A new month, a new year and a new positive approach from all of our members.
19 members and 3 guests sat down to our usual high quality breakfast and then kicked off what was a typically good humoured and positive meeting.
Education Presentation
David Plumley was manfully managing his man flu and against all the odds delivered an effective Ed Slot emphasising the importance of acting promptly onΒ allΒ referrals received.
If you are busy and do not feel able to deal with the matter immediately, do not let that get in the way of making an initial contact as soon as you can when you will at least have an opportunity of discussing time scales.Β This, in itself, might be a worthwhile New Yearβs Resolution for all of us and indeed New Yearβs resolutions were the theme for the 60 second round.
The 60 Second Round
Tina Walker was first up but in true Theresa May fashion was beset by a coughing fit and sat down.
Richard Reedβs resolution was not 100% clear but I think he just felt he must strive to be more diligent. This is something we can all aspire to.
The first real amusement came when whimsical Alan Shaw told of his first job of the new year when he got locked in some premises that he was inspecting for Kevin Brooks. He seemed to have been in fear of spending considerable time in the premises but somebody did release him.Β If part of your comments to this Blog could include whether you, if you had seen him in this restricted situation, would have taken pity and let him and let him outβ¦β¦. on further thought, perhaps no comments are needed.
Kevin Brooks had more serious things on his mind, his New Years resolution is not to go to barbers in Upminster.Β He felt the haircut that he was sporting was slightly too severe. Beware of Turks bearing scissors!!
Terry Maylin and Alan Moller adopted βBah Humbugβ stances over the making of New Yearβs resolutions.
And so the second member of the School of Whimsy, aka Nick Cooke, arose and produced what he described as an old bifold that reminded him of his services and had been used for advertising just that many years ago. Everybody but me was too polite to point out that it was, in fact, a trifold, but Christmas and New Year celebrations can often create illusions.
Mike Rogers immediately broke his resolution not to rant.. but it was in a good cause. Those people on standard variable rates should really convert to a fixed rate which are much lower.Β Lost for words, Brian Painter who rose to his feet majestically remained majestically silent as he tried to operate that part of his brain that deals with thought and speech.Β He rediscovered himself however to recite his 2 most recent phobic clients one with the craving for chocolate and somebody who is apparently a habitual liar.Β We all wondered how he would know?
John Freeman declared he was looking for any small jobs from fixing of toilet seats upwards.Β It was EllenΒ Beckenham who is about to commence her first full year of trading and produced a clear straightforward 60 seconds which won her the Oscar.
This weeks statistics and points of note
- 19 members present
- 3 visitors Ben Golding, Edward Booth and Vincent Goode
- 26 referrals
- Β£22,750.00 worth of business recorded
- Paul Booth was winner of the Performance League for December
- John Hammond has broken a bone somewhere in the foot if I remember correctly (I donβt think it was a metatarsal)
Questions & Answers Session
In Matt Barryβs absence we had a Q&A session.Β This is always very useful for when we have visitors and it could best be described as βinteresting and informativeβ.
We are hopeful that our visitors will convert to members of at least some of them.Β I am hopeful that we will have a good turnout for next week.
Great 1st meeting back and good to see some visitors. Onward and upward.
Please accept my apologies for my absence this morning. Today is Lily’s 13th birthday and I did not want to miss the huge present opening extravaganza this morning!
Happy New Year to you all!
how do you wrap a pony Howard?
steady on Richard, Iβm about to have dinner haha
Howard, was the “becoming a teenager” anything like this?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLuEY6jN6gY
classic video Scott… love that… god help us! Great meeting everyone and good to see visitors there too. Looking forward to 2018.
really good first meeting of 2018 lively meeting with 3 visitors good start to the year enjoyed the Q & A
Great liveley first meeting back and good to see the three visitors who i hope will consider joining us!
Ohhh how I’ve missed you guys…NOT….OK a bit…not that much
Excellent start to the new year with a good turn out and 3 visitors, a couple of whom made positive vibes about coming back to us. Good business done in good humour, what’s not to like?
A great start to the new year to have three visitors, will be even greater if any or all become members. I had a bit of brain freeze this morning, will take a couple more meetings to get it back in gear! Mike’s wife obviously went to a lot of trouble getting him ready this morning.
The meeting was great … sorry about my tickley cough. Always good to have positive visitors.
Great 1st meeting back and a great buzz too. See you all next week hopefully without the cough. π
Happy new year everyone, hope all the sickies get well soon, it is great to be back, there are so many things I can and do as a handyman, itβs hard to mention things without encroaching on other abilities within the group, but remember, you can always look at projects, jobs, and reviews of my services on my facebook page, and soon, my new web site π
See you all next week π
OOOOO it was John Hamond that went through the pain barrier, not me π Iβm happy to say,
lol but more than happy to see my name at the top of the page lol
Donβt worry Aiden, we know, you had mother to look after for the holidays, Iβm sure it will all come back to you by next week π
Great to meet up again with everyone. I have broken two toes on my left foot mucking about at home. I would post a picture of my black toes but did not want anyone to be ill.
Thanks for making me feel welcome, I look forward to attending a second time on 18th Jan
Great to be back for 2018, and exciting to hear of Quality HR’s expansion into specialist Health & Saftey services. Look forward to hearing more about it Aidan.