7th February 2008

Happy Chinese New Year- Year of the Rat.
16 members and 1 visitor welcolme Sydney.
Speakers Julia and Shane.
Julia reports she has been in Nutrametics for 32 years having started in Mt Isa. She told us of a product for people with sensitive skin known as the Platinum Bag. A special skin treatment which comes with a moneyback guarantee. Julia has reached great levels within that the Nutrametics company such that they provide her motor vehicle and in the past many overseas trips.
Shane shared with us common problems he observed in small businesses in running their office. He often comes in after the event and the business of them has more expense to fix the problem that has arisen. He recommends training staff before they get into the problem.
Shane notes that 80 per cent of what he is doing requires his accounting knowledge. There was a smaller reliance on software.
Be aware of your GST status when receiving cash as is often results in a problem.
Inexperienced staff entering data results in going backwards. He recommends getting staff claimed and then having someone such as himself occasionally check the work.
Speakers next week will be Dave Williams and Madeleine Hicks.
Leads today 12 internal and 6 external a total of 18.