Ethics in Action: PRSA to Hear How Snohomish Utility Turned the Tables on Enron's 'Bad Boy' Traders.SEATTLE -- Chapter members to vote on slate of new board members, welcome new officers at Annual Meeting In a PRSA PRSA Public Relations Society of America PRSA Personal Retirement Savings Account PRSA Puerto Rican Student Association PRSA Puerto Rican Studies Association PRSA Park and Recreation Service Area PRSA President of the Royal Scottish Academy breakfast event, Snohomish PUD PUD abbr. peptic ulcer disease Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) A stomach disorder marked by corrosion of the stomach lining due to the acid in the digestive juices. spokesman Neil Neroutsos, APR APR See: Annual Percentage Rate , will explain how the PUD organized a nationwide communications Nationwide Communications Inc. was a media subsidiary of the Nationwide Insurance Company, which operated from 1946 until 1997. Based in Columbus, Ohio, Nationwide Communications owned and operated a variety of radio and television stations across the United States until it sold campaign to defend its customers against unethical business practices. The Thursday, Oct. 21 event, organized by the Puget Sound Puget Sound (py  `jĕt), arm of the Pacific Ocean, NW Wash., connected with the Pacific by Juan de Fuca Strait, entered through the Admiralty Inlet and extending in two arms c. chapter of PRSA, will be held at McCormick and Schmick's Harborside Restaurant, 1200 Westlake Avenue North in Seattle. In the wake of Enron's dramatic collapse, the Snohomish Public Utility District rooted out audio tapes that showed Enron energy traders joking about manipulating energy prices and abusing customers. Now the PUD is turning the tables -- those ethical lapses could prevent bankrupt Enron from collecting $122 million in contract fees from Snohomish ratepayers. Neroutsos will also comment on what communicators can do to keep their organizations on the ethical straight and narrow. This meeting will also serve as the Puget Sound Chapter's Annual Meeting, and chapter members present will be able to vote on the organization's slate of new board members and PRSA Assembly Delegates. For Board of Directors, nominees are Patricia C. Graesser, APR, public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Catherine Sweeney, APR, marketing communications lead for IDX Systems Corp's Carecast unit; and Amber Ukena, vice president and account director with Owen Media. For Assembly Delegate, nominees are Bruce Amundson, APR, director of financial and media relations with the Weyerhaeuser Co., and Davina Gruenstein, APR,management supervisor at Publicis Dialog. The event is open to PRSA members, non-members, friends, spouses and clients. Tickets cost $25 for PRSA members and $35 for non-members. Breakfast is included. Register by noon on Oct. 18 to avoid a $5 late fee. The event is sponsored by ACT Teleconferencing and the Boeing Co. About PRSA The Puget Sound chapter of PRSA is a non-profit organization aimed at advancing the profession of public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most . The regional chapter of the national organization has approximately 400 members in Western Washington. Event reservations/information: 206-623-8632 |
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