BOMA/Chicago Presents A Program Luncheon featuring 42 Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly **Members Only** non-members may attend only by special invitation

MEMBERS ONLY - Celebrate Mardi Gras BOMA/Chicago style at the House of Blues with the music of Lynne Jordan and the Shivers. This lady can sing it all! Registration will be limited so sign up now for this February 5 Fat Tuesday festival complete with traditional Mardi Gras food, and free purple, green and gold feather masks, beads and “throws” all mixed with great Chicago Blues!

Nearly 100 guests gathered on Monday, October 15 to honor 2007 BOMA/Chicago Reginald L. Ollie Inclusion and Outreach Scholarship Recipient Angel Brewington of U.S. Equities Realty. The event raised more than $43,000 for the Ollie Scholarship through sponsorships, auction proceeds and Five-Year "Ollie Champion" pledges made at the event. Fundraising for the scholarship is ongoing. To become an "Ollie Champion" or to make a one-time contribution to the scholarship, visit http://www.boma-chicago.org/resources/diversity/.

Honoring members who have attained the Real Property Administrator (RPA) designation, the students working toward it and the instructors who teach the courses. April 11, 2007 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.

BOMA/Chicago hosted its first members only trade show on May 11, 2006 at The Merchandise Mart. Approximately 225 building members attended and viewed new products and services from 84 companies. More than $20,000 of prizes were raffled away, including a 42’’ Samsung DLP HD television, a weekend trip for two to California Wine Country, and $2,000 cash. Immediately following the show, attendees moved to The Chopping Block cooking school for a Spanish themed reception featuring the first BOMA/Chicago Board of Directors Cook-Off Competition. Vice President Chuck Wagener and Treasurer Maureen Ehrenberg were crowned the contest winners.