01/05 Calendar Feb. 6 The 1996 Hazardous Waste Annual Report Workshop will be at State Technical Institute from 8 a.m. to noon. For more information, call the University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services at (615) 532-8657. The Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division will sponsor an ethics forum on associate-partner relations from 1 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The seminar offers three continuing legal education hours. The cost is $100 for TBA members and $150 for non-members. For more information, call (800) 899-6993. Feb. 7 The Memphis International Council will have its opening meeting at 7:30 a.m. at the Adams Mark Hotel. The guest speaker will be Sir Alistair Hunter, Her Majestys Consul General for the New York region and director-general for Trade & Investment, USA. The cost is $20. For more information, call the Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce at 575-3500. The Mid-South Society of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners will meet at 11:45 a.m. at the Racquet Club. Robert M. Crowe, a financial consultant, writer and educator, will speak on the time value of money in financial planning. Continuing education credits will be available. For reservations, call 767-9187. Feb. 8 The Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. will meet at the Fogelman Executive Center at the University of Memphis. Social hour will begin at 6 p.m. and dinner will be served at 7 p.m. Reservations can be placed with John Matthews of the Promus Hotel Corp. The Memphis Legal Secretaries Association will meet at the First Tennessee Building, 165 Madison Ave. For more information on the meeting or membership, call Cathy Neaves at 522-9000 or call 541-5757. The American Institute of Architects will meet at 11:30 a.m. at the Arcade Restaurant. The meeting will address construction delivery methods including construction management, design/build and standard delivery. Speakers will be Larry Patterson, regional marketing manager for the Rentenbach Cos.; Thomas V. Thillen, a principal of HBG Management Inc., a division of Hnedak Bobo Group Inc.; and Jim Dobbs of AutoZone Inc. The cost is $10 per person in advance or $15 per person at the door. For reservations, call 525-3818 before Feb. 1. The Tennessee Bar Association will sponsor a program on the Tennessee Supreme Courts ruling on alternative dispute resolution from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Peabody Hotel. Advance registration is $125 for members of TBAs dispute resolution section, $150 for TBA members, $200 for non-members, $60 for law office personnel and $30 for law students. For more information, call (800) 899-6993. Feb. 9 The Memphis Legal Secretaries Association and the Arkansas Association of Legal Secretaries have scheduled a two-day Professional Legal Secretary Institute at the Wilson World Hotel. For additional information, contact Lisa C. Erwin at 362-3400. The Tennessee Bar Association will sponsor a program on achieving quality of life in the practice of law from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the Peabody Hotel. Advance registration is $75 for members of TBAs law office technology and management section, $100 for TBA members, $150 for non-members, $50 for law office personnel and $30 for law students. Feb. 10 The Shelby County Republican Party will hold its annual Lincoln Day dinner at 7 p.m. the Adams Mark Hotel. House Republican Whip Tom DeLay of Texas will be the keynote speaker. Tickets for the fund-raising dinner are $35 and $100. For ticket information, call 682-3335. Feb. 11 The University of Memphis will sponsor an Insights lecture at 3 p.m. in Room 123 of the Fogelman Executive Center. Dr. David Kemme will discuss economic transition in Russia, Poland and Hungary. The lecture is free and open to the public. Feb. 12 The MidSouth Workers Compensation Association will meet at 11:30 a.m. at the Racquet Club. The speaker will be Dr. William Bourland of The Orthopaedic Clinic, who will address "Reduction of Workers Compensation Costs by Physician-Employer Cooperation." The cost is $15 for members and $20 for non-members. Reservations should be faxed to Carol Robertson at 541-9221. Professional Secretaries International will meet at the Memphis Marriott at Perkins and American Way. The cost, which includes dinner, is $12. Larry W. Papasan, president of Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics, will be speak on diversity in the workplace. For more information, call Nancy Compton at 757-3097. Feb. 15 State Technical Institute will offer a basic estate planning seminar from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The cost is $15. The seminar will be presented by Tom Maschmeyer, an attorney specializing in estate planning and business law, and Thomas J. Deutsch, an investment consultant. For more information, call 383-4368 or 383-4247. The Home Builders Association of Memphis will sponsor a seminar from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at HBAM offices at 776 Germantown Parkway. Gary Blume, managing broker of Reid Realtors, will present a free seminar explaining Tennessees new agency law. The course has been approved for continuing education credit. For reservations, call Laurie Bradshaw at 756-4500. The Institute of Real Estate Management, Memphis chapter No. 20, will meet at the Racquet Club. The meeting will feature David C. Scruggs, a partner with Evans & Petree, who will discuss "The Evils of Property Taxes: Past, Present and Future." The cost is $15 per person for non-members. For reservations, call 684-6392 by noon Feb. 13. Rhodes College will sponsor its C. Whitney Brown Management Seminar from 8:30 a.m. to noon in Hardie Auditorium. The seminar will feature Mike Kami, who will discuss "Managing the Future: Revolution, Not Evolution." For more information, call 726-3965. Feb. 19 The Roundtable for Women in Foodservice, Memphis chapter, will meet from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Shelby Place. Judy Patton, senior vice president of Food Insights, will speak on "Understanding Your Customer: The Psychology Behind Food Marketing." The cost is $15 per person for members and $20 for non-members. For reservations, call Julie Spelman at 227-5190. East Memphis Business and Professional Women will meet at 6 p.m. at the Lulu Grille. The speaker will be Carolyn Falk-Harwell, an AT&T consultant to small businesses. The cost is $13. For information or reservations, call Joy Lee at 385-7065 or Gloria Smith at 384-4458. Feb. 21 The Society for Marketing Professional Services, Mid-South Chapter, will meet from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Lulu Grille. The speaker will be Deborah Camp, publisher of Doing Business in Memphis. The cost is $16 for members and $20 for non-members. For reservations, call Khristi Aquilini at 278-6868.