EWI of Spokane, August 2011 Connect

Spokane=20 Chapter - Chartered April=20 1979

August=20 = 2011

Message from=20 the President

Hi Everyone! = Sorry I missed=20 our meeting in July. It sounds like you = had a=20 great dinner meeting at the Power House. = Thanks so=20 much to the Past Presidents, Rick Richard = and=20 Sherry Knott for hosting this meeting. = Maybe we'll=20 be at Rick's when the weather is a bit=20 nicer.

I heard you were=20 entertained by Sherry and her wonderful = home. I'll=20 have to come and see what's down in the = basement=20 some time! Thanks to the membership for = approving=20 our updated Standing Rules. This allows = our=20 Chapter to move forward on several = strategic=20 fronts. Congratulations to Traci Hudson = for=20 earning the Past Presidents scholarship to = LCAM!=20 Minneapolis will be well worth the effort. = Thank=20 you to our wonderful Past Presidents for = providing=20 this opportunity.

Thank you to = those who are=20 supporting our Philanthropy efforts by = bringing=20 needed items for SafetyNet. Please feel = free to=20 bring them to our August meeting as well. = Mark=20 your calendars! Our Boys & Girls Club = Reading=20 Rally will be September 15 from = 3:45-5:30pm. Our=20 EWI Reading Rally will be October 22 from = 2-4pm at=20 Ridgeview Elementary. Please contact Gina = Moriarty=20 to find out how you can = participate.

We are continuing = to take=20 money for Lori Jo Knoles. = If you=20 would like to contribute, please bring = funds to=20 the August meeting, or you may send a = check to=20 Georgette Granger at Washington Trust = Bank. We are=20 currently helping to provide the family = with=20 meals, but I know that Lori still needs = blood=20 products, so if you haven't lately, please = donate=20 blood or platelets. I'm sure Teri Barros = can=20 assist you in getting this set = up!

Our = August=20 meeting will be at Beacon = Hill, so come on out and enjoy a=20 beautiful (we hope) August night. We will = be=20 voting on our slate of=20 officers and our=20 delegates for LCAM. We = will also=20 discuss any proposed = amendments=20 to the bylaws at this meeting. Come hear = about the=20 future of EWI!

Thank you to = everyone who=20 wished me well on my vacation. I had = planned to go=20 to South Africa with my two sisters, but a = week=20 before we were leaving, my sister Carrie = was=20 commuting to work on her bicycle in = Pullman, and=20 was hit by a car. She is ok, but suffered = a broken=20 pelvis. We have postponed our Africa trip = until=20 next summer. However, I was able to go to = the=20 Oregon Coast for some "R&R" with my = family. I=20 truly hope you all are able to spend some = quality=20 vacation time with your families this = year.=20

I'm looking = forward to=20 seeing all of you, at Beacon = Hill=20 on Tuesday August 16. = Thank you=20 for the honor of serving as your=20 President!

Amy=20 Higgins

August=20 Chapter Meeting

Business=20 Meeting & Dessert Auction Fundraiser = for Lori=20 Jo

August=20 16, 2011

Beacon=20 Hill Events

4848=20 E Wellesley Ave

Networking:=20 5:00-6:00pm

Business=20 Meeting: 6:00pm - (See notice=20 below)

Be=20 sure to attend this important meeting = where your=20 Board will review EWI initiatives in = advance of=20 the 2011 LCAM meeting in Minneapolis as = well as=20 the 2011-2012 slate of officers. We need = your=20 participation and votes for these = important=20 topics.

Ellie=20 Rayner-Aaro has created a wonderful menu = and=20 special tray-passed Hors d'oeuvres for our = networking time, which will begin a half = hour=20 early at 5:00 p.m.

We=20 will also be having a special Dessert = Silent=20 Auction to benefit Lori Jo Knoles. Bring = your=20 favorite dessert to donate and be ready to = bid on=20 some tasty treats to take home after the=20 meeting.

***********************************************************<= /P> Reservation=20 Information

Email=20 Sergeant-At-Arms Jill Gaffney at ewireservations@gmail.com

Be=20 Courteous - Be Timely

Please=20 be on time for the monthly meeting. If you = must be=20 late to a meeting, please notify the=20 Sergeant-at-Arms to ensure the attendance = is=20 updated.

Each=20 representative has a standing reservation = for each=20 monthly meeting. Please email by noon = on August=20 10, 2011 if you are unable to = attend in=20 order to prevent billing for the=20 dinner.

Sustaining=20 Members / Guests

If=20 you are a sustaining member or are = bringing=20 guests, please notify the Sergeant-at-Arms = by=20 noon on August 10,=20 2011 to allow time for menu and = nametag=20 preparation. Your cooperation is=20 appreciated.

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Dietary=20 Restrictions / Vegetarian = Meals

Please email=20 EWI reservations by noon=20 on August 10, 2011 = if you=20 are in need of a substitute meal.=20

Notice of Business=20 Meeting

Pursuant to Section 3 of = Article VI of=20 the EWI Chapter Bylaws, notice is hereby = given=20 that a Business Meeting will be held at = 6:00 p.m.=20 on Tuesday, August 16, 2011,=20 at Beacon Hill, Spokane,=20 Washington for the purposes = of:

1. Discuss and vote on = Amendments=20 and Budgets for LCAM ;

2. Review and approve July = 19, 2011=20 Business Meeting minutes;

3. Approve the 2011-2012 = proposed slate=20 of Chapter Officers;

4. Approve Delegates to LCAM = for EWI=20 Spokane Chapter.

EWI = Philanthropy

Safety Net and = Reading=20 Rallies

Thank=20 you to everyone who donated items or money = at the=20 July meeting for the Safety=20 Net project! Your donations = will go=20 a long was in assisting foster youth = in our=20 community as they transition to=20 self-sufficiency and = independence. =20

We=20 are still collecting items and cash = donations for=20 Safety Net at our August meeting. Click here = for a=20 full list of items. You can = buy any=20 of the items at the Dollar Store and you = do not=20 have to purchase an entire kit. =20

Reading=20 Rally dates have been=20 finalized! Please mark your = calendars=20 and plan to take part in this important=20 endeavor.

Boys=20 and Girls Club Reading Rally

Where:=20 Boys and Girls Club on Providence = Rd

Date:=20 September 15, 2011

Time:=20 3:45 - 5:30pm

Reading=20 Rally

Where:=20 Ridgeview Elementary

Date:=20 October 22, 2011

Time:=20 2:00 -=20 4:00pm

Reserve=20 your spot today in the EWI = Magazine!

Cover=20 Date: November 3, 2011

Advertising=20 Deadline: October 7, = 2011

EWI=20 magazine is a vital marketing piece that = is used=20 throughout the year. For added exposure, = this=20 year's publication will also be inserted = in the=20 Journal of Business on November 3, = 2011.

In=20 addition to providing the opportunity for = EWI of=20 Spokane to showcase our member firms and = inform=20 the business community about EWI, it = offers you=20 the chance to promote your business, and=20 affiliation with EWI, to over 66,000 = readers of=20 the Journal of Business! The success of = the=20 publication depends on firms such as = yours,=20 investing in the opportunity.

The=20 full color glossy magazine offers three ad = sizes=20 to choose from: 1/4, 1/2 and Full = page.=20 In addition, you have the option to = purchase=20 one of the Inside or the Back covers. = There are=20 also Sponsorship opportunities that = include=20 placing your company logo on the front = cover of=20 the magazine!

For=20 questions or to reserve your space in this = year's=20 EWI Magazine, please contact:

Carolyn = Woodmansee,=20 353-6965 or cwoodmansee@watrust.com;

Sue Fleming, = 495-4140=20 or sue.fleming@avistacorp.com;

Carol Haskell, = 344-1275=20 or carolh@spokanejournal.com.

Click here for = a detailed rate = sheet.

2011-2012 Slate of=20 Officers Announcement

EWI=20 Spokane Chapter

The 2011 Nominating = Committee=20 comprised of Amy Higgins, Nancy Croyle, = Georgette=20 Grainger, Annette Long, and chaired by = Polly=20 Phelan, present the 2011-2012 EWI Spokane = Chapter=20 Proposed Slate of Officers:

President* -=20 Shelley McDowell, Century 21 Beutler & = Associates

VP/President=20 Elect - Jill Gaffney, = Greenleaf=20 Landscaping

Secretary - = Alisha=20 Benson, Greater Spokane Incorporated

Treasurer* - Niss= a=20 Gibbs, Sterling Savings

Sergeant-at-Arms -=20 Kaitlin Pallardy, Arbor Crest Wine = Cellars

Membership=20 Director - Dave Vahala, = Travel=20 Leaders

Program=20 Director -Sonya Hutnik, = Mirabeau=20 Park Hotel

PR/Publications=20 Director - Landie = Chappell,=20 Prime Lending

Ways & Means=20 Director -Traci Hudson, = Jan-Pro=20 Northwest

B/C/DP = Director-=20 Christina Balkenbush, RBC Wealth = Management

Board = Advisor* - Amy=20 Higgins, Zak Designs

Members may submit = write-in=20 candidates to Polly = Phelan until August=20 8.

*Denotes position is not = open for=20 write-in candidates.

The VP/President Elect must = have been=20 on the 2010-2011 Board.

33rd Annual Firm = Recognition=20 Night & Trade Show

September Chapter=20 Meeting

September=20 13

Mirabeau=20 Park Hotel

1100=20 N. Sullivan Rd

Trade Show:=20 5:00-6:15pm

Raffle Drawing: = 6:15pm

Dinner & Meeting:=20 6:30pm

The 33rd Annual = Firm=20 Recognition Night & Trade Show = benefits=20 members by providing an opportunity to = showcase=20 their companies and recognize company = executives=20 who support their employee's involvement = in=20 EWI.

Two=20 Action Items for = September

1. Invite your = Executive - Click here = for the=20 invitation.

2. Participate in the Trade = Show.=20 Booths are just $10 and you can = =20 share how you can benefit your EWI = peers.=20 The deadline to reserve you space is = August 26th. Click here = for the=20 registration form.

Spokane=20 Chapter Past Presidents Announce LCAM = = Scholarship Winner!

The=20 EWI Spokane Chapter Past Presidents = sponsor a=20 scholarship to the EWI Annual Meeting and = Academy=20 of Leadership. The scholarship to the = Annual=20 Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota from=20 September 22-24 will cover conference=20 registrations for the Annual Meeting and = Academy=20 of Leadership plus round trip airfare. The = scholarship is offered in an effort to = continue to=20 encourage growth of future EWI leaders, = and to=20 encourage representatives who are = interested in=20 pursing Chapter leadership positions and = who have=20 not had an opportunity to attend a past = annual=20 meeting.

The=20 Spokane Chapter Past Presidents is pleased = to=20 announce that the 2011 scholarship = recipient is:=20 Traci Hudson with Jan-Pro = Northwest.=20 Congratulations Traci!

Respectfully=20 submitted by your Spokane Chapter Past=20 = Presidents

From EWI=20 Corporate

Be sure to review the amendments and = budgets our=20 LCAM delegates will be voting on in = Minneapolis.=20 We will be reviewing these at our = August 16=20 Business Meeting.

Professional = Development=20 Webinar

Presentation Skills = - Part=20 = 2
Date:=20 Thursday, August 11, 2011
Time: 3:00 pm = (ET)=20
Presenter: Lori=20 Giovannoni
In=20 brief: "Presentation skills is the #1 = skill=20 missing in Corporate America today. = [Lori]...can=20 offer insight, tips, techniques and advice = that=20 can skyrocket both your skills and your=20 career."

Click here to = register

2011-2012=20 Proposed Corporate Board Officer and = Director=20 Nominees

Submitted=20 by Judy Russell, Nominating Committee=20 Chair

On behalf=20 of the 2011 Corporate Nominating = Committee, it is=20 my privilege and pleasure to announce the = proposed=20 slate for 2011-2012 Corporate Board = Officers and=20 Directors.

Please join the 2011 = Nominating=20 Committee members and me in extending=20 congratulations to the 2011-2012 Corporate = Board=20 Officer and Director nominees, their = Chapters, and=20 their firms. We appreciate their passion = for and=20 commitment to the mission and goals of = EWI, their=20 willingness to serve in these leadership=20 positions, and we applaud the support of = their=20 firms.

2011-2012 Corporate = Board=20 Officer and Director = Nominees

Vice = President/President Elect=20 -

Karen Skirten, TierOne = Travel, EWI of=20 Calgary

Secretary = -

Darlene Banogon, North Island = Credit=20 Union, EWI of San Diego

Treasurer = -

Kerry Feltenberg, Arizona = Grand Resort,=20 EWI of Phoenix

Director = -

Nancy Harrison, Everything = Just So, EWI=20 of Chattanooga

Director = -

Cindy Hillegass, Dalco = Roofing &=20 Sheet Metal, Inc., EWI of Minneapolis

Director = -

Carolyn Woodmansee, = Washington Trust=20 Bank, EWI of Spokane

Lisa Stokes, B.R.P. = Entertainment, EWI=20 of Harrisburg, was elected at the 2010 = Annual=20 Meeting in Kansas City to serve as=20 Vice-President/President Elect. She will = be=20 installed as President at the 2011 Annual = Meeting=20 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Saturday, = September=20 24, 2011.

As immediate past Corporate = President,=20 Sharon Bennett, Lifetouch, EWI of = Cincinnati, will=20 serve as Corporate Advisor to the = 2011-2012=20 Corporate Board Officers and = Directors.

Congratulations=20 to Carolyn Woodmansee of Washington Trust = Bank.=20 EWI of Spokane is proud of = you!

Membership=20 Tidbit

Please=20 save the date for our Member Recruitment = event=20 followed immediately by a Member Connect. = This=20 will be on September 29th from 4:00-6:00pm = tentatively at the Steam Plant=20 = Grill.

Membership=20 Postings

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In an ongoing effort to = recruit quality=20 firms to join the Spokane Chapter, the = following=20 firm(s) are being posted for new or = updated=20 membership, or representative = change:

No=20 postings this month.

Current member firms may = object to a=20 firm that has been posted that would be = considered=20 a competitor of their firm. EWI Corporate = defines=20 a competitor as a firm with the same = major/minor.=20 Objections are required in = writing by=20 the Executive of the objecting member firm = postmarked within 10 days of the = distribution date=20 of this newsletter. Objections to a = specific=20 business conflict must be defined and any = other=20 concerns regarding personal character, = integrity=20 or conduct must be detailed with evidence = or=20 testimony as appropriate. Any objections = received=20 will be discussed at the following = scheduled Board=20 of Directors meeting; a decision will be = made at=20 that time as to whether or not=20 to pursue extending an offer of = membership to the posted potential = firm. =20 Decisions on whether or not to accept a = member=20 firm's objection to the addition of a = posted=20 potential new member firm are based on = many=20 factors, the most important of which = involves the=20 level of participation by the current = member=20 firm's representative within the=20 Chapter.

Mail objection letters to: = EWI Spokane=20 Chapter Board of Directors, PO Box 1272, = Spokane,=20 WA 99210 and a copy to Amy Higgins, = EWI=20 Spokane Chapter President, Zak Designs, PO = Box=20 19188 Spokane, WA=20 = 99219-9188.

Connections=20 Corner

Connections=20 Corner is a short, fast, and fun survey = that lets=20 us learn a little bit more about our=20 members!

Q: = There are=20 over 60 lakes within an hour's drive of = Spokane.=20 When you "go to the lake", to which lake = are you=20 referring?

Bear = Lake

Deer Lake - = 2

Fish = Lake

Lake Chelan = (ed. note:=20 okay, more than 60 miles but I love it = there, so=20 it gets included!)

Lake Coeur d'Alene = -=20 11

Lake=20 Pend Oreille - 4

Lake = Roosevelt

Lake=20 Ticonderoga (ed. = note: Fort=20 Ticonderoga, formerly Fort Carillon, is a = large=20 18th-century fort built by the Canadiens = and the=20 French at a narrows near the south end of = Lake=20 Champlain in upstate New York) = Loon=20 Lake

Don't=20 go to lakes. Any=20 of them in the warm weather is a treat! There=20 is only one lake - Flathead The=20 last couple of times it has been to Lake = Coeur=20 d'Alene; however, we don't go to the = lake that=20 often. Haven't=20 been to the lake yet. But plan on going = to=20 Priest Lake this summer. I=20 never get to the "lake" Believe=20 it or not, I've never been to the lake = since=20 I've lived in Spokane. Lake=20 Coeur d'Alene or my bathtub (if I am = short on=20 = time)

Connect=20 with Your Committee

Please=20 note important committee changes in red

Membership

July=20 16, 11:30am at the Post St Ale = House

3rd=20 Tuesday of each month

Ways=20 & Means

July=20 9, 4:00pm at the Steam Plant = Grill

2nd=20 Tuesday of each month

Philanthropy

July=20 16, 4:30pm at Beacon Hill

3rd=20 Tuesday of each month, 1 hour prior to = Chapter=20 meeting

Program

September=20 6, 12:00pm=20 at the Red Lion=20 River Inn

1st Tuesday=20 of each month

Publications

August=20 25, 11:30am at Greater Spokane = Incorporated

4th=20 Thursday of each month

Scholarship

Scholarship=20 is not meeting again until = October.

2nd Thursday=20 of each month

Past=20 Presidents

August=20 11, 5:30pm at Sherry Lewis'=20 house

Vol.=20 3, No. = 8

In This IssueAugust Chapter = MeetingBusiness Meeting = NoticeSafety Net EWI Magazine = Advertising2011-2012 Slate of = OfficersFirm Night & Trade = ShowLCAM Scholarship = Winner!Professional = Development2011-2012 Corporate Slate of=20 OfficersMembership TidbitConnection CornerCommittees

SPOKANE=20 BOARD

Amy Higgins

President
Zak Designs =

244-8638

Shelley McDowell

VP/Pres. =20 Elect
TFB=20 Inc.

323-2100

Jessica Allen

Secretary
Paine = Hamblen

455-6000

Nissa Gibbs

Treasurer
Sterling Savings Bank =

358-6171

Jill Gaffney

Sergeant-At-Arms
Greenleaf=20 Landscaping
536-2885 x = 200

Jessica Johnson

B/C/DP=20 Director
Associated Business = Systems -=20 242-0800

Traci Hudson

Membership=20 Director
Jan-Pro=20 Northwest

599-9080

Dave Vahala

Program=20 Director
Travel=20 Leaders

327- = 9585

Alisha Benson

Publications=20 Director
Greater=20 Spokane Incorporated

321-3608

Jason Hudson

Ways = & Means=20 Director
Brides=20 Time Magazine

279-9852

Polly Phelan

Board=20 Advisor
Spokane=20 Regional CVB

742-9378

Sgt-at-Arms Report:=20 July

Member=20 Firms: 71

First = Reps: 70

Open Pos./1st Reps: = 1

Second Reps: 9

Open Pos./2nd Reps: = 1

Third Reps: 3

Open Pos./3rd = Reps: 0

Total Members:=20 83

Sustaining: 3

Lifetime: 1

Transitional: 1

Total EWI Reps:=20 87

Meeting Attendance:=20

Reps in = Attendance: 53

Excused Absences: 15

Late Excused: 0

Late = Unexcused: 6

Unexcused Absences: 9

Percentage Attending:=20 63%

Guests: 4

Guests without

reservations: 1

Guests that didn't show: = 1

Total Attendance:=20 = 61

Mark=20 Your Calendar

August 16 -=20 Chapter Meeting at Beacon=20 Hill

September 13 - Chapter = Meeting=20 -Firm Recognition & Trade Show at = Mirabeau=20 Park Hotel

September 15 - Reading = Rally at the Boys & Girls = Club

September 29 - Member = Connect=20 at Steam Plant Grill

October 18 - Chapter = Meeting -=20 Installation of 2012 Board

October 22 - Reading=20 Rally at=20 Ridgeview = Elementary

August=20 Anniversaries

1995=20 (16 years!)

Stephanie=20 Curran

Spokane=20 Public Facilities District

2000=20 (11 years!)

Carolyn=20 Woodmansee

Washington=20 Trust Bank

August=20 Birthdays

August 3

Jessica=20 Johnson

Associated=20 Business Systems

August=20 4

Angela=20 Welsh

Sterling=20 Savings Bank

August=20 5

Jamie=20 Harris

Cerium=20 Networks

August=20 11

Kim=20 Plese

Plese=20 Printing

August=20 12

Landie=20 Chapell

Prime=20 Lending

August=20 22

Bruce=20 Groshong

Servpro=20 of South & West Spokane

August=20 24

Kaitlin=20 Pallardy

Arbor=20 Crest Wine Cellars

August=20 28

Susan=20 DeVries

DeVries=20 Business Services

Brought to you by your EWI = Publication=20 Committee

Alisha Benson, Publication = Director;=20 Greater Spokane Incorporated
Nancy Harris, = Sterling=20 Savings Bank
Michelle McIntyre, KXLY = Broadcast=20 = Group

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