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President
Amber Townsend, CISR
President-Elect
Courtney Donato
Vice President
Chad Harrington
Treasurer
Karen Crouch
Secretary
Liz LaGrange
Immediate Past President
Brittany Davis-Stoudt
Officers
Volume 13 Number 6
March 2018
Meeting-at-a-Glance by Amber Townsend [email protected] March New Member Social is 3/29 at
Knuckleheads Sports Bar & Eatery on Severn
& W. Esplanade. Bring a prospective member.
April meeting will be Nominating at Andrea’s
Special points of inter-
est:
Contact Amber Townsend if
you are not receiving or
are having trouble opening
emails.
If you have any pictures
from any events, please
forward them to Angela
Falcone
([email protected]) or
Heidi Thrash
([email protected]) for the
President’s scrapbook.
April Board Meeting
4/16/18 @ 5:30 pm
IUL
2610 Edenborn Ave.
Metairie, LA
TIWOGNO Tattler
The Insurance Professionals of
Greater New Orleans
President’s Message by Amber Townsend [email protected] “If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far,… Go Together.”
~ African Proverb
The Region VI Conference was recently held in Lafayette, LA and we had a great time! It was a great conference for education, networking, fellowship and fun! I want to congratu-late Baylie Babin for winning Rookie of The Year and Liz LaGrange for winning the YNP (Young, New, Professional) registration to National this year. It is so wonderful to see TIPOGNO very well represented at Regional. I also want to acknowledge Katie Liljeberg who taught an Ethics class at regional. Great job to everyone! In addition, TIPOGNO hosted a small reception for our new Regional Vice President (RVP), Alesha Raney. Alesha is a past president of TIPOGNO and was elected for a two (2) year term as our new RVP. Congratulations also to our own Marie Meyers who was appointed as Assistant to the new RVP. Thank you to Insurance Professionals of Acadiana and Baton Rouge for hosting an amaz-ing convention. Next year’s Regional conference will be held in Oklahoma, and hopefully we will have even more members attend! Due to the Regional Conference, we will not hold a formal March meeting; however we will have our New Member Social on Thursday, March 29
th, 2018 starting at 5:30 PM at
Knuckleheads Sports Bar & Eatery. We encourage all seasoned, current, past, new, pro-spective members to join as well as for everyone to bring a friend, colleague or co-worker. The way we keep our association thriving and successful is by bringing in new members and showing everyone what TIPOGNO and IAIP is all about. The flyer is included in the bulletin. Please contact Chad Harrington with any questions. We will be voting for the International Secretary for IAIP soon. Please look for a candidate
brochure inside this Tattler on Betty Curry and Geraldine Plott who is running for
International Secretary. Since voting is “one member one vote” each of you will have the
opportunity to vote in the beginning of April.
We will be selling 50/50 tickets at our April meeting. 3 tickets for $1
March & April birthday will be drawn at the April meeting.
February Winners:
50/50—Sheral Robinson
Birthday—February—Casey Darden
TIWOGNO Bucks—Sheral Robinson & Pam Miller
THANKS to our birthday sponsors: February—Burns & Wilcox
If your company would like to sponsor a birthday gift, please contact Niki Landry ([email protected]) or Tammy
Caro. We always mention the gift sponsor, so feel free to include a short “blurb” promoting your company that can be
read during the birthday drawing!
International Association of Insurance Professionals
General Mail:
3525 Piedmont Rd., Building 5, Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30305
Phone: 800-766-6249
Local Phone: (404) 789-3153
Fax: (404) 240-0998
Website: www.internationalinsuranceprofessionals.org
NAIW (International) Staff
Beth Chitnis, CAE Executive Director [email protected]
Rebecca Clusserath Director of Education [email protected]
Amanda Hammerli Director of Member Services [email protected]
Betsey Blimline Director of Marketing [email protected]
Winners/Finance By Lorelei Augustine & Kristy Battistella
If you know of anyone who needs
TIPOGNO’s support – someone battling an
illness or grieving a recent death – please
reach out to Niki Landry
([email protected]) or Tammy Caro
([email protected]) so that a Get
Well or Sympathy card can be sent on behalf
of
TIPOGNO.
If you know of someone celebrating a joyous
occasion – a job promotion, a new marriage, a
new baby, etc. – please reach out to
Niki Landry or Tammy Caro so that
TIPOGNO can send its congratulations.
Personnel by Sheral Robinson [email protected] [email protected]
Please let me know if you have an opening in your office as we do have several people looking. Also please let me know if you
looking for a job.
Personal Lines Rep – Mid City and Metairie
Marine CSR - CBD
You may call or email me. Please note that all inquires will be held in strict confidence.
Mark your calendars for these upcoming events: New Member Social - Thursday, March 29, 2018 April Meeting – Nominating - Thursday, April 19, 2018 May Meeting – Elections / Annual Reports - Thursday, May 24, 2018 National Convention – St. Louis, Missouri - Thursday, June 7 – Saturday, June 9, 2018
Award Applications
We are now accepting applications for our local awards: Rookie of the Year and Professional of the Year.
The applications for both awards can be found on the local IAIP website under “For members > Awards &
Scholarships > Awards” from the homepage or email me and I can send you a copy.
http://www.internationalinsuranceprofessionals.org/?page=awards
For consideration, the application must be submitted to Chad Harrington @ [email protected] by
Monday, May 1.
Rookie of the Year: Should be an active member of TIPOGNO for not more than two(2) years.
Professional of the Year: Should have been an active member of TIPOGNO for a minimum of two (2) years.
All members are eligible except for the judges.
Although we will not be awarding Underwriter, Claims or Risk Manager of the year, etc., members can still
apply for these awards at the Regional level. You may find those applications on the IAIP website. Please let
me know if you need any assistance with any of the awards.
The Insurance Professional of Greater New Orleans
February 2018 General Meeting Minutes
The February General Meeting of the Insurance Professionals of Greater New Orleans came to order at 6:00 P.M. The meeting was held at Impastato’s in Metairie, LA. Attendance was 35 members of our 88 membership for which a quorum was present and 2 guests. All Officers were present except Chad Harrington. All Board Members were present except Liz Barker. Debbie Lee led the Collect and Pledge of Allegiance.
Officers Reports
The minutes of the January general meeting were published in the bulleting. Are there any corrections to the minutes? Hearing none, the minutes were approved as published. Correspondence: None. Treasurer: Karen Crouch – Cash Balance as of January 31, 2018: $17,399.77. Deposits as of December 31, 2017, were $2,761.98, and expenses as of December 31, 2017, were $2,850.66, leaving total funds of $17,311.09 as of January 31, 2018. Are there any questions concerning the treasurer’s report? Hearing none, the report will be filed for audit. President: Amber Townsend – 1. Acknowledged past presidents in attendance. 2. Our Regional Convention is only 2 weeks away! Please book your hotel reservations and sending your registration. It is March 8
th – 10
th in Lafayette, LA. The theme is “Going All In – Cajun Style.”
3. National Convention – St. Louis – June 7th – 9
th – just a reminder. Also, you should be seeing emails soon from Na-
tional about voting for the International Secretary. Voting will be in early March. President-Elect: Courtney Donato – Working on filling committees and boards – multiple people serving on the same committee makes the workload less on everybody involved – see Courtney if you are interested in volunteering. Vice-President: Chad Harrington – report given by Amber – 88 members as of 2/21/18 – goal is 100. New Member So-cial will be at Knuckleheads in Metairie on March 29
th – first beer/wine is included, and food will be served. Remember
that National IAIP contacts you directly for your renewal dues. See Chad if you still have not received your membership gift. Secretary: Liz LaGrange – None. Immediate Past President: Brittany Davis Stoudt – In the February and upcoming March Tattlers, it was reported that if you are interested in serving as Secretary or on the Board of Directors for the 2018-2019 term, please forward Brittany your letter of intent and qualifications by March 12
th. All potential nominees for the Board of Directors shall have been a
member for at least one (1) year and served on at least one (1) committee. A candidate for an Officer position shall have served on the Board of Directors and must have a letter of support from their employer. Qualifications not received by the deadline will not be considered by the nominating committee and will have to be nominated from the floor at the April General Membership Meeting. Qualifications from nominees pre-sented from the floor during the April meeting are to be read by the nominator. Duties of the Secretary are outlined in the Bylaws and Standing Rules found on the IAIP website. Please be sure to review the most up-to-date duties prior to sub-mitting your qualifications. Interviews for the Secretary position will be held at a place and time to be determined in March. In addition, the nominating committee was voted on at the February board meeting, and the committee is as fol-lows: Lisa Walters; Chad Harrington; Amber Townsend; Past President Darlene Z. Nelson; 1
st Alternate Leslie Sallean;
2nd
Alternate Baylie Babin. Thank you for volunteering to serve on this committee.
Standing Committee Reports Audit Committee (Chairpersons – Shelly Power & Debbie Harrington): None. Education Committee (Chairperson – Lynn Labus): None.
Other Committee Reports Arrangements Committee (Chairpersons - Marie Meyers and Baylie Babin): April meeting will likely be at Five Happi-ness, and there will be a fun surprise at the May meeting. Bulletin Committee (Chairperson – Monique O’Neill): Reports for March Bulletin are due ASAP. Finance/Fund Raising Committee (Chairpersons – Lorelei Augustine and Kristy Battistella): N/A Historian/Publicity Committee (Chairpersons – Angela Falcone & Heidi Thrash): N/A Host/Courtesy Committee (Chairpersons – Niki Landry & Tammi Caro): N/A Legislative Committee (Chairperson – Leslie Sallean): State Legislative Session will be March 12 - June 4, 2018 Personnel Committee (Chairperson – Sheral Robinson): Several personal lines openings in Metairie & on the Northshore – contact Sheral if interested. Public Relations
Charitable Giving (Chairpersons – Debbie Lee & Debbie Harrington): None Golf Tournament (Chairpersons – Debbie Lee & Marie Meyers): Report given by Amber – Lynnsey Belsome from Children’s Hospital was supposed to be here tonight to accept a check for $3,000 from our golf tournament pro-ceeds. However, she contacted Amber hours before the meeting to let us know that she was sick and could not make it. Amber will see if she can come to our April meeting; if not, we will make other arrangements to present the check. We will also be sending $500.00 to IAIP of Puerto Rico. Community Rebuilding Day (Chairpersons – Cheryl Caillouet): N/A
Safety Committee (Chairperson – Angela Hochberger): N/A Technology Committee (Chairpersons – Pam Geraci & Courtney Donato): Let Pam know if you are not receiving the blast messages or Tattler. Please like our Facebook posts and share/like our page. BREAK FOR DINNER: 6:15 // RESUME: 7:32
Liaison Reports
National Alliance Amber Townsend – None CPCU Cindy Paulin – None IIAGNO (Big I) Lynn Labus – Big I Golf Tournament on March 9
th at Audubon
PIA Jessica Clayton – Meeting at Impastato’s on 3/7/18 feat. Michael Hecht of GNO, Inc. LSLA Leslie Sallean, CPIW – Annual Convention - March 21-23, 2018 at Bourbon Orleans YIPS Jessica Clayton – Recently had Board Installation on 2/6/18 Unfinished Business: Sheral advised that the Bulletin has been late, leaving little time to request company checks for meeting reservation. New Business: Gloria Bruno proposed that, if MAL Alesha Raney wins the Regional VP election, the TIPOGNO delega-tion at Regional throw a traditional victory reception to be funded from Miscellaneous, due to Alesha’s past membership in TIPOGNO. Motion was seconded and passed. Amber will contact Alesha and make arrangements. 50/50: Winner of $34 was Sheral Robinson Birthdays: February – Casey Darden – sponsored by Burns & Wilcox TIWOGNO Bucks: Sheral Robinson & Pam Miller If there is no further business and hearing no objection, the February general meeting is adjourned at 7:43 P.M. Thank you for attending. Don’t forget to check-in on Facebook and like our events and posts.
Membership/Organization by Chad Harrington [email protected]
As of February 14th- we have 89 Members total. My goal for the year is 100 members.
The date of our new member social is set for Thursday March 29th at Knuckleheads in Metairie, LA. We will
provide food and the first drink will be on us! The rest will be a cash bar. Please invite everyone you know
and have them come out and see what our organization is all about!
Membership gifts are in and anyone who has not received their gift please see me.
Please remember to reach out to insurance friends and colleagues. If you know of any prospective members,
please forward their contact information so that we can reach out to them and see if they are interested in be-
coming a member of our organization. We cannot meet our membership goals without your help, so thank
you for all of your support in our organization.
Liaisons
PIA— James C. Herndon Memorial & Charity Golf Event 4/10 at Loft 18. Contact [email protected] for information.
LSLA— Any questions please email me [email protected] or 1-504-834-1666.
Big I— Contact Francine Berendson 225-819-8007
National Alliance— www.scic.com
CPCU— Contact Cindy Paulin, 504-836-9620 or [email protected].
YIPs— Annual Conference 1/18-19/2018. Contact [email protected] for info.
Audit by Shelly Power [email protected]
We have conducted the 1st and 2nd Quarter audits. Everything is in order.
Just a reminder when you have checks to deposit those should be done within 3 days of receiving those
checks.
The 2018 Nominating Committee is as follows: Lisa Walters Chad Harrington Amber Townsend Past President, Darlene Z Nelson 1st Alternate- Leslie Sallean 2nd Alternate- Baylie Babin The February Tattler included the need for two alternates on the Nominating Committee (which have been filled), as well as asking for qualifications for those interested on serving on the 2018-2019 Board of Directors. All qualifications are due to myself by Monday, March 12th. Interviews for the Secretary Position will be held at a place and time to be determined in March. At this time, I will present a motion for formal approval of the Nominating Committee.
Nominating by Brittany Davis Stoudt [email protected]
Region VI Dinner at National Convention
Restaurant: Maggie O’Brien’s Restaurant & Irish Pub
Address: 2000 Market Street, St. Louis, MO 63103
Date: Friday, June 8, 2018
Time: 6:45PM
RSVP: Alesha Raney – [email protected]
Website to review the Menu: http://maggieobriens.com/menu/signature-menu/
It is important that you let Alesha Raney know if you will be in attendance. We
can reserve a private room if 24 or more people will be in attendance. (We have to
spend a minimum of $500, before tax and gratuity, for a private room.)
You will be able to order off the menu and everyone will be billed separately.
The restaurant is a short 2 minute walk and there is sidewalk.
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