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QRCA 20th ANNIVERSARY

1983-2003

QRCAIT’S A FAMILY

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QRCAIT’S A FAMILY

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1983-200320TH ANNIVERSARY

QRCA FAMILYALBUM

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What was happening in 1983?

• Ronald Reagan was President• George Bush, the father, was Vice

Pres.• Sally Ride had her first space ride• 237 Marines killed in Beirut at US

Embassy• Unemployment 9.6%

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What was happening in 1983?

• CD’s first introduced• M*A*S*H’s last episode• The Color Purple won a Pulitzer Prize• Top Movies: The Big Chill, Terms of

Endearment• Record of the Year: "Rosanna," Toto

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What was happening in 1983?

• N.C. State defeated Houston (54-52) inNCAA Final Four

• At the U.S. Open TennisChampionships Martina Navratilovadefeated Chris Evert Lloyd; JimmyConners defeated Ivan Lendl

• The Baltimore Orioles won the WorldSeries over the Philadelphia Phillies.

• NBA Finals, the Philadelphia 76ers beatthe LA Lakers in 4 straight games

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What was happening in 1983?

Who passed away that year?• Tennessee Williams• Joan Miro• Buckminster Fuller• Jack Dempsey• Karen Carpenter

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What was NEW in 1983?

• HIV was discovered• Camcorders were available• FCC authorizes Motorola to begin

testing cellular phone service inChicago.

• Cabbage Patch kids are first introduced

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Doing business in 1983 . . .Can you imagine . . .?

• No fax machines• No computers• No e-mail• No cell phones• No pressure to respond NOW!!

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How we did business in 1983

• We typed on typewriters• We talked to people on telephones

wired to the wall• We cut and taped our reports together• We used Fed Ex so we had no demand

to get things in client’s hands NOW!• We had more time to think and reflect

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What research cost in 1983

• Total cost of one group = $2500• Just to moderate = $200 to $500• Incentives = $20 to $25• Coast to coast air travel = Same as

today• Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.20

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QRCA: A Twinkle in the Eye ofIts Parents

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Founding Members

• Nilda Anderson• Myril Axelrod• Ken Berwitz• Blanka Eckstein• Fay Ennis• Gerie Feldman• Sidney Furst

• Judith Gediman• Sandra Golden• Marilyn Landis

Hauser• Susan Newton• Heidi Washburn

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Active Founders

ΦKathryn AlexanderΦAnnette BamundoΦBonnie GoebertΦWarren GoldmanΦJ. R. HarrisΦFrank KennedyΦJudy Langer

ΦSharon LivingstonΦHy MariampolskiΦIrv MersonΦLeon SchiffmanΦGeorge SilvermanΦGina ThorneΦBill Weylock

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Do You Know . . .?

• Where and when was the first chapterfounded?–Chicago ….. 1988

• Where was first conference outside theUS?–Montreal

• What was the first QRCA online forum?–CompuServe

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Do You Know . . .?

• Who was the 100th member?–Pierre Belisle joined 7/31/89

• Who was the 500th member?–Mauricio Remba joined 9/18/00

• Who was the 800th member?– Juan Jose Valera joined 9/30/03

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Do You Know . . .?

• We didn’t always have a conference?• Brain child of Lynn Greenberg with

help from Gina Thorne• 1986 in NYC at the Halloran House• Let’s take a look

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Brochure for the First Conference

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Lynn Greenberg, Gina Thorne, Frank Kennedy1986

QRCA First Annual Conference in NYC

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J.R. Harris1986

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Elizabeth Hardwick, Lynn Greenberg. GinaThorne and Bill Weylock 1986

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Irv Merson 1986

24Frank Kennedy and Myril Axelrod 1986

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25Suzette deVogelaere 1986

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Hy Mariampolski 1986

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27Bill Weylock and Heidi Washburn 1986

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Siri Lynn in the center of her ConferenceFriends 1986

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Barbara Levy, Suzette deVogelaere andArlene Rosenthal 1986

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Linda Haviland1986

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31 Judy Langer, Naomi Henderson 1986

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Deborah Potts1986

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Conference History

• Starting in 1986, NYC - Lynn Greenberg &Gina Thorne

• 1987 NYC – Lynn Greenberg & Gina Thorne• 1988 Chicago - Lee Strickland & Curt Fedder• 1989 Chicago – Lee Strickland• 1990 NYC – Curt Fedder & Susan Pogash

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Conference History

• 1991 San Francisco - Suzette deVogelaere• 1992 Washington DC - Suzette & Barbara

Rosenthal• 1993 NYC - Pat Sabena• 1994 Chicago - Sybil Broh & Howard Kaspin• 1995 San Francisco (Oakland) – Etta Kinney

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Conference History

• 1996 Montreal - Gillian Tuffin & Julie Sylvestre

• 1997 NYC – Casey Sweet & Kathy Hogarty

• 1998 Phoenix - Casey Sweet & BeckyDay

• 1999 Orlando – Barbara Allan & Janelle Polito

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Conference History

• 2000 San Diego - Maryanne Pflug & Siri Lynn

• 2001 Chicago - Jeff Walkowski & Kim Funcik

• 2002 Toronto - Mark Lovell & Michelle Massie

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Do You Know . . .?

• Our first international member?– Vivian Thonger joined on 2/9/87

• Our first European conference?– Paris 2001

• Views first appeared as a newsletter?– September 1984

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First Issue ofViews -

September 1984Editor - Hy

Mariampolski

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Next evolutionof Views –

Spring 1991

Alice Rodgers- Editor

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Do You Know . . .?

• Views firstappeared as a magazine?– Fall 2002

• Views has won anAward already?

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QRCA Matriarchs& Patriarchs

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Past Presidents

ΗJudy LangerΗFrank KennedyΗJ. R. HarrisΗBill WeylockΗHy Mariampolski

Η Irv MersonΗPat SabenaΗLynn GreenbergΗJim BrysonΗRicardo Lopez

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Judy Langer

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Frank Kennedy

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J. R. Harris

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BillWeylock

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HyMariampolski

48Irv Merson

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49Pat Sabena

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LynnGreenberg

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Jim Bryson

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Ricardo Lopez

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QRCA FamilyWise guys & gals

QRCA FamilyWise guys & gals

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55Kendall Gay

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PierreBelisle

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GuylaineBakerdjian

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FrancescaMoscatelli

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QRCA FamilyWise guys & gals

IN MEMORIAM:A family never forgets

its loved ones

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Remembering . . .

Louise Bahns

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Remembering . . .

Toni Berke

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Remembering . . .

Deidre Mouillet

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Remembering . . .

Maryanne Pflug

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Remembering . . .

Ellen Tobin

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Remembering . . .

Bernadette Tracy

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IN MEMORIAM:A family never forgets

its loved ones

QRCA Family Values

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The Next Generation

QRCA Up-and-Comers

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QRCA Up-and-Comers

• Christine Cevenka• Petek Cirpili• Susan Corbelli• Julia Gartside-Spink• Pam Goldfarb• Martha Guidry

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QRCA Up-and-Comers

• Mark Herring• Ilka Kuhagen• Cheryl Ladd• Lana Limpert• Mindy Predovic• Joel Reish

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QRCA Up-and-Comers

• Jonathan Schneider• Bernie Schwartz• Kristin Schwitzer• Susan Thornhill• Andrea Werboff• Cathy Whitehead McIntyre

Happy 20th Anniversary toQRCA from

Around the World

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Parhaimmat onnittelut 20 -vuotiaalleQRCA:lle! Tsemppiä!

Arto Svensk, Helsinki Finland

20dogumgünün kutlu olsun QRCA!!

Nice yýllara...

Petek Cirpili, Turkey"

Gefeliciteerd met 20 jaar QRCA! Lang zal ze leven!

Vivian Thonger, The Netherlands

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Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum 20 Jährigen BestehenQRCA! Und noch viele weitere erfolgreiche Jahre!“

Ilka Kuhagen, Germany

∀Χηεστιτ ροζηδεν δεν ΘΡΧΑ! Ζα µνογο γοδινι∀Ρυµψανα Καλχηεϖα

Σοφια,

Rumyana Kalcheva, Sofia, Bulgaria

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QRCA. Parabéns pelos seus 20 anos!!!!Jack Kravitz, Brasil

Un saludo de felcitación desde ElSalvador, Centro América, por los 20

añosde QRCA, éxitos para todos!!

Ana María Herrarte, El Salvador

"Felicitari cu ocazia celor 20 de ani, QRCA!Si la mai multi!"Toate cele bune

Bogdana Baltasiu, Romania

QRCAOne Big

Happy Family