LA/NTMA Economic Luncheon
Tuesday, Sep. 15th
Join Us for our most popular meeting of the year!
LA/NTMA Economic Luncheon
Speaker: Jack Kyser, Chief Economist
LA Economic Development Corporation
Maggiano's Little Italy, Los Angeles (Fairfax District)
Tuesday, September 15th
11:30pm Registration & Networking
12:00pm Luncheon & Speaker
Maggiano’s Little Italy, Milano Banquet Room, 189 The Grove Drive
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323-965-9665
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President's Message
by Patricia Szczuka
As some of you may know, I gave birth to our second daughter on July 8, 2009. So like any new mother who just arrives home from the hospital, I tried to recover, bond with our new daughter while planning fun activities for our older daughter, check e-mails, and think of what to make for dinner. After the first week, I thought to myself, I think I got the hang of this.
Visitors would come and go. And it was after a visitor would leave that I would start to doubt my juggling act. It finally hit me that the reason why was the two questions I would consistently receive. 1) Are you going to try for a boy? 2) How are you going to handle two kids and work? As for the first question, I can’t blame the curious mind. And as for the second question, I thought I was handling it. I thought I was managing home and work. It’s only been a week and I thought I was doing an OK job...
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A Note from Your Executive Director
by Brenda J. Baker
 We have our National Fall Conference coming up October 8th-11th in Indianapolis. “Leadership in Uncertain Times” in the theme of this meeting and appropriately so. This meeting is for ALL NTMA members. If you haven’t been to a National NTMA conference you are missing out. What exactly are you missing out on? Well, if you ask anyone who has attended, you miss out on networking and mentoring with other shop owners who have the issues you deal with on a regular basis who may help you find ways to get through those issues.
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Upcoming LA/NTMA Events:
— August 2009 —
DARK
— September 2009 —
Board Meeting
Tuesday, Sept. 1st
Economic Luncheon, Speaker:
Jack Kyser, LAEDC, Los Angeles
Maggiano’s Little Italy, Fairfax District, Los Angeles
Tuesday, Sept. 15th
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Do You Know :
Adopting the ADA
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.
Designed to level the playing field for disabled Americans, the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities across a wide spectrum of everyday activities, including the workplace. The landmark legislation mandates fair practices in hiring and employing people with disabilities and requires access and ease-of-movement improvements in building construction and transportation settings. Its broad scope makes the ADA difficult to follow and apply, especially for....
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Industry Related Events:
SAVE THE DATE
2009
NTMA/PMA Contract Manufacturing Purchasing Fair
Date: October 7, 2009
The Westin Hotel, Indianapolis, IN
NTMA 2009 Fall Conference
Date: October 8-11, 2009
The Westin Hotel, Indianapolis, IN
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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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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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