Club Newsletter June 23, 2019

Southside Business Men's Club Newsletter

Jacksonville Florida's Oldest Business and Civic Organization Founded in 1932

Volume 86, Issue 76

June 23, 2019

UPCOMING PROGRAM

This week we welcome Wiley Page, Vice President of Eastern US Transportation Planning at Atkins. Mr. Page has 27 years of experience in the area of urban and regional transportation planning. He has managed the development and implementation of numerous plans and programs including a number of long-range transportation plans such as the Florida-Alabama, Okaloosa-Walton, Bay County and Gainesville 2040 LRTP Updates.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Last week we welcomed Theo Graham of Year Up Jacksonville. Mr. Graham spoke about Year Up's one-year program for 18-24 year olds which enables motivated young adults to move towards meaningful careers. The program teaches technical and professional skills, as well as important skills for interviewing; such as body language, firm handshake, and eye contact. If you are interested in learning more about this organization, visit yearup.org.

Bill Bishop

2019 President

MEMBER HANGOUT

Our next Member Hangout has been scheduled for Thursday, June 27th at Monkey's Uncle Tavern in Mandarin! Join us around 5pm. We look forward to seeing you there!

Address: 10503 San Jose Blvd

Jacksonville, FL 32257

REMINDER

We have begun having our weekly luncheons at Epping Forest Yacht & Country Club! Our first meeting was a great success. The desserts alone are worth the trip! Be sure to come check out this beautiful venue! We look forward to seeing you!

Location: 1830 Epping Forest Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32217

MEMBERSHIP COMPETITION

The competition for second quarter has begun!

Be sure to invite you friends and colleagues for your

chance to win!

A prize of $250 will be awarded quarterly to the person who brings in the most new members for that period, with a minimum of three.

For more information, contact Walter Smith:

[email protected]

MEET-A-MEMBER

Meet-A-Members are an excellent way to network and showcase your business! We still have open dates available, but they will fill up quickly! If you are interested in hosting a Meet-A-Member event, please contact Steve Gibbert at 904-448-3347 or by e-mail at [email protected]

Don't delay. Sign up soon!

SPOTLIGHT SPEAKERS

One of the benefits of being a member is getting 5 minutes to do a spotlight about yourself, your business, or anything else you want to talk about including events you are promoting.

We have open spots available in July and August! If you are interested in being one of our Spotlight Speakers, please contact Mike Best at [email protected]

For questions and comments about the newsletter,

please email [email protected].