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Program Change for December 12th
I am happy to announce that Steven Byers will be joining us for dinner on Monday, December 12, and providing a brief talk — with a colorful Power Point presentation — on the proposed new national wildlife refuge that will be (we hope) in our backyard. A portion of this refuge will be in the northwest corner of Lake County.
It is called Hackmatack.
The Friends of Hackmatack is a group of local citizens from northeastern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin, working on a rare opportunity to bring a national wildlife refuge to the Chicago metro area to add to the handful of urban refuges nationwide, building on the commitment of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop an informed and involved citizenry that will support fish and and wildlife conservation through recreation, scientific research, and environmental education in and near cities.
With this, entertainment from the John Bishop Jazz Duo, and warm camaraderie, we hope to see you and your guests on Monday evening at Lovells' of Lake Forest. Please respond if you have not already. Guests are welcome.
Cash bar at 6 PM, dinner at 6:30 PM. (Choose chicken or salmon) $40 per person.
Email to LakeDocs@aol.com or call 847-482-0222.
October 11, 2011
We are so happy to announce that one of our first programs early in 2012 will feature guest speaker Linnea Schramm, Esq. with the law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLC in Chicago. She will address some common concerns for small businesses having to do with employment law. She was a big hit at a previous office manager program, so we have welcomed her back. Watch for details on our website Events Calendar. Members are always welcome to attend these talks. They are typically over breakfast or the lunch hour.
September 9, 2011
An office move was not on the agenda for this decade, but here we go again.
We were made an offer we simply could not refuse, which will save LCMS thousands of dollars in rent each year, and the new space is only a block away from our current office. This will be an easy move for us. We will send announcements soon with our new address in the Lake Forest Bank and Trust building, west branch. It will be a great convenience for us to be just a few yards from the teller's windows! We want to get settled before the snow starts blowing, so we will be in before Halloween. Fortunately, we have spent a couple of years focused on scanning paper documents and we actually have some empty files drawers.
The move will be an easy one. Nothing except our address will change — phone, fax, web address and email will remain the same. We will post the street address details next month.
July 27, 2011 —
We are excited to tell you about an excursion we have planned for you and your colleagues. On Saturday, September 10, we invite you to participate in our Windy City Adventure — for the second time since 2007. Those of you who participated in '07 may still have fond memories of a beautiful day which gave members an opportunity to network with and enjoy the company of others, while taking in some of the most popular attractions of the city we all call home. Save yourself the hassles of driving and parking.
This year, we are taking at least one busload of people to the Art Institute of Chicago to see the new Modern Wing and to enjoy a one hour tour of the highlights of the museum. After a luncheon in a private room, we will be bused to North Pier to board one of the Chicago Line Cruise boats for an architectural river boat cruise that takes an hour and a half. Then, back home by chartered bus to Northbrook Court Shopping Center. The Medical Society is subsidizing the cost for members and their immediate families.
Space will be limited, so sign up early. We will go rain or shine — there is shelter on the boat. Watch for your announcement; send to home addresses, and is posted on our Events Calendar.
Hip members — keep in touch and visit up on facebook. Others — it will be fine. It's simple to sign on. Take a look!
June, 2011 —
We plan to give a boost to our unique employment service this summer. For many years, the Medical Society has maintained a unique, low cost employment service for members. We interview job candidates who are seeking positions in doctor's offices and supply you with the names and applications or resumes of appropriate job candidates upon request. We are contacted by medical assistants, nurses, receptionists, office managers and others. We strive to keep a roster of applicants who have had at least some previous medical office experience, or closely related positions.
LCMS charges a nominal fee to members, only after a job candidate we referred has been hired. There is no charge to the job applicants. Give us a call, or send a fax or email with the information we need to help you. All that we ask is that you NOT share the information about any job candidates with other colleagues or offices. When job-seekers come to us in confidence and ask that we keep their search confidential, we do our best to comply, although we recognize that is not always possible to do so. The same goes for our members who list a position they are trying to fill, of course. The LCMS Employment Service is a unique benefit of membership. We charge the hiring physician jut $295 after the successful placement of a job candidate.
(There is additional information here on the website. Look for Employment Service on the home page menu.)
