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the newsletter of the Twin Cities North Chamber of Commercethe newsletter of the Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce

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Upcoming Events

18-Hole Golf Tournament

Join fellow chamber members and non members at the annual

‘Chamber Challenge’ Golf Tournament. There are many ways to get

involved to market your company! Visit www.twincitiesnorth.org.

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Thursday, June 9, 2011 � 1:00 p.m. Shotgun Start Bunker Hills Golf Course, Coon Rapids

In 1906, Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto created a mathematical formula to describe

the unequal distribution of wealth in his country, observing that twenty percent of the

people owned eighty percent of the wealth. In the late 1940s, Dr. Joseph M. Juran

inaccurately attributed the 80/20 Rule to Pareto, calling it Pareto's Principle. While it may

be misnamed, Pareto's Principle or Pareto's Law as it is sometimes called, can be a very

effective tool to help you manage effectively.

After Pareto made his observation and created his formula, many others observed similar

phenomena in their own areas of expertise. Quality Management pioneer, Dr. Joseph

Juran, working in the US in the 1930s and 40s recognized a universal principle he called

the "vital few and trivial many" and reduced it to writing. In an early work, a lack of precision on Juran's part

made it appear that he was applying Pareto's observations about economics to a broader body of work. The

name Pareto's Principle stuck, probably because it sounded better than Juran's Principle. As a result, Dr.

Juran's observation of the "vital few and trivial many", the principle that 20 percent of something always are

responsible for 80 percent of the results, became known as Pareto's Principle or the 80/20 Rule.

The 80/20 Rule means that in anything a few (20 percent) are vital and many(80 percent) are trivial. In

Pareto's case it meant 20 percent of the people owned 80 percent of the wealth. In Juran's initial work he

identified 20 percent of the defects causing 80 percent of the problems. Project Managers know that 20

percent of the work (the first 10 percent and the last 10 percent) consume 80 percent of your time and

resources. You can apply the 80/20 Rule to almost anything, from the science of management to the physical

world.

You know 20 percent of your stock takes up 80 percent of your warehouse space and that 80 percent of your

stock comes from 20 percent of your suppliers. Also 80 percent of your sales will come from 20 percent of

your sales staff. 20 percent of your staff will cause 80 percent of your problems, but another 20 percent of

your staff will provide 80 percent of your production. It works differently but universally for everyone.

For me, the 80/20 rules reminds me to have my 20% in order, cause the other 80% is in constant change.

For the past 11 months, the Chamber Board of Directors has been chaired by Bill Helgeson of the Risdall

Marketing Group. Bill has done a tremendous job as a leader and setting a vision for the Chamber, and just

when he was hitting his stride a new professional career opportunity arouse that he just couldn’t pass up.

As the Chamber did have its 20% in order, the transition to new Board Chair, Joe Brauer of Mid American

Financial Group has occurred seamlessly, and we are sure Joe will continue the tradition of esteemed Board

leadership.

We thank and wish Bill Helgeson the best of luck in his endeavors, and want to remind all our members to

keep a close eye on your 20%. You never know when it will be needed.

Board of Directors

OfficersOfficersOfficersOfficers Bill Helgeson, Chair Risdall Marketing Group [email protected] Beverly Aplikowski, Past Chair Lakeside Homes Inc. [email protected]

Joe Brauer, Incoming Chair Mid American Financial Group [email protected]

Kathy Klang, Treasurer Cummings, Keegan & Co., PLLP [email protected]

DirectorsDirectorsDirectorsDirectors Sarah Anderson Courtyard & Residence Inn by Marriott - Roseville [email protected]

Ann Curtis M&I Bank—Blaine [email protected]

Pat Whelan PJW Automotive [email protected]

Jason Helgemoe Western Bank [email protected]

Ted Landwehr Landwehr Law Offices [email protected]

Steve McAlpin McAlpin Agency Inc. [email protected]

Jodi Moulzolf Country Inn & Suites - Shoreview [email protected]

Andrea Murphy Northeast Bank [email protected]

Marnie Ochs-Raleigh Evolve Systems [email protected]

Deb Pieper ITK Technology [email protected]

Committee Chairs

AmbassadorsAmbassadorsAmbassadorsAmbassadors OPEN Breakfast Networking Breakfast Networking Breakfast Networking Breakfast Networking Dr. Catherine Gray MorningStar Chiropractic Economic AdvancementEconomic AdvancementEconomic AdvancementEconomic Advancement Beverly Aplikowski Lakeside Homes Executive CommitteeExecutive CommitteeExecutive CommitteeExecutive Committee Bill Helgeson Risdall Marketing Group Fall ‘Nine is Fine’ Golf OutingFall ‘Nine is Fine’ Golf OutingFall ‘Nine is Fine’ Golf OutingFall ‘Nine is Fine’ Golf Outing OPEN Gala 2011Gala 2011Gala 2011Gala 2011 Joe Brauer Mid American Financial Group Nominating CommitteeNominating CommitteeNominating CommitteeNominating Committee Beverly Aplikowski Lakeside Homes Public PolicyPublic PolicyPublic PolicyPublic Policy Beverly Aplikowski Lakeside Homes

Bill Gschwind InPursuit Consulting

Pat Whelan PJW Automotive Spring Spring Spring Spring ‘Chamber Challenge’ ‘Chamber Challenge’ ‘Chamber Challenge’ ‘Chamber Challenge’ Golf TournamentGolf TournamentGolf TournamentGolf Tournament Brad Kadrie Kadrie Insurance Agency Young ProfessionalsYoung ProfessionalsYoung ProfessionalsYoung Professionals OPEN

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Contact the Chamber office for a complete committee update at 763.571.9781.

Contact Your Chamber Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce

525 Main Street, Suite 200, New Brighton, MN 55112 Tel. 763.571.9781; E-mail [email protected];

Tim Roche - president & ceo Melissa Deming - director of events and marketing

Shari Osterude - director of membership development

From the Desk of the President & CEO

Chamber Leadership

BAE Systems 4800 East River Road

Fridley, MN 55421 763-572-7615

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Northeast Bank 3989 Central Ave. NE

Columbia Heights, MN 55421 763-788-9351

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Cummings, Keegan & Co. 600 S. Hwy. 169, Suite 1625

St. Louis Park, MN 55426

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Tim Roche

Upcoming Event

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TDS Metrocom 3460 Washington Dr.

Eagan, MN 55122 763-450-4000

Member Reinvestments

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Welcome New Members!

New Member Spotlight!

Ambassador of the Month! May 2011

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Code Poetry 940 Meadow Avenue Shoreview, MN 55126

612-605-0145

Greg McAllister Allstate Insurance

Adagio’s Pizza Factory 2052 Silver Lake Road New Brighton, MN 55112 www.thepizzafactoryonline.com Michelle Norman 651-631-8430 Restaurant Bethel University 3900 Bethel Drive St. Paul, MN 55112 www.bethel.edu Gregory Rance 651-638-6400 College/University Chuck Rowan Financial Consultant 12186 Killdess Street, #107 Coon Rapids, MN 55448 Chuck Rowan 651-245-8848 Financial Services Culligan 7165 Boone Ave Brooklyn Park, MN 55428 www.culligan.com Jim Marrer 763-535-4545 Water Treatment/Purification Embroidme Roseville 1692 Lexington Avenue No. Roseville, MN 55113 www.embroidme-roseville.com Kevin O’Keefe 651-403-9715 Promotional Products

F&M Bank 7641 Lake Drive Lino Lakes, MN 55014 www.fmbankia.com Tom Sanvick 651-784-8000 Bank Infinite Campus 4321 109th Avenue NE Blaine, MN 55449 www.infinitecampus.com Liz Schmitt 651-631-0000 Technology Patch.com www.patch.com Travis Roznos 612-325-7188 Advertising/Marketing Printing Industry Midwest 1700 Hwy 26 West, #510 Roseville, MN www.pimn.org David Radzieji 651-789-5500 Printer/Paper Sherwin Williams 2722 Lincoln Drive Roseville, MN 55113 www.sherwinwilliams.com Keith Jensen 651-604-9970 Paint, Retail Wong’s Gourmet Chinese Food 1254 East Moore Lake Drive NE Fridley, MN 55432 www.wongsgourmet.com Joey Gao 763-574-1889 Restaurant

Printing Industry Midwest Printing Industry Midwest serves members of the graphic arts and communica-tions industry in MN, NE, IA, ND and SD. This association had been in place for over 60 years.

Printing Industry Midwest Rosedale Towers

1700 Hwy 36 West, Suite 150 Roseville, MN 55113

651-789-5500 David Radziej, President

www.prmn.org

American Family Insurance - Grivna 12/1/2003 AmeriPride Linen and Apparel Services 6/1/2002 Essence Real Estate Services, Inc. 5/1/2008 New Windows for America 4/1/2000 Rosedale Center 5/1/2005 Sherwin Williams 5/31/2011 The Mermaid Entertainment and Event Center 1/1/1997

Twin Cities North Business Expo

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 � 5:00-7:30 p.m. The Mermaid, Mounds View

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Thank you attendees, exhibitors and sponsors!

Upcoming Events

Exploring Ireland! March 14-21, 2012

Over St. Patrick’s Day � 8 days, 8 meals, 6 breakfasts, 2 dinners

Open to Chamber Members and Non-Members!

For more information, call the

Chamber office at 763-571-9781 or email [email protected].



Register today! ONLY $110 per golfer!

Registration includes: 18 Holes - Cart - Grand Buffet

Games on the Course - Driving Range

Networking - Awards Presentation - Many Giveaways!

Marketing opportunities available for EVERY company!

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Business Councils: Be in the know, know your community!

FREE monthly meetings from 7:30-8:30 a.m.

The Business Council meetings are not committee meetings that require reoccurring time or financial commitments. Instead the Twin Cities North Chamber has identified a need to focus on each individual city, bringing together the businesses and other key decisions makers in the city. You do not need to be a member of the Chamber, nor do you have to be a resident or business of the city in which you would like to attend. Each meeting we have a featured guest speaker, and will allow time for other discussion and networking.

Roseville 3rd Tuesday of each month

Location: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 2780 Snelling Avenue No, Roseville

New Brighton

4th Wednesday of each month Chaired by: Bill Helgeson, Risdall Marketing Group

Location: Risdall Marketing Group 550 Main Street, New Brighton

Columbia Heights 1st Friday of each month

Chaired by Larry Pietrzak, Northeast Bank Location: Northeast Bank, 3989 Central Avenue

Fridley

2nd Tuesday of each month Location: various Fridley businesses

Mounds View

2nd Wednesday of each month Chaired by: Jason Helgemoe, Western Bank Location: Mounds View Community Center

5394 Edgewood Drive, Mounds View

Register for these events online at www.twincitiesnorth.org or call the Chamber office at 763-571-9781.

Featured Speakers at previous Business Councils: Mayors, Fire Chiefs, Police Chiefs, School Superintendents,

Economic Development Directors, etc.

In “Democracy in America”, published in 1835, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote of the

New World and its developing democracy. Observing from the perspective of a

detached French social scientist, Tocqueville wrote of his travels through America

in the early 19th Century. He saw democracy as an equation that balanced liberty

and equality, concern for the individual as well as the community. Tocqueville's

impressions of American religion and its relationship to the broader national culture

are likewise notable:

“Upon my arrival in the United States, the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck

my attention; and the longer I stayed there, the more did I perceive the great political consequences resulting

from this state of things, to which I was unaccustomed. In France I had almost always seen the spirit of

religion and the spirit of freedom pursuing courses diametrically opposed to each other; but in America I

found that they were intimately united, and that they reigned in common over the same country."

Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, (New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1851), p. 337.

Over 150 years later, this moral compass that is engrained in our fibers has continued to be the guiderails in our culture

that allow the country to continue to be the greatest, and most free nation on Earth, as declared by David Aikman,

famed Time Magazine journalist from 1971-1994. Mr. Aikman wrote of a 20 year Chinese study that had at its goal, to

understand what makes America great, and how it sustains its greatness. The study looked at our military strength,

political system, economic system, educational system, and all were able to be copied without similar results. It wasn’t

until they looked at the religious founding of our nation, and how that resulted in the continued high value given to moral

conduct in all areas of business and life that the Chinese social scientists found the prominent difference.

In my humble opinion, nowhere is that more evident than in the Midwest, where our values, including “Minnesota nice”

are practiced every day, just look around you. However, even in Minnesota, our legislators and governor are having a hard

time “playing nice” in working out the state budget. Ultimately it seems as though the debate isn’t so much “what” our

values are, but who manages the working out of those values. As a neighbor of mine recently asked, “When did our

Midwestern values become law, administered by the state, and involuntarily paid for by taxpayers?” Haven’t we always

been compelled to help our neighbor (however you define neighbor) because of our moral guiderails? Aren’t those values

still within us? Wouldn’t we take care of the less fortunate if the government didn’t do it?

So I now ask you, will our state government allow us to help our neighbors, or better yet, trust us to do that, or will they

continue to mandate who gets help, and how we must pay for it? This question and more will be answered, or at least

contemplated, at the next Legislative Breakfast. Come join us for an always entertaining legislative wrap up breakfast on

June 17th and find out the answer!

Business Advocacy

Tom Sanvick Senior Commercial Banker

F&M Bank

Legislative Breakfast with the Chamber

Legislative Session Recap Moderated by Mary Lahammer

Friday, June 17th * 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. * Shorewood Bar & Grill, Fridley

Premier Sponsor:

Arden Hills, Blaine, Columbia Heights, Fridley, Little Canada, Mounds View

New Brighton, Roseville, Shoreview, Spring Lake Park

YOUR CHAMBER CALENDAR - JUNE 2011 Business Councils: 7:30-8:30 a.m. Columbia Heights - June 3rd Location: Northeast Bank, 6th Floor, Columbia Heights

Fridley - June 14th Location: TBD

Mounds View - June 8th Featured Speaker: Ramsey County Commissioner Tony Bennett Location: Mounds View Community Center

Roseville - June 21st Featured Speaker: Chad Commers, Roseville Properties Management Company Location: Courtyard by Marriott, Roseville

New Brighton - June 22nd Featured Speaker: Coralie Wilson, CTV15 Location: Risdall Marketing Group

Table For 4 Wednesday, June 1st 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Various Chamber Member Restaurants $10 + cost of lunch

Public Policy Committee Meeting Thursday, June 2nd 7:30-9:00 a.m. Chamber Office

Golf Committee Meeting Thursday, June 2nd 8:00-9:00 a.m. Chamber Office

Breakfast Networking Club Thursday, June 9th 7:30-9:00 a.m. Country Inn & Suites, Shoreview Featured Speaker: Dawn Muller, Merrick, Inc.

‘Chamber Challenge’ Spring Golf

Tournament Thursday, June 9th 1:00 shotgun Bunker Hills Golf Course, Coon Rapids

Legislative Breakfast with the Chamber Friday, June 17th 7:30-9:00 a.m. Shorewood Bar & Grill, Fridley

Business Advancement Committee Wednesday, June 22nd 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Lakeside Homes, New Brighton

Breakfast Networking Club Thursday, June 23rd 7:30-9:00 a.m. Country Inn & Suites, Shoreview Featured Speaker: Jason Blanski, Jimmy’s Pro Billiards

Networking Night at the Twins Game! Monday, June 27th 5:00 Networking at Hubert’s Bar & Grill 7:10 Twins vs. Dodgers $35, ticket & appetizers

Sneak Peek at July 2011:

Breakfast Networking Club Thursday, July 14th & 28th 7:30-9:00 a.m. Country Inn & Suites, Shoreview

Multi-Chamber Young Professionals Event Thursday, July 21, 2011 4:00-6:30 p.m. Solera rooftop, downtown Minneapolis Hosted by: Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Business Advancement Committee Wednesday, July 27th 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Lakeside Homes, New Brighton

New Member Reception Friday, July 29th 9:00-10:00 a.m. Chamber Office

Featured May Event: ‘Chamber Challenge’ Spring Golf Tournament

525 Main Street, Suite 200 � New Brighton, MN 55112 Tel. 763.571.9781 � Fax 763.572.7950 � www.twincitiesnorth.org

Events, dates, and times subject to change. Visit www.twincitiesnorth.org for a complete,

accurate listing of all events.



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