THE ROBINS REGIONAL CHAMBER WELCOMES OUR NEWEST
GOLD PARTNER
Monday,
August 30, 2010
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NEW CHAMBER BOARD
MEMBERS
Chad Bryant
Ocmulgee Site &
Environmental Services |
David Carr
Flint Energies
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Joy Dyer
T. Lake
Environmental
Design
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Ashley Hughes
Hughes Honda |
Kenny Kitchens
Nichols, Cauley &
Associates, LLC |
Jessica Shoudel
Robbins-Gioia,LLC |
Terry Smith
AT&T Georgia |
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Per Person Member Rates: Double $2,799; Single
$3,099; Triple $2,769
Per Person Non-Member
Rates: Double: $3,149
ATTEND OUR INFORMATION SESSIONS
Monday, August 30, 2010, 2:00 pm
Monday, August 30, 2010, 5:30 pm
Robins Regional Chamber of Commerce
1228 Watson Boulevard
Warner Robins, GA
Included in
Price: Air Taxes and Fees/Surcharges
of $140 (subject to increase until paid in full),
Hotel Transfers, Round Trip Air from Hartsfield
International Airport, Transportation from Warner
Robins to Hartsfield, & Most Meals!
First
Deposit of $250 per person due by September 18, 2010.
Final payment due by January 16, 2011.
Not included in
price: Optional Cancellation Waiver
and Insurance of $200 per person
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DON'T BE LEFT OUT!
Join your fellow Robins Regional Chamber members and
friends in March of 2011 on our trip to Italy.
DISCOVER TUSCANY
March 17-26, 2011
Our 10-day tour
will include all transportation, lodging, and 13
meals!
Highlights Include Rome, Assisi,
Basilica of St. Francis, Montecatini Terme, Siena,
San Gimignano, a Winery Tour, Florence, Tuscan
Feast, and Pitti Palace.
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ITINERARY - and other information
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VIDEO - Chamber's Italy Kick-Off
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For more
information, please call the Chamber at 478.922.8585
or Andrew
Pierce Travel Agency at 478.987.5277
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Welcome
New Chamber Members
Brand Mortgage -
101
Lochlyn Place,
Suite B,
Bonaire,
telephone
(478) 477-4761.
Brand Mortgage is committed
to helping you find the
right mortgage loan product
for your needs. They
understand that every
borrower is different, and
offer a variety of mortgage
loan products to meet your
individual requirements.
Check out their
website
www.brandmortgage.com.
Georgia Probation Management – 233 North Houston Road, Suite 111, Warner Robins,
telephone (478) 329-5690.
Georgia Probation Management
is a professional
organization dedicated to
providing the highest
quality comprehensive
probation services
available. Their services
are designed to ease the
Court’s burden while
reliably upholding Court
ordered conditions—at no
cost to the local court,
taxpayers or government.
Visit their website
at
www.gpm-probtion.com.
Virginia College – 1544 Eisenhower
Parkway,
Macon,
telephone
(478) 803-4600.
Virginia College is a private institution of
higher education committed
to offering associate
degrees, diploma courses,
and baccalaureate degrees at
its various campuses or
online.
Visit their website
www.vc.edu
for details of the programs
and courses they offer.
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Today’s employee understands their
employer can’t afford to give them
everything, but they are looking to
their employer to negotiate more and
better benefits than they can obtain on
their own. Dental insurance
has been identified as the most
sought-after employee benefit behind
medical insurance. And
your local Chamber of Commerce is
helping small businesses offer more
affordable employee benefits insurance
products through its participation in MemberCare
AllianceSM, a
statewide network of more than 130
Chambers of Commerce.
In
addition to discounted medical
insurance, small business Chamber
members have a choice of two different
types of dental insurance. The
type of dental insurance,
which carries the deepest discounts, is
“group” dental insurance. Just
as with group health insurance, the
employer pays all or a major portion of
the employee’s monthly premium for group dental coverage. Another
form of dental insurance,
which is quickly growing in popularity,
is “voluntary” dental insurance. Voluntary dental insurance,
in most cases, costs the employer
nothing. The
employer simply uses their business to
obtain a group-based voluntary rate on dental insurance,
then offers it to employees at the
employee’s own cost.
As
with group policies there are some
employee participation requirements with
voluntary dental plans
but if you currently are not offeringdental insurance
to your employees due to the cost,
voluntary dental coverage
is your solution. Qualifying
business members, with 2-50 employees,
can obtain these benefits through the MemberCare
Alliance of Robins
RegionalSM at
very competitive prices.
Discounts for dental benefits
range as high as 10%, through Blue Cross
and Blue Shield of Georgia*(BCBSGa)
and several of the plan options give you
the ability to visit any dentist you
choose.
The MemberCare
Alliance of Robins
Regional program
includes a variety of other discounted
insurance products, such as: group
health insurance, long
term and short term disability,
accidental death and dismemberment, long
term care and term life insurance. All
these products are available through
participating Chamber-member insurance
agents. For
more information on any of these
insurance offerings, please call the
Chamber, one of your participating
Chamber-member insurance agents, or
Purchasing Alliance Solutions, Inc.,
(the company that developed the MemberCare
Alliance program)
at 770-579-1214 or 1-800-782-8254 ext.
3014.
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Estate Planning
for Small Business
sponsored by
Estate tax
laws are changing effective January 1.
These changes have the potential to
affect small business owners everywhere.
The time to prepare for the new estate
tax laws is now. Attend this session and
learn what you need to know now to
comply with the laws and to take action
to protect your business and other
assets. There is no substitute for
planning.
Guest Speakers:
John
T Carter, II
Trust Advisor,
FVP for SunTrust Bank
Rob H Wall
Smith, Hawkins, Hollingsworth & Reeves,
LLP
Friday, September 3, 2010
12:00 noon
Robins Regional Chamber of
Commerce
Cost: $12.00 Chamber members
Non-members welcome: $25.00
Lunch will be provided
SIGN UP HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT BY
5:00
p.m., Monday, August 29
(No cancellations/refunds after
5:00 pm, Tuesday, August 30, 2010)
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THEY'RE
GRRRRREAT!
OK Robins Region --- let's ALL step
up to bat now. We are the ONLY community
ever to have both boys AND girls teams
as World Champions (boys 2007, girls
2009 AND 2010). Please visit the
Kellogg's website and request that our
girls be put on the Frosted Flakes
Cereal Box!! It is an honor they deserve
--- they are tenacious as tigers, and
they are shining examples of what it
takes to be GR-R-R-R-REAT!!!!
Visit this site and go to the Great
Ideas section.. you are limited to
500 words.
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
12:00
noon
Robins Regional
Chamber of Commerce
sponsored
by
Cost: $15.00 Chamber
members
$25.00 non-members
SIGN UP HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT BY
5:00
Monday, September 13
No cancellations after
5:00 Monday, September 13
Lunch
will be served.
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Community Calendar
View the complete list of
Community Events online:
www.warner-robins.com
PLEASE DO YOUR PART!
Planning a
community event?
Help prevent
scheduling conflicts.
Please remember to let the Chamber know
about it. We will place it on our
calendar. If all community
organizations get into the habit it
doing this, it may help to prevent the
scheduling of conflicting events!
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Recognize A Business Or Employee
The Robins Regional Chamber presents
a monthly Small Business Award and a
monthly Outstanding Employee Award.
If you know of any worthy businesses or
outstanding employees, we encourage you
to nominate them. It's fast, it's easy,
and you can do it online. We also
have a new occasional award for
businesses that have been serving our
community for 30 years or more
Click
here to learn more and to nominate.
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63rd BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
SEPTEMBER
18
The Carl Vinson Memorial Chapter of the
Air Force Association is hosting a
formal US Air Force Birthday Celebration
at the Museum of Aviation on 18 Sep
2010. Sponsors are needed!
Please click here to learn more.
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LEARN MORE ABOUT
HELP THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY HELP YOUR BUSINESS!
Now is the ideal time to
ensure that employers and
employees understand
E-Verify and the federal
employment eligibility
verification processes.
E-Verify is a fast, free,
and easy to use
Internet-based system run by
the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) that allows
employers to verify the
eligibility of their newly
hired employees to legally
work in the United States.
Download an information
sheet by clicking here.
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BE A
CHRISTMAS PARADE SUPPORTER!!
THOSE CHRISTMAS PARADE FLOATS
DON'T
DECORATE THEMSELVES!
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If your business sells craft
items or float-appropriate
accessories, offer a discount to
Christmas Parade participants
and we will place your business
and logo in our Christmas Parade
application packet. You decide
the discount and the
verification process.
Email your discount offer and
your company logo to April at
amouton@warner-robins.com.
Deadline to participate is
Friday, September 17, 2010.
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Smile!
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August Business After Hours was sponsored by
AgGeorgia Farm Credit.
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Great hosts, great food, networking, and door
prizes!!!
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Chamber members and Leadership alumni attend the
LWR Leadership Alumni Series presentation by
Conrad Nix....
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.....former
football coach of the Championshiip Northside
Eagles, shown here with LWR Advisory Chair
Christina O'Brien |
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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Made 2B More, in
partnership with our friends at Perry Area
Chamber
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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for State Farm Insurance
– Kevin Barry
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Eggs & Issues attendees were treated to a
presentation by the new Superintendent of the
Houston County Board of Education, Dr. Robin
Hines.
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Warner
Robins # 1 place
in Georgia to live and
raise a family.
Complete Business Week Article here.
Yahoo State-By-State Summary Here
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1228 Watson Boulevard
Warner Robins, GA 31093
478.922.8585
www.warner-robins.com
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One
of only 4%
of America's Chambers to be fully accredited
by the
United States Chamber of Commerce.
Named one of the Top 3
Chambers in the Nation for 2009
by the American
Chamber of Commerce Executives
Recipient, 2009 Georgia Circle of Excellence Award
presented by Georgia Chamber of Commerce Executives
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