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CONTENTS

• August Luncheon
• Message from President
• Grapevine: News and Notes about WEC Members
• Events
• Book Club
• Cannon Circle
• GEM
• Attitude of Gratitude
• WEC Table and Reservation Policies
• Annual Dues
• Closing Thought
• WEC Board of Directors
• Attendance

AUGUST LUNCHEON:

Date: Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
Time: 11:30 Networking; 12:00 Luncheon

Place: Tower Club, 28th floor

Speaker:

Christine Madsen, Mad 4 Marketing

Business Showcase: Myriam Cohen, Equilibrix & CrazyGoodDeal.com

Thank you for joining us today!

SPEAKER BIO

Christine Madsen, Mad 4 Marketing

About the Mad 4 Marketing:
Chris is the founder and president of Mad 4 Marketing, a highly creative, award-winning integrated marketing and advertising firm established in 1992. Mad 4 Marketing supports clients ranging from entrepreneurial ventures to big business and specializes in effectively marketing products, services and organizations including: Broward College, Baptist Health South Florida, South Florida Commuter Services, National Deli, Calico Corners and United TranzActions.

Chris’s success in marketing and advertising is matched only by her devotion to local organizations and the community. She serves in many leadership roles including as current Chair of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce. She supports, through pro-bono marketing contributions and leadership roles, numerous organizations including the Stranahan House, Leadership Broward and Leadership Florida, NAWBO, Broward Women’s Alliance,Tower Forum, Urban League of Broward County and Nova Southeastern University Center for Psychological Studies.

She has been recognized for her commitment to the South Florida community with many prestigious awards, including the Jim Moran Entrepreneurial Excellence Award, the 2005 Good to Great Award,

Junior Achievements’ Hall of Fame Award and the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce Small Business Leader of the Year Award.

QUOTE OF THE MONTH

A life without love is like a year without summer.  ~Swedish Proverb

MESSAGE FROM INCOMING PRESIDENT

Hi to All of our Wonderful WEC women!

Our members have been actively enjoying summer’s celebrations of weddings, graduations, fireworks and travel. So much to do and so little time. It’s hard to believe that our first lunch of the year will is just around the corner on Tuesday, August 16th. Make sure to mark your calendars.

In spite of our break, our members have continued to meet with the recent book club held at Sharyn Brunk’s condo. Laurina has also arranged a lovely gathering at the Catalina Restaurant on August 27th for a little July cool down and social. Many other women have stepped forward in their new roles. Judith Kolva, Donna Goldstein and the speaker’s committee have been hard at work with some very dynamic presenters for our meetings. Myriam Cohen has stepped forward and is now our newsletter coordinator. Many thanks to you, Myriam… you are off to a terrific start. A host of others have behind the scenes working to make this year a great year for all of us. Also a special thanks to Diana Fairbanks and Liz Mendel. Diana continues to coordinate the reservations for our luncheons and is preparing our menus for the year ahead. Liz Mendel had a lunch with all of her GEM hostesses at the Global Grille to harvest ideas for this year’s GEMs. These lunches have resulted in the growth of numerous friendships and business relationships so please make sure to attend.

So get ready and get set for a great year ahead. Enjoy your summer and see you in August…

Wishing you all the best,

Karen

THE EXECUTIVE GRAPEVINE: NEWS AND NOTES ABOUT WEC MEMBERS

Click on the link to read all the great news about WEC members.  This is the best part of the newsletter … don’t miss it. Click now!
Read all about the exciting adventures of our WEC members in our new blog! Feel free to comment on any post that strikes your fancy!

Read the Grapevine, news and notes about our members…

EVENTS

We have a new “Events” tab at the top of this blog! Click on the “Events” tab to find out what events WEC is hosting, or to see where WEC members are inviting you to join them!

Click here to read about WEC’s other “Events” around town…

BOOK CLUB

All WEC members are invited to become “Bookies”, where women meet in each other’s homes once a month to share in the love of books. Please contact Rose White at rosewhite@allstate.com for more information about WEC’s monthly book club meetings, or Deb McLaughlin, our next Book Club hostess, at debramcblack@aol.com.

Calling all Bookies . . . current and wannabes!

Please join us for the next WEC Book Club:

September 12, 2011, 6:30 PM

Deb McLaughlin is our self-proclaimed “hostess with the mostess!!!”

1446 Jackson Street

Hollywood, FL 33020

Please bring something tasty to share

RSVP no later than September 7^th to

debramcblack@aol.com

Or call 954-478-1091

Featured books (read one or both):

The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore by Benjamin Hale

Left Neglected by Lisa Genova

AUGUST CANNON CIRCLE

Thursday, August 25, 5:30 – 8:00 PM

Bistro Room
Las Olas River House (the big blue and white building downtown)
333 Las Olas Way
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Valet parking

Hosted by Sharyn Brunk
sbrunk@chemware.com
(919) 605-5246
RSVP required due to building security

Click here to see pictures from one of our last Cannon Circles.

GEMS: “GREET, EAT, MEET”

Formed in November 2002, members of WEC who choose to get together for an informal meeting are selected at random in small groups to greet, eat and meet. A Lead person is selected to set a time and place for breakfast, lunch, dinner or whatever. This is a great opportunity to get to know each other on a more personal level. If you would like to be a part of GEMs, please contact Liz Mendel, GEM Coordinator at dolphintravelinc@aol.com or at her office, Dolphin Travel Inc., 954-351-2002.

This is a great opportunity to get to know each other on a more personal level.

Click here to see pictures of a recent GEM lunch held at the Global Grille in Fort Lauderdale.

Click here to find out restaurant recommendations for GEM lunches made by our WEC members…

ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE

We have designated this spot as an “Attitude of Gratitude” where WEC members can share business testimonials and words of thanks and praise for fellow WEC members.

Click here to read about which WEC members are profiled…it might be YOU!

WEC TABLE AND RESERVATION POLICIES

We have several club policies which we need to remind everyone:

Regarding items on the tables at the luncheons, the only things permitted are: official club business such as flyers about social events, items from the speaker, and items from the member doing the business showcase. Thank you for your cooperation.

RSVP to luncheons…Any member who fails to cancel a luncheon reservation within 48 hours or who fails to attend a reserved luncheon, will be billed at the current rate by VP of Finance. Each member will be entitled to one courtesy “no-show” per club year.

ANNUAL DUES

It’s that time of the year. You should be receiving an email invoice for your WEC dues for the upcoming year. You can mail in a check, or, if you prefer, you can pay with Paypal or any major Credit Card by clicking here…

WEC BOARD OF DIRECTORS

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK!!

Karen L. Rowe, AP, DOM – President

Laurina Anderson – VP Events/President-Elect

Jan Bullard – Past-President

Marsha Broadwell – VP Membership

Kerrie Krutchik – VP Corporate Records

Laurel Hendrickson – VP Finance

Kathleen Ryan – VP Community Involvement

Judith Kolva – VP Internal Involvement

ATTENDANCE

The membership requirement is to attend a minimum of five (5) club events every year in order to maintain regular membership. This is calculated on a fiscal year basis (i.e. August-June, not calendar year).