Everyone always says “time flies” but it’s really hard for me to believe
that it was a whole year ago that I took over as SMPS Sacramento
Chapter president. It’s been a pleasure to serve as your president and
work with so many incredible people. I’m excited to hand over the reins
to Kathryn Graham from David Evans and Associates as your 2010 – 2011
Chapter president. Kathryn has some great ideas for the chapter and she
and her Board will be leading our chapter to even greater
accomplishments.
I personally want to thank everyone who served on
the Board, as a committee chair or committee member for their time and
commitment to the chapter. Without all of the hardworking volunteers we
could have never accomplished so much.
And boy did we accomplish some great things this year. Here are just a few of the highlights:
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Mary Arzave, Community Outreach Committee Chairman, and Kristen Groves, Special Events Chair had the opportunity to deliver a donation check to Shriners Hospitals for Children. Shriners was selected as the beneficiary from the SMPS, SAME, PEMA Holiday Mixer last December. The event was overwhelmingly successful with well over 200 guests in attendance. The SMPS Community Outreach and Special Events Committees were proud to write a check for $5200 to Shriners Hospitals for Children. Thankful for our generous donation, Alan Anderson, Shriners Director of Development graciously accepted the check.
Great job SMPS!! We have made our community proud and helped the Shriners Family continue to save lives. Thank you all for your participation and making the event a success!
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As I get to the midpoint of my term we are faced with a new challenge: how to provide you with what you need in this changing economy and market. As things turn uncertain we need to remember the benefits of staying involved. It provides you with an avenue to stay connected to your peers, keeps you in touch with opportunities and issues, and helps advance your education.
What are your needs? Let me know...
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We would be much more effective setting a few small goals that will lead us to the one main goal. Not only would we finally accomplish what we set out to do, we would feel great about all our accomplishments along the way.
What goals will you set throughout the year?
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We can have whatever we want; we just need to know what we want and then do everything we can to achieve it. There will be bumps in the road, and we may fall occasionally, but we will get to where we want to be because we keep reaching for it.
What will you reach for? Leave me a note.
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In the spirit of keeping enthusiasm alive and not being afraid, this year, I’ve decided to work on the things that I am afraid to do. So I started a list. Now, I might not get them all accomplished, but when you ask me in a year how I did, I’m going to be able to tell you I put in the effort. So, my list includes learning to play the guitar, helping to develop a Regional SMPS Conference, learning to speak Spanish, and taking some time to chill out and relax.
What would you do if you knew you would not fail?
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According to Keith Ferrazzi, a speaker at National Conference in 2006 and author of Never Eat Alone, there are five things you can do to be more audacious: find a role model, learn to speak, get involved, get therapy, and just do it.
How do you respond to these five items?
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