February 2003 eNews

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New Look?
Like the new logo above? It’s the new look for an organization on the go and on the grow. Read more about the new design here. All PRSA materials and regional and chapter looks will have this logo in place by next January. Now if we can just figure how to get it on our luncheon nametags.

Sporting New Initials
Last summer, PRSA-St. Louis pushed for members to attend free study classes, learn from the local pros, study, and work their you-know-what’s off, to pay for and take their APR exams. Now the results of those efforts are starting to trickle in. Several chapter members, including two 2003 Board members now proudly list “APR” behind their names – Accredited in Public Relations – by the Public Relations Society of America. Way to go folks! Congratulations to these area professionals that we know about:
Rita Holmes-Bobo, APR, St. Louis Public Schools*
Suzanne Holroyd, APR, The Vandiver Group +
Danielle Oser, APR, BSW Consulting, Inc. +
Kathy Siddens, APR, Events Plus
Rob Staggenborg, APR, CBC High School
Paul Tandy, APR, Parkway School District
Karen Thomson, APR, Youth in Need
* Member NSPRA (National School Public Relations Society)
+ PRSA-St. Louis 2003 Board Member

Welcome new Members
Alan Akerson, Sr. Lecturer, University of Missouri-St. Louis*
Nichole Burgdorf, Development Assistant, National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse
Megan Cammarata, Manager, Fleishman-Hillard
Renee Hirshfield, Manager, Depeche Advertising & Design
Kathryn Kiefer, Principal, Kiefer Communications
Amy Loise Libke, Director of Marketing & Public Relations, Life Skills Foundation
Jessica Little, Communications Coordinator, Center for Plant Conservation
Daniel J. McGrath, PR Account Supervisor, Adamson Inc.
Walter H. Rice, APR, Director External Communications, The Boeing Co. (transfer/Huntington Beach, Calif.)+
Diana Minardi Strauss, Self-Employed PR Specialist
Nicole M. Traycoff, Media Relations Coordinator, American Red Cross Missouri-Illinois
* Former member
+ Pending local dues

And Say Hello to these many, many renewals
William K. Anderson, APR, Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.; Katie Burckhalter, APR, St. Patrick Center; Trudy Barthels, SSM St. Joseph Health Center; Holly Berthold, Missouri Department of Conservation; Vicki Biggs, St. Louis County Fair & Air Show; Pam Bolden, United Way of Greater St. Louis; Jim Braibish, APR, Braibish Communications; Jennifer Brinkmann, Brinkmann Public Relations; Kelly Clauss, Clauss Communications; Allison Hawk Collinger, St. Louis Rams; Erin Elizabeth Condren, Consultant; Christy Conrad, Enterprise Rent-A-Car; Sonia Crites, National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED); Deb Faber, Maplewood Chamber of Commerce; Amanda Gioia, MasterCard International; Susan Hanley, St. Louis District Dairy Council; James Heine, Editorial Solutions; Gayla Hoffman, APR, Gayla Hoffman Associates; Jana Ireland Shortt, Hardee’s Food Systems, Inc.; Jeane Jae, Consultant; Judith Jasper Leicht, Washington University; Peggy Lents, Lents & Associates; Elaine Lindecke, Lindecke & Associates; Kerry Lyman, Nestle Purina PetCare Company; Karen Marshall, APR, Monsanto Company; Brenda Murphy-Niederkorn, Murphy Communications; Beth Rusert, Solutia, Inc.; Burt St. John III, APR, USPS; Judy Taylor, Taylor’d Communications; Julie Tockman, APR, Protein Technologies International; Donna Vandiver, The Vandiver Group; Stacey Lynn Vinson, Frontier Community College; Loren Wasell, Consultant; Christine Wells, Webster University;

On the Move:
Dallas A. Meneely, APR, from Monsanto Company (retired) to PR Consultant.
Chon Tomlin-Rice from Private Consultant to Central States Coca-Cola Bottling Company as Community Relations Manager/Public Affairs Coordinator

What Others are doing (of interest to PRSA members):
4/2/2003 St. Louis Chapter of NIRI (National Investor Relations Institute)
“Public Relations and IR - A Corporate Perspective”
11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m., University Club, St. Louis
Speaker: Donald E. Eagon, Jr., vice president of global communication and investor relations of Diebold, Incorporated and national chairman of NIRI. Eagon is one of the leading forces in NIRI's growing emphasis on integrating financial communications and other corporate communications functions, whether those responsibilities lie within one department or depend on cooperation and interaction between different departments. Cost: Non-NIRI members $50. Save the date. Registration info available in March.

4/3/2003 – PRSA Central Iowa
“Winning a Seat at the Strategy Table”
HyVee Convention Center, West Des Moines, Iowa
Join hundreds of communications professionals across the Midwest. Listen to industry leaders, network with your peers and join in the fun of the Sixth Annual Prime Awards. Presented by Central Iowa PRSA. For more information visit the Central Iowa PRSA Chapter Web site at www.prsaciowa.com or contact Rob Schweers at 515-235-5093 or rschweers@iowaheart.com. Central Iowa PRSA, P.O. Box 4672. Des Moines, Iowa 50306

Proposals for New Orleans Conference due Friday
If you're interested in presenting at PRSA's International Conference in New Orleans this Oct. 25-28, proposals are due by Friday, Feb. 21, for online or e-mail submissions. Online submissions are preferred. You can obtain the proposal format from PRSA's Web site at www.prsa.org. For details, click on the button that reads "2003 International Conference Call for Presentations." Conference Theme: "Building Credibility, Confidence and Respect." If you need an application faxed to you or want more information, contact genevieve.delaurier@prsa.org.

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