The 2010 Carolinas RIMS Educational Golf Outing will be held on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at the Springfield Golf Course in beautiful and historic Fort Mill, South Carolina.  Please check out the website below for more information.  There will be more details posted soon.

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The Carolinas Chapter of RIMS annual Service Provider Appreciation Luncheon is March 18, 2010.  If you are a member of the Chapter, please take this opportunity to nominate two of your service providers to join.  The luncheon will be held at the Bonterra Dining and Wine Room beginning at 11:30am.  Lunch will be served at 12:00PM.  Please note that this is event is for Carolinas Chapter members only.

Please contact Jenny Jones with the following by Monday, March 1:

1.       Name, Company, Email of your two service provider nominations

2.       Will you be in attendance?

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In an effort to offer greater benefits to our member companies, the Carolinas Chapter is offering two paid internships of $3000 each for the summer of 2010.

Posted below is the application for the member company to complete and submit no later than Friday, March 12, 2010.  A decision on the two companies chosen to receive funding will be made no later than Friday, April 2, 2010.

Summer Internship Application

Requirements and details are included on the application. 

If you have any questions, please contact Jenny Jones (704-227-4592) or Jeanie Norman (704-557-4473).

Note: This is not a RIMS-sponsored event

The Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Roundtables are a series of presentations by company leaders involved in enterprise risk management. The ERM Roundtable series provides risk management professionals a forum where they can discuss and exchange ideas about effective ERM practices and techniques. Presentations are made by practitioners who share their best practices in working through the challenges of managing risk across the enterprise, as well as by faculty who present their related research.

ERM Roundtable Summit

March 12, 2010, 8:30AM - 12:00PM, beginning with a continental breakfast at 8:00 AM

The Westin Hotel (downtown Charlotte)

Session 1: ERM:  Lessons Learned (8:30 AM - 10:00 AM)

Panelists:                            
Marshall Croom: Chief Risk Officer, Lowe’s Corporation

David Landsittel: COSO Chair; Serves on Two Boards

Dan Wall: Chief Risk Officer, RBC Bank USA

Susie Wilson: VP, General Auditor and Chief Risk Officer, Reynolds American Corporation

Moderator: Bailey Jordan – Partner, Grant Thornton, LLP

Session 2: ERM:  Directions for the Future (10:30 AM - 12:00 PM):

Panelists:                            
Steve Dreyer: Managing Director, Standard & Poor’s

David Fox: Director of Risk Management, KBR, Inc.

Trent Gazzaway: Partner, Grant Thornton, LLP

Jim Traut: Director – ERM, H.J. Heinz

Moderator: Mark Beasley –Deloitte Professor of ERM and Director, NC State ERM Iniative

Note: This is not a RIMS sponsored event.  If you have questions please go to: http://www.mgt.ncsu.edu/erm/index.php/events/entry/erm-roundtable-march2010/

The Carolinas Chapter of RIMS will hold its annual Shadow Day on Tuesday, February 16, 2010.  Each year our Chapter invites students from the University of North Carolina Charlotte and from Appalachian State University to spend the day with a risk management professional. 

We still need several company sponsors for this event.  Please join representatives from the following companies who have already committed to be a 2010 shadow sponsor to at least one college student:

• Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
• EDS
• FairPoint Communications
• Family Dollar
• GMAC
• Harris Teeter
• McNair Law Firm
• Willis

For those who have already committed to be a sponsor, thank you.  Your assistance is greatly appreciated.  If you have never participated in this event or are still considering whether to commit the time, please consider participating this year.  The Chapter will provide free breakfast and dinner for the sponsors, students, and the college professors.  If you need suggestions on activities for the day, please contact Bryant Barnhardt (Claims Manager, Harris Teeter) at 704-844-3964.  Please complete the form below and email or fax it (704-844-3054) to Bryant by Friday, January 22, 2010.

Thank you in advance for agreeing to share your knowledge with the next generation.

RIMS Shadow Day 2010 Sponsor Request form