Networking Tips from Oscar Garcia, Chamber CEO
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New Members
Belmont Village of Sunnyvale
Building Kidz
Passage to India
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Thank you to our Renewing Members!
35 Years - Lawson Hawks Insurance
25 Years - Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
19 Years - Mountain View Voice
17 Years - Keenan Lowell Ventures
17 Years - Lisa Devlin, DC
17 Years - Palo Alto Medical Foundation
16 Years - Book Buyers
12 Years - Amici's East Coast Pizzaria
10 Years - State Farm Agent - Shana Nelson
9 Years - Quality Inn & Suites
8 Years - Morgan Stanley - Ken Rosenberg
7 Years - Creation Ground Media
5 Years - Dechert LLP
4 Years - Symantec Corporation
3 Years - Bay Commercial Bank
3 Years - HOPE Services
3 Years - M-Designs Architects
3 Years - Team Logic IT
3 Years - Xceed Financial Credit Union
2 Years - Order of Sons of Italy in America
2 Years - Sashay Floral
2 Years - ShopMountainView.com
1 Year - Patch.com
1 Year - Seniors Helping Seniors
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New Discounts Available for Chamber Members from these Outstanding Member Businesses | |
Community Events Calendar
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March 7
File Your Federal & State Taxes for Free*
2:00pm - 7:00pm
Mountain View Public Library
585 Franklin St., Mountain View
More info: 1-866-577-1231
*call to see if you qualify
March 8
Pioneer Memorial Park, Mountain View
More info: Forestry and Roadway Landscape Division at (650) 903-6273
March 14
Santa Clara Valley Water District Informational Open House
5700 Almaden Expressway, San Jose RSVP at rsvp@valleywater.org or call 408-265-2607 x 2880 March 22 Civility Roundtable - Undocumented Workers in Mountain View6:30pm - 8:30pm Mountain View Senior Center 266 Escuela Ave., Mountain View For more information contact: 650-903-6397
March 23
Free Business Expo
Cupertino Quinlan Community Center 10185 North Stelling Road, Cupertino RSVP: 408-277-2003 | www.asmdc.org/yh
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Greetings!
Membership Tip of the Month: Have the Mayor welcome everyone at your ribbon cutting ceremony. Contact mannie@chambermv.org to find out how.
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Chamber Announces Athena Award Recipients
 On Tuesday, March 20th the Chamber of Commerce Mountain View will present two prestigious ATHENA Awards. The luncheon will be at Michael's at Shoreline in Mountain View at 11:30 am.
The ATHENA Award will be presented to Laura Macias and the Young Professional ATHENA Award will be presented to Carolyn Hopkins-Vasquez. These women embody the highest levels of professional excellence in their fields, have devoted time and energy towards improving the quality of life for others in the community, and both actively assist women in realizing their leadership potential. We are honored to have them in our community... read more To register, click here.
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Social Media Conference Silicon Valley
 Learn from the people and companies who invented social media.
You'll hear from the experts in your own backyard. Learn about social media marketing best-practices and find out what tools and techniques the pros are using to achieve success for their businesses and organizations. To register, click here.
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Yipee Mixer at Cheryl Burke Dance Studio
March 22, 2012 -- 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Cheryl Burke Dance Mountain View - 1400 North Shoreline Blvd., #A-1, Mountain View
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Build Your Business By Generating Professional Business Leads
Business ConneXions: Wednesday Group meets weekly, 3:30 - 4:30pm, in the meeting room at East West Bookstore, 324 Castro St., Mountain View. For more information about this group, please contact: Tawnya Anderson.
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: Donna McCord or Claire Kalia.
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A Past Board Chair of the Chamber of Commerce Mountain View?
Please join us at the "Past Board Chair" Luncheon. Join Oscar Garcia, President/CEO and David Joud, current Board Chair for an opportunity to update yourselves on the direction of the Chamber, what changes have been made, how you can continue to be of value and to re-connect with friends.
To RSVP, call Katrina Apilado (650) 968-8378 by Thursday, March 22nd. Cost of lunch to be paid for by attendee. Meal choices will be chosen off of Ristorante Don Giovanni's menu. To view menu, click here.
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Ambassador of the Month: Matt Butler
 Matthew Butler is the manager of Xceed Financial Credit Union's Mountain View Financial Center, where he is responsible for all of the Financial Center's operations, including supervising 5 full-time associates. Xceed is a workplace credit union, which means that to become a member, a person has to. .. more
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Leadership Mountain View February Program Day: Education
Program members spent an interactive day learning and exploring various levels of education in the Mountain View community, from kindergarten to community college. The program day included tours of various schools as well as regional education panel discussion.
The day began with Dr. Barry Groves ('08), Superintendent of the Mountain View Los Altos (MVLA) High School District, giving the class an overview on public education, how our districts are divided and... read more
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 I went to KMVT last week to meet with Shelley Wolfe, the Executive Director. KMVT, a non-profit community access station is in Mountain View and covers Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Los Altos and Cupertino. I love the fact that anything can be aired on public access television. Any individual, or organization, can produce a program and air it on KMVT. And it's great that... read more |
Fenwick's Corner: Employer Bound By Written Notice, Cannot Rely on Uncommunicated Method for Calculating FMLA Leave In Thom v. American Standard, Ltd., former employee Carl Thom, Jr., requested and was approved leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") through June 27, 2005 for shoulder surgery. His initial recovery progress was very quick, and his doctor provided a note indicating he could return to work on June 13 without restriction. When he did not report to work on that date... read more
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Leaves of Absences
Employers often are perplexed when approached by an employee asking for or needing time off from work. "Am I required to grant it? Do I need to keep the job open while they're gone?" are 2 common questions all employers need to know how to answer.
First, employers need to know that not all leaves are required by law, such as paid sick or vacation leave. However... read more
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Hiring in 2012?
NOVA, a federally funded career center, has launched a new online job board to provide more than 3,000 skilled candidates with round-the-clock access to job listings. Last year, 223 local companies listed more than 1,600 job openings with NOVA. So, partner with NOVA for your next hire!
To connect to NOVA's talent pool at no cost to you, send your job postings to employerservices@novaworks.org and a NOVA business liaison will contact you. To learn more about relevant employer services, visit www.novaworks.org or call (408) 730-7830.
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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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