Chairman’s Run Sheet Cairns Best Business Contacts Group members arrive at 6:45am each Thursday morning for a meet and greet over coffee and breakfast. Meeting opens at 7:00 am sharp 7:00 WELCOME Chairman opens the meeting, welcomes everyone to the meeting and reads Cairns Best Business Contacts, Charter, Vision and Mission Statement. Read: The members of Cairns Best Business Contacts are liked minded people who come together weekly, in a relaxed and informal basis, sharing experiences and tasks. Cairns Best Business Contacts’s vision is to grow its members businesses through interaction between its members. As a highly professional group of business people, our mission is to utilise our collective skills to promote and grow each other’s businesses whilst creating lasting friendships and prosperity. ASK MEMBERS FOR GUESTS Chairperson asks the members if they have any guests. If in the affirmative, the inviting members are asked to very briefly introduce their guests taking no more than 60 seconds. WELCOME GUESTS Chairperson welcomes guests CALLS FOR APOLOGIES Chairperson asks for any apologies MEMBERSHIP INTRODUCTION SPOTS Chairperson announces that each member now takes 60 seconds to introduce their business using the guidelines outlined in the Cairns Best Business Contacts Business Spot template. COFFEE BREAK Chairperson convenes a 10 minute coffee break which will promote networking amongst members and guests. RECONVENE MEETING Group reconvenes from coffee break. MEMBER/GUEST SPEAKER 10 MINUTE PRESENTATION Chairperson introduces the member scheduled to give a 10 minute presentation Chairperson thanks the speaker and calls for questions. WRAPS AND REFERRALS Chairperson announces that each member now gives their wraps, referrals and talks about any safaris completed in the week. OPEN GENERAL BUSINESS Inform the meeting of items of General Business. CLOSE MEETING Chairperson commences closing of meeting with the following: 1. Notification of the speaker or speakers for the following week 2. Reminder to pay the treasurer 3. A request for items of general business to be discussed at the next meeting 4. Chair to request from the meeting a quote for the day. 8:20 MEETING CLOSED