February 2012 Pipeline

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Brevard Paralegal Association Chapter

Paralegal Association of Florida, Inc.

Two weeks ago I

received an e-mail from

my aunt, who lives in

Brazil, with the following

title: Sweep upif

needed (Tire o p.....se

precisar). The e-mailhad numerous

paragraphs that talked

about different aspects of

life (such as work,

friends, family,

commitments, you name

it) and how to balance all

these with house

cleaning (I can see you

smiling right now). All the

paragraphs geared

towards how life is short

and how life should be

enjoyed (who needs to

clean you may ask); and

all of them ended the

same way Sweep upif

needed. As I read

through the e-mail, I felt

as if I was immersed in it.

February 2012

Presidents MessageI N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

The Paralegal Pipeline

Technology Seminar Update 2

FRP Corner 2

Help Wanted 2

TAC Seminar 2

Speakers Bio 3

Birthdays 3

2011-12 Board Listing 4

News/Mugshots 5

Sponsors 4, 6, 8

Community Service 7, 9

Annual Meeting Information10-12

Spring Seminar 13

Valentines

Day

February 14th

Inspiring professional growthone paralegal at a time

My life was being portrayed

right in front of me. All the

choices I have to make

Our lives could be definedby one word: multitasking.The Merriam-WebstersDictionary defines

multitaskingas the abilityto do several things at thesame time. How well wecan do several things at thesame time? The answer iswe cant. We can chooseto do several things butnever do them well or neverfinish them. We have tochoose. If we prioritize, wecan do some things verywell and, the best part, befulfilled. I have learned this

lesson a long time ago.

The word of the day is toprioritize.

You, beloved Members,have been my priority forthe past year and Imfulfilled.

Now lets take care of somebusiness

The Technical AdvisoryCommittee for the ParaleProgram (BCC) will host iannual seminar on SaturdFebruary 18, 2012 from 8a.m. 12:00 p.m. at BrevCommunity College,

Melbourne Campus. TopiSocial Media: The Collisof My Space, Your Spaceand The Work Space.

Also, PAF will be having iSpring Seminar in June,2012 at the RenaissanceHotel at International PlazTampa, FL. This seminarhosted by the PAFHillsborough Chapter. BPwill be donating scholarsh

to an Active Member at thmeeting in March.

I look forward to seeing y

at this months meeting o

Thursday, February 9th a

6:00 pm where our guest

speaker, attorney David E

Moule will speak on Elde

and Disability Law: Real L

Scenarios.

All the best,

Silvia


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Brevard Community College Paralegal Program

Seminar/CLE Social Media: The Collision of My Space,

Your Space and The Work Space

The Technical Advisory Committee for the Paralegal Program will host its

annual seminar on Saturday, February 18, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. 12:00

p.m. at Brevard Community College, Melbourne Campus. Please mar

your calendar now to join us for next years seminar. We are pleased to

announce Louis Wilson, Esq., Ford & Harrison, LLP and Lanny Morris

ACEDS Executive Director, Association of Certified E-Discovery

Specialists as our speakers for these topics.

To sign up, the registration form is at the end of this newsletter. Online

registration is available through Banner which can be accessed through

the BCC website at www.bcctraining.com. The cost for the seminar is

$25 for BCC students and $35 for all others. The course is pending

approval from NALA for three or four hours of CLE.

For further information contact Roma Molinaro a

[email protected]. Technical Advisory Committee members

are: Roma Molinaro, CP, FCP, FRP, Chair, Kim Dexter, ACP, FRP

Linda Ghirardelli, ACP, FRP, Roberta Reaume, CP, FCP, FRP, Jenny

Lawton Seal, CP, FRP and Suzanne Mair, FRP.

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Presidents

Day February

20th

Susan B. Anthony

Day February 15th

Groundhog Day

February 2nd

Florida Registered

Paralegal As a FloridaRegisteredParalegal, you areeligible for manybenefits available toBar members.Check out some ofthe benefits availableat http://www.floridabar.org/TFB/TFBResources.nsf/Attachments/9FAFCC2CF671B9E28525790D0055CB8C/$FILE/One%20Page%20List%20of%20Member%20Benefits

.pdf?OpenElement

HELP WANTED

Kim Nowakowski will be

stepping down as

Newsletter Editor at the

end of this year (May

2012). Please contact

Kim at 321-434-4378 orvia e-mail at

Kimberly.Nowakowski

@health-first.org for more

details if you are

interested in this position.


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Birthdays

Susan B. Romano

Alice Cooper

Mark Johnson

Rosa Parks

Jenny Lawton Sea

Bob Marley

Ivy Phillips

Ashton Kutcher

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Meeting Policy

Reminder

Pursuant to Internal

Revenue Code Section

501(c)(6) if you RSVP fo

a dinner and do not canc

within 10 days of the

meeting date or do not

attend the meeting, you

will be sent an invoice fo

the cost of the dinner.

Welcome New Members

Christeena Marie Baker

Cathy Fritz

Joy Walton

Speakers Bio

David E. Moule

David E. Moule is apartner of the law firmMoule & Moule, LLP, inMelbourne, Florida. Hispractice is devoted torepresenting elderly anddisabled individuals andtheir families, withemphasis on disabilityand asset preservationplanning, estate and

trust administration,special needs trusts,Medicaid, VA benefits,wills, trusts, andadvance directives. Mr.Moule has served on theExecutive Council of TheFlorida Bars Elder LawSection and is theformer Co-Chair of the

Elder Law SectionsEstate Planning andAdvance DirectivesCommittee. He isaccredited by theDepartment of VeteransAffairs for benefitplanning, claimspreparation, andpresentation. Mr. Moule

is a member of theNational Academy ofElder Law Attorneys, theAcademy of FloridaElder Law Attorneys,The Florida Bars ElderLaw Section and RealProperty, Probate, andTrust Law Section, theBrevard County EstatePlanning Council, the

American Bar Association, theBrevard County Bar Association,

and Secretary of the BrevardHeart Foundation. He is theauthor of IRA BeneficiaryDesignations to Third PartySpecial Needs Trusts:Charitable Reminder Issues,published by The Florida BarsElder Law Advocate, and co-author of IRAs Can beHazardous to an EstateAdministration, published byThe Florida Bar Continuing LegalEducation Committee. Mr.Moule received his B.A. from theUniversity of Florida and his J.D.from Stetson University Collegeof Law.


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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PresidentSilvia [email protected]

Vice PresidentNandra Ramnarine, CP,[email protected]

TreasurerRenee Roche, [email protected]

SecretaryAshley [email protected]

Immediate Past PresidentKim Nowakowski, RP,[email protected]

ParliamentarianToni-Marie DAlessandro,CP, FCP, [email protected]

Director-at-LargeAnne [email protected]

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

BudgetJenny Lawton-Seal, CP, FRP

[email protected]

Bylaws and Standing RulesMaureen Mo Martens, CP,FRP

[email protected]

Community Service

Toni-Marie DAlessandro,CP, FCP, [email protected]

Education/ScholarshipRoma Molinaro, CP, FCP,FRP, [email protected]

Student LiaisonsElizabeth A. [email protected]

Debbie [email protected]

Job Bank CoordinatorKim M. Dexter, ACP, [email protected]

Local Bar LiaisonKim Nowakowski, RP, [email protected]

MeetingsSabine Martelfor dinner reservations [email protected]

MembershipNandra Ramnarine, CP,[email protected]

Newsletter EditorKim Nowakowski, RP, [email protected]

PublicityJessica Pauley, [email protected]

Ways and MeansLinda [email protected]

OTHER POSITIONS

Historian/PhotographerKim Nowakowski, RP, [email protected]

PAF WebsiteKim Nowakowski, RP, [email protected]

BPA is onFacebook!

Search BrevardParalegal Association

and join! We list usefullinks, informationregarding upcomingmeetings and events,and its an opportunityto network with fellowmembers!

Were also onTwitter & LinkedIn!

2011-12 BPA Board of Directors & Committee Chairs

NewsletterAdvertising

Half Page $100/YearOr $55/6 months

Business Card $50/YearOr $30/6 months

Special rates availablefor one-time ads

Submit business card or adartwork, preferably in .jpgor .bmp format to [email protected] or send itto:

Kim Nowakowski

c/o Health First, Inc.6540 US Hwy 1Rockledge FL 32955

The Paralegal Pipelineadvertising reaches peoplethroughout Florida. Thepublications revenuesupports scholarships andvarious community serviceprojects, which enablesyour costs associated toadvertising here to be taxdeductible.

Please make your checkpayable to BrevardParalegal Association.Thank you.


Membership

60 Active Members

19 Student Members

2 Honorary Members


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PAF Quick Reference

Paralegal Association of Florida, Inc.466 94

thAvenue North

St. Petersburg, FL 33702www.pafinc.org

Treasurers ReportRenee C. Roche, FRP, Treasurer

Savings $3,844.24Checking $4,608.23

The Pipeline is alwaysseeking new sponsors.

See pricing information

on page 4. Contact Kim

Nowakowski for more

information at

[email protected].

Notice of Annual

Meeting and Election

of Officers

Pursuant to Bylaw 3.15, notice is

hereby given to the Active, Student,

Associate and Honorary members

of the Brevard Paralegal

Association that its Annual Meeting

will be held as follows:

Thursday, April 12, 2012

6:00 pmSuntree Country Club

Melbourne, Florida

Pursuant to Bylaw 3.9, only Active

members in good standing will be

entitled to vote.

A slate of declared candidates and

proxy forms are attached.

Mugshots

Above, Charles Thurston, BPAs

January guest speaker.

Wave Your Fingers

Day February 7th

Mardi Gras

February 21st


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The Superhero Run

5K Event

This Months Community Service Event is The Superhero 5K Run thisSaturday, February 4, 2012 at 7:30 a.m. which benefits the BrevardCounty Guardian Ad Litem Program. Sandra Day, a long time BPAmember and Guardian Ad Litem, will be participating in this Event.

Please sponsor Sandra by sending your check to:

Guardian Ad Litem OfficeMoore Justice Center

2825 Judge Fran Jamieson WayViera, FL 32940

Your check should be made payable to Friends of Children of Brevard

and Sponsoring Sandra Day for Superhero Run in the memo section ofthe check.

For more information, please contact the Guardian Ad Litem Office at321.690.6823 or Sandra Day directly at 321.626.0366.

You will receive a receipt and Thank You letter. Thank you to everyonewho supports this wonderful cause to protect our abused and neglected

children.

For further information please see the flier at the end of this newsletter.

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Toni-Mari DAlessandroCommunity Service Chair



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President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Director at Large

Silvia Cowan Nandra Ramnarine, CP,FRP

Renee Roche, FRP Ashley King Anne Cope

BPABrevard Paralegal Association,A chapter of the Paralegal Association of Florida, Inc.

__________________________________________________________________________________________

IMPORTANT!!

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS

Pursuant to Bylaw 3.15, notice is hereby given to the

Active, Student, Associate and Honorary members of the

Brevard Paralegal Association that its Annual Meeting will be held as follows:

Thursday, April 12, 20126:00 to 8:00 pm

Suntree County Club

Melbourne, Florida

Pursuant to Bylaw 3.9, only Active members in good standing with BrevardParalegal Association and the Paralegal Association of Florida, Inc. will be entitled to vote.

A slate of declared candidates and proxy forms are attached, pursuant to Bylaw 3.10.


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DECLARATION OF CANDIDACYI, _______________________, certify that I am an Active Member in good

standing with Brevard Paralegal Association, and I hereby declare mycandidacy for the following position for the 2012-2013 term of office:

PresidentVice PresidentTreasurer

SecretaryMember-At-Large

I further certify that:

1. I am an Active Member of Brevard Paralegal Association.

2. If I am declaring for the position of President, I have served on

the Board of Directors of Brevard Paralegal Association for at

least one year.

3. If elected, I will serve to the best of my ability and will abide by

the Bylaws and the Standing Rules adopted by Brevard

Paralegal Association.

Date: _________________ Name:Address:Please return to:Ashley King, SecretaryBrevard County Legal Aid, Inc.1038 Harvin Way, Suite 100Rockledge, FL 32955


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DESIGNATION OF PROXY AND ALTERNATE PROXY

Instructions and General Information

1. If you cannot attend the Brevard Paralegal Association (BPA) Annual Membership Meetingon April 12, 2012, you may designate one BPA Active member to cast your vote during the

meeting. In the event the primary designee is not able to attend, a second BPA Active membermay be appointed as an alternate. Any Active member may hold your vote with the

exception of the BPA President.

2. Make sure that your named proxy holder and alternate proxy holder plan to attend the AnnualMeeting. If your proxy holder and/or alternate proxy holder have to leave the meeting before its

conclusion, another member cannot hold your proxy. No proxy or alternate proxy holder

may be designated after April 5, 2012.

3. Your Designation of Proxy and Alternate Proxy form must be sent to the BPA Secretary. ITMUST BE IN THE SECRETARYS HANDS BY NO LATER THAN APRIL 5, 2012.

DESIGNATION OF PROXY AND ALTERNATE PROXY

I, , a BPA Active member, hereby appoint

, a BPA Active member, to serve as my proxy holder at the BPA

Annual Meeting in Melbourne, Florida on April 12, 2012. In the event my named proxy holder is

unable to hold my proxy, I hereby appoint ,

a BPA Active member, to serve as my alternate proxy at said Annual Meeting.

Dated: , 2012.

Signature

X

Print or type your name

Address

Send original Designation of Proxy to:

Ashley King, Secretary

Brevard County Legal Aid, Inc.

1038 Harvin Way, Suite 100

Rockledge, FL 32955


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INSTRUCTIONS TO PROXY AND ALTERNATE PROXY

BREVARD PARALEGAL ASSOCIATION (BPA)

ANNUAL MEETING, APRIL 12, 2012

TO: and

(Proxy Holder) (Alternate Proxy Holder)

(Address: Street or Post Office Box) (Address: Street or Post Office Box)

(City, State, Zip) (City, State, Zip)

I, , an Active member of BPA, hereby direct my proxy to vote as follows. I also direct my

alternate proxy holder to vote as follows in the event my named proxy holder is unable to attend the BPA Annual Meeting on Thursday,

April 12, 2012. In the event the candidate I have designated withdraws, I understand that my vote will be exercised at the discretion of my

proxy holder unless otherwise instructed.

DISTRIBUTION OF INSTRUCTIONS TO PROXY AND ALTERNATE PROXY:

Send one copy to both the Proxy Holder and the Alternate Proxy Holder.

DEADLINE: Your instructions must reach your proxy holder and alternate proxy holder by the date of the BPA Annual Meeting, April

12, 2012, so that they will have the instructions to cast your vote.

1. This form is provided to you as a convenience to use toinstruct your proxy holders how you wish your vote to be

cast. You are not required to use this form; however, your

proxy holders must be instructed on casting your vote.

2. Your Proxy and Alternate Proxy Holder must receive theirinstructions before the Annual Meeting.

3. Include clear instructions about how your vote should becast for each office in the event of nominations from the

floor or if more than one ballot becomes necessary to elect

any officer.

4. Do not send this form to the BPA Interim RecordingSecretary or to the Nominations/ Elections Chair. The

Secretary should receive only your Designation of Proxy

and Alternate Proxy form.5. The election of officers will take place during the BPA

Annual Meeting on Thursday, April 12, 2012, in Melbourne,

Florida.

CANDIDATES FOR OFFICECHECK ONE FOR EACH OFFICE

PRESIDENT

UndeclaredIf nominations from the floor or more than one ballot:

Vote at your discretion, OR: Vote as instructed above.

VICE-PRESIDENT



SECRETARY


TREASURER



MEMBER-AT-LARGE



Vote at your discretion, OR: Vote as instructed above

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PROXY HOLDER AND ALTERNATE PROXY HOLDER HAVE A COPY OF YOUR

VOTING INSTRUCTIONS. THEY CANNOT VOTE FOR YOU IF THEY DO NOT HAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS.

YOUR ORIGINAL DESIGNATION OF PROXY MUST BE MAILED TO THE SECRETARY BY THE DEADLINE. PROXY-

HOLDERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE IF THE SECRETARY DID NOT RECEIVE THE DESIGNATION BY THE

DEADLINE


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Markyourcalendar!

Join PAF for the

June 1 - 2, 2012

Renaissance Hotel at

International Plaza

Tampa, FL

Spring 2012Seminar

CLECLE CREDITSCREDITSAVAILABLEAVAILABLE!!

Hosted by thePAF Hillsborough Chapter


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Social Media:

The Collision of My Space, Your Space and The Work Space

Saturday, February 18th,

20128:00 a.m. 12:00 noon

Brevard Community College, King Center Rotunda3865 North Wickham Road, Melbourne, FL

Presented by:BCC Institute of Public Safety

with the support of the

Paralegal Studies Technical Advisory Committee

Pre-registration is required due to limited seatingApproval is awarded for NALA Credits.

www.brevardcc.edu

click on: Institute of Public Safety

click on: Paralegal Seminar

Check-in and Breakfast 8:00 am 8:50 am

Welcome and Introductions 8:50 am 9:00 am

Featured Speakers 9:00 am 12:00 pm

Louis Wilson, Esq. and Lanny Morris, ACEDS Executive Director

$35 registration fee ($25 current paralegal student registration fee) includes a full breakfast and all materials.

Call 433-5119 for more information.

Register online at: www.brevardcc.edu. Preferred payment is credit card, paid online upon registering. If paying by check,

please register online and submit the attached registration form with your check to:

Attn: Diane Peacock, Business/Cashiers Office, Bldg. 1-108, Brevard Community College

3865 North Wickham, Road Melbourne FL 32935.

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Registration FormSocial Security Number or Student Number_____/____/_____ Birth Date: _____________ Sex: M F

Last Name ________________________ First Name ________________________ Middle/Maiden ___________________________

Street __________________________________________________ Home Phone _________________________________________

City _______________________ State________ Zip__________________ Work Phone____________________________________

CRN# COURSE TITLE DAY TIME BLDG ROOM FEE START DATE

71512 Paralegal Seminar S 8 am 12 pm King Center Rotunda $25.00 02/18/2012

71513 Paralegal Seminar S 8 am 12 pm King Center Rotunda $35.00 02/18/2012

__________________________________________________________________________________________________ Signature of the Applicant Date

*In compliance with Florida statute 119-07(1): SSN is requested for the sole purpose of registering non credit, continuing education students. SSNs are confidential,

are immediately converted to student ID or B numbers to insure confidentiality and may be used for no other purpose. SSNs may only be disclosed to another agency

or government entity if necessary for the receiving agency or entity to perform its duties and responsibilities as authorized by law.

Refund Policy: To receive for a non-credit course, a student must submit a refund request in writing a least three business days prior to the start ofthe class. No refunds will be issued after that period.

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