September 2, 2014
Posted by Dick Dannells
By Dick Dannells
Pres. Michael Boyer began the meeting at 12:37 PM with the usual member bios that featured Cliff Nagler. Cliff is from Brooklyn, New York and spent some time in Belle Harbor Queens, coincidentally, that was struck both by an Airbus in 2001 and hurricane Sandy in 2012. He and his family then moved to Montauk Long Island, about 25 miles east of Manhattan. He had a wonderful childhood during the post-WWII era, playing a number of sports including football and lacrosse. After failing the physical that prevented him from accepting his appointment to West Point, he went to and graduated from the University of South Carolina. After graduation, he moved to Carpentaria, where he worked for a time in the agribusiness. He then, drove up the coast to Eugene Oregon and worked as a newsroom anchor and a rock and roll DJ. In 1984 he went to a recording studio and worked on a number of assignments. He went to work for Fox in sales even though he wanted to be in the more creative job of producing commercials. Thereafter he began became the general manager of KSBY, but lost the job in the recession of 2007 so in 2008 he started his own production of commercials business. His greatest accomplishments are his two sons.
FINES:
Pres. Michael levied fines on Steve Adams and Andy Park to the tune of $60 for a poor introduction and $40 for no introduction, respectively. Don Weber celebrated his 49th wedding anniversary with Jackie and at 81 he is doing very well. He spun the wheel and only received a $20 fine. Mark Olson’s trip to Oregon cost him $50 after he spun the wheel.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Steve Curry reminded us of the AmpSurf Association hamburger barbecue at the Pismo Pier this coming Sunday, 7 September from 11 AM to 1 PM. Terry Fibich called for volunteers for the September 6 highway cleanup, starting with a Coco’s breakfast at 7:30 AM. Pres. Michael reported that the October 3-5 district conference will honor veterans.
PROGRAM: Greg Steinberger–“Doc Burnstein’s Ice Cream Lab”
Chuck Anders introduced our speaker Greg Steinberger, who is the founder of Doc Burnstein’s Ice Cream Lab that opened in August 2003 in the same location that Burnardo’z Candy Kitchen & Ice Cream Parlor had occupied since the mid 1980’s. Greg opened new Ice Cream Labs in Orcutt in 2012 and in San Luis Obispo in 2014. He took part in the hundredth anniversary celebration of San Luis Obispo by making a 100 inch diameter ice cream sandwich. He started donating 1 pint of ice cream for every pint a blood donor provides. In 2005, he donated all the sales in one day to help baby Austyn and although she died at 1 ½ years old, she started him on what is now part of his business, i.e. that of giving back to the community. As a result of this interest in donating a part of his proceeds to charitable causes, he became a California Beneficial C-Corporation this protects the Board of Directors from disgruntled shareholders’ lawsuits that could otherwise bring actions when the profits are not used, for example, to pay stock dividends.
By Dick Dannells
Pres. Michael Boyer began the meeting at 12:37 PM with the usual member bios that featured Cliff Nagler. Cliff is from Brooklyn, New York and spent some time in Belle Harbor Queens, coincidentally, that was struck both by an Airbus in 2001 and hurricane Sandy in 2012. He and his family then moved to Montauk Long Island, about 25 miles east of Manhattan. He had a wonderful childhood during the post-WWII era, playing a number of sports including football and lacrosse. After failing the physical that prevented him from accepting his appointment to West Point, he went to and graduated from the University of South Carolina. After graduation, he moved to Carpentaria, where he worked for a time in the agribusiness. He then, drove up the coast to Eugene Oregon and worked as a newsroom anchor and a rock and roll DJ. In 1984 he went to a recording studio and worked on a number of assignments. He went to work for Fox in sales even though he wanted to be in the more creative job of producing commercials. Thereafter he began became the general manager of KSBY, but lost the job in the recession of 2007 so in 2008 he started his own production of commercials business. His greatest accomplishments are his two sons.
FINES:
Pres. Michael levied fines on Steve Adams and Andy Park to the tune of $60 for a poor introduction and $40 for no introduction, respectively. Don Weber celebrated his 49th wedding anniversary with Jackie and at 81 he is doing very well. He spun the wheel and only received a $20 fine. Mark Olson’s trip to Oregon cost him $50 after he spun the wheel.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Steve Curry reminded us of the AmpSurf Association hamburger barbecue at the Pismo Pier this coming Sunday, 7 September from 11 AM to 1 PM. Terry Fibich called for volunteers for the September 6 highway cleanup, starting with a Coco’s breakfast at 7:30 AM. Pres. Michael reported that the October 3-5 district conference will honor veterans.
PROGRAM: Greg Steinberger–“Doc Burnstein’s Ice Cream Lab”
Chuck Anders introduced our speaker Greg Steinberger, who is the founder of Doc Burnstein’s Ice Cream Lab that opened in August 2003 in the same location that Burnardo’z Candy Kitchen & Ice Cream Parlor had occupied since the mid 1980’s. Greg opened new Ice Cream Labs in Orcutt in 2012 and in San Luis Obispo in 2014. He took part in the hundredth anniversary celebration of San Luis Obispo by making a 100 inch diameter ice cream sandwich. He started donating 1 pint of ice cream for every pint a blood donor provides. In 2005, he donated all the sales in one day to help baby Austyn and although she died at 1 ½ years old, she started him on what is now part of his business, i.e. that of giving back to the community. As a result of this interest in donating a part of his proceeds to charitable causes, he became a California Beneficial C-Corporation this protects the Board of Directors from disgruntled shareholders’ lawsuits that could otherwise bring actions when the profits are not used, for example, to pay stock dividends.