Table of Contents

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

Committee Reports

Membership Report
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Wayne Unruh has resigned. He may eventually close down his business to help his wife with hers.

Social Report
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As usual, the MABE Christmas Party was a great time.  Embarrassing pictures to post, anyone?

Speaker Coordinator Report
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Program Schedule

• 12/15/06   Althea Bussert
• 12/22/06   No Meeting - Christmas Holiday
• 12/29/06   No Meeting - New Years Holiday
   

Treasurer Report

1st quarter 2007 dues were emailed on December 1st.  A second e-bill was also sent to those signed up for the holiday party.  If you did not get your e-bills please contact Melissa at execadmin@gmail.com.

Leads Report

21-31, 22-32, 26-21, 09-17, 15-53, 15-10, 41-28, 50-20, 50-37, 50-53, 14-23, 47-28, 03-53, 34-22, 12-18, 12-15, 17-13, 17-41, 20-23, 31-21, 21-41, 28-53.

This week's leads focus...

• Charles Hultstrand
• Mark Howard
• Joe Hesch  

Notable Mentions

None.

How do you show your employees appreciation over the holidays?

• Mike Tanner - Honey Baked Ham certificates

• Steve Chilton - Dark beer at the bar

• Robert Bush - Cash bonuses

• Greg Stewart - We have a Christmas party followed by Texas Hold 'em.  We also give a cash bonus or gift certificate.

• Bill LaLonde- We take them out to breakfast and give a cash bonus.

• Phil Passante - First year I did great financially and gave $1000 bonuses.  I couldn't continue after that but the expectation was there.

• Gus Dekavallas - Big holiday party with rooms provided.

• Joe Zingale - Starting at Thanksgiving we give grocery store certificates and cash bonuses at Christmas. Cash bonuses are prorated and based on their position. We also have a party.

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Amy passed out a copy of a review of her cooking in Phoenix Magazine.  The review is from her work at Downunder Wines (owned by former member, Roger Carpenter).

She also played a video of her cooking series on the Maricopa County Home Show. 

Cooking Tips (from the video):

• Check the temperature in the thigh of the chicken because dark meat cooks slower. 

• Set your kitchen timer so you don't  forget the meat on the stove!

• Cook once. Eat twice. Reduce your electricity bill.

• To get that nice criss-cross look on your meat cook it on the grill at a 180-degree angle for 2.5 minutes in each direction.  Remember to cover the meat with foil to keep the heat in. 

The 13 cooking show segments that Amy did helped her get comfortable in front of the camera. This was just another phase in her ongoing pursuit to reinvent herself. Three events have happened since she last spoke that also affected her "reinvention" process. These events included crossing paths with a terminally ill boy named Nicky.  Through the course of her association with him she was led to go back to school to study healing arts.  While she will continue to consult, she will not limit herself to this endeavor.  She will continue to re-energize, self-express and go wherever life leads her.