Long time no blog everyone. Muchos apologies, mea maxima culpa, c’est ma faute, lo siento, Ich bin unglaublich wichtig, been a bit busy (with the help of my BNI friends, of course!).

What’s happened in the weeks since I last gave the details of a BNI Clerkenwell meeting? Lots!

Debbie Neville (Neville and Rowe) has performed admirably as substitute Chapter Director for the last two meetings, and deserves our thanks for so successfully herding us Clerkenwell cats (which reminds me of my very favourite pre-dot com bubble TV ad).

 

We met twice in a row at a potential new venue, which, sadly, didn’t turn out to be the perfect fit we were all hoping for. And so, we remain at The Old Sessions House. The Sports Bar was a great place for photos, I personally would have loved to stay there, if only for the much better light:

 

We’ve had so many subs and visitors that I’ve lost count (don’t worry, Michelle, our Membership Co-ordinator, knows exactly how many) including the soon to (perhaps!) become a member: the irrepressible Lucy Long (WPA).

 

This week’s subs included “Cool Dave” (Ace Services) with his great strap line: “Don’t choose a joker, choose an Ace“, Simon Wilkinson (London Voice Over Studio and The Big Bang Boom), Robert Sacks (The Utility Warehouse Discount Club), and Keith Cunningham (Success in Planning).

 

This week, Colleen Tillet (Made Simple Group) was officially made a member of our Chapter, following a few years as an always-welcome unofficial member. Welcome Colleen! (I know you are gutted that there are no photos of you, you were sitting beside me this week, too close for my camera…excellent strategy

We’ve had informative and valuable 10 minute presentations from Jean Ligget (Properties of the World), Michelle Fanus (Dynamyk Events), Anuschka Fritz (Moustique Design), and this week we had Andrew Pegg (Midas Corporate Consulting) speaking in difficult circumstances about his business (Ken, we missed you, we had projector/PC problems and needed free tech support!).

 

Recent winners of the John Magee Memorial Cup (neé “Silver Tongue”) have been Daniel Lloyd-Morgan (DLM Garden Design), Lina Christodoulou (Christo Print & Design) for her excellent use of props (her lovely printed materials) and her clear & precise presentation; Carol Couling (SRS Bureau) for “precise referrals requested”; and Chandra Sharma (Tangent Office Resources) for this week’s dynamic, definitive demo of a conveniently canned keyboard cleaning product.

 

We have of course been enjoying ourselves at the top of the London BNI League table, and this is of course due to the efforts of everyone around the table here at Clerkenwell BNI. Come join us!

But that’s enough about us, how are you doing?

Charles (Both Hemispheres Photography)