Thursday, February 4, 2010 with THANK YOUS

Luncheon at Rideau Tennis Club
Speaker: Paul Drouin of Raymond James Ltd
Menu: Soup of the Day, Three Cheese Tortellini in a Rosé Sauce, Black Forest Cake

Thursday, January 18, 2010
Manny Melios of Hemingway's Catering

The Melios family started the long journey to owning Hemingway's Catering in 1955 when Manny's father immigrated to Canada from Greece and became a diswasher at a Montreal restaurant. Over the next few years he moved to Toronto to take cooking courses and then back to Montreal where he opened several restaurants. After growing up in the restaurants their father owned, both Manny and his brother started working full-time in the restaurant business after completing their studies. His brother in 1982 and Manny in 1986.

In 1982 Hemingway's was opened in Ottawa and in 1989 it was bought by the Melios family. Over the years the business has grown and given back to the community. The three main charities that are close to their hearts are CHEO, the Canadian Cancer Society and the Heart & Stroke Foundation. For the last 12 years Hemingway's has fed the volunteers for the CHEO Telethon. They also cater many government events (they are security cleared) and have catered for the Tulip Festival.

Hemingway's has an array of preset menus to choose from, but can also prepare menus to accommodate dietary restirictions due to food allergies or for religious reasons. They can provide bar service for events and will take care of all permits required. Every dish prepared passes through the hands of an owner at one point in time or another during its trip to an event and most events are attended by one of the owners as well as their polite and courteous staff.

To find out more about Hemingway's Catering and how they can make your next party or event a great one, contact Manny at (613) 596-1610 or manny@cocknbullpub.com.

Pauline Fleming of ProActive Business Leadership

Pauline is a Master Certified Executive Coach who works with businesses and leaders to retain their staff and customers. It costs 10 times more to get new business than to get repeat business from current clients. Pauline helps business leaders to work at being their best self. Business leaders who are stressed and over worked cannot do the best for their business. ProActive Business Leadership helps its clients to work on their happy quotion. Happy people are more productive people who enjoy coming to work and will build on their strengths.

Pauline's approach is different than most coaches. She deals with the whole person (which many others won't touch) not just the business side of things. She first looks at the leader of a buisness, then the employees, then the customers. She looks lastly at the buisness itself because the people who work in and with a buisness have to be happy in order for the business to do well. Pauline leads by example and uses the techniques she teaches in her own business. She uses a boutique style for her business, hand selecting the clients she works with. She does most of her work by telephone and gets most of her business by referral. These proven techniques allowed Pauline to grow her business in 2009 while also cutting costs. They have also allowed her to tailor her business to fit her life. She is able to meet her business goals while only working 20 hours per week and only about 12 weeks per year.

To find out more about ProActive Buisness Leadership and how they can help you and your business visit their website www.businesscoachottawa.com or call Pauline at (613) 688- 3517.

Craft Talk Luncheons at Rideau Tennis Club

Thursday, February 11, 2010
Speaker: Bill Gosewitz of Ottawa-Carleton Mortgage Inc.
Menu: Seasonal Mixed Greens Salad, Chicken Parmesan and Tiramisu

Thursday, February 18, 2010 with Thank Yous
Speakers: Dr. Irwin Kreisman, Dentist & Don Frisby of Frisby Tire Co.
Menu: Mango and Pineapple Salad with Raspberry Yogurt Dressing, Baked Maple Infused Trout and Carrot Cake

Wednesday, February 24, 2010
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Hosted by Adrian Spitzer, Valpak Ottawa
33 Laurel St. Ottawa K1Y 4M4

March 2010 - Cartier Place Suite Hotel
(date to be confirmed)

Annual OXA ski trip is taking place February 7 & 8 at Mont Tremblant. Anyone interested in participating or wanting more information please see Mike Scrivens or Adrian Spitzer.

Ottawa Senators Hockey Night (Scotiabank Place)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
The evening includes dinner and a ticket to the game (Sens vs. Rangers). Ticket price: $66 per person. Space is limited to 60 tickets so please contact Jennifer at the Executive Coordinators office if you are interested in attending.
DEADLINE TO SIGN UP IS FEBRUARY 4th.

If you have member news that you would like to share, please send an email to Jennifer Baker at info@oxa.org.

Members are encouraged to bring along guests, potential members or clients to our weekly luncheons at the Rideau Tennis Club. There is no cost to the member for any potential member attending an OXA luncheon for the first time. Please notify Jennifer Baker, Executive Coordinator at info@oxa.org.