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Meeting
Minutes:
Friday, October 28, 2005
Volume 12; Issue
36
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Table of Contents
Committee Reports
Membership
Report
(Click here
to go to the Membership page)
Phil Passante's cousin is a licensed
electrician (residential and commercial). He has been in
the business for 4 years. If there are no objections, Phil
will get part one of the membership application together.
Social Report
(Click here to go to the Social Event page)
Please make sure to sign up
for the holiday party.
Speaker Coordinator Report
(Click here to go to the Speaker Schedule)
Main Speaker
Spotlight Speaker
Treasurer Report
We are doing good.
Leads Report
32-40, 32-34, 26-13, 26-14, 15-06, 15-10,
15-26, 21-07, 21-34, 52-22, 13-06, 13-10, 13-32, 13-19, 13-40,
13-03, 13-22, 34-21, 38-17, 14-23, 40-21.
This week's
leads focus...
Notable Mentions
The new MABE brochures are
now available.
Look out for Amy Ahrensdorf
on television. She filmed 4 shows with Arizona Home and
Garden.
Congratulations to Sandro
Menasci on the opening of his new store, All Brands Auto located
on the north side of Main between Gilbert & Stapley.
Jim Bache reminds members of
the tax credit you can take if you write a check to a public
school ($300 married) or private school ($825 married).
This is a dollar-for-dollar credit.
Business Spotlight
Phil Passante was today's
unexpected Business Spotlight. If you find it
difficult to get your insurance company to send out "AGE" to
repair your glass, here is a tip...Call Phil and let him do all
the work! He will call the insurance network and get
things scheduled. They may call you for confirmation but
that's it.
Main Speaker
Fred
Vandervort
FASTSIGNS
Fred Vandervort was today's
unexpected Main Speaker.
Fred has two FASTSIGNS shops
in the East Valley. He opened the first store of this
franchise in Arizona and now there are 15. This industry
has grown so much since he first opened his doors. Things are all
computer-driven now. The days of painted signs (and the
mess) are gone.
Fred demonstrated how they
used to make signs using vinyl cuts in different colors.
It is a simple process but required a great deal of inventory
and each color piece had to be laid separately.
But technology has advanced
even further. Now graphic artists can put together
incredible images and print them in one shot using solvent
printers and ink on plain white vinyl. The inventory is
down to one color of vinyl.
Fred has learned a few things
along the way. He no longer purchases the equipment,
spending several thousands of dollars on things that will be
obsolete after 3 years. He leases instead.
They can do signs for
anything and on anything. If in doubt, call their store
and talk to a sales rep. They are very creative and have a
pool of images and ideas to work with.
Thank you, Fred for stepping
in at the last minute with your impromptu speech.
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