July 31 Newsletter

NORTHWEST CHAPTER

TUCSON'S PLATINUM CHAPTER

WE DANCE LIKE A BUTTERFLY

AND STING LIKE A BEE!!!!!!!

You might wonder why the snow flakes......well I'm from Nebraska and all this rain makes me realize that your rain is our snow but you don't have to shovel it!!!!

Power Team Homework: Each power team is responsible for naming 2 new members they need on their team. You will report your findings Aug. 2nd. That is this Thursday!! We are the number 2 chapter in the world...did you get that IN THE WORLD. We are only a few away from being the number one. The largest group is from Canada and has 74 members. We are at 59 so that is only 15 members. We are so close. Lets get those members in. Remember we are having a membership contest starting Aug 1 and ending Membership Contest will run from Aug. 2 to Sept 27th. The target businesses named earlier that morning will be the focus. HINT...HINT…..do your power team homework! The goal is to be at 70 members when this Leadership Team hands the reigns over to the new Leadership Team in October! Winner will be announced at Oct. 4th meeting. Prize: One night stay at The Sonoran Bed & Breakfast! Last Thursday we had 57 in attendance!! Isn't that wild!!

Michelle Martin of Martin Insurance , Leader of the Pack

ONWARD SOLDIERS!

Starting this week, we'll be doing two 5 minute presentations.
We will be having an older member and a newer member. I will be featuring the presenters in the newsletter telling more about them. Please see that I get the information before the Monday before you give your presentation.

James Craig of SuccessNow was the presenter this week and his door prize was a dinner for 2 at The Sonoran Bed & Breakfast. Dr. Darl Shipley of The Back Alley won it.

8-02-07 Deb Alter/Ron LaFaye
8/10 Pat Tavis/ Benita Babeckis
8/16 Becky Page/ Mike Liskow
8/23 Larry Stinson/Jim Wiberg
8/30 Paul Sandoval/Grant Deakin

9/06 Jessei MacIntire/Cory Pearson

Who's eyes are these? Last week's eyes belonged to Larry Stinson

GIFT BAGS: Don’t forget to BRING YOUR GOODIES for the gift bags. We are giving them out to visitors. These bags will have all of the stuff you donate plus your business cards. Please make sure you bring lots of business cards to keep your slot filled up. If no cards, no free advertising… Business cards are your cheapest form of advertising. We should be getting our new bags soon.

Monthly Mixer...second Friday of the month...Aug 10. We are changing the location so watch for an announcement.

Kevin Boerup of U.S. Press did you spit in Travis Williams of Executive Auto and Rachel Gioannini of Casa Serena eyes???

50/50 DRAWING is up to $1073!! Right now the joker is worth $537 (most likely the joker will be worth alot more after you buy your ticket. Dollar gets you one; $5 gets you 6 and $10 gets you 15 tickets. So clean out your pockets, purses and check the couch for some ticket money.

Marcus Richter of Hands-On Home Inspection was the lucky one last week.
Dr. Craig Murand of Foothills Foot & Ankle, Inc. lost his ticket but found it at the last minute so he won $3.




BOB HOLLINSHEAD will be there early with the tickets. No more getting your tickets after the meeting starts unless it is announced.

Have you ever wondered what happens

in the back of the room???

Dianne and Joe Kelley of Sandbrook Business Benefits Group

Susan Fulton of Desert Penguin and Chuck Fatum of Owner Built Custom Homes our Avent Coordinators attended a training and information session with Lori Riegel (Jewish Post) and BNI's Event Ambassador. Our chapter received praise for having 2 Event Coordinators present when the most the other chapters had was 1 and 4 chapters didn't have any representation at all!! Susan and Chuck showed their dedication and commitment to our chapter and we appreciated it!! Thank you.

MSP TRAINING: Next session is August 2nd at 9am-noon. MSP Held the 1st Sat. and 3rd Wed. of each Month. Kevin Wood will be doing the 1st Saturday of every month from 9a – 12Noon. This class will be at Varsity Clubs of American, 3855 E. Speedway on the NW corner of Speedway and Alvernon. Laura Loman will be leading class on the 3rd Wed. of the month from 5:30pm-8:30pm. This will be at Varsity Clubs of America, 3855 E. Speedway on the NW corner of Speedway and Alvernon. MSP before your can do your 5 Minute Presentation.Sign up now! Go to the calendar link at http://www.bnisouthwestcalendar.com/calendar/calendar.pl Find the date you wish to attend, click on the training information and a new window opens with instructions to register online. This information goes to Laura Loman for the Wednesday training and to Kevin Wood for the Saturday training. DEVELOPING POWER TEAMS is the subject Eric Timmis will be giving at the Advanced MSP Training held on Aug. 11. Only registration made through the BNI SouthWest website will be accept. These trainings are very well presented and very powerful. Sign up today at http://www.bnisouthwestcalendar.com/calendar/calendar.pl?month=8&view=Event&event_id=27

We have Steve Korn of Safeguard and Steve Torres of RCS Reliable Cleaning Service, LLC

We had 3 Visitors last week. There was 57 Referrals Given and 181 Dance Card. Total $5,046.








Visitors and Substitutes

We finally heard from Laura Loman about the winner of the New Orleans trip it is Kevin Wood of the Diamond Chapter.

See you Thursday,

Peggy

Northwest Chapter –
Tucson’s Platinum Chapter!!

WE DANCE LIKE A BUTTERFLY

Did the cat eat the mouse??

AND STING LIKE A BEE!!!!!!!

Hello Winners,
That's Ron LaFaye and he was presented with a 7yr award.

How do we get people to visit our chapter and how do we get them to join? that's easy!! We continue to add people of good character and strong work ethics. People that are committed to BNI and the Northwest Chapter:: Look at how many people in our chapter have attended a least 1 Advanced MSP course and several members have attended multiple courses. When visitors come to our Chapter, they see our commitment, they feel the great energy and who wouldn't want to be a part of it? quotes from our fearless leader Michelle Martin.

Power Team Homework: Each power team is responsible for naming 2 new members they need on their team. You will report your findings Aug. 2nd.

Presenters ...don't forget to bring a door prize! Door prize is to be no more than $25.

James Craig 7/ 26

Starting next week, we'll be doing two 5 minute presentations.

We will be having an older member and a newer member

I will be featuring the presenters in the newsletter telling more about them. Please see that I get the information before the Monday before you give your presentation.

8-02-07 Rondie Yancie/Ron LaFaye

8/10 Pat Tavis/ Benita Babeckis

8/16 Becky Page/ Mike Liskow

8/23 Larry Stinson/Jim Wiberg

8/30 Paul Sandoval/Grant Deakin

Mark Miller gave last week's demonstration on Cox Business Services. Pat Tavis of Pat Taviss consulting, won the door prize which is a massage at Massage Envy.

Membership Contest to begin Aug. 2nd The contest will run from Aug. 2 to Sept 27th. The target businesses named earlier that morning will be the focus. HINT...HINT…..do your power team homework! The goal is to be at 70 members when this Leadership Team hands the reigns over to the new Leadership Team in October! Winner will be announced at Oct. 4th meeting. Prize: One night stay at The Sonoran Bed & Breakfast! We are currently at 63 members!!

Michelle Martin and Larry Stinson are giving Terry Federicks of 4-Hire Contracting, Inc

his 1 yr membership ribbon.

GIFT BAGS: Don’t forget to BRING YOUR GOODIES for the gift bags. We are giving them out to visitors. These bags will have all of the stuff you donate plus your business cards. Please make sure you bring lots of business cards to keep your slot filled up. If no cards, no free advertising… Business cards are your cheapest form of advertising.

Doesn't look like these people really care what is going on....their breakfast is just fabulous! Benita Babeckis - Tranzformations; Marjorie Waterbrooke - Clear Content; Travis William - Executive Auto; Becky Page - Outdoor Lightening and Susan Fulton - Desert Penguin

Eric Timmis would like for you to visit the web site below and listen to a short recorded video message to the chapter about the importance of ALWAYS carry your BNI card holders. You just never know when you might find yourself "in a middle of a referral" Let us know what you think of this video message. It might be a weekly feature in the newsletter.







http://ravenas.razorstream.com:80/eve-service/player.jspx?enc=yA0AI0thMNsW8ZrhYzj5ow%3D%3D

50/50 DRAWING is up to $961.00!! Right now the joker is worth $481.00 (most likely the joker will be worth around $500)Don’t forget to buy your tickets and make the joker worth a lot more. Dollar gets you one; $5 gets you 6 and $10 gets you 15 tickets. So clean out your pockets, purses and check the couch for some ticket money. Marcus Richter of Hands-On Home Inspection was the lucky one this week and won $10. I don't have a picture of Marcus...so use your imagination. BOB HOLLINSHEADwill be there early with the tickets. No more getting your tickets after the meeting starts unless it is announced.

MSP TRAINING: Next session is August 2nd at 9am-noon. MSP Held the 1st Sat. and 3rd Wed. of each Month. Kevin Wood will be doing the 1st Saturday of every month from 9a – 12Noon. This class will be at Varsity Clubs of American, 3855 E. Speedway on the NW corner of Speedway and Alvernon. Laura Loman will be leading class on the 3rd Wed. of the month from 5:30pm-8:30pm. This will be at Varsity Clubs of America, 3855 E. Speedway on the NW corner of Speedway and Alvernon. MSP before your can do your 5 Minute Presentation.Sign up now! Go to the calendar link at http://www.bnisouthwestcalendar.com/calendar/calendar.pl Find the date you wish to attend, click on the training information and a new window opens with instructions to register online. This information goes to Laura Loman for the Wednesday training and to Kevin Wood for the Saturday training.

DEVELOPING POWER TEAMS is the subject Eric Timmis will be giving at the Advanced MSP Training held on Aug. 11. Only registration made through the BNI SouthWest website will be accept. These trainings are very well presented and very powerful. Sign up today at http://www.bnisouthwestcalendar.com/calendar/calendar.pl?month=8&view=Event&event_id=27

A few of our members are taking advantage of these trainings.

James Craig - 2 Chuck Fatum - 1 Mark Hays -1

Peggy Hyde - 3 Michelle Martin - 5 Becky Page -2

Marcus Richter -1 Manny Rodriquez - 1 Linda Scott - 1

Larry Stinson -1 Johnny Wyatt -2

So why haven't you gone to one of them???

How about who are these eyes?

Referrals Given: 58 Dance Cards 614 Visitors 4 Members Present 54

$ Value $36,058

Another GREAT week!! This is why we are a Platinum Chapter!!!!

WE still haven’t heard from the membership contest.

T-SHIRT T-SHIRT DON'T FORGET YOU T-SHIRT this week. As part of your 30 sec. commercial incorporate your favorite t-shirt into you script. Have fun...do I have to tell this group to have fun......LOL Can hardly wait to see what you guys come up with. We will be taking a new group photo with our shirts on!!

ALMOST FORGOT Mary Gibson had the most visitor in June with 4 and Peggy Hyde had the most referrals 18 and 59 dance cards.

Mike Benzenhoefer, Michelle Martin, Peggy Hyde, Mary Gibson and Larry Stinson

See you Thursday,

Peggy

July 17th Newsletter

Northwest Chapter –

Tucson’s Platinum Chapter!!

WE DANCE LIKE A BUTTERFLY

Laura Loman 7 year Betty Boop plaque...

AND STING LIKE A BEE!!!!!!!

Hello Winners!


Power Team Homework: Each power team is responsible for naming 2 new members they need on their team. You will report your findings Aug. 2nd.


Presenters ...don't forget to bring a door prize! Door prize is to be no more than $25.

Mark Miller Cox Business Services

7-19-07 Mark Miller
7-26-07 James Craig
Starting August 2nd we'll be
Doing two 5 minute presentations.
We will be having an older member and a newer member
8-02-07 Rondie Yancie/Ron LaFaye
8/10 Pat Tavis/ Benita Babeckis
8/16 Becky Page/ Mike Liskow
8/23 Larry Stinson/Jim Wiberg



Robin Cupp, did an acupuncture demonstration on Ty Thonvold. They were so good I ask them to do a live demonstration on Pillow Talk on Saturday 7/14/07. I have received a number of reviews and my listeners loved them...

Membership Contest to begin Aug. 2nd The contest will run from Aug. 2 to Sept 27th. The target businesses named earlier that morning will be the focus. HINT...HINT…..do your power team homework! The goal is to be at 70 members when this Leadership Team hands the reigns over to the new Leadership Team in October! Winner will be announced at Oct. 4th meeting. Prize: One night stay at The Sonoran Bed & Breakfast! We are currently at 63 members!!

THREE THINGS to focus on during your 30 second commercial: Your Name, Business Name, Memory Hook!! .....and keeping your commercial to 30 seconds. It seems like the same people go over time each week, so please time your commercial. If you are having trouble, ask your mentor or a member of the leadership team for help. We are there to help you.

GIFT BAGS: Don’t forget to BRING YOUR GOODIES for the gift bags. We are giving them out to visitors. These bags will have all of the stuff you donate plus your business cards. Please make sure you bring lots of business cards to keep your slot filled up. If no cards, no free advertising… Business cards are your cheapest form of advertising.

50/50 DRAWING is up to $877.00!! Right now the joker is worth $439.00 Don’t forget to buy your tickets and make the joker worth a lot more. Dollar gets you one; $5 gets you 6 and $10 gets you 15 tickets. So clean out your pockets, purses and check the couch for some ticket money. Last week was the biggest increase in the pot....$101 collected.

Mike Hoynes was the lucky one this week and won $10.

Early Bird money was distributed last week. 37 members got money with 9 members getting $10 and 27 members getting $5.

Monthly Mixer: Second Friday of the month… 6-8pm This month was at the Fox and Hound.

James Craig, Both sons and the head of his wife.......Guess she is the head of their household......

Mark Kendall....Are you going to let Sunie out the Coffee House???? Janeen Casper, her husband Marcus and sister.








Michelle Martin and Pat Taviss deep in conversation....You better stay in line or else!!






Manny Rodriguez is deep in to what Becky Page is saying.










MSP TRAINING LOCATION CHANGED
Next session is JULY 18 AT 5:30PM.
MSP Held the 1st Sat. and 3rd Wed. of each Month. Kevin Wood will be doing the 1st Saturday of every month from 9a – 12Noon. This class will be at Varsity Clubs of American, 3855 E. Speedway on the NW corner of Speedway and Alvernon. Laura Loman will be leading class on the 3rd Wed. of the month from 5:30pm-8:30pm. This will be at Varsity Clubs of America, 3855 E. Speedway on the NW corner of Speedway and Alvernon. MSP before your can do your 10 Minute Presentation.
Sign up now! Go to the calendar link at http://www.bnisouthwestcalendar.com/calendar/calendar.pl Find the date you wish to attend, click on the training information and a new window opens with instructions to register online. This information goes to Laura Loman for the Wednesday training and to Kevin Wood for the Saturday training.



Doesn't Larry look like a bad guy on a bad horror movie from the past..... HAHAHAHAAAAA


Larry Stinson Here is the numbers for the week
Referrals Given: 40
Referrals Received 38
Dance Cards 92
Visitors 1
$ value $6609

We still haven’t heard from the membership contest.

Substitutes – we are enforcing the BNI policy for substitutes and ask that when you give our member’s commercial, and as long as you do not conflict with another member’s business, that you merely stand, tell us your name, the name of your business, and then give our member’s 30 second commercial. We thank you for getting up so early and for filling in for our members, but in the interest of time, our substitutes will no longer be allowed to give their 30 second commercial.

Marjorie Waterbrook won Truth or Delusion book.

See you Thursday morning!
Peggy

Northwest Chapter –
Tucson’s Platinum Chapter!!

WE DANCE LIKE A BUTTERFLY
AND Michael Hoynes
STING LIKE A BEE!!!!!!!

Hello Winners!

POWER TEAM COMMERCIALS WERE UNBELIEVABLE!!!! IF YOU WEREN’T AT THE MEETING YOU MISSED OUT BIG TIME.

CONTRATORS CHRIS HARVEY AND ROBERT VALENZUELA HELPED HOMEOWNER BOB HOLLINGSHED.
BENITA BABECKIS, JANEEN CASPER, MANNY RODRIGUEZ, DR. CRAIG MURAD AND THEIR TEAM PERSONAL CARE HELPED A LADY, MARY
BOB MEREDITH, JAMES CRAIG, ERIC ROBBINS, MIKE BENZENHOEFER AND MICHELLE MARTIN (of Professional Services their group talked about Mr. Sad and Iwilla Succeed) AND THEIR POWER TEAM, BUSINESS SUPPORT WENT BACK TO THE FUTURE.
LARRY STINSON, KEVIN BOERUP AND ERIC TIMMIS OF THE MARKETING & BRANDING
LINDA SCOTT AND TRAVIS WILLIAMS OF THE AUTOMOTIVE CARE

SUE ZEPEDA, SCHOOL TEACHER HAS THE ATTENTION OF ONE OF HER FAVORITE STUDENTS, DON WREN! LOL

LAURA LOMAN, CHUCK FATUM, JUDY RANDELS, MARCUS RICHTER OF REAL ESTATE/HOME SERVICES SHOWED JUANNA BEA ENVESTO AKA PEGGY HYDE THE “ROPES”

MARY GIBSON, SUSAN FULTON, NANCY JONES, PATTY CUMMINS, JAMES CRAIG, SUNIE KENDALL AND PEGGY HYDE HAVE FRAMED THIS MOMENT. SINCE I AM WRITING THIS NEWSLETTER, I CAN BE VERY PREJEDICED IF I WANT TO BUT PERSOANL GRATIFICATION NOW KNOWN AS CELEBRATE LIFE WAS THE BEST BELLY LAUGH!! AND KNOW FOR THE GOOD GOSSIP….JAMES CRAIG AND PATTY CUMMINS WENT TO THE BED & BREAKFAST AND MADE WHOOPIE! NINE MONTHS LATER THEY HAD TWIN POUNDS OF COFFEE!!

IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE PUTTING ON POWER TEAM COMMERCIALS BETWEEN CHRISTMANS AND NEW YEARS SO YOU GUYS HAVE LOTS OF TIME TO CREATE, CREATE, AND CREATE!!


Power Team Homework: Each power team is responsible for naming 2 new members they need on their team. You will report your findings Aug. 2nd.


Next Presenters ...don't forget to bring a door prize!

7-05-07 Power Team Commercials
7-12-07 Robin Cupp
7-19-07 Mark Miller
7-26-07 James Craig
Starting August 2nd we'll be
Doing two 5 minute presentations.
We will be having an older member and a newer member
8-02-07 Rondie Yancie/Ron LaFaye
8/10 Pat Tavis/ Benita Babeckis
8/16 Becky Page/ Mike Liskow


Membership Contest to begin Aug. 2nd The contest will run from Aug. 2 to Sept 27th. The target businesses named earlier that morning will be the focus. HINT...HINT…..do your power team homework! The goal is to be at 70 members when this Leadership Team hands the reigns over to the new Leadership Team in October! Winner will be announced at Oct. 4th meeting. Prize: One night stay at The Sonoran Bed & Breakfast! We are currently at 63 members!!

3 things to focus on during your 30 second commercial: Your Name, Business Name, Memory Hook!! .....and keeping your commercial to 30 seconds. It seems like the same people go over time each week, so please time your commercial. If you are having trouble, ask your mentor or a member of the leadership team for help. We are there to help you.




Gift Bags: Don’t forget to BRING YOUR GOODIES for the gift bags. We are giving them out to visitors. These bags will have all of the stuff you donate plus your business cards. Please make sure you bring lots of business cards to keep your slot filled up. If no cards, no free advertising… Business cards are your cheapest form of advertising.

50/50 DRAWING is up to $781.00!! Right now the joker is worth $391.00. Don’t forget to buy your tickets and make the joker worth a lot more. Dollar gets you one; $5 gets you 6 and $10 gets you 15 tickets. So clean out your pockets, purses and check the couch for some ticket money.


Monthly Mixer: Second Friday of the month… 6-8pm
Susan Fulton announced Fox and Hound near the Foothills Mall will be “the place” for our monthly mixers. Pizza and non alcoholic drinks will be served if you want other items you many purchase them. We will be charging $5 per person and $2 for small children to help with the cost of the evening. Chuck and Susan will have a sign in sheet and the amount due will be billed to you on your next breakfast due statement. This will be much easier than collecting money at the door. Whatever amount is due to the restaurant over what is collected will be paid by the chapter. RSVP’s should be made to Susan but walk-ins are always welcome. She would like to get an idea of how many will be at the mixer. If you were at the last mixer, just want to let you know that it will be set up different.

MSP TRAINING LOCATION CHANGED
Next session is JULY 18 AT 5:30PM.
MSP Held the 1st Sat. and 3rd Wed. of each Month. Kevin Wood will be doing the 1st Saturday of every month from 9a – 12Noon. This class will be at Varsity Clubs of American, 3855 E. Speedway on the NW corner of Speedway and Alvernon. Laura Loman will be leading class on the 3rd Wed. of the month from 5:30pm-8:30pm. This will be at Varsity Clubs of America, 3855 E. Speedway on the NW corner of Speedway and Alvernon. MSP before your can do your 10 Minute Presentation.
Sign up now! Go to the calendar link at http://www.bnisouthwestcalendar.com/calendar/calendar.pl Find the date you wish to attend, click on the training information and a new window opens with instructions to register online. This information goes to Laura Loman for the Wednesday training and to Kevin Wood for the Saturday training.

BLOGGING IS A COMING TO THE NORTHWEST CHAPTER!! Mike Liskow now has our BNI NW Chapter web site ready and will provide details! Looks like it might be up and running by next week. Watch for an email giving you directions. www.bninorthwesttucson.com.

Larry Stinson Here is the numbers for the week
Referrals Given: 31
Referrals Received 31
Dance Cards 150
$ value $1,013,989 (no that is not an error) There were two loans that went through!

Referrals were down a bit, but overall another great week!






We still haven’t heard from the membership contest.

Substitutes – we are enforcing the BNI policy for substitutes and ask that when you give our member’s commercial, and as long as you do not conflict with another member’s business, that you merely stand, tell us your name, the name of your business, and then give our member’s 30 second commercial. We thank you for getting up so early and for filling in for our members, but in the interest of time, our substitutes will no longer be allowed to give their 30 second commercial.

I forgot…..who won the 50/50 last week. Also who won the beautiful flower arrangement……… Kindergarten moment!!
See you Thursday,
Peggy

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