Catching up from summer, here's a two-for-one newsletter for July and August!

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If you ever have relevant news for the next issue, email it to gil [at] zeimer [dot] com. Thanks, Gil, Editor in Chief

Who’s New, Who’s Up & Who’s Out: Membership Report In August, we inducted two new members. Be sure to set up a dance card with them soon. We’ll add both to the speaker rotation once he completes their Member Training. Read More

President’s Message by Kathy Olberts During a July 23 meeting, the Executive Leadership Team met and had the opportunity to reiterate our chapter’s policies as they relate to membership absences, substitutes and dues. Read More

Meet Our NEW Leadership Team for Oct. 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009 President: Heather Stoneman Vice President: Todd Wooldridge 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: TBD 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 Read More

A Six-Month BNI Success Story By Gil Zeimer. As I said in my Educational Moment in mid-July, I reported that 54% of my income for January – June 2008 was through BNI referrals. Better yet, BNI accounted for a whopping 85% of my income in June. How did I accomplish this? What’s my “secret sauce?” What’s the recipe for the Kool-Aid I’m drinking? Read More

Murphy’s Law in Commercial Real Estate Overall the commercial real estate industry is facing a barrage of problems, and Kevin Murphy, principal of The BridgeTown Group in Jacksonville, FL, listed all of them: lower dollar value, negative real interest rates, residential construction overhang, tight credit markets, higher transportation costs and resulting higher food and commodity prices, steady population growth, monetary and fiscal problems (if not mismanagement), a Presidential election and a burdensome national as well as personal debt level. But Murphy adds: "Now you would think, after this litany of issues, I might be a little negative about things, but I actually am quite positive over the long-term. I think we are experiencing a periodic 'cleaning-out.' As long as the government doesn't over-react, the economy will find its bottom and grow from there. In all this activity or 'right-sizing,' a lot of wealth will be created, which, at the end of the day, will more than offset the amount of wealth destruction we have seen to date." Read More

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. Read More

Recent Presentations See uploaded PowerPoint presentations on the BNI site. Don't see yours? Email the PPT to Bradley. Read More

BNI Report Cycle (09/08) These stats are now on the BNI site. REMINDER: Please provide all Closed Business you received in July to Elaine McCarty. 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. Read More

Party Central: Social Events Calendar Announcing a multi-chapter social with a no host bar and delicious appetizers. Organized by Mid-Penn chapter to network Peninsula style! Please save the date and mark your calendars: Date: Wednesday, September 10, 5:30PM Location: Trapeze Restaurant, 266 Lorton Avenue, Burlingame, CA 94010. Tel 650-773-8277. Website of the venue: http://www.trapezerestaurant.com Costs to be discussed. If you have any ideas you would like to “bring to the party”, please email those to me offline. ~Cathy Cohn From Raziel Ungar, Mid-Peninsula President -- Come mix and mingle with the Mid-Peninsula, Coastside, and Embarcadero BNI chapters! We will have our own private room at one of the top restaurants in Burlingame, and have delicious appetizers on hand. This will be a wonderful opportunity to network and get to know your colleagues - and, most of all, make some great connections. Come and expand your possibilities! No host bar.

Scheduled Power Team Meetings Legal (Chair: Shane Anderies), Meets last Friday of the month. Next: August 29 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: August 13 and 27. Relocation (Chair: Rachel Walls) Meets every other Thursday from 830-930am. Next: July 9 & 23 @ 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. Next: July 7 @ 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.

Baby Boom: The Next Generation! • Isabella Schwarzinger was first with Solana Isabella Schwarzinger-Reuter, born on the 4th of July, 7 lbs., 13 oz., 21 inches • Rachel Walls was second with a boy – details to come. • Sandy Minella was third with another girl, Gianna Marie Minella, who arrived on July 29 and tipped the scales at 7 lbs., 5 oz., 20ish inches long. • Jeff Fenigstein’s baby girl, Jordan Zahra Fenigstein. 6 lbs 4 oz 19 inches, Born on August 29. • Stay tuned for the latest breaking news on the newest member of BNI Embarcadero’s extended family. Jeff Fenigstein’s wife is due in September.

Cutest Feline in BNI Embarcadero We're still taking votes on the Cutest Feline in BNI Embarcadero. Only six of you have keyed in your choice and there are so many cute kitties to choose from. Vote now.

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.

http://www.bniembarcadero.com/your-extended-profile/

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