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As I’ve mentioned before, one of the things I like about stock compensation is that I get to use a lot of fancy words.  Around this time last year, I posted a blog entry (“Holiday Fun,” December 18, 2012) with suggestions on how to fit some of these words into casual conversation with family and friends over the holiday season.  Today I have a few more examples for you:

• Purview:  Dishwashing is outside my purview.
• Mitigate: If we upgrade to LED lights, perhaps that will mitigate the problems we are having with burnt-out bulbs.
• Implicate: Bad behavior at this point could implicate a negative report to Santa from the Elf-on-the-Shelf.
• Substantive (AND Perceived Value–a twofer!): The amount of money spent on a gift is not always substantive to the perceived value assigned to the gift by the recipient. 
• Remuneration: If I were Santa, I think I’d want remuneration in the form of wine and chocolate, rather than milk and cookies.

What are your favorite stock compensation terms?  10 points to anyone who emails me a favorite word with an example of how to use it correctly in a non-work context. 

Holiday Chapter Meetings
Here are a few scenes from NASPP chapter holiday events:

The Seattle chapter held their holiday event at Nordstrom, giving attendees a chance to learn about stock compensation and get their Christmas shopping done at the same time. In this picture, chapter president Scott Sander of Amazon.com and chapter treasurer Aftab Ibrahim of T-Mobile chat with an attendee at the meeting.

Chapters often host appreciation events for their board members around this time of year. Here the Philadelphia chapter board enjoys a holiday lunch.

The Orange County chapter hosted a holiday social. In this picture, attendees mingle before dinner.