
An “off-sale” license authorizes
the sale of all types of alcoholic
beverages for consumption off
the premises in original, sealed
containers.
Existing law (Government
Code Section 28020) provides
for 58 counties and 58 “classes”
of counties - one county to
each class based on their 1970
Census populations.
Background
Purpose of AB 1320: Under
current law, the number of liquor licenses issued in a given
county is tied to the population of that county which creates a problem for restaurants
and hotels that would like
to cater to the large number
of visitors in the area but are
unable to because they do not
have a license to serve alcohol. This measure is expected
to lead to an increase in full
service restaurants in Marin
County.
Staff Comments: As
noted above, existing law
provides for a limitation on
the number of new on-sale
general licenses that may be
issued in a given year by the
Department of ABC based
on the population growth
of the county in which the
licensed premises are located
(one license for every 2,000
residents). Thus, if a county
grows by 10,000 people in a
given year the Department of
ABC will sell five new licenses
in that county. A drawing is
held by ABC if there are more
buyers than licenses available. The cost of an original
on-sale general eating place
license (type 47) is $13,800.
Individuals seeking to open
a full-service restaurant with
a bar or cocktail menu who
fail to obtain a liquor license
through this process typically must locate an existing
licensed owner willing to
sell his/her license. “Usually,
that’s done by contacting a liquor license broker. The cost
of obtaining a license on the
secondary market is driven
by supply and demand and
potential sellers may ask for
upwards of $150,000. Some
of these potential sellers view
their license as tickets to a
richer retirement.
ABC’s records from 2011
indicate that Marin County’s
population was 254,692 and
there were 136 on-sale general licenses in existence within
the county. Based on those
statistics, no new on-sale general licenses were made available in 2011. However, ABC
records indicate that one new
on-sale general license was
made available and issued
through the priority drawing
process in 2008 and another
in 2009. According to ABC,
currently there are approximately 13,560 Type 47 licenses statewide. Licenses are
selling on the open market in
Marin County for $75,000 to
$100,000.
Support/Opposition as of
June 22, 2012:
Support: Courtyard by
Marriott (Novato Marin/
Sonoma), and Marin County Council of Chambers;
Marin Economic Forum
Oppose: None on file
Need Some Expert Business
Consulting…for Free?
The San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce continues
to partner with the Small Business Development Center
(SBDC) to provide our members with an on-site consultant
for one-on-one, no-cost confidential counseling. Contact
the chamber to set up a meeting! We also sponsor chamber
workshops from time to time to give you access to these
consultants.
2.Requires the Department
of ABC to follow existing
“drawing for priority”
procedures with respect
to the issuance of these
new licenses as set forth
in Section 23961 of the
ABC Act.
county to another nor
shall it be transferred to
any premise not qualifying under these provisions.
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San Anselmo Art & Wine Festival • June 23 & 24, 2012
Bank of Marin sponsors a booth
Chamber Ambassador Chair Anne Shaw Zumwalt
staffs a festival wine booth
La Loggia Wine Bar
San Anselmo Art & Wine festival guests
Photos Courtesy of Katarina Wierich
2012 Chamber Calendar Of Events
SEPTEMBER
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State of the Town & Business Person
of the Year Luncheon • 12:00 p.m.
L’APPART Resto,
636 San Anselmo Avenue, San Anselmo
Honoring the Chamber’s
Business Person of the Year,
Connie Pelissero, and the Town
of San Anselmo’s Accomplishments by Mayor Tom McInerney. $45. TICKETS: www.
sananselmochamber.org (click
“Register for Events”) or send
checks to San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce, P. O. Box 2844, San Anselmo, CA,
94979-2844. INFO: [email protected];
415-454-2510.
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San Anselmo & Corte Madera Chambers
4th Annual Golf Tournament • 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
San Geronimo Golf Course,
5800 Sir Francis Drake Blvd
$135. TICKETS: www.sananselmochamber.org
(click “Register for Events”) or send checks to San
Anselmo Chamber of Commerce, P. O. Box 2844,
San Anselmo, CA, 94979-2844.
INFO: [email protected];
415-454-2510.
See Sponsorship Opportunities page 12
ness people as chosen by the twelve participating Marin
County-based Chambers of Commerce. $50 per/
person or $500 per/table ($60 per/person,
$600 per/table after 9/21)
REGISTER: By Sept 21. Online: www.bankofmarin.com; by mail: send name & check to “Spirit
of Marin Registration,” PO Box 2039, Novato, CA
94948; call 415-884-5360; or e-mail spiritofmarin@
bankofmarin.com. INFO: 415-884-5360.
San Anselmo, Corte
Madera, and Larkspur
Chambers and Twin
Cities Police Dept Fall
Mixer
5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Twin Cities Police Dept.,
250 Doherty Drive, Larkspur
Learn more about the police shared services and tour
the new Twin Cities Police
station. Presented by the San Anselmo, Corte Madera, and
Larkspur Chambers of Commerce and Twin Cities Police
Department
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Community Mixer at
Robert Aycock, M.D. F.A.C.S. • 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
575 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae
Join us for an early evening of appetizers and drinks
where you can meet your peers, laugh and mingle!
Business card raffle drawing. Free.
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Holiday Tree Lighting • 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Lawn at Town Hall,
525 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo
Make this holiday season a memorable one for you
and your family! Highlights include Santa arriving on
a fire truck, children flipping the switch to light the
town, free pictures with Santa by Seawood Photo, live
entertainment, arts & crafts, complimentary cookies
and hot chocolate, and more! Free.
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Union Bank Community Mixer • 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
100 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo
Enjoy complimentary refreshments, mix and mingle
with your peers, and meet your local banker! Bring a
business card for door prize drawing! Free.

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San Anselmo Chamber
Annual Meeting &
Holiday Luncheon
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
San Domenico School,
1500 Butterfield Rd.,
San Anselmo
Donate a gift to our
Adopt-a-Family drive and then join us for our always
festive San Anselmo Chamber Annual Meeting. $40.
TICKETS: www.sananselmochamber.org (click
“Register for Events”) or send checks to San Anselmo
Chamber of Commerce,
P. O. Box 2844, San Anselmo, CA, 94979-2844.
INFO: [email protected] or call
415-454-2510.
Chamber Meeting Dates
Chamber Ambassador Meetings • 6 to 7:00 p.m.
October 11
November 8
San Anselmo Inn,
Chamber Board Meeting • 8 a.m.
September 18
October 16
November 20
Town Council Chamber,
Community Event
September 30 • Country Fair Day
10:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m.
INFO: 415-258-4640
Free Holiday Parking: It’s a San Anselmo Tradition!
The San Anselmo Police Department is pleased to announce that the Town will again be providing free parking to holiday shoppers in
San Anselmo. The parking meters will not be operating from Thur, Nov. 22 through Tues, Jan. 1, 2013.
As always, the disabled, red zone and other safety-related parking violations will still be enforced.
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19th Annual
Spirit of Marin Awards Luncheon • 11:30 a.m.
11:30am Check-in/Entertainment | noon Luncheon |
12:30pm Awards Presentation
Father David Ghiorso’s Courtyard,
St. Vincent’s School for Boys,
1 St. Vincent’s Drive, San Rafael
The Spirit of Marin Award recognizes the achievements and volunteer spirit of local businesses and busi-
DECEMBER
OCTOBER
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7
The New Crowdfund Act:
What It Can Mean to Marin Businesses
8
By Robert Hunter, Robert Hunter Investments
I
n early April 2012, the
Jumpstart Our Business
Startups (JOBS) Act
was signed into law by the
President after it passed
both houses of congress
by a wide margin. Among
other provisions to ease
the restrictions on “small”
business access to capital, is
the Capital Raising Online
While Deterring Fraud and
Park Continued from page 1
We need your vision, energy,
and commitment to turn this
lovely piece of land into a
natural haven we can all take
pleasure in and be proud of. To
accomplish this task, we also
need the financial resources to
demolish the existing structures
and create new ones.
In the very near future, we
will contact you again to let you
know how you can help. Knowing the San Anselmo community as we do, we’re confident that
you will respond generously.
Right now however, we want
to express our gratitude to the
person who has made this exciting new project possible. Lucas
has achieved unparalleled success in his career as a filmmaker,
enthralling hundreds of mil-
Approved Crowdfunding
that has registered with the
Portals.
SEC and any applicable selfUnder Crowdfunding
regulatory organization. The
Regulations (to be completed intermediaries will play an
by the SEC by January 2013) important gate keeping role
individual investments in
in crowdfunding transactions,
any one crowdfund issuer
and will have significant
are limited by income or net
responsibility for preventing
worth. Investors earning less
issuer fraud and protecting
than $100,000 per year will be investors.
limited to the greater of $2,000
These responsibilities
or 5% of their annual income
include: educating and
or net worth. Investors earning screening potential investors;
more than $100,000 will be
taking appropriate action to
limited to 10% of their annual reduce the risk of fraudulent
lions around the world, igniting income or net worth up to a
transactions (including
our imaginations by taking us
maximum of $100,000
checking the background of
back to “a long time ago in a galCrowdfunding transactions
the issuer and its insiders);
axy far, far away.”
must be conducted through
providing disclosure to
Now, in a place much closer
a broker or funding portal
the SEC; ensuring that the
to home and in our present
day, Lucas has gained our adWelcome New Members Continued from page 4
miration for his unwavering
by the Marin Community
generosity and many efforts to
Foundation in its efforts to
improve our community and
foster a more equitable and
Marin County as a whole. His
robust economy, the center will
donation of the land for a new
Renaissance
Marin
provide a wide range of classes,
park is yet one more example of
advisors, business referral serhis continuing benevolence. On Entrepreneurship
Boku
Kodama
vices, open work spaces, busibehalf of the Chamber of Com1115 3rd Street
merce and the entire San Anness incubators, commercial
selmo community, we sincerely
kitchen and a cafe at low costs.
thank him.
(415) 755-1115
The center welcomes drop-in
[email protected]
visits Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm, at
Connie Rodgers
www.rencentermarin.org
1115 3rd St. between A and B
President and CEO
Streets. While the largest job growth
San Anselmo Chamber of
Commerce
is coming from the small busiSight8, Inc.
ness sector, most new entrepreTanya Laramie, Principal and
neurs are going into their new
Co-founder
ventures by the seat of their
36 Madrone Avenue
pants resulting in a 60 percent
failure rate by the third year.
(415) 454-3382
Renaissance Marin, the new
www.Sight8.com
entrepreneurship center located
Celebrating 10 years in Marin
in downtown San Rafael, is
A small but mighty team of
now open to serve the new and
designers, Sight8 is experienced
small business communities
in creating engaging user inacross Marin with a variety of
terfaces (UIs) and identities for
services and programs focused
established and up-and-coming
on building a sustainable local
businesses. In an increasingly
business environment. Funded crowded marketplace, brand
Unethical Non-Disclosure
Act, or “CROWDFUND
Act.”
The CROWDFUND Act
allows small investors to
invest in U.S. based startups
and established businesses
with less than $5 million in
annual sales. Each business
is allowed to raise as much as
$1 million during any twelve
month period through SEC
issuer does not receive any
investors’ money until the
target offering amount has
been raised; and taking steps
to ensure that investors do
not purchase more than their
annual limit of securities of
the issuer.
Issuers making a crowdfund
offering must disclose the
amount of money they intend
to raise. Investors will be able
to rescind their commitments
if the issuer does not reach this
target.
To reach Robert Hunter, call
415-458-5880, e-mail him at
[email protected]
or visit his website at
www.roberthunterinvest.com.
and experience design are critical to success. We empower
our clients to communicate
with clarity, beauty and simplicity by providing elegant
design solutions from idea
to implementation. Acting
as a virtual extension of inhouse marketing and product
development teams, Sight8
supplies the creative and technical skills necessary to solve
each unique design challenge.
We stay abreast of trends and
technology, embrace promising innovations, and take
pride in creating user experiences that are unique, functional and engaging. We build
lasting partnerships by consistently delivering high-quality,
responsive design on time
and within budget. Large and
small, start-ups, Fortune 500s
and not-for-profits, we have
lent our services to industry
leaders in the fields of technology, education, entertainment and more.
Register to Vote! Voter Registration FAQ
I
f you have a question that
you do not see answered
here, please visit the California Secretary of State FAQ page
(www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_faq.htm)
Am I Already Registered
to Vote?
To find out if you are currently registered to vote, visit the
Secretary of State’s Check Status
of Your Voter Registration web
page: http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/registration-status.
If I’m Not Registered, How
Can I Register to Vote?
•Fill Out a Voter Registration
Form Now: https://www.sos.
ca.gov/elections/register-tovote. Fill in the requested info
on the form, then print, sign,
and mail it directly to the
county elections office address
that is pre-printed on the
form. For questions, contact
the Elections Division at 800345-8683.
•New Voter Assistance: For
forms in Chinese, Hindi,
Japanese, Khmer, Korean,
Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, and
Vietnamese, visit the Secretary
of State’s New Voters web
page: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/new-voter.
•Pick Up a Voter Registration
Form at your county elections
office, library, or U.S. Post
Office. Make sure the form
is filled out completely and
postmarked or hand-delivered
to your county elections office
at least 15 days before the
election.
•If you are enrolled in California’s Confidential Address
Program, Safe At Home
(www.sos.ca.gov/safeathome)
do not attempt to register to
vote using this site. Instead
contact the Safe At Home
program toll free at 877-3225227.
•Military and Overseas
Voters: http://www.sos.
ca.gov/elections/elections_mov.htm. Includes
United States Citizens who are
members of the Uniformed
Services (on active duty) and
their eligible dependents,
members of the Merchant
Marine and their eligible
dependents, Commissioner
Corps of the Public Health
Service, Commissioned Corps
of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
or United States citizens residing outside the United States.
Note: To register for the next General Election (Nov 6, 2012), your
registration must be postmarked no
later than October 22, 2012, and
you must be:
• A United States citizen,
• A California resident,
• 18 years of age or older on Election Day,
• Not in prison or in county jail
(serving a state prison sentence
or serving a term of more than
one year in jail for a defined
“low-level” felony), or on
parole, post release community
supervision, or post-sentencing
probation for a felony convic-
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tion (for more information on
the rights of people who have
been incarcerated, please see
the Secretary of State’s Voting
Guide for Currently or Formerly Incarcerated Californians): http://www.sos.ca.gov/
elections/sharing-ideas/a-voting-guide-for-inmates.pdf, and
• Not found by a court to be
mentally incompetent.
When Do I Need to
Re-Register to Vote?
You will need to re-register to
vote when:
• You move to a new permanent residence
• You change your name
• You change your political
party choice
As a California voter, you
should be aware that in some
areas, local elections are held on
dates that do not coincide with
statewide election dates. The 15day close of registration deadline
for these local elections varies
depending on the actual date
of the election. If you need to
know a deadline for a local election, contact your County Elections Office: www.sos.ca.gov/
elections/elections_d.htm.
What Are the Voter Registration Deadlines?
In California, the deadline to
register to vote for an election
is 15 days before each local
and statewide Election Day, so
please register early!
Can I Register at a Voter
Registration Drive?
Anyone distributing voter
registration cards in California should be familiar with
the rules and regulations for
conducting voter registration
drives. For information, please
read the Secretary of State’s
Guide to Voter Registration
Drives: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/guides/guide-to-vr-drives.
pdf.
Additional Assistance: Contact
the Secretary of State’s office at
the following toll-free numbers:
English (800) 345-8683; Spanish (800) 232-8682.
HAL BROWN DEDICATION • AUGUST 4, 2012
Peter Breen (left) worked tirelessly for 17 years
to get a bench dedicated for Supervisor Hal Brown.
(Seated Brown Family: Chris & Amy Brown, Gloria Brown, Mike Brown). Family, friends and fans
gathered at Creek Park to honor and remember our recently departed Marin County Supervisor,
Hal Brown. “Hal Brown was a champion for many issues, including children and families, safe
routes to schools and open space,” Town Manager Debbie Stutsman wrote in the Patch. “After
the devastating flood [in 2005], he galvanized support for flood control in the Ross Valley, paving
the way for adoption of the Ross Valley Watershed and Flood Protection program.” Hal was warm,
energetic, an accomplished leader and friendly to everyone—he believed in an open-door policy for
all his constituents. Hal, you will be fondly remembered and missed for a long, long time to come.
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Free Business Services and Updates
SCORE
(Service Corps of Retired Executives)
455 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94105
415-744-6827 | Fax 415-744-6750
www.SFscore.org
The SBA program offers free one-hour
consultations weekly to new and existing business
owners by appointment with more than 50 counselors
with real world experience. Counselors provide
free counseling in accounting, business planning &
structure, commercial leases, eCommerce, finance,
manufacturing, marketing, operations, retail,
strategic planning, and more. Our low cost workshops
guide you to successfully plan and operate your
business.
Santa Rosa Small Business
Development Center
Santa Rosa SBDC
Business Advisor: 707-595-0060
Kristin Johnson, Director of the SBDC Lead Center:
707-826-3919
The Santa Rosa Small Business Development
Center (SBDC) wanted to make sure you knew
about some organizational changes it will be making
in the upcoming months. None of these changes
should impact your access to continued business
assistance from the SBDC.
First, due to unprecedented and severe budget
challenges for California community colleges, Santa
Rosa Junior College has decided not to continue as
local host of the SBDC program. The college will
cease its formal role with the program as of August 31,
2012, but will remain a strong partner with the SBDC
and with local business development efforts in both
Sonoma and Marin counties.
Because the business consulting/coaching
provided by the Santa Rosa SBDC is part of a larger
Northern California SBDC network, interim short
term management of Santa Rosa SBDC affairs will
be absorbed by the Lead Center for the Northern
California SBDC (Lead Center). Santa Rosa SBDC’s
services will continue without pause during
this time. Clients who are already working with an
assigned Business Advisor can continue their meetings
and activities. New and returning SBDC clients
will be assigned a Business Advisor. If your meeting
location with your Business Advisor has changed, you
will be individually notified.
Until December 2012, the Lead Center is seeking a
new local host organization for the Santa Rosa SBDC
through a “Request for Proposal” (RFP). This “Open
Solicitation” will likely receive some media coverage.
Multiple Sonoma and Marin county organizations
(such as colleges, nonprofits, chambers of commerce,
etc.) will be asked if they are interested in becoming
the new local SBDC host. During this time, the Lead
Center will stand in for coordination of local SBDC
services.
Marin Workforce
Investment Board (WIB)
Supporting a Skilled Workforce—Building a
Sustainable Community
120 North Redwood Dr., San Rafael, CA
(off Smith Ranch Rd.) | Mon–Fri, 8 am-5 pm
415473-3330; TTY: 415-473-3344
[email protected]
The mission of the WIB of Marin County is to be
responsible for policy making and implementation
of the workforce development system administered
through the Marin Employment Connection, a
one-stop facility for service delivery in Marin, to
support economic expansion and develop the talent
of the workforce. The WIB envisions a sustainable
balance between the employment needs of job
seekers and the business needs of employers for
skilled workers (to ensure a self sufficient, diverse
workforce in Marin).
The WIB Board has developed key goals to enact
the mission of supporting Marin employers and job
seekers, including:
• To create strong public-private workforce
partnerships that promote economic
opportunity, improve high-demand skills and
sustain economic growth;
• To expand the utilization of workforce
development resources by Marin employers;
• To provide employers with specific tools and
strategies that address changing workforce
needs.
Marin County’s WIB areas of focus include:
• Enabling employers to respond to the everchanging Marin County workforce, such
as succession planning, baby boomer and
generation X and Y employees, increases in
the Latino population or labor surpluses and
shortages, etc.;
• Preparing the workforce for high-demand
occupations in areas such as health care,
business services, and “green” industries and
construction;
• Piloting programs in customer service certified
nursing assistance and solar photovoltaic
installation.
The WIB accomplishes its mission and goals
through community partnerships with public and
private organizations throughout the county. Many
of these initiatives are carried out through the
Marin Employment Connection.
New WIB Member Orientation: If you are a
new WIB Member, or are interested in becoming
a member, please download and view our New
WIB Member Orientation: marinemployment.org/
documents/ WIBMemberOrientationPowerPoint.pdf
Renaissance Marin
1115 3rd Street, San Rafael, CA 94901
(415) 755-1115
[email protected] • www.rencentermarin.org
Renaissance Marin, a nonprofit small business
development center, is a program of Renaissance
Entrepreneurship Center, providing critical access to
training, resources and support services designed to
help aspiring and established entrepreneurs achieve
their dreams of small business success and financial
independence. Whether you are a retailer, designer,
manufacturer, contractor or bookkeeper—in a startup
or expansion phase—Renaissance will provide you
with the necessary training, tools, resources and
networks to create your own thriving business:
• Classes & Workshops: Renaissance’s intensive
business planning and introductory business
classes can assist you in developing the marketing,
finance, operations and management skills
needed to write a comprehensive business plan
and put you on the path to entrepreneurial
success. Their comprehensive small business
development services include business planning,
advanced marketing and finance, individual
consulting, skill-building workshops, financial
education, access to capital, incubation,
networking, and Spanish language classes.
• Business Incubator: Renaissance offers low cost
office space, professional consultations tailored
to your business’ needs, conference rooms and
building services to support your daily operations
and growth.
• Consulting: Meet other business owners and
industry experts who will guide, support and
inspire you in achieving your business goals.
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The Legal Lectern: Living with Brinker
Jay W. Luther, Attorney at Law
Law Offices of Jay W. Luther
415-456-6197 • [email protected]
I
n the last column, we all celebrated the employer victory
in the Brinker Restaurant case.
Hooray! To avoid penalties, we don’t
have to force our employees out of
the office at gunpoint at lunchtime
when they instead want to work on
a spreadsheet and munch on a ham
and cheese at their desks. Well, it’s
OK if they don’t miss their meal
break every day so they can play
with Excel. Or miss it often. And so
long as the employer’s written break
policy passes muster. Sort of.
Yes, friends. There are still lots of
potholes the employer can fall into,
so care is still required. Here are a few
guidelines.
Clean Up Your Policy. When a
plaintiff’s lawyer is trying to figure
out whether to sue, one of the
first things she’ll want to see is the
employee handbook language on
breaks. If the language doesn’t square
well with the law, you’re pretty well
assured of a suit—a poorly written
policy is a true suit magnet. Your best
bet is to get an HR specialist or an
employment lawyer to review and
revise it. If you don’t have a written
policy, at least read and learn Sections 11 (Meal Periods) and 12
(Rest Periods) of your IWC Wage
Order, and follow them to the let-
ter in allowing breaks. It should be
easy to find that Wage Order—it’s
supposed to be posted prominently
on your wall where employees can
see it, and if it isn’t, well, that’s another legal oopsie.
Your employees should also be
told that you sincerely want them to
take all required breaks. If you tell
it to everyone, several times, it may
actually stick. Even if it occasionally
doesn’t, you’ve now developed both
goodwill and a bunch of potential
employee witnesses who can testify
on your behalf. And amazingly
enough, they often will.
Do Your Accounting Right.
Assuming you’ve got a legal policy
that you’re enforcing in good faith,
Brinker only lets you off the hook
for penalties for working through
breaks. You still have to pay straight
time pay for the missed break, and
your records have to show it. Let’s
separate that into its component
parts.
First, what Brinker requires is
that “The employer … relieves its
employees of all duty, relinquishes
control over their activities and permits them a reasonable opportunity
to take an uninterrupted 30-minute
break, and does not impede or discourage them from doing so.”
Keep It Local
New Program
Idea:
LOLO Cards
Tell us what
you think!
• A Ross Valley Shop Local
card for our locally owned
independent businesses
• A non-cash payment solution that lets local shoppers
pay with a PIN—no card or
cash required
• A micro-giving platform
that lets shoppers and
merchants dedicate a small
percentage of each purchase
to local causes
• A rewards and communication tool that lets local businesses and organizations
stayed at her desk to catch up on
a specific matter, or whatever the
work reason might have been. The
number of these working breaks
can thus be monitored, and the employee told to plan her time better
if there are too many. A few record
warnings to the worker can go a
long way to convince a court that
you’re serious about your employees
getting their breaks.
Rest breaks are a little easier since
they’re paid breaks, and Section 7
doesn’t require you to keep records
on the two rest breaks required each
day. Still, even if you’re not going to
require a formal signout procedure,
it’s a good idea for supervisors to
keep a record of employee breaks.
It not only affirmatively shows that
breaks were regularly taken in the
first and second half of the shift,
it shows that you’re meeting the
Brinker test of “mak[ing] a good
faith effort to authorize and permit
rest breaks in the middle of each
work period”
Monitor Compliance—Adopt a
Transparent Complaint Policy. An
awful lot of an employer’s problems
come from not knowing what their
employees—or their supervisors—
are actually doing. You may have
a great break policy on paper, but
reach our community in an effective but non-intrusive way to
reward them for shopping local
and for supporting local causes
The Chamber is currently reviewing the program’s potential
benefits. The program founders
are committed that LoLo will
provide tools to strengthen the
community through a network
that ties shoppers, businesses
and community organizations
closer together. Potentially it
may make shopping in local
independent stores very conve-
it can be completely undermined
by a supervisor who wants more
work done than can reasonably
be expected—with the result that
employees stop taking regular
breaks. Hence, the employer has to
routinely check on the supervisors’
activities and documentation in the
break arena—and in every other
area of employment for that matter.
So too, there has to be a honest and
trusted line of communication to
management that fairly considers
and deals with employee complaints
on breaks and other important
subjects. If you’re seeing complaints
that breaks are being disallowed or
discouraged, you have to look into
and find out what’s really going on.
It may be simply a disgruntled employee—but it could also be a rogue
supervisor or a truly overworked
staff. Remember, you’re called
“management,” because you’re supposed to manage your workforce in
such a manner so as to comply with
the law, get the work done, and, in
the end, make a good profit! Unlike
baseball, two out of three isn’t good
enough.
Note: If you missed it, the last
column is online at lutherlaw.com/
break.pdf
nient and more fun. The Lolo
program also intends to promote support of programs such
as libraries, schools and parks.
We encourage you to learn
more about Lolo by visiting their
website at www.lolocards.com.
Please give us your feedback and
tell us if you might be interested in
participating: [email protected] or 415-454-2510.
A series of Lolo workshops are also
planned to inform businesses and
the community about the program. Information is available on
their website.
L
olo Card entrepreneurs
would like to introduce
a new and exciting
community program called
Lolo. The San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce together with
several businesses and community organizations from Fairfax
and San Anselmo are currently
evaluating this program. The
program combines a community focus with simple but effective tools for small businesses.
Lolo stands for Local Loyalty
and combines four ideas:
Meal breaks do not have to be
paid, and most employers do not
provide break pay when their workers run off to the local McDonalds.
Fair enough. However, unless you’re
one of those employers that completely ceases operations at lunch,
the Records provision of the Wage
Orders (Section 7) requires that
“meal periods … shall … be recorded.” That is, employees should
punch in and out at the beginning
and end of the break. If they don’t
punch out, pay them straight time
pay for the period. Simply put, if
you have no proof that they received
their required lunch break, their
sworn testimony about their working lunches will usually carry the
day when they get to court. Worse,
if they say, “I was never allowed
lunch breaks,” and you have no
documentation, we’re back looking
at penalties.
Working through lunch probably
calls for more extensive documentation than a mere payroll/time
entry—you’re not only gathering
enough information to pay the required wages, but the data that may
one day be used to show that you’re
not hostile to breaks. Here’s where
the supervisor can be invaluable, by
making a note that the employee
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4rd Annual San Anselmo & Corte Madera
Chambers Golf Tournament
September 20, 2012 • 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
San Geronimo Golf Course
$135.00 includes Golf, Lunch, Awards Dinner
Tournament Highlights
Putting Contest
Awards
Longest Drive Contest
Lunch
Closest to the Hole Contest
Dinner
TONS of Prizes & Give-Aways
Fun ways to win requiring
NO skill
Mulligans available for purchase
Sponsorship Opportunities
DINNER Sponsor $750
Recognition: Business information at dinner
tables, general recognition in tournament
program and Chamber newsletters and full
registration for two golfers.
PUTTING GREEN Contest Sponsor $350
or Gift certificate donation for a trip or
dinner valued at $250 or more.
Recognition: Banner or sign at putting
green and general recognition in tournament
program & Chamber newsletters.
CLOSETS TO PIN Contest Sponsor $350
Recognition: General recognition
in tournament program & Chamber
newsletters.
LONGEST DRIVE Contest Sponsor $350
Recognition: General recognition
newsletters.
TEE & GREEN Sponsors $250
Recognition: Sign at the tee and on the
green, and an opportunity to market your
business the way YOU choose! Give out
trinkets, snacks, cigars, etc., for the golf gift
bags and general recognition in tournament
TEE Sponsors $200
Recognition: Sign on the tee and an
opportunity to market your business the
way YOU choose! Give out trinkets, snacks,
cigars, etc., for the golf gift bags general
recognition in tournament program &
Chamber newsletters.
GREEN Sponsors $100
Recognition: Sign on the green and general
recognition in tournament program &
Chamber newsletters.
GOLF BALL & TEE Sponsors FREE
Recognition: You supply golf balls and
tees for general recognition in tournament
GOLF TOWEL Sponsors FREE
Recognition: You supply golf towels for
general recognition in tournament program
& Chamber newsletters.
GOLF TOOL Sponsors FREE
Recognition: You supply golf tools for
gift bags and receive general recognition
newsletters.
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SPONSORSHIP PARTICIPATION LEVEL
Business Name____________________________________
Contact Person______________________________________
Address____________________________________________
Sponsorship Investment Amount________________________
Prize/Raffle Donation_________________________________
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METHOD OF PAYMENT
Name on Card______________________________________
VISA or MC ONLY:
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Expiration Date:_________________CCV CODE__________
Zip Code:__________________________________________
Number of Players:@ $135.00 per player
Number of Additional Dinners @ $50.00 per guest:
REGISTER ONLINE:
www.sananselmochamber.org
QUICK LINK: Register for Event
PAYMENT MUST ACCOMPANY REGISRATION!
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO:
Corte Madera Chamber of Commerce
129 Corte Madera Town Center
Corte Madera, CA 94925
or
San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce
P. O. Box 2844
San Anselmo, CA, 94979-2844