Monday, February 16, 2004 VOLUME 3 ISSUE 7  
 TOPICS
Events
Leadership
Florida Government
Community
 ARTICLES
Mission Possible
Leadership Orlando
Tallahassee Community “Fly-In”
Legislative Link
Meet, Mingle, Network
Más fondos para la educación
Governor Bush Shares His Priorities
Transportation Alliance Taps myregion.org
U.S. Chamber Continues its Fight for Business
Effective Email Communication
Attend Unveiling of Proposed “Discover Florida’s Oceans” License Plate
Junior League Gets Wild
General Admission Marketing
Autos Still Top Mode of Travel
 SURVEY RESULTS

Last week we asked:

Do you favor a short delay on “live“ entertainment as a responsible way to avoid controversial incidents in the future?

64%
Yes
30%
No
6%
Undecided
 
 
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February 9, 2004

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The Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce is closed Monday, February 16, 2004 in honor of President's Day.
 FEATURE STORIES
Mission Possible
A Community Prepared
Join government officials, emergency responders, local business owners, and other members of the community to learn about what Central Floridians are doing to prepare, how you can get involved, and how to take advantage of the numerous training opportunities that are available to your family, community and business.

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Leadership Orlando
Deadline Extended
To accommodate the procrastinator in all of us, the enrollment deadline for Leadership Orlando Class 63 has been extended. If your business is anything like ours, you’ve had to hit the ground running in 2004.

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Tallahassee Community “Fly-In”
Register Now
Join the region's top business and community leaders as they head to Tallahassee for meetings with our state's top political officials during the Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce's annual Tallahassee "Fly-In," hosted by GrayRobinson, P.A.

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Legislative Link
GrayRobinson Tallahassee Community “Fly-In” program scheduled for March 16-17 just got kicked up a few more notches with word just in from our “Fly-In” Honorary Chairman Sen. Lee Constantine that Miss America, Orlando and UCF’s own Ericka Dunlap, will be joining us as a special guest during the “Fly-In.
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Meet, Mingle, Network
Join us at the Westin Grand Bohemian So Social’s 3rd Wednesday Networking Happy Hour. See old friends; make new business and social contacts.
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MORE HEADLINES
Más fondos para la educación
El presupuesto federal solicitado por la administración del Presidente Bush para la rama de educación es el más agresivo de la historia, según Ron Paige, Secretario de Educación.
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Governor Bush Shares His Priorities
More than 150 Florida Chamber board of governors members kicked off “Capitol Days 2004” in Tallahassee last week.
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Transportation Alliance Taps myregion.org
The seven county Central Florida Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Alliance has accepted the invitation placed before it by myregion.org of becoming the regional transportation organization to plan and advocate current and future regional transportation across all five modes of transportation.
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U.S. Chamber Continues its Fight for Business
Tom Donohue, President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce details his thoughts on recent events in Washington and on the Chamber's priorities and strategies in its fight for business.
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Effective Email Communication
A recent report estimated that over 7 trillion emails were sent worldwide last year! Spam messages are jamming in-boxes across the globe and the average office worker now gets between 60-200 messages a day.
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Attend Unveiling of Proposed “Discover Florida’s Oceans” License Plate
Florida Senator Mike Haridopolos and House Representative Thad Altman are the sponsors of legislation for a new specialty license plate that will help fund scientific research, conservation and education projects of statewide scientific, environmental and economic significance. Legislation for the new “Discover Florida’s Oceans” plate has been filed for consideration in the 2004 Legislative session.
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Junior League Gets Wild
Don’t miss your opportunity to shoot some craps, spin the roulette wheel and enjoy some swinging sounds, all to benefit those in need as the Junior League of Greater Orlando presents an evening that would even make the Rat Pack jealous.
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General Admission Marketing
This recent article in Dr. Frankie's New Lab Report caught our eye and we thought we would share it with you, courtesy of J. Sanchez and The Catalyst Studio.
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Autos Still Top Mode of Travel
Auto travel is an integral part of the travel industry with the vast majority, 79 percent, of U.S. domestic person-trips being taken by car, truck, camper/RV or rental car.
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SURVEY

As part of the campaign against childhood obesity, should Florida schools take steps to curtail the sales of snack foods and soft drinks in school vending machines?

Yes

No

Undecided

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