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from tHe cHief execUtive officer

#31WAysin31DAys

Rebecca Ruppert McMahon

t’s back: the most wonderful time of the year! opportunities for engagement, volunteering and above and beyond in their service to our
No, I’m not delusional, thinking the business development. Doors open at 11 a.m. Bar. If you miss a day, check out Facebook
winter holidays have returned already. Among others making an appearance at or CleMetroBar.org/WeLoveOurMembers
Our Bar’s most wonderful time of the year the Membership Expo will be: for a complete listing.
I comes with the run-up to our Annual • The Bar Foundation – check out the • Surprises Galore: Members of Team
Meeting, an event happening this year on Friday, Fellows Program and get entered into CMBA will be popping up both inside the
June 7 at the Cleveland Downtown Marriott. a drawing for a free registration to the Bar and across town, surprising members
Our theme for the 12 Annual Meeting will be Halloween Run or free tickets to Rock the with sweet treats, surprise lunches, balloons
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The Power of One. Time and again, we have Foundation 15. and more. You never know where we might
seen that one lawyer can single-handedly bring • Volunteer Now! – how about giving a show up or what might be waiting for you
about great change in Cleveland and elsewhere. little time to our Reach Out for Nonprofits, when you Meet us at the Bar!
Here’s our chance to collectively recognize our Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts or Pro Se • MAYDAY19: Register for any one of
legal community’s game changers. Divorce clinics? our May or June CLE programs by
As a part of our celebration, we will pay • We Love Our Schools – The 3Rs, Mock May 31, 2019 and receive 25% off your
tribute to: Trial and the Legal Clinics at the CMSD registration using the code “MAYDAY.”
• Marlon Primes, who will reflect on are looking for volunteers! • Maybe an occasional workday diversion
highlights from his year as CMBA President • Membership – renew your membership is more your speed? Spend a few minutes
and the many, many accomplishments of onsite and skip the invoice process completely. during the month of May surfing our social
our collective Bar; • Lawyer Referral Service – looking for new media outlets — Facebook, Twitter and
• Ian Friedman, our incoming President, client leads? Have we got a service for you! LinkedIn — and find spontaneous specials
will set a course for the year to come as • Meet Us at the Conference Center – did and giveaways that are members-only.
we continue driving forward in pursuit of you know Members who meet us at the • And finally, each May day our members can
the CMBA’s 2026 future state, one member Bar receive FREE access to a member head to our website — CleMetroBar.org/
at a time; office and two conference rooms, plus WeLoveOurMembers — and enter to win
• our incoming Bar Foundation President, preferred rates on all other rooms? a one-of-a-kind Bar package. The winner
Pat Krebs, and our outgoing Foundation The Annual Meeting also represents the will be revealed on the jumbo screen at our
President, Stephanie Dutchess Trudeau, grand finale to our month-long celebration Annual Meeting on June 7.
both of whom have been instrumental in of what is best about our Bar: our members! And that’s just the beginning. Lots more
leading the charge as our Foundation raises Throughout May, we are saying thank you for is coming your way throughout May. Keep
funds that are essential for the unification of all that you have done to help us make this checking Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, your
our legal, business and civic communities to year such a success. From member spotlights, email and our website (CleMetroBar.org/
lift up those in need and the next generation; raffles and other giveaways, we will show WeLoveOurMembers) to see the latest of our
• the newest class of 50/65 Year Honorees, you #31Waysin31Days. That’s 31 Ways the #31Waysin31Days.
as well as the recipients of this year’s CMBA can say THANK YOU in 31 Days So you see, the most wonderful time of year
President’s, Justice For All and of May. No strings attached. No fine print to takes flight as Membership Appreciation soars
Professionalism Awards; and read. We simply want you to know that we’ve at the CMBA. Let us show you our thanks again
• the graduation of our second Leadership had a great Bar year because of you. and again — and keep coming back to Meet us
Academy cohort. So, what are these thank yous? Here’s at the Bar!
Immediately before the luncheon begins a sampling:
(noon sharp!), our annual Membership Expo • Members of the Day: Back by popular
will give you the chance to better connect with demand, we will be spotlighting a member Rebecca Ruppert McMahon is the CEO of the
Section, Committee and Program leaders, as (or two) each day of the month. Look for an CMBA. She has been a CMBA member since
well as some of our community partners. Here’s email in your inbox every Monday revealing 1995. She can be reached at (216) 696-3525 or
your chance, in one easy swoop, to learn about the identities of the members who have gone rmcmahon@clemetrobar.org.
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