Hi Everybody

Well that wasn't a bad start to the New Year at Tudor! 37 in the room, a new member inducted and 81 referrals passed. Yes, that is right, Eighty One, if you have been at Tudor for a year or more you will remember meetings when those same digits would have been the other way round.  

The more significant figure is the number of referrals per member per week, with 1 being acceptable, today we made 2.25. In addition of course we had 2 visitors, and it's always great to see Jonathan Hughes, who has just posted a very appreciative comment on his FaceBook page about Mike D's dental ten minutes. That and other Tudor trivia, gossip and chat is on our FaceBook page http://www.facebook.com/groups/273916229298035/ or search for BNI Tudor.

Sounds like a great social programme this month! Curry night as the prize for the Game winning Profumo Affair, and a quiz night at the Greyhound, you'll have got all that separately from Victoria.

Links as promised for Alex Mason  www.justgiving.com/2012everestbasecamp to send her to Everest

www.2012everestbasecamp.wordpress.com to follow her progress… it doesn't say anything about bringing her back!

And for my Project 365 photos www.flickr.com/photos/snappist/sets/72157628611684075/ or on my FaceBook page, although they do look better on Flickr…

Things to do for Tudor this week:

Book a one to one with someone you don't know well!

Invite someone from our top five list, sent out yesterday!

Share your completed referral sheet with your partner / significant other/ mum / family!

Consider making up a second card folder for anyone you know who could be of help with referrals.

And last have a think about which Power Team you should be associated with. Trades? Business Services? Property Services? Health and wellness? Financial services? These are not set in stone, and there is plenty of room for subgroups. Matt will be talking about this next week and how it can boost referrals still further.

Finally, we have now agreed that we will be staying after the meeting on Feb 7th for a session of referral skills, till about 10.30. If you can not make this please let us know asap.

See you next time