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Chartered in 1983
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Colorado Springs Chapter
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September 2011
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Cheryl Kidder - Kaiser Permanente
Originally from Georgia, who would have thought my home would end up being Colorado. Don’t misunderstand…Georgia is still my first home, I just don’t get to visit as often as I like, but you can bet when I do, I stock up on boiled peanuts, grits, fried green tomatoes, all the butter bean selections the farmer’s market offers, and of course…fried catfish!
Having a dad who was military, along with having been married to a military officer, you can bet I have visited more countries than most people. My traveling hasn’t stopped; I just do it for pleasure/vacation now.
My professional background encompasses a wide variety of experience including teaching, sales, marketing, public relations, art direction and customer service. All of those, and others not mentioned, are the skill set that landed me the position of Provider Relations Representative for Kaiser Permanente.
As Provider Relations Representative, I am “the face of Kaiser”. PR Reps visit our contracted providers (physicians, clinics and hospitals) to educate on new initiatives being launched by Kaiser, as well as bring back to Kaiser stakeholders communications from the providers.
New at this position (almost a year and a half); it is the ideal job for me. Not only do I have the skill set for the position, but I have always wanted to help people. Even as a teenager, I gave up every Saturday to volunteer as a candy striper at a state run nursing home in Georgia. I wish everyone could have the opportunity to find their “dream job”.
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 President Rita Worster
October begins our new year for EWI. I am looking forward to an exciting and active year. My goal for our chapter for this year is to achieve active involvement for all our members. I see all of us as “shining stars” of EWI. As a star, like our sun, we have a lot revolving around us with our family, career, and other community involvement. As an EWI “shining star” you are part of the EWI constellation and EWI will only shine brightly if all the stars are visible.
What does it mean to be active in EWI? There are lots of ways to be active such as attending chapter, board or committee meetings, writing articles for the newsletter, participating in one of the webinars offered by Corporate (Joan Saucerman will help us know what is coming up), volunteering at the golf tournament, meeting for lunch with a fellow EWI member that you don’t know well yet, introducing yourself to guests at meetings, and the list can go on. Our program committee will help us at the meetings to get to know each other and also help us with visual reminders of how active we are.
Thank you for the opportunity to serve you as President this year. We have a wonderful group of women who are working on the Board to coordinate all the marvelous activities that we do throughout the year and I thank them for giving of their time to EWI. I look forward to seeing all the stars this year.
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Board/Committee Announcements |
Chapter Meeting Information:
How to Avoid the Haunted House
Springs Funeral Services, 3115 E. Platte Avenue, Colorado Springs, (719) 328-1793.
It's a "Spooktacular" Masquerade Party. Costumes are optional, but add to the fun! We'll also provide masks for anyone wanting one. It won't be a trick, just a treat, if you bring a door prize that night!
Menu:
Salad Nicoise
Chicken/Veal Oscar with Asparagus Fingers
Carved BeefCenter Loin
Dirty "Insect" Rice
Braised Leaks with Edible Ears (Shrimp)
Roasted Italian Vegetable Salad
Foccacia Bread
Blood Orange Pumpkin Cheesecake with Chantily Cream
Vampire Kiss Punch
October 12, 2011
Networking starts at 5:30 to 6:00
Dinner and meeting will begin at 6:00 to 8:15ish
Click here for meeting details
Everyone needs to RSVP!
Click here to RSVP
Next Meeting Date: November 9th - Speaker Mary Kelly
Location: Colorado Springs Countery Club
December meeting is the annual Holiday Luncheon at The Broadmoor
Sergeant at Arms (SAA):
Meeting Requirements and RSVP
Everyone must RSVP Yes or No. No later than the Friday prior to the meeting date!
EWI Program Coordinators must confirm attendance numbers with the hotel or other catering company in advance.
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No shows are charged -- we need to have timely RSVPs into the Sergeant-at-Arms the Friday before the monthly meeting which is the second Wednesday of each month.
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It costs EWI to pay for those that RSVP and don’t show. Once our numbers are confirmed with the hotel or other catering company, any no shows and any late cancellations must be charged in full.
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EWI is required to pay for all of its registered guests, whether or not they attend.
Should you need to cancel your reservation by the Friday before the meeting, you MUST receive a confirming email from the SAA that your cancellation is received. If you do not get a confirming email from SAA, your reservation is still in effect and you will need to pay for the dinner that was reserved for you.
Please remember to go online to http://www.springsewi.com/ and submit your RSVP or your Regrets. You may pay online if you like (this helps us tremendously too). Please remember to do so NO LATER than the Friday prior to the meeting.
Nominating Committee:
2012 Board
On behalf of this year's nominating committee, and as chairwomen of that committee, I am thrilled to announce the proposed slate of officers for the next fiscal year board of directors. The membership will vote on this slate at the August meeting. A huge thank you and congratulations to each and every women who stepped up to serve. You all ROCK!!!!
Memorandum
TO: Carol Bryant, President 2010-2011
FROM: Audrey Shrive, Aflac – Nomination Director
DATE: July 18, 2011
RE: Proposed Slate for 2011-2012 EWI Colorado Springs Chapter | Board of Directors
It is my pleasure to announce the following proposed slate for our 2011-2012 Chapter Board of Directors:
Corporate Board Position Nominee
President 2011-2012 Rita Worster, BKD, LLP
Vice President Joan Saucerman, LTC Financial Partners
Secretary Brandy Merriam, Ameriprise Financial
Treasurer Cathie John, Front Range Orthopaedics, PC
Sergeant-at-Arms Brandi Walters, Service Engineering, LLC
CO: Eileen Wolff, Heritage Title Company
Membership Director Robin Patterson, Interim Healthcare
CO/Trainer: Christine Ressler, Pikes Peak Reg. Development
Program Director Michele Pribble, Genesis Med Spa
CO/Trainer: Robin Patterson, Interim Healthcare
Hospitality Director Cheryl Kidder, Kaiser Permanente
CO/Trainer: Eileen Wolff, Heritage Title
Scholarship Director Jennifer Doherty, Unlimited Bodywork
Ways & Means Director Terri Flores-Brown, The Springs Funeral Services
CO/Ann McNeill, Proforma Mark-It Pros
Publicity Director Patty Klase, Rockey’s Moving and Storage
Historian Director Deb Haar, Enchanted Signs
Communications Director Pat Cooper, Wallace Vision
Nomination Director Carol Bryant, Stanley Steemer
Advisor Audrey Shrive, Aflac
Program Committee:
No report.
Ways & Means Committee:
No report.
Membership Committee:
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EWI Reps - Please Read This - for your your information. Look at some of the cash prizes and incentives. We can do this!! Bring on some new member firms!
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EVERYONE WINS!
Membership Incentive Program
The Corporate Board is pleased to announce a new incentive program for the remainder of 2011! We have designed the incentive to include all parties ... you, the new member firm, the existing firms and of course, the Chapter! Everyone has a chance to win and help grow our EWI network of members. The incentive plan will run from July 1 thru December 31, 2011. This incentive plan will take the place of the traditional 15 for 12 campaign.
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Firms - New
Every New Member Firm that joins an EWI Chapter between July 1 and December 31, 2011, will have the $50 Corporate administrative fee waived and will be entered into a drawing for a free 2012 EWI membership (Chapter and Corporate dues for all New Member Firms and their Representatives who joined during this time period)
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Firms - Additional Representatives
Every Member Firm that adds an additional representative (maximum of three) between July 1 and December 31, 2011, will receive entrance into a drawing for a free 2012 EWI membership (Chapter and Corporate dues for all Representatives who joined during this time period)
Representatives
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Representatives
Every Representative who successfully recruits a new member firm (Complete membership application and funds must be received at the Corporate Office between July 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011) will receive an entry into a drawing for $1,000 cash! (Representative's name can be entered multiple times - once for each new member firm recruited during this time period)
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Chapters
The Chapter that recruits the most new member firms between July 1 and December 31, 2011, will receive a customized EWI Chapter banner stand or $450 credit in the EWI Merchandise Shoppe. In the case of a tie, a drawing will be held to determine the one Chapter winner.
All winners will be announced in the January 18, 2012 EWI Connect.
Susan Davis
Membership Director
Colo Springs Chapter
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Scholarship Committee:
No report.
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Genesis Medspa Peel Party!
October 11th - 3:00-5:30
You are invited to Genesis Medspa for a Free Peel and Product Review. We'll, clean your face with our clarisonic brush then rejuvenate your skin with a mild peel ($75 value). Our experts will recommend products to keep your skin healthy and protected.
Call Michele to set up your time - 579-6890. You can also bring a friend, it adds to the fun!
Michele Pribble
Genesis Medspa
Marketing Director
719-579-6890 Office
719-433-4536 Cell
Growing Your Business in Every Economy
While a down economy certainly can impact a business' bottom line, great businesses do well in every economic climate. As an economist and a business owner, Mary presents 15 Ways to Grow Your Business in Every Economy focusing on effective marketing, enhanced productivity, and achieving greater profits ALL THE TIME.
About the Speaker
Mary Kelly, PhD, is the CEO of Productive Leaders, a consulting firm dedicated to improving profit growth. Their focus is effective leadership and efficient productivity. Mary is a professional speaker and leadership expert, specializing in training for both government and private business organizations. She led multi-cultural teams all over the world, and loves working with organizations that want to improve effectiveness and profits.
Mary retired from 21 years on active duty in the Navy as a Commander, with specialties in logistics, intelligence, and human resources.
Mary is author of 15 Ways to Grow Your Business in Every Economy, Master Your World: 10 Dog-Inspired Lessons to Improve Productivity, Profits and Communication, 360 Degrees of Leadership: Steering Around the Icebergs, and In Case of Emergency, Break Glass!
An economics professor at Hawaii Pacific University, Mary also taught at both the US Naval Academy and the US Air Force Academy.
Mary trains organizations, educational groups, military organizations, and Fortune 500 companies, including the FBI, Texas Police Association, Aramark, XPEDX, over 70 insurance companies, CHART, LIMRA, LOMA and numerous colleges and universities.
Mary is a member of the National Speakers’ Association, the American Speakers’ Association, the Global Speakers’ Federation, the Colorado Speakers’ Association, the World Speakers’ Association, MENSA and is President-Elect of the Colorado Springs Women’s Express Network. Mary and her two dogs are also Therapy Dog Teams, visiting nursing homes, shelters, and hospitals.
Mary is a speaker, author, consultant, and mentor.
More information can be found at www.productiveleaders.com.
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The September meeting was held Springs Funeral Services.
Changing of the board group photo. |
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE AND ANNUAL MEETING
LCAM 2011 – Faces of Leadership
This LCAM was probably the best one I have attended.
It was a great time of fabulous fun and meeting people from chapters across the U.S. and Canada sharing ideas and successes in various chapters. The new Corporate Office staff impressed me as extremely capable and refreshing!
Thursday’s theme was Connections with workshops and a great speaker. The evening Opening Gala was Portraits of Leadership with a grand conclusion featuring an exceptional artist, Michael Israel, creating four portraits in front of us in an indescribable style. Ask us about this! His paintings were then auctioned off to the audience raising almost $30,000 for EWI scholarships!
Friday featured Careers with excellent Academy of Leadership classes and scholarship recipients were recognized at lunch.
Saturday was Community beginning with the 5K Running for Reading with Cathie John and Susan Davis participating. The Annual Meeting was held in the afternoon. The Closing Gala was Let Me Entertain You featuring “Bette Midler” and “Joan Rivers” and the Presidents’ Walk.
Start planning to attend next year. You don’t want to miss it!
Joan Saucerman, Partner
Long Term Care Specialist
LCAM – A First Time Attendee's Perspective
With key-note speakers like Marilyn Carlson Nelson, chairman and former CEO of Carlson (a global group of companies that includes Radisson, Regent and Park Plaza hotels, and TGI Fridays), and Kim Schaller, Executive VP and Chief Marketing Officer for Hershey Entertainment, I left the leadership conference feeling inspired and motivated to accomplish more in our local chapter of EWI and in all other areas of my life. It was great to see the corporate president's vision for EWI's future and learn other chapter's best practices and successes that all of us can now bring back to our own chapter. I don't know of any other networking group in town that not only gives back to the community through college scholarships, but also sponsor's its members to attend these types of high-level events, nurturing the leader within you. If I could sum up my experience at the leadership conference in three words, they would be inspiring, motivational, and fun! I definitely hope to be able to attend again and again!
Jennifer Doherty, MBA, RMT
Unlimited Bodywork, LLC
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EWI Online Program
EWI is pleased to announce new online learning options. These classes, offered in distinct suites, are designed for maximum learning, while allowing you to finish a suite at your own pace. These suites are packed full of great knowledge to build your leadership tool kit.
Contact the Corporate Office at 801-355-2800 with any questions.
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Please send all your successful connections as they occur to Linda Williamson at
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Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting
EWI of Colorado Springs
September 7, 2011
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Call to Order:
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Meeting called to order by President Carol Bryant at 4:10 pm at Wells Fargo Bank, 90 S. Cascade, 2nd Floor, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
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Roll Call:
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Present: Carol Bryant, President; Rita Worster, Vice President; Cathie John, Treasurer; Christine Ressler, Secretary, Deb Haar, SAA; Robin Patterson, Programs; Brandy Merriam, Publicity; Audrey Shrive, Nominating; Pat Cooper, Advisor; Eileen Wolf, Hospitality; Joan Saucerman, Patty Klase, Michele Pribble, Jennifer Doherty. Quorum present.
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Minutes:
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| August meeting minutes reviewed. Christine Ressler moved to approve. Deb Haar seconded. Motion approved unanimously. |
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Treasurer's Report:
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August financial statement presented:
Operating Account: $15,049.25
BCDP Account: $21,600.38
BCDP Raffle: $3,444.45
Total Cash: $40,094.08
Endowment Account: $175,946.16
Total Assets: $216,040.24
Cathie John moved to approve the August financial statement. Brandy Merriam seconded. The motion carried unanimously.
Cathie John presented debit card transactions of $1,250.50 for air fare expenses to LCAM. Cathie John moved to approve the debt card transactions. Brandy Merriam seconded. The motion carried unanimously. |
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Committee Reports:
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Sergeant-at-Arms - Deb Haar
August Meeting Attendance:
Members – 35
Sustaining - 3
Transitional - 0
Life - 4
Guests – 3
Total – 45
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Membership - Susan Davis
Membership report for the month of August: 47 Members Firms, 7 Additional Member Representatives, 3 Sustaining Members, 22 Life Members, and 2 Honorary Members.
Pending new member – Pikes Peak Hospice/Sue Minero discussed. Previous non-renewals and at-risk members discussed. |
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Programs - Robin Patterson
September meeting is new Board installation at the Colorado Springs Country Club. October meeting is Masquerade at the Springs Funeral Services. November meeting is at CSCC with Mary Kelly and December meeting is the annual Holiday Luncheon at The Broadmoor. Program committee completed 2012 program schedule. Need to recruit members to participate in hosting/organizing. |
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Hospitality - Eileen Wolf
Congrats card sent to Marti Hartman on her retirement. |
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Scholarship - Brandy Merriam
Fall tuition for four recipients to be funded in 2 weeks. Letters going out to the colleges and to the recipients. |
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Ways & Means - no report
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Publicity - Brandy Merriam
Two press releases to be sent out regarding new scholarship recipient and installation of EWI 2010 Board. |
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Historian - no report
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Communications - Lorrie Todd via Pat Cooper
Lorrie training new Communications Committee members. |
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Nominating - Audrey Shrive
2012 Board complete. |
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Advisor - Pat Cooper
Philanthropic Committee developing policy. |
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Old Business:
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New Business:
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| Introduce incoming Board members |
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Announcements:
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October Board meeting and all future Board meetings will be held at the offices of BKD in the Plaza of the Rockies North Tower, 8th Floor.
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Adjournment:
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4:55 p.m.
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Approved:
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Submitted:
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Carol Bryant, President
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Christine Ressler, Secretary
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