Early Birds: Dwain Coleman, Bob Alexander, and Todd Anderson were the first to arrive today.
Honorary Members: Mark Simon and Karen Holtmeier were in attendance.
Guests: Who are you bringing next week?
Announcements
- The Craft Talk scheduled will be circulated each week. We have open dates next week, and in September and November.
- Roster update for 2022 started today led by Dwain Coleman. Please let him know if you will be placing an ad in the roster book.
- We need a Vice President for the club. Interested? Contact President Jon.
- The Boat cruise is now being planned for late September with a smaller boat.
- On September 8 we will have a joint meeting with Ham and Eggs covering the Minneapolis Aquatennial wrap up.
- The Boat Cruise is planned for either October 6 or 13 and the boat will hold about 40 persons.
Business Networking: Tom Whaley is looking for pitching, the Twins have called up all of their pitchers….
Business Exchange: Dwain Coleman and Mark Ahmann had something to share
Pot of Gold: Jon Peterson drew 5 cards. The first four won a mini craft talk and the fifth card was mark Simon who won the pot.
Craft Talk:
Jon Peterson drew Chuck Shreffler’s card first. Chuck is slowly winding down his law practice as he approaches retirement. However, he is still available for Breakfast Club members.
The 2nd card drawn was Julius Websters’. He has had a good summer at the lake and they have a healthy backlog of work at DJ Kranz.
The 3rd car drawn was Tom Whaleys’ and the Saints have been having a good year business wise as their first year as a AAA club. They have been averaging 6400 fans per game.
The 4th card drawn was Neil Roers’. He left Midwest One and joined Platinum Bank earlier this summer. He enjoys the fast turnaround he can offer on business loan applications. We will here more from him on September 15.
The rest of the meeting time was spent on membership and growing the club by utilizing our own networks.
For registration contact Jon Peterson at jon.peterson@nafinc.com or 763-360-9652.
Looking ahead
September 1, 2021- TBD @ ECC
September 8, 2021- Minneapolis Aquatennial recap (joint w/Ham and Eggs)
September 15, 2021- Platinum Bank w/ Neil Roers @ECC