MEETING MINUTES
Friday, October 1, 2010
Volume 17; Issue 32

Member Spotlight
This week's spotlight is Janice Jaicks. Please keep this member top of mind this week for referrals.

This & That
Emotional Reunions - Ryan Bohlander went to a Vietnam reunion with his parents last week. It was a powerful experience. Most of the men there did not know each other. But his dad did see two men that he served with every day and he cried when he saw them. There were lots of amazing stories. Many said they had not talked so much about their war experience as they did at this event.

Bob Busch spent time with the group we modeled MABE after. He got some good ideas. If members in that group wanted brochures to hand out they had to $10 each for them. This is how they covered that cost. They also had a meeting where they broke up into smaller groups and went through a list of categories. Each had to think about someone they knew in each category. It was so successful that they decided to repeat this process on a regular basis.

Erin LaGrassa shared her experiences from her recent visit to Iraq. She was both educated and humbled by her experience. It was neat to meet the soldiers. They never knew their schedule from day-to-day because of security risks. Her favorite part was seeing the Predator, an aircraft that operates without a pilot. It was all "pretty crazy and cool".

What are you proud of?

Bob Becker - Granddaughter turned 5 and we are going to Disneyland!
Bill LaLonde - Survived two 50th high school reunions in one day. Also proud of grandson in college as starting guard.
Mark Menasci - I have a water ski tournament coming up. I will let you know if I am proud of it next week.
Dave Knott - Daughter started college.
Erin LaGrassa - Proud of our troops.
Bob Busch - Continuing to come up with innovative ways to survive.
Jim Bache - Always proud of my two girls.
Phyllis Prater - I love life and proud of many things including my son and husband.
Carole Weishaar - I also love life. Most recently proud of the non-profit foundation I started.
Don Ellis - Proud of my wife whose handled the stress during his illness.
Lin Schmelzer - Proud to stay busy and maintain clients for a long time.
Denver Johnson - My cystic fibrosis granddaughter who turns 21 this year.
Kristi Morgan - Very proud of my husband who stuck with me and helped us start over here.
Joe Hesch - Thankful for 2010 being a good year for us. Personally everything is going well too.
Guy Sawyer - Proud of my wife who celebrates 20 sane years working with the state. Proud of his long term memory too.
Althea Bussert - Proud of daughter and son-in-law. Also proud of myself for getting through this last year.
Nick Mawrenko - Almost 60 years ago packed up his family, left Germany on a boat and came to the US. Very proud of him for that.
Steve Chilton - Bloody pleased to receive his check yesterday.
Chris Curran - Proud to distinguish myself from my colleagues. Proud of the friendships I have.
Joe Zingale - I am very fortunate because my kids inspire me with their discipline, work ethic, good nature and faith.
Nick Carr - Very proud of my two daughters and excited to see what their future holds for them.
Sandro Menasci - Proud that I followed Joe and Jake up the mountain last weekend. I will expand on the other things I am proud of soon when I speak to the group.
Tim Green - I'm proud of my brother and my family. And also my wife...We married off our oldest child and potty-trained our youngest in the same weekend.
Brad Green - Proudest of my two daughters and my brother and the fact that he is still in business.
Dave Lathrop - Very proud of my wife's family and the way they have accepted and embraced our adopted children.
Ryan Bohlander - I am taking a karate class this weekend. It is something I have always wanted to do.

Membership
Nick Carr brought in two guests this morning. Both have submitted applications..

Jeff Sutherlin - I am proud of my father who has three purple hearts. We have survived the real estate tsunami of the past several years. We have 130 producing agents. My partner and I have grown a strong company that we are very proud of it. We have weathered the storm and are coming out strong.
John Dennett - I have been in business since 1984. When I first started I was in a group similar to MABE and I have clients from that group that are still with me today. I am proud of being in business for 26 years and of my two girls in college.

Pending Applications:

Dave Knott
Yukon Electyric
Posted September 29, 2010
Visited September 24, 2010

Debbie Perkins
Residential Real Estate Agent
Posted September 22, 2010
Visited September 24, 2010

Jeff Sutherlin
United Brokers Group
Posted September 21, 2010
Visited October 1, 2010

John Dennett
CG Promo Group
Posted September 8, 2010
Visited October 1, 2010

Today's Discussion - Nick Carr
Nick was born and raised in South Dakota. He spent his first two years of college at the University of South Dakota where he minored in drinking 101. He then went to ASU where he changed his major to history. He got married in 1981 and has two girls, 8 and 10. Both have great aspirations in life. His 10-year old wants to be an inventor, a whale trainer or professional whistler. 8-year old wants to be a PE teacher. He does a lot of charity work and his hobby is family, whatever the girls are involved with.

While attending college full-time he also worked full-time as a manager for World Market Imports. During this time his wife's uncle approached him about doing insurance, something he had never considered. He started with American Family Insurance and eventually went out on his own. Things are going good. They are growing every year. He loves what he does. The operate as a brokerage representing about 20 different companies.

Nick answered members questions about the insurance industry.

Jeff Sutherlin added a testimonial...Nick is the most servant leader type you will ever find. He knows how to help people and network for them.