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WPO San Francisco
February 2013
Chapter Newsletter
Issue 2 Vol. 1
Letter from the Chair
Dear Fellow Members and Significant Others,
Bonnie and I just returned from an outstanding retreat in Cabo
with 22 couples in attendance. I want to thank Julie, our
Chapter Admin, and Kathy Malaney, the Day Chair, for putting
together an excellent retreat. It was a great time for all us to
bond on a personal level with members and significant others
in a relaxed and beautiful environment. Next year’s retreat
will be in a different location and for those of you who did not
attend this year, I highly recommend you don’t miss it next
year.
I am pleased to confirm the Officer Slate for the 2013/2014
year. Thanks to everyone who stepped up to be on the board
and all of you who volunteered to be day chairs. For those of
you who have not yet taken on a role in the chapter, I highly
recommend you to do so. The more you give the more you
will get back from our chapter. There are plenty of small jobs
that can be taken on if you don’t have a lot of time.
Chapter Chair – Laird Cagan (Going to GLC in Istanbul)
Membership Chair – Anil Arora
Education Chair – Scott Raskin
Forum Chair – Paul Zuber
Spousal Forum Chair – Bonnie Miller
Treasurer – Emmalyn Shaw
Network Chair – Linda Hothem
YPO/WPO Liaison – Emerick Woods
Youth and Family – Michele Jung
Development Chair – Hank Miller (former Chapter Chair)
In keeping with our theme of “Success to Significance”, I
recently sent out an email to give you a chance at hosting an
intern. Last summer, YPO Golden Gate piloted a summer
Internship program for college students from disadvantaged
Bay Area communities. Eight interns were placed at YPO
companies for 8-12 weeks and the program was a resounding
success for both the interns and our members. If you are
interested in participating in this program, please contact Evan
Marwell [email protected] or myself.
August 30; Chapter Integration
September 20: Our Political Future
October 25: Success to Significance
December 3: Holiday Party
January 13: In the Boardroom with Chip Conley
We have some great events coming up to finish out the rest of
the year. Laird continues to strive to put together compelling
reasons for us to come together. I would like to encourage all
of those who we have not seen much to come and join us. We
have a great chapter started and I would really like to get as
close to 100% attendance at the balance of our events for this
year. Please let me know if you have any suggestions of any
way we can improve the chapter. Thanks for your continued
support and I look forward to seeing everyone in March.
Warm Regards
Hank
Chapter Officers
Anil Arora: Membership Chair
Laird Cagan: Education Chair
We had an excellent launch with 47 total
members: 30 recent graduating members from
Golden Gate, 6 GG alumni and 11 graduating
members from SF Bay. Thanks to all of you for your
commitment and support of our new chapter!
I am just back, fully rejuvenated from a fantastic chapter
retreat at Esperanza. It was a great bonding experience for
the many couples who attended. I truly feel like we are
one, integrated chapter now.
We are have another 7 members who graduate
from Golden Gate and SF Bay at the end of this
fiscal year who may potentially join our WPO San
Francisco Chapter next year and have also
received interest from various YPO and WPO
members who have relocated to the Bay area. As
such, we hope to get your perspective on the
optimal member size for the chapter in the next
year while preserving the intimacy and
connectivity we are striving for. Our preliminary
assessment is to grow the chapter gradually
(increase our limit by 5-10 members) next year but
would appreciate your feedback on this important
decision
Best, A2
We are more than half way thru the year and already there
are great memories: the launch party at Hank’s house in
August; the joint chapter event with GG and SF Bay at the
Family Farm with Supreme Court Justice Breyer and former
Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, Michael
Boskin debating former California Treasurer, Steve Westly;
an integration event with Jim Dethmer at the beautiful new
Presidio building; a spouse event at Laura Lauder’s house
with the Meyers/Briggs test; our holiday party at the
spectacular estate of Kelly Porter with Lynne Twist talking
about the Soul of Money and her quest to eliminate
poverty; and finally the fabulous retreat in Cabo. I am
pleased to have received so much positive feedback so far
and am thrilled with the strength of the chapter already.
We still have more great events planned. We have another
joint chapter event with WPO NorCal and SF Bay at the
brand new SF Jazz with a panel of Social Entrepreneurs on
March 13th; our first, joint chapter poker night on March 22
(limited to 5 people from each chapter); the always popular
Dine-around on April 18th; GG’s graduation/reunion,
dinner/dancing event on Friday, May 17, 7-11pm in Los
Altos Hills (all GG grads and SF Bay grads are invited); the
first annual YPO/WPO Bay Area golf event on May 22 at
Palo Alto Hills; and our final event scheduled for May 30th.
Scott Raskin, our in-coming Ed Chair, was with me in
Esperanza and we had the opportunity to start planning for
next year. We discussed a number of great ideas in Cabo
while sipping margaritas. We will carry our theme of
Success to Significance forward and hope to create another
great program that enriches our lives and builds strong,
lasting relationships.
It has been my pleasure to lead Education this year which
has given me the opportunity to interact with many of you
on a deeper level. I look forward to building deep, longlasting relationships with you all. As always, if you have any
feedback, suggestions for great events or an interest in
being Day Chair, please let me know. I want everyone to
have a great experience at WPO San Francisco.
Success to Significance
Chapter Officers
Danny Grossman: Treasurer
Paul Zuber: Forum Chair
The Treasurer’s report for the first six months of
fiscal year 2012-13 is a tale of bad news and good
news. The bad news is that we overspent a bit in
the first 6 months. The good news is that the
increased expense was mostly in the area of our
excellent Education programs, the member benefit
where we should be investing heavily. Fortunately
we have kept officers’ salaries to a minimum
(below zero the last time I checked!).
Revenue streams for the full year are annual dues,
investments from Golden Gate and SF Bay YPO
chapters and a one-time YPO International
subvention. Our expenses through the first six
months were $95,000.
Our forums continue to grow both in terms of
number of groups, as well as participants. We now
have 6 forums encompassing 31 members. Fifteen
WPO SF members are not currently participating in
forum but plan to re-enter in the spring. If you have a
changed status and are currently looking to join a
forum, please contact me directly. Moderator training
is also available for those seeking to be trained, or
have their skills refreshed.
Through the YPO/WPO International organization, all
forums have access to several new programs. These
include Jumpstart, which is a program designed to
help those members starting new forums, or
participating in recently formed forums, Get Abstract,
which is a series of discussion and exercise guides that
provides Forums with “stages of life” topics for 90minute and 150-minute Forum sessions, and can be
adapted for retreats, and the 360° Forum experience,
which was developed to give Forum members a
unique opportunity to share and receive feedback on
their fellow Forum members, within the context of
their Forum experience.
Scott Raskin: Chapter Networks Officer
Dear fellow chapter mates,
First off, it's time to check out the New Networks and Groups tab on the Exchange. You may have noticed the new
Networks & Groups platform on the MyYpo web site: www.myypo.org. Take advantage of the upgraded features to
reach out and connect with your Network friends. Those of you who were receiving RSS feeds on MyYPO will need to
re-subscribe to them on the Exchange. If you choose to follow a Group or Network discussion, they will receive
discussion posts in real time, regardless of their notification settings. Please read to get more information on Email
Digest and your Network settings. Please check out and discover the benefits offered on the new platform and enjoy
the value that connecting through Networks and Groups can offer. Secondly, please check out some of the upcoming
network events that Julie post on the wposf.com website and include in a separate e-mail. Too many to list!
See you soon!
Scott
Spouse & Family Chairs
Holly O’Dea: Spouse Forum Chair
We are thrilled to announce that we have formed two spouse forums in our chapter which began in January.
We are off to a great start and hope to add a working spouse/significant other forum in September.
Many of you have expressed an interest in joining a spouse forum if not now, in the future. If you are
considering joining a forum and have not had Forum Fundamentals or Moderator training, we will be offering
training in the spring. Training is an excellent way to get a taste of what forum is all about and see if you are
ready to make the commitment of joining your very own personal board of directors.
If you are interested in learning more about forum, please feel free to contact Holly O’Dea, Spouse Forum
Coordinator, at [email protected].
Kathy Malaney: Family and Spouse Coordinator
Please SAVE THE DATE!
YLAB San Francisco – Monday, October 14, 2013 (Columbus Day)
YLAB (Youth Lab) is a program that is growing within the ranks of YPO/WPO that
takes our children behind the scenes of various business for a ‘taste of business” or
an “in-the-boardroom” experience for teens or young adults. This opportunity has
received high marks from other chapters, so we are hosting our first YLAB this fall in a
joint event with Golden Gate. Teens ages 13 to 19 are invited to behind the scenes
tours and boardroom chats with 3 to 4 of our member’s or friend’s companies. We
will meet in San Francisco Monday morning, October 14, 2013 at a centrally located
spot. From there, teens will be escorted by coach and chaperone to each of the
stops. The day will conclude at 5:00. There will be an opportunity for those who
choose to stay to enjoy a light dinner together. Seats will be limited to the first 30
RSVPs.
Spouse Forums
Spouse Only Events
Y Lab
Family Events
Community Service
We would like to choose companies that would interest the kids such as, but not
limited to, a sports team, food company, fashion, medical, computer games, or
technology. We are seeking companies to host, so please let us know if you would be
willing to host a visit to your company for 1.5-2 hours or if you can help arrange a
visit to company that would be interesting to this teenage age group. We are focused
on companies in San Francisco, but are open to ideas outside SF as well. We are eager
to get these scheduled and your help would be greatly appreciated!
If you are interested please contact Ruth Housenbold at [email protected] (for all
YPO GG) and Kathy Malaney at [email protected] (for all WPO SF) to reserve
a place for your teen. Company details and a specific itinerary will be published in
September.
Success to Significance
Community/Connection was paramount ● High involvement that comes from desire and not from a rule around attendance ● People in the chapter want
to spend time with each and with each other’s families ● Justice: give back, social justice ● Hearth: a place to come home to where it was warm and
comforting ● Journey: a ship with a destination yet unknown, but inspiring and inviting in its challenge ● Bigger than one person ● Shift from “me-centric”
to “others-centric” (More Through me, rather than To Me or even By Me) ● People will show up to be part of a community not just to come to events ●
The focus will be community and not events ● Authenticity and openness will characterize our relationships (Similar to what was experienced on Friday
night at Carmel Valley Ranch)
2013 Events Calendar
March 13, 2013
March 22, 2013
April 18, 2013
May 17, 2013
May 22, 2013
May 30, 2013
*8am - 7pm
6pm - 9pm
6pm - 10pm
7pm - 11pm
1pm - 7pm
*8am - 7pm
Social Entrepreneurs
Poker Night with Annie Duke
Dine-Around
YPO GG Graduation
YPO–WPO Annual Golf Tournament
Final Great Event
SF Jazz – San Francisco
San Francisco
Member's Homes
Los Altos Hills
Palo Alto Hills
TBD
* Includes time for Forums to meet
Esperanza Retreat - Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
We hope that everything you expected on your trip to Cabo was fulfilled!
The setting at the Esperanza was gorgeous as we sat by the infinity pool watching the breaching whales in the distance. We
were so lucky to get unseasonably warm weather. We had a warm Friday evening for our Mexican dinner serenaded by 3
Mexican guitarists as we ate. What really made the evening special was the friendship that we all shared around the beach
fire roasting marshmallows. I believe we all realized that evening that we made the right choice in creating this chapter. You
could feel the love!
On Saturday, after workouts for some, and a hearty breakfast for others, we headed to the spa for our treatments. The
deep massages were delightful and put us into a state of bliss as we exited from our rooms with hair all disheveled to our
group hanging out in their robes drinking wine and detoxing to some concoction of healthy ginger, basil, lemon drinks.
There’s no better way to get to know a group than to be stripped of makeup and street clothes!
Saturday evening we were donned with fedora’s on our heads, flowers in our hair, sarongs on the waist and cigars in our
shirt pockets (who knew that we had a fashionista amongst us like John Kinney who could creatively costume himself with
the help of the housekeeping staff?) as we dined on the patio overlooking the ocean for a delicious Latino dinner and wild
salsa dancing lessons. (Who knew that Holly and Pat O'Dea were able to move like that on the dance floor??) The highlight
was trying to keep up with our instructors who really knew how to ‘shake it like a salt shaker!”
If you weren’t able to join us this year, please do consider the next trip we all take together as a chapter. It’s a wonderful
bonding time but if you need to take some space for yourself, no one takes offense. We all came home healthy and happy
and no one got fried (from the sun or HOT tub).
Thank you so much Sherry Cagan for taking so many pictures during the weekend! I hope we will all be able to find a way to
enjoy them as well.
And lastly, but most important, is a huge thank you to Julie Chenard who spent numerous hours planning and scheming to
make sure we had all the special touches for each day! Our transportation was all lined up to and from the airport; we were
greeted with a welcome gift in our rooms; and surprised with salsa accessories on our beds! Not to mention all the behind
the scenes logistics. Thank you! Julie
Kathy Malaney