Sept Sept. 9 Professional Secretaries International will meet at 6 p.m. at the Marriott hotel, 2625 Thousand Oaks Blvd. The guest speaker will be Julie Terry, a certified public accountant and financial advisor with American Express. The cost is $12. For more information, call Nathalie Reynolds at 386-6821. Sales Forum of Memphis will meet at noon at Andertons restaurant, 1901 Madison Ave. The guest speaker will be Nancy Lawhead, Shelby County special assistant to the mayor for health policy. For reservations, call Lucy Formby at 323-4304. Sept. 10 The Direct Marketing Association will meet at 11:45 a.m. at Folks Folly restaurant, 551 S. Mendenhall Road. The speaker will be Howard Robertson Jr., founder and chief executive officer of Trust Marketing. The cost is $20 for guests. For reservations, call 681-1362. The Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants will meet at 5:30 p.m. at the Racquet Club. Senatorial candidate Houston Gordon will be the speaker. The cost is $20 for nonmembers. For reservations, call Chip Marston at 761-3003. Sept. 11 Mid-South Quality-Productivity Center will sponsor a workshop titled "An Overview of ISO 14000" from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the offices of EnSafe, 5724 Summer Trees Dr. The presenter will be Phil Wood, manager of compliance services for EnSafe. The cost is $75. To register, call Scott Clugston at 575-3528. The Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce and Belz Enterprises will sponsor Business After Hours at Peabody Place Grand Lobby at 5:30 p.m. The cost is $5. For reservations, call Catherine Jones at 575-3518. The United Way Management Assistance Program will sponsor a workshop titled "Problem-Solving and Decision-Making: Good Decisions = Good Solutions" from 9 a.m. to noon at 1407 Union Ave. The presenter will be Mike Zientek, manager of organizational development for Hunt-Wesson Inc. For more information, call Larry Tifverman at 272-5028. Sept. 12 The Federal Bar Association and the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis will present a seminar on environmental law from 4 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. at the law school. The cost is $15 for members, $25 for nonmembers and $5 for law students Memphis Legal Secretaries Association will meet at 6:15 p.m. at Landrys restaurant, 263 Wagner Place. The speaker will be Cathy Reinhart Underwood, recipient of the NALS Award of Excellence. For more information, call Cathy Neaves at 522-9000. The Fayette County Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a Small Business Administration town hall meeting from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Somerville Bank and Trust. The topic will be "Funding Sources for Small Business Start-up and Growth." For more information, call 465-8690. Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church and Union Planters Bank will sponsor a lecture by motivational speaker and author Les Brown at 7 p.m. at the church. The title of his talk is "Set Your Future on Fire." The cost is $8 and $5 for students. The Institute of Management Accountants will meet from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Christian Brothers University. The topic will be recent developments in the Uniform Commercial Code. The seminar conductors will be Anita Lott and Frank Nicotera of the Wolff Ardis law firm. The cost is $20 for nonmembers. For more information, call Brad Hamilton at 683-5353. Upcoming Events: Sept. 16 East Memphis Business and Professional Women will meet at Lulu Grille, 565 Erin Drive. Networking begins at 6 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 p.m. Representatives from the Bill Clinton and Bob Dole campaigns will discuss issues dealing with womens rights. The cost is $15. For reservations call Mary Baird at 767-6429 or Joy Lee at 385-7065. Sept. 25 The Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor its A.M. Club at 7:15 a.m. at the Marriott hotel, 2625 Thousand Oaks Blvd. The speaker will be John Anderson, president of New American Schools Development Corp. The cost is $15. For reservations, call Catherine Jones at 575-3518.