President

Amber Townsend, CISR

amber.townsend@hullco.com

President-Elect

Courtney Donato

Vice President

Chad Harrington

Treasurer

Karen Crouch

Secretary

Liz LaGrange

Immediate Past President

Brittany Davis-Stoudt

Officers

Volume 13 Number 2

October 2017

Meeting-at-a-Glance by Amber Townsend amber.townsend@hullco.com Our October Meeting will be 10/19/2017 at Porter &

Luke’s Restaurant. This is our By-law meeting and we

will be wearing Pink in honor of Breast Cancer Aware-

ness! I hope to see everyone there! Please send in your

reservations as soon as you can to Marie Meyers.

Special points of inter-

est:

Contact Amber Townsend if

you are not receiving or

are having trouble opening

emails.

If you have any pictures

from any events, please

forward them to Angela

Falcone

(afalcone@gillis.com) or

Heidi Thrash

(hthrash@gillis.com) for the

President’s scrapbook.

October Board Meeting

10/16/17 @ 5:30 pm

IUL

2610 Edenborn Ave.

Metairie, LA

The Insurance Professionals of

Greater New Orleans

TIWOGNO Tattler

President’s Message by Amber Townsend amber.townsend@hullco.com

“Autumn…the year’s last loveliest smile.” ~ William Cullen Bryant

Thank you to everyone for attending our 25th Annual Golf Tournament on September 28

th.

We had a very successful event and everyone in attendance had a great time! I want to sincerely thank Debbie Lee, Marie Myers, and Karen Crouch and the entire amazing Golf Tournament Committee. You all did an incredible job! We are forever grateful to our fantastic sponsors and the companies that donated door prizes and ditty bag items. Thanks again to all our golfers for participating! Since October will be Breast Cancer Awareness month, we will be raffling off a chance to win one of several wine baskets. The proceeds will go direct to the American Cancer Society in our area. If you are interested in donating wine/baskets/wine accessories or interested in purchasing or selling raffle tickets for this amazing cause, please contact Kristy Battistella or myself. The cost for the raffle is $5 for 3 tickets. We will pull for the winner at our October meeting on October 19th. You do not need to be present to win! We are also accepting cash or check donations, please contact Kathy Miller for more

information to donate directly to American Cancer Society. Don’t forget to wear PINK!.

Saturday, October 14

th, 2017 was our Community Rebuilding Day! We had a great day

with beautiful weather. We worked on a house in New Orleans. We sanded, punched nails, spackled, and painted. It was great to give back to the community and I can’t wait to see this house completely finished. Thanks again to Cheryl Caillouet for organizing and supervising, and thanks to all who gave up their Saturday morning to sweat and work for a great cause!

Mark your calendars for these upcoming events: October Meeting - By-laws / Breast Cancer Awareness - Thursday, October 19 November Meeting – Membership - Thursday, November 16 TIPOGNO Christmas Party - Thursday, December 7 DAY of CE - Tuesday, January 16 January Meeting – Education/Safety - Thursday, January 25

We will be selling 50/50 tickets at our October meeting. 3 tickets for $1

October birthday will be drawn at the October meeting.

September Winners:

50/50—Cheryl Caillouet

Birthday—September—Amanda Graves

TIWOGNO Bucks—Casey Darden & Pam Miller

THANKS to Mercury Underwriters for sponsoring the September birthday.

The October birthday drawing is sponsored by Strickland General Agency.

If your company would like to sponsor a birthday gift, please contact Niki Landry (nlandry@riskout.com) or Tammy

Caro. We always mention the gift sponsor, so feel free to include a short “blurb” promoting your company that can be

read during the birthday drawing!

International Association of Insurance Professionals

General Mail:

3525 Piedmont Rd., Building 5, Suite 300

Atlanta, GA 30305

Phone: 800-766-6249

Local Phone: (404) 789-3153

Fax: (404) 240-0998

Website: www.internationalinsuranceprofessionals.org

NAIW (International) Staff

Beth Chitnis, CAE Executive Director bchitnis@iaip-ins.org

Rebecca Clusserath Director of Education education@iaip-ins.org

Amanda Hammerli Director of Member Services membership@iaip-ins.org

Betsey Blimline Director of Marketing marketing@iaip-ins.org

If you know of anyone who needs

TIPOGNO’s support – someone battling an

illness or grieving a recent death – please

reach out to Niki Landry

(nlandry@riskout.com) or Tammy Caro

(tammy@martin-agency.com) so that a Get

Well or Sympathy card can be sent on behalf

of

TIPOGNO.

If you know of someone celebrating a joyous

occasion – a job promotion, a new marriage, a

new baby, etc. – please reach out to

Niki Landry or Tammy Caro so that

TIPOGNO can send its congratulations.

Winners/Finance By Lorelei Augustine & Kristy Battistella

Membership/Organization by Chad Harrington chad.harrington@hullco.com

As of Thursday, October 5th, 2017 we have 89 Members total!

My goal for the year is 100 members. The date of our new member social has not been scheduled yet, but we are planning for a Wednesday or Thursday at the end of March. Goal is to get the flyer out by the 1st of the year so that we can start planning for it. Any ideas would be appreciated. Please remember to reach out to insurance friends and colleagues. If you know of any prospective members, please forward their contact information so that we can reach out to them and see if they are interested in be-coming a member of our organization. We cannot meet our membership goals without your help, so thank you for all of your support in our organization. Welcome New Member: Sherie D Daigle with Martin Agency!!

Safety/Wellness

Make sure you have a working smoke alarm

Test your alarm monthly

Change batteries yearly

Replace alarm every ten years

Have a smoke alarm in each bedroom and on each floor

Don’t put an alarm in the kitchen to reduce false alarms

Call your local fire department’s non-emergency line with questions or concerns

Review home escape plans

Have at least two exits that are easily accessible

Have a meeting place for the family

The Insurance Professional of Greater New Orleans

September 2017 General Meeting Minutes The September General Meeting of the Insurance Professionals of Greater New Orleans came to order at 5:50 P.M. The meeting was held at Five Happiness in New Orleans, LA. Attendance was 44 members of our 91 membership for which a quorum was present and 2 guests. All Officers were present. All Board Members were present except Marie Meyers and Karen Cottone. Mary Katherine Brown led the Collect and Pledge of Allegiance.

Officers Reports

Secretary: The minutes of the August general meeting were emailed to everyone. Are there any corrections to the minutes? Hearing none, the minutes were approved as published. Correspondence: We received a letter of appreciation from Kristine Smiley, president of our sister association in Hou-ston, thanking us for our offer of support for their 2 members who were impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Treasurer: Karen Crouch read the July & August reports. Are there any corrections to the treasurer’s report? Hearing none, the report will be filed for audit. President: Amber Townsend acknowledged past presidents in attendance at tonight’s meeting; discussed TIPOGNO’s intended support for members of our sister association in Houston – combined with our Past Presidents council, we will be sending $250 per person to the two Houston members. President-Elect: Courtney Donato reminded that the Christmas Party will be at Southport Hall on Thursday, 12/7/17, from 6-9PM. There will be a difference in cost between members and non-members. Planned party activities include Ug-ly Sweater contest and photo booth. Vice-President: Chad Harrington – as of 9/7/17 we have 91 members total. Membership goal for the year is 100. The New Member Social will be in Marchon a date TBD. Immediate Past President:

Standing Committee Reports Audit Committee (Chairpersons – Shelly Power & Debbie Harrington): The 4

th quarter audit was completed. Read letter

from Gloria. Explanation of PayPal charges being recorded under Association Expenses. Again, thanks to Louise for a great job. Education Committee (Chairperson – Lynn Labus): Lynn will work on a flyer announcing educational opportunities in-cluding virtual CWC class starting in October. Amber advised that the Board decided to submit an application to try to get a Grant from the IAIP Legacy Foundation in order to cover venue and speaker expenses for Day of CE.

Other Committee Reports

Arrangements Committee (Chairpersons - Marie Meyers and Baylie Babin): October meeting tentatively at Impas-tato’s; November at the Quarter View. Bulletin Committee (Chairperson – Monique O’Neill): Deadline for the September bulletin is 9/29/17. Finance/Fund Raising Committee (Chairpersons – Lorelei Augustine and Kristy Battistella): Selling raffle tickets for wine gift baskets for October Breast Cancer Awareness month. Tickets are 3 for $5; winner does not need to be present to win. TIPOGNO member who sells the most raffle tickets will win a small prize. See Kristy or Lorelei for tickets to sell. Historian/Publicity Committee (Chairpersons – Angela Falcone & Heidi Thrash): N/A Host/Courtesy Committee (Chairpersons – Niki Landry & Tammi Caro): N/A

Legislative Committee (Chairperson – Leslie Sallean): Jamee Steele from Tatman Group spoke about effective advo-cacy and how to look up your local representatives at www.legis.la.gov. Emailing is good but calling your reps is better. In 2019, the Louisiana legislature will be impacted by term limits for the first time – 40% of the legislature will be new af-ter that election. BREAK FOR DINNER at 6:17 PM RESUME at 6:52 PM Personnel Committee (Chairperson – Sheral Robinson): No jobs currently posted; there are people looking; let Sheral know if you hear of any availability. Public Relations

Charitable Giving (Chairpersons – Debbie Lee & Debbie Harrington): N/A Golf Tournament (Chairpersons – Debbie Lee & Marie Meyers): This year is the 25

th anniversary of the golf tourna-

ment. Still need golfers. Community Rebuilding Day (Chairpersons – Cheryl Caillouet): Habitat for Humanity one-day event, 10/14/17, lo-cation TBA, need about 20-25 volunteers. Scholarship (Chairperson TBD): N/A

Safety Committee (Chairperson – Angela Hochberger): Angie H. is moving to California – said thank you and goodbye to everyone in attendance and advised that we secure a new chair for this committee. Technology Committee (Chairpersons – Pam Geraci & Courtney Donato): N/A

Liaison Reports

National Alliance Amber Townsend – Working on National Alliance speaker for January meeting CPCU Cindy Paulin – Bayou Chapter 2017 Golf Tournament – 10/11/17 IIAGNO (Big I) Lynn Labus – 2017 IIABL Fall Education Conference – 10/19/17 PIA Jessica Clayton – Big Easy Bash is 10/12/17. CISR class in Kenner “Commercial Casualty” on 10/5/17 LSLA Leslie Sallean, CPIW – Mid year conference – 10/12/17 YIPS Jessica Clayton – YIPS Bowl-A-Thon has been rescheduled for 9/27/17. YIPS Glow Ball Tournament – 11/9/17 YIPS Day at the Races – 12/7/17 YIPS Annual Conference – 1/18/18 – 1/19/18 Unfinished Business: Gloria Bruno asked to assist members in Puerto Rico devastated by several hurricanes in recent weeks. New Business: Pam Miller asked for meeting notice more than 1 week in advance so that members whose employers cover the meeting costs can have time to process check requests. Discussion about donating some golf tournament proceeds to a trust or fund for Sharon Perschall’s son who was hit by a stray bullet. 50/50: $35.50 to Cheryl Caillouet Birthdays: September Birthday – Amanda Graves – sponsored by Mercury Underwriters TIWOGNO Bucks: Casey Darden & Pam Miller If there is no further business and hearing no objection, the September general meeting is adjourned at 7:05 P.M. Thank you for attending.

Personnel by Sheral Robinson Sheral@rodcoworldwide.com sheral1014@yahoo.com

Please let me know if you have an opening in your office as we do have a couple of people looking. Also

please let me know if you looking for a job.

Commercial Lines Account Rep – Harahan

You may call or email me. Please note that all inquires will be held in strict confidence.

Liaisons

PIA— New Orleans Chapter meeting 11/9/17. Commercial Casualty CISR class in Kenner 10/26/17 Contact pi-

aofno@gmail.com for information.

LSLA— “ LSLA is Charting the Course” The Mid Year Conference is October 12th at Metairie Country

Club. Registration and Agenda will be available at the September Meeting. E-mail me for info at

leslies@mercuryundr.com or www.lasurpluslines.com

Big I— 2017 Fall Education Conference 10/19/17. Rock-n-Bowl Company Appreciation Night 10/26/17. Contact Francine

Berendson 225-819-8007

National Alliance— www.scic.com

CPCU— Contact Cindy Paulin, 504-836-9620 or paulinc@eaganins.com.

YIPs— Glow Ball Tournament 11/9/17. Day at the Races 12/7/17. Annual Conference 1/18-19/2018. Contact

Laurie@piaoflouisiana.com for info.

Programs by Courtney Donato courtney@fifins.com

The TIPOGNO Christmas Party will be held on December 7, 2017 at Southport Hall. We are going to keep the

Tacky Sweater tradition going. Please see the Save the Date Flyer in the Tattler.

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