- Dear Linkedin Toronto Members:
Short notice once again as I've been away.
RSVP LINK: http://meeting.linkedintoronto.com
GUEST SPEAKER: Steve Leitch, Certified Management Account
PROFILE: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/stephenleitch
TOPIC: HST -- What you need to know to deal with it!
TIME: June 17th 2010 - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the usual location.
WHERE: North York Civic Centre, Room: Council Chambers, 5100 Yonge Street.
ROOM CAPACITY: 300 GUESTS (MUST RSVP & BE A MEMBER OF OUR GROUP)
PARKING: Information included at the end of this mail.
If you are not a member, simply go to one of the following sites and register for free membership:
LINKEDIN: http://www.LinkedinToronto.com
MEETUP: http://meetup.linkedintoronto.com
About North York Civic Centre: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_York_Civic_Centre
Meeting will start at 7:00 PM sharp, starting off with a 5 minute
welcome and introduction - followed by our guest speaker Steve Leitch
(http://ca.linkedin.com/in/stephenleitch), one of our original members
since the conception of our Network Group. Steve Leitch is a
Certified Management Account with over 30+ years of experience in the
field. Steve was also the 1st presenter in our group since its
conception almost a year ago. He will be presenting a 15 minute
lecture on HST, followed by a QA period of 15 minutes. This will be
one of the most important presentations our group will have ever hosted
as the HST issue is important to us **ALL** right here in Ontario.
The HST presentation will provide insight on both the consumers point
of view and also the business owners point of view. Steve is
extremely informative and probably one of the best experts in his
field, always well informed. I highly recommend you attend this
presentation, as it is not only free, but also being held after
business hours.
7:30 PM - At random, about 20-30 members will be called
to the floor to provide a brief introduction of who they are and what
they do. Please try to limit your introduction to 15-20 seconds
maximum! Time pending, more members may be called to the floor.
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Socializing and one-on-one networking
will start. We request that for your safety, you go to the top floor
(members lounge) attached to the council chambers. Volunteers will
guide you to the room.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
IMPORTANT: We've been facing several limitations and challenges on managing RSVPs
on both Meetup and Linkedin and are limited somewhat in terms of
sending out announcements. For this reason it is important that you
send a blank email to: linkedintoro...@googlegroups.com --
which will automatically add you to our announcement only mailing list
after you've responded to an automatic reply to re-confirm your membership.
SPEAKERS NEEDED: We try to provide value to all our
members. Each networking event starts off with a presentation from a
guest speaker. Please contact me directly, if you are interested to
provide a presentation on a general topic that you believe can benefit
the audience.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Slowly but surely, more volunteers are
coming on forward and taking roles of management and facilitation. It
is my dream and desire to see this group continue to grow and evolve
even without my presence. I want to convey my gratitude and
appreciation once again to the volunteers who have helped make the
meetings a possibility during my absence. To ensure the continued
success of this group, I would like to call for volunteers who can
contribute 2-3 hours of time in a month. We need volunteers to
assist with facilitation, coordination, registration, attendance,
promotion, publicity, photography, articles for our website and other
administrative tasks that make an event successful. If you are
interested, please send an email indicating your interest to:
volu...@linkedintoronto.com
WEBSITE: Our website will be launched that will contain
photos, slides, presentation material, articles from our members and so
on. Content management is always a challenge, but more challenging is
producing content. If anyone wishes to write/contribute - you are
encouraged to do so. We've been running for almost a year now and
have been relying heavily on the primary Linkedin website, which has
assisted us this far. But its time to have a more unique presence.
PHONE NUMBER: Our New Phone Number is 647-367-0878.
Old number (416-477-5777) has been donated to a Human Rights Canada
office. Please do not contact this number for Linkedin related
queries, but do certainly feel free to keep this handy in case you have
questions or concerns about Human Rights.
INVITE YOUR FRIENDS PLEASE!
During the time of writing this, we have:
a) 958 members on Linkedin Toronto.
b) 875 members on Google Groups "Linkedin Toronto" group (http://groups.google.com/group/linkedintoronto)
c) 217 members on Meetup (http://meetup.linkedintoronto.com/)
All I ask is please take the time from your busy schedules to invite
just 1 new member to our group. Believe it or not, it is the power
of 'ONE' that has evolved this group
into a synergistic association, currently hosting a combined membership
of 1,000+ professionals, entrepreneurs and enthusiasts.
I may personally not be able to attend the meeting this month again,
but the volunteers and speakers continue to make this event a
success. I wish you all well and am sure that networking and making
new friends who are professionals and entrepreneurs in different walks
of life will certainly benefit you. Feel free to invite a friend, but
please ensure they have put their name in the RSVP list.
Kind regards,
Reza,
Founder & Facilitator,
Toronto Networking Meetings Group.
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Parking & TTC/SUBWAY Information:
1.) Empress & Yonge - 5095 Yonge Street - Loblaws Parking. $6 flat rate after 6 p.m.
2.) Municipal Parking on Beecroft Rd (Parallel to Yonge St. on the west side), approximately $5 flat rate.
3.) North York Centre Subway for people taking the subway (one stop
south of Finch), property literally attached to the 5100 Yonge St.
4.) Free parking approx. 5 minutes walking distance from residential areas.
- Posted By Reza M. Reza - Open Networker (3200+)
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