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Kentucky Datebook: Business meetings, classes and events for the week of Feb. 15

Meetings

The University of Kentucky Alumni Association Job Club will meet from 9 to 10:15 a.m. Feb. 23 at Fayette County Cooperative Extension Service, 1140 Red Mile Place. Topic: Tough Transitions — Is Age Impacting Your Search? Info: (859) 257-8905 or www.ukalumni.net/jobclub.

The Bluegrass Business Analysts Chapter will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 17 at Tempur Sealy International, 1000 Tempur Way. Food and drinks provided. Register at Bluegrassiiba.com. Cost: $5 members and students, $10 others.

Lexington ARMA Chapter will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 26 at Brontë Bistro in Joseph-Beth Booksellers’ at The Mall at Lexington Green. Lunch is $17 for members, $20 for others. First-time attendees receive a free lunch ticket to be used at a future meeting. Topic: Privacy and Data Security Concerns for Document Retention Professionals, presented by Ian Ramsey, chief information security officer for Stites & Harbison and co-chair of the firm’s privacy and data security practice group. For more information, call Dorothy DeLong at 859-858-8815.

Bluegrass Retired Teachers Association will meet at 11:30 a.m. March 8 at Paris Christian Church. Clay’s Restaurant in Paris will cater the luncheon. Kenney Roseberry will give the devotional. Members of the Paris YMCA staff will talk to the group about the organization’s programs, and entertainment will follow. The cost of the luncheon is $16. Reservations and checks are due to Anna Mack, 112 Hamilton Park, Lexington, Ky. 40504, by March 1.

Workshops and classes

The Central Kentucky Computer Society offers the following workshops and classes at 160 Moore Drive, Suite 107. Info: 859-373-1000 or at Ckcs.org.

Workshops:

▪  Photo Coffee, 9 a.m. Feb. 18 and 25.

▪  Microsoft Access, 7 p.m. Feb. 18.

▪  Database, 7 p.m. Feb. 22.

▪  Digital Photography, 7 p.m. Feb. 23.

▪  Unix/Linux, 7 p.m. Feb. 25.

▪  Word Processing, 1:30 p.m. March 1.

▪  Tech Chat, 1:30 p.m. March 3.

▪  Dr. Fixit, 10 a.m. March 5.

Grant Writing 101 will be offered from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 16 at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset. Melissa Vermillion, grant writer for Hazard Community & Technical College, will cover the fundamentals. To register, contact Robyn Phillips, training and e-learning services coordinator, at 606-677-6000 or go to the calendar of events at Centertech.com for a course description and online registration link. Lunch will be provided. The Center for Rural Development is at 2292 South U.S. 27 (at Traffic Light 15).

The Procurement Technical Assistance Center/LFUCG will offer the following workshops. To register, call 859-257-7668 or go to Bit.ly/PTACFallWorkshops2.

▪  How to Market Your Business to the Federal Government, 10 a.m.-noon Feb. 23. Online. Free.

▪  New Processes Implemented for Getting Your Veteran-Owned Small Business Verification, 10 a.m.-noon March 8. Free. Online webinar.

▪  How to Write a Request for Proposal, 10 a.m.-noon March 16. Free. Online webinar.

▪  Developing a Powerful Capability Statement, 2-4 p.m. March 31. Free. Lexington Public Library, 140 East Main Street, Room A.

Compiled by Dorothea Wingo

This story was originally published February 14, 2016 at 9:14 AM with the headline "Kentucky Datebook: Business meetings, classes and events for the week of Feb. 15."

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