NOW HIRING: Jobseekers should check outwww.pcma.org/careercenter for the latest meetings-industry jobs from quality employers—who in turn can search the site for top talent. PCMA members receive a discount on job and resume postings.

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PCMA is sponsoring a hosted-buyer contingent at EIBTM,The Global Meetings & Incentives Exhibition, which will be held on Nov. 30–Dec. 2. (For more on what a hosted-buyer pro- gramis and how it works—as well as testimonials from previous PCMA hosted-buyer mem- bers—see our story from the September issue, at http://bit.ly /b5a8z3.) PCMA will

also have a booth at EIBTM, and will host an educational session on the show’s first day. For more information, visitwww.pcma.org/EIBTM.

STUDY HALL HOW TWEET IT IS: Follow Kelly Peacy, CAE, CMP, PCMA’s vice president of meetings and events, as she

tweets about planning the upcoming PCMA 2011 Convening Leaders at www.twitter.com/pcmaevents. HOW TWEET IT IS, TAKE 2: Don’t forget to follow Convene’s feed at www.twitter.com/pcmaconvene.

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CHAPTER CORNER Guest of Honor Inc.

FAMILY AFFAIR: PCMA Chairman Kati Quigley,CMP, with her husband, Tim Quigley, and two sons, Colin (at left) and Conor.

Mark Your Calendar

PCMA Masters Series Washington, D.C. Oct. 21

PCMA EIBTM Hosted Buyer Program Barcelona Nov. 30–Dec. 2

PCMA 2011 Convening Leaders Las Vegas Jan. 9–12, 2011

See You at These Industry Events

The Motivation Show Chicago Oct. 12–14

EIBTM

Barcelona Nov. 30–Dec. 2

IAEE Expo! Expo! New Orleans Dec. 7–9

On Aug. 20, PCMA’s Southwest & Pacific Chapter held a fundraising dinner in honor of PCMA Chairman Kati S. Quigley, CMP, director of event marketing for Microsoft and the first female PCMA chair to hail from a corporation.“We felt that this was an important accomplishment…as the planner membership base of PCMA historically has been association planners,” said Southwest & Pacific Chapter President Sylvia Harrison, CMP, director of sales for the San Diego Convention Center Corp. Held at the California Club in Los Angeles, the dinner was attended by more than 180 people—including PCMA President and CEO Deborah Sexton—and raised $16,000. Event sponsors included Freeman, which donated a creative video about Quigley’s career and professional life.

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