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President's Message   

October is flying by and November is around the corner.  We have been blessed to be very busy in our Chapter and had lots of events and many more coming up.

Our Canstruction event at the Mall of America was September 27-29.  It was a great success. Photos of the structures have been posted to our website.  www.sdamn.org Click on the left side, under the tab Canstruction.  19,269 pounds of food and $93.51 in cash were raised at the event.

We kicked off our sponsorship drive for next year and appreciate those of you who sent in information for us to use in the drive.  Hopefully people will still see the value in sponsoring us and help us to raise funds for 2009.

October is 15 (months) for 12 (months) membership.  We sent out letters to potential recruits inviting them to attend a meeting and find out more about SDA.  We are hoping to hear from some and get the opportunity to let them know about this great value.  If you know of anyone thinking of joining this would be a good time as they will receive 3 months free. If you need a member packet sent out to someone please let one of the Board members know.

On November 20th our speaker at our chapter meeting will be Cliff Hanson.  He will be presenting information on Identity Theft Insurance.  Given our current economy, theft may become even more of an issue, please join us to find out more information about how you can protect yourself and how your company can protect their employees.

The AIA convention is November 11, 12, 13, and 14th 2008.  We have two events that we will be part of.  We are sponsoring a speaker at one of the seminars on Thursday, November 13, 2008,10:15 am – 11:45 am - Event 36 - Designing for a Workforce That Spans Four Generations.  We will be collecting tickets at the door, handing out a brochure about the speaker and a little about SDA.  We also have been given the use of a booth at the convention to tell others about SDA and our local Chapter.  We will have someone there during all open exhibit hours.

We again are blessed to be able to offer the Carol Powers Ernst Scholarship in 2009. Applications are due December 15, 2008 for EdSymposium 2009 to be held in San Francisco . The winner will be announced at our January Chapter meeting.  Rules and information are posted on our chapter website.  Please send applications to me.

If you have any questions about any of these items please feel free to contact me.

Sandy Beckel SDA/C
Chapter President
651-288-6118 – direct work
612-360-0191 – cell phone