Members introduced themselves and announced leads.
Embarrassing song/group you love?
- Dave Crissman - Ding Dong the Witch is Dead
- Don Ellis - Rock Around the Clock
- Jeff Sutherlin - ABBA
- Erin LaGrassa - Snoop Dog
- Jim Bache - Almond Brothers Band, Put Another Log on the
Fire
- Janice Jaicks - Justin Beaver
- Althea Bussert - Elvis Presley
- Carole Weishaar - ABBA, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
- Chris Curran - Baby I'm a Big Star Now
- Joe Zingale - Stairway to Heaven will play at my funeral
- Brad Green - Brittany Spears
- Tim Green - Jim Nabors
- Stacy Hyder - Love Karaoke - Reba McIntire, Brittany and
Madonna
- Mark Menasci - Huge Beatle fan
- Joe Hesch - Any 80's hair bands
- John Dennett - No country music allowed, 60's music
- Joe Burr - 60's and 70's country music
- Bob Busch - Journey, I'm a Single Lady
- Andy Jensen - Anything pop and slow songs that a DJ
would play
- Terry Schnelle - 60's rock-n-roll, Lady Gaga
- Dave Lathrop - AHA, Back Street Boys... Ice Ice
Baby!
- Herb Stokes - Bee Gees Staying Alive
- Ryan Bohlander - Brett Michaels
- Jake Ulrich - Ace of Base
Member Spotlight
This week's spotlight is
Don Ellis. Please keep this member top of mind
this week for referrals.
Social Update
We had a nice small group. A good time picking up....
(I was asked not to post the rest).
We have a hike on March 12th and historic home tour and
street fair on March 27th.
Details of all events can be found on the
member's only home page.
Board Update
The board will transition soon. No new members will come
on the board. Nick Mawrenko will become president. Jake
Ulrich will take the position of treasurer. All other chairs
will remain the same.
There will be a board meeting next week. The main topic of
discussion will be the Honorary Member position.
Sharing Time
Herb read an article about customer service.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo
Nick Mawrenko also shared an article about the importance of the
2-letter word "UP".
http://boards.msn.com/TVboards/thread.aspx?threadid=1796821
Today's Program - Going
from Good to Great
Presented by Jeff Sutherlin
What can we do this year to take MABE from Good to
Great?
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I believe it starts with the individuals.
Everyone needs to come out of their comfort zones. It
helps us relate to each other more which brings us closer.
Be vulnerable.
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There is not "one" thing to do. We
have to be more involved in MABE. It can happen at
smaller levels. Have committees - It is hard to get
things done as a large group, lose focus. Perhaps have
a committee that will help struggling members. Take it
externally. More community involvement.
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In the book he talks about finding the right
people. We lost good members because we brought in the
wrong people. We need to find not only the right
people, but expand to larger companies.
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We are really poor at coaching a new member.
If someone starts to drift, we let them.
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We lost our consistency. There was
turnover. And we lost our trust. We are getting
back to that again. Our group is unique in that we are
more like family. We have the same problems and should
be able to let that all hang out at MABE.
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It is hard to get to know each other at the
morning meeting. More ways to get together (buddy
lunches, socials) would help.
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We need to challenge each other.
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Good groups talk about this stuff.
Great groups initiate it.
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You need ground rules (bylaws) and you need
conditions. Then you need to call people out on it.
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The group is about building relationships
which is hard to do at the meeting. I don't feel that
we need to have a structured meeting every week. We
could have more informal, get to know each other better
meetings.
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What does "great" look like? How do we
know when we get there?
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We need to be able to the news out there
good or bad, anonymous or not. I want to know if I
wronged somebody so I can fix/improve that.
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We need accountability.
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We need to remind others of our value, not
our price.
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Coming to the meeting early to visit is like
having a buddy lunch.
What is the right person?
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Someone that shows leadership. But be
careful about someone with an "ego". They need to fit
into our culture.
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Someone that wants to get involved.
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Integrity.
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We shouldn't settle for anybody just to fill
a spot.
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We need to have strict criteria/guidelines
so that we don't become another BNI.
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We can't be afraid to cut bait when we need
to.
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We lowered our standards a few years ago.
We need to change that.
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Caring about each other.
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Quality over Quantity.
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We could put into place a process for
finding a candidate for a category.
Think about this discussion throughout the week.
We will then work on implementing these ideas.
