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NCCBI Renews Kiplinger Discount Program

NCCBI is pleased to announce the renewal of its member- and employee-benefit Program with Kiplinger, the first name in business forecasting and financial planning. Close to 200 NCCBI members took advantage of the discount program, saving an average $30 each, when it was first offered last year, a strong indication that members like the service and want it and other benefit programs to continue.

NCCBI members and employees will continue to save up to 50 percent off the regular price when they first subscribe to any of Kiplinger’s renowned business forecasting newsletters, including The Kiplinger Letter, The Kiplinger Tax Letter, The Kiplinger California Letter, and The Kiplinger Agriculture Letter. Similar savings are available on other Kiplinger publications, including Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine, Kiplinger’s Retirement Report, and the entire line of Kiplinger books and video tapes.

New to this member/employee benefit offer is the inclusion of special pricing on KiplingerForecasts.com. This new online business forecasting service is a powerful network of management expertise covering 15 business sectors. Updated continuously throughout the day, KiplingerForecasts.com reflects Kiplinger’s latest judgments on what’s likely to happen next in business, the economy and regulation. It features the online version of The Kiplinger Letter enhanced with links to additional reports, data, statistics, charts, graphs and government documents to help you make better business decisions. 

For more information, to view sample issues of the publications, or to subscribe, go to
www.kiplinger.com/nccbi.

Fall Area Meeting Dates Set: Chair Gordon Myers of Asheville has announced a schedule of Fall Area Meetings that will take him and the association staff on a 22-city tour to report to members and hear their input on issues. The tour kicks off on Sept. 5 in the Triangle with a luncheon at the Angus Barn and ends Oct. 29 with a reception at the Pinehurst Hotel and Country Club. Please check the schedule below for the time of the meeting in your city and reserve that date on your office calendar. Check the date of the meeting in your city.

The tour, which will visit the same 22 cities as last year, is arranged by regions, so if you can’t attend the meeting in your city you probably will be able to catch another one in a nearby town. Members are encouraged to bring prospective members to the meetings.

UNC Asheville Trustees: Gov. Mike Easley has appointed NCCBI’s Leslie Bevacqua and Asheville business and civic leader Janice Brumit to the UNC Asheville Board of Trustees. Bevacqua and Brumit succeed Jesse Ray and Pam Turner, whose terms ended, as university trustees along with Alfred Whitesides Jr. of Asheville, who was appointed by the UNC Board of Governors.

Bevacqua is vice president of governmental affairs for NCCBI and is rated among the most effective lobbyists in Raleigh. Last fall she took a leave of absence from NCCBI to run the campaign for passage of the $3.1 billion higher education bonds, which passed in all 100 counties.

Brumit, who with her husband, Joe, operates several Arby’s restaurants in Western North Carolina, is one of Asheville’s most prominent civic leaders. She is the current board chairman of both the Asheville Chamber of Commerce and the Mission St. Joseph’s Healthcare Foundation.

Wicker Joins Board: Former Lt. Gov. Dennis Wicker (left), who now heads the governmental relations practice at the Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore law firm in Raleigh, has been appointed to the NCCBI Board of Directors to fill an unexpired term. “I am excited about being a part of this group and appreciate very much the opportunity to serve,” Wicker said in a letter to association President Phil Kirk. He served several terms in the state House and two terms as lieutenant governor before losing to Mike Easley in last year’s Democratic gubernatorial primary.

Membership Directory in the Mail: The 2001-02 edition of the NCCBI Membership Directory and Buyer’s Guide has been published and should be arriving at your office any day now. The 186-page book contains alphabetical listings of all 2,250 NCCBI members as well as a county-by-county listing of members as well as the Buyer’s Guide, the “yellow pages” section where members are listed by type of business. The new directory, which many praise as a useful statewide business phone book, also will be posted soon at our web site, www.nccbi.org.

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