Category: Your Board in Action


  • As you read this, your club president, Soni Dimond, is being loyal to Beasley Media Group, Inc.—and attending to her corporate duties —instead of writing her Scoop article. She is in Las Vegas, poor dear, attending the National Association of Broadcasters annual convention. So instead of enjoying her article with personality and pizzazz, you’re stuck…

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  • Happy spring from your Press Club of Southwest Florida Board of Governors. Our board blossomed this season! At our meeting on March 14, we quickly discovered spring was a perfect time to launch a whirlwind of NPC activities. Spring 2017 kicked off with our March 2 monthly luncheon, featuring David Goldstein, American Civil Liberties Union…

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  • Hello to all from the Press Club of Southwest Florida Board of Governors!  Kindly allow me to extend my sincere appreciation for our recent actions throughout February, the Month of Love. Perhaps I am just a romantic, but I have been feeling particularly fond of the NPC board. Our Feb. 7 meeting was an indicator of…

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  • Hello! I am pleased to submit YOUR BOARD in ACTION. We are ready to make this a fantastic, “active” year for all of our members. Our first NPC Board meeting of the New Year was held on Jan. 10, with a reminder several more eager and high-profile individuals plan to sign on to our club,…

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  • Greetings to all! As your new president, it gives me great pleasure to submit my first “Your Board in Action”! Our first meeting of the incoming Board of Governors on December 13, 2016, was a wonderful way to pay tribute to our amazing club and wrap up the year, along with a preview of our…

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  • Because we are close to year’s-end, our November board meeting dwelt on committee reports and Old Business topics. I am certain that the first meeting of the incoming board, scheduled for December 13, will have some agenda issues under New Business. We heard reports on upcoming luncheon programs; an informative panel at FGCU for students…

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  • No, you are not in a time warp. Scoop for many years showed up in your inbox on the 5th of the month. Here it is, though, only Oct. 28. What happened? At our September meeting, our board discussed the advisability of moving up our publication date now that our monthly luncheons occur on FIRST Thursday.…

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  • I think I know how Obama feels—at least a wee bit. I’m feeling lame-duckish. My term in office expires December 1, so any ideas that should be discussed, approved and implemented after that time will come under the auspices of the next NPC president and board. The current board has brought forward several terrific ideas,…

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  • Did you miss me? Did you notice you have not received a Scoop since early June? Yes, we took a couple of months off. NPC hasn’t held any events since our May season-closing luncheon and our annual board planning retreat, also in May. However, vacation is nearly over, as we start our club’s fall season…

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