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Brevard Paralegal Association

I often deal with a greatfemale attorney whodescribes her job as"herding cats". I feel thesame most days andthink that phrase aptlydescribes what most ofus do for a living, or how

our hectic livessometimes (OK, all thetime) feel. I just read anarticle online telling me to"Embrace Your Crazy,Chaotic Life". I don'tknow if I can embrace it,but I know I'm stuck withit, so I might as well,right?

This month's President'sMessage is my last. I am

looking forward to myposition as Bar Liaisonand continuing to be partof your Board ofDirectors. My last twoyears have been fantasticand I cannot thank BPA'smembership enough forallowing me to serve asyour president. It hasbeen a great learningexperience for me and Ihave made what I hope

are lifelong friends in theprocess. Leading BPA hasbeen a rewarding andchallenging job (back toembracing my crazy life),and while I was not able toaccomplish everything I setout to, I know that your newBoard will do a fabulous joband that great things are instore for us as anorganization.

I cannot thank those who

have served BPA for the

past two years enough --

you know who you are, but

in case our readers don't --

Mo Martens, Patty Wright,

Silvia Cowan, Debra Clarke,Toni-Marie D'Alessandro,

Tracy King, Roma Molinaro,

Eveling Raymond, Kim

Dexter, Debbie Dye, Pat

Bieringer, Nicole Dooley,

and Sabine Martel.

These paralegals have

given unreservedly of

themselves and their time.

Thank you for all you have

done for BPA, for your time,

efforts and guidance. Iknow I couldn't have done

my job without you.

Please don't forget this isthe last month to makedonations to our BPA basketto be raffled off at the PAFSpring Seminar in May.This year's theme is "APampered Paralegal".Please see me at thismonth's meeting if you have

anything to donate.

This month's gatherinis BPA’s annual meetinand election. I'm happy treport that many in oumembership have formaldeclared for positions

We'll have a fantastic grouto lead us in the 2011-1term. Please join uon April 14th at the SuntreCountry Club.

Regards,

Kim

Pursuant to Bylaw 3.16,

notice is hereby given to theActive, Student, Associate

and Honorary members of

the Brevard Paralegal

Association that its Annual

Meeting will be held as

follows:

Thursday, April 14, 2011

6:00 to 8:00 pm

Suntree County Club

Melbourne, Florida

Pursuant to Bylaw 3.10, onl

Active members in good

standing with Brevard

Paralegal Association and

the Paralegal Association o

Florida, Inc. will be entitled

to vote.

A slate of declared

candidates and proxy form

are attached, pursuant to

Bylaw 3.11.

April 2011

President’s Message I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

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President’s Message 1

Annual Meeting Notice 1 - 2

PAF News 2

Community Service 3

Education 3

Membership 3

Remembrances 3

2010 - 11 Board Listing 4

Sponsors 5 - 7

Declaration of Candidacy 8

Proxy 9

PAF, Inc. 35th Seminar Flyer 10



PAF, Inc. News

www.pafinc.org

The Paralegal Association of Florida, Inc. would like to invite you to our 35Anniversary 2011 Spring Seminar and Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, FL oFriday, May 13

thand Saturday, May 14

th, hosted by our Broward Chapter. It will b

held at the beautiful Lago Mar Resort and Club located at 1700 South Ocean LaneFort Lauderdale, FL, 33316.

Go to PAF’s website to download the registration form and schedule for the two-daseminar. We have great speakers lined up and interesting topics!

You will see from the schedule, the speaker topics are relevant and will keep you itouch and informed with the 'hot' legal issues facing many of your legal teams todaIn addition, the seminar has been approved by NALA for 9 hours of CLE credit (1

hour if attending the CP Breakfast) including 2.5 hours of Ethics. It will be aeducational and interesting program for all paralegals. We are sure that you will gagreat experience and knowledge, not to mention the terrific networking opportuniyou will enjoy with other legal professionals in your field.

We have also invited key exhibitors to keep you up-to-date with the latest serviceand technology that will enable you to make the most of your time and to save monein your legal day-to-day activities. Our exhibitors have also donated great prizes thawe will give away. You won't want to miss that!

Do Not Delay!

The seminar registration will close on April 25th!

PAF was able to secure an unbelievable discount rate of $139.00 + per room pnight. Please be advised that room rate reservations are based upon occupancy anwill end on April 15th; therefore, call 1-954-523-6511 today to take advantage of thspectacular deal!

We hope you will take this opportunity to sign up for this very reasonably-priced, twoday seminar and enjoy a great educational opportunity to advance your paralegcareer while gaining NALA approved credits. We look forward to meeting you anwelcoming you to the Southeastern Coast of Florida!

C’MON BPA’ers! We need help with our basket to be raffled for the upcoming SprinSeminar. We didn’t contribute at the fall seminar! Let’s not fall down on the job thtime. BPA has one month to put the basket together. So put your creative thinkincaps on for donations (either cash or an item) for a basket encompassing the Sprin2011 theme of "Weekend of Wishes...a pampered paralegal".

The Parale al Pi eline

April AnnualMeeting and

Election of Officers

Please join in an openforum discussion on the

future of BrevardParalegal Association

SUNTREE COUNTRYCLUB

One Country Club DriveMelbourne, FL 32940

When: Thursday,April 14, 2011, 6:00PM

Members $19.00Pay at the door on day

of event.

Note: A member mayattend the meetingwithout dinner for acharge of $7.00. Non-Members may attendone (1) meeting withoutdinner with no charge.Thereafter, a charge of$7.00 per meetingwithout dinner will beassessed.

RSVP: Please contactSabine Martel forentree selection andany additionalinformation at:

[email protected]



Welcome NewMembers

Linda King, FRP

Kristen Starcevich, FR

March Hoover

Hope Lutz

Monica Gabbard

Deborah Ryan

Membership

58 Active10 Students2 Honorary


On Friday, March 11, 2011, Japan’snortheast coast suffered a catastrophicearthquake and tsunami, resulting in anunfathomable loss of life and destructionof Japan’s infrastructure as well as theongoing crisis at its nuclear powerplants. This month BPA will becollecting and donating toward the reliefefforts in Japan. In fact, BPA, as anorganization, will make a matchingdonation for those amounts contributedby our members at our April meeting.Here’s some information from two of prominent charitable organizationscollecting for the relief efforts.

THE SALVATION ARMY – www.salvationarmyusa.org

As people in Japan recover from thedevastating earthquake and tsunami,The Salvation Army is working tirelesslyto assist them every step of the way.

The Salvation Army in Japanimmediately dispersed teams followingthe disaster to the most severely

affected areas where they aredistributing basic necessities tosurvivors. These teams will also assessthe damage to discern the next steps intheir relief efforts.

The Salvation Army has been at work in Japan since 1895, operating more than 80 centers there, including two hospitals and four children's homes. We have nearly 200 officers, 3,000 members and nearly 1,000 employees already at work in the country. We are a part of Japan's communities and dedicated to their recovery.

RED CROSS – www.redcross.org

The American Red Cross stands readyand willing to assist following amagnitude 8.9 earthquake in Japan andthe resulting tsunami that affected othercountries in the Pacific region.

Community ServiceAshley King, subbing for Toni-Marie

D’Alessandro, CP, FCP, FRP

AprilBirthdays

Toni-Marie D’Alessandro

Bill Hickman

Renee Roche

Jamie L. Shreffler

Linda A. Turner

EducationRoma Molinaro CP, FCP, FRP, MLA

Brevard Community College will offerthe following classes in the ParalegalProgram for the summer term:

Property PLA 1611 –Tues & Thu 9AM

Criminal Law PLA 2304 – Mon &Wed 6 PM

Bankruptcy PLA 1465 – Tues 6 PM

Business Organizations and Law

Office Procedures. – online class



BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President Kim Nowakowski, RP, FRPkimberly.nowakowski@ health-first.org

Vice PresidentTracy A. [email protected]

Treasurer Patricia [email protected]

Secretary

Silvia [email protected]

Director-at-Large Cathleen M. Cummings,[email protected]

Immediate Past President Debra A. Clarke, CP, FCP,[email protected]

Parliamentarian Toni-Marie D’Alessandro,

CP, FCP, [email protected]

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

EntertainmentNicole Dooley, CP, [email protected]

Budget Patricia [email protected]

Bylaws and Standing Rules

Maureen “Mo” Martens,CLA, [email protected]

Community ServiceToni-Marie D’Alessandro,CP, FCP, [email protected]

Ashley King

Education/Scholarship Roma Molinaro, CP, FCP,FRP, [email protected]

Student LiaisonLinda [email protected] [email protected]

Job Bank Coordinator Kim M. Dexter, ACP, [email protected]

Local Bar Liaison Debra A. Clarke, CP, FCP,FRPdebra.clarke7@yahoo.

Meetings Sabine [email protected]

Membership Tracy A. King

Newsletter Editor Cathleen M. Cummings,FRP

Jessica PauleyBill Hickman

Nominations/ElectionsNicole Dooley, CP, FRP

Publicity Cathleen M. Cummings,FRP

Ways and Means Vacant

OTHER POSITIONS

Historian/Photographer Kim Nowakowski, RP, FRP

PAF Website Danielle T. [email protected]

BPA is onFacebook,

LinkedIn, and

Twitter!

Search “BrevardParalegal Association”and join! We list useful

links, informationregarding upcoming

meetings and events,and it’s an opportunityto network with fellow

members!

2010-11 BPA Board of Directors & Committee ChaiNewsletter Advertising

Half Page $100/YearOr $55/6 months

Business Card $50/YearOr $30/6 months

Special rates availablefor one-time ads

Submit business card or adartwork, preferably in .jpgor .bmp format to [email protected] or send itto:

Kim Nowakowskic/o Health First, Inc.

6540 US Hwy 1Rockledge FL 32955

The Paralegal Pipeline advertising reaches peoplethroughout Florida. Thepublication’s revenuesupports scholarships andvarious community serviceprojects, which enablesyour costs associated to

advertising here to be taxdeductible.

Please make your checkpayable to BrevardParalegal Association.Thank you.

Meeting PolicyReminder

Pursuant to InternalRevenue Code Section501(c)(6) if you RSVP for a

dinner and do not attendthe meeting, you will besent an invoice for the costof the dinner.

If you cancel yourreservation less than 10days prior to the event, youwill be sent an invoice forthe cost of the dinner.




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LAW OFFICES

MICHAEL KAHN, P.A.

(321) 242-2564 482 North Harbor City Blvd

Fax (321) 254-2127 Melbourne, Florida 32935

Email: [email protected]



DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY

I, _______________________, certify that I am an Active Member in good

standing with Brevard Paralegal Association, and I hereby declare my

candidacy for the following position for the 2011-2012 term of office:

President

Vice President

Treasurer

Secretary

Member-At-Large

I further certify that:

1. I am an Active Member of Brevard Paralegal Association.

2. If I am declaring for the position of President, I have served on the

Board of Directors of Brevard Paralegal Association for at least one

year.

3. If elected, I will serve to the best of my ability and will abide by the

Bylaws and the Standing Rules adopted by Brevard Paralegal

Association.

Date: _________________

Name:

Address:

Please return to:

Nicole Dooley, Chairman of Elections

304 S. H arbor City Blvd., Suite 201

Melbourne, Florida 32901



DESIGNATION OF PROXY AND ALTERNATE PROXY

Instructions and General Information

1. If you cannot attend the Brevard Paralegal Association (“BPA”) Annual Membership Meeting

on April 14, 2011, you may designate one BPA Active member to cast your vote during the

meeting. In the event the primary designee is not able to attend, a second BPA Active member

may be appointed as an alternate. Any Active member may hold your vote with the

exception of the BPA President.

2. Make sure that your named proxy holder and alternate proxy holder plan to attend the Annual

Meeting. If your proxy holder and/or alternate proxy holder have to leave the meeting before its

conclusion, another member cannot hold your proxy. No proxy or alternate proxy holder

may be designated after April 1, 2011.

3. Your “Designation of Proxy and Alternate Proxy” form must be sent to the BPA Secretary. IT

MUST BE IN THE SECRETARY’S HANDS BY NO LATER THAN APRIL 1, 2011.

DESIGNATION OF PROXY AND ALTERNATE PROXY

I, , a BPA Active member, hereby appoint

, a BPA Active member, to serve as my proxy holder at

the BPA Annual Meeting in Melbourne, Florida on April 14, 2011. In the event my named proxy

holder is unable to hold my proxy, I hereby appoint

, a BPA Active member, to serve as my alternate proxy at said Annual Meeting.

Dated: , 2011.

Signature

X

Print or type your name

Address

Send original Designation of Proxy to:

Nicole Dooley, Chairman of Elections

304 S. Harbor City Blvd., Suite 201

Melbourne, Florida 32901

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