Message from Rocky Tilney
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 Greetings fellow members,
It's a new year and a new start for many people. 2010 brought a host of difficulties and challenges, but I sense a swell of optimism this year-change is in the air. From business leaders and politicians to non-profit executives and even those looking for employment, 2011 is poised to be an exceptional year filled with hope and confidence. Last month, the Chamber, along with local non-profits and business leaders, kicked of 2011 with a celebration. Our 16th Annual Celebration of Leaders took place at the Four Seasons Hotel in Palo Alto. It was an exciting and festive evening filled with prizes, silent auction items, dinner, and cocktails. The community honored their very own volunteers who demonstrated and epitomized what it means to serve for the greater good. The Chamber, along with Mountain View Mayor, Jac Siegal and Assemblyman, Paul Fong helped us recognize the business leaders in our community. If you were not able to make it out this year, we really encourage you to join us next year as we continue on with this Mountain View tradition. Who knows, maybe you will be accepting an award in 2012!?... read more |
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Mixer Jackpot Grows to $125
Each month at the monthly Chamber mixer, we will draw a name from the entire membership and if you are present and we draw your name, you win the jackpot! If you are not present, the pot grows larger.
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Welcome New Members
Couch Properties
Di Maria & Cone
JPR Group
JumpLearn
San Jose Mercury News
Sustainable Living Group
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New Discounts Available for Chamber Members from these Outstanding Member Businesses... click here | |
| Chamber Thanks Renewing Members
54 Years
Cusimano Family Colonial Mortuary
24 Years
United Way
Intero Real Estate, Howard Bloom
11-18 Years
Amici's
Precision Eyecare Centers
Shelton Roofing Co
Thai Stick
8-10 Years
Central Seventh Day Adventist
Lucky Express
Mayview Community Health Center
Minuteman Press
1-5 Years
Clocktower Coffee Roasting Company
Conceptus, Inc.
Dean's Automotive
DesignForSite
Disability Health Access
Khuu Dermatology & Dentistry
The Menkes Clinic
Nirvoo Networks
One2Bhold Bookkeeping
Princeton Capital, Alan Russell
Starbucks
Star One Credit Union
The Wonder Years Preschool
Virtual Ms Moneypenny
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February 2 & 16
Cancer Care Focus on Living: Expressions Art Therapy
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Mountain View Center - 701 E. El Camino Real, Mountain View
Drop in program open to anyone in the community undergoing treatment for cancer. Call to register at 650-934-7373.
February 3 & 17
Cancer Care Focus on Living: Healing Imagery
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Mountain View Center - 701 E. El Camino Real, Mountain View
Drop in program open to anyone in the community undergoing treatment for cancer. Call to register at 650-934-7373.
February 3 Beethoven Benefit Concert w/ Robert Silverman
8:00pm - 10:30pm
Le Petit Trianon Theatre - 72 N. 5th St., San Jose
February 10
Cancer Care Focus on Living presents: Cancer Isn't Sexy, People Are: Sexuality, Cancer and Intimacy
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Mountain View Center - 701 E. El Camino Real, Mountain View
Mary Buxton, LCSW, will lead this informative class on common sex and relationship issues that may affect you and your partner during recovery and beyond. Pre-registration appreciated. Call to register at 650-934-7373. February 12 Recital, Piano Students of Ludmila Kurtova 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Finn Center - 230 San Antonion Circle, Mountain View
February 15
JumpLearn Class: Hiring Employees & Independent Contractors
9:30am - 11:30am
Cubberly Community Center, Palo Alto
Register at www.jumplearn.com
February 16
Insights into the Obesity Epidemic
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Mountain View Center - 701 E. El Camino Real, Mountain View
We request a pre-registration to help us prepare for number of chairs, handouts, etc. To register, visit www.pamf.org/healtheducation/lectures or call us at 650-934-7373. February 17 Cancer Care Focus on Living: Health Eating After Cancer Treatment 4:30pm - 6:00pm Mountain View Center - 701 E. El Camino Real, Mountain View
Pre-registration appreciated, Open to anyone in the community undergoing treatment for cancer or their loved ones. Call to register at 650-934-7373.
February 26 Free E-Waste Collection & Shredding E-Waste Collection: 9:00am - 4:00pm Shredding Service: 10:00am - 2:00pm 161 San Antonio Road, Los Altos
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"Yack with Jac" informal sessions for members of the Mountain View Community to speak to the City's Mayor, Jac Siegel. Held on Thursday mornings 10:30am-11:30am, at Peet's Coffee & Tea (1032 Castro Street).
Community Services Agency
Community Cares Dine-Out Card
Dine Out year-round at local restaurants who have stepped up to the plate to provide you an exclusive offer. Click here for more info.
Every Tuesday and the 4th Sunday of Each Month at 11:00a.m. For more information or to volunteer, please call 650-903-6382.
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Greetings!
Take advantage of your new, free member benefit and complete your profile on www.merchantcircle.com!
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Chamber Welcomes Katrina Apilado, Newest Member to the Chamber Staff
 Katrina Apilado joined the Chamber of Commerce as our new Programs and Events Manager in January. Katrina came to the Chamber last summer as the Art & Wine intern. She worked all summer on recruiting and scheduling the hundreds of volunteers that help with the festival, learning about food vendors, proof of insurance, health permits, festival maps, giant recycling bins and wine vendors. She was very involved in planning every detail of the Volunteer Appreciation party at Shoreline Amphitheater and what an outstanding party it was. She was a fabulous intern and we are thrilled that she has become part of our staff... read more
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Providing Opportunities for Relationship Building |
Business Mixer Co-hosted by Ristorante Don Giovanni & Mountain View Kiwani's Club
Wednesday, February 9, 2011-- 5pm - 7pm
Location: Ristorante Don Giovanni - 235 Castro Street, Mountain View
Join us and meet new contacts in a relaxed, fun, and friendly environment at this month's Chamber mixer, co-hosted by Ristorante Don Giovanni & Mountain View Kiwani's Club. Make sure you bring plenty of business cards Pre-register admission is $5 for Chamber members, $10 for non-members.
Click here to RSVP |
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Build Your Business By Generating Professional Business Leads
Business ConneXions: Wednesday Group meets weekly, 3 - 4pm, in the meeting room at East West Bookstore, 324 Castro St., Mountain View. For more information about this group, please contact: Tawnya Anderson - one2bhold@sbcglobal.net.
Business ConneXions: Thursday Group meets weekly, 8:15 - 9:15am at the Clocktower Coffee conference room located at 425 N. Whisman Rd., Mountain View. Guests are welcome to attend any meeting two times for free! For more information about this group, please contact: Lucy Osgood - chiroprf@sbcglobal.net. |
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Conceptus and PG&E Sponsors Advocacy
The Business Issues and Public Policy (BIPP) committee would like to thank our sponsors, Conceptus and PG&E for their generous support for the Chamber's advocacy program. The BIPP committee is instrumental in identifying key legislative issues and acting on them to promote a strong local economy and a vibrant business-friendly climate. Legislative areas of focus include: economic recovery, taxes, labor, health care, infrastructure, transportation, sustainability, education, General Plan update and various community interests. The Chamber's government affairs program offers online voters resources, e-newsletter articles on legislative positions and hosts discussion forums for chamber members, government officials and other stakeholders. Every year, a delegation team from the Chamber visits Sacramento to discuss important business issues with legislators, and solicit their support. Our members continued support allows us to offer a variety of activities to advocate for your business. To join the BIPP committee, please contact Julianna Wittmann at jwittmann@chambermv.org. |
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Get Certified as a Bay Area Green Business Through the Chamber
The Chamber of Commerce Mountain View in partnership with the Santa Clara County Bay Area Green Business and the City of Mountain View, is proud to offer its members a green certification program, Green Business University (GBU). GBU is a 6-month program targeted to small and mid-sized businesses to assist them through a step by step process of the Bay Area Green Business Program Certification. Space is limited to 15 businesses and an application is required to determine eligibility. Official kick-off day is February 3, 2011.
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State of the City Recap
The State of the City Address was at NASA Ames on January 25th. Honorable Mayor Jac Siegel introduced city manager Kevin Duggan. This was Kevin's last State of the City Address, as he has announced his retirement on April 2nd. Kevin has been the city manager for Mountain View for over 20 years and much of the beauty and stability of our city is a direct result of his dedication, good judgment and work.
Kevin told the group that "during these challenging economic times, we have done very well" and that revenues have stabilized. "We had an 8 million dollar deficit over the last few years and we closed the gap." read more |
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2011 is a Sexual Harrassment Training Year
Article from HRCalifornia - Important reminder! Employers with 50 or more employees should be aware that 2011 is a training year for supervisors and managers. California's sexual harassment prevention training requirement took effect in 2005, and the law requires training every two years.
Employers with 50 or more employees should plan for providing this training this year to current supervisors and managers. Take note that new supervisors and managers must receive the prevention training within six months of assuming supervisory duties - even if not a training year... read more |
Don't miss the revolution - why you should get smart on the cloud
If you're like me, you probably have an outgoing to-do list in your head of trends or issues you want to learn more about... when you have the time, that is. One trend that I'm guessing might be on your list is "cloud computing."
"Cloud computing" is really just a term for describing a new computing model that involves accessing software and programs online from any location through any device. These technologies including... read more |
Fenwick's Corner: Employer Allowed to Pursue Defamation Action Against Protesting Employees
In a recent California Court of Appeals ruling, an employer was allowed to proceed with a defamation lawsuit against former employees and a community activist who publicly claimed that the employer was racist when it allegedly used social security number discrepancies as pretext to terminate its older Hispanic and Latino workers. In Overhill Farms, Inc. v. Lopez, the IRS had conducted a revenue and payroll audit of Overhill, and, based on the results, informed the company that 231 of its employees had provided invalid social security numbers, which could result in... read more |
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Seeking Athena Award Nominations
Chamber of Commerce Mountain View is proud to announce the 20th Annual ATHENA Young Professional Award. Created to honor an outstanding Mountain View leader and Chamber member, this award will be presented to a woman and female young professional who has attained and personified the highest level of professional excellence in
business and the community. Click here to nominate someone today! |
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Chamber and Local Non-profits Join Together to Honor Outstanding Volunteers
T he 16th annual Celebration of Leaders was held on January 14th at the Four Seasons Hotel on University Avenue. The sold-out event was beautiful and many city officials and dignitaries were present. Palo Alto Medical Foundation was honored as the Outstanding Large Business of the Year for 2010. Hobees was the Outstanding Small Business and Outright.com was the Outstanding New Business. The Cancer Support Community was mentioned as Outstanding Organization and Mr. Jere Montang was the Outstanding Business Person of the Year. Here are photos of the event taken by Kati Decker of Light Splash Photography... read more |
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Scholarship Opportunities
The Chamber of Commerce is proud to support our local students and is once again awarding scholarships. Thanks to the support of our members, this year we are offering (5) $1500 scholarships to students from Foothill College, De Anza and graduating seniors from the Mountain View Los Altos High School District. Please download the application here. Completed applications are due Friday, March 4, 2011. Recipients will be recognized on March 22nd at the Big Wig/Athena Luncheon at Foothill College. |
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New Member Breakfast
Friday, February 4, 2011-- 8:30am - 9:30am
Location: Laser Quest - 1400 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View
Please join us for our quarterly New Member Breakfast, open to all new member businesses of the Chamber of Commerce Mountain View who have joined within 3-6 months. These events are a great way for New Members to meet some of our Board Members, Ambassadors, Staff and other New Members! Network and mingle while enjoying a light breakfast and brief presentation. Information presented will show New Members how to gain maximum benefit from their membership through the wide variety of programs and services offered.
Catering provided by Country Gourmet of Mountain View.
Questions? Contact dianna@chambermv.org |
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Leadership Mountain View Reaches Beyond "Our City"
The theme for Leadership Mountain View's January program day, "Our City," included not only local elected officials, department heads and committee members, but those on the County and State level as well.
The jam-packed morning began with City Manager Kevin Duggan's overview of how Mountain View works. His presentation was especially poignant as Duggan, who has been a regular fixture with LMV, will be retiring in April. "He's always excellent!" one program member shared. "What a loss to the City when he retires."
Evan Low, Senior Field Representative for Assemblymember Paul Fong, next spoke with the class about what the role of an assemblymember... read more |
Ambassador of the Month: David Joud
David Joud is the President of Dynamic Strategic Alignment - a company he founded in 2004.
David is a Certified Business Coach. He works primarily with Executives and local entrepreneurs. His clients' commonality is that they thrive on the entrepreneurial spirit. They are people who want to take control of their lives and their business, reach their potential, and gain... read more |
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Yummy Yoga
 I took "Yummy Yoga" at Full Force Fitness this week and thought it was a really nice way to spend my lunch hour. Full Force Fitness is more of a training studio than a traditional health club. Most of the people in the class seemed like they were good friends with each other and they even introduced themselves to me. What a friendly place! Honestly, I don't think that people... read more |
A hearty breakfast at Country Gourmet
Mountain View's favorite breakfast house
Country Gourmet has been a fixture on the corner of El Camino Real and Rengstorff Avenue for decades and is open six days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
"Healthy Food and Lots of It" is one advertising line that few could dispute. Portions range between generous and gigantic, frequently overflowing the large plates the orders are served on. When you enter the restaurant, you order at the counter before seating yourself then hot, steamy plates are delivered to your table... read more |
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JumpLearn & Get Going
JumpLearn offers fast, functional, face-to-face classes to help start a business or grow your existing business. Classes are taught by experts in their field who have a long history of working with small business owners. By offering in-person classes, JumpLearn allows students to ask questions, network with other entrepreneurs, and establish a connection with their teacher who can later serve as a consultant. JumpLearn's classes are offered around the Bay Area and throughout the day and evening to accommodate busy schedules... read more |
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Sincerely,
Chamber of Commerce Mountain View
The Chamber of Commerce Mountain View is a business organization working for the mutual benefit of its members and the community by enhancing an environment in which business can succeed. |
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