Table of Contents

• COMMITTEE REPORTS
  • MEMBERSHIP REPORT
  • SOCIAL REPORT
  • SPEAKER COORDINATOR REPORT
  • TREASURER REPORT
• LEADS
• BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
• NOTABLE MENTIONS
• MAIN SPEAKER

Committee Reports

Membership Report
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Gus Dekavallas will have a prospective member application coming soon.  He also knows of an electrician that is interested in joining.  Dave Spiess also knows an electrician.  Lisa Wolfe will invite her proposed member to a meeting.

Social Report
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Red Kangaroo Wines will host a MABE social on August 13th.  The cost will be $50 per person - all inclusive.  Please signup and bring your friends.

Dave Spiess is working on a group trip to Los Angeles to view the King Tut exhibit.  He passed around a sheet again today asking for feedback on preferred dates, pricing for accommodations, and ideas on other places to visit on the trip.

Speaker Coordinator Report
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Main Speaker

• 08/12/05     Phil Passante
• 08/19/05     Gus Dekavallas
• 08/26/05     Paul Kavanaugh
• 09/02/05     No Meeting
• 09/09/05     Nick Mawrenko
• 09/16/05     Group Discussion - Business Succession

Spotlight Speaker

• 08/12/05     Mike Tanner
• 08/19/05     Bob Busch
• 08/26/05     Joe Hesch
• 09/02/05     No Meeting

Treasurer Report

No report.

Leads Report

46-50, 46-20, 16-28, 35-51, 35-02, 20-19, 20-34, 37-20, 44-40, 44-22, 26-22, 26-45, 28-17, 28-34, 24-03, 05-35, 10-20, 10-13, 45-15, 15-02, 15-34, 15-13, 21-33, 34-22, 03-31, 04-21, 43-11, 40-19, 40-41, 40-03, 25-47. 

This week's leads focus...

• Denver Johnson
• Paul Kavanaugh
• Barbara Kollman

Business Spotlight 

Lisa Wolfe was today's Spotlight.  Things in her business change daily and sometimes even hourly.  She often hears comments that advertising doesn't work.  But we are influenced by it whether we realize it or not.  If it isn't working for your business then you either (1) picked the wrong venue, (2) targeted the wrong audience, or (3) stopped because you didn't have enough money.  This is where Lisa can help you.  She can identify what advertising will work for you.  She specializes in radio and television advertising but can offer much more.  One suggestion was a wrapping fleet.  You can cover two fleet vehicles with advertising for the cost of one billboard.  And it is a one-time expense that may only need to be updated every couple of years.  To get Lisa leads consider the following. 

Who do you know who...

• needs direction and guidance?

• needs to take their advertising to the next level?

• is growing or expanding their business?

• had a bad experience?

And while you are thinking about it....Who do you know that is good at sales and needs a job? Lisa has two sales positions available.

Notable Mentions

We will print new brochures within the next 60 days.  Please make sure to submit any updates to Stuart Schindler. 

The board elections process will begin next week with nominations.  Althea Bussert and Roman Okonowski will be leaving the board and we are looking for two members to fill their spots.  You must have been a member in good standing for at least 12 months to be nominated.

Schedule...

• Nominations will be held on August 5th. 
• Speeches will be given on August 12th. 
• Elections will be held on August 19th. 
• The new board and president will take over September 9th.

Today Phil Passante and Denver Johnson were nominated.  The floor will be open again next week for more nominations.

Ralph Cunningham
Cunningham Computer Service

Ralph has always been into electronics.  It started in 8th grade with amateur radio.  He drove his neighbors crazy but he had fun doing it.  His latest hobby is converting videos.

Did you ever wonder what got the internet going?  Sad to say it was pornography.  But then businesses got into the game and the rest is history.

Unfortunately, the increased usage of the internet was accompanied by an increase in malicious scams.  The latest is phishing and pharming.  They are another way for scammers to separate you from your money.  Phishing is where they send you an email and try to trick you into clicking on the link in the body.  They may look like they are coming from a legitimate source such as Wells Fargo but they are only copy cats.  A sure way to tell is by looking at the address bar.  Do you see numbers or the site name?  If you see numbers you have been hooked.  If you still have not figured out the game and proceed to enter personal information, you have just been a victim of pharming.  You just gave the scammers all the information they need to steal your money.  For more information on phishing and pharming go to www.prnewswire.com.

There are some things to do to protect against the different scams.  Do not click on the "unsubscribe" links in emails.  By doing this you let the scammers know that your email address is valid and you just became worth more money to them.

Go to the advance option of your browser and turn off the "install on demand" option.  If you don't, any site can cause a malicious program to load onto your computer even without your knowledge.

You can also try internet filtering.  There are different methods.  Rating systems don't work.  Content screening doesn't work well either.  Scammers get around text screening by using images.  Web server filters do a good job of rejecting sites that are not safe.  Visit www.dmaconsumers.org/guidetocontrolsoftware.html and www.dmaconsumers.org/consumerassistance.html for information on protecting your children from malicious sites.

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