GREATER NEW ORLEANS EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATION

Attendance: 43

Bulletin–2011-54

November 8, 2011

 

MURIEL’S HOLIDAY PARTY

GNOEA will hold our Holiday Party at Muriel’s Restaurant this year on December 13th from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. Muriel’s requires that I purchase a certain amount of food and the more members we have attending the party, the cheaper it will be. The cost of $50.00 per person is a worst case scenario only. Please let Susan know if you plan on attending and how many will be in your party!

 

TODAY’S PROGRAM

Today we were pleased to have as our guest speaker Major General David M. Mize, R.S. Marine Corps Retired. Major General Mize attended the U.S. Naval Academy and graduated with Distinction (top 5%) in 1969. His first operational assignment was a one year combat tour in Vietnam where he served as a rifle platoon commander, an infantry company commander and a battalion operations officer.

From June 2001 until his retirement in the late 2003, he was the Commanding General of Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune which won the award as the Corps best base in 2002. He finished his active duty career with thirty-four and a half years of service in the Marine Corps. His personal decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, Two Navy Commendation Medals, and the Combat Action Ribbon.

On January 1, 2009, he started working full time for the New Orleans Federal Alliance as their CEO and President. His main job in this role is to oversee the development and operation of the Federal City Project. This is the biggest economic development project in the State of Louisiana and will ensure the retention in New Orleans of the national headquarters of the Marine Corps Reserve.

The vision for Federal City is that it is to be a model for small military bases around the country. The intent is not to follow the traditional base organization plans but to minimize the costs and direct services provided by the military while integrating the facility more successfully into the surrounding neighborhoods.

Confronted by an imminent base closure in 2005 due to budget cuts, the State and community developed this public/ private partnership model to provide a new type of military base. Ultimately, in fifteen years, when all three phases are complete, Federal City is expected to provide 10,000 civil and military jobs, create a commercial center for Algiers, re-connect the surrounding neighborhoods to the river with through streets, provide a charter school that will serve the military families as well as students from the New Orleans area and provide an additional 1400 residences for military personnel and the general public.

We wish to thank Major General Mize for his very informative program.

 

IEA WEBSITE

The International Executives Association’s newsletter is now being sent directly to you to ensure that you, as an IEA member, have the latest news from IEA directly. This will now enable the newsletter delivery to be tracked and, more importantly, will ensure that all 2800 IEA members (and the 50 administrators) can keep up to date on all things IEA.

The first newsletter has been sent to you directly and if you did not receive one, please let me know.

 

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

The following members have been appointed to serve on the Nominating Committee: Joey DiMaggio, Michael Mitchell and John Benton. If you would like to be nominated or would like to nominate someone to serve on the Board of Directors, please contact a member of this committee.

 

OPEN CLASSIFICATIONS

If you know of someone who is the owner, principal, or upper management (national companies only) of one or more of these Open Classifications, please give that name to the Membership Committee or invite them to a Tuesday morning breakfast. If you invite them to a breakfast meeting, please give the name and other information to either the President or Susan prior meeting.

Below please find a list of open classifications:

Air Conditioning                                  Hospital

Aircraft Sales & Service                     Hotel

Appliance Sales and Service              Interior Designer

Audiologist & Hearing                         Internet Search Engine Optimization

Chiropractor                                        Janitorial/Cleaning Service

Coffee Shop/Service                           Lawn Maintenance

Commercial Window Treatment      Medical Facility

Country Club / Golf Course               Optometrist

Courier Service                                   Physical Therapy

Direct Mail Advertising                      Plastic Surgeon

Drug Store                                            Podiatry

Dry Cleaners                                        Property Management

Entertainment                                      Psychologist

Equipment – Rental                             Real Estate – Commercial                 

Flooring                                                 Sign & Banner                                      

Furniture Store                                    Sporting Goods

Glass Company                                    Supermarket Retail

Web Design /Web Hosting

 

UPCOMING PROGRAM

November 15, 2011 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 Muriel’s 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

 

GREATER NEW ORLEANS EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATION

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