Table of Contents

• COMMITTEE REPORTS
  • MEMBERSHIP REPORT
  • SOCIAL REPORT
  • SPEAKER COORDINATOR REPORT
  • TREASURER REPORT
• LEADS
• NOTABLE MENTIONS
• MIGHTY MINUTE
• QUESTION OF THE DAY
• MAIN SPEAKER

Committee Reports

Membership Report
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Ralph Cunningham proposed and completed the membership application for Lin Schmelzer of Design Lin Advertising LTD.   Her application is still in the review stage. 

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE TEAMS
Dean Synan	Greg Stewart	Paul Kavanaugh	Andrew Jensen
Randy Clark Gus Dekavallas Jana Green Joe Hesch Bill LaLonde David Lathrop Keith Miller Roman Okonowski Stuart Schindler Fred Vandervort	Jean Batt George Booth Robert Busch Dave Crissman Don Ellis Bob Dowle John Gruber Chuck Hultstrand Phyllis Prater Carole Weishaar	Patricia Cox Ralph Cunningham Mark Dreher Brad Evans Dennis Johnson Buck Nance Jim Rieder Lisa Schnaidt Brian Verbraken Wayne Unruh	Althea Bussert Dave Coyne Jim Crosman Chris Curran Sandro Menasci Gary Nelson Dave Spiess Bob Uber Mike Whalen Joe Zingale
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE INCENTIVES
NEW MEMBERS
The Initiation Dues of $150 and the usual quarterly (pro-rated) dues of $150 will apply. A New Member can recoup that Initiation Fee by using other MABE member services. The New Member is given up to 6 months to use other MABE member services to recoup  the $150 Initiation Fee.  They can do this any number of times if they like, with a $25 minimum repayment (6 X 25 = 150) OR a single use of service getting ALL of the $150 initiation fee back at one time. A receipt from the service will be required and given to our Treasurer in order to obtain the repayment.  This will keep it simple for any of our MABE businesses to conduct business in the usual way.
NEW MEMBER SPONSOR REWARD
The MABE member who sponsors a new member will be given a one- time use of a $25 credit, that will be good for 6 months.  It can be used to recoup any  service from another MABE member. A receipt from the MABE business is all that will be required and should be given to our Treasurer in order to obtain the credit.  This is your reward for bringing in a new member.
SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS
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Social Report
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No report.

Speaker Coordinator Report
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• 03/05/04     Guest Speaker
• 03/12/04     Group Discussion
• 03/19/04     Robert Busch

Treasurer Report

We have about $11,000 in the bank.  A few members still owe first quarter dues. Second quarter dues will be mailed out in a few days.

Leads Report

46-06, 16-32, 16-45, 16-19, 20-34, 17-23, 23-43, 42-29, 42-30, 29-13, 12-26, 12-06, 18-46, 18-17, 24-13, 05-26, 21-22, 13-34, 34-22, 34-40, 22-17, 22-13, 35-28, 03-46, 04-23, 27-41, 27-42 (x2), 40-19, 19-33.

Notable Mentions

Board elections were held today.  Roman Okonowski and Althea Bussert were welcomed back to the board.  It was a tight race.  The other nominees are strongly encouraged to run again next time.

Dave Crissman has a solution to your hot water needs.  For a special low price of $395 he can improve water efficiency and get you into your shower faster!  Don't bother with the details.  He will take care of it for you.

Sandro Menasci's lawyer will be speaking about his case tomorrow, Saturday the 28th at 12:00pm on AM 990 radio.

Ralph Cunningham urges people to keep their anti-virus programs up-to-date.  Things are nasty out there!

The Buddy Lunch is posted.  Get them scheduled and let us know how they go.

Brochures are available.  Take what you need.

MABE shirts are available for purchase in either navy or white.  The cost is $24.65 + tax.

Mighty Minute

Dean Synan was today's Mighty Minute.  He started Dean's mailing to do postcards, etc.  But he did things backwards.  He then bought the oldest list company in Arizona.  They had the best residential database bar none!  Now they also compile the information.  So they gather the information, put it into a master database and use it to do precision mailings.  If you need information that is not in their database, he can get it somewhere else for you.  If these three business ventures didn't keep him busy enough, Dean also recently became president of the Phoenix 100 Club.

Question of the Day

No question.

Stephan Chilton
Chilton Services, Inc.

Stephan was born across the pond in a little place called England.  He went to school there all the way to college.  After that, the life and times of Stephan Chilton are hard to follow.  He bounced around a lot from trade to trade and country to country.  As he puts it, instead of getting the 7-year itch for women, he gets the 12-month itch for countries.  The key points of his life are summarized below...

• He spent 3 years as an electrical engineer. 

• He joined the army and stayed for 9 years.

• He finished his electrical engineer courses.

• He traveled a lot in the army and received tremendous training.

• He built bridges in the army.  The enemy blew 'em up.  He rebuilt them.

• He got his education degree and became a P.E. teacher.

• In the army he was on the rugby team.

• He got married and the lived in Germany and loved it.

• They moved back to England but there was no work.

• He took a big contract and moved back to Berlin.

• The 12-month itch attacked him and he moved back to England.

• Again, there was no work in England.  Dismayed, he vowed never to work for anyone again and opened his own contracting business.  He had 6 people working for him.

• As a recovering workaholic, he purchased a timeshare in Spain.  They used it every year for six years.

• The itch attacked again.  He sold his business and moved his family to Spain.  He didn't have a job.  He didn't speak the language.  But he had a blast!

• After he spent all his money he opened another business in Spain building swimming pools.  He was on the fast track to becoming a jack-of-all-trades, master of none.  He had 27 employees.  Spain was a gorgeous place to live.  Many Europeans had second homes there.

• Their daughters moved back to England to go to college.  They were a close family that did everything together.  So Stephan and his wife followed the girls back to England.

• Stephan had to retire from playing rugby due to an injury. 

• He took up martial arts and mastered it.  He even opened a studio in England.

• He was approached by an English school in Spain to teach P.E.  With Stephan, its sports first, work later.

• But then he and his wife got to missing their kids again.  He sold everything and went back to England.

• England is the worst place to live.  It rains all the time and there is no damn work!  He had two clients that lived in Mesa.  The encouraged him to visit.  They came for a vacation.  Liked the climate.  Then they flew back to England.  They didn't like the climate.  They moved to Arizona.

• You should know how the story goes by now...They spent 12 months playing around.  New country, didn't speak the language, ran out of money, and so on.

• Stephan managed to get a job as a project manager.  It was an eye opening experience.  His employee sat on his but all day making tons of money while sub-contractors did all the work.  In England you did everything!  There was no specializing or you didn't work.

• Also eye-opening and disturbing was the quality of work that he has seen.  The people building these home don't have the skills.  And the people supervising them don't care.  They know that less than 50% of the buyers will notice and complain.  They take their chances.

• Stephan is a man of integrity.  He stands behind his work.  He quit the position and opened his own company, Chilton Services, Inc.  He is a one-man show and prefers it that way.

• Stephan's trades are extensive.  He can do anything.  If you need repair or maintenance, 90% of the time he can do the job.

• Racquetball anyone?  Stephan has picked it up and would like to master this sport too.

• He loves to hike,

• Oh, and he drinks a lot!

• He has run 3 marathons.

• He doesn't watch a lot of sports but he plays a lot.

• He has taught ATC (Air Training Corps) where he taught the guys how to shoot, horse ride, canoe, etc.  It's the type of job he would love to have again.

• He is also a certified personal trainer.

• Oh...he is also a nutritionist.

• He is also a brain surgeon.  (OK, I made that last one up.  But with Stephan, you never know!)