CEO Symposium During NRA Public Affairs Conference

Please make plans to attend the CEO Symposium with your Chief Elected Officer on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. prior to the start of the NRA Public Affairs Conference in Washington, DC.

The Symposium gives you and your volunteer the chance to explore your priorities for the year and determine how best to work together.

 
Restaurants Help Haiti

(Re-Post) Posted by Dawn Sweeney on Jan. 15, 2010
Restaurants often are among the first to respond when disaster strikes, and several sprung into action immediately after Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti. As with most restaurant-led philanthropic activities, they engaged staff and guests to help.
The following relief organizations are collecting food, drinking water and money for Haitian earthquake victims:

SRAs Weigh in on Health Care Debate

After the National Restaurant Association's Friday webinar on health care reform, the officers of the Council of State Restaurant Associations -- Pete Meersman (president and CEO, Colorado Restaurant Association), Jim Hopper (president and CEO, Oklahoma Restaurant Association) and Pat Conway (president and CEO, Pennsylvania Restaurant Association) -- sent this memo to their colleagues.

To: Council of State Restaurant Association CEO's
From: Pete Meersman, CAE, President; Jim Hopper, Vice President; and Pat Conway, Immediate Past President
Regarding: Health Care Legislation
Date: Dec. 11, 2009

Today we participated in a very important and instructive webinar with Dawn Sweeney and her team on Health Care. Dawn had her contract lobbyists from both the Democratic and Republican sides of the aisle explain the status of the debate. The three of us and Anthony Anton complimented Dawn on the strategy she is employing on behalf of our industry. It is the right one at the right time. We need to do all we can to get this message across to our members.

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Meersman Elected CSRA President

Peter Meersman, CAE, president and CEO of the Colorado Restaurant Association, was elected president of the Council of State Restaurant Associations (CSRA). Meersman took office at CSRA’s 73rd Annual Meeting in Chicago in May.  click here to continue . . .