BUSINESS CALENDAR

UPCOMING

* Cal State Northridge Extension offers a variety of business and computer classes for the community. Windows NT 4 Server Management starts today and will meet from 7 to 9:50 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through Jan. 18. The fee is $335.

Classes are held on the CSUN campus, 18111 Nordhoff St.

For information, call (818) 677-2504 or visit the Web site at https://www.csun.edu/exl.

For a catalog, call (818) 677-2504 or (818) 677-2644, or e-mail exl@csun.edu.

* Valley Industry and Commerce Assn. will hold its 51st annual meeting starting at noon today, featuring keynote speaker Leon Panetta, at the Universal Hilton and Towers Hotel, 555 Universal Parkway, Universal City.

Cost for the luncheon is $50; reservations are required.

For information, call (818) 226-6466.

* Corporate Strategies & Solutions will hold a free seminar on salesmanship from 8 to 10 a.m. Dec. 12, at 20315 Ventura Blvd., Suite C, Woodland Hills.

For information, call (818) 347-3191.

* Professionals in Human Resources Assn. will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 12, at Warner Center Marriott, 21850 Oxnard St., Woodland Hills.

For information, call (818) 989-6555.

ONGOING

* Ike Krieger’s Closers Club for sales and marketing professionals meets Mondays from 7 to 9 a.m. and Tuesdays from 4 to 6 p.m. at 7949 Woodley Ave., Van Nuys. For information, call (818) 997-7575.

* Motivated Toastmasters meets Tuesdays at 6:50 a.m. at Denny’s, 5525 Sepulveda Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Visitors are welcome. For information, call (818) 781-3365.

* Business Network International meets Tuesdays at 7 a.m. at Marie Callender’s, Fallbrook Mall, West Hills. For information, call Bruce Warder at (818) 705-0184.

* Professionals Exchanging Business meets Tuesdays at 7:10 a.m. at Marmalade Cafe, Calabasas Commons, 4783 Commons Way. For information, call Ken Abramson at (818) 701-7510.

* The Premier Business Xchange meets for breakfast Tuesdays at 7:15 at Woodland Hills Country Club, 21150 Dumetz Road. Bring 50 business cards. For reservations and information, call (818) 832-1463.

* BizNet OnLine magazine holds a networking breakfast Tuesdays from 8 to 9:30 at Denny’s, 9001 Tampa Ave., Northridge. Members pay $9, nonmembers $10. Make reservations online at https://www.biznetonline.com. For information, call (818) 892-7883, Ext. 6.

* Toastmasters of Woodland Hills meets Tuesdays from noon to 1:15 p.m. at Pacific Lodge, 4900 Serrania Ave., Woodland Hills. For information, call (818) 788-1157.

* Tugnet, a computer-users network, meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at Granada Pavilion, 11128 Balboa Blvd., Granada Hills. Admission for nonmembers is $3. For information, call (818) 884-9441 or visit the Web site at https://www.tugnet.org.

* The Calabasas chapter of Ali Lassen’s Leads Club meets Wednesdays from 7 to 8:30 a.m. at Marmalade Cafe, Calabasas Commons, 4783 Commons Way. Breakfast is $8. For information, call Marie White at (818) 597-9668.

* The Business Exchange Group meets Wednesdays at 7:15 a.m. at Marie Callender’s, 6633 Fallbrook Ave., West Hills. For reservations, call (818) 377-5851.

* The Executives’ Assn. of the San Fernando Valley meets Wednesdays at 7:15 a.m. at Warner Center Marriott, 21850 Oxnard St., Woodland Hills. For information, call Dick Ecker at (818) 703-6161.

* The Northridge chapter of Ali Lassen’s Leads Club meets Wednesdays at 7:15 a.m. at Mimi’s Cafe, 19710 Nordhoff St., Northridge. For information, call (800) 767-7337.

* The Woodland Hills Leads Club meets Wednesdays at 7:15 a.m. at Weiler’s Deli, 22323 Sherman Way, Canoga Park. For information, call Gary Rich at (818) 906-7356.

* Le Tip-Studio City meets Wednesdays at 7:15 a.m. at Marie Callender’s restaurant, 14743 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. For information, call (818) 219-7454 or (323) 874-8840.

* Jewel City 29 Toastmasters meets Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the American Red Cross building, 1501 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale. Call Linda Cota-Kumagai at (818) 771-7180.

* Inside Track, a networking and business development group, meets Thursdays for breakfast from 7:15 to 8:30 at Coco’s, 21844 Victory Blvd., Woodland Hills. For reservations, call Sue Silver at (818) 591-3131 or Fran Gold at (818) 345-2913.

* The Tarzana chapter of Ali Lassen’s Leads Club meets Thursdays at 7:15 a.m. at Carrows restaurant, 18355 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana. For information, call Eileen Elliot or Lois Terrazas at (800) 767-7337.

* Networking Business Alliance meets Thursdays at 7:15 a.m. at Woodland Hills Country Club, 21150 Dumetz Road. For information, call Earl Robinson at (818) 883-4440, Ext. 154.

* Let’s Do Business, a networking group, meets Thursdays at 8:15 a.m. at Mimi’s Cafe, 19710 Nordhoff St., Northridge. For information, call Carlene Smith at (800) 757-3224.

* Valley Influence Professionals meets Thursdays from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at Times Square Deli, 6501 Fallbrook Ave., West Hills. For information, call (818) 348-4487.

* California Women Business Owners meets the second Monday of the month at 6 p.m. at Warner Center Marriott, 21850 Oxnard St., Woodland Hills. Dinner is $23-$26. For information, call (818) 773-1976.

* Valley Computer Club meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Burbank YMCA, 321 E. Magnolia Blvd. For information, call (818) 846-4012.

* That New Network meets the third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at Maria’s Italian Kitchen, 16608 Ventura Blvd., Encino. For information, call (818) 995-4215.

* The Los Angeles AutoCAD User Group meets the fourth Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. in the Burbank Realtor building, second floor, 2006 W. Magnolia Blvd. Fees are $10 at the door or $50 per year. For information, call (818) 783-7940 or e-mail lacad@yahoo.com.

* Unity Toastmasters meets the second and fourth Thursdays of the month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the American Red Cross building, 1501 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale. For information, call Victoria Villanueva at (818) 241-5715.

* Business Builders meets the first, third and fifth Thursdays of the month at 7 a.m. at the International House of Pancakes, 19100 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana. For information, call (818) 501-3100.

* San Fernando Valley Professional Mortgage Women meets the third Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, 21101 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills. For information, call (818) 226-0727.

* Valley College offers workshops on international trade skills on Fridays, noon to 3 p.m., on the campus at 5800 Fulton Ave., Valley Glen. The workshops and consulting sessions are co-sponsored by the Center for International Trade Development and the California-Mexico Trade Assistance Center of Citrus College. The fee per workshop is $25. To register, call (818) 552-3321.

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