LA/NTMA Westec Economic Luncheon
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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LA/NTMA Westec Economic Luncheon
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Los Angeles Convention Center
"How Did We Get Here? Where Are We? Where Are We Headed?"
Speaker: Robert K. Forrester,
MBA, CIMA, Regional Vice President,
MFS Fund Distributors, Inc.
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President's Message
by Patricia Szczuka
When I started working at my father’s company nearly 10 years ago, a colleague and now friend of mine said something that has stuck with me all these years. The advice was to spend 50% of my time working in the business and 50% of my time working on the business.
Two weeks ago when I was packing up to spend a week in Palm Springs for the NTMA National Convention, I thought: Should I really be leaving for an entire week, away from the office? After the first day of committee meetings and speakers, I remembered what my friend had said and knew it would be a mistake to have not attended...
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A Note from Your Executive Director
by Brenda J. Baker
The Do’s and Don’ts of the Economy
 I was at a conference this week and found the climate to be very interesting. Let me preface it by saying that I put on the conference and included in the event was a tradeshow. Registrations were slow to start and a few people called and were worried about attendance. One person in particular kept saying, “In this economy, shouldn’t you just cancel the conference since attendance will be low. Word on the streets is that people aren’t attending.” That equates to me as giving up. All I could think about is that this is the best time to attend meetings and conferences. Keeping in contact with people, having your name and face in front of them an being positive will get you everywhere! You are the person they are going to remember when business picks up. Those who disappear off the radar for awhile by fretting the bad economy will be forgotten...
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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 30 -20 graduates. The Placement Department at both locations can provide you with up-to-date resumes and also assist in scheduling interviews...
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Upcoming LA/NTMA Events:
— March 2009 —
Luncheon at Westec
Tuesday, March 31st
"How Did We Get Here? Where Are We? Where Are We Headed?"
Speaker: Robert K. Forrester, MBA, CIMA,
Regional Vice President, MFS Fund Distributors, Inc.
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Industry Related Events:
SAVE THE DATE
2009
Westec Show
March 30-April 2, 2009
Los Angeles Convention Center
www.sme.org
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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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Do You Know :
The ABC’s of Managing Zs
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.
"Fatigue" is an overwhelming sense of sleepiness, tiredness and physical, mental or emotional exhaustion coupled with a strong urge to fall into deep and prolonged rest. All of us are potential victims; no one is immune from fatigue's call...
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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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Pro-Labor Executive Orders
President Obama continues to alter the labor landscape for federal contractors with the issuance of several executive orders. Each of these orders demonstrates the new administration’s willingness to be “labor friendly” in these difficult times. Executive Order 13494 provides that federal agencies are not to reimburse federal contractors for costs related to encouraging or discouraging its employees to join unions and bargain collectively. Examples of costs that no longer can be billed to federal departments and agencies, “when they are undertaken to persuade employees to exercise or not to exercise...
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The Economic Data Global Express (e-EDGE)
