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Daily Digest
Sept. 15, 2022
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 New Zoom links coming today for Real Talk and Coffee with Kendrick
By DAWN GELUSO
Internal communications and community support manager
Later this morning (Thursday), we will cancel all existing Real Talk and Coffee with Kendrick links and send out new ones to the whole agency. Please note the new links. Nothing else will change.
Why are we creating fresh links? Three reasons. First, it's safer for us security-wise to refresh links, since we've been using the same ones since the pandemic started. Second, some of the links were created before Zoom updated with new and fun tools. Third, Outlook suffers a cascade of auto-responses based on folks who are no longer with the agency. (Personally, I'm convinced these feed the tech gremlins — even if they don't pop up after midnight.)
If you have any questions, please let me know.
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H&W invites you to Spokane
urban hike Oct. 2 ahead of the Housing Washington Conference
By TYLER RUNYAN
Office Services program specialist
A number of Commerce folks are heading to Spokane for the in-person portions of the Housing Washington Conference Sunday and Monday, Oct. 2 and 3. Since the Sunday portion will start in the afternoon, the Health and Wellness (H&W) Committee plans to take advantage of the opportunity to invite you, family and friends, and other conference attendees to join us for a 10 a.m. urban hike through the heart of downtown Spokane!
This 2.5-mile hike will wend through Riverfront Park on the Centennial Trail, reaching Kendall Yards before heading back again. If any Commerce employees have worked on projects involving Kendall Yards or Riverfront Park, or anywhere really, we'd love to hear about it on the walk.
Read more.
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Real Talk featured our new EOT
 On Sept. 1, Commerce launched Phase 3 of our agency's reorganization, re-envisioning our agency's leadership structure “to respond to our continued growth, commitment to equity and modern hybrid model of operations," Director Lisa Brown wrote to us in a special edition digest. This phase of changes includes standing up our new Executive Operations Team (EOT):
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Kendrick Stewart, deputy director of organizational health
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Diane Klontz, deputy director of division and program alignment
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Martin McMurry, chief operations officer
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Jasmine Vasavada, director of government affairs and policy
At Real Talk Wednesday, we chatted with our new EOT to learn more about the effort and the intended outcomes for Commerce.
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 Commerce is hiring
Check out these positions.
 Commerce community calendar
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Coffee with Kendrick, 8 to 8:15 a.m. weekdays, Zoom
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Virtual Pilates, 7:50 to 8 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, Zoom
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Oly Lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, headquarters' floor 3 conference room
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Volunteer Friends (break time), noon to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, Zoom
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Let’s Meditate (break time), 3 to 3:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, Zoom
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Fun Books Lunchtime Club (break time), noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, Zoom
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Real Talk on decision packages and agency request legislation, 10 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, Zoom
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Toastmasters, noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, Zoom
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In-person Bootcamp, noon to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, outside headquarters, add to calendar
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Myth Mitigators, 2:45 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, Zoom
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Let’s Meditate (break time), 10:45 to 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 23, Zoom
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Off-hours hike, beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, Spokane, learn more, RSVP
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What’s Cookbookin’, Commerce? (break time), 12:30 to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, Zoom, add to calendar
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Virtual low-impact stretch and cardio, 7:50 to 8 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, Zoom
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Cultivating Connections (break time), noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, Zoom
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SmartSheet User Group, 3 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, Teams
Please send your calendar postings to IntraCOMeditor@commerce.wa.gov. Any item included must be open to all Commerce team members.
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