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Posted by C CLark 4/23/12 Nominees for 2012 SGMP Rocky Mountain Chapter are:
Planner of the Year: Claudette Ferris, CGMP, Lynette Schick, CMP, MaryLou Wallace, Celeste White, Pam Temple, CGMP and Cynthia Ross

Supplier of the Year: Mark Richardson, Tyler James, Karen Davis, Rob Thomas, Linda Walters, Cheryl Blanton-Chisholm, Kim Hawks, CMP, CGMP and Stacy Long

Property of the Year: Brown Palace Hotel and Spa, Renaissance Denver Hotel, Beaver Run Resort & Conference Center, Denver Airport Marriott at Gateway Park and Crowne Plaza Colorado Springs

Gulinary Award of Excellence: Hampton Inn Denver West/Federal Center, The Curtis Hotel, Denver Airport Marriott at Gateway Park, The Golden House and Brown Palace Hotel and Spa

Posted by C Clark 3/29/2012 Call for Donations for National Education Conference! National is accepting donations for the silent auction. Please fill out this form and return to National. AuctionLetter2012.doc

Posted by C Clark 3./12/12
Look who is growing! The Rocky Mountain Chapter now has 141 members!

Chapter Scholarships announced - see Awards tab

Posted by: C Clark On: 1/23/2012

Certified Government Meeting Professional (CGMP)
View upcoming CGMP courses: CGMP courses

Posted by: C Clark On: 1/23/2012

SGMP National Education Conference
May 16 - 18, 2012 - New Orleans, LA - Hilton New Orleans Riverside.

For more information go to:
SGMP National Education Conference Information

Chapter Mission Statement- The Society of Government Meeting Professionals (SGMP) brings together government planners and meeting supply service professionals to improve the quality and promote the cost effectiveness of government meetings.

Chapter Vision Statement - We are committed to providing members with quality educational programs and partnering opportunities, empowering members to be successful in their field.

October 21, 1985 - Colorado was the third SGMP Chapter to charter.
The following information was taken from the SGMP National newsletter, dated December 1985:

MILE HIGH CITY 3RD SGMP CHAPTER
"On Monday, October 21, 1985, the new Colorado Chapter of SGMP was installed by National President, Bob Driscoll, at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver. The Denver Inn hosted the evening. Roger Smith, President, Denver & Colorado Convention and Visitors Bureau, was the Emcee.

The Chapter was installed with 22 members and was attended by a total of 65 people. Bob Driscoll presented a plaque to the incoming President, Virginia Burns, of the Environmental Protection Agency.

The two people most instrumental in starting the Chapter are Becky Ellis, Governor's Court Hotel, and Elly McFadden, Radisson Hotel Denver. Elly served as Acting Chair until the election. Bob Driscoll commended the Colorado group for putting the Chapter together in a span of just four months."

In an August 11, 1995, letter from Debbie Beamer, Beamer and Associates, to Colorado Chapter President Claudette Ferris, Ms. Beamer stated that National Headquarters did not have any records of the Colorado Chapter charter. The letter also stated "this was due to SGMP having two other management companies before signing on with Beamer and Associates, Inc. in July 1988. Either those companies didn't keep copies of charters or one was never provided to them. Possibly the person responsible for helping Colorado Chapter didn't give the information to the office."

For the Complete History of the Rocky Mountain Chapter:

HISTORY RMC April 2012.pdf

SGMP History

Chapter Mailing Address:
SGMP Rocky Mountain Chapter
P.O. Box 461103 Glendale, CO 80246
Tel (303) 675-6681
Email:info@sgmprockymtn.com

Website and Meeting Registration:
Chele Clark, CGMP
Tel: (303) 692-2421
chele.clark@state.co.us

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Meetings Industry Council of Colorado (MIC)
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Denver Business News

Title: Facebook price slumps back toward $38
Pulish Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 13:53:52 MDT
Description: Facebook, the most successful technology IPO in history, set a record for the number of sales ever sold by a company's stock market debut.

Title: Socks fall on Europe worries; Facebook debuts
Pulish Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 13:48:10 MDT
Description: It's going to take more than Facebook's initial public offering to push the stock market higher. U.

Title: Recalls this week: Trampolines, unsafe crib tents
Pulish Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 13:44:23 MDT
Description: Children's trampolines with a dangerous defect and a line of crib tents that have already proved deadly for one child are among this week's recalled products.

Title: Colorado unemployment rises to 7.9 percent
Pulish Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 12:33:04 MDT
Description: Colorado's unemployment rate rose to 7.9 percent in April, the first rise in the unemployment figure in three months.

Title: Uranium miners wary of plan to enrich DU stockpile
Pulish Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 12:05:08 MDT
Description: CHEYENNE, Wyo.—The uranium industry is questioning Energy Secretary Steven Chu's determination that releasing and re-enriching up to 9,200 tons of depleted uranium from a federal stockpile

Title: Eastman Kodak to add 40 jobs at Colorado plant
Pulish Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 10:19:06 MDT
Description: WINDSOR, Colo.—Eastman Kodak is planning to add at least 40 new positions in its coating and finishing operations in Colorado as part of an operations shutdown at the company's

Title: European financial woes push markets lower
Pulish Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 10:10:22 MDT
Description: LONDON—Concerns that Europe's debt crisis could drag down parts of the continent's banking system rattled global markets on Friday, while the IPO of social network Facebook failed to buoy spirits on Wall Street.

Title: Developers in Denver's River North tap into neighborhood's creative juices
Pulish Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 08:27:02 MDT
Description: As the light-rail station planned near Denver's River North neighborhood gets closer to reality, developers are putting shovel to dirt in what has become a haven for creative businesses.

Title: Frontier plans to announce new additions in Colorado Springs
Pulish Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 07:42:32 MDT
Description: COLORADO SPRINGS - —iFrontier Airlines will announce today it is initiating nonstop services to four cities from the Colorado Springs Airport.

Title: College trustees to hire lawyer in SourceGaS dispute
Pulish Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 07:32:27 MDT
Description: GLENWOOD SPRINGS - — The trustees of Colorado Mountain College will hold a "special meeting" Friday to take the school's next step in preparing for a legal battle that seems

Title: Colorado economic chief recommends less for Aurora's Gaylord project
Pulish Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 02:15:44 MDT
Description: Colorado's economic-development chief recommended that only a proposed Gaylord hotel in Aurora — one of six applicants seeking state tourism incentives — is eligible for subsidies this year.

Title: Facebook sets share price for today's historic IPO at $38
Pulish Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 02:07:11 MDT
Description: After months of anticipation, Facebook on Thursday set the share price for its first public stock offering at $38, as the social-networking giant made final preparations for a record-breaking market debut today.

Title: G8 summit to focus on financial tensions in Europe
Pulish Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 00:40:14 MDT
Description: Top world leaders will gather at Camp David today as they confront renewed financial tensions in Europe for the first time since the euro region put in place extraordinary measures meant to combat its problems.

Title: Dow posts 11th loss in 12 days amid discouraging economic reports
Pulish Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 00:39:42 MDT
Description: The Dow Jones industrial average posted its 11th loss in 12 days after a pair of discouraging economic reports unnerved investors already worried about a possible exit from the euro by Greece.

Title: Claims reflect little job growth
Pulish Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 00:38:46 MDT
Description: More Americans than forecast filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, a sign the labor market is making little progress. Jobless claims were unchanged at 370,000 in the week ended May 12, Labor Department figures showed Thursday.

Title: GeoEye sale possible after bid to acquire DigitalGlobe backfires
Pulish Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 00:37:43 MDT
Description: In the race to map Earth from space, GeoEye's bid to swallow DigitalGlobe has left its own valuation at the lowest in three years.

Title: Berkshire Hathaway buying 63 Media General newspapers
Pulish Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 00:37:08 MDT
Description: Billionaire Warren Buffett's company is making another foray into newspapers, agreeing to buy 63 newspapers from Media General for $142 million.

Title: Wal-Mart's quarterly earnings rise; bribery probe widens
Pulish Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 22:24:14 MDT
Description: BENTONVILLE, ark. — As Wal-Mart reported higher-than-expected first-quarter earnings Thursday, it also disclosed that the scope of an investigation into foreign-bribery issues at the

Title: Colorado, Wyoming grocery workers ratify contract extension
Pulish Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 22:24:09 MDT
Description: Unionized grocery-store workers in Colorado and Wyoming have approved a two-year contract extension.

Title: Avery Brewing Co. project in Boulder approved; construction could begin in August
Pulish Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 21:36:17 MDT
Description: "Awesome." That's the way Avery Brewing Co. president Adam Avery described feeling when his company received Boulder Planning Board approval Thursday night to build a brewery, restaurant and tap room at 4910 Nautilus Court.

Title: T. Boone Pickens' hedge fund sells all its Chesapeake Energy stock
Pulish Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 20:35:47 MDT
Description: T. Boone Pickens, the billionaire Texas hedge-fund manager, sold almost half a million shares in Chesapeake Energy during the past six weeks, as the stock fell 24 percent on investor reaction

Title: Colorado Community Bank being sold to Texas-based Carlile Bancshares
Pulish Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 20:35:44 MDT
Description: Colorado Community Bank, a $500 million bank with 18 branches along the Front Range and Eastern Plains, is changing hands.

Title: Weld commissioner defends fracking, contrasts Weld's policies with Boulder County's
Pulish Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 20:24:21 MDT
Description: LONGMONT -- While Boulder County is looking into possible ways to impose additional regulation of oil and gas exploration, Weld County enthusiastically supports that industry, Weld Commissioner Barbara Kirkmeyer told people attending a Longmont Republican Women's luncheon on Thursday.

Title: Xcel: Working with Boulder preferable to PUC approval
Pulish Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 19:41:32 MDT
Description: Getting permission from regulators to limit Boulder customers' access to conservation and renewable energy programs would be "suboptimal," compared to working out a deal directly with Boulder officials, the president and CEO of Xcel Energy's Colorado operations told a group of business leaders Thursday.

Title: U.S. foreclosure rate dropped to five-year low in April
Pulish Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 18:29:58 MDT
Description: The nation's foreclosure filings fell to a five-year low last month as lenders sought to avoid seizing property and a housing recovery showed signs of taking hold.

Title: Dish Network calls FCC timeline for new wireless network unrealistic
Pulish Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 18:29:57 MDT
Description: WASHINGTON — Douglas County-based Dish Network told U.S. communications regulators Thursday that their proposed timetable for Dish's planned wireless network was unrealistic and

Title: Facebook prices IPO shares at $38 apiece, stands to reap more than $18 billion
Pulish Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 15:59:22 MDT
Description: After months of anticipation, Facebook on Thursday set the share price for its first public stock offering at $38, as the social-networking giant made final preparations for a record-breaking market debut on Friday.

Title: Facebook spawns ecosystem of startups
Pulish Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 17:50:15 MDT
Description: Facebook-spawned startups, many based in the Bay Area, already have a much bigger collective economic footprint than Facebook itself.

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