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| | The May Report: 1/28/2010: ExteNet Systems closes $128.4 million investment; Gerald Murphy on International Harvester and monetary policy; Crimson Hexagon; and MIT-EF is going to Ungaretti & Harris LLP, not Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
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The May Report: 1/28/2010: ExteNet Systems closes $128.4 million investment; Gerald Murphy on International Harvester and monetary policy; Crimson Hexagon; and MIT-EF is going to Ungaretti & Harris LLP, not Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Scoop section:
-- Briefly noted, by Ron May
-- This just in: Survey of smartphone users
-- MIT-EF is going to Ungaretti & Harris LLP, not Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
-- Chicago-area venture-backed growth company, ExteNet Systems, closes $128.4 million investment
-- Gerald Murphy: An interesting story involving Fed monetary policy, capital equipment and International Harvester (predecessor to Navistar)
-- John P. Katsantonis: Snarky remark
-- Tim Smith: Has a publisher for his book on Pricing Strategy
-- Mike McCarty: http://www.townchicago.com
-- Adventure Cycling Association Chooses ClubExpress
-- Sponsored by the Northbrook Chamber of Commerce & SCORE--Chuck Krugel Law Seminar 2/24/10
-- February 10 - BNC Entrepreneur Event: Panel Discussion ~ What does it take to run a small business
-- Chicago's third annual Red Carpet Poetry Slam will take place on Thursday, January 28th at the School of the Art Institute Ballroom
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The Scoop section:
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Briefly noted, by Ron May
* This just in: News Alert: 'Catcher in the Rye' author J.D. Salinger dies
01:08 PM EST Thursday, January 28, 2010
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Salinger's son, in a statement from the author's literary representative, says the 91-year-old died of natural causes at his small, remote house in New Hampshire.
For more information, visit washingtonpost.com:
http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/6041ZA/R94TG/3V0205/NTD7RD/SBWI1/CM/t
* I think I have figured out how I got the name of the law firm wrong for where the MIT-EF is going. I was talking to Jeff Willinger since he had offered them space, and he said the law firm they were going to was in his building and he based that on talking to Nancy Munro. When I talked to Nancy, I said Skadden Arps and she seemed to agree. Anyway, no harm, no foul. Law firm names all sound alike as we all know. As long as it is not my favorite law firm, Dewey Cheatem and Howe.
* Here is a fascinating tidbit. In the pension fund world, there is new legislation, passed last year by the Illinois legislature, requiring pension fund managers and board members to take a course in ethics.
There is only one problem. The law in completely unenforceable and few if any fund managers or board members have taken the course. And to boot, there is only one place offering such a course and that is NIU, according to my sources. NIU offers an obscure course in the ethics of pension fund management.
* And try this on for size. Most major cities have plenty of wet lab space. Care to guess how much wet lab space there is in the downtown area in Chicago? Compared to other cities it is pathetic.
Z-E-R-O.
I am not including the IMD which is not downtown. And there is some space at the Tarry Research and Education Center at Northwestern at 300 E. Superior Street.
http://www.northwestern.edu/fm/design/completed/tarry/index.html
* Brad Spirrison was on Chicago Tonight with Phil Ponce last night commenting on Kindle and the new Apple iPad. Brad is kicking himself for buying a Kindle, he said.
He did a decent job, but he did not really tick off anyone with his comments. He is not Mr. Controversy. Brad has such a winning smile and manner that no one can be upset about that -- except maybe Lundin.
* Is Todd Allen still publishing? His last post was October 16th, 2009. I thought he was taking over Dodge.
http://chicagotechnews.com/
* Last night, CNN was tracking Twitter responses to the State of the Union address and they seemed to have pretty sophisticated software that monitored state by state positive, negative and neutral comments. How does that work? Is there AI involved? What gives, Kris Hammond?
They mentioned that they used Crimson Hexagon to develop their system.
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news
1.28.2010 State of the Union "tweets"
1.20.2010 New England technology leaders recognized as MHT Women to Watch
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May again. Seriously, Kris Hammond, this is right up your alley. Do you know about these guys and what do you think of them?
* I got a call from Debbie Upp, Scott Upp's wife, on Tuesday. We chatted about many things since I used to work for Scott years ago as a headhunter before he started Upp Business Systems. Debbie did say that like everyone else, 2009 was tough, but the software side of the business did better than the consulting side. Interesting.
Here is what the firm which has $26.8MM in annual revenue and 172 employees (I don't know how up to date that info. is) does. I suspect that 172 figure is a bit high.
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http://www.zoominfo.com/Search/CompanyDetail.aspx?CompanyID=122290232&cs=QDHSgA4b8&pc=indeed
UPP Business Systems has been providing Infrastructure Support Services to this Fortune 500 perennial since 1996. The firm's operations are supported by a 1000-member Information Technology group responsible for development and support of IT applications for the parent company and various subsidiary interests. This includes a complex infrastructure comprised of Data Center, Communications and Network Services, supporting Oracle, SAP, Lawson Financials, Sybase, Apache, WebSphere, etc.
UPP Business Systems personnel are critical assets in the administration and monitoring of this organization's large-scale, production environment comprised of more than 300 IBM SP2, IBM RS/6000 (AIX), IBM S/390 (Linux) and Sun Enterprise (Solaris) servers, in support of over 20,000 users worldwide. These servers house the company's highly-customized SAP (Oracle) applications in addition to countless homegrown IBM mainframe-, Web- and Visual Basic-developed systems backed by Oracle, Sybase, DB2, and other databases.
As part of a large team, UPP Business Systems' overall systems administration services provided in this high-availability, mission-critical environment include installation and configuration of hardware and software; OS upgrades; system monitoring and tuning (memory, I/O, CPU, network adapter); performance analysis and optimization; memory management; user account maintenance and systems security; file system management; backup and recovery and disaster preparedness; and shell scripting.
Routine duties performed by the UPP Business Systems team include application development support, and user support for workstations, dumb terminals, printers, and all network peripherals as well as various asynchronous, manufacturing devices (such as truck scales and gates). Our consultants are also responsible for general and network connectivity troubleshooting, including connections between mainframe and UNIX systems (LU6.2, RJE, SNA), UUCP and Radio Frequency units, Sendmail and DNS.
UPP Business Systems additionally installs and administers network- and Host-based security systems throughout the environment. This includes setup and administration of Gauntlet firewalls under Solaris for secure corporate Internet access and private networks through corporate and international locations, as well as overall administration of various other firewall systems at each gateway. Moreover, UPP Business Systems personnel took part in an audit of Security Policies, and evaluation, selection and implementation of Host-based Intrusion Detection Systems.
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Debbie mentioned in passing that her brother-in-law, Mark Harris, has left the firm after twenty three years to start his own firm. She said that our conversation was not for the report, but since I've known her since 1982 those rules don't apply. There is always the Dever and Dalka exemption and now there's the Debbie exception.
* Gerry Murphy was kind enough to write in with his experiences of almost thirty years ago. Our conversation covered much more ground than what he writes about in today's report. Here is the note I sent him.
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Subject: Gerry, following up on our conversation today.
Date: 1/18/2010 11:33:17 A.M. Central Standard Time
From: ronaldmay@aol.com
To: geraldlmurphy@att.net
January 18, 2010
Gerry,
Give me a few paragraphs on the following topics from our phone conversation today:
1. The Robert Taylor homes and the incident with the kids you told me about. And what all of that killing had to do with carbon monoxide and how you got the homes torn down.
2. The think tank at International Harvester which became Navistar involving Ford and IBM. What did the think tank do and how was it funded? What issues did it address?
3. Your point about leasing, trucks and interest rates and how the rapid shifts in interest rates under Paul Volcker made it hard to do business. Specifically, tell me about the 18% and the 6% savings and how you did that.
Thanks.
Ron
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That is all for now folks.
* I met this morning with Dr. Brendon McMahon at NU. He is a hematologist and he told me that in 90% of the cases like mine, they are successful in figuring out the source of the anemia and fixing it. Thank goodness, I don't know how much longer I can endure. My latest hemoglobin reading form the labs on Tuesday: 7.6 which is really low. Normal adult males are 14 to 17 and even male dialysis patients are normally 11.5 to 13.0 which I have been most of the time. My 7.6 could call for a transfusion, Dr. McMahon told me. BTW, he looks like he has not started shaving yet.
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This just in: Survey of smartphone users
Subject: Looking for your help...
Date: 1/28/2010 2:01:48 P.M. Central Standard Time
From: vfrontop@sbcglobal.net
To: ronaldmay@aol.com
Ron,
As an avid reader of the May Report I was wondering if you could help out. We are trying to reach a broad sampling of smartphone users who won't mind spending a couple of minutes to take our 10 question "smartphone survey". I would have to suspect that you have a large rolodex of folks in the tech and investment community that are hardcore smartphone users and subscribe to the May Report.
Thank you in Advance, any effort is appreciated
Scott Davis
The survey link is: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5Y2RC3Z
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MIT-EF is going to Ungaretti & Harris LLP, not Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
From: Nancy Munro nancy@knowledgeshift.net
Subject: correction
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:46:33 -0600
To: ron@themayreport.com
Ron:
The firm who is hosting our next two meetings is Ungaretti & Harris LLP, not Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom as you stated in your newsletter today, which is the same physical location as our previous events at 70 W Madison.
Nancy Munro, CEO
630-221-8759 office
630-747-4048 cell
http://www.knowledgeshift.net
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Chicago-area venture-backed growth company, ExteNet Systems, closes $128.4 million investment
From: Doug Newkirk dnewkirk@extenetsystems.com
Subject: Chicago-area venture-backed growth company closes $128.4 million investment
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:19:37 -0600
To: ronaldmay@aol.com, "Ron May" ron@themayreport.com
http://www.extenetsystems.com/aboutus/newsreleases_20100125.html
Doug Newkirk
Deputy General Counsel
ExteNet Systems, Inc.
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128.4 Million Investment Strengthens ExteNet Systems' Distributed Network Architecture Business Plan
SSP Offshore LLC, SBA Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: SBAC) and Five Existing Investors Support Company Expansion and Growth Strategies with Cash Investments and Assets
LISLE, Illinois - January 25, 2010 - ExteNet Systems, Inc., announced the closing of a new round of equity financing with SSP Offshore LLC, an affiliate of Soros Fund Management LLC ("SSP"), SBA Communications Corporation ("SBA"), as well as all five of the company's existing institutional investors. With participation from Centennial Ventures, Columbia Capital, Sevin Rosen Funds, CenterPoint Ventures and Palomar Ventures, the investment in this round of financing totals $128.4 million.
The transaction included the transfer of SBA's distributed antenna systems subsidiary business, SBA DAS Holdings, LLC, with operations principally located in the metropolitan areas of the northeastern United States. The additional financial and operational resources will support ExteNet's continued development of infrastructure for wireless service providers.
"The wireless industry is facing tremendous customer demand for new wireless services including expanded data, text, video, and voice applications. All of these demands are creating strains on the wireless service providers' networks," said ExteNet's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ross Manire. "This investment and the assets from SBA will allow us to significantly grow our business in a manner that supports wireless companies' development of more robust and efficient networks."
"Since we first entered the DAS business in the fall of 2008, we have been seeking to materially increase our investment and capabilities in DAS," commented Jeffrey A. Stoops, SBA's President and CEO. "Today we have accomplished that with our investment in ExteNet. We have had the pleasure of knowing and admiring Ross Manire and his team for years. ExteNet is a best in class DAS provider, with superior capabilities, technology, experience and project success. SBA will work closely with ExteNet to provide comprehensive customer solutions, and our goal is to provide increased investment to ExteNet over time as required."
Customer usage trends point to continued strong demand for expanded network capabilities. According to Juniper Research, mobile data application downloads will hit 20 billion per year by 2014. Pyramid Research expects mobile data revenue to double again to $300 billion by 2012. According to a senior wireless industry executive recently interviewed by the Chicago Tribune, "Networks have to accommodate not just more smart phones, but also an expected innovation wave that's going to happen with netbooks, e-readers and other Web-connected devices."
SSP, which led this round of financing, focuses on capital-intensive start-ups, buyouts, and growth equity transactions, and seeks to acquire world-class assets that can generate strong and growing cash flows.
In connection with the transaction, David K. Wassong, managing director, and Waldemar Szlezak, principal, both in the Private Equity Group at Soros Fund Management LLC, have joined ExteNet's Board of Directors.
Citigroup acted as ExteNet's sole placement agent and financial advisor for the transaction.
Our Team
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Gerald Murphy: An interesting story involving Fed monetary policy, capital equipment and International Harvester (predecessor to Navistar)
From: geraldlmurphy@att.net
Subject: Monetary Policy
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:03:10 -0600
To: "The May Report" ron@themayreport.com
Dear Ron:
Thank you for requesting additional information about previous work I had done to change U.S. monetary policy for the better.
In a conversation that you and I had recently, there was a spontaneous disclosure by me about previous work on monetary policy and the results obtained. After you asked me for more details, I realize that some of your subscribers might become Fed watchers and take the initiative to address similar situations in the years ahead.
These initiatives took place in 1982 and 2009, when there were economic downturns that had indicators of possible onsets of economic depressions. Both initiatives were successful and apparently led to the largest and second largest increases in the economy in U.S. history.
The first initiative to deal with monetary policy was prompted in January, 1982 at the annual meeting of International Harvester (predecessor to Navistar), where I was an executive employee. Many of the shareholders in attendance were retirees with substantial holdings of company stock. I and fellow execs were getting a pasting from shareholders. I had a vague feeling that we did not deserve most of the blame.
This embarrassment prompted me to walk briskly from the Art Institute auditorium (where the IH Annual Meeting was held) to the Chicago office of the Federal Reserve. I spent a few hours in the Fed library, looking at decades of history of the Fed and the economy. Although the Fed was created to protect the U.S. from policy errors previously committed by Congress and other forces, I concluded that the Great Depression was caused by more than speculation in the stock markets. It was also caused by the Smoot Hawley Tariff Act, a Federal Reserve intervention to deal with a panic in Great Britain and a Fed reduction in the money supply.
With help from sophisticated and expensive information search facilities (predecessors to Google), I found that the Fed had been engineering seven cycles of large swings in the money supply and interest rates during 1979-82. This was devastating to capital goods manufacturers like IIH, which lost more than a billion dollars in 1981 as a result. To those who would like to gain a better perspective on economic history, I recommend reading "A History of Interest Rates," by Homer & Sylla, a paper by the Brookings Institution about the volatile economy in the 1979-82 period, and annual reports of the Federal Reserve for years when the economy was volatile.
Upon completion of my study, I wrote a paper and sent copies to key officials in the Reagan Administration. There were quite a number of monetary policy officials in the administration who replied, all of which replies were identical except for the names and contact information about each sender. There was a courtesy letter from the Fed Chairman with no comments about the policy matters discussed.
There was a big break when I received an invitation to attend the Annual meeting of the Chicago Farmers in early June, 1982. The guest speaker was Tom Foley, who was then the House Majority Whip (later the Speaker of the House). I invited a key economist for the IH Truck division and his wife to join us in attending this function.
During the Q & A period following his fine speech, we asked Mr. Foley several questions about monetary policy. He was responsive and said he will address this when he returns to Washington. Following his speech and the meeting adjourment, we approached him and showed company data that confirmed the impact of monetary policy on IH sales and losses. He gave us an hour and noted that he had never seen a presentation that linked company data with data on the general economy.
Our economist and his wife drove Mr. Foley to the airport following our visit and had a chance to further discuss the economy.
Within three weeks, Mr. Foley caused Congress to pass a resolution directing the Fed to bring down the interest rates. The prime dropped three points in one day in early July, 1982. This intervention by Congress in the work of the Federal Reserve had been a rarity. I had already sent my paper to others, including ABC-TV. Months later in early December, ABC-TV hosted a special rountable discussion program about monetary policy. There was a consensus among panelists that interest rates were still too high. On the next day, the prime rate fell another percentage point, resulting in a total reduction in the prime of four percent arising from our initiative.
The November 2008 stock market rally commenced on the Friday before Thanksgiving and followed a series of remarkably effective confidence-building statements by President-elect Obama. On of the day before that effective action and possibly by coincidence, I had written the President-elect expressing concern that that discussions about the economy at millions of Thanksgiving Day dinner tables might not be good for the economy unless there was a constructive statement soon about plans of the incoming Administration for economic recovery. The ensuing rally began on the Friday before Thanksgiving and was the second largest stock market gain in U.S. history.
Respectfully submitted,
Gerald L. Murphy
Oak Brook, IL
630-968-4448
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John P. Katsantonis: Snarky remark
From: John P. Katsantonis jpkattt@att.net
Subject: The comScore controversy now has TechCrunch involved
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:42:49 -0600
To: The May Report ron@themayreport.com
Couldn't happen to nicer pair of twits.
(....that's "TWITS."~jk)
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Tim Smith: Has a publisher for his book on Pricing Strategy
From: Tim Smith tsmith@wiglafpricing.com
Subject: RE: The May Report: 1/25/2010: A major brouhaha developing over comScore's marketing practices brought on by $10K fees, better data for big cos. that pay and one blogger, Jason Calacanis; The Total Attorneys rumor is true; An overlooked Chicago tech firm,
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:26:33 -0600
To: 'The May Report' ron@themayreport.com
Ron -
I got a publisher for my next book, Pricing Strategy: Setting Price Levels, Managing Price Discounts, & Establishing Price Structures to Win the Market. See, good things do come out of the May Report.
Tim Smith to publish "Pricing Strategy: Setting Price Levels, Managing Price Discounts, & Establishing Price Structures to Win the Market"
All good inquiry starts with a good question. Tim Smith's inquiry began by looking for academically proven and industry accepted best practices for price management. This broad question was narrowed to focus by examining the key issues that an executive must address in managing prices.
The pricing strategy of a firm is defined through four key questions. First, how should a product or service be priced? Once an executive has addressed this first question, customers will immediately force a second line of questions: When should customers receive a discount and how should discounting be managed? As an executive addresses these challenges, the third issue of structurally changing the pricing mechanism in order to market the same product at different prices to different market segments will arise. That is, should a firm sell individual products at unit prices, use a two-part tariff, engage in versioning or bundling, or pursue different price structure altogether? Fourth and finally, a firm cannot define their pricing policy in isolation but must address constraints informed by competitive, industrial, and government policy. This straightforward line of inquiry resulted in the text Pricing Strategy: Setting Price Levels, Managing Price Discounts, & Establishing Price Structures to Win the Market.
Pricing Strategy is a comprehensive text on pricing that examines pricing decisions with the objective to maximize a firm's profits under the constraint of creating and capturing customers. With each price decision opportunity explored, Pricing Strategy highlights the stakeholder's importance of the decision, the key tradeoffs to consider in selecting between opposing outcomes, and the influences which should guide their decision.
Pricing Strategy has been written as the definitive text of pricing for MBA students and working professionals. As a comprehensive text, Pricing Strategy uses established, recent, and new research in marketing, economics, competitive strategy, consumer behavior, and finance; and spans many competitive industries including those in business and consumer markets, durable and consumable markets, and tangible and intangible markets.
Pricing Strategy: Setting Price Levels, Managing Price Discounts, & Establishing Price Structures to Win the Market (working title) is to be published with South-Western Cengage Learning with a tentative release of Summer 2010.
Tim Smith, PhD
Managing Principal, Wiglaf Pricing
Adjunct Prof. of Marketing, DePaul University
Mobile: 312 953 9831
www.wiglafpricing.com
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Mike McCarty: http://www.townchicago.com
From: Mike McCarty mmccarty@microthought.com
Subject: content use
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:34:49 -0500
To: ron@themayreport.com
Ron,
I have been reading your report for years- I was wondering if we can use your report on our
New portal http://www.townchicago.com
Or if you would like to have a section that you can upload some great Chicago news.
Thanks- Mike McCarty
Town Chicago
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Adventure Cycling Association Chooses ClubExpress
From: Dan Ehrmann dan@clubexpress.com
Subject: Press Release: Adventure Cycling Association chooses ClubExpress
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:01:32 -0600
To: Ron May ron@themayreport.com
Ron, I hope your recent health issues are under better control. Here is a press release for the Report.
Regards,
Dan
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Dan Ehrmann
ClubExpress
More Passion. Less Paperwork.
(866) 457-2582
www.clubexpress.com
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Adventure Cycling Association Chooses ClubExpress
Contacts:
Amy Corbin
Adventure Cycling Association
800-755-2453 x215
acorbin@adventurecycling.org
Dan Ehrmann
ClubExpress
866-457-2582
dan@clubexpress.com
Missoula, Montana - Adventure Cycling Association and ClubExpress today announced a new strategic partnership that will offer new, helpful benefits to the organization's membership.
A new partnership with ClubExpress (www.clubexpress.com ) gives Adventure Cycling's 120+ member bike clubs a 20% discount when they sign up to use ClubExpress' robust club website and database management system. This platform allows clubs and associations to run their operations completely online, including website, memberships, events, credit card payments, finances, documents, and photos. Adventure Cycling hopes that this system will offer its member clubs an easier and more effective system to run their day-to-day operations.
"We're excited to be partnering with Adventure Cycling to bring the benefits of ClubExpress to more cycling clubs," said Dan Ehrmann, president of ClubExpress. "Our platform will help these clubs focus their efforts and volunteers on promoting cycling and its many benefits, creating a richer experience for current and prospective members."
Rick Stein, webmaster for the Omaha Pedalers Bike Club had this to say about ClubExpress, "ClubExpress is fast to setup and maintain and has a wealth of features. You don't need to be a web expert to maintain the site. I would highly recommend [ClubExpress]".
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About Adventure Cycling Association
Adventure Cycling Association is the premier bicycle travel organization in North America with over 44,000 members. A nonprofit organization, its mission is to inspire people of all ages to travel by bicycle. It produces routes and maps for cycling in North America, organizes more than 40 tours annually, and publishes the best bicycle travel information anywhere, including Adventure Cyclist magazine and the online Cyclists' Yellow Pages. With 38,158 meticulously mapped miles in the Adventure Cycling Route Network, Adventure Cycling gives cyclists the tools and confidence to create their own bike travel adventures. Contact the office at (800) 755-BIKE (2453), info@adventurecycling.org, or visit www.adventurecycling.org.
About ClubExpress
ClubExpress is the leading Internet platform to help smaller clubs and associations run their operations, including their website, membership database, member signups and renewals, event registrations, payment processing, discussion forums, surveys, E-Commerce storefront, document and media libraries, and all the other member and admin tasks that clubs and associations do. ClubExpress allows these organizations to focus on their passion and their mission, creating a richer experience for members to improve retention and grow the membership. More info at www.clubexpress.com, email info@clubexpress.com, or call the office at (866) HLP-CLUB (457-2582).
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Sponsored by the Northbrook Chamber of Commerce & SCORE--Chuck Krugel Law Seminar 2/24/10
From: Charles Krugel cak1@charlesakrugel.com
Subject: Sponsored by the Northbrook Chamber of Commerce & SCORE--Chuck Krugel Law Seminar 2/24/10
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:11:14 -0600
To: Charles Krugel cak1@charlesakrugel.com
I'm excited to announce that on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 from 11:45 AM ? 1:15 PM, I'll be presenting the ?Employment Law and HR Primer for Small Businesses? co-sponsored by the Northbrook Chamber of Commerce, www.northbrookchamber.org, and SCORE, www.scorechicago.org . The seminar will be held at the Northbrook Chamber, 2002 Walters Ave., Northbrook. Comprehensive handouts/resources will be provided. It costs $15 in advance and $20 at the door and includes lunch. You may register by phone at 847-513-6361.
Sincerely,
Chuck Krugel
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Charles A. Krugel
www.charlesakrugel.com
Human Resources Attorney & Counselor
Labor & Employment Law on Behalf of Management
312-804-3851
cak1@charlesakrugel.com
Chicago
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February 10 - BNC Entrepreneur Event: Panel Discussion ~ What does it take to run a small business
From: bnc entrepreneur bnc.entrepreneur@gmail.com
Subject: February 10 - BNC Entrepreneur Event: Panel Discussion ~ What does it take to run a small business
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:51:16 -0600
To: ron@themayreport.com
Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 8:30 to 11:00 AM?
Wells Fargo Advisors
?222 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 300, Chicago?
Join us for the next BNC Entrepreneur panel discussion in which we will feature 4 fairly new BNC entrepreneurs: Second Act, The Tucker Company, Maui Wowi Hawaiian Coffees and Smoothies, Lakeshore Branding ~ moderated by Raman Chadha director of the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center.??
They will share with you how they got started, the challenges they faced, how they financed their business, some of the advantages/disadvantages of the type of business they own as well as where they get the support they need.??
Find out what it takes to run your own small business and make 2010 the year where your business takes off.?
For More info and to register: http://bnce021010-web.eventbrite.com.
The cost is $25 in advance or $35 at the door.
Thanks to our room sponsor: Meeta Vakil of Wells Fargo Advisors
??If you have any questions please contact Susan Barahia at sbarahia@bnchicago.org or 312-371-3786.
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Susan Barahia
BNC Entrepreneur Group Leader
sbarahia@bnchicago.org
312-371-3786
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Chicago's third annual Red Carpet Poetry Slam will take place on Thursday, January 28th at the School of the Art Institute Ballroom
From: Angela Papaleo apapaleo@americascores.org
Sender: Angela Papaleo molly@americascoreschicago.ccsend.com
Subject: America SCORES Chicago Press Announcement
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:01:24 -0500 (EST)
To: ron@themayreport.com
PRESS RELEASE
January 25, 2010
For More Information Contact:
Angela Papaleo
312-666-0496
America SCORES Chicago
america scores chicago PRESENTS Third ANNUAL CHARITY EVENT AT SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE BALLROOM
Select Chicago Public School students perform original spoken word
poetry at the Red Carpet Poetry Slam honoring
Principal Pat Dossiea from Chalmers Elementary School
CHICAGO, Illinois -Chicago's third annual Red Carpet Poetry Slam will take place on Thursday, January 28th at the School of the Art Institute Ballroom (112 South Michigan Avenue) and will benefit America SCORES Chicago, the city's only non-profit after school organization that combines soccer and poetry to inspire 500 urban public school students.
The America SCORES Chicago Red Carpet Poetry Slam will initiate at 5:30 pm with a cocktail reception and silent auction, and will feature live music from Chicago's legendary Tammy McCann Quartet. The Poetry Slam will begin at 7:00 pm and will highlight original spoken word poetry from select America SCORES students. Calliope Award recipient Pat Dossiea, Principal of Chalmers Elementary School in North Lawndale, will be honored for her significant contributions to the America SCORES program. Tickets are $100 each and include cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and dessert reception. The evening will conclude with a silent auction, wine raffle and celebrity autograph session. Those interested in tickets and donations should call 312-666-0496 or visit www.AmericaSCORESChicago.org
About America SCORES Chicago
America SCORES Chicago is an affiliate of America SCORES, a unique national youth development program that seeks to help urban students "score goals on the field and achieve goals in the classroom." America SCORES Chicago serves 500 students 20-25 weeks per year in nine public elementary schools. Students ages 8-13 receive after-school programming five days per week throughout the school year. For more information,visit www.AmericaSCORESChicago.org .
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