GREATER NEW ORLEANS EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATION
 Attendance: 43
Bulletin–2011-49
September 27, 2011
 DR. PAUL POISSENOT
 It with a sadden heart that I must inform all of you of the passing of Dr. Paul Poissenot this past weekend. He was a respected member of GNOEA since 1987 and has served on the board of directors many times, along with various committees.  His kindness and friendship will be missed!
As soon as I have any information concerning the funeral arrangements, I will pass them on to you.
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CHANGE OF VENUEÂ
Remember to mark your calendars; GNOEA will start holding our breakfast meetings at Ralph’s on the Park beginning October 4th through the end of December.
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THANK YOU CARD
GNOEA received a thank you card from GNOEA President, Bill Ello expressing his gratitude for everyone’s thoughts, prayers and the plant that we sent him during his recent hospital stay.
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TODAY’S PROGRAMÂ
Today we were pleased to have as our guest speaker Ken Berthelot, Director of Sports Programming & Account Executive at LeSEA Broadcasting of New Orleans: WHNO-TV-20. Ken is a graduate of Louisiana Tech University and has a Master’s Degree from Tulane. He is responsible for developing sports and special programming that fits the mission of the family, Christian, and sports oriented station.
Prior to WHNO-TV, Ken spent time in college athletics at both Tulane and Nicholls State. At Nicholls, he was the Associate Director of Athletics and was the radio and television voice of Colonels. He spent 15 years at Tulane University as an Assistant Athletics Director and was the radio “Voice of the Green Waveâ€.Â
As the Director of Training for Dale Carnegie in most of Louisiana and Mississippi. Ken developed trainers and personally instructed the Leadership Training for Managers® Class, the Dale Carnegie Course®, and customized courses for major corporations.Â
You may remember Ken as a local television sportscaster anchoring Live-at-Five for WVUE-TV, channel 8 where he worked with both Buddy “D†Diliberto and Major League Baseball’s Miracle Met, Ron Swoboda.Â
We wish to thank him for visiting our association and sharing his knowledge of the sports industry!
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LETTERS OF RESIGNATION
It was with regret that we accepted the resignations of Michael Fredrick, point2point Innovations with the classification of “Web Design/Web Hosting†and Andre’ Savoie, WSI with the classification of “Internet Search Engine Optimizationâ€. Â
The classification of “Web Design/Web Hosting†and “Internet Search Engine Optimization†are now open.
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APPROVED MEMBERSHIP CHANGESÂ
The Board of Directors, the Classification and Membership Committees have approved the company name changes and dual membership for the following firms in GNOEA. Members have five days to voice any objections.
Philip Rebowe from Rebowe & Company to Carr, Riggs, & Ingram, LLC
Classification:Â CPAÂ
First Dual Membership Approved:
Jim Hudson & Tom Tappan from OMNI Bank to Iberiabank
Classification:Â Bank
UPCOMING PROGRAMÂ
October 4, 2011 | Claudia Smith, Toast Master Club – Held at Ralph’s on the Park |
October 11, 2011 | Joey O’Connor, President-Elect, Independent Insurance Agents of Greater New Orleans – Held at Ralph’s on the Park |
October 18, 2011 | No Breakfast Meeting |
October 25, 2011 | Joseph Azzarello, Franklynn Pest Control  Board of Director’s Meeting Held at Ralph’s on the Park |
November 1, 2011 | Chris Hosch, WJS and John O’Sullivan, Lexmark Held at Ralph’s on the Park. |
November 8, 2011 | MG David Mize of Federal City – Held at Ralph’s on the Park. |
November 15, 2011 | Christopher Stelley, Louisiana Film Institute Board of Director’s Meeting Held at Ralph’s on the Park |
November 22, 2011 | Thanksgiving Holiday – No Breakfast Meeting |
November 29, 2011 | Nighttime Visitation – Denise Berthiaume, LeMieux Galleries – No Morning Breakfast Meeting. |
December 6, 2011 | Robert Ramsey Visitation, 5700 Veterans Blvd, Metairie, LA from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm – No Morning Breakfast Meeting |
December 13, 2011 | Holiday Party – No Morning Breakfast Meeting |
December 20, 2011 | Board of Directors Meeting – Held at Ralph’s on the Park |
December 27, 2011 | Christmas Holiday – No Breakfast Meeting |
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