Next Tuesday I will be giving out the New Business Card Holders so please bring around 200 cards as each slot will hold apx 8 cards and we have 24 members right now.

Good Meeting today. We have several guest today.

1. Dana Miller of Indoff (Commercial Interiors Specialist
2. JamieLynn Fajardo-Cota of Paychex
3. Jay Thompson of CSUB SBDC
4. MaryAnn of Bakersfield Carriages
5. Jennifer Carvish of Aflac Insurance

This weeks member spotlight was from Martin Guerrero of Verizon Wireless.

Next weeks Member Spotlight is from John Curtis of Affordable PC Repair.
NEW RULE GOING IN EFFECT ON MARCH 5th 2012 – We will discuss next Tuesday
We start our meeting at 7:30 am sharp every Tuesday morning. Attendance is critical.  Substitutes are allowed and will prevent you from being counted absent. If you miss 3  meetings in a row or 4 in a 3 month period you will be on probation. If you miss 5 meetings in a 6 month period, your position is can be declared vacant at the sole discretion of the leadership team. You must again apply and be accepted for the position. We will make decisions annually as to which meetings will be cancelled due to holidays, but it is usually no more than 5 per year.

Blood Drive is Today!!
http://bbng.lavasquare.com/blood-drive/

Casino Night for the Olive Drive Blazers
http://bbng.lavasquare.com/olive-drive-blazers/

Go Grab Lunch.com
http://bbng.lavasquare.com/go-grab-lunch-1-on-1-networking/

Condors night
Bridal Association Night with the Bakersfield Condors is Wednesday March 28th
Condors Information

Networking events this week:

Small Business Breakfast
Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:15-8:45am
Contractors Building
2408 Brundage Lane, Suite A-1
Bakersfield, CA  93304
(Northwest of A Street)
$5.00 per person – Continental Breakfast

Chamber Mixer

Join the Chamber for an evening of food, fun and networking.
Guests are asked to bring blanket donations for the Bakersfield Rescue Mission.
$5.00 for Chamber Members
$10.00 for non-members
Thursday, February 23, 2012 05:30 PM ~ 08:30 PM
Where: 3553 Landco Dr. Ste. A

Thank you.
Kyle Brown
Our next meeting is next Tuesday at 7:30am
You can arrive as early as 7am for breakfast and some one on one time with other members or guest.

Here is what our new Business Card Holder will look like.  This will be available toward the end of February.

Be social in your networking, meet someone for lunch!
Build your Network, Increase your Business, do it at Lunch.  
We connect professionals for face to face, one on one lunches at local restaurants. All meetings are based on parameters predetermined by you.

Once you have entered your profile and networking preferences, we provide you a list of matching members who have open lunch times at a specific restaurant. You choose the member and attend their lunch.

Or, you enter your own lunch schedule, pick the restaurant, and wait for another matching member to choose your lunch.

The GoGrabLunch basics:

1. This IS NOT a dating site – This site is designed to help professionals network with other professionals for business purposes. If you choose to set your preferences to allow lunches with members of the opposite sex, please conduct yourself in a professional manner.
2. Ditch the pitch – Keep the selling to a minimum. Remember this is a networking opportunity. Make the most of your time and be respectful of your guest’s time. You are both here to make a valuable contact. This is not the time for your 30 minute sales pitch.
3. Rate your restaurant – Rating your lunch helps others see what venues offer the best environment for a quality network lunch. Be honest but be fair. Your ratings help us provide you with the best Preferred Restaurant Partners, discounts and incentives. All ratings are anonymous.
4. Leave honest feedback about your lunch – This is the most important thing you do as a user of GoGrabLunch.com to help ensure everyone has a quality networking lunch. After every completed lunch you will get a chance to give us feedback about the overall quality of that lunch. Feedback affects each user’s NetQuotient™ (see FAQs). The better your NetQuotient™, the more lunches you are likely to have, and the more connections you are likely to make.

Following these basic guidelines will help insure everyone who uses GoGrabLunch.com has a quality experience and makes a valuable new business connection.

Visit website

February is new member recruitment month and to help kick thing off in the right direction you will get 1 drawing ticket for every new guest (potential member) you bring to the meeting on Tuesday morning in the month of February and 1 bonus if they join with a payment in February as well.

Here is some information on the Mimi-Vacation

In order to redeem your certificate you must enter the full website including the html extension for the issuer of your certificate. You must also have the correct redemption code from the certificate and enter it in when prompted to do so.

Your Vacation Is On Us!
Enjoy your free vacation on us!

This package entitles two adults to enjoy 3 fun-filled days and 2 exciting nights of complimentary accommodations at their choice of one of the fabulous vacation destinations listed below.

Just take a look at all these wonderful vacation destinations you could visit while staying in high-quality accommodations provided by the hotels listed below.

This offer is offering you and a guest hotel accommodations in your choice of cities listed above. Your cost is a small $10 processing, postage and handling fee as well as hotel taxes, ranging between $7-$12 per night, based upon the city selected.

You will receive a reservation form in the mail to book your room. When you send in the reservation form, hotel taxes will be due at that time. Reservations must be taken within one year and booked 60 days in advance.

Valid for adults, age 21 and older.

Dates near holidays or conventions are usually not available with this special offer. Transportation, meals and room taxes are not included. Holidays, weekends and travel within 60 days require a surcharge.

Not valid for conventions or group travel. Only one brochure may be used per family, per city in any 12-month period.

Destinations 3 day/ 2 night

Or Enjoy 4 Days and 3 Nights at one of these locations:

* Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
* Cancun, Mexico

Hotel Information

All hotel accommodations are at 3-star national chain hotels such as:

* Ramada
* Radisson
* Holiday Inn
* Sheraton
* Best Western

Due to how fast we are growing and the lack of customer service at our current location we will be moving our Tuesday morning breakfast to The Nines Restaurant at the Bakersfield Marriott.

The Nines has a Semi-Private Dinning Room that will accommodate up to 40

Here is a copy of the breakfast menu.
The buffet is $12 + tax

Includes:

• 

  Build your own omelet

• Bacon
• Sausage
• Country Potatoes
• Scrambled Eggs
• Assorted Breads/Bagels (based on availability)
• Cold Cereals (based on availability)
• Oatmeal
• Seasonal Fruit
• Yogurt (based on availability)
• AND YES!!! A drink is included – any drink

We will start meeting their next week (1/31/2012 or 2/7/2012) depending if we decide to go dark on the 5th Tuesday of the month.

P.S.   They are not going to charge us to use this room and haven’t asked us to guarantee  a minimum.  They also said we could order breakfast their from the menu, Starbucks in the bar or order the Breakfast Buffet.  Their is no minimum and you can just order coffee if you like.

I am working on a printed member Directory Tri-Fold and need to know how you would like your Business Listed.
Please fill in the form below with all the information you want in the printed Directory.
Thanks Kyle

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