TO: ABFO Member Representatives

FROM: Mike Bates, President, ABFO NorCal Chapter

RE: ABFO Monthly Breakfast Meetings - Call for Hosts - particularly JANUARY!

If you've been attending our monthly ABFO Breakfast Meetings – you know what great opportunities they are for peer networking and serious discussions of timely issues! We've had great meetings throughout 2005 but once again we are putting out the call to have members step up and volunteer to host these breakfasts. To retain the continuity of our meetings, we really need someone to step up for JANUARY, so if you are thinking about helping out, please don't hesitate to contact us so we can get the notice out right away!

It’s really easy to host an ABFO Breakfast Meeting! All you have to do is provide the location, the time is usually 7:30 to 9:00 a.m., and let our ABFO Membership Coordinator, , know the details. She will send out an email notice to the membership and you get the RSVPs. At the meeting, you just provide coffee and some Danish, or other similar breakfast snack (costs are reimbursed by ABFO) and you get some quality networking time with your peers on an informal basis. You can even let your guests set the agenda in advance when they RSVP to you.

These meetings always get great reviews. They aren’t always really large, but they are always very well received. So come on, give it a try. Step up and host and ABFO Breakfast Meeting!

If you are interested, please email to discuss it further. Our immediate need is January, but we are also looking to fill out the calendar for the rest of 2006.

Thank you and hope to see you at the next ABFO Breakfast Meeting very soon!