Our newest members:
January: Daniel Kim and Andy Foster.
February: David Llorens.
These members were up for renewal by February 1:
Katie Balestreri, Bradley Charbonneau, Skip Dion, Heather Mason, David Meronuck, Sandy Minella and Daniel Wheeler.
These members are up for renewal by March 1:
Cathy Cohn, Patricia Miller, Gil Zeimer, Kathy Olberts and Marty Wall.

Food Services (Chair: Ray Simon), Meets after BNI for one hour, 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of the month. Next: TBD @ Schroeder’s Café.
Legal (Chair: Ana Costa), Meets last Friday of the month. Next: TBD at 1:15pm at Pasta Benne, 88 Hardie Place, SF.
Financial (Chair: Kevin Casey) Meets every two weeks on Wed from 5:30 - [...]

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Last summer, I wrote a :60 Web video demonstration for Batter Blaster, a new organic pancake and waffle batter in a can.
Today, the client made front page news in the SF Chronicle. Batter Blaster is taking off. It’s now available for purchase at Costco, Andronico’s, Whole Foods, and a few markets in the [...]

Food Services (Chair: Ray Simon), Meets after BNI for one hour, 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of the month. Next: Jan. 16th at Schroeder’s Café.
Legal (Chair: Ana Costa), Meets last Friday of the month. Next: Jan. 25th at 1:15pm at Pasta Benne, 88 Hardie Place, SF.
Financial (Chair: Kevin Casey) Meets every two weeks on Wed from [...]

[ January 14, 2008; 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] How much business do you want in 2008? How do you plan to get it? Now you can learn how to make your BNI membership work to achieve the ends you want to achieve.

This interactive workshop will show you proven and successful ways you can increase your referrals. You will leave with your own Blueprint [...]

BNI Embarcadero Holiday Party, Dec. 13th
Sandy Minella reports: “The party was a huge success. Attended by over 60 people, the festivities included a lovely buffet, fun music, and a shared bar with another BNI chapter. And we collected over two barrel’s worth of toys for the SF Fire Department toy program! Thanks to all who [...]

In November, we inducted one new member, so please set up a dance card with him. As soon as he completes his New Member Training, he’ll be put into our speaker rotation.
Our newest members:
No new members in December
These members are up for renewal by January 1:
Ray Simon, Rex White.
These members are up for renewal by [...]

There is a lot of chatter on the worldwide BNI Yahoo Discussion Group about the upcoming 2nd Annual International Networking Week that runs from 2/4/08 - 2/8/08. Dr. Misner himself has been on the group talking it up.
Below is a short, 8 minute video at YouTube where Dr.Misner talks about International Networking Week 08.
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For a stress-free holiday gift shopping, we prepared gift cards from our catering company and restaurant.

Ana Fatima Costa, our hard-working VP, requests the following:
1) Please write from whom you received the Closed Business on the slip if you wish.
2) Report Closed Business only once. If you report weekly, please do not send me your total numbers again at the end of the month.
3) If you choose to report monthly, [...]

In November, we inducted one new member, so please set up a dance card with him. As soon as he completes his New Member Training, he’ll be put into our speaker rotation.
Our newest members:
Brian Buhl, Office Furniture (Inducted 11/14)
One Workplace
C: 415.730.7723
E: bbuhl@oneworkplace.com
W: www.oneworkplace.com
This potential member will be inducted on 12/5:
Elaine McCarty
Pacific Crest Group
C: 415.606.9028
E: emccarty@pcg-services.com
W: [...]

It’s the End of the Year and You Have Not Met Your Sales Goals… WHY???
By Hans Hansson, Principal, Starboard TCN
Submitted by Skip Dion, Leasing & Sales Specialist, Starboard TCN
It’s November and you are nowhere near your sales goals for the year.  You started the year on a positive note. You created a business plan that [...]

BNI.com News: New Feature Automatically Sends BNI Announcements to Your Website. You can now arrange for links to BNI.com’s weekly official news brief to be automatically uploaded onto your Website. Read more.

Using The Comments Feature on The BNI Embarcadero Site to Write Testimonials. (MRM, Wayne Allen Cameron, Zeimer’s Advertising Shoppe). Would you like to add [...]

Holiday shopping? Search no more.

Writers: Ever Googled yourself and blanched at the results?
It’s time to take charge of how you appear on the Web — to prospective clients, editors, publishers, employers and readers. In this forum, top designers and successful writers will show you the secrets to a productive Web site. You’ll learn whether to hire a designer or [...]

Summary of Decisions & Agreements Made At 10.17.07 Leadership Team Meeting
1. Prior to accepting new members, Membership Committee agreed to send an email to the entire Chapter informing them of the application and providing an opportunity for reservations to be voiced.
2. First Chapter eNewsletter due out November; information due to Gil one week ahead of [...]

In October, we inducted two new members so please set up a dance card with them. As soon as they complete New Member Training, they’ll be put into our speaker rotation.Our newest members:
1) Andrea Schuitema, Resource Developer
The Arc of San Francisco
C: 415.760.8783
E: aschuitema@thearcsf.org
W: http://www.thearcsf.org
2) Jessica Kerns, Hair Stylist
Salon Miel
C: 309.235.2286
E: jessicakerns534@yahoo.com
W: http://www.salonmielsf.com
3) Brian Buhl
One Workplace
C: [...]

Following is the holiday schedule for our Wednesday morning BNI meeting:
Wednesday, November 21st - No Meeting - HAPPY THANSGIVING!
Wednesday, December 26th - No Meeting — HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Wednesday, January 2nd - Optional Meeting - HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I’ve been a blogger for about three years now and today, I reached critical mass.
Here’s an article from the October 26, 2007 Snap.com newsletter. Snap is a great Webtool that you can easily load to your site to show snapshots of any site you’re linking to with video audio, RSS and more in a just [...]

See AES’s video presentation that gives an introduction to our staffing services.

Web Alternative ~ An Online Repository Reduces Need for Paper Transcripts
Barkley Court Reporters, a midsize court reporting firm in the legal industry with 11 offices in three states, utilizes simple and cost-saving measures that impact the environment by offering clients the choice of receiving paperless transcripts online, hoping to make a huge difference and encourage [...]

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP came to Marty from Sign*A*Rama San Francisco to duplicate an existing plaque at their East coast office in Washington DC. The problem was that no one had the existing plaque (1500 K Street)shown in the picture above the “Drinker plaque” on file, because it had been done many years prior. [...]

There’s a new look to the building 1799 Union Street and Octavia. The old painting that had been up there got a face lift with a digital print mounted to dibond. The sign you see is 8′ x 8′ and was coated with anti-graffiti laminate.
The design was done by Red Letter Day Graphic Design. www.rldgroup.com

Hi everyone,
Dan Wheeler and I have been working on a small start-up website called
CrookedStreetPress.com. The goal of the website is to spoof local San
Francisco news and life. We and several contributing writers write the
articles and I post my RackaFracka cartoon there. Bradley designed the
website for us. We hope to launch our site to the world [...]

Cartridge World made the SF Business Times – thought I’d share electronically (see below).
Rex White
Cartridge World San Francisco
Refill, Not Landfill!
SF Business Times: Print cartridge refiller inks big deals
The Emeryville company, which has 1,500 franchise stores in 40 countries, is looking to change the print supply market by refilling laser and printer ink cartridges. This keeps [...]