President's Message: April 2019

By Brian Gilman, SpringHill Suites Huntington Beach
2018-2019 MPIOC President

This term, I’ve been sharing my story as an MPIOC member who’s gone from being uninvolved to the role of president for this dynamic chapter, talking about how we are “Raising Our Game” individually and as a chapter.

I have had some reflection time and focused that on what we’ve done more recently and where we are going. Over the past three months, the MPIOC has had over 300 attendees at our events. We continue to reach more industry peers each month and are looking to continue to increase our reach during the next 3 months as we have some exciting events lined up, including:

• Annual Spring Social and Auction at Time Night Club at the Triangle in Costa Mesa on Wednesday April 3, 2019. This is also MPIOC’s Global Meetings Industry Day (#GMID19) celebration.
• SIPS* at Sea on Wednesday April 10, 2019 at Hornblower Cruises and Events, Newport Beach.
• MPIOC Education Mini-Summit and CVB Fair where you can get 2 CEU’s and learn all aspects of Event Safety.

In June, our Annual Awards And Installation Gala will finish off this 2018-2019 term as we showcase all our successes and hear from the President-Elect Pawntra Shadab on her “2020 Vision” for our chapter.

What does this mean to you, the members of MPIOC? It means you are a part of a dynamic chapter that is growing, getting stronger, increasing educational offerings and expanding our reach and buying power. Join us as we continue to journey together to Raise Our Game.

Respectfully,

Brian