Kentucky Datebook

Classes

IEC of the Bluegrass will present the following six-hour Kentucky- and Ohio-approved electrical continuing education classes at the IEC Training Center, 493 Blue Sky Parkway: Business and Employment Law, Business Practices and Compliance With OSHA, A Practical Approach, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 20, $100 members, $125 non-members; Master Electricians and Electricians: 2008 NEC Code Update, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 21, $50 members, $65 non-members. Information: (859) 266-4968 or visit www.iecbluegrass.org to register.

Small Business Development Center of the Bluegrass will offer the following training events: The Small Business Startup, 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 17, Lexington Public Library, Tates Creek Branch, 3628 Walden Drive, free; Business Plan Basics, 3 to 5 p.m. Nov. 19, Commerce Lexington building, 330 East Main Street, $25. Information: (859) 257-7666.

Meetings

The League of Women Voters of Lexington will host its second Dinner and Democracy at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Faith Lutheran Church, 1000 Tates Creek Road. Program: Planning for Kentucky's energy future. Cost: $10. Reservations: (859) 494-3203.

Women Republicans of Central Kentucky will have a strategic planning session from 5:15 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Signature Club, 3256 Lansdowne Dr. Speaker: Laura Emberton Owens, former Kentucky secretary of education. Cost: $18 members, $20 guests. Reservations at www.wrock.ws.

Kentucky-West Virginia IREM Chapter 104 will meet Thursday at 11:30 a.m. at The Lexington Club, 170 Esplanade. Cost $15. Reservations by today: (859) 269-5669, Ext. 123.

Frankfort-Bluegrass Chapter of ARMA International will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 19 at Brontë Bistro at Joseph-Beth Booksellers. Speaker: Doug Allen, president of ARMA. Topic: Standards and best practices in records and information management. Lunch included. Free for first-time attendees. Cost: $17 members, $20 non-members. Reservations: Roger Hamperian: (859) 425-2071.

National Marine Corps Business Network, NMCBN, the business network exclusive to Marines, has opened a new Lexington chapter. The group meets at 1 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at Pazzo's, 385 South Limestone. Information: Paul Atkisson, (859) 389-7506 or visit www.NMCBN.com.

American Association of Individual Investors, Louisville Chapter, meets at 6 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month at Standard Country Club, 8208 Brownsboro Road, Louisville. Information: Kathleen, (502) 722-9596.

Bluegrass Kiwanis Club meets at 11:30 a.m. Thursdays at Crowne Plaza Hotel Lexington — The Campbell House, 1375 Harrodsburg Road. Information: Paul Bimschleger, (859) 272-1467.

Lexington Kiwanis Club meets at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Crowne Plaza — The Campbell House, 1375 Harrodsburg Road. Information, Mel Boyd, (859) 277-2058.

Lexington Lions Club meets at 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Central Christian Church, 205 East Short Street. Information: Sue Alexander: (859) 266-6969.

Seminars/Other

Lexington Business Xchange, a business networking event, will be 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Carrabbas Grill, 1881 Plaudit Place. Cost: $30 advance, $35 on-site.

A Kentucky Environmental Journalism Conference will be 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Powell Student Center at Eastern Kentucky University. Keynote speaker: Tom Eblen of the Lexington Herald-Leader. Cost: $15, $10 students; includes breakfast, lunch and handouts. Registration: Deborah Givens, (859) 622-6564.

Women Leading Kentucky will offer a board training seminar from 1 to 4 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Central Baptist Education Center, 1720 Nicholasville Road. The seminar is designed to train new and existing members of non-profit boards on best practices. Cost: $75; includes registration, materials and a certificate of completion. Kentucky-licensed CPAs can receive continuing professional education credits for participating in the training. Register at www.womenleadingky.com.

The Central Kentucky Computer Society will present Understanding and Maintaining Your Computer at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at 160 Moore Drive, No. 107. $25. Registration: (859) 373-1000.

Workshops

Central Kentucky Computer Society will offer the following workshops at 160 Moore Drive, Suite 107. Workshops begin at 7 p.m., unless otherwise noted. Tech Night, Monday; Windows XP-Vista, Tuesday; LexMug, Wednesday; MAC, Thursday; Access, Nov. 19; Investments, Nov. 21. Information/registration: (859) 373-1000 or visit www.ckcs.org.

The Central Kentucky Inventors Council will hold its Inventors Workshop at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Bluegrass Area Development Center, 699 Perimeter Drive. Membership: $40. Information: www.ckic.org or (859) 201-1331.

Development of a Business Plan (with consideration of Web-based marketing and the legal structure for a new business) will be presented by SCORE-Lexington from 3 to 5 pm. Wednesday at Commerce Lexington, 330 East Main Street. Cost: $25 with pre-registration at www.score-lexington.org, $35 at the door. Information: (859) 231-9902, mornings only.

The Bluegrass Business Development Partnership and The Solarity Group will offer a two-day workshop on Project Management Training from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 16 and 17 at the Commerce Lexington building, 330 East Main Street. Cost: $500-$1,000. Information: www.solarity.com/bbdp.

Compiled by Dorothea Wingo