8:30 a Discover Your Leadership Instincts - Simulcast (member event)
5/6 11:30 a Lunch 'n Learn: Chamber Master
5/20 11:30 a Community Round Table at the Chamber
5/21 11:30 a 3rd Fridays! Networking Luncheon

This is a hands-on workshop
on how to use a powerful
Chamber tool, (available only

Make your membership work for
you and get full value for your
dues investment. Workshop
space is limited to the first 25
registrations. Register on line at
www.southkent.org.

Contact sue@southkent.org for
more information or call 616-
531-5990.

Lunch 'n Learn: ChamberMaster
Date: May 6, 2010
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Lunch 'n Learn: ChamberMaster
Date: May 6, 2010
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

FREE Workshop for Chamber
Members
Chamber Offi ce located at 590
32nd Street, Wyoming COST:
FREE for members

11 at Maple Hill Golf Course.
Register yourself or your
foursome today and save!

Only $65 per golfer with your
registration before May 28th.
Only $85 per golfer after May
28th.

Your day includes:
18 holes of golf,
use of the driving range,
games and prizes,
putting contest
on course refreshments

Log on to www.southkent.org for
more information or contact sue@
southkent.org.

comparable marketing packages included. Be present even if you can't play. (Some sponsorships include golfi ng spots.)

*Norine Mulvihill - American Diabetes Association,
Board Chair
*Todd Duncan - Consumers Energy, Past Chair
*Kathey Batey - Priority Health/Spirited
Presentations, Senior Vice Chair
*Matt Uhl - PNC Bank N.A.
*Danna Mathiesen - Mercantile Bank
*David Szidik - Proforma Infi nite Marketing
Brent VanderKolk - VanderKolk & VanderKolk PLC,
Legal Counsel
Richard Chrisman - Hungerford, Aldrin Nichols &
Carter, Chair, Fin. & Budget

Community Relations Division (Blue)
*Kathey Batey - Sr. Vice Chair
Tommy Brann - Brann’s Steakhouse & Grille

Brent Vander Kolk - Vander Kolk & Vander Kolk,.
PLC
Lillian VanderVeen - Lenger Travel Services

Member Relations Division (Red)
*Matt Uhl - Vice Chair
Betsy Artz - Loeks Theaters (Celebration Cinema)
Skip Knapp - EdwardJones Investments

Membership Development Division (Gold)
*Danna Mathiesen - Vice Chair
Bob O'Callaghan - Citadel Broadcasting
Joel Iakiri - Business Interconnect Group, LLC

Financial Development Division (Green)
*David Szidik - Vice Chair
Brent Holland - Chameleon Ltd
Carol Crawford - The Alternative Board
Dan Van Dyke - PDS Group LTD
Denise Hughes - D2 Marketing
Rob Wells - Vantage Pointe Financial

Ex-Offi cio
Jack Poll - City of Wyoming, Mayor
Richard Root - City of Kentwood, Mayor
Curtis Holt - City of Wyoming, Manager
Bill Doren - Chamber Foundation Chair

Copyright 2010
Wyoming-Kentwood Area Chamber of Commerce
590 - 32nd Street SE
Wyoming, MI 49548-2345

We have exciting times ahead of us as the economic
reports are slowly starting to improve, and opportunities
for additional member benefi ts arise in several areas
including Chamber Partners, Metro South Chambers
Collaboration, and new insurance programs that you
will be hearing about soon. Not to mention the affordable
sponsorship opportunities available to promote your
business to large groups of people.

As I am sure you have heard by now John Crawford
has stepped down as the chamber President and CEO
effective April 16, 2010. We wish him the best of luck
in future endeavors and know that we will continue
to see him as a pillar in the community. His 13 years
of dedicated service to this chamber are valued and
appreciated by the board of directors, the members and
the community alike.

I would like to introduce you to the transition team
that is in place for the interim. There are 4 major areas
that need to be overseen. In order to manage this
chamber effi ciently, I have appointed 2 board members
per each area. They are as follows: Lillian VanderVeen
and Tommy Brann will be overseeing our Community
Relations efforts; Danna Mathiesen and Bob O’Calllahan
will be over seeing our Membership Development; Rick
Chrisman and Dave Szidik will be heading up our IT
and Finance areas, and Carol Crawford and Betsy Artz
will be working on our Human Resources. Please feel
free to contact the board member specifi ed if you have a
suggestion, concern or need during this transition. Your
patience during this time is much appreciated.

A CEO/President search committee is in place to decide
on a well qualifi ed candidate. We would be glad to
add interested members to the process if you possess
the skills necessary to help in the replacement. Please
contact Carol Crawford at carol@tabmichigan.com for
more information.

As for now, it is business as usual at the chamber and we
could certainly use your help by referring us to vendors,
colleagues or friends that have yet to join the chamber.
Better yet, invite them to one of our upcoming events like
the 3rd Friday’s lunch or the South Kent Swing.

Wyoming-Kentwood Area Chamber of Commerce.
Sincerely,
Norine Mulvihill

If you feel your Chamber dues investment
should do more to benefi t your business,
this is the workshop you're looking for. Your
Chamber Ambassadors have developed a
30 minute presentation designed to inform
new members of the opportunities and
benefi ts that are part of each membership
package and offer advice on how to use those
benefi ts.

We encourage businesses that have had
a membership but have not been active
recently to check into attending one of these
meetings and to get more involved.

"We hope to encourage new members
feel comfortable jumping actively into
their membership right away," stated
Amanda Lewis from gNetworks, this year's
Ambassador Chair. "They need to know
that by using the benefi ts available to
them, business owners and managers can
grow their business and increase brand
recognition."

Contact sue@southkent.org for the next
scheduled meeting. There is no cost to
attend.

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