GUEST SPEAKER and UPCOMING PROGRAMS

5/30 Matt Shirk - Public Defender's Office

Matt Shirk is currently serving as Public Defender for Florida's Fourth Judicial Circuit. In 2008, he was elected to the position, which covers Clay, Duval, and Nassau Counties.

Upcoming Programs:

6/6   Mike Buresh - Hurricane Season

6/13 Candidate Carousel - Part 1

6/20 Kevin Monahan - UNF Business Development Center

Congratulations to Councilman Bill Bishop on being elected Jacksonville City Council President, starting July 1st.  We appreciate Bill's service and his support of the SBMC and wish him the best on his new position.

We enjoyed having Bill Bishop as our guest speaker last week. You can read more about his presentation to our club in the Financial News and Daily Record http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=536556

It is a pleasant and rewarding experience to see each of you every week and get a chance to share business success stories and explore opportunities to benefit one-another. But it is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of what our club can do for each of us.  Finding a new client (or volunteer) in me or you or any of our fellow members is great but the larger opportunity is to find new clients and connections among our existing clients and friends. That magic happens when we bring guests and introduce them to our club and our fellow members.

If that was not enough incentive to invite along a friend or 2 next week, we are also in the middle of a fun contest between our lady members and our gentlemen members to see who can generate the most new members during this month and next. The winning team will enjoy a $250 happy hour compliments of the SBMC. I look forward to meeting more of your friends and introducing you to more of mine.  

Scott Schilbrack,

2012 SBMC Membership Chair

Back by popular demand: the Freedom Boat Club, Meet-A-Member will be on Thursday, June 14th, at the Julington Creek location; so set the date.  Last year, we had live music, food from Metro Diner, beverages, boat rides (and a chance to win a sunset cruise) as part of the fun.  If you were there, you know how much fun this is; if you haven't been, you don't want to miss it.   

As always, tickets are only $5. Please see Mary Cox, Sandy Myers, or Lisa Almeida at the Wednesday meetings to purchase yours.

What's better than watching live football in June?...Watching it live, in an air-conditioned building.  SBMC is joining with the Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Council to see the current Arena Bowl Champion Jacksonville Sharks Arena Football team play the Philadelphia Soul on Saturday, June 16th.  We will be occupying one of the Suites at the Coliseum; cost will be $30 per person, and includes Hamburgers and Hot Dogs, sides and fixin's, and a variety of beverages. 

And what's better than watching football, in June, in air-conditioned comfort, in a suite with food and beverages?!...Halloween!  You read it right; it's Halloween-In-June night at the game.  Dress up in your favorite Halloween outfit...you spent a lot of money on it back in October, now you can amortize it over another wearing.  We have a limited number of tickets, so secure your lot with Julie Clements, Michael Gullion, or Angie Tekin, as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.