Coming Events!
Join “e” Engaging Northwest Indiana Business Women for this exciting line up of programs in the first half of 2012!
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Purdue University Technology Center
at the Research Park
9800 Connecticut Drive
Crown Point, IN
Guest Speaker
Kathy DeGuilio Fox, Center Director
Topic: Entrepreneurial options and resources available at the Center and Purdue Research Park System
Networking will follow the program.
Please rsvp to mdunajeski@dsvlaw.com
Mark Your Calendars:
April 10, 2012:
Centier Bank main office
Merrillville, IN
Sandy Appleby of Geminus Corporation
Topic: “Stress and the Tough Customer”
4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
May 15, 2012:
Annual Meeting* sponsored by Horizon Bank
Members only at Gamba's Restaurant in Merrillville
Please rsvp for the programs on our web page.
Note that we are alternating meeting days between Tuesdays and Thursdays to better accommodate busy schedules; meetings are usually 4:30 until 6:30 p.m.
Meetings are open to any interested persons and the general public. Please come and experience our group in action. Join us or refer a friend. We’re on a mission!
*May Annual Meeting is members only.
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Letter from the President
December 5, 2011
Dear Women of E:
We had another great meeting on November 15, 2011 at the Horizon Bank in Merrillville. We continued our tradition of having November be our “Gratitude” meeting. We welcomed Teresa Sealscott from St. Clare Clinic, who told us of the work that the clinic is doing to assist needy patients, and we brought donations from the clinic’s “Wish List” to stock their pantry and medicine closet for the patients that they serve. We also had a wonderful time networking with members and some new faces as well. There is no program meeting this month, but by now you should have the e-vite from me for our Holiday Get Together here at my office in Merrillville. It will be December 15th, from 4:30 to 6:30.Bring a friend—the more the merrier!
We have a great line-up of programs for January through April of 2012—I’m enclosing our Coming Attractions for you. Think now about how many guests you can bring to these programs. The Board is focusing its attention on this group of programs to recruit new members—but we need everyone to participate and to bring guests to our programs. Our power comes from our associations with one another. We have a “Membership Special” on right now—anyone who joins and pays annual dues now through the end of April will not pay dues again until May of 2013—January through April is the “bonus”! We are also rolling out a Corporate Membership Program to allow multiple members from firms to participate—I’ll give you all the details once we get them ironed out.
We are also trying to incorporate some new communications strategies so that we can all know more about one another and communicate more frequently and in a more seamless way. If you have not already done so, join our LinkedIn group, our Facebook page and our Twitter Feed. One of the other projects we hope to get rolling is to begin to provide some active and meaningful mentorship for women coming into the workforce or trying to move up in their careers. Also, it is never too early to begin thinking about the 2012-2013 program year. If you have suggestions for programming, would like to volunteer for a program, or if you might be interested in serving as a member of the Program Committee, let me know.
If we won’t see you at the Holiday Get Together-have a wonderful holiday season.
Warmest personal regards-
Melanie Dunajeski (President, “e”)
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