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Who’s New, Who’s Up & Who’s Out: Membership Report
In October, we interviewed three new members and inducted two of them. One more was sworn in mid-November, followed by our newest member, Dana Friedrich, AKA “Edgy Veggie”. Be sure to set up a dance card with them soon, especially if they’re part of your Power Team. We’ll add both to the speaker rotation once they complete their Member Training.
Our newest members:
October 15: Kate Carreiro, Paychex; October 22: Rick Brusseau, Pacific Crest Group; November 12: Lanie Eicher, Internet Marketplace; November 19, Dana Friedrich, Edgy Veggie Catering.
These members have all renewed by November 1:
Shane Anderies, Colleen O'Connor, Richard Reinholdt, and Isabella Schwarzinger.
These members are due to renew by December 1:
Andy Foster, Michael Heylin, John Kalin, and Pamela Rosin.
These members did not renew or have dropped:
Brian Buhl, Michael Tauber and Rex White.
Meet Our NEW Leadership Team for Oct. 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009
President: Heather Stoneman
Vice President: JC Avakian
Secretary: Kate Antonini
Treasurer: Jerry Becerra
Visitor Hosts: Carlos Ramirez (Chair),
Pat Miller, Sergio Rosales, Tom Redmond, Seth Tajbakhsh
Membership: Dan Chomko (Chair/Current
Members), Gil Zeimer (Co-Chair, New Members), Sharon Schanzer
Mentor Coordinators: Kay Heatherly (New
Members), Kathy Olberts (Current Members)
Social Committee: Cathy Cohn (Chair),
Katherine Bernitt, Dan Joraanstad
Technical Facilities Manager: Adam
Barnum
Education: Dennis Nix
Timekeeper: Brian Pensack
Go For The Gold: Mike Hack
Newsletter:
Bradley Charbonneau, Gil Zeimer
Card Boxes: Kevin Casey
Power Teams: Richard Reinholdt
Webmaster:
Bradley Charbonneau
Step Up To The Mike: Speakers Schedule
The schedule for our upcoming thespians is always listed at the Speakers’ Page of the BNI Embarcadero Website. Kate Antonini will attempt to have a Power Team speak approximately once per month.
Feature Story:Why Should You Take Member Success Training?
By Gil Zeimer
The good news: You’ve just been inducted into a BNI chapter and you can’t wait to start networking.
The bad news: You’ve been told you have 60 days to sign up for Member Success Program (MSP).
Why should you invest two hours of your time? What will you learn? Why it this so important? Read More.
Feature Story: Upcoming BNI Embarcadero Meetings
FYI, we’ve got three upcoming Wednesday morning dates that are the day before national holidays. So these three Wednesdays will most likely be optional meetings: Wed., 11/26 (before Thanksgiving); Wed., 12/24 (Christmas Eve) and Wed., 12/31 (New Year’s Eve). So if you’re in town and want to meet, come to Schroeder’s.
If you’re out of town or out of time to shop or sleep, we understand. But we’ll have to take a head count for each of these three dates to determine how much food to prepare. Details to come…
Button, Button, Who’s Got A Recession Button?
In the BNI Website, you can order a 2.25” wide “I Refuse To Participate In A Recession” Button.
Resources
There's a new section of the BNI Embarcadero site: Resources. The two websites Sharon mentioned this morning are now up there.If you'd like to submit a resource to the website, please use the Resource Submission Form.
IF YOU HAVE A SUCCESS STORY TO SHARE, SEND IT TO GIL <AT> ZEIMER <DOT> COM.
New Membership Directory Hot Off the Press!
Download the PDF from the BNI site.
Step Up To The Mike: Speakers Schedule
The schedule for our upcoming thespians is always listed at the Speakers’ Page of the BNI Embarcadero Website. Kate Antonini will attempt to have a Power Team speak approximately once per month.
Recent Presentations
TransitionSteps Consulting & Coaching
You can always find past presentations here.
Taking Care of Business: VP Report (As of 10/31/08)
YTD Referrals: over 2,300
Referrals Passed in October: 222
Average attendance: 89%
Number of members: 58
Closed business, October: $263,706
Final closed business, 2007: $1,285,665
REMINDER: Please provide all Closed Business you received in November to our new VP, JC Avakian. Only report the Closed Business revenue you personally received from BNI Embarcadero members, referrals or other chapters. For those of you who close large contracts and receive a commission on the total amount of revenue, please submit only the amount of commission or revenue you received or will receive, not the amount of the total contract. AND PLEASE USE ONLY ONE “CLOSED BUSINESS” SLIP PER MEETING.
Party Central: Social Events Calendar
Holiday Party:Our annual holiday bash! Potluck with BNI Embarcadero generously paying for the drinks AND the gallery. Friday, Dec 5th at Cohen Rese Gallery, 420 Sutter, 2nd Floor, SF.
Parking a 1/2 block away at Sutter/Stockton Garage. Time: 6:00 – 9:30pm. Check with Dan Joraanstad for what you signed up to bring.
Leadership Party: See the photos!
Recent Subs & Visitors
SUBS: Too numerous to mention.
To contact any of the visitors or subs, please ask Carlos Ramirez for their contact info.
Scheduled Power Team Meetings
Legal (Chair: Shane Anderies), Meets last Friday of the month. Next: TBD at 1:15pm at Pasta Benne, 88 Hardie Place, SF.
Financial (Chair: Kevin Casey) Meets every two weeks on Wed from 5:30 - 630pm at Chevy’s on Van Ness. Next: TBD.
Relocation (Chair: TBD) Meets every other Thursday from 830-930am @ Brian Buhl's office, One Workplace, 475 Brannan Street, Suite 210, SF.
NEW! Non-Profit (Chair: Ray Simon) Meets the first Monday of the month from Noon to 1pm @ Office of Proactive Network Consulting, 111 Pine Street, #1650, SF.
NEW! Marketing Makeover (Chair: Gil Zeimer) Meets virtually whenever we feel like it or need to – don’t “harsh our mellow”… We’re creative! More info to come soon.
To create a Power Team, speak with Richard Reinholdt.
Word of Mouth: Gossip
On The Mend: Sticks and stones can break your bones. So can an accident. Two of our macho male members are recuperating. John Kalin had a horrific bicycle accident in Napa last month and is on the mend now at Davies Medical Center in SF. Jeff Fenigstein had a motorcycle accident around 10/31 and is recovering from wrist surgery on 11/7. We wish them both a speedy recovery and can’t wait for them to join us again on Wednesday mornings.Other Stuff: Miscellaneous News & Announcements
Using The Comments Feature on The BNI Embarcadero Site to Write Testimonials. See Example.
Finally: Please keep your contact info up to date on the BNI site. Lots of members–and potential clients–use this site to find names and number and email addresses. Here’s how.
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