Hello NACE Members and Friends:

Have you Been to Experience?  Discover Your Hidden Talent

You can be ahead of your time, on the cutting edge, and “in-the-know” as you learn from the industry’s trend-setters, movers and shakers.  Experience is the annual conference presented by the National Association of Catering Executives.

This revolutionary conference attracts professionals from every segment of the market: caterers (on and off premise), special event planners and designers, wedding consultants and suppliers to the catering and event design world. 

Represent for DC and register today!  Reserve your room at the Hilton Austin Downtown today and get our special group rate!  You can also call 1-800-236-1592 and use our group rate code, NACE2010.

View photos from Experience! 2009, enter the username: NACE Convention and password:16616.  Visit www.nace.net for more details

Get Active in 2010!

One of the best ways to maximize your membership is through getting active.  Whether you are serving on a committee or involved as a sponsor we want you to Get Active in 2010.   Each month we host a general meeting with great opportunities to network with fellow industry professionals combined with an education component that will keep you up to speed with cutting edge trends and strategies that will help you grow your business.  If you are interested in sponsoring your product or service please reach out to our Programs Chair a Danielle Couick, CPCE at 202.237.8244 office or danielle@jodimoraru.com.

Best,
Traci Allen
Chapter President, Greater Washington, DC
Traci Allen Inc.
Marketing │Events │PR

*** SOLD OUT ***

DC NACE Presents
The Third Annual Culinary Challenge: Wedding Cakes!

We've given you flowers, you've seen cupcakes, this year we go bigger with wedding cakes! We have some wonderful surprises in store for you! Also, come and check out your 2010 Board of Directors and your new and improved DC NACE Chapter!

Location:
Hilton
Washington DC/Rockville
Executive Meeting Center
1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852


Date:
February 22, 2010

Time:
5:45 pm- 8:30 pm

Metro:
Twinbrook Metro Station
red line

Follow DC NACE!

save the date ... the CIRCUS is coming!

The 2010 GALA Committee Meetings will begin in February.  Please mark your calendars to participate.  

The meetings will take place in the evening with location and time to be announced.  

Our plan is to meet on the fourth Tuesday of each month beginning February 23rd.   

"they fly through the air with the greatest of ease, those daring young girls on the flying trapeze..."

Contact Jennifer Charles or Danielle Couick for more information. 

We hope you will join us!

Jennifer Charles                                         Danielle Couick
GALA Chair                                                 Gala Co-chair
Something Fabulous                                     Jodi Moraru & Associates
jcharles@somethingfab.com                          danielle@jodimoraru.com

Tell us all about your events

What better way to promote your event?  NACE DC offers you so many opportunities to tell all your fellow members about your events.  Future events can be put up on the Calendar of Events to simply promote your event... for free!  Who wouldn't love that?  Or send us pictures of your events and in no time at all Scott Button, Communications Co-Chair, can put them right up on facebook to share with everyone.  You can even tell us about job openings.  So keep in touch and email me at anytime at aishanacedc@gmail.com

Don't forget to follow us on Facebook & Twitter!

Aisha Malik                                 B. Scott Button
Director of Communications                        Communications Co-chair
Capital Party Rentals                                The Fairfax at Embassy Row