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Fall 2017 - In This Issue:
PARMA Member Spot Light
Meet Leonardo Selvaggi

How did you enter Risk Management?
It all started twenty-four years ago just after college when I was hired by a small third-party administrator in Philadelphia, Curley Adjustment Bureau, to handle entry level claims. After eighteen years, 27 state licenses and many complex cases later, I entered into my current position with the County of Ventura's Risk Management Department.

What are the rewards you experience professionally by being a PARMA member?
PARMA presents the opportunity to meet other risk professionals like myself. PARMA also has a strong foundation of ongoing education allowing a newly hired front-line representative to a seasoned risk manager the chance for furthering their knowledge base.
Join Us For PARMA's 44th Annual Conference in 2018!
Registration is open for the PARMA 2018 Annual Conference, themed Mission de PARMA!

February 14-16, 2018 
44th Annual Risk Management Conference 
Monterey Conference Center
Conference registration is open!

Registration is open for the PARMA 2018 Golf Tournament
February 13, 2018
Bayonet and Black Horse Golf Course (playing on Black Horse)
1 McClure Way, Seaside, CA 93955

Our Conference Theme:  Mission de PARMA
Remembering Old World California
 
This year's conference theme Mission de PARMA is inspired by the first 150 years of California's tale, filled with conquest, risk, adventure, struggle, strife, survival, and romanticism.  Native Americans,  Spanish explorers, Mexican soldiers, monks, paisanos, fishermen, vaq ueros, ranchers, traders, sailors, and even pirates are all culturally significant characters in the California story.  
 
Imagine their world of risk, everything could be gained or lost in one event, conquest, or disaster!  Lacking the tools of modern risk managers, they had to survive on their wits - or sheer luck.
 
Help us celebrate the evolution and history of old world California whose narrative provides the foundation for the rich cultural history, resiliency, and diversity we value today. 

Susan Eldridge PARMA Conference Scholarship

PARMA's vision is to assist Public Entity Risk Managers in achieving success in their careers and to provide Public Entities with the support they need to make their Risk Managers successful. With this in mind we design a conference to provide quality education and training in all the aspects of risk management. To help assist in funding, PARMA offers scholarships for the conference from both PARMA as an association and also through its chapters.
The Susan Eldridge PARMA Conference Scholarship is for eligible public entity employees and includes the following:
  • PARMA Annual Conference registration;
  • Hotel accommodations, at the lowest priced option for Conference Host Hotel, for a maximum of three room nights;
  • Round trip travel the IRS mileage rate and/or airfare, not to exceed $600. PARMA will consider written requests in which extenuating circumstances are presented that would justify travel expenses to exceed the maximum dollar limit. Such requests should be addressed to the PARMA Treasurer.
Each chapter that maintains a specified amount in their chapter treasury may also award scholarships. If you are interested in either of these programs, complete the Susan Eldridge PARMA Conference Scholarship form or contact your local chapter for information on their programs. You must be employed by a Public Entity to apply.  For more information, please use the link below.
Learn more about the Susan Eldridge PARMA Conference Scholarship

PARMA Member Resources 

The PARMA website currently includes a Member Resources page.  Currently, this section of the website contains the contact information of members who have volunteered to make themselves available as a resource for various topic areas such as risk management, workers' compensation, insurance, human resources, etc.  

Website login is required to view these pages.  Your e-mail address on file with PARMA is your login ID.  If you are not certain of your password, simply select the "request new password" tab on the login screen.  Once you've successfully logged in you will be directed to  http://parma.com/member-resources. 
PARMA Board Director N ominations  Being Accepted!
 
Any public-entity PARMA member who is currently employed or is a lifetime member is eligible for nomination as a PARMA Director.
 
All nomination applications must be received no later than the close of business December 1, 2017.  Adherence to the filing deadline will be reviewed by the Nominating Committee for compliance with the selection criteria.
 
The  nomination  a pplication  and eligibility requirements are available on the PARMA website. By hitting submit on this online form your completed application will be submitted to the Executive Director and directed to the Nominating Committee.
 
Nomination Deadline - All Applications for Nomination must be received no later than by close of business December 1, 2017.
 
Questions?
Please direct questions to Executive Director, Gloria Peterson at 1-844-GO-PARMA (1-844-467-2762) x104 or by e-mail at  ed@parma.com .
 
The Nomination Committee will recommend the most highly qualified candidates to the PARMA Board of Directors and the membership at the annual conference in February 2018. The election of directors will follow the Nomination Committee report.

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