ADMI N ISTR A TIV E
PRESIDENT’S COLUMN
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President Phil Juckeland
Vice President Sydney A. Baer Treasurer Rob Thompson Secretary Leslie Vanbellinghen
Trustees
Mike Buckley John D. Carr Lisa Caplan Girard Darwin Green Bill June Ron Neiger Kim Sisul
Vicki Tagliafico
Committee Chairs
Athletic David Horstkotte Balladeers Sebastian Wetzel
Basketball Scott Baumer/Ben Rollins
Budget and Finance Rob Thompson
Communications Amanda Lowthian
Culture and Style Cheza Rask
Cycling Andrew Usher
Dance/Group Exercise Terry Lewis
Decathlon Mark Barry/Terri Cook
Early Birds Sandy Bacon Ethnic Diversity Jeff Yarne Exercise & Conditioning Todd Husband Family Events Rebecca Frinell
Golf Jamie Sumner Gymnastics Scott Schaffer Handball Dean Duncan
Holiday Decorating Julie Branford
House Douglas Dawley
Junior Events Grace McGee/
Cydney Simpson
Karate Scott Pillsbury MelloMacs Barbara Stalick
Member Events Jeff Spelman
Membership Ann Blume Merrymacs Dinda Mills
Outdoor Activities Program David Long/
Travis Terrall
Pilates Kristin Finnegan
Polar Bears Howard Geist
Property Gwen Farnham Hyland Racquetball Mark van der Veer Ski Laura Mittelstadt Squash Derrick Cameron
Strategic Planning John Wied
Swimming Laura Tyrrell Synchro Anne Cleve
Tennis John Helmer/Ajay Malhotra
Triathlon & Running Annie Usher
Volleyball Marianne Ritchie
Walking & Hiking Nancy Gast/Pam Probst
Yoga Steven Brown
www.theMAC.com
was pleased and proud to repre- sent MAC at the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Olympic Club (OC) in San Francisco. The OC is the oldest athletic club in the nation. (For you purists, there are older yacht and golf clubs.) It is 31 years older than
The presentation was part of the kickoff of the MAC Supper Club. The Supper Club is a new initiative by Executive Chef Philippe Boulot to use fresh Northwest meats, vegetables and fruits in the prepa- ration of exquisite dinners in the Men’s Bar. Sous Chef Phil Oswalt oversees the program. Check out the MAC website to learn how to become a member of this enticing club.
Phil Juckeland
PRESIDENT
MAC, and now has 8,600 members in a central city clubhouse and an oceanside golf and tennis facility.
In 2006, the OC completed a major renovation of its city clubhouse, which cost $93 million and required the club to close for two years. The result is a beautiful clubhouse with a spectacular glass-domed swimming pool and 18 elegant hotel rooms. While not as big as MAC in facility size or membership, the club has done a nice job of remodeling its restaurants, athletic venues and locker rooms. One area in which OC has far exceeded MAC is its president’s office, which has nice furniture and a wine cooler. (There is no president’s office at MAC!)
Why would you be interested in this? The OC is a reciprocal club, and you can stay at and use the facility. It is located two blocks from Union Square and the cable car lines, and is surrounded by excellent restaurants and theaters. Furthermore, it is reasonably priced for San Francisco. MAC has reciprocal arrangements with more than 80 clubs internationally. They often provide a nice place to stay, eat and work out at a reasonable price. It is a perk often overlooked by our membership. If you are interested in learning more about reciprocal clubs, be sure to first contact the MAC concierge to find out the other club’s rules and get other members’ reviews.
MAC Supper Club
Closer to home, I was pleased to be present at the ceremonial presentation of a large freshly caught Chinook salmon by Randy Settler, tribal fisher of the Yakama Nation. See the photo on page 33 in this
month’s issue of The Winged M.
Second Saturday rides
Athletically, I’d like to recommend the Second Saturday bike rides set in the beautiful Willamette Valley and sponsored by the Cycling Committee. The rides began in April and end in October. The Cycling Committee, under the leadership of Andrew Usher, has designed rides for all levels of cyclists.
“The” ride to put on your calendar
is the Wine Ride Sunday, July 25. This 35-mile ride starts and finishes at Eola Hills Winery in Rickreall and features rela- tively flat roads. The highlight for me has not been the great ride, the crossing of the Buena Vista Ferry or the wine, all of which are nice. The buffet brunch afterward is worth the effort all by itself. Please intro- duce yourself and join me in the ride. I’m one of the slow ones at the back.
MAC trivia
Last month’s winner of the MAC history lesson correctly noted that women were first given the right to vote and be on committees on Valentine’s Day 1978. This month I’d like to recognize the excellent staff we have at MAC. The more I work with them, the more I have come to appreciate their dedication and knowledge. The average tenure of all employees is more than six years. But one employee has been with us a long time. He started out as a page boy putting pins in the member board for Fay Sasser and running messages to members around the club. He has risen to the position of physical plant manager and has an encyclopedic knowledge of the MAC facility. For dinner for two with Dwayne Brantley, me, and our spouses: When did Dwayne start working at the
club? WM
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