Robert M. Krasne, Esq. Chairman and Publisher of Steinman Communications
Robert M. Krasne, Esq. is chairman and publisher of Steinman Communications’ flagship company, LNP Media Group, Inc., and serves as chairman of Delmarva Broadcasting Company, Lancaster Farming, Lancaster County Weeklies and various other affiliated companies. He is also vice chairman of The Steinman Foundation, a charitable foundation established by the former publishers and owners of Lancaster Newspapers.
Before assuming leadership of the Steinman Communications companies in 2012, Mr. Krasne spent ten years as principal in The Krasne Group, Inc., a strategic business-consulting firm in Washington, D.C. He also served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Previously, Mr. Krasne was a partner in the Washington, D.C. law firm of Williams & Connolly, L.L.P., where he represented clients in complex legal matters. He joined the firm from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
Mr. Krasne actively participates in community improvement efforts with a particular emphasis on education. He serves as a director and vice chair of the Economic Development Company of Lancaster County, a member of the Pennsylvania Governor’s Advisory Board on Education & Workforce Development, a member of the Pennsylvania Early Learning Investment Commission, a director of the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association, and has created The Lancaster County STEM Alliance, an initiative involving business, education, government, economic development and the nonprofit community focused on workforce development. The Lancaster County STEM Alliance is a member of the national STEM Ecosystem. Mr. Krasne is a graduate of Georgetown University and Georgetown University Law Center.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
2018 RCL Basketball Extravaganza
Volunteers are needed for this event! Please sign up at the back of the meeting room.
Car Wash Tickets
The car wash committee will be selling tickets in the back of the room from Nov 7th thru Dec 12th.
Basic Exterior Express tickets are $8 ea. Full Service Int/Ext tickets are $19.00 ea.
We take check, cash or credit card
Auction Committee
The Auction Committee is soliciting donations for our auction to be held after the Basketball Extravaganza. Please let Lisa Groff know if you have items to donate or would like to help solicit others for donations. All auction proceeds go to the Club.
New Member Inducted
John Grove was inducted as a new member of our Club. John is married to Rachel and they have two children, Max who is attending the University of Pennsylvania and Mia is a student at West Virginia. John is a V.P. at Morefield Communications. He enjoys traveling, reading, and many outdoor activities.
John is sponsored by PP Bob Minney. Please make it a point to say hi to John and sit with him in order to give him a break from PP Minney!
Welcome to the Club, John!
Music Committee
The Music Committee invites anyone who can carry a tune to help sing the National Anthem at the upcoming Basketball Extravaganza. Experienced singing harmony not required. Just having more people to sing the melody would be great. One rehearsal will be held on Wednesday, November 14th at 11:30 a.m.
We will be singing the anthem before up to four games:
Larry & Faye Helicher were married 49 years on January 1st!
Paul Lynch’s wife Kelly had successful surgery last week. This is very good news!
Bob Gallagher is thankful and grateful he survived a near collision last night.
Tom Baum survived his induction into the Lancaster Pirates, but not by walking the plank. Ahoy, yunger!
DUTY ROSTER
Transmitter Reporter:
Andy Fletcher
Invocation:
Bruce Smtih
Pianist:
John Saeger
Song Leader:
Sam Mecum
Registration:
Art Lumsden, Keith Miller
Greeter
Michael O’Day
Sergeant-at-Arms
Ed Kaminski
Visitor Introductions:
Beth Trout
Joys and Concerns
Linda Dodge
Speaker Introduction:
Tom Gemmill
Help Keep the Club Calendar Updated
All Rotarians – especially committee chairs – are encouraged to help keep our new Club Calendar full and updated with the great things that our Club is doing in the community. Please submit any items you would like added to Kathy by e-mailing her atRotaryClubofLancaster@gmail.com. Examples include the schedule of McCaskey Mentoring Sessions, Committee Meetings, Power Packs or Salvation Army Bell Ringing. If it’s happening, let’s get it on the Calendar for all to see! Your help will keep us all updated with what’s going on within the Club AND will showcase our very active Club to the Lancaster Community and to prospective members. The Club Calendar is available atwww.LancasterRotary.org
Thirty (30) minute attendance at Committee meetings
Bring a guest to a Rotary meeting
Attending or volunteering at certain designated events
Attending a meeting at another Club, such as the following nearby Clubs:
CLUB NAME
ID
LOCATION
MEETING TIME
Denver-Ephrata Area
5340
American Legion, 300 Cocalico St, Ephrata
Thursdays at 7:30 AM
Donegal
5333
Gus’s Keystone Restaurant, 1050 W Main St, Mount Joy
Tuesdays at 7:30 AM
Elizabethtown
5338
Fred Barley VFW Post 5667, 126 Maytown Road, Elizabethtown
Fridays at 12:15 PM
Hershey
5344
Hershey Lodge & Convention Center, 325 University Drive, Hershey
Mondays at 12:00 PM
and
Wednesdays at 5:30 PM
Lancaster Hempfield
5348
Heritage Hotel, 500 Centerville Road, Lancaster
Tuesdays at 7:15 AM
Lancaster Penn Square
82495
Federal Tap House, 201 N Queen St, Lancaster
Wednesdays at 5:30 PM
Lancaster Sunrise
50590
Lancaster Country Club, 1466 New Holland Pike, Lancaster
Thursdays at 7:30 AM
Lancaster-South
24701
Oak Leaf Manor, 2101 Wabank Rd, Millersville
Wednesdays at 7:30 AM
Lititz
5350
General Sutter Inn, 14 E Main St, Lititz
Every Tuesday at 6:00 PM and every Thursday at 12:00 PM
Manheim
5352
Teen Central, 15 S Wolf St, Manheim
Thursdays at 12:00 PM
Mount Joy
5357
The Gathering Place, 6 Pine St, Mount Joy
Tuesdays at 12:15 PM
New Holland
5359
Garden Spot Village, 433 S Kinzer Ave,
New Holland
1st, 3rd, 5th Wednesday at 7:30 AM - 2nd & 4th at NOON
Paradise
5361
Bird-in-Hand Restaurant, 2760 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bird in Hand
Thursdays at 12:15 PM
The Transmitter is published weekly. Submissions for Announcements and Committee changes/additions are due to the editor via email by 4:00 p.m. the Friday prior to the next publication date. Email to: asfletch@ptd.net
Executive Administrator: Deb Kachel, 717.581.8811, fax 717.396.9782 Email to:
rotarycluboflancaster@gmail.com
Rotary Club of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, PO Box 1387, Lancaster, PA 17608