Seattle Business Networking Blog

May 26, 2010
Washington Athletic Club 11:30 am-1:00 pm
Crystal Ballroom

Greeters
Sarah Henry of
Gaspar's Construction

Art Tay of
Gravity Payments

$Collector
Ed Shinbo of
Acacia Florist

Speakers
Laurie Almoslino of
PC Database Solutions

John Lewis of
Commercial Office Supply

Roving Report
Josh Miller of
Wire Craft Electric
reporting on
American Solutions for Business
(Jim Conway)

Ask A Pro Series ~ Understanding and Managing Corporate Health

Ask A Pro Series continues on June 9th with the second session being lead by John Huey of Viking Bank. John will help you understand how your bank looks at you and how your bank can help you beyond just offering financing.

Wednesday, June 9, 9:30am, WAC East Room, 3rd Floor

Please RSVP melissa@seattleexecs.org by June 4.

Everyone who attended last night's Annual Dinner Auction will agree that it was terrific evening with lots of laughter and good times! Auctioneer, John Curley put on another great show and the Crowne Plaza served us a delicious dinner!

Many thanks to all for your great donations that helped make the event successful, as well as fun! We couldn't do it without your help and generosity!

A round of applause to the Auction Commitee for all their efforts before, during and after the event!!

Janet Pluntze & Billy Poll, Co-Chairs, David Brown, Bruce Johnson, Lucia Malcolm, Kevin Mashek, Jean Merlino, Cristy Smith, Marie Wan and Tracy Johnson.

Grab Your Raffle Tickets and Check Those Numbers

We are waiting to hear from two lucky winners. Check your ticket numbers and notify the office before 4:30pm, Thursday, May 27 to claim your prize.

Nintendo Wii - winning ticket is #454541

Sony Bravia 46" TV - winning ticket is #2473957

Congratulations! J DeBruler of Accutint of Bellevue won the Apple iPad!

Seattle Execs Dinner Auction is tonight, May 19. Doors open at 5:30 with hosted wine, games and time to check out the Silent Auction! All couples/individuals need to bring a bottle of wine for the Lot of Wine that will be auctioned live.

DO NOT GO TO THE WAC FOR LUNCH TODAY!

May 19, 2010
Seattle Executives
Dinner Auction
5:30 - 9:00pm
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Evergreen Ballroom

Monday, May 17, 2010, 2:24pm PDT

WSU survey: Health care reform may cause decrease in coverage

PUGET SOUND BUSINESS JOURNAL (SEATTLE)

Read more: WSU survey: Health care reform may cause decrease in coverage - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)

bout a third of Seattle-area executives said it may be cheaper for their businesses to stop offering health care benefits and pay fines in the wake of national health care reforms enacted earlier this year, a Washington State University survey discovered.
When asked if it would be cheaper to forgo tax incentives for offering health care benefits, more respondents (30 percent) said paying the fines would be less costly. About 25 percent said providing health care benefits and receiving the tax benefits would be less costly and another third said they were unsure, with the remainder saying they don’t offer health insurance.

Read more: WSU survey: Health care reform may cause decrease in coverage - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)

A young couple moves into a new neighborhood.

The next morning while they are eating breakfast, The young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside.

"That laundry is not very clean", she said.

"She doesn't know how to wash correctly.
Perhaps she needs better laundry soap."

Her husband looked on, but remained silent.

Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, The young woman would make the same comments.

About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband:

"Look, she has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this."

The husband said, "I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows..."

And so it is with life. What we see when watching others depends on the purity of the window through which we look.

George Vestal
http://mcdonaldemployment.com/