Author: carole
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Folks, I don’t mind telling you—our board meetings are a happening! We cover a huge amount of business with humor and cooperation. If serving on a board seems like too much of a burden for you to ever consider it, this board will convince you otherwise. Yes, you guessed it: we need a replacement for…
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At our first board meeting of 2014, the old-timers introduced themselves and their NPC jobs to newcomers Ann Cardamone, Helene de Neergaard and Jeff Margolis. Then it was their turn to tell us about themselves and what they hope to achieve during their tenure as board members. I feel we’re all in for an excellent…
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You’ve become accustomed to seeing my “Your Board in Action” in our monthly SCOOP, but we didn’t hold a board meeting in December. So allow me to use this space to say I wish all of our wonderful NPC members a healthy, prosperous, peaceful 2014. Many of you have already sent your 2014 dues (still…
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As many of you readers of SCOOP know, Sandy Reed—our NPC secretary for several years who also posts our SCOOP to WordPress—moved to Boston last month. Although the board members really miss her already, at our November 14 board meeting, Karla Wheeler stepped in to take the minutes. Without those minutes, I would have difficulty…
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Business tackled at our October Board of Governors meeting focused on a wrap-up of our Celebrity Author Luncheon and plans for future meetings. We actually made over $600 for our scholarship fund. We will add even more to that figure once we sell the remainder of the Jeff Klinkenberg books we purchased for the occasion.…
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Our Program VP Randy Jones made my job easier by writing a Naples Daily News “Business Class” column about our November program presenter, KC Schulberg. Since KC has already approved this copy, I’m going to use it as our promotion for the November 21 luncheon meeting. Note: this is one week earlier than usual.…
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Press Club of Southwest Florida has received an invitation from Options Thrift Shoppe for a “personalized, after-hours shopping experience.” Available on weeknights from 5:00 to 8:00, this chance to browse for a minimum of 20 NPC members comes with a 20% discount on all merchandise. If you are unfamiliar with Options, let me fill you…
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Your Press Club of Southwest Florida continues to grow. At our September 18 board meeting, we accepted into membership two new applicants: Suzanne Leonard and Shirley Hanson. We hope to welcome them at our next luncheon. Please search them out and make them feel appreciated for joining us. Dr. Sam Parish came aboard earlier in…
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To kick off our fall/winter luncheon season, Artis—Naples CEO Kathleen van Bergen will share some behind-the-scenes information about the functioning of our premiere cultural venue Artis—Naples. Ms. van Bergen approaches her third season at the helm of the organization, whose name was changed from The Philharmonic Center for the Arts to Artis—Naples, to mixed reaction.…