LA/NTMA Annual Meeting & Roundtable Discussion
Speaker: NTMA Chairman Ron Overton
Join Us for
LA/NTMA Annual Meeting & Roundtable Discussion
Speaker: NTMA Chairman Ron Overton
Tuesday, November 17th
Old Spaghetti Factory Banquet Room
110 E Santa Fe Avenue, Fullerton, CA
714-526-6801
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5:00 pm Registration & Networking
5:30 pm Board Vote, Dinner, Speaker & Roundtable Discussion
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President's Message
by Patricia Szczuka
John R. Graham wrote an interesting article in the Fall 2009 issue of LINK magazine, the National Magazine for Fastener Distributors, titled “Salespeople Under Siege: The Profession Redefined.” In summary, he discusses how companies doing more with less and misguided use of a “lowest cost” policy has raised the difficulty of being a salespeople to unprecedented levels.
In essence Graham believes that many of today’s salespeople “not only can’t get through the door, they can’t get to the door...”
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A Note from Your Executive Director
by Brenda J. Baker
 What issues in your business continue to concern you? What questions do you have that other seasoned shop owners may be able to answer? Our annual roundtable is the chance to ask those questions and seek advice on the burning issues your shop is facing. Tuesday, November 17th is the date of our annual Roundtable Discussion. We will start the evening with networking (5pm), following by dinner, an introduction from our National NTMA Chairman Ron Overton followed by the roundtable discussion, moderated by Glynn Pennington of Penco Precision. If you have specific issues you want to discuss, please let us know so we can put them on the schedule. (there is a place for topics on our registration form, click to download). This is also our Annual Meeting. What this is means is, we will vote on our slate of officers for the 2010 LA Chapter term. We will take a few minutes to...
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Upcoming LA/NTMA Events:
— November 2009 —
Board Meeting
Tuesday, Nov. 10th
Round Table Discussion
NTMA Chairman Ron Overton
Tuesday, Nov. 17th
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Upcoming Meetings: Save the Date
November 2009
Tuesday, November 17th
Roundtable Discussion with NTMA Chairman Ron Overton
5:00pm - 5:30pm Reception
6:00pm Dinner and Speaker, Welcome Comments by Ron Overton and Roundtable discussion
Old Spaghetti Factory Banquet Room
We are pleased that NTMA National Chairman Ron Overton will be joining us. Ron is the president of Overton Industries in Mooresville, Indiana. Overton specializes in metal tubing services, injection mold tooling, carbide tooling, custom stamping, and powdered metal tooling in the Automotive, Consumer Products, Defense, Energy, Heavy Equipment and Safety Industries. Ron will give us a quick overview of doing business in the Auto industry.
Our roundtable discussion will follow. We will survey members for roundtable topics before the meeting and will have an open session for other topics attendees want to discuss. This meeting is a great opportunity to talk to fellow shop owners and learn from their experiences with situations you are facing in your business!
December 2009
Tuesday, December 2nd
Sponsored Family Santa Gift Distribution
NTMA Training Centers Annex, Santa Fe Springs
1:00 pm. Santa and his elf will be at the Training Center Annex to distribute gifts to our lucky NTMA Training Center Student families.
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Did You Know: Creating a Product Liability Plan
This article is one in an ongoing series being published over the course of the year, compliments of Sentry Insurance.The intention is to advise customers and organizational members on important, but generally unknown or misunderstood, business coverage risks or coverage nuances.
In today’s litigious world, every business owner who sells, services or manufactures a product faces the threat of lawsuits.
Products liability law defines the legal obligation of the manufacturer, distributor or retailer to the users or consumers of their product. If the product injures or causes property damage for the user, any or all of these businesses may be liable to indemnify the user (make it right)...
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Industry Related Events:
SAVE THE DATE
2009
San Diego NTMA Chapter Dinner
Wednesday, November 18th
Speaker: NTMA Ron Overton
Contact Melinda Coldwell for
more information: melinda@cornerstonecnc.com
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NTMA Training Centers Have Graduates Available!
The NTMA Training Centers in Norwalk and Ontario would like to invite you to interview graduates looking for employment. The Machinist Training graduates complete an intensive 7 month program that includes topics such as algebra, trigonometry, blueprint reading, all conventional machining, to the CNC mills and lathes and an introduction to wire EDM and MasterCam.
Every 6 weeks NTMA Training Centers graduate anywhere between...
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INSTRUCTORS NEEDED!
Immediate Openings
NTMA Training Centers of Southern California, a private non-profit trust organization with two campuses in the Los Angeles and Inland Empire areas has immediate openings for highly motivated, results-oriented PART-TIME and FULL-TIME Machinist Instructors to work at both our Norwalk, CA and Ontario, CA campuses.
This is a GREAT opportunity for experienced Machinists to pass on their knowledge to others! Flexible schedules available as the NTMA Training Centers hold classes from 7am – 11pm Monday thru Friday (multiple classes throughout the day) and 8am-4:30pm on Saturdays.
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APPRENTICE COMMITTEE NEEDS YOU
The NTMA Apprenticeship Committee is seeking new members. The Apprentice Committee works in conjunction with the Training Centers assisting with the details of our already established 2 and 4 year programs, interviewing students and providing the Apprenticeship Banquet held in June. We are looking for shop owners interested in joining our committee and providing feedback on the program. The commitment includes a monthly committee meeting. For more information, contact Milt Thomas at 714-994-1170.
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Did You Know?—NTMA Member Benefits
Did you know that with your NTMA membership you are entitled to Access to the NTMA Human Resources, Environmental/Safety Centers? Do you know all of the benefits of being an NTMA member? You are probably missing out on many of those benefits!
For more information, contact NTMA National at: 800-248-6862.
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