We met at a new place and were surprised to find that the front door said they didn’t open until 7:00, which is when our meeting starts. We talked about this a bit since we would like to grab some breakfast before the meeting starts. Well it turns out that regardless of the sign they let us in and let us buy breakfast earlier than 7:00. So we’ll try this location at least one more time.
Attending today were Paul, Stephen J, Mary, Marvin, Barbara, and Chuck. Paul began the meeting by announcing that the “Last Chance” TLI is this Saturday. Looks like all of the Officer’s will get trained this time.
Mary said that she has 11 prospects and we all discussed what would happen if the club got too large. No action taken but something to keep in mind if our membership continues to grow. Mary said that 2 or 3 of her prospects had told her they would join this month. Since most of our new members come to us through the web site, we discussed making sure to keep the member bios and Officer Bios up to date.
Marvin talked about President’s Distinguished Club. Mary is 2 speeches away from CC. That and Officer’s Training and our Dues Update in March will give us a total of 9 points. We would need 2 more CCs to get 10 points and that is possible but not for sure. We also discussed making sure of Mentor assignments, ensuring we have people involved in the upcoming contests, and reviewing the concept of Table Topics for all of our members to ensure everyone knows they need to talk for at least a minute.
Barbara needs more magazines for her publicity campaigns to our guests. We also talked about how to get some publicity from the upcoming contest winners.
Stephen said that we only had one transaction this month, a new member paid dues. We expect an influx of money in March from Dues Renewal. Paul will be receiving the roster by email, a first this year at it usually comes by mail.
We also discussed a new table arrangement to give our speakers a chance to work the room differently. We will try this after the contest.
We adjourned a bit early but all agreed that we liked the place for meetings.
