IFDA NEW ENGLAND NEWSLETTER Spring 2014 / Issue 2
FROM THE PRESIDENT
CONNECT WITH US Our IFDA New England website is a first stop for official news about our chapter. It lists all of the board members and their email addresses, upcoming chapter events, a calendar of industry events, and links to previous event recaps and newsletter issues. Bookmark the page for easy access! Our IFDA New England Facebook page has breaking chapter news. Like us to read the most up-to-date information.
As spring finally returns to New England, let’s connect at our next events to finally vanquish winter! Our programming year, which got off to a hot start with Jazz and Friends continues to gain momentum as we move toward member-favorite events like the Summer Boat Cruise and hold educational events help members prepare strong entries to our bi-annual Designer Showcase. I hope you can attend all the upcoming events! We will be announcing all the details of our bi-annual Designer Showcase at our May event, as well as through email and on Facebook. We are expanding the contest categories of this member-only competition. Speaking of membership, I hope everyone is taking advantage of all their membership benefits which include: •
Reduced member rate when attending our events
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Invitation to 2 members-only social events
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Entry opportunity to the bi-annual Designer Showcase
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Membership Premiums book
As a member, you know the camaraderie of our organization. If you know of non-members in the design community who would like to try us on for size, invite them to attend an event at our non-member rate. We continue to be grateful to those members who have chosen to offer IFDA NE additional financial support through sponsorship. We thank our eleven Bronze, three Silver and one Gold sponsor for their continued acknowledgement of our organization. In turn, we have created new IFDA NE logos just for their use as sponsors.