Sacramento Professional Network

03/14/2014

New Education Committee Co-Chairs
Liz Jacobsen and Wendy Weaver have volunteered to share the leadership of the Education Committee as Co-Chairs. Thank-you Liz & Wendy for stepping up to the plate! Also, thanks to Matthew Valine for his efforts as head of the committee for the past few months.

02/10/2014

Note: CHANGE OF VENUE

A previous event posting indicated that the General Meeting on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 would take place at the Arden Christian Center. However, this is incorrect: the meeting will take place at the usual Ge**er Road venue.
http://www.sacpronet.com/content/general-meeting-tuesday-february-11-2014-guest-speakers-matthew-valine-brian-decal

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01/29/2014

Leadership Changes

There have been a few changes in the leadership of our organization as of January 28, 2014:

President:
Val Morgan has stepped down and left the organization, having served as President for more than the six months of two regular terms. The current Internal Vice President, Matthew Valine, has been named to the post. Thank-you to Val for your service, and thank-you to Matt for accepting this responsibility.

Internal Vice President:
John L. Mohammed, a former External Vice President and President, has been named Internal Vice President to replace Matthew Valine in that role.

As a reminder, several weeks ago the position of External Vice President was assumed by Ron McClure, who is also a former President and Vice President, and Beth Regula Thompson stepped up to assume the role of Interview Committee Chair.

We still need a volunteer to take on the role of Education Committee Chair.

12/16/2013

Unfortunately, as cute as this is, the true story is worse...

House Republicans voted to block the Democratic budget, which would have cut taxpayer-funded subsidies to the Big Five Oil and Gas Companies [SOURCE]

11/06/2013

Please note that there will be NO GENERAL MEETING for the week of November 12, 2013. Instead, members are encouraged to attend the LinkedIn workshop that will take place the following Wednesday at the North Natomas Branch of the Sacramento Public Library.

10/19/2013

As of October 19, 2013 at 12:05 am Pacific standard time, I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to use my pictures, information, or posts, both past and future. By this statement, I give notice to Facebook it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents. The content of this profile is private and confidential information. The violation of privacy can be punished by law (UCC 1-308- 1 1 308-103 and the Rome Statute).

05/02/2013

Elections completed!
Congratulations to T. Val Morgan, who was elected by unanimous vote to the office of President, and to Bob Langen, who was similarly elected by unanimous vote to the office of External Vice President..
There have also been a couple of shifts in committee chairmanships: Stephanie Spiller has returned to us, and agreed to chair the Interview Committee. Our Internal Vice President, Sima Nasif, has taken on the chairmanship of the Education Committee.
Thanks and best wishes to all who have stepped forward to lead.

04/17/2013

New Interview Committee Chair(s) named
Elizabeth Deuso, and our Internal Vice President Sima Nafiz have agreed to co-chair the Interview Committee. Sima will continue to care for the interview camera, which she will bring to general meetings only on those days when a mock interview has been scheduled. So, please give the committee at least a day's notice when you want to have a mock interview, and try to request them for the afternoon of a general meeting day.
Thanks to Elizabeth and Sima for stepping up to lead!

02/20/2013

The DISC Personality Assessment available to members of the Sacramento Professional Network has been updated. It now includes a third component: Emotional Intelligence. (The first two components are Communication Styles and Motivators.)
Whether or not you have previously taken the assessment, it is strongly recommended that you take it now, in preparation for Phil Bristol's presentations on March 5th and March 12th. The link to register for and take the assessment is on the member home page:
http://www.sacpronet.com/memberhomepage

01/26/2013

No General Meeting this coming week.
The General Meeting that would normally have occurred on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 has been cancelled due to our participation in Success 2013 on the following Wednesday.

01/18/2013

LinkedIn Workshop very well-attended.
The LinkedIn workshop that I give every two months has generally attracted twenty or fewer participants, allowing it to be highly interactive and driven by the participants' specific issues. So few showed up for the last one, however, that we decided to step up our marketing of the event. The result: we had fifty people show up (ten more than the number of computer seats available). Actually, even more showed up, but decided not to stay due to the lack of room.
We had to set up additional chairs in the aisle and at the front of the room, and there were still a couple of attendees who were listening through the door from outside.
Though it could not be as intimate, the workshop was well-received. Several participants took the time to compliment me on it, and one person was anxious to know how soon there would be another.
We were victims of our own success. However, we will not be cutting back on our marketing. For future workshops we will require pre-registration to avoid over-subscription, and we may consider increasing their frequency.

12/24/2012

There will be no General Meetings the next two weeks.
The Sacramento Professional Network will not meet on Tuesday, December 25th, as that is Christmas day. Similarly, there will be no meeting the following Tuesday, January 1st, as that is New Year's day.
There will be a new-member orientation on Thursday, January 3rd, and a General Meeting on Tuesday, January 8, 2013.
Happy Holidays, and see you all in the New Year!