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The May 2013 issue of St. Louis Chapter's newsletter is available at the following link:

May 2013 In Focus

Please enjoy and let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Thanks,

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Leigh Anne Aston
Owner/Virtual Assistant, Aston Administrative Services
Missouri Division/St. Louis Chapter IAAP


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Hello fellow Missouri Division members!  If you are one of the fortunate ones planning to attend the MDAM meeting here in our beautiful St. Louis area June 7-9, 2013 why not come a day early and join us for the evening of June 6, as we celebrate St. Louis Chapter's 71st Anniversary.  As a special feature, International Vice President Toni Smith, CAP-OM will be with us that evening!

Our June meeting is always a very exciting one for all to enjoy.  We are pleased to have noted speaker, Nick Gilham of A Branded You, LLC who will be presenting "Your Personal Brand:  Using Social Media to Take Your Career to the Next Level".

For more detailed information and to register, please visit our chapter Website atwww.iaap-stl.org/ and click on "Meetings and Events" or use the following link:

http://community.iaap-hq.org/IAAPHQ/Go.aspx?c=ViewDocument&DocumentKey=4aa52bd1-752c-4bb2-ad39-b2b9944fd254 

We look forward to seeing you!

 

 

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Lou Clauson
Retired
Wildwood, MO



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The Lindbergh Chapter has made an important decision that, in the spirit of Administrative Professionals Week, we are changing the pricing structure of our upcoming Speed Networking event to "FREE."  We are doing so to encourage Chapter members and guests to attend so we can celebrate APW together.  We have lined up several wonderful sponsors who will be providing us with delicious food and drink.  In addition, we have giveaways for all attendees as well as door prizes.

We believe this event will provide great value to administrative assistants in the St. Louis area who may be seeking employment, looking to meet new people and expand their professional network, interested in finding or being a mentor, or simply interested in socializing with like-minded individuals.  Speed networking is fun and it's effective!  Whether an introvert or an extrovert, young in the career or experienced, participants will enjoy meeting people in this type of format.

We hope this change will encourage you and your co-workers (past and present) to attend and celebrate with us.  Invite your entire administrative team from the office... it would be a great team building experience as well. Just remember, you still need to register as this event is limited to 75 attendees.

We hope to see you on the 11th of April!

Kind regards.  Kathy

Click here to view the event flyer and to register.
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Kathleen McClish
Saint Louis, MO
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Please join the Lindbergh Chapter as we celebrate Administrative Professionals Week with a Speed Networking event.  Speed Networking is exactly what it sounds like  -  a fast-paced, focused opportunity to meet other individuals who may be able to help you with your career.   Whether you're looking to meet new people, find job opportunities, find a mentor, or maybe just have some fun, this is an event you will surely enjoy.  It's fun and it's effective!  Whether you are an introvert or extrovert, young in your career or experienced - you will enjoy meeting people in this type of format. 

Please invite friends and co-workers to attend with you.  In addition to the networking, this is a celebration of Administrative Proefessionals Week.  We have some great food sponsors,  beer & wine and plenty of giveaways!  Click here to view the flyer for complete information and to register.

We would love to see members from other area chapters as well as their non-memeber co-workers and friends.  The better our attendance, the better the event... BUT, we are limited to 75 so sign up today!

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Kathleen McClish
IAAP Lindbergh Chapter
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We know that many of you knew and loved our St. Louis Chapter member, Betty Vaughn, and perhaps would like to send your condolences.  The family had indicated these may be sent to Betty's son and daughter-in-law at:

Steve and Kathy Vaughn
2620 Causeway Drive
St. Louis, MO 63125

We will all miss Betty greatly but will have many happy memories of our friendship and contacts with her through IAAP!

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Lou Clauson, CAP
Retired
Wildwood, MO










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Original Message:
Sent: 03-09-2013 01:35:05 AM
From: Lou Clauson, CAP
Subject: Our Beloved Betty Vaughn

As a member of St.Louis Chapter my heart aches for we have lost a very vital member of our IAAP family.  Betty Vaughn was truly a one of a kind lovely and precious lady. Her vitality and enthusiasm was contagious and her sense of humor and love for life would brighten the room when she was with us. Our December holiday parties had a very extra sparkle when Betty would play the piano as only she could and she was always so excited to see Santa and has even been known to sit on his lap and pose for a very special picture.  

Over the years she and I served together on the Special Events Committee many, many times and it was always one of her favorite activities and such a privilege to me to be able to serve with her. She loved parties and this one in particular.

Perhaps one of her best known and most enjoyed  talents was photography.  She had taken a spectacular picture of the St. Louis Arch and the Old Courthouse and the committee thought it would make a great gift for our executives at our October meeting.  When I asked her if we could have her permission to make framed copies of the picture for the executives she was so excited one would have thought she had just won the lottery.  Tears came to her eyes and she could hardly speak but finally said she felt so honored that we wanted to use one of her pictures for this very important event.  And...in addition all of the attendees at our 70th Anniversary celebration also received a framed copy as a gift.  So we all have this lovely picture as a memento to honor our Betty!

We will miss you, Betty!  St. Louis Chapter has been truly blessed to have you as one of our own for nearly 42 years and it won't be the same without you!

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Lou Clauson, CAP
Retired
Wildwood, MO










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No one who ever met Betty will be able to forget her.  She had such an electric and energetic personality.  Yes, a little bundle of energy, indeed. 

Besides the Arch photo (on my mantel) and her musical talent at our Christmas parties, I remember one Silent Auction where she kept telling me "nicely" to stop bidding on a certain set of wine glasses that she wanted.  I couldn't help chuckle and then obliged her. 

Betty will be missed and I am sure every one of us has a story to share about her. 

Betty--play the piano, share your peanuts, and sing with your fellow IAAP members of the Omega Chapter.  God Bless.

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Dorrine Bergjans, MS, MCT
Professor, St Louis Community College at Forest Park
Saint Louis, MO
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What I will remember the most about Betty, other than what Joyce, Lou and Toni have said, is in my 20+ yrs. as a member of St. Louis Chapter, Betty she was always involved in the chapter.  Betty truly loved IAAP, and she was and always will be an inspiration to me to serve the chapter.

P.S.  Betty never drove, but I was always pleasantly surprised and amazed to see her at events around the city (and there were many).  Betty got around, and I mean that in the most sincere way.

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Linda Chaney
Eveready Battery CO., Inc.
Saint Louis, MO
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In memory of our beloved Betty!

What I remember most about Betty is her sweet-sweet spirit and spunk.  She was such a lady.  She loved stylish clothes and sported a cute figure too.  I remember the variety of hats she wore and her friendly smile.  Betty was a "lady" in the most flattery way.

Betty loved playing the piano and shared her talents with us during many Christmas holiday seasons.  She loved the holidays  and as recent as this past Christmas celebration I remember how she blushed when the entertainer tastefully flirted with her in the audience.  Oh what a great time we had that night.  Betty served St. Louis Chapter for many years and was a true ambassador of IAAP.  I am so glad I had the opportunity to know Betty.  I will truly miss her.  St. Louis Chapter's loss is the Omega Chapter's gain.

Thanks for the memories Betty!

Toni
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Antoinette Smith, CAP-OM
International Vice President

2010-2011 Member of Excellence
2009-2010 Member of Excellence
2008-2009 Member of Excellence

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Original Message:
Sent: 03-09-2013 06:28:22 PM
From: C. Joyce Hawkins
Subject: Our Beloved Betty Vaughn

As Lou said, Betty was a special person who liked everyone and always had a smile.

In addition to providing her photography talents with us for our 70th anniversary, she also gave the toast for our celebration.

Betty was a tiny bundle of energy and was still jogging up until she twisted an ankle last year and then tweaked it again coming home from a Cardinal's baseball game -- avid fan. I don't know if she began jogging when the ankle healed. There were people in downtown St. Louis that set their clocks based on Betty's runs.

When I first met her I was in a different chapter and I remember how much she loved the sun. Her priority in deciding whether or not to attend a division meeting was whether or not the hotel had a pool. She did give up attending the division meetings to find sun in other parts of the world. Yes, she also loved to travel.

I know I will be looking for her at our next meeting and it will take a minute or two to remember that she is now at her own meeting with Kathleen, Rose, Nancy and all the other St. Louis Chapter members who have transferred to the Omega Chapter.

What do you remember most about Betty? Please share.

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C. Joyce Hawkins
Freelance-Retired


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Original Message:
Sent: 03-09-2013 01:35:05 AM
From: Lou Clauson, CAP
Subject: Our Beloved Betty Vaughn

As a member of St.Louis Chapter my heart aches for we have lost a very vital member of our IAAP family.  Betty Vaughn was truly a one of a kind lovely and precious lady. Her vitality and enthusiasm was contagious and her sense of humor and love for life would brighten the room when she was with us. Our December holiday parties had a very extra sparkle when Betty would play the piano as only she could and she was always so excited to see Santa and has even been known to sit on his lap and pose for a very special picture.  

Over the years she and I served together on the Special Events Committee many, many times and it was always one of her favorite activities and such a privilege to me to be able to serve with her. She loved parties and this one in particular.

Perhaps one of her best known and most enjoyed  talents was photography.  She had taken a spectacular picture of the St. Louis Arch and the Old Courthouse and the committee thought it would make a great gift for our executives at our October meeting.  When I asked her if we could have her permission to make framed copies of the picture for the executives she was so excited one would have thought she had just won the lottery.  Tears came to her eyes and she could hardly speak but finally said she felt so honored that we wanted to use one of her pictures for this very important event.  And...in addition all of the attendees at our 70th Anniversary celebration also received a framed copy as a gift.  So we all have this lovely picture as a memento to honor our Betty!

We will miss you, Betty!  St. Louis Chapter has been truly blessed to have you as one of our own for nearly 42 years and it won't be the same without you!

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Lou Clauson, CAP
Retired
Wildwood, MO










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As Lou said, Betty was a special person who liked everyone and always had a smile.

In addition to providing her photography talents with us for our 70th anniversary, she also gave the toast for our celebration.

Betty was a tiny bundle of energy and was still jogging up until she twisted an ankle last year and then tweaked it again coming home from a Cardinal's baseball game -- avid fan. I don't know if she began jogging when the ankle healed. There were people in downtown St. Louis that set their clocks based on Betty's runs.

When I first met her I was in a different chapter and I remember how much she loved the sun. Her priority in deciding whether or not to attend a division meeting was whether or not the hotel had a pool. She did give up attending the division meetings to find sun in other parts of the world. Yes, she also loved to travel.

I know I will be looking for her at our next meeting and it will take a minute or two to remember that she is now at her own meeting with Kathleen, Rose, Nancy and all the other St. Louis Chapter members who have transferred to the Omega Chapter.

What do you remember most about Betty? Please share.

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C. Joyce Hawkins
Freelance-Retired


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Show Original Message -------------------------------------------
Original Message:
Sent: 03-09-2013 01:35:05 AM
From: Lou Clauson, CAP
Subject: Our Beloved Betty Vaughn

As a member of St.Louis Chapter my heart aches for we have lost a very vital member of our IAAP family.  Betty Vaughn was truly a one of a kind lovely and precious lady. Her vitality and enthusiasm was contagious and her sense of humor and love for life would brighten the room when she was with us. Our December holiday parties had a very extra sparkle when Betty would play the piano as only she could and she was always so excited to see Santa and has even been known to sit on his lap and pose for a very special picture.  

Over the years she and I served together on the Special Events Committee many, many times and it was always one of her favorite activities and such a privilege to me to be able to serve with her. She loved parties and this one in particular.

Perhaps one of her best known and most enjoyed  talents was photography.  She had taken a spectacular picture of the St. Louis Arch and the Old Courthouse and the committee thought it would make a great gift for our executives at our October meeting.  When I asked her if we could have her permission to make framed copies of the picture for the executives she was so excited one would have thought she had just won the lottery.  Tears came to her eyes and she could hardly speak but finally said she felt so honored that we wanted to use one of her pictures for this very important event.  And...in addition all of the attendees at our 70th Anniversary celebration also received a framed copy as a gift.  So we all have this lovely picture as a memento to honor our Betty!

We will miss you, Betty!  St. Louis Chapter has been truly blessed to have you as one of our own for nearly 42 years and it won't be the same without you!

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Lou Clauson, CAP
Retired
Wildwood, MO










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As a member of St.Louis Chapter my heart aches for we have lost a very vital member of our IAAP family.  Betty Vaughn was truly a one of a kind lovely and precious lady. Her vitality and enthusiasm was contagious and her sense of humor and love for life would brighten the room when she was with us. Our December holiday parties had a very extra sparkle when Betty would play the piano as only she could and she was always so excited to see Santa and has even been known to sit on his lap and pose for a very special picture.  

Over the years she and I served together on the Special Events Committee many, many times and it was always one of her favorite activities and such a privilege to me to be able to serve with her. She loved parties and this one in particular.

Perhaps one of her best known and most enjoyed  talents was photography.  She had taken a spectacular picture of the St. Louis Arch and the Old Courthouse and the committee thought it would make a great gift for our executives at our October meeting.  When I asked her if we could have her permission to make framed copies of the picture for the executives she was so excited one would have thought she had just won the lottery.  Tears came to her eyes and she could hardly speak but finally said she felt so honored that we wanted to use one of her pictures for this very important event.  And...in addition all of the attendees at our 70th Anniversary celebration also received a framed copy as a gift.  So we all have this lovely picture as a memento to honor our Betty!

We will miss you, Betty!  St. Louis Chapter has been truly blessed to have you as one of our own for nearly 42 years and it won't be the same without you!

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Lou Clauson, CAP
Retired
Wildwood, MO










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