July 2004 eNews

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What's in this issue?
1) Programs update & reminder
2) Job Bank - Two new listings week of July 26
3) Know Your Chapter Members - on sight
4) New membership incentive - and a bonus for (Member) finders
5) Meet new Members, Renewals
6) What Others are doing - Opportunities

Elaine Grant and Joe Holleman, two of our Aug. 19 panelists
1) Media Panel - Feature This
Four area media people who sometimes work more behind the scenes than in your face, will share the value of a good feature, Thursday, Aug. 19, at the Junior League. For details on the participants - one each from local TV, radio, newspaper and print magazine - go to Now Feature This. You'll also find a link there to bios on the panelists. PRSA president-elect/program chair Jeff Waldman will be the moderator. Follow the link to register.

Sam Foxman in review
If you were unable to attend the July 20 luncheon with Sam Foxman of Contemporary Productions, check out this review and find out if you are on the in-crowd when it comes to "tastemakers." It's on our Web site under "Foxman: Notes" on the left hand column of the Speakers page. You'll find links to previous presentations and bios of our preseners on that page as well.

2) Jobs update
They come. They go. And quickly. We're talking jobs on the PRSA Job Bank. Two new listings went up July 28. Check the latest Job Bank listings and follow the links for how to apply.

3) Meet Your Fellow Members
DeBlaze: Dawn DeBlaze Lwali: Caroline Lwali RMiller: Roxanne Miller Sutherland: Mark Sutherland
Get to know your PRSA-St. Louis Chapter members. From left to right: Dawn DeBlaze, DeBlaze & Associates; Caroline Lwali, Hautly Cheese Company; Roxanne Miller, University of Missouri Extension; Mark Sutherland, Joyce Meyer Ministries. If you are new, or just refreshed, we want your picture so our members and friends will know you when they see you at meetings and in high places. E-mail us your latest (JPG or TIF) for our next eNews.

4) Join during August/September
August-September is MGAM with PRSA - or Member Get-A-Member with incentives for those of you who for one reason or the other are still not a member of the best PR association in town. And there are incentives for those of you who are already members. Check out the info on our Membership page. And join the in-crowd.

5) Welcome our Newest Members

Jennifer Elaine Cline, Noble & Associates (Springfield, MO)*
Roxanne Miller, Regional Information Specialist, University of Missouri Extension
Emily Riney, Account Coordinator, TGI Marketing
Pam Weston, Coordinator-Employee Communications, Commerce Bancschares, Inc.
^{* Pending payment of chapter dues}

And a big welcome back to these renewals

Holly Berthold, Missouri Department of Conservation
Michelle Corey, Better Business Bureau
Ron Duchek, Thompson Coburn LLP
Melissa R. Lackey, APR, The Standing Partnership
Amy McLard, Missouri Credit Union Association
Ron O'Connor, APR, O'Connor & Partners, Inc.
Shuntae M. Shields-Ryan, Downtown Saint Louis Partnership
Jeff Strickland, MACTEC Engineering & Consulting, Inc.
Harold Zinn, Missouri Enterprise

On the Move (other)
Mike Knopfel, from Independent Practitioner, to Ameristar Casinos as PR Manager

6) What others are doing

PRNewswire Media Coffee
Learn what the Associated Press is and is not, 8-10 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 12, Laclede Gas Building, 720 Olive St., 30th Floor. Free to PR professionals. Limited enrollment. RSVP via e-mail to RSVP.Chicago@prnewswire.com or call 1-888-776-6551. Meet the decision makers at AP and learn how to work best with their people.