Mary Jennings attended the Region 3 Council Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee on September 27, 2007. Karen Griggs opened the meeting and welcomed the Chapter leaders. Randy Headley discussed the importance of keeping the Communications Officer up-to-date on activities within the Chapter. Roz Hazzard talked about the high level of educational programs that will be presented in Indianapolis. Roz reminded members of the speakers bureau through ALA.

Karen Griggs discussed ALA’s initiative of offering member firms various insurance coverages under one umbrella at a discount. This will offer law firms another option when reviewing and negotiating benefit packages for their law firms. More information on this will be forthcoming.

After an ice-breaker and getting to know other Chapter Leaders, the group divided into focus chapter breakouts to discuss educational programs, membership drives, vendor participation and support, and how to engage members to participate at the local, regional and national level. The Gateway Chapter continues to excel in all of these areas and we were able to share some of our successes.

The Gateway Chapter brought home several awards this year from the ALA International Conference Awards Ceremony in Las Vegas, NV in May.

The chapter came home with a 1st place award for our Community Challenge Weekend – Trivia Night. A special thanks goes out to Jen Barton with Paule, Camazeine & Blumenthal, P.C. and Donna Sobkoviak with Summers, Compton, Wells & Hamburg, P.C. for spearheading that project.

Also, we received a 1st place award for Visibility for our Managing Partner Event. I would like to thank Bert Gagnon and Paul Dalziel, both with Thompson Coburn, LLP, and Jennifer Fourcault of Jenkins & Kling, P.C. for putting together this wonderful event.

Debbie Holland of Eckenrode-Maupin accepted the Gold Award for the President’s Award of Excellence.

The Gateway Chapter was award 3rd place for our Bar Relations programs. I want to thank Mary Jennings of Sandberg, Phoenix and von Gontard, P.C. for all her work on that program over the past couple of years.

Paul Dalziel of Thompson Coburn, LLP was given an Honorable Mention for the new Quest Award. This award is for a new member that gets very involved with the local chapter immediately upon joining.

Be sure to check out our Job Bank for new Human Resources and Recruiting Positions.

The Cyber Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators is pleased to announce an ONLINE CLM STUDY GROUP

You can now access CLM study materials and listen to actual study group presentations at your own convenience. Presented in conjunction with the Mile High (Denver) Chapter, these online sessions will now allow an ALA member to have access to study group materials regardless of their geographic location. Materials will be available in PDF form. Audio files can be downloaded to your computer, then transferred to CD, iPod, or other device or media for use as the student desires. Group members will have access to a CLM group discussion forum to share ideas, questions or other comments.

To sign up for the CLM Online Study Group, request a registration form at clm@cyberala.org or download the registration at http://www.cyberala.org/pub/Cyber-CLM.pdf