| 1. SORORITY DONATES 17,000 MEALS TO BARRY VICTIMS AFTER CANCELING CONVENTION: The Delta Sigma Theta sorority had to end its national convention in New Orleans early last Friday due to the arrival of Hurricane Barry. The sorority and event caterer Centerplate then donated 17,000 meals, which were originally prepared for the convention, to the Second Harvest Food Bank of South Louisiana. CNN: “‘We are delighted that Centerplate donated the food we purchased making it available as a result of us terminating our convention early,’ the sorority's national president and C.E.O., Beverly Smith, said in a statement. ‘With 16,000 attendees and two food functions canceled—our Sisterhood Luncheon and closing Soiree Celebration—there was inordinate amounts of food that would have been wasted. Kudos to Centerplate.’ The convention was supposed to last until Sunday. Founded in 1913, Delta Sigma Theta is a predominantly black sorority with more than 200,000 members nationwide.” 2. CHARLES SCHWAB REDUCES INCENTIVE PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES PAID TRIPS: Charles Schwab Corp. has scaled down a sales-incentive program that involves giving top employees all-expenses-paid trips. The discount brokerage and investment firm emailed employees last week, informing them they canceled a trip to Hawaii in 2020, and instead will pay them $5,000 after taxes and give them a paid week off. The program, which has been running for more than 30 years, was cut back to save money, according to the email. The Wall Street Journal: “Under the Chairman’s Club, Schwab has each year flown its top 200 or so employees in areas including its call and service centers, branches and operational support departments from around the country to destinations including Hawaii and Florida. … A former representative who won the award twice said Schwab covered the cost of travel, including a hotel, for three nights in Key Biscayne, Florida, and Kauai, Hawaii, for him and his wife. The couple flew coach and attended business discussions for part of the day. The event featured golf and sailing. Each day, attendees received ‘a small gift,’ said the former representative, who got a leather travel bag. He said his wife received a Tiffany necklace.” 3. YOSEMITE HOTELS AND ATTRACTIONS GET ORIGINAL NAMES BACK AFTER TRADEMARK DISPUTE: The National Park Service on Monday reached a $12-million settlement in a years-long trademark battle with Yosemite National Park’s former facilities operator, allowing names of hotels and attractions to be restored to their original names. Properties include the historic Ahwahnee Hotel. Los Angeles Times: “The U.S. government paid $3.84 million of the settlement and Aramark, Yosemite’s current concessions operator, paid $8.16 million, Gediman said. The dispute began in 2015 after Delaware North Companies Inc., which had operated the park’s restaurants, hotels, and outdoor activities, lost a $2-billion contract renewal bid to rival Aramark. … The famed Ahwahnee Hotel was established in the 1920s and has played host to such celebrities as Queen Elizabeth II, John F. Kennedy, and Charlie Chaplin. It was one of the highest-profile properties renamed in 2016, pending the outcome of the lawsuit, but there were others.” | 