TIWOGNO...standing rules. Motions passed and will be made effective 1/1/2018 pending approval from National. SPEAKER at 5:59 PM – Laugh Yoga instruction with Andra Aiken DINNER BREAK

President

Amber Townsend, CISR

[email protected]

President-Elect

Courtney Donato

Vice President

Chad Harrington

Treasurer

Karen Crouch

Secretary

Liz LaGrange

Immediate Past President

Brittany Davis-Stoudt

Officers

Volume 13 Number 4

December 2017

Meeting-at-a-Glance by Amber Townsend [email protected] January’s general meeting will be held 1/25/18 at

Augie’s Restaurant in Harahan.

This will be our Education & Safety meeting.

See the flyer inside for details. Get your

reservation to Marie soon.

Special points of inter-

est:

Contact Amber Townsend if

you are not receiving or

are having trouble opening

emails.

If you have any pictures

from any events, please

forward them to Angela

Falcone

([email protected]) or

Heidi Thrash

([email protected]) for the

President’s scrapbook.

January Board Meeting

1/22/18 @ 5:30 pm

IUL

2610 Edenborn Ave.

Metairie, LA

The Insurance Professionals of

Greater New Orleans

TIWOGNO Tattler

President’s Message by Amber Townsend [email protected] “For it is in giving that we receive”

~ Francis of Assisi

Happy Holidays to everyone! We had a great November meeting at Gordon Biersch Brew-ery Restaurant in New Orleans, which if you were there, you know it was “Very Good, Very Good, Yay! (Inside joke for those that attended). Andra Aitken was our speaker and showed us how to relieve some stress, have fun, and laugh a lot! It was a very unique experience and I am glad we were able to have some fun. We also formally approved the new Bylaws & Standing Rules; these changes will be effective January 1

st, 2018. For any-

one who stayed after the meeting, we got to take a Brewery tour which was fascinating! Thanks to everyone who attended our Jingle Dat party. We brought some Christmas cheer and cheered on our Saints. Even though the Saints did not win, we definitely had a great time together! Thanks to everyone who fought the cold weather and joined us for a fun night. Big time accolades to Courtney Donato for organizing and promoting! Since Christmas time is a great time to do something for others, we recently went to St. Anthony’s Nursing Home and hosted a holiday party and brought gifts for all the residents. Debbie Lee dressed up as Santa Claus and took pictures with all the residents. They were so grateful to have us there and some even had tears in their eyes. It is always so reward-ing to give back as an association and also to be able to spend some quality time with great people. Debbie Harrington and Debbie Lee did a great job organizing and setting up for the event. Thanks to all our volunteers who helped stuffed bags at the board meeting, and attended the event on Saturday. Our Annual Day of CE will be on Tuesday, January 16

th at The Jefferson Orleans – North

and will include an Ethics class taught by our very own Jamie Renton and Shawn Tinsley from Wright Flood. Please see the flyer in the Tattler and pass this on to your colleagues. The Save the Date for the Region VI Conference is attached to this Tattler. The confer-ence will be held from March 8

th through March 10, 2018, and will be held in Lafayette,

Louisiana. The theme for this year’s convention is: “Going All In Cajun Style.” Hope to see everyone there in March! Reserve your room today!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Well it’s that time of year already - the most wonderful time of the year! I sincerely want to thank all of our officers, board members and members for their support and participation to TIPOGNO. I believe 2018 will be an even better year with lots of education, networking and fun in the works! Wishing you and your families a very Happy Holiday Season! PS: No general meeting in December

We will be selling 50/50 tickets at our January meeting. 3 tickets for $1

January birthday will be drawn at the January meeting.

November Winners:

50/50—Debbie Orillion

Birthday—November—Debbie Harrington

—December—Amber Townsend

TIWOGNO Bucks—Heidi Thrash & Shelly Power

THANKS to our birthday sponsors: November—Rodco Worldwide

December—Strickland General Agency

January—Mercury Underwriters

Saints vs Falcons Pool: 1st Quarter—Brandi Lamonte

2nd Quarter—Lorelei Augustine

3rd Quarter—Jeff Rhodes

4th Quarter—Jeff Rhodes

If your company would like to sponsor a birthday gift, please contact Niki Landry ([email protected]) or Tammy

Caro. We always mention the gift sponsor, so feel free to include a short “blurb” promoting your company that can be

read during the birthday drawing!

International Association of Insurance Professionals

General Mail:

3525 Piedmont Rd., Building 5, Suite 300

Atlanta, GA 30305

Phone: 800-766-6249

Local Phone: (404) 789-3153

Fax: (404) 240-0998

Website: www.internationalinsuranceprofessionals.org

NAIW (International) Staff

Beth Chitnis, CAE Executive Director [email protected]

Rebecca Clusserath Director of Education [email protected]

Amanda Hammerli Director of Member Services [email protected]

Betsey Blimline Director of Marketing [email protected]

Winners/Finance By Lorelei Augustine & Kristy Battistella

If you know of anyone who needs

TIPOGNO’s support – someone battling an

illness or grieving a recent death – please

reach out to Niki Landry

([email protected]) or Tammy Caro

([email protected]) so that a Get

Well or Sympathy card can be sent on behalf

of

TIPOGNO.

If you know of someone celebrating a joyous

occasion – a job promotion, a new marriage, a

new baby, etc. – please reach out to

Niki Landry or Tammy Caro so that

TIPOGNO can send its congratulations.

Personnel by Sheral Robinson [email protected] [email protected]

Please let me know if you have an opening in your office as we do have a couple of people looking. Also

please let me know if you looking for a job.

You may call or email me. Please note that all inquires will be held in strict confidence.

Christmas Giving by Debbie Harrington & Debbie Lee

This year for Christmas Giving we sponsored St. Anthony Nursing Home in Metairie,

LA. This was our second time sponsoring this home. They have 89 residents that live

there.

The party was on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 2:30 pm. We had Santa Claus and

some elves join us to help celebrate and give out presents to the residents. Each resident

received a gift bag with a throw blanket, Christmas cup w/straw and Christmas cake.

We also served punch and party food to the residents as well.

We took pictures of each resident with Santa and are planning to deliver their pictures to

them before Christmas.

Mark your calendars for these upcoming events: DAY of CE - Tuesday, January 16, 2018 January Meeting – Education/Safety - Thursday, January 25, 2018 February Meeting – Public Relations - Thursday, February 22, 2018 Regional VI Conference - Thursday, March 8 – Saturday, March 10, 2018

The Insurance Professional of Greater New Orleans

November 2017 General Meeting Minutes

The November General Meeting of the Insurance Professionals of Greater New Orleans came to order at 5:50 P.M. The meeting was held at Gordon Biersch in New Orleans, LA. Attendance was 27 members of our 92 membership for which a quorum was present and 2 guests. All Officers except Brittany Davis and Courtney Donato were present. All Board Members were present except Liz Barker and Karen Cottone. Debbie Garner led the Collect and Pledge of Allegiance.

Officers Reports

The minutes of the October general meeting were emailed to everyone. Are there any corrections to the minutes? Hearing none, the minutes were approved as published. Correspondence: N/A Treasurer: Cash Balance as of September 3, 2017: $11,942.72. Deposits as of October 31 were $14,325.50, and expenses as of October 31 were $1,761.25, leaving total funds of $24,506.97 as of October 31, 2017. President: Amber Townsend – Regional Conference will be held in Lafayette in March 2018. President-Elect: Courtney Donato – Report given by Amber – “Jingle Dat” Christmas/Saints Tailgate party at Southport Hall on Thursday, 12/7/17. Vice-President: Chad Harrington –as of 11/9/17 we have 92 members total. Membership goal for the year is 100. Wel-come to new member Stephanie Mattio with Gillis, Ellis & Baker, who is in attendance tonight. Membership gifts will be handed out at the “Jingle Dat” party. The New Member Social will be in March on a date TBD. Immediate Past President: Brittany Davis - N/A Secretary: Liz LaGrange – On behalf of the Board of Directors, moved to adopt proposed amendments to bylaws and standing rules. Motions passed and will be made effective 1/1/2018 pending approval from National. SPEAKER at 5:59 PM – Laugh Yoga instruction with Andra Aiken DINNER BREAK at 6:22 PM RESUME at 7:00 PM

Standing Committee Reports Audit Committee (Chairpersons – Shelly Power & Debbie Harrington): N/A Education Committee (Chairperson – Lynn Labus): N/A

Other Committee Reports

Arrangements Committee (Chairpersons - Marie Meyers and Baylie Babin): N/A Bulletin Committee (Chairperson – Monique O’Neill): N/A Finance/Fund Raising Committee (Chairpersons – Lorelei Augustine and Kristy Battistella): Report given by Amber - $873 raised from Breast Cancer Awareness raffle Historian/Publicity Committee (Chairpersons – Angela Falcone & Heidi Thrash): N/A Host/Courtesy Committee (Chairpersons – Niki Landry & Tammi Caro): N/A Legislative Committee (Chairperson – Leslie Sallean): N/A

Personnel Committee (Chairperson – Sheral Robinson): No openings right now. Public Relations

Charitable Giving (Chairpersons – Debbie Lee & Debbie Harrington): This year we will be sponsoring St. Anthony’s Nursing Home on Airline Hwy. This is our second time sponsoring this home. They are so looking forward to our par-ty which will be on Saturday December 16. If interested in helping us out, please let me know. We need to be there for 2 to get ready for the party at 2:30. This home has 89 residents. 65 Ladies and 18 Men. We will be purchasing them each a small blanket, Christmas socks and some soft candy. We will be putting together their bags at the De-cember board meeting. Golf Tournament (Chairpersons – Debbie Lee & Marie Meyers): Total profit from tournament was $6,551.07. Community Rebuilding Day (Chairpersons – Cheryl Caillouet): N/A

Safety Committee (Chairperson – Angela Hochberger): N/A Technology Committee (Chairpersons – Pam Geraci & Courtney Donato): Let Pam know if you are not receiving the blast messages or Tattler. Please like our Facebook posts and share/like our page.

Liaison Reports

National Alliance Amber Townsend – None CPCU Cindy Paulin – None IIAGNO (Big I) Lynn Labus – None PIA Jessica Clayton – installation on 12/1/17 LSLA Leslie Sallean, CPIW – None YIPS Jessica Clayton - YIPS Day at the Races – 12/7/17 YIPS Annual Conference – 1/18/18 – 1/19/18 Unfinished Business: N/A New Business: N/A 50/50: Winner of $20 was Debbie Orillion Birthdays: November Birthday – Debbie Harrington – sponsored by Rodco Worldwide December Birthday – Amber Townsend – sponsored by Mercury Underwriters TIWOGNO Bucks: Heidi Thrash & Shelly Power If there is no further business and hearing no objection, the November general meeting is adjourned at 7:11 P.M. Thank you for attending.

Membership/Organization by Chad Harrington [email protected]

As of Thursday, Nov 9th we have 92 Members total. My goal for the year is 100 members.

New Members: Jay Pellegrini, Sherie Daigle, Stephanie Mattio, and Janet Carver

The date of our new member social has not been scheduled yet, but we are planning for a Wednesday or

Thursday at the end of March. Goal is to get the flyer out by the 1st of the year so that we can start planning

for it. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Membership gifts are in and they will be handed out at the Christmas Party and /or January Meeting

Please remember to reach out to insurance friends and colleagues. If you know of any prospective members,

please forward their contact information so that we can reach out to them and see if they are interested in be-

coming a member of our organization. We cannot meet our membership goals without your help, so thank

you for all of your support in our organization.

Liaisons

PIA— New Orleans Chapter meeting 1/3/18. Contact [email protected] for information.

LSLA— E-mail me for info at [email protected] or www.lasurpluslines.com

Big I— Installation of Officers 1/19/18 7pm at Metairie Country Club. Contact Francine

Berendson 225-819-8007

National Alliance— www.scic.com

CPCU— Contact Cindy Paulin, 504-836-9620 or [email protected].

YIPs— Annual Conference 1/18-19/2018. Contact [email protected] for info.

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