John McConnell receives his LeTip name badge

Our personal trainer, Mike, started off our meeting by using the one thing I do well against me.  We did a variation of the squats which alternated between standing up and sitting down.  This simple variation on an everyday activity woke us up and energized everybody for the meeting.

Art & Architecture

Our first guest today was an artist, Harrison Howard, who specializes in murals and prints.   Sue's 'Community Resources' flyer is what sparked Harrison's interest in our group and motivated him to meet with all of us.  Thanks Sue, for doing such a great job!

Also back for his second meeting was Alin Maxon, a local architect specializing in re-designing local hotels and businesses.   It was great seeing you again and we hope to be adding you to our membership next week.

Tweak your web page for more business

Carol Lord welcomed everyone with her showboat table that not only showed the variety of marketing services she provides, but it also illustrated how to optimize a web page to increase the number of visitors converted into customers.  The first page a customer sees on your site needs to be structured differently to convert that viewer into a customer.  This first page, referred to as a 'landing page', plays by different rules and Carol can provide the expertise to help you win.

Patty Prevents Probate

Our first speaker, Patty Sterling (Pacific Coast Trust), had everybody do a quick exercise in calculating how much of their estate would actually be taken by the state, if they were not protected by a 'bullet-proof' living trust.  In California, the process of probate is a 2-3 year long process before the people you care about get the property you have expressed a desire for them to have, and that's IF everything goes smoothly.  The worst case scenario is when your wishes are 'contested' and your wishes are not fulfilled.  The best way to avoid this situation is to avoid probate completely with a trust.  The reason this avoids probate is because the trust lives on, even when you don't.

Get It In Writing

Our next speaker, Rob Colosia (Law Offices of Robert B. Colosia), personal injury attorney, went thru what you need to do if you get into an accident.  Rob pointed out that at the time the accident happens, most people are regretful and honest, and at this point, you can get a clear story.  As time goes on, people ruminate about how their insurance is going to skyrocket and memories change, and if you haven't taken the time to document the event, both with yourself and an official police report, you will end up fighting a he-said-she-said battle.  Rob gave us a handy guide to put in our glove compartments outlining each of the steps we need to do in case this unfortunate situation ever happens to you.  And of course, we recommend adding his phone number to your mobile phone now.  (619) 231-8340.

Raffle

This meeting's raffle prizes were donated by Rich, Patty, Mikel, Rob & Ana .   Our appreciation goes to these members for donating the prizes, and thank you to everybody that participated.  Congratulations to the winner!

Upcoming Events:

Also, Thursday night Mikel held a 'Yoga on the Beach' session.  If you didn't make it out, we encourage you to go to the next one - the beach is lovely, Mikel is a fantastic yoga teacher, and we can all use a little extra flexibility in our lives.  Hope to see you next month!  Contact Mikel for details.

Also becoming a fixture on our LeTip calendar are the Tuesday Boot camp sessions with Mike Deibler at Balboa park.   They start at 8:30am on the lawn at Balboa and Prado.

Hope everybody's enjoying the Memorial Day weekend!
- Rich & Llewellyn

ps - There will no Meeting June 4 in favor of our Summer Mixer June 6, 11:15 at Glorietta Bay Park in Coronado.  Guests are more than welcome! RSVP's to Karen.