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We will meet at Daniel's Broiler in Bellevue. Once again Mark Hoene and Sandy Schnebly of Schwartz Brothers Restaurants are hosting one of our meeting this weeks.

Congratulation to Dynamic Language for winning the Supplier of The Year Award at Northwest Minority Supplier Development Council tonight.

Next Wednesday, March 10, we will meet at Daniel's Broiler in Bellevue. Once again Mark Hoene and Sandy Schnebly of Schwartz Brothers Restaurants are hosting one of our most popular meetings.

Please RSVP to the SEA office by Monday, March 8, with your meal selection if you plan to attend this meeting - choice of FILET MIGNON or SALMON.



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We held Seattle Executives Association's Associate Group meeting at Seattle Mailing Bureau.

http://www.seattlemailing.com/

Chad Richardson, President, gave us a tour of their facility in Renton. Question came up ... Who put those tire tracks on the wall?

Reminder that Seattle Execs Associate luncheon is tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. at

Seattle Mailing Bureau.
700 SW 34th Street in Renton.

Main Member

J Debruler, Owner
Accutint of Bellevue
12003 NE 12th Street, #74, Bellevue 98005
425-213-1060

Deborah Alexander, Attorney, Deborah
Alexander, Attorney at Law, P.S.
600 University Street, Suite 1730, Seattle 98101
206-403-3426

Alternate Member

Amanda Goff, Account Executive,
Point to Point Transportation Services
PO Box 58628, Seattle 98138
206-805-3050

Seattle Executives Association will hold its monthly BOD meeting at Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. at 1404 140th Place NE, Bellevue, WA 98007 at 7:30am.

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Seattle Executives Association hosted ASK-A-PRO session at Washington Athletic Club this morning.

Thank you, Mayumi Nakamura of PSPINC for the event.

When Bruce Dickinson and others at Seattle’s Rainier Industries huddle around the TV to watch figure skating at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, they can’t wait until each performance is over.

That’s because Rainier designed and built the “kiss and cry” set where anxious skaters sit -- with TV cameras running -- and await their scores. If scores are good, kisses all around. But the tears flow after disappointing results.

“The kiss and cry has been the most visual thing on TV. We are freaks here just waiting to see it,” said Dickinson.
Rainier Industries was one of only a handful of Washington companies that landed contracts with Winter Olympics organizers.

But the company’s handiwork is getting a lot of exposure, thanks to worldwide TV coverage. In addition to the figure skating set, Rainier also built and designed a dozen 40-foot towers covered with gigantic images signifying that a venue is for skating, hockey or other events.

Dickinson said the towers were built from completely sustainable materials, including Canadian lumber, and the towers change colors every four minutes with internal LED lighting.

It’s the kiss and cry set, though, that is getting most of the attention. The backdrop with the Olympic rings is made from high-end acrylic. It alone is a $60,000 piece, Dickinson said.

Dickinson said Rainier would love to get the set back. But it has been tagged as a legacy piece and is likely to wind up in a museum in Vancouver to commemorate the 2010 Winter Games.

“It would be cool to have it in our office,” Dickinson said. “We could set it up and do work performance reviews in front of it.”

Bruce Dickinson
Vice President
Rainier Industries
18375 Olympic Ave S
Seattle, WA 98188

How to use Bloguru.com
Seattle Execs Ask A Pro

Wednesday, February 24
9:30 - 11:15am - before the SEA luncheon
WAC, East Room on 3rd floor

Mayumi Nakamura of Pacific Software Publishing will host a seminar to show you how to use and make the most of Bloguru.com.

Learn how to setup your bloguru.com account, post articles, post photos and videos and much more.

Blogging can be one of the most effective business tools available. Plus, it's free! (Bloguru.com is a blog service developed and maintained by Pacific Software Publishing.