October News & Events Bulletin

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Please Attend the Fall Classic!

When: Friday, October 15, 2010

Where: The Glessner House Museum, 1800 S. Prairie Ave.

Time: 7-10pm

The event will feature:

Wine, beer, soda & water
DJ with drinks and dancing
Door prizes
Guided tours of the Museum

Purchase your ticket in advance!

Preceding the event, we are co-organizing an "Art Walk" that will include Three Peas Art Lounge, Bigham Galleries and Harper Gallery. The "Art Walk" will end at Glessner House for the GSLA Fall Classic.

Business Membership

For a limited time, we are offering a discounted membership rate and advertising opportunities that can't be beat!

Please contact our Membership committee to learn about the benefits of becoming a member today.

Sign up on our website to have your business associated with our "Shop the South Loop" directory.

If you would like to be featured in one of our monthly newsletters or provide a coupon to South Loop residents, please send us an email for more details!

GSLA Annual Board Nominations & Election

Message from the President

As fall unfolds in the South Loop, the GSLA Board of Directors is again ready to hold its annual elections. The election will be held October 9, 2010 at 9 a.m. at Britten located at 1442 S. Michigan.

We have an 11 member Board of Directors and 5 of our director positions are expiring this year. Each Board member is elected for a two year term by the current sitting Board members. The Board then elects the officers for the upcoming terms (President and Vice President are 2 years each with the VP succeeding to the President; this year Secretary and Treasurer are up for election). Nomination forms are available on our website.

Board members get to help plan the year's events; each is responsible for one month's meeting agenda. Our meetings alternate between Saturday morning 'business' meetings at which community events are spotlighted, new businesses have an opportunity to promote themselves and development and zoning issues are addressed, as well as other items as they come up and evening 'networking' meetings at neighborhood venues for fun, socializing and getting to know your community. Board members are also asked to be on a committee as a liaison between the committee and the rest of the Board.

We also select the upcoming year's committees at this time. Some of our committees include: Communications, Membership, Bash on Wabash, Historical, Community Living Associations and Finance.

Our focus for the upcoming year will include our "Shop the South Loop" initiative, hosting candidate forums for the upcoming elections and, as always, 'bringing neighbors together'.

We invite all community members to get involved - either by seeking Board or committee membership. If you don't feel you have the time to commit to either of those roles, we still encourage you to get involved in the community by attending community events, neighborhood and association meetings and by supporting our local businesses.

Sincerely,

Deb Soehlig

GSLA President

Free Flu Clinic

The 2nd Ward's free flu vaccination clinic will be 10am - 1pm on Wednesday, October 27th at Old St. Mary's Church. Find out more information on our website.

South Loop Calendar

We have more information on local events listed on our website. Did you know that you can download event information to your Outlook calendar by clicking on the "iCal" button when you are on our site?