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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: November 23, 2003
Contact:
Eric Grammer
410-752-3318
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The Joseph E. Shaner Co. Recognized for Excellence in Association Communications

(Baltimore, MD) - The Joseph E. Shaner Co. has been recognized for outstanding achievement by the Maryland Society of Association Executives (MSAE). The company's work on the Maryland Optometric Association's (MOA) Web site, Marylandeyes.com, was selected as the most outstanding project in the Web sites category of MSAE's 2003 Circle of Excellence Awards program.

JES Communications Manager Eric Grammer accepts the MSAE Circle of Excellence Trophy from MSAE President Sherry Smith on behalf of the MOA.The Joseph E. Shaner Co. has been recognized for outstanding achievement by the Maryland Society of Association Executives (MSAE). The company's work on the Maryland Optometric Association's (MOA) Web site, Marylandeyes.com, was selected as the most outstanding project in the Web sites category of MSAE's 2003 Circle of Excellence Awards program.

"MSAE's Circle of Excellence Awards recognize Maryland-based associations for exemplary work done on behalf of their members or the community," says MSAE President Sherry Smith. "MarylandEyes.com set a standard for which other associations should strive and can certainly be counted among Maryland's finest."

"The Joseph E. Shaner Co. is honored to receive the Circle of Excellence Award, which highlights associations for the execution and impact of their programs," says Thomas Shaner, principal of The Joseph E. Shaner Co. "The award further validates our efforts to reach our members with the latest news affecting their practice as well as educating patients with the latest information on vision health."

In addition to being honored for its work on MOA's Web site, The Joseph E. Shaner Co., which provides various association management services for MOA, also garnered an honor award from MSAE for its work on the Maryland Improvement Contractors Association Web site, MarylandRemodelers.com.

The Joseph E. Shaner Co. was also recently honored by the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) for its work on the MCA Journal, the bimonthly newsletter for the Maryland Chiropractic Association. The MCA Journal was recognized as Best Single Issue and Most Improved Journal in ACA's 2003 State Association Journalism and Web Site Awards competition.

The Joseph E. Shaner Co. in Baltimore has been named by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) as one of only 28 association management companies (AMC) nationwide to have met the standards of practice set by the ASAE AMC Accreditation Commission.

Established in 1974 by Thomas C. Shaner, a Certified Association Executive (CAE), The Joseph E. Shaner Co. provides association management services to over a dozen prominently recognized non-profit trade and professional associations including the American Institute of Floral Designers, Professional Grounds Management Society, Maryland Optometric Association, Maryland Chiropractic Association, Maryland Association of Mortgage Brokers, Maryland Improvement Contractors Association and the Chesapeake Human Resources Association.

Also served by the Shaner organization are the Building Owners and Managers Association of Baltimore; the Maryland Chapters of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks, Appraisal Institute, Criminal Defense Attorneys and Public Relations Society of America; Property Owners Association of Baltimore, National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors of Baltimore and the Baltimore City Dental Society.

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