CMBA meeting notes
by Karen Pienl

Sunset Athletic Club owner Chuck Richards welcomes the group to the facility

The December meeting for the CMBA wasn’t a meeting at all, but a Holiday Social held at the Sunset Athletic Club, and a good time was had by all! The holiday decorations at the club were beautiful, and the roaring fire in the banquet room was certainly appreciated since the party was held during our early December cold snap.

After networking with other local business owners, we enjoyed a buffet lunch catered by a variety of CMBA Member businesses and restaurants and organized by CMBA Admin Virginia Bruce. There was soup from Tilly’s, barbecue sandwiches from Burnt Ends BBQ, Pad Thai from Thai Lily, hummous and stuffed grape leaves from Pars Market, olives from Safeway, salad from Costco, sodas from Cedar Mill Liquor, coffee from Poppa’s Haven and a beautiful cake from Bales Bakery.

After lunch, there were lots of really great door prizes from CMBA members to give away. Everyone who renewed their membership to the CMBA at or prior to the party received ten extra raffle tickets—which meant that almost everyone was a winner (some more than once!). The door prizes were really too many to list here, but included gift baskets, wine, chocolate, gift certificates (for complimentary massages, pet supplies, lattes, music lessons, and photography sessions, to name just a few), and even a tool set!

Our January meeting will be held at our usual location—the Leedy Grange Hall—on the 12th. We will find out about the slate of officers and board members for the February election, and hear from committee chairs about the accomplishments of CMBA committees and how you can be involved. Our “Ten Minutes of Fame” presenter will be Sam Bosch from Peregrin Financial Technologies, who will let us know about the ATM machines and other services that his company provides. The networking and lunch begins at 11:45, and the official meeting starts at noon. Make a resolution to do more business networking this year by joining us for free pizza and an interesting program.

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