Do you know of a nonprofit that could use extra funds? Submit a nomination for a nonprofit organization on the Central Coast to receive the attendance donations from Solstice Green Directory’s upcoming Green Business Mixers.

Nominations can be submitted via www.slosolstice.com, where criteria for a nonprofit association is available. A committee of Solstice volunteers will review and select the beneficiary from the submissions.

Solstice Green Directory offers regular Green Business Mixers as networking opportunities for the green community and to raise funds for local nonprofit groups that provide valuable services to residents of the Central Coast. To date, these events have provided about $2,000 to organizations in San Luis Obispo County, including Woods Humane Society, The SLO Food Bank, The Land Conservancy of SLO County, The SLO Botanical Gardens, SurfRider Foundation, Transitions Mental Health Association, HumanKind Fair Trade, SLO Green Build and many more. 

Quaglino Roofing will give away a roof valued up to $7,000 to a local nonprofit organization. San Luis Obispo County nonprofits are eligible to send Quaglino Roofing a letter nominating themselves by sharing their organization’s story and the reason why they should win a new roof.

The winning nonprofit can have the new roof, or they can pass it on to a business affiliate who may be in need or use as an auction donation to raise funds. 

History Center of San Luis Obispo County has been a member of the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce for exactly 20 years this month, and the Chamber would like to thank and honor the loyalty of this organization for its dedication and commitment to making the Chamber of Commerce the largest Chamber on the Central Coast.

History Center of San Luis Obispo County promotes interest, knowledge and preservation of history and cultural resources of SLO County; maintain and operate County Historical Museum, Dallidet Adobe and Dana Adobe; collects documentary materials, photos and artifacts relating to SLO County from prehistoric to present; meets at various times and locations. It's officers are elected in May. 

More information can be found here. 

Cuesta College invites the public to participate in a short online survey to provide input for the college’s five-year educational master plan.

The 2011-2016 Educational Master Plan helps the college establish long-range educational and enrollment goals to meet the evolving needs of the community.

“We appreciate your willingness to provide feedback about your community college,” said Dr. Gil Stork, superintendent/president of Cuesta College. “Your input will help shape Cuesta College’s future.”

The Pacific Coast Business Times honored the winners of the Family Business and Closely Held Company Awards on March 1 for San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Longtime San Luis Obispo roofing company, Quaglino Roofing, founded by James A. Quaglino in 1922, won the award for Medium Family-Owned Business for San Luis Obispo County. 

Companies were chosen based on their exemplary ways of running a family business, have demonstrated success in their industry and strong community involvement. Run by the third and fourth generations, Quaglino Roofing has worked on countless roofs in the county and beyond. 

Its projects have included Hearst Castle, Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, wineries throughout the area and the Cal Poly campus. The family also has a sister development and property management company, Quaglino Properties. With the combined businesses, the Quaglinos employ about 45 people including generations of Quaglinos, extended family, and staff who are treated like family. 

Efforts to reduce our carbon footprint can be seen every day, from the growing number of rooftop solar panels to the prevalence of new energy efficiency standards. The availability of incentives encourages owners to make their buildings more energy efficient.

The City of San Luis Obispo is doing its part by offering an expedited permit process that provides a short two-week turn-around for commercial solar projects. 

TekTegrity, one of San Luis Obispo County’s largest providers of managed IT services, has acquired LiveFile.

LiveFile helps businesses simplify the process of converting, using and managing files through Cabinet CNG-SAFE (Shared Access Filing Environment), a document management and workflow software product.

“Most businesses find a way to operate with their documents scattered across filing cabinets, shared drives and personal hard drives. At some point this inefficient approach becomes too costly – due to compliance, physical space, labor or some combination of the three,” said Russ Levanway, TekTegrity chief executive officer. ”As a Cabinet re-seller and support system,  TekTegrity will now be able to offer clients hosted and server based document management solutions to clear up these inefficiencies. All those cabinets and boxes of documents can then be shredded or stored in a secure facility that specializes in document storage – imagine the space that can be freed up.”

Cabinet NG is software that allows users to file all documents whether they are scanned images, Word, Excel, PDF, CAD, email, photos, faxes, etc. Users can scan, import, drag- and-drop, print-to, or save-as to input documents. All documents are stored in their native format in a centralized storage and workflow system.

Another feature of Cabinet NG is document workflow processes. These processes are the lifeblood of a company. Examples are processing invoices for payment, reviewing contracts, entering billing information, order entry, etc.

On Monday, the SLO County Bicycle Coalition staff will brave the weather and head to Washington D.C. for the 2011 National Bike Summit, a gathering of bicycle organizations from all over the country. They will be advocating for federal funding for biking and walking by speaking with the nation's leaders in Congress.

Follow their progress on the Coalition's revamped blog throughout the week, as they will share updates via photos, videos and words with everyone in California.

The San Luis Obispo County Bicycle Coalition is your voice for bicycles in the county. The staff works hard to turn San Luis Obispo County into a safer and more livable community by promoting cycling and walking for everyday transportation and recreation.

The Human Resources Association of the Central Coast monthly membership meeting will feature keynote speaker Steffanie Medina, MA, on "Conflict Resolution in the Workplace," examining mental health and economic challenges of the times.

Learn effective techniques on how to handle employment conflict with these timely and proven tips from an expert. Reservation deadline is noon today. Seating is limited.