Business Network International, Lawrence Nova chapter

Meetings: 7:30 a.m.-9 a.m. Thursdays at Lawrence Country Club

Web site: www.lawrencebni.com

President: Marvin Meints, 550-6469, marvin@marvinmeints.com

Membership contact: Myron Reed, (785) 224-6187, mcreed@sunflower.com

BNI is an international organization founded in 1985 as a way for business people to generate referrals in a structured, professional environment.

Cost: $370 to join, $295 a year afterward

Kansas State Nurses Assn. District 17

Meetings: Five to six meetings annually; time, place vary

Web site: KSNA web site: www.nursingworld.org/snas/ks

President: Lynn Skinner, 840-2569, lynn.skinner@lmh.org

Membership contact: Jeri Safarik; 843-3738, jeris@vna.lawrence.ks.us

District 17 was established in 1969 and is the Douglas County district of the Kansas State Nurses Assn. Both District 17 and KSNA are affiliated with the American Nurses Assn.

Cost: See Web site