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Business Partner Appreciation Luncheon ALA cordially invites you to our Business Partner Appreciation Event featuring food stations from our catering sponsors. This is a casual luncheon to mingle and visit with all of our business partners. NEW THIS YEAR - Virtual Scavenger Hunt. Stay tuned f February 28, 2012 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Thompson Coburn - 35th Floor One US Bank Plaza St. Louis, MO 63101 $0.00 FREE for Members $0.00 FREE for Guests

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Message from the President
January 23, 2012

As my term as ALA Gateway Chapter President comes to an end, I not only reflect upon our Chapter’s accomplishments over this past year; but I am also very anxious for what the new term has in store for us all. The planning process has already begun and it includes some new exciting ideas that will help us connect with other Chapter’s Members, Business Partner Sponsors and some excellent educational speakers. I feel very confident that our new Slate of Officers, as well as the existing and new incoming Chairs, is a very devoted and talented group. I look forward to my continued involvement and I hope that all of our members make it their goal to take advantage of their membership benefits by taking the time to attend as many events as possible.

The best way to sum up my past year of experience is to say that I feel as if we have “taken it to the next level”. By that, I mean that instead of just being handed a job to do and then doing it the easiest and quickest way; we took the time to analyze how we might make it bigger and better. I know that all of you are very familiar with that description. We supervise employees that “meet expectations” and those that “exceed” them. Those members that took the time to “exceed” include: our Professional Development Committee by offering incredible education over the past year; our Business Partner Relations Committee that helped us connect with the right people; our Website Chair who not only helped with our new site but also came up with our new logo; our Membership Chair who recruited and orientated our new members; our Community Connections Chairs that got us involved with some new charity events; our Bar Liaison and Diversity and Inclusion Chairs that oversaw our awareness events; our “thrifty” Treasurer who kept good track of our money; our Secretary who kept our records and oversaw our meeting schedules; our Past President, President-Elect and Vice President who handled so many projects over this past year; and, of course, the many others who I have listed below.
I want to offer my sincere gratitude to all of you for your hard work and dedication and my job evaluation score for all of you would be A+!!

Donna L. Sobkoviak, CLM
ALA Gateway Chapter President 2011-12