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Speakers & Dates for New Winston Museum Salon Series

21 Thursday Mar 2013

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Check out the following series of talks at New Winston Museum (no admission charges): https://www.facebook.com/NewWinston

March 28th at 5:30 pm there will be a talk on the new stained glass windows that have been created for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.  Anyone interested in architecture or stained glass will find this very interesting.

 

April 11th at 11:45 am – just as we are going into gardening season David Bare (Reynolda Gardens & the WS Journal), Eric Jackson (Old Salem Gardens) and Margaret & Salem Neff (Beta Verde) will be speaking about heirloom gardening.  If any of you are in a garden club it would be wonderful if you passed this information on to your fellow members.

 

April 25th at 5:30 pm Artist Jan Detter (teaches at WFU in the Entrepreneurial Program and has created art pieces all over town) will be speaking on the evolution of textiles as art and what it is like to be a professional working artist.  She is an incredibly dynamic and inspiring speaker.  Anyone interested in the Arts will love hearing her ideas.

 

May 9th at 11:45 am local historian Fam Brownlee will be speaking about the joining of Winston and Salem.  He knows lots of interesting stories about the period and is just a delight to listen to.  His talk will be a wonderful way to start your celebration of the centennial of Winston-Salem.

 

May 23rd at 5:30 pm will be Twin City Story Time.  Four WS writers, including our very own Bill Womble will be sharing their tales of the city.

 

June 13th at 12:30 pm fellow board members and Scott Wierman (Winston-Salem Foundation) will be speaking about the many ways that philanthropy has shaped our city.

 

June 27th at 5:30 pm Ellen Kutcher (Director of Historic Bethabara Park) will be speaking of our community’s unique shared history.

 

Attorney review agreement before signing (even or especially if family)

14 Thursday Mar 2013

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Should I go to the expense of having an Attorney review my agreement before I sign?

Yes. See below.

What if it’s with a family member? Friend?

Even more reason to review. The old adage: “If friend/family can’t … who can.”

 

Yet again another potential client comes to see me about suing a business partner.

Once again, there are problems.

1)     Don’t wait until years pass since you were last paid or invested money. You make your case harder and impossible due to statutes of limitations that will bar you from recovering in a court of law. I had one person that had invested a substantial sum in a business with a (family member). The investment was over 3 years ago and they had received nothing but communications that put them off and delayed them. This is the ‘run around’.  When you run into road blocks, recognize the run around, then go consult with an attorney to either a) straighten out the situation or b) when step a) fails, litigate the matter on your behalf.

2)     But almost egregious was the agreement drafted BY the parties. No attorney was used. It had all sorts of horrible language that made me cringe. I looked at the potential client, who told me to tell them straight, and said that language sinks your case.

“Who drafted this?” I asked.

“We did.”

I grimaced.

If you’re going to invest $10,000, $20,000, or more, don’t you want to make sure you have a good chance of receiving your investment returns or at least getting your money back? Then go see an attorney. Sometimes a consult will help you decide if you even need to be getting into the deal at all.

 

The choice is up to you.

 

 

REMINDER: File your NC Secretary of State Annual Minutes before April 15th

01 Friday Mar 2013

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Go to this page:

http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/corporations/CSearch.aspx

type in your company name

Select your company (verify your information on the page you select)

Select “File an Annual Report”

Begin Process. Have Credit Card handy.

This form doesn’t always allow you to enter a company

 

If you print out make sure you enter a telephone number for the company or you’ll be rejected.

 

NOTE: Corporations still need to do Annual Meetings of Shareholders & Directors to maintain corporate formalities. You need that to keep the limited liability corporate shield.

Call Kirk Sanders if you need your annual meetings drafted. It’s not that difficult.

336-724-4707

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