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Member
News
Do you have news you'd like to share with your fellow LABTA members? A new job? A promotion? An award or recognition? Please send your news and photo to Jeff Sewalson at
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The following new members joined LABTA
in November.
Welcome!
Allied Members
Jennifer Kohatsu
National Sales Director
Long Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
Sandy Savaiano
Regional Director
A Briggs Passport and Visa Expeditors
Patrick Cooney
Operations Manager
Wilshire Limousine Services
Sharon Jones
Global Account Manager
BCD Travel
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 News from LAWA
ARTISTS TRANSFORM 99¢ ONLY STORE® MERCHANDISE INTO CONTEMPORARY ARTWORK IN NEW EXHIBIT AT LAX
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, announces - "Only 99 Cents!" - an art exhibition of twelve Southern California artists on display at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Using merchandise solely from 99¢ Only Stores®, twelve humorous and sly artworks are on display offering viewers an unexpected art experience inspired by the identity of the everyday discount retailer. Read more... |
Dec. 10: RSVP Today for Next Week's
LABTA Annual Holiday Gala 
Come ye, come all to this year's Holiday Gala on Thursday, Dec. 10 at the beautiful and historic Casa Del Mar in Santa Monica. We have a lot of amazing prizes this year at both our live and silent auctions, entertainment and an abundance of good cheer as our year winds down.
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LABTA Announces 2010 Leadership
Congratulations to LABTA's 2010 Executive Board, Board of Directors and Advisory Committee. Thank you to the following members for their commitment and willingness to serve LABTA next year.
Executive Board
President: Therese Jacobson, The Parking Spot
President Elect: Kathy Briski, Accenture
Vice President: Sarah Best, Loews Santa Monica
Treasurer: Tom Shaw, Westin Bonaventure
Secretary: Bill Shaw, W Westwood
Advisor: Eve White, HRG
Advisor: Neda Nazem, V Australia
Board of Directors
Communications: Kathleen Sedlmayr , KES Consulting
Corporate Social Responsibility: Kjarsten Phillipsen, Egencia
Corporate Sponsorships: Jennifer Keltner, Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc.
Education: Sevan Liepziger, Air France
Member Relations: Erik Dahlerbruch, Four Points Sheraton LAX
Legislative Action and Government Relations: Frank Dolce, OSI Systems
Programs and Venues: Usha Jumani, American Express
Special Events: Kay Steele, Mattel
Advisory Committee
American Honda Motor Co., Inc - Charles Franklin
Hilton Hotels - Craig Banikowski
HSBC - Michael Lyons
Northrop Grumman - Janice Chang
Northrop Grumman - Carey Campbell
UMG - Pamela Witherspoon
University of California Los Angeles - Belinda Borden |
 LABTA Members Continue to Support L.A. Food Bank
Thank you to all who brought food items to November's Hotel Maya event in support of the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.
Continuing LABTA's emphasis on giving back to our community, the L.A. Food Bank has been chosen as this year's charity partner. The LABTA will be donating a portion of auction proceeds to the L.A. Food Bank at our upcoming Holiday Gala held at the Casa del Mar of Santa Monica. Click here to register for the Gala. In addition, we are almost at our membership fundraising goal of $2,500 to help fight hunger in our community. For every $1 in donations we raise, the L.A. Food Bank is able to provide four meals. With the generosity of our members, we will provide 10,000 men, women and children a much needed meal. Please consider making a small financial donation by clicking the secured link. Click here to donate.
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NBTA's Chapter Challenge is On!
NBTA's 4th Annual Chapter Challenge, which runs from convention to convention (Sept. 2009 to July 2010), calls on all 42 chapters to engage their elected officials.
Chapters that meet these five tasks will be recognized as NBTA 2010 CHAPTER CHALLENGE PARTNERS:
· 50% of membership sends a communication to one of their elected officials · Invite an elected official to speak at a chapter meeting or host an NBTA Government Relations focused meeting · Chapter sends a letter to their Representative or Senator endorsing an NBTA endorsed bill or vote · Chapter appoints a person to be the Government Relations liaison - completed (Frank Dolce is Legislative Affair Director for LABTA and the Government Relations liaison) · Raise $1,000 in PAC contributions regardless of chapter size - if each LABTA member contributes $10 to the PAC (personal funds only), we'll be sure to beat all the other chapters! Click here to make an on-line donation.
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 And Finally...Did You Know?
The first airline code share agreement was operated in 1990 between QANTAS and American Airlines. According to our friends at Wikipedia, "The code share was part of a "cooperative services" agreement between two carriers before the various airline alliances were formed in the 1990s. It refers to a practice where a flight operated by an airline is jointly marketed as a flight for one or more other airlines. Most major airlines today have code sharing partnerships with other airlines and code sharing is a key feature of the major airline alliances."
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