Re: FN-FORUM New BNI branches opening in Nottinghamshire

date posted 28th September 2002 18:51

Not bitter at all.. it was predictable ( an attribute of this particular
networking group :-) ... As users frequently point out this and many other
topics have been covered before.. check the archives they say.
But there are BNI'ers amongst us.. or even people waiting to get a place in
a local group... so if I heard that there was a place at our chapter for
example for a Web Designer and I posted to that effect... then would we all
have to go through the predictable stuff all over again. (there are other
topics as well that acheive the same results)

So how about this then?

When people want to post Off Topic they annotate the subject line OT: ..
perhaps there ought to be another called SOF. Statement Of Fact.

eg....
SOF:New BNI branches opening in Nottinghamshire
a new thread then may spawn...
Is BNI any good?


The rationale behind this being that if anyone feels the need to state a
fact pertaining to a 'safe target for a debate' or other such topic then
we'll all be spared repetitive debate.

Cheers and have a nice weekend
Dave Robinson


----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Stafford" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM New BNI branches opening in Nottinghamshire


> Let's not be bitter about quips. I respect the fact that other peoples
> interests might be different to mine, and they might be right and I might
be
> wrong. That is what makes this forum enjoyable (for me at least)
>
> > It was the 'silly handshake' bit that created the thread.
> If this is true then I think it was a job well done. At least I have seen
> (and so have other people) peoples varying opinions on the subject, all of
> which are, of course, perfectly valid.
>
> Hugs & Kisses,
>
> Andy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "domino27" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 4:53 PM
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM New BNI branches opening in Nottinghamshire
>
>
> > Recommend you go to your local chapter of BNI as a visitor and see for
> > yourself. Other peoples experiences may not necessarily be that valid as
> > networking is a two way process...
> >
> > BNI (for example) is successful because it works... the handshakes and
> golf
> > course etc quips are nowhere to be seen.
> > A well run 'chapter' will eliminate cliques .. and the 'leadership'
posts
> > change on a six montly basis to avoid this happening anyway. The sole
> > purpose of the meetings are to do business. That is why the high street
> > banks, solicitors groups and major franchise owners try to get
> > representatives in to many chapters at their inception.
> >
> > Some people may quote negative experiences this is likely to occur in
any
> > organisation with 9000 members UK wide..
> > But the only way to find out for yourself is to go and see.. it's free
for
> > the first two visits. If it's not for you there are other networking
> groups
> > to try.
> >
> > It is a very secure freelancer that can ignore the value of networking
be
> it
> > BNI or any other group for that matter. (I would suggest that this forum
> is
> > no more than a network anyway.
> >
> > The original post by the way was to inform people that two new chapters
> were
> > being formed. It was the 'silly handshake' bit that created the thread.
> >
> > Have a nice weekend
> >
> > Dave Robinson
> > www.bnitrent.co.uk
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joe Pritchard" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 4:17 PM
> > Subject: Re: FN-FORUM New BNI branches opening in Nottinghamshire
> >
> >
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > Really interested in people's experiences of Networking in general.
> > >
> > > I know that many network organsisations won't allow more than one or
two
> > > members in the same 'Chapter', 'Branch', 'Cave' or whatever to be in
the
> > > same line of work.
> > >
> > > Years ago I was in the local Chamber of Commerce and all that seemed
to
> > get
> > > me was a lot of irrelevant stuff. Lots of people pumping me for
> freebies
> > > and free advice and nothing really concrete. For some reason it seems
> > that
> > > people expect IT folks to do little bits and bobs for free on the
> grounds
> > of
> > > 'the next job will be a big one', which then never arrives.
> > >
> > > The business I do now is usually based on word of mouth and very
> selective
> > > direct selling by me. I don't network, don't advertise and do get as
> much
> > > work as I can handle. If I were to go back to fulltime freelancing (I
> > > currently have a 6 month contract with a bank doing VB development at
> the
> > > same time) I'd probably have to get a little more work drummed up, but
> I'd
> > > be interested to hear of other people's experiences and feelings about
> > > networking groups, Chambers of Commerce and other groups.
> > >
> > > Joe
> > >
> > > PS. I don't play golf and can't do funny handshakes...:-)
> > >
> > >
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