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September 17, 2004

**e-newsletter**

Fellow IMA Members:

Hope everyone is enjoying this nice weather we have been having. Just
don't use the weather as an excuse to miss our next meeting.

Our first education session is scheduled for Tuesday, September 21, 2004
at Noon. We are meeting at a new location for this session only. I have
attached a map with driving directions to 1835 Terminal Drive, Richland.
That is the office of Dade Moeller & Associates, out near the Richland
Airport and just down the road from the Columbia Basin Racquet Club.
When you come into the building, go upstairs. There will be signs to
direct you to the conference room. We are having a taco bar for lunch
this time. We are going to try a few new things for our lunches this
year. We are always trying to make our lunch meetings not only
educational, but also enjoyable. Good food helps!

Our speaker is Mark Hanneman, Senior Counterintelligence Officer for
DOE. He will be tapping his thirty years of experience in conducting
felony investigations and counterintelligence operations to make his
presentation to us. It should be very enlightening.

The IMA board will be meeting Monday, September 20, at 5:00 pm at Round
Table Pizza in Richland. Our board meetings are always open to anyone
who is interested. We have an opening on the board for President-elect.
Jeff Lubeck has stepped down from the position because of conflict of
scheduling. A very distinct perk of being President-elect is that our
chapter will send the incoming president to the IMA National Convention
(provided the chapter is operating at a profit). Next year's convention
is in Boston. This is a wonderful opportunity to serve, network, pick up
valuable and usable information, as well as visit an important historic
city. Contact me or any other board member if you are interested in the
President-elect position or any other board position.

I look forward to another rewarding year for IMA and urge everyone to
get involved! Following is a quote from Peter Smith, IMA Pacific
Northwest Council and Past-President of our chapter, "The more of the .
. . chapter meetings each of us can participate in, the greater will be
the return on our invested time and money. Most of us these days seem to
be busier than ever and therefore we must make very good use of our
time. We want our time and money invested to have a very high (ie,
valuable) return. To achieve the best return and to have some fun in the
process, we need to make the time to network with our fellow
professionals, which will in turn provide insights into new ideas, new
technology, other companies, and the job market, as well as making
and/or renewing contacts. IMA provides many opportunities to interface
with our fellow professionals. We need to attend the meetings and take
advantage of the educational opportunities in order to reap the
networking benefits. This networking can give us an edge in trying to
reach our potential in this increasingly competitive profession. And, it
is just plain fun and rewarding to socialize in a relaxed atmosphere and
develop friendships." Peter is so right. I could not have said it
better!

I'll see you at our next meeting!

Ellen Bowman, President

IMA Washington Tri-Cities Chapter 213