Featured Speaker:
Janet Dunham
"Learn About Contract Opportunities with the City of Los Angeles"
Third Friday, July 18, 2008
Glendale For You Network
Luncheon and Networking Meeting
Glendale, CA - Join Glendale For You Director Marie Y. Lemelle, the board - Co-Director Ricky Frost, Treasurer Nay Leuk, members, and guests for an afternoon of fun and networking.
About the Program:
• Did you know that the L.A. Department of Water and Power awarded $1 Billion in contracts to businesses, including minority, women-owned, and small business enterprises in 2007? Learn how to become a vendor and how to bid for those contracts.
• You will get information about how to become a certified minority business
enterprise and a women business enterprise known as MBE/WBE. Certification is free and required to bid and secure contracts from all City agencies and other corporations.
About Our Speaker Janet Dunham:
Ms. Janet Dunham, Supplier Services Manager in the Contract Management Group at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the largest utility in the nation, will discuss the types of products and services the LADWP needs from professional services (auditors, real estate experts, trainers, wellness and fitness experts, counseling, insurance, employee benefits, advertising, media, security, and more) to products (office supplies, promotional items, and more). Ms. Dunham has more than 20years of experience with the City of Los Angeles in the areas of purchasing, contracting, vendor policy, procedure and operations.
Don't miss this exciting event, RSVP today!
Date: Friday, July 18, 2008 (3rd Friday of every month)
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Location: Marie Callendar's Restaurant & Bakery
707 N Pacific Ave
Glendale, CA, 91203
(818) 242-6836
Menu: Choice from 4 entrees, dessert, cornbread, and your choice of a fountain beverage!
Cost: *Members and guests $25 (with RSVP) *Without RSVP $30
RSVP to: Marie Y. Lemelle, Director at platinumstarpr@aol.com or 213-276-7827.
Bring your business cards and materials about your business to share with other dynamic women at our meeting and for door prizes.
For You Network is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to help women achieve personal and professional goals. The For You membership is made up of 42 percent Small & Home-based Businesses, 35 percent Corporate Businesses, 15 percent Marketing Companies, and 8 percent other. Glendale For You Network is one of 20 For You Local Connection Networks in the Southern California area. Our meeting offers lots of great networking time and the opportunity to meet other dynamic individuals. You are allowed to come twice as a guest and then must make a decision whether to join. Annual Membership is $159.00 which will automatically include NAFE membership. NAFE is the largest business women's network in the U.S. with over 66,000 members.
Urban Lyfestyles Magazine expands its reach to Palmdale and Lancaster as additional areas for Zone 4 “Victorville”. The March issue will begin its first feature from businesses in that area. Account Executive Mr. Darnell Dugger is the exclusive representative for the Victorville/Palmdale/Lancaster area. In addition, Urban Lyfestyles Magazine (ULM) and The Guardian Jet Center at Los Angeles Ontario International Airport have created a joint partnership. ULM will be distributed thorough the terminal as well as on the private Aircrafts. The Guardian Jet Center, through Bill Titus, will feature information about the private airline industry.
Mr. Titus will take the reader inside various aircrafts to learn about unique features each type of aircraft possesses, examine avenues for investing in private airlines and so much more! “Many business owners do not know how practical and effective it is to purchase an aircraft and allow that aircraft to bring in high revenue streams,” states Mr. Titus.
“The opportunities for advertisers and featured guests of the magazine are enormous!” states Kimi Rhochelle, publisher of Urban Lyfestyles Magazine. “We are so excited about these expansions and joint ventures because it allows the ethnic businesses, churches and organizations to reach a broader and wider market. In fact, several areas of the magazine are booked all the way until August 2008. This included Beauty/Health, Gospel, and soon Finance. Businesses in these industries that want to be featured in the magazine need to secure their spot now for later issues in 2008 and all of 2009 year.”
Advertisers still have an opportunity to advertise at introduction rates. However, due to additional joint ventures with the magazine and other major corporations, rates will be increase within the year. Various headings such as Restaurants, Arts, Book Club, Entertainment & Teen Scene have special discounted rates for businesses to take advantage.
Urban Lyfestyles Magazine is the only full color, high quality ethnic publication that will exclusively serve the Riverside and San Bernardino Counties as well as Palmdale and Lancaster. The purpose: “to give positive exposure of African American families, entrepreneurs, seniors, youth, singles through a gorgeous periodical to empower the African American person that will then empower others which in turn can make powerful changes within their local communities!” states Kimi Rhochelle.
For more information, to advertise or to subscribe, please call 909-543-2978. You can also visit us on UrbanLyfeStyles or Myspace.
