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Harding Park, Home of The Presidents Cup 2009
Wednesday, Aug. 20
Tee time 12 noon
REGISTER NOW! CLOSE TO SELL-OUT
"Preferred Golfers" Early-Bird Special
We have a very special early-bird offer only for you! Register by June 30 to play The Presidents Cup Course at Harding Park and…
- Save $200 on your foursome ($1,400 until June 30, $1,600 after)
- Be eligible to win four tickets to The Presidents Cup
- Receive sleeve of Titleist golf balls for each member of your foursome
Must register no later than 5 pm on Monday, June 30, to win! Register with Alex Cribbs at 415-352-8858 or acribbs@sfchamber.com. Visit www.sfchamber.com/events/golf for more information on Harding Park, The Presidents Cup and the Chamber’s CityGolf Tournament. For increased visibility on the course, sponsorship packages are available. Associate your company’s name with The Presidents Cup 2009. |
Wednesday, July 2, 12-1:30 pm
Bring a brown-bag lunch and join other small business owners to share information and educate one another in an informal environment, with a focus on issues pertinent to operating, maintaining and growing a small business in San Francisco. Chamber Boardroom. For more information and to RSVP, contact Paula Zamudio at 415-352-8818 or pzamudio@sfchamber.com (read more) |
 Wednesday, July 9, 3:30-5 pm
Current, new and prospective members are encouraged to attend this program to learn how to get involved and make the most of Chamber membership. Fruit provided by The FruitGuys. (read more) Register Online |
 Tuesday, July 15, 5-5:30 pm, registration; 5:30-7 pm, workshop
Join Marian Chatfield-Taylor, capital campaign manager, Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, for this interactive workshop on Networking Fitness Training for Women. Get into great shape for networking and outreach! Increase your capacity to initiate and develop relationships that will benefit you and your business or organization. (read more) Register Online |
Wednesday, July 16, 4-5:30 pm
Join the Ambassadors Club to promote Chamber membership to new and prospective members, while encouraging current members to maximize their membership. Ambassadors attend Chamber events and Ambassadors Club meetings and share what they know about Chamber events and programs with other members. In return, Ambassadors receive increased visibility through interaction with new and prospective members and have the opportunity to network with other key business professionals. Meetings take place the third Wednesday of every month. For more information, contact Paula Zamudio at 415-352-8818 or pzamudio@sfchamber.com |
 Thursday, July 17, 5:30-7:30 pm
Join your Chamber colleagues at Roe Restaurant and Lounge to experience their newly furnished sophisticated urban lounge able to hold 800 guests on all three floors. Mingle and reconnect with old friends as well as make new ones over cocktails and delicious hors d’oeuvres in a very comfortable and trendy lounge atmosphere. (read more) Register Online |
 Tuesday, July 29, 8:30-11:30 am
Join David McGrane, president of Ozone Advertising, and an expert group of panelists for an informative presentation on Advertising 101 for Small Businesses. McGrane and a team of experts from Google AdWords, the San Francisco Examiner and Vertical Response will take you through the basics that are critical to the success of any advertising campaign – all the more important for small businesses whose budgets may be limited, who cannot afford costly mistakes and who need every ad dollar to work extra hard. For more information and to RSVP, contact Paula Zamudio at 415-352-8818 or pzamudio@sfchamber.com. (read more) Register Online |
 Tuesday, Aug. 5, 8-10:30 am (registration begins at 7:45 am)
The Chamber and the Office of Supervisor Tom Ammiano will present the District 9 Neighborhood Merchants Summit in conjunction with local businesses and neighborhood associations to bring district merchants together with their supervisor and city officials to discuss their specific concerns and issues. The summit will be held at the San Francisco City College Mission Campus, located at 1125 Valencia St.
The program will begin with an introduction by Supervisor Ammiano, followed by presentations on such topics as:
- Neighborhood beautification (graffiti clean-up, trash pick-up)
- Lease negotiation
- Small Business Assistance Center update
Representatives from the San Francisco Police Department and other city departments and small business resource providers will be on hand to provide information and answer specific questions. This is a free event. Complimentary refreshments will be provided. Merchants not located in District 9 are also invited to attend. To register, contact Maya Lewis at 415-352-8840 or mlewis@sfchamber.com. |
 Wednesday, Aug. 13, 8:30-10 am
Join Learn iT!'s Alex Mozes for a presentation on Office 2007 Tips & Tricks that will help you work more efficiently and effectively by providing shortcuts, techniques and concepts that may not be obvious to most users. The course will focus on four of the primary applications in the Office 2007 suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Some of the material covered will also apply to earlier versions of Office. Two attendees will have a chance to win a copy of MS Office 2007. For more information and to RSVP, contact Paula Zamudio at 415-352-8818 or pzamudio@sfchamber.com. (read more) Register Online |
 The Chamber is pleased to announce a new member savings benefit for business owners. Paychex Inc., a recognized leader in the payroll and human resource industry, has been added to the roster of Chamber Affinity Partnerships. The partnership will provide Chamber members with 20 percent off their first year of payroll processing* as well as free reviews for Enterprise Zone tax credits, which many San Francisco businesses are not taking advantage of. To learn more about Paychex or to sign-up, call Oliver L’abbe at 650-952-5777, ext. 3344. (* Members must be new Paychex customers.) |
 Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
A free service to provide ideas, advice, counsel and encouragement to those seeking a job or career change in the San Francisco Bay Area. Chamber offices. Contact Janet Beach at 415-433-3565. For more information, visit www.thejobforum.org. |
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| The Board of Supervisors is considering a measure that would put the City in control of our power system. The cost of this measure will be billions of dollars, paid for with higher utility bills, especially for business.
The cost to buy the PG&E electric system in San Francisco in 2010 is presently expected to beat least $4.02 billion. This is only a preliminary estimate, the final figure could be substantially higher. When you include the interest payments on the bonds and the associated severance and financing costs, the ultimate cost for a takeover will be more than twice that amount.
San Franciscans Will Pay to Replace the Lost Tax Revenue
Taking over PG&E means removing PG&E from the tax rolls. That will cost taxpayers over $25 million annually in lost franchise fees, payroll taxes, property taxes, and direct contributions from PG&E. Those taxes and payments will need to be replaced – or services will need to be cut. The City is now facing one of the most severe budget shortfalls ever. The power system takeover will make this budget gap at least $25 million worse. Again, there is no current plan to replace this lost revenue. The PG&E takeover means either service cuts and layoffs – or another massive tax increase.
We’ll All Pay the Price of Putting City Hall in Charge of our Power System
Right now, PG&E is regulated by the State of California. But a city-run power system would be exempt from most state regulations, giving the Board of Supervisors the power to make some customers pay more so others can pay less, siphon away funds needed for the retrofit of the Hetch Hetchy water system and delay investments in the safety and reliability of our energy grid.
We must tell the Board of Supervisors:
WE CAN'T AFFORD BILLIONS FOR PUBLIC POWER! |
 Tuesday, July 15, 12-1 pm
Join your Chamber colleagues for lunch with Nani Coloretti, city budget director. Coloretti advises Mayor Newsom and the Board of Supervisors as they work to create San Francisco’s $6.5 billion budget. She also works with city department heads to develop and implement the budget, programs and policies that carry out the mayor’s policy priorities, and helps to communicate the budget to stakeholders and the general public. Chamber Boardroom. Light lunch provided by Safeway. RSVP to Patricia Aleman at 415-352-8841 or paleman@sfchamber.com.
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 Wednesday, July 16, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Join us for lunch with District 1 Supervisor Jake McGoldrick, who currently serves as chair of the Budget and Finance Committee, chair of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, member of the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, representative of the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission, director on the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District, director on the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and representative on the California State Association of Counties. Chamber Boardroom. Soup provided by the San Francisco Soup Company. RSVP to Patricia Aleman at 415-352-8841 or paleman@sfchamber.com.
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| California’s legislation prohibiting drivers’ use of hand-held cell phones takes effect this coming Tuesday, July 1, and will make it an infraction to drive a motor vehicle while using a cell phone, unless the phone is configured to allow hands-free listening/talking and is used in that manner. Violators will pay a fine of $20 for the first offense and $50 for subsequent offenses. Exceptions include, among others, emergency calls and push-to-talk hand-held phones that drivers of certain commercial vehicles may continue to use until July 2011.
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| Discover the birthplace of San Francisco at the heart of the Presidio, the historic Main Post. Imagine the once lively center of a military post as a home for history and culture – past, present and future.
You are invited to join the Presidio staff or a walk and to share your ideas about proposals for a Presidio heritage center, an archaeology lab, public uses in the iconic brick barracks, a part lodge and a museum of contemporary art.
Main Post walks are scheduled June 15-July 30, Sundays and Wednesdays, 2-3:30 pm, beginning at the Presidio Officers Club at 50 Moraga Ave. A public meeting will be held on Monday, July 14, 6:30 pm, at the Presidio Officers Club. No RSVPs necessary. For information, contact mainpost@presidiotrust.gov or call 415-561-5418.
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| On Wednesday, July 23, San Francisco will welcome a parade of as many as Tall Ships in a spectacular parade as part of the Festival of Sail, July 23-27. The festival will feature ship tours, onboard corporate hospitality events, sailing on the bay, battle sails, a pirate academy and more. Visitors are invited to three Festival Villages on the waterfront: Marine Education Village to build a boat; Green Village to save the planet; and International Village to “party like a pirate.” Ship boarding and excursion tickets are now on sale. Produced by the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association. For festival information, to purchase tickets or volunteer, visit www.FestivalofSail.org. |
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