October 2007 Newsletter

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The President’s Corner – Mary Rutland
Program – Secrets of My Success
Platinum Profile – Karen Genter
New Members – Ginny Berger, Debra Clopton, Merri Jones, Susan Kennedy, Cynthia Nagel, Nora Tocci
Renewing Members
WIPP – A presidential Candidates Forum on Health Care
National Board of Directors Nomination Process
National’s NEW Online System
Economic Development Committee Report
Movers and Shakers
Foundation Rug Auction
Question of the Month – What is Most Rewarding About Having Your Own Business?
Three NAWBO Satellite Breakfast Meetings

The President’s Corner

NAWBO—HOW CAN IT HELP ME!!!!

Many ladies ask that question. A lot. So what is the answer? To have NAWBO work for you, you need to work it. Just coming to the dinner or luncheon will usually not fill the bill. Making relationships will. Learning what others in the organization do. So what can you do to make that happen?

• Using the membership when you need a job done—asking them first. Check out the directory on line. There are categories with the businesses underneath to help you make the choice.
• Take advantage of the time given in each meeting to set a time to meet with another member to learn more about them.
• Join a Mastermind group.
• Join a committee. There are plenty of opportunities to help out. We are a vibrant organization and can always use help.
• Go to the Satellite breakfasts and meet others.
• Be open to meeting others, not expecting them to come to you.
• If your company is in hard times, contact the Advisory Board for consultation. A free service of our own expertise to help you.
• Attend other functions sponsored by NAWBO, such as the upcoming WIPP luncheon.
• Sit with different people at the meetings and give everyone your card with a brief explanation of what you do (your Unique Selling Proposition)!
• Always be ready with a seven word commercial if called on.

If you try at least two of these, you will start seeing results!
See you at the next meeting…..and hank you for your continued support.

Mary Rutland
President, 2007-2008

NAWBO is the only dues-based national organization representing the interests of all women entrepreneurs in all types of businesses. There are chapters of NAWBO in almost every metropolitan area. NAWBO is represented in 40 countries across the world through its affiliation with Les Femmes Chefs d’ Enterprises Mondiales (World Association of Women Entrepreneurs).

Program – Wednesday, October 17th

We meet in La Ventana Room at the Embassy Suites Hotel on Lomas, just west of I-25. La Ventana Room is located just off the hotel’s main lobby.

5:30 p.m. Mix ‘n Mingle
6:15 p.m. Dinner & Program

The Secrets of My Success

What do NAWBO-Northern New Mexico members Beth Chase of Edward Jones Investments, Lezlie Ann Kinney of Bright Ideas Promotional Products Galore!, and Dr. Janice Moranz have in common? They all have a successful business! Find out how these women succeeded and continue to prosper.

This Month’s Menu:
Salad: Chef’s Garden Salad
Regular Entree: Beef Enchiladas
Vegetarian Entree: Cheese Enchiladas
Dessert: Chocolate Mousse

Advance Reservations Required by 5:00 pm on Friday, October 12

• For immediate reservations, click here. After submitting your reservation, you will
  have the option to continue and pay in advance online.
• You can also e-mail Luci Dawson to make your reservation, or to cancel a standing RSVP before the deadline.
• Meeting Cost: $29 members – $35 non-members
• RSVPs received after 5:00 pm on Friday, October 12, and “Walk-Ins”: $34 members – $40 non-members
• Cancellations after 5:00 pm on Friday, October 12, and “No Shows” will be invoiced.

NOTE: The November dinner meeting will be held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month (November 14), so as not to conflict with the day before Thanksgiving.

Platinum Profile – Karen Genter

There are a couple of new men in Dr. Genter’s life these days, and yes, her husband Brian is well aware of them. Karen is excited about the pending arrival of her first child, a boy, sometime around November 7th. Facing maternity leave, Karen realized she needed an associate to cover her practice for a little while. She has been joined at High Desert Chiropractic & Wellness by Dr. Zandall Carpenter, D.C. Dr. Carpenter will be available to offer adjustments to her patients while she is out of the office.

Dr. Genter has been practicing chiropractic for 12 years, and specializes in treating pregnant woman. Karen is well known in the community for her specialty, receiving ample referrals from obstetricians, midwives, and primary care physicians. Karen also works with personal injury cases and accepts most major health insurance; including Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Presbyterian, Lovelace, Cigna, and United. Please call her office to find out if your plan covers chiropractic care. High Desert Chiropractic & Wellness recently received a remodel – more treatment space and lovely warm colors. Karen’s office manager, Renee, and chiropractic assistant, Jo, are looking forward to the arrival of Karen’s baby as well. They hope to have a small nursery set up for him in the back of the office.

Karen has been a NAWBO member for the 10 years she has lived in Albuquerque. She is a former board member, and is currently serving on both the Finance and Economic Development Committees. Karen cites her Mastermind group as one of the most valuable benefits; she says that those women “keep her going”! As a patient of Dr. Genter’s, I can say that her chiropractic adjustments are very effective. I am able to keep great range of motion and flexibility to perform my work as a massage therapist. We wish Karen the best for the birth of her baby, and continued success in her practice.

Reporter: Amy Zampella, Heartline Wellness Center, Inc.

New Members

Ginny Berger
Owner/CEO
ACC Consultants
9008 Washington NE
Albuquerque, NM 87113
(505) 323-1300
e-mail Ginny
Visit Ginny’s web site Mobile, portable dental services serving military, commercial, special needs, correctional, and Native American populations.

Debra Clopton, DVM
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Animal Wellness, Inc.
6892 Glen Hills Dr NE
Rio Rancho, NM 87144-0836
(505) 315-6975
e-mail Debra

Merri Jean Jones
President
Studio J Interiors, Inc.
5813 Papaya Pl NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111
(505) 294-3502
e-mail Merri Jean
Studio J Interiors, Inc. provides complete residential and small commercial design services including space planning; selection of tile, carper, light fixtures, and paint colors; selection of furniture, fabric, and accessories; custom window treatments.

Susan Kennedy
Loan Officer
Home Buyers Mortgage Co.
1640 Old Pecos Trail Ste F
(505) 986-9080
e-mail Susan
Visit Susan’s web site
Mortgage loan officer handling residential, commercial, construction, and home equity loans.

Cynthia Nagel
Registered Representative
Premier Wealth Group/Guardian
8500 Menaul NE Ste A-500
Albuquerque, NM 87112
(505) 299-6161 X-105
e-mail Cynthia
A comprehensive financial services firm committed to helping you improve your long-term financial success. Our customized programs are designed to grow and conserve your wealth by delivering a high level of personalized service.

Nora Tocci
President
Contrast Optical Design & Engineering
9 Punta Linda
Sandia Park, NM 87047
(505) 453-6672
e-mail Nora
Visit Nora’s web site
C.O.D.E. is a small, woman-owned company based in New Mexico. The company was founded by three people on a mission to provide cutting edge optical solutions. We are dedicated to the art of optical design and analysis along with clever opto-mechanical engineering and electrical/control systems integration.

Renewing Members

Ro Saavedra is moving on to other opportunities. So Donna Luke will be sending you an email if you are a renewing member. We will be looking for a picture, a one sentence description of your business and one sentence stating why you’re renewing your membership in NAWBO. We feel it’s important for newer members to get to know you.

Donna Dell Brown
Independent Sale Representative
Dragonfly Designs, LLC
PO Box 2620
Tijeras, NM 87059
(505) 281-2069
e-mail Donna

Barbara Dawson
Team Mentor
Balancing Life and Work
1247 W. Ella Dr
Corrales, NM 87048
(505) 897-3773
e-mail Barbara
Visit Barbara’s web site
Our team focus is on wellness & leadership.We create unique home-based businesses to balance our life and work. We’ve aligned with a science & integrity based nutritional company, USANA Health Sciences.

Lesha E. Orcutt
Vice-President
Body & Skin Clinic Inc.
4004 Carlisle Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87107
(505) 872-2900
e-mail Lesha
Body and Skin Clinic with a relaxing, clinical approach to your treatment, keeps an eye toward anti-aging and rejuvenation. Corrective procedures and skin care products, which may be coupled with relaxing or deep tissue massage to complete your session.

Brenda Adams Sterling
Partner
Omega Resources, LP
51 Camino Costadino
Santa Fe, NM 87508
(505) 466-3825
e-mail Brenda
Financial Consulting. Provides CFO/COO services to small & mid sized companies on a contract basis.

Nancy J Ullery
President
Heartland New Mexico, llc.
848 S. Camino de Pueblo
Bernalillo, NM 87004
(505) 867-4077
e-mail Nancy
Visit Nancy’s web site
Real Estate Services, Property Management, temporary Exective Full-service Offices. NAWBO affords me the opportunity to meet many wonderful business women and a few business men. I receive support, mentoring, and referrals.

A Presidential Candidates Forum on Health Care

Women Impacting Public Policy Presents
A Presidential Candidates* Forum on Health Care

Thursday, November 1, 2007, 11:30am to 1:30pm
Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid North
5151 San Francisco Road NE, Albuquerque, NE
WIPP National Lobbyist Ann Sullivan will lead the forum.
NM Senator Sue Wilson Beffort & NM Senator Dede Feldman
will be recognized for their work on health care.
All NM state women legislators are invited to attend as our guests.

*Presidential Candidates or their surrogates will be given an opportunity to speak.
To register online, please visit WIPP’s web site,
scroll down and click on Presidential Candidates Forum

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Note: Ladies—when you register, would you please e-mail Mary Rutland so that we will know how many tables to reserve for NAWBO? Thanks so much.

Announcing the National Board of Directors Nomination Process

As most of you know I was not keen on the changes to the national bylaws the board structure or direction. I am delighted to say I was wrong; each interaction I have with national is more positive than the previous interaction.

Last Friday the nominating committee reviewed the new nomination process; what a change!! It is an open process with all members notified no less than twice of the names of those being considered for board positions. Current board members wishing to stay on the board must join in the selection process and will not automatically be chosen. There is a job description and the nominating committee has been given very specific skills and abilities a candidate should possess if they wish to be on the national board.

Please visit the national website. There you will find the procedures, the nomination form and the job description. I encourage you to nominate yourself or members of our chapter, or for that matter other chapters. The reality of the business world is that change happens when we participate; please participate in the process.

Sandy Cody
Immediate Past President
National Nominating Committee Member

National’s NEW Online system

As you have read previously, I’ve been involved since August 2006 on national’s technology task force to design and implement a new management system for members. We’ve been testing it for the last month and just completed the third phase of Beta testing over the weekend. If you are a member in good standing, you should have received an email from national on October 1 with the subject line “NAWBO Website: Your new login is included!” This email contains your new user name and password to access the vastly improved online system. Please let me know if you haven’t received that email, so I can follow up with them.

I encourage you to log in with the instructions national sent you to access the new system and let me know of anything that doesn’t work correctly or is unclear to you. We’ve been testing it for the last month trying to make it “fail”, and I believe we’ve caught everything. Knowing that not all members may be as familiar with working online as others, however, we need to know if anything else needs to be tweaked or if you have any suggestions for how it could be improved further. If you ever worked at all with the former e-Series system, this is going to be a real treat for you!

Luci Dawson
Executive Director

Economic Development Report

Please mark your calendars:

October 16 – Twelve Step Program to Success, Geraldine Garcia, SBA
Doing business with the Federal Government
SBA Certification Program, Central Contractor Registration, NAICs code,
DUNNs number, Identifying Federal Procurement Opportunities, Government
Contracting Procedures and Procurement Technical Assistance Center.

7:30 a.m. Wecks, I-25/Osuna
Economic Development Forum Committee
RSVP: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

October 17 – Corporate Partner/Platinum Member Reception, 4:30 p.m., Embassy Suites

Debbie A. Maestas, Maestas Consulting
Economic Development Committee

Movers and Shakers

Robin Otten, RDO Strategic Consultants was a finalist for the Public Policy Award at the WIPP/SBE Council POWERful Policy and Politics conference, September 17-19 in Washington, DC.

Edna Lopez, COMPA Industries, Inc., was named as a first-time Power Broker by New Mexico Business Weekly in the 2007-2008 class.

Nine (9!!!) members were on New Mexico Business Weekly’s Top 50 Woman- Owned Businesses list (ranked by gross revenues):

2 – Kathleen LoSapio, Nebark Courier
6 – Edna Lopez, COMPA Industries, Inc.
10 – Denise Baker, D.R.B. Electric, Inc.
11 – Julee Loera, Overhead Door Company of Albuquerque
12 – Carol Petranovich, Computer Corner, Inc.
16 – Hot Shot Services, Inc. (April is their designated representative who you see at the monthly meetings)
30 – Ann Silva, Ann Silva’s Bernina Sewing Center
39 – DJ Heckes, Exhib-it! Tradeshow Marketing Experts
42 – Lisa Adkins, SolutionWerx, Inc.

Greetings from your NNM-NAWBO Foundation Board of Directors:

Click here to download a very special invitation to a Handmade Rug Auction on October 14, 15, and 16. It is the first community based fund raiser for the NAWBO-NNM Foundation.

Proceeds from the sale of Oriental, Persian, and Indian rugs will go to our newly established foundation. All our members received a special invitation from the auction sponsors; rugs purchased by names provided by our
members result in a 5% donation to the foundation. For purchases made by others attending the auction, we receive 2% of the purchase price. Therefore, if you have others you would like to invite, please email their names and addresses to Sandy Cody or Linda Parker and we will submit their names and addresses as part of the NAWBO-NNM provided list. Since time is short, please get your list to us no later than Friday the 12th.

If you missed the September meeting, here is how the money will be used — 1/3 back to the foundation endowment for future use, 1/3 to the Leadership/Development and Program Committees for special training and program events, and 1/3 to our members and other women-owned businesses in Northern New Mexico for scholarships and assistance in growing their businesses.

The last recipient of the auctions’ donation received $9,000…if we could raise the same amount there would be substantial funds for us to provide some outstanding training and programs to our members AND assistance to women-owned businesses. With $9,000 on our mind, please join us and think about names you could send Linda or me. See you at the auction!

Sandy Cody
Resources for Excellence, Inc

What is the most rewarding thing about having your own business?

Belinda Pierce of Image Impressions – My clients appreciated my hard work and service. That is my reward. I love what I do.
Linda Roe, CPA – I don’t have to answer to a boss. Make my own direction. I have more independence.
Barbara Dawson of Usana Health Services– I love my financial independence and freedom. I am leaving a legacy.
Nora Tocci of Code, Inc. – I am my own boss and I can make my own schedule.
Lyn Dunbar of Ecosse Design, LLC – Working to create a more flexible schedule. I am able to pick and choose what I do.
Marlene Schwalje of Infinite Resolutions, LLC – Being a business owner has been one of the most empowering experiences of my life. I’ve grown, learned, and stretched beyond the (mostly self-imposed) limits I thought I had. I’ve discovered strengths, capabilities, and confidence I never dreamed of. My perspective – of people, of the business world, of the world – has expanded and become more balanced. I get to create the person I want to be and the life I want to live and to integrate my values (including having fun) into my world.

Reporter: Nancy J Ullery of Heartland New Mexico, LLC

Three NAWBO Satellite Breakfast Meetings

NAWBO-NNM WESTSIDE Satellite Breakfast Meeting

the FIRST Wednesday of every month
When: November 7, 2007
7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

Where: Weck’s Restaurant
6311 Riverside Plaza Lane
Coors and Montano Plaza Drive
352-6209

Guest Speaker: A 10 minute presentation

Please e-mail Lisa Godin an RSVP or call her at 898-7235

NAWBO-NNM UPTOWN Satellite Breakfast Meeting

the SECOND Wednesday of every month
When:,November 14, 2007
7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

Where: Le Peep Restaurant
2125 Louisiana NE (S. of Pier One)
SW corner Indian School & Louisiana
881-7272

Program: A 10 minute presentation

Please e-mail Lynda Turner an RSVP or call her at 855-5126

NAWBO-NNM SANTA FE Satellite Breakfast Meeting

The SECOND Thursday of every month

When: November 15, 2007 from 8:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Where: Zia Diner, 326 S Guadalupe (between Aztec and Montezuma), Santa Fe 505-988-7008
Guest Speaker: A 10-minute presentation

Please e-mail Debbie Steg an RSVP or call her at
505-920-7141

Cost:
Members – cost of breakfast (bring your appetite)
Non-members – cost of breakfast and a $5 admission fee

(Please note that non-members can attend up to 3 times. After three visits, they will be encouraged to join NAWBO.)

Chapter Corporate Partners

Please support our Chapter Corporate Partners that support us so well.

Platinum Members

Please support our Platinum Members, whose extra financial commitment allows us to continue developing our chapter leaders.

If you would like to submit an article for the next NAWBO News, please get in touch with us!

Editor

Donna Luke
djLuke enterprises – desktop publishing and Pre-Paid Legal Services, Independent Associate
821-5659
Email Donna

Reporters

Amy Zampella
Heartline Wellness Center, Inc.
255-2203
Email Amy

Nancy Ullery
Heartland New Mexico
440-9586
Email Nancy

Lisa Adkins
SolutionWerx
797-3801
Email Lisa

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