Coffee Time Minutes 13.10.10

Welcome

Welcome to our new visitors.

Apologises

Kathy Bree, Dean Brown

Who we are?

Small and Home Business owners meeting to build relationships from other SBO’s.

What is CT?

Relatively casual meeting group, where you can network, talk about business ideas and strategies, and learn from one another.

Where?

Tuggerah’s Zenith Centre.

When?

At 10.30 am on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of the month. Arrival 10.25 am for 10.30 am start. (Runs for about 1 hour)

Update on our Raffle?

The raffle is going around. This will go together with today’s collection to the Iris Foundation. Total $524.20 for the year so far. October $38.20 today.

Charity Assistance

All for my family assistance for a local family in need.
- Wrist bands always available (All for my Family) $3
- 23/10/10 – Wyong Races for a night of fun (more details to follow)
If you wish to attend please contact Tarnia Gurney 02 4393 5979

Networking:
BNI – Seminar 14th October Thursday at Tuggerah Lakes Golf Club – 7am Breakfast $20.
· CCWN – Luncheon for October is 21st. 12pm at Mingara
· Coffee Times: 27th October & 10th November 2010
· B2B Networking end of year event
o (Camp Breakaway – San Remo)– 29th October
o Book in asap
o You can also stay the night and have breakfast the next day with everyone $80 for a cabin that sleeps 3 and ensuite or a hut sleeps 6 $60 with a communal bathroom
· CCWN – Luncheon and Christmas get together is November the 18th
· CCWN – Networking on the Green at Wamberal Breakers – 27th October and 24th November – if you would like to come along, please see Tarnia. Tickets will be on Sale soon

Business Awards
· Coffee Time has received a nomination and become a finalist in the Central Coast Business Achiever Awards. The awards are on the 8th November, tickets are $95, and if you’re interested in coming along, you can book online. It starts at 6.30 and goes till about 11.30 at Ettalong Memorial Club. If you would like to come and are booking, make sure to say your wish to sit with Tarnia & Michael Gurney on the Coffee Time table.

Advertising with Buy Local
· B2B – online buy local $20 per month – see Blair

Kids Day out – Sponsers always welcome from $200 to $2000 see Christina from Wiggle & Giggle for more details

Trivia Nights coming up
· Sea FM - supporting the RSPCA 5th November at Mingara

Education:

19 October - Collections & Bad Debt Recovery: Discover the secrets to getting paid27 October - Business Planning: Planning for your future (Part A)3 November - Business Planning: Eliminating common mistakes (Part B)

BEC courses evening courses - For more info contact the BEC on 4355 4885 or info@ccbec.org.au


Christmas Party:

We will be having our final get together on the 22nd December. We have booked into the Zenith for our Christmas party. Tickets are $39 (plus drinks – pay on the day). Numbers collected over next couple of monthChrss. And payment will be collected by 30th of November.

Wins:

Gurney Financial Services (Tarnia)- finalist in the Wyong Chamber Commerce Awards for micro business and community.
Buy Local (Blair) – Mobiqpons – free download on your Iphone or Android phone
AIIA Insurance (Tony) – Undertook 1st presentation to AIM 95% said excellent and 5% good and played 1st game of soccer in 10 years.
Wiggle & Giggle (Christine) – Finalist in Business awards for Community and education, Darren is now a permanent employee of the ASPECT school (Autisic) and Wyong Shire Council trialled the Kindy hire which they are now showing the rest of their directors with view to utilise fully.
Kids day out- Christine has managed to secure Sue Dengate to do a presentation on the day.

Who are you & what do you do: 30 Sec story about you

Tarnia Gurney:
Gurney Financial Services www.gurneyfinancialservices.com.au
Planningwerx4U www.planningwerx4u.com.au

Moira Bayliss:
Herbalist
moirabayliss@gmail.com

Nicole Lothian
SOS Onsite Admin
www.sosonsiteadmin.com.au

Karen Teunissen
CRS Australia
www.crsaustralia.gov.au

Ted O’Shannessy:
Send Out Cards
www.sendoutcards.com

Tony Bourke
AIIB Insurance Brokers
www.aiib.com.au

Natalie Pye
C&N Freight
www.cnfreightsolutions.com.au

Blair Speerin
Buy Local online/ LBH Promotions/ B2B
www.b2b.com.au

Simon Calder
Celtic Management Solutions
www.celticmanagement.net.au

Christine
Wiggle & Giggle

John Ruane
Business Expertise
bus_exp@bigpond.net.au

James Merrilees
Bfit Studio
www.bfitstudio.com.au

Hugh Bowman
Hugh Bowman Bookkeeping
hugh.bowman@iinet.net.au


Chris
Soaring Free

Michelle
Central Coast Photoballs
www.ccphotoballs.com.au


Presentation

Nicole Lothian – File & Data Management

Your computer has
· Died
· Been stolen
· Dropped in water.

Always ensure a backup of your computer is done periodically. They are talking a lot about cloud technology (Internet based) but if you don’t feel safe with it don’t do it. There are disadvantages and advantages always check it out yourself. Ask which way the backups are being undertaken. Is it mirroring a computer or having it as a recovery

A few reminders for the safety of keeping your business going – the back end of your business
· There is nothing wrong with Spring Cleaning your files.
· Back up data each day
· Keep a backup offsite from your main business location for safety
· Your hard copy files always remember to spring clean as well and archive no longer used files.

For those who have a serious amount of emails that are still kept on your outlook there are a few programs to help get them off your outlook and into a file.
This would be good for previous years correspondence and or archived files. A couple of these are.
· Adobe Acrobat Email archiver (NOT READER)
· Mapilabs utilties
· Sperrysoft utilities

There are times when you are not sure if you have updated multiple files in a location. (Backup drive for eg) Vice Versa is an example of software you can use to ensure the most current ones (and hopefully correct ones) are all there and correct.

If for some reason you don’t have a piece of software there is quite often a free version similar on the net, google and yahoo can help you search

Viruses :
Antivirus protection – Always ensure you have the most up to date virus protection on your computer. Don’t forget! don’t open it if you are not sure it may be a virus.

Assistance:
If you have questions and don’t want to look like a fool or you are just not sure.
Whirlpool forums are a good place to search for an answer or pose a question. The answer may be there.

A easy to read and understand magazine for computers is PC User magazine (Suggested by a Network Administrator & trainer). This is easy to read and understand for us normal people. Surveys, comparisons, assistance

NEXT MEETING: 27th October 2010 at 10:30am

PRESENTING: Personal Development