Great read as always Norm! Sent from my iPhone On Jan 7, 2015, at 1:46 PM, Norm Sandvik <norm.sandvik@xxxxxxx<mailto:norm.sandvik@xxxxxxx>> wrote: This may be a duplicate for some. Happy New Year Well I am back for another year... Please take all complaints directly to our Chair as I am sure he has nothing better to do than clean up the mess I sometimes make. If you are really thin skinned I would suggest you unsubscribe from this mailing list. You can request that, I have no idea at all how to get you off but you can certainly request it. Great turnout for the start of the year. May not have seemed like it but we were at the 70% mark which is good for the first meeting of the year and with the weather we have been having. Fun meeting for the first meeting of the year, well done new executive. 1. 16 years ago that Paul Hergott, Joe Maciel, Desmond Dobroskay and Dave Mann's broke away from BNI and started the group. Mustn't forget that TD was also there and as Paul says she is the Grandmother of the group! 2. New Executive Paul Marois Chair Past Chair Denise Bruce (with nothing to do) Cheryl Grant Vice Chair Lana Belvis Secretary (all leads now go to her) Raymond Wurdeman Treasurer Tiffany Wiens Attendance Sara Bauer Membership Bo Skapski Speaker Committee Social Committee Advertising/Promotion 3. Cheryl started off the infomercials on a fun note, giving us all tough guy nicknames. (Crash, Calculator, Bones, The Bolt, Cowboy, Spec's, The Defender, Hands, The Protector, The puck to name a few) I forgot what she called me but I am sure it wasn't very complimentary.. You guess which ones belong to whom. 4. Speaker next week is the ever lovely Paul Hergott followed up by the vote on the budget. (see attached budget for those of you not there today). 5. What would the first meeting of January be without Mr. Hergott wanting to know what line in the budget the administrative assistant is on. 6. WE NEED MORE MEMBERS, PLEASE TRY AND BRING A GUEST OUT 7. I was just looking at our website and I see some of the newer members are not on and some outdated info. Please check yours and if wrong please contact Cheryl. Sent without proof reading or spelling. Read at your own risk. DID YOU FILL OUT A REFERRAL SLIP TODAY? Have a profitable week everyone and please remember to think OBE<http://www.okbe.ca/> first before buying or recommending anyone. NORM SANDVIK Apple Valley Promotions Phone: (250) 470 8008 Fax: (250) 769 1887 Website: www.applevalleypromotions.com<http://www.applevalleypromotions.com> Website: www.okbe.ca<http://www.okbe.ca> Don't be afraid to ask dumb questions. They are easier to handle than dumb mistakes. I will be on Christmas Holidays from December 22, 2014 through to January 4th inclusive. <OBE Budget.pdf>