News & Events
News
Flash! August 2005
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Don’t
Miss The Golf Classic!
The Council’s
11th Annual Golf Classic is filling up fast. Get your reservations
in now for this exciting event on September 22 at Far Oaks
Golf Club. This is a great opportunity for MBEs and corporate
members to network in a fun and relaxing environment.
We thank
all of our sponsors who have already signed up. Great sponsorship
opportunities remain! To be recognized on tournament signage,
please confirm your sponsorship by September 2. As always,
contributions to the Council are tax deductible to the fullest
extent allowable.
Here’s
a quick overview of the events:
- Registration
begins at 8:30 a.m.
- Shotgun
start at 10:30 a.m.
- 19th
Hole Reception at 4:00 p.m.
- Dinner
and Awards begin at 5:00 pm
To participate
or become a sponsor, send your registration form to the Council
or visit www.slmbc.org.
Call Valerie Shelton at 314-241-1143 if you have any questions.
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Jump
On The PON Bandwagon
Our corporate
membership is buzzing about the success of the PON! Be sure
to join us for our next meeting on Monday, September 12 at
Monsanto. We’ll get started at 7:30am with a roundtable
discussion on the “Business Case for Supplier Diversity.”
The discussion will be facilitated by Gloria Carter-Hicks
from Hicks-Carter-Hicks, one of our own MBEs,
and Mark Graham of Express Scripts. This
will be a participatory session where each you will have an
opportunity to provide reasons why diversity is important
to your business. This information will be extremely valuable
in our future corporate development and planning. Also on
the agenda will be presentations from three MBEs recommended
by Colliers Turley Martin Tucker, Monsanto
and Washington University.
The PON
meetings have been of great interest and value to a wide variety
of individuals including supplier diversity leads, procurement
professionals, operational and tactical managers. Corporate
members, please feel free to invite anyone from your organization
who may benefit from this program.
RSVP
by September 8 to Valerie Shelton at vshelton@slmbc.org
or call 314-241-1143.
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Last
Call for Supply Chain Management Program
We already
have 22 MBEs signed up for this certificate program being
offered by the John Cook School of Business at St. Louis University.
There’s still space for a few more MBEs but, you must
hurry since the program begins September 6!
The primary
objective of the program is to help you grow your
business by increasing customer service responsiveness
and profitability, using superior supply chain management
practices. This program will prepare you to form strategic
partnerships with corporations with the potential
to obtain long-term contracts.
For more
information and an application, call Harry Moppins right away
at 314-241-1143.
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Seeking
Nominations for Annual Excellence Awards
The Annual
Excellence Awards Gala is scheduled for December 1. This much-anticipated
event applauds those minority firms that have distinguished
themselves in the business community and recognizes corporations
that have demonstrated a high level of commitment to using
and developing minority businesses.
For more information about eligibility and awards categories,
visit our website at www.slmbc.org
beginning September 15. Nomination forms will be available.
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MBE
Successes
The University
of Missouri System, Office of Management Services
recently announced the following purchases and contracts won
by the following MBEs:
Pyramid
Supply
Valentine Janitorial
Mary One Johnson Home Team Realty
Centrex Electrical Supply
For more
information University of Missouri System
opportunities, visit the university’s procurement website
at www.umsystem.edu/ums/departments/fa/management/procurement.
Additionally, the University sponsors a networking breakfast
in St. Louis the first Thursday of each month at the Salad
Bowl, 3949 Lindell Blvd at 7:15 a.m.
Ameren
has recently awarded contracts to Interface Construction,
Pangea, Inc. and TSI Engineering.
Colliers
Turley Martin Tucker has recently engaged the services of
Champion Courier. Also, Peabody Energy
has signed a contract with United Technology and Systems,
Inc. Both of these are the direct result of presentations
made by MBEs at PON meetings!
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New
Corporate Member And MBE Certifications
The Council
welcomes the Renaissance Grand Hotel as our
newest corporate member.
Congratulations
to the following newly certified MBEs:
Swift
Incentives, LLC
Distributor – Ad Specialty/Promotional Items
St. Louis, MO
The
Purchase Group, LLC
Professional Consultants – Business Development
St. Louis, MO
Bellwether
Logistics Services, LLC
Professional Consultants – Process and Logistics
Stockbridge, GA
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General
Membership Meeting October 4
Mark
your calendar now Tuesday, October 4. We are planning an exciting
program for our fall general membership meeting. Look for
more details coming soon.
For more
information about ongoing programs, workshops and general
meetings, see our calendar at www.slmbc.org
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St.
Louis Minority Business Council
308 North 21st Street
Suite 700
St. Louis, Missouri 63103
phone: 314-241-1143
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