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Europe
BNI HAPPENINGS — Scandinavia National Directors: Annett and Gunnar Selheden Regions: Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway Address: Box 122, S-42321 Torslanda, Sweden Work Phone: +46 31921160 Fax Number: +46 31921160 Email Address: gunnar.selheden@swipnet.se and annett.selheden@swipnet.se Website: www.bni-svenska.com
The 4th region in Sweden
Helena Stubbe, the Regional Director for Örebro Region, had her first meeting in the new SAS Radison Hotel in Örebro August 24th. To have a new hotel as a venue is perfect. The president of the hotel loves all the BNI-invited people every week. Why? They really get a chance to show the hotel. About 25 potential new members showed up at the meeing where 5 signed up on the spot, so Helena was very satisfied with her first meeting and is now working on core group of atleast 12 members. The official launch will take place in the middle of October where she expects 100 people to come! Good luck Helena! 70 enthusiastic people met up at the launch of the "Ostindiefararen" chapter in a venue where they are building a ship identical to one from 1745 . The ship is planed to sail to China in year 2005. So, visitors got good business contacts and a flavor of history. BNI HAPPENINGS — United Kingdom, Holland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland Directors: Gillian and Martin Lawson Address: Ellesselle, Gate End, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 3QG Work Phone: +44 (0)1923- 826 181 Fax Number: +44 (0)1923- 827 813 Email: bninet@aol.com Website: http://www.bni-europe.com/uk/index.htm BNI Team to Tackle Everest
BNI's only husband and wife team of chapter directors, Amanda and Paul Clarke, are preparing for one of the toughest challenges of their life - a 15-day sponsored trek to the Mount Everest Base Camp, some 18,000 feet above sea level. Our dynamic duo - Paul is Chapter Director at Knutsford, Cheshire and Amanda is in the hot seat of nearby Ellesmere Port Chapter - aim to raise at least 10,000 for the charity ' Hope and Homes for Children' when they set off for Nepal in November. The charity helps children worldwide whose lives have been devastated by war or disaster, and it already provides 123 small 'family' homes for over 1,200 children in ten different countries from Sierra Leone and Mozambique to Bosnia and the Ukraine. Amanda and Paul will join up to 40 other fundraisers - including BNI Regional Director for Wolverhampton and South Derbyshire, Martin Bailey. The couple, in their early 30s, met in Gibraltar while on exercise with the Territorial Army. Both of them served in the Royal Logistics Corps for a number of years before BNI came into - and started to take over - their lives. Paul, who is Managing Director of design and marketing company, Promoted Corporate Communication, based in Chester, said: "Obviously you need to be fairly fit undertake a 20-day trek through tough terrain at high altitude, so I'm hoping our TA training will stand us in good stead. I'm sure it will be a tough assignment - but if we can raise at least 10,000 it will all be worth while." Gordon Steer of organizers World Expeditions said: "This is definitely not a walk in the park. Participants will be walking for up to eight hours a day across glaciers, and torrential rivers, climbing steep ravines and dealing with temperatures as low as -15C." Readers willing to sponsor our intrepid duo can contact them on 01244 342133 or 401811, or get an update on their Everest trip by visiting their web site: www.paulandamanda.co.uk BNI HAPPENINGS — IRELAND
Big Plans for a Day in Dublin Plans are well advanced for the first Dublin region Members' Day, taking place at Gresham Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire on Thursday 4th October. The afternoon event, which starts at 1 PM, will be followed by the BNI Awards Dinner for Ireland North East Region, and end with a charity auction and dancing until the early hours. Assistant Director Larry Shannon said: "We would love to see members from the other side of the Atlantic, who might be in Ireland at the time. It will provide an excellent chance to network as well as the opportunity to appreciate some great scenery." Dun Laoghaire, 12 miles south of Dublin boasts excellent shopping, restaurants, nightclubs and several golf courses. Accommodation is available at the Gresham and a Middlesex HA6 3QG golf outing and sightseeing trip to North Wicklow (The Garden of Ireland) are just two of the extra attractions on offer. Anyone one wanting to attend the members' day and/or the awards dinner, should e-mail Larry Shannon at: Laurence@bni.com. BNI HAPPENINGS — IRELAND
Ken Is European Champion A member of the An Gaillimh, Galway, Ireland, chapter for the past two years, crash repair specialist, Ken Horan, has won the recently staged European WKN Amateur Kickboxing Championship. Ken and his Corsican opponent both fought technical fights in the first and second rounds, but in the third Horan floored Alexander Fenot with a great right hand over the top, to gain his richly deserved title as European champion. Mort Murphy, BNI's South-West Ireland Executive Director, said: "Ken is an excellent chapter member and his dedication to his work shows in both his vehicle repair business and his sport. We are delighted for him."
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