I managed to defeat the technology and be present for the final meeting in April.
As usual the turnout was good, 22 or 23 Members present (if you count both Hammonds)
The Performance League
Scott Griffiths brought us up to date with our performance league. April has been a quiet month given the nature of our current lockdown situation, but there is still business being passed and plenty of other activity going on. Use of our V-Forms to keep all of this recorded is a real bonus. We’ll find out who the winner of the month is after today’s meeting…
Education Presentation
Introduced by Ben Golding, our new Education and Development Officer, the Mayor of Gants Hill Village suggested that in downtime we might be experiencing we reach out to all of our existing clients/customers, just to let them know that we are still there and we still care. A very practical approach to current difficulties.
New Member Induction & Existing Member Renewal
Terry Maylin reported that Mason Edwards is looking to renew his Membership and he is currently in process.
The 60 Second Round
Matt Barry is one of the Members who was able to describe his business thriving in these difficult circumstances. A collaborative project with Scott Griffiths was added to by the news he received towards the end of the meeting that he has just won a substantial contract. He finished up grinning from ear to ear. Its great to have a good news story and so were we all.
Vincent Goode told us of all of those tidying up jobs that he is doing. He did it whilst at the same time showing off a bunch of bananas. I still think that he was pleased to see us.
Simon Essex is currently furloughed but has been tempted with a request to search for a possible candidate for a client. Should he come out of furlough? A vote of Members at the end of the Meeting revealed more thumbs down than up.
David Plumley, Toby Acton and Paul Dulieu are all busy but Paul was still not too busy to produce a ditty for a birthday card.
Dean Caldon has just completed a remote valuation
Brian Painter was bemoaning the value of remote diagnosis and assistance. He is obtaining referrals through the acronymised organisation BARK. He seems slightly dubious about this source of work. I think he feels that it lacks “bite”.
Terry Maylin reported how he can now make claims of any kind to the court online, a surprisingly useful innovation.
Scott Griffiths is busy with various start-ups. “Kick Boxing in Kent” was the most interesting sounding venture.
John Hammond was lost during the round but was there at the end to confirm that he really is busy. To prove it the background revealed the site he will be working at today
Richard Reed has reduced the turnaround on his client’s claims on suppliers from 5/6 to 2/3 weeks.
We were all pleased to see John Freeman back “on the tools”.
Paul Booth reported NatWest doing good things and a new bank called Metal. They do lots of things for free, so catch them whilst you can.
And so to The Oscar; its absence over recent weeks has robbed us of a trusted friend but today it was back.
Brian Painter was awarding and polishing at the same time. Ben Golding was the winner for a positive celebration of his company and what it can do for us in these straightened times.
10-minute presentation by Stuart Smallcombe
Stuart Smallcome showed us how it should be done in a Zoom environment. Well prepared as always he showed us on screen how his business is structured and working at the moment. He even produced a sensible quiz that gave everyone a chance to score at least 6 points out of 10 . The Winner on a tie break was Ben Golding who new that Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847….not a lot of people know that.
Great meeting and Stuarts 10 minutes too, well done Dean on adapting to the change via the virtual valuations and glad to see John Boy back up and running. Visitors day coming soon, keep sending them invites out, have a great weekend all!
Good to see you all this morning. Well done Stu!
Ahoy! As spoketh by Alexander Graham Bell. I let myself down this morning with one of the worst 60 seconds of my 20 years in networking. At least the bananas didn’t go unnoticed. Great Ed Slot, even better 10 mins from SS. Onwards and upwards folks
Great meeting . Great 10 minutes by Stuart really showed the art of a Zoom meeting presentation.
Fantastic meeting!! Really great presentation from Stuart! Loved the quiz too ( obviously the best man won lol)
Looking forward to seeing you all next week 😀
Excellent turnout and well done Stuart on your innovative 10 minutes
Good to see John and Aidan back and looking forward to the massive social event that Brian is going to organise once lockdown is lifted!
I’ll definitely be there….
Really good read and nice to see business written, great sign of a successful networking group.
A most enjoyable start to the day, great to be back in the saddle so to speak 😉
An excellent 10mins from Stuart, and again my thanks for helping me re-establish coms,
Also many thanks to David Plumley, and of course Mr Alan Moller, see you all next week 😊
always nice to virtually see you all
Great meeting as usual and great 10 minutes Stuart. Nice to see you back John F. Well done Ben for winning the quiz and see you all virtually next Thursday.
Another great online meeting. Great 10 minutes from Mr S. Look forward to next week
Great to see you back,John Boy, now that you’ve been freed from prison after serving time. Now you’re back in the saddle, put your best foot forward and keep your nose to the grindstone. Well done, Ben Ben, double winner, Oscar and quiz; such latent talent! A simple but effective 10 minutes, Stuart.
Great meeting everyone and thank you for the great feedback on my presentation.
Very enjoyable catch up folks and a good turn out. Glad to see a few of you are still doing some business and my congrats. to Stuart, Ben and Matt. see you all again next week.