Save $100 When You Register for NASMM 2016 by Tuesday, December 1!
Early bird rates expire for NASMM 2016 after Tuesday, December 1. Be sure to take advantage of this savings and submit your registration ASAP! Make the investment in yourself and your company — YOU ARE WORTH IT! Click here to register.

Are you getting our Emails?
Make sure you are staying connected — are you receiving our emails? Be sure you have the following email addresses whitelisted, or filtered accordingly, so our emails are not going into your SPAM:

• info@nasmm.org
• nasmmlist@nasmm.org
• needsmm@nasmm.org

NASMM E-Lists – Use the Correct List!
NASMM provides you with two (2) E-Lists to allow you to connect with members on a variety of issues!

NASMMList@nasmm.org is our general discussion E-List. The list is designed to provide you with an avenue to ask questions about operations, client challenges and resources to assist you in providing services to your clients.To post a question or comment on the general discussion E-List, you may address the entire NASMM membership by sending an email to: nasmmlist@nasmm.org. The replies to your posts will be shared with the entire membership.

If you have a business-to-business referral, i.e. you are looking for a Senior Move Manager to help with an unpack in another state, looking for a resource in a specific geographic areaor have a referral you cannot service, address your post to NeedSMM@nasmm.org. Replies to this E-List post will only be sent to you.

Happy Thanksgiving!
On behalf of the NASMM Board and staff, we wish you a joyful Thanksgiving. The NASMM office will close at 12pm ET on Wednesday, November 25 and will reopen on Monday, November 30.

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