Hello NGHers,

Keith Livingston, your president here.

Here's what's in today's newsletter

1) Hypnosis for Smoke-Free Holidays
2) Officer Nominations
3) Hypnosis in the News (Ormond McGill)
4) Jan. 4th (World Hypnotism Day)


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Hypnosis for Smoke-Free Holidays and Officer Elections
November 18th, 2005 - 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Mountlake Terrace Public Library
23300 58th Ave. W, Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043
Admission: $5 (free for chapter members)
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Great American Smokeout Events

The Great American Smokeout is November 17th this year. In case
you missed last month's meeting, we're planning a series of
events to "coattail" that event.

One such event will be part of next month's meeting. Here's a
blurb...

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In honor of "The Great American Smoke-Out,' the members of the
Washington State Chapter of the National Guild of Hypnotists are
opening their doors to the general public for a FREE presentation
on the benefits of hypnosis for smoking cessation. Join us as we
reveal the common myths and misconceptions about hypnosis. Come
and experience an hypnotic induction (if you choose). Meet our
Member Hypnotists and get your questions answered. Whether or
not you're ready to become a non-smoker, you'll enjoy attending
this free presentation as you learn the many ways hypnosis can
benefit your life.
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We'll start the public event at 7:30. If you're a local chapter
member, you can bring products to sell.

If you'd like to put a smoking cessation related event together
(a free speech, lecture, discounted sessions etc.) let me know.
We'll be happy to put it up on the web site and give you some
resources to help promote it.

We've also put together some wonderful resources for smoking
cessation...

There are flyers and press releases to help you publicize things.
There's a one page hand out to let people know why hypnosis is so
effective for smoking cessation. Evie Chan put together a
tremendous set of resources to help with your sessions: When
smokers quit, Smoking trigger profile, Smoking Statistics, an
FAQ, After Stopping Smoking, Smoker's questionnaire and Stop-
smoking success directions. They're available for download
here...

http://www.nghwa.org/smoking.htm

Please go there, print out what's useful to you and help us get
folks to our events. Remember to tell your clients, coworkers and
friends to join us for our meeting on the 18th.

You can also take a look at our web site to see what events we've
got listed so far...
http://www.nghwa.org/


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Nominations

Speaking of officers, it's time to elect next year's. We took
nominations at the last meeting. Since I forgot to mention it in
the last newsletter, I thought I'd open up the floor to the
members now.

So, if you are a member of the local chapter and you know someone
who you think would be a good candidate, please let me know by
this Friday (either by phone - 206.721.8751 or email -
president@...).

The officer's positions are...

President
Vice President
Events Coordinator
Secretary
Treasurer

The board positions are about like you'd think. The President
runs the chapter and board meetings. The VP takes over in case
the President can't. The Secretary keeps notes, the Treasurer
keeps track of money and the Events Coordinator lines up the
speakers.

In order to be an officer, you must be a member of the local
chapter. In order to nominate or vote, you must be a member of
the local chapter too. If you'd like to be a member you can find
out more about how to do it here...

http://nghwa.org/member.htm

At 7:00 we'll be voting for next year's officers, so get there on
time on the 18th!

Beign an officer of the state chapter looks great on your
"resume" and it's a lot of fun. Most of this year's officers
(including yours truly) are stepping down and we need some good
folks to step up to keep the momentum going.

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Hypnosis in the News

As many of you probably already know, Ormond McGill passed away
on October 19th. Mr. McGill, known as the "Dean of American
Hypnotists," was 92 years old. He was a fixture at the NGH
national conventions, a noted author and performer.

The National Guild has set up a web page in their forum for folks
to express their sorrow for his death and their joy at having
known him.

http://www.ngh.net/MemberForums/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=31
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January 4th (World Hypnotism Day)

It's time to start thinking about World Hypnotism Day. We'll
probably do something similar to what we're doing for Hypnosis
for Smoke-Free Holidays. You know, press releases, public events
etc. If you've got an idea for an event you'd like to hold, let
us know.

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Please feel free to forward this information to anyone you think
might be interested. And remember to invite folks to the
meetings!

See you soon,

Keith Livingston
206.721.8751