Dec Dec. 8 The Association for Women in Communications will meet from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for a holiday gathering at Seize the Clay, 5030 Poplar Ave. The cost is $5 per person plus the cost of individual pottery pieces. For more information, call Laverne Daley at 323-6983. The Direct Marketing Association will meet at 11:45 a.m. at the Grove Grill. The speaker will be Pattie Edwards of American Mail Well Envelope Co. The cost is $20 for non-members. For more information, call Paul Long at 762-8837. Buckeye Toastmasters will meet at 7:15 p.m. at Germantown United Methodist Church, 2331 S. Germantown Road. For more information, call Gloria Morrow at 753-8604. Dec. 10 The Quality Center will offer a workshop through Dec. 11 on ISO 9000 internal auditing. The cost is $350 per person. For more information, call Loretta Dale or Peggy Griffith at 543-3530. The Construction Professionals Council and Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. will sponsor a seminar on successful design/build for construction professionals from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the University of Memphis. The cost is $125. For more information, call Joe Emison at 729-5506 or Harriet Burton at 729-5513. Dec. 12 Dutch Treat Luncheon will meet at 12:30 p.m. at the Midway Cafe, 3378 Poplar Ave. The speaker will be Dr. Barbara Prescott, a member of the Board of Education for Memphis City Schools. Dec. 15 The American Business Womens Association, Cotton Belles chapter, will meet at the Racquet Club, 5111 Sanderlin Ave. The cost is $18.50. For more information, call Judy Linneman at 763-6307 or Kathy Byer at 763-6299.