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Jul. 18
Mid-summer brings with it a regular cadence for most businesses and employees.  For families, school is out, summer programs have begun, and vacations are on the calendar. For many businesses, summertime brings seasonal accelerations as well.  Construction of all types is well under way to hit deadlines while the sun is shining. Hospitality and entertainment are in full swing, as more Americans are out and about in the nice weather.
Jul. 12
NEW Advocacy and Employee Ownership Month (EOM) Resources Exclusively for TEA Members
Join us this summer for two exciting webinar series to help educate our members and promote employee ownership!
Advocacy Webinar Series
Jul. 11
Longstanding Priority of The ESOP Association Includes Creation of a New Division at DOL Specifically Tasked With Growing Employee Ownership in America
Jul. 06
Inside this Issue:

National Awardees from the MACC
New Member Spotlight - IVS Group, Inc.
The Name of the Game...Advocacy
How to Host Your Rep Advocacy Toolkit
Upcoming/Recent MACC Events
Chapter Officers and Sponsors

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Jul. 05
Join Your Fellow ESOP Leaders August 20-22 in Sonoma for TEA’s CEO Summit
If you’re an ESOP CEO or President, you will not want to miss TEA’s second annual CEO Summit! 
The only event of its kind, the CEO Summit brings together the most senior executives of ESOP companies to help you build a network of your peers and address the most timely and big picture topics facing businesses today. 
Here’s how last year’s attendees described the CEO Summit:
Jul. 29
Welcome to the July issue of the ESOP Report. This month we feature a lot of information about employee engagement, growing a culture, and resources to help your ESOP.
Jul. 21
Yesterday the House of Representatives passed H.R. 8294, a package of six fiscal year 2023 federal appropriations bills. The six-bill package includes the FY 2023 Financial Services and General Government funding bill, whose related agencies like the Small Business Administration have regulatory oversight of some ESOP-related issues, and which includes provisions that will directly impact ESOPs and employee ownership in America.
May. 24
The Main Street Employee Ownership Act is signed into the law, as part of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. The law makes it easier for small companies to use the Small Business Administration’s 7(a) program to finance a transition to an employee-owned business, such as an ESOP.
Resource, Press Releases
May. 23
 
Congratulations to all our AACE winners and runners up - we had an incredible year for the AACE program with some of the best entries we have ever received. Thank you to our judges who took two days to fly to DC to judge the countless entries. We look forward to next year!
More than 250 Employees
Air Tractor (Olney, TX)
• Winner: Video
Burns & McDonnell (Kansas City, MO)
• Runner Up: Total Communications
• Runner Up: Series of Special Events
Resource, Press Releases
May. 23
 
Washington, DC, May 23, 2019 - Janet Edmunson, founder of JME Insights in South Portland, ME, has been named the 2019 Life Service Award winner by The ESOP Association. The Life Service Award honors individuals who’ve made a significant, long-term contribution to employee ownership and the ESOP community.