AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

Getting the scoop.(PVA president's message)(Paralyzed Veterans of America)

Paraplegia News

| March 01, 2005 | Pleva, Randy | COPYRIGHT 2005 Paralyzed Veterans of America. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

PVA's 2005 Midwinter Board of Directors (BOD) meeting took place in sunny San Diego, the city where I started my duties as a PVA national director. The West Virginia PVA chapter received its charter at the 1992 convention there.

Talk about being nervous! First I waited to see if the BOD would approve the resolution to grant chapter status; if they did, I would be the chapter's national director. I had attended Board meetings and conventions in the past, but never as a national director.

I was scared to death to get close to the microphone and knew I was going to have a problem turning it on and asking questions. I was afraid, not of the people around me ...

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
Comerica Names National Directors for Small Business Banking and Retail Bank...
Press release article from: PR Newswire May 16, 2005 700+ words
...FirstCall/ -- Margaret M. (Peggy) Bradshaw has been named national director of Small Business Banking, including Small Business Administration...SBA) Lending, and Michael S. Lawson has been named the national director of Retail Bank Administration for Comerica Incorporated...
GOVERNMENT - NATIONAL DIRECTOR FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH.
News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire September 26, 2005 700+ words
...appointment of this new National Director follows the successful...appointment of a National Director underpins the Department...the autumn 3. National Directors have been appointed...aspects of the National Director's remit will...
Careers: Just the Job - National director, BNI.(Business Network...
Magazine article from: Marketing June 8, 2005 700+ words
...businesses (each from a different industry sector) who share contacts and refer business to each other. As national directors, husband and wife team Martin and Jillian Lawson organise Chapter breakfast meetings, run training events for...
The Globalization of Corporate Boards; Companies are Increasingly Recruiting...
Press release article from: PR Newswire August 12, 1999 700+ words
...recruiting "non-national" directors include time constraints...accommodate "non-national" directors without disrupting...because of "non-national" directors' travel concerns...maximize "non-national" director participation...
NCUA Chairman to Address 26th National Directors' Conference.
Press release article from: PR Newswire March 10, 2003 700+ words
...union CEOs, chairmen and directors at the 26th Annual National Directors' Conference & Expo, August 5-8, 2003 at The...speakers," says Dennis Sullivan, chair of the 26th Annual National Directors' Conference & Expo (http://www.cudirectors...
Builders named national directors.(Home & Real Estate)
Newspaper article from: Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, NM) April 13, 1997 700+ words
...Everett Homes, Lynn Johnson of H. Parnegg Realty and John Kaltenbach of John Kaltenbach Homes. The number of national directors selected from each local association depends on that association's membership size, said local spokeswoman...
Cable engineers choose national directors. (Society of Cable Television...
Magazine article from: Multichannel News May 20, 1991 700+ words
Cable Engineers Choose National Directors The Society of Cable Television Engineers has elected three new board of directors members and re-elected an additional four...
1st National directors elect Crawford.
Newspaper article from: Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, NM) May 8, 2000 700+ words
Byline: Journal Staff Report The 1st National Bank board of directors has elected Everett Crawford chairman of the board and CEO. Crawford replaces Harry Newlon, who is retiring after 13 years as chairman and CEO. Newlon will retain the duties of chairman and CEO of the bank holding company, First
Two CFDD National Directors Receive Awards.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Business Credit March 1, 2000 700+ words
Barbara Klosterman, CCE, regional credit manager of Southdown, Inc. in Fairborn, OH was named Credit Executive of the Year at the NACM-Ohio Annual Meeting. Barbara has been active in both NACM and CFDD for many years. A member. of NACM since 1981, she has served on the local board and various
PRSA BOARD OF NATIONAL DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS TO MEET IN CLEVELAND MAY 6-8
Press release article from: PR Newswire March 18, 1993 700+ words
CLEVELAND, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors and officers of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), America's leading professional organization for public relations practitioners, will be meeting in Cleveland May 6-8, 1993. This will be the first time that the board of
For more facts and information, see all results

Source: HighBeam Research, Getting the scoop.(PVA president's message)(Paralyzed Veterans of...

©2009 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA