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Looking Forward… From the Affiliate
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J. Chris Herin |
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The affiliate group’s participation at the ELULS’s Annual Update at Amelia
Island included transitioning in new leadership and laying the groundwork for
providing support to the ELULS for the 2006/2007 year. In the upcoming year
we’ll bring you:
• AMA – no, this is not the American Medical Association, but “Affiliate Mixers
Again”. Fun to attend, these mixers serve as a business incubator for lawyers
and affiliates as well as a way to recruit new members (please bring someone new
along!). We have four mixers planned that will take place around the State; but
could do more if there is interest. Each mixer is sponsored/funded by two
affiliates and a law firm; and advertised individually. If you or your firm is
interested in sponsorship, please let us know.
• Educational Articles & Webinars - You will be seeing increased affiliate
activity in the production of articles (such as in this Section Reporter) and
webinars as a part of our continuing efforts to enhance the educational
offerings for lawyers. This is also an opportunity for lawyers and affiliates to
co-author articles and provide webinars together. If you have topics that you
would like to see addressed or if you would like to be a co-author, please let
us know.
• Course Offerings & Speakers - We look forward to continuing to provide course
offerings/speakers at ELULS events; most notably at the Annual Update. We
recently covered topics on ethics, water supply, property transactions &
development, contamination, and new regulatory changes. Please provide us with
any feedback on these speakers and topics, as well as your suggestions for
subjects that are useful to lawyers and affiliates. As a footnote, several of
our affiliate members have expressed a willingness to speak at functions outside
of ELULS. If you are involved in another organization and have identified the
need for a speaker on a particular topic, please check with us to see if we can
pair you up with a knowledgeable and entertaining speaker.
I would like to express my gratitude to Neil Hancock who has completed his term
as Affiliate Membership Chair after a very successful 2005/2006. Thanks also to
Kirk Burns who will continue in his role as the attorney Co-chair of Affiliate
Membership. Our in-coming “Vice Chair” is David Bass whom I’ve known
professionally for several years. I certainly look forward to working with both
Kirk and David.
In closing, this should be a busy, exciting year of activities for the affiliate
group, which we hope will enhance the knowledge of ELULS members. Also, if you
know of any prospective affiliate members who you would like to see involved
with the affiliate group, please pass their names on to me or invite them to
attend one of our functions.
Chris can be reached via email at
CHerin@GeoSyntec.com and telephone at 561-922-1041.
