Upcoming Meetings

4 September 2008 (11:30 am) HASBAT Awards & Scholarship Luncheon recognizing the 2008 HASBAT Advocate of the Year and the UAH & AAMU Scholarship Recipients.

2 October 2008 (11:30 am) HASBAT Monthly Luncheon. "Pursuing Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Opportunities".  Multi-agency panel.

6 November 2008 (11:30 am) HASBAT Monthly Luncheon. "Small Business Collaboration with the UA College of Engineering." Dr. Charles L. Karr, Dean of the College of Engineering at University of Alabama (UA).

2008 Meeting History

10 January 2008 (11:30 am) HASBAT Monthly Luncheon. Annual business meeting. Election of new members to board of directors. Presentation: HASBAT 2007 Year in Review.

7 February 2008 (11:30 am) HASBAT Monthly Luncheon. Guest speaker Mr. Pat Gartland, Regional Advocate, Region 4, Small Business Administration.

6 March 2008 (11:30 am) HASBAT Monthly Luncheon. Guest speaker Ms. Patricia K. Phillips, Program Manager, Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) of Alabama.

3 April 2008 (11:30 am) HASBAT Monthly Luncheon. "Small Business and University Partnering." Mr. Kannan Grant, Director, Office of Technology Commercialization, UAHuntsville and Dr. Trent Montgomery, Interim Dean, College of Engineering, Alabama A&M University.

1 May 2008 (11:30 am) HASBAT Monthly Luncheon. Guest speaker Ms. Judy Hardin, Small Business and Community Partnering Manager, Raytheon.

5 June 2008 (11:30 am) HASBAT Monthly Luncheon. Guest speaker Ms. Ruthie F. Cutlip, Customer Service Director, Marketing Division (4FM), GSA. "How to Obtain a GSA Schedule."

10 July 2008 (11:30 am) HASBAT BUSINESS MEETING - TECHNICAL MEMBERS ONLY!

7 August 2008 (11:30 am) HASBAT Monthly Luncheon. Bill Cantrell, Deputy for Small Business and HBCU/MI Advocate Army Corps of Engineers--Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC).

Monthly luncheon meetings are held the first Thursday of each month at the Holiday Inn Select Hotel downtown across from the Von Braun Center beginning at 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.

Reservations
May be made through close of business on Monday before the luncheon via email.  Please provide the names of all persons in your party so that printed nametags can be available.

Cost
$20 for members and $25 for non-members, unless Gold Members.

Cancellations
May be made through close of business on the Monday before the luncheon as well.  In the event you are unable to attend, you are welcome to transfer the reservation to someone else.  We regret that we will have to charge for the reservations not cancelled by the Tuesday deadline.

Member Promotion

We are currently showing a PowerPoint slide show at our monthly luncheons, featuring one full-page slide for each member company that wants to participate. You may download a copy of our current slide show here. If you would like us to include a slide for your company, please email us your one-page PowerPoint slide.

Lunch Presentations Available--

Members Only!

Copies of the following speaker presentations are available to member companies only. Please email us to request a copy of these presentations:

January 2008: HASBAT 2007 Year in Review

February 2008: Special presentation by Mr. Alan Chvotkin, Professional Services Council, MiDAESS Update

April 2008: UAHuntsville Office of Technology Commercialization by Mr. Kannan Grant; AAMU School of Engineering and Technology by Dr. Trent Montgomery

June 2008: How to Obtain a GSA Schedule by Ms. Ruthie Cutlip

July 2008: 2008-to-date Committee Reports

August 2008: ERDC by Mr. Bill Cantrell

Join Now!

If you would like a copy of any of the above presentations but you're not yet a HASBAT member, we would love to have you join our organization. Just download our membership application, fill it in, and mail with a dues check to the address on the application along with a request for any of the above presentations. Once we receive your application and dues payment, we'll be happy to give you a copy of any of the presentations listed above.