Leads & Introductions
Members introduced themselves and announced leads and thank
you's. Members also shared what they were doing this summer.
Member Spotlight
This week's spotlight is
Robert Busch. Please keep this member top of mind
this week for referrals.
Member Photos
The following members still need to get their pictures taken for
the website: Tim or Brad Green, Fred Vandervort and Mike
Whalen. Please make an appointment with Herb Stokes (Southwest
Portraits LLC, (480)
222-1199, info@southwestportraits.com).
Board Reports
-
Treasurer (Nick Mawrenko) Our meal expense will
increase 10 cents per meal due to the tax increase.
-
Social (Janice Jaicks) We will send out an email
next week announcing details of another happy hour.
-
Vice-President (Jake Ulrich) We have a new
option for members to access MABE members contact information.
There is a link in the upper right corner of the home page to a
member roster. The roster is printable. If you have
a smart phone, you can click on the phone number and it will
dial, or the email address and it will open a new email to the
member.
Meeting Schedule
June 25 - Members Spotlights
July 2 - Holiday-No Meeting
July 9 - Marketing Strategy, ThreeDames Webworks
Buddy Lunches
We drew for new Buddy Lunch pairings today. Lunches should
be completed by July 9th.
- Bill LaLonde, Brad Green, Althea Bussert
- Denver Johnson, Erin LaGrassa, Steve Chilton
- Roman Okonowski, Herb Stokes, Phyllis Prater
- Don Ellis, Stacy Hyder, Guy Sawyer
- Carole Weishaar, Mike Whalen, Jim Bache
- Ryan Bohlander, Janice Jaicks, Melissa Matthews
- Chris Curran, Lin Schmelzer, Bob Busch
- Tim Green, Joe Burr, Sandro Menasci
- Joe Zingale, Dave Lathrop, Mark Menasci
- Jake Ulrich, Fred Vandervort, Dave Crissman
- Joe Hesch, Nick Mawrenko, Bob Becker, Andy Jensen
Today's Program:
Membership (Contest & Categories)
CONTEST
A new membership contest was announced today. The goal is five
new members. Teams were picked (see below). Each team
should try for at least one new member. The contest ends after
we get five new members AND one team is in the lead. Members
of the winning team will get $20 off their membership dues plus a
special prize.
Team captains are in bold followed by the team
members...
| TEAM 1 |
TEAM 2 |
TEAM 3 |
TEAM 4 |
TEAM 5 |
HERB STOKES
Tim Green
Phyllis Prater
Guy Sawyer
Stacy Hyder
Denver Johnson |
JIM BACHE
Dave Lathrop
Dave Crissman
Sandro Menasci
Steve Chilton
Andy Jensen
Carole Weishaar |
FRED VANDERVORT
Nick Mawrenko
Erin LaGrasso
Janice Jaicks
Don Ellis
Mike Whalen
|
JOE BURR
Chris Curran
Robert Busch
Joe Hesch
Brad Green
Bob Becker
Joe Zingale |
ALTHEA BUSSERT
Jake Ulrich
Mark Menasci
Lin Schmelzer
Ryan Bohlander
Bill LaLonde |
CATEGORIES
The board has discussed the need to narrow categories to
make it easier to bring in new members for the benefit of all
(more leads to share, more people to share with, support).
Steve Chilton is in a broad category. He commented that
the group is more important to him than the category he holds.
Everyone could have a "what if" scenario that
would need to be handled on a case-by-case basis.
This is business development group, not just
leads. This group needs to become more proactive in
supporting each others business or what is the point.
You shouldn't be obligated to use each other.
You are not entitled. You need to attend meetings, share
what you do and build relationships. You have to earn
business. Those that expect leads don't stay.
There are so many easy categories to fill that
don't have conflicts. We should focus on those.
Perhaps we should look at changing the bylaws
and remove category restrictions. Some members welcome
competition.
I count on the group for leads. I would
like to see this group become more aggressive in getting
business for each other.
People in this group have respected each other's
categories in the past.
Think big picture to grow the group and our
individual business.
