June 8, 2014 Game Night

June 8 Social Event:

Acey-Duecey was the game to play and Paula was the gal to beat. Great hoots and howls were heard as the ladies placed their bets. On a quieter note, Julia and Dr. Nikki exposed Alexandra (age 4) to her very first game of Scrabble and when she left to go help her mom (try to) win at Acey-Duecy, Julia and Dr. Nikki created some of the best 14 letter Scrabble words (un)known in the Scrabble world. The food was great, the wine flowed and Heidi, bless her heart, brought her very popular AND healthy chocolate dessert. What would we do without Heidi. Thanks to everyone who came to Julia's: Carmela, Christine, Heidi/Alexandra, Paula and Dr. Nikki.

May 30 Meeting

May 30, 2014: Yummy home made food, lights and blinds that go up and down automatically and 20 amazing women who stood in two circles facing each other and having a hilarious time telling the other amazing woman facing her about herself, speed dating style. Amps went from quiet listening to hysterical laughing, giggling, hoots and hand holding. We had to get the bull horn to quiet everyone down for the serious conversation of change of command. Julia has decided to step down and take on the role of member only (and vetting of prospective members) while Carmela opened a discussion about member's taking on some of the responsibilities Julia assumed, so as to keep the group running. Heidi volunteered to gather intel on the question of showing up every month for meetings and members should call her with their input. Anyone who would like to assume all the duties Julia has taken care of in the past should contact either Julia or Carmela to discuss. A notice will go out regarding volunteer positions that can be filled. Our next meeting is June 27 with guest speaker, Janet F. Williams, author of Kirkus winner "You Don't Ask, You Don't Get".

Scripps Ranch Community Fair

Sunday, May 18, 2014: We had a booth at the SR Community Fair today. Volunteers who came to help out were Paula, Heidi, Nikki, Julia, Mary E., Betty Jean, Mary De, Paulette, and Carmela. Thank you all so much for all of your help, drinks, set up and take down and most importantly, schmoozing with prospective new members and talking about the current members of our networking group and the products and services they provide.

April 25, 2014 Meeting

April 25th: Is it April already! Welcome prospective member Dr. Karen Kurowski, Veterinarian at the Scripps Ranch Veterinary Hospital. Today's speakers included Becky Forrest, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Coleen Choisser, Anna Rode Design, and Clarissa Constantine, Constant Motion Fitness. Many thanks to Paula for explaining the concept behind "Power Teams" where businesses within our group that have commonalities work together to create referrals. Please be sure to join us at our booth at the SR Community Fair on Sunday, May 18th and stay or come sit with us afterwards for the concert in the park (same location). Feel free to bring food/drinks to share.

March 28, 2014 Meeting

March 28, 2014: We welcome new member Christine Davies, owner of Casa Companion Home Care located here in Scripps Ranch. She is already referring her friends and business associates to us. Way to go Christine! "Presenters" in March included Annette White, Jockey Person 2 person, Carmela Kramer, Realtor, and Mary Joy Lynch, Live Blood Analysis. We did schedule a social night for March at Ballast Point Brewing in SR. Although everyone seemed eager to meet for a beer, it was not well attended so we probably won't be going there again! Thank you Colette for organizing all the info so we could "Like" everyone's business on Face Book. We really appreciate when our members volunteer to help make our group stronger by coming up with great ideas for getting us out there in the real and virtual world.

February 28, 2014 Meeting

February 28, 2014: We are starting off the new year with 22 members and we continue to get inquiries about joining every month. This month our "Presenters" were Paula Sassi, Master Graphologist, Nikki Goldman, Hypnotherapist and Cipika Kumar, Owner of Grace Threading. Cipika gave us the exciting news that she is opening a new location in the Hillcrest area and we are very excited for her. I'm sure the support she has gotten from our group has contributed to her continued success. On February 11th we held a social night at the movies, seeing the foreign film "Gloria", which was enjoyed by all who attended. We closed the theatre down talking after the film. An announcement was made that we will now be promoting the group and our members with monthly paid advertising in the SR Newsletter. Our first ad will be in the March Newsletter. Please look out for it.

January 31, 2014 Meeting

This was our first meeting of the new year. We said goodbye to some members and hello to others. Presenters of the Month were Vicki Winkelman who talked to us about Equity Index Annuities, Diane Halfman who brought one of her organizing systems and used it to demonstrate how to deal with paper clutter, and Mary De, our resident fashion stylist who discussed fashion trends for the new year. We welcomed Lisa Bada who is in lighting design as a new member. Many thanks, as usual to Heidi for providing hot coffee & tea, Ellie for taking photos, Paula for use of her clubhouse and Cleopatra for keeping our books. Our next social night is Tuesday, February 11. Join us at the AMC La Jolla, for the 7:45 screening of Gloria (a chick flick). Our next meeting is Friday, February 28 at our new time 7:45 a.m. with "Presenters" Cipika Kumar (threading demo), Paula Sassi, Master Graphologist and Dr. Nikki, Hypnotherapist. Won't you join us?