No BBC This Friday 25 November 2016
Stay Warm – Be Thankful – Keep Smiling

And recall what we learned last year at this time from OfficeXpats Ambassador emeritus and food specialist Anita Bermann: Mindful-eating means food without fear, dining without guilt, eating without remorse. Mindful eating is a learned skill that can help you create a better relationship to your food. (Don’t you want to relate well to your food?) 

The art of mindful eating is the opposite of the multi-tasking meal, where like a post-modern digital teen one eats talks texts watches youtube and gives the amazing impression of being fully aware of a wonderful shared meal together with family friends and whoever else you invite in off the street, that homeless vet, that lonely senior citizen, the dog or cat that needs a good home. (Thank you Anita Bermann [idealfeastnutrition.com] for sharing with us your mindful-eating insights and wisdom.) Think about it. BBC: We Don’t Exist, But We Do Think About It A Lot.

So, A Happy Thanksgiving To All! Thank you to BBC Regulars everywhere for your support, sharing your business wisdom, and having fun. To all you BBC Bikers, ride safe – and to everyone be safe this holiday of friendship, family, and thankfulness. Love your neighbor as your dog loves you. Shop local. Meow.

Sincerely,
The BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

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THE CHANNEL (thechannelbainbridge.com), Bainbridge Island Chamber Newsletter is published quarterly, with free print copies and an interactive online version. Let the Chamber know what you think, and what else you might like to see:[email protected]

The Bainbridge Island Brand and website filled with valuable resources and local Island news, events, and business cool stuff: Go there. Be cool:bainbridgebusinessresources.com.

REMINDER – For BBC Regular Members: Sign up on our Open/Public BBC Regulars Business Info & Contact List. As BBC Regular Members, make your business/contact info available for the BBC community and website. Follow link (form courtesy of Annette Walker) & fill out List contact info:http://bit.ly/1mZGKfR

Special thanks to our friends at Toastmasters Bainbridge. Two clubs on the Island: The Noon Edition bainbridgeisland.toastmastersclubs.org and The Evening Editionuspeakeasy.com.

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Join us this dark November BBC Friday for “The ABCs Of DNC: Navigating the alphabet of Do Not Contact compliance,” with BBC Regular and mysterious DNC host Jordan Levine. 

Eeeeeek! DNC, FTC, FCC, TSR, TCPA, EBR, ATDS, and state AGs! [Not even the BBC @ OXp can boast that many 3-letter thingies!] So, what are all of these letters? And why can they spell ruin for companies trying to market their products and services? Are you making outbound phone calls, sending texts? (The fines can be crippling….) Are you in compliance with “do not contact” regulations? Come to BBC to find out.

Don’t Panic! Learn about: The regulatory environment and possible fines. “Do Not Solicit” lists and “The National Do Not Call Registry,” as well as state registries and corporate “Do Not Call” lists. Calling/texting wireless phones. The “Established Business Relationship” exception. Obtaining Proper Consent. Informational Calls vs. Sales Calls. Safe Harbor. Time Of Day Calling Restrictions. Caller ID Requirements. Vicarious Liability: e.g. buying “pre-scrubbed” lead lists or using call centers. (Jordan’s contact info: [email protected] / 206-855-9681.)

Jordan Levine, Customer Engagement Compliance Professional (CECP), is the founder and President of Strofina, Inc., which provides “do not contact” compliance services to help organizations avoid fines and worry.

So, be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me scurvy seadogs, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC! 

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – “Do Not Contact” w/ Jordan Levine
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

Solving The “LinkedIn Puzzle”: A series of 8 classes, Oct.24–Nov.22 (attend one or attend all 8): OfficeXpats partners with longtime-member Charlie King to offer a series of LinkedIn classes to help you understand what it’s capable of and how to apply it to get great results. Info & register at: OfficeXpats.com. Contact Charlie charlie@charliekingcoaching.com. Charlie on LinkedIn.

17 November 5:30-7:00, Chamber After Hours is at Realogics Sotherby’s this month in their new office in the old hardware store building on Winslow Way. Public welcome!

THE CHANNEL (thechannelbainbridge.com), Bainbridge Island Chamber Newsletter is published quarterly, with free print copies and an interactive online version. Let the Chamber know what you think, and what else you might like to see:[email protected]

The Bainbridge Island Brand and website filled with valuable resources and local Island news, events, and business cool stuff: Go there. Be cool:bainbridgebusinessresources.com.

REMINDER – For BBC Regular Members: Sign up on our Open/Public BBC Regulars Business Info & Contact List. As BBC Regular Members, make your business/contact info available for the BBC community and website. Follow link (form courtesy of Annette Walker) & fill out List contact info:http://bit.ly/1mZGKfR

Special thanks to our friends at Toastmasters Bainbridge. Two clubs on the Island: The Noon Edition bainbridgeisland.toastmastersclubs.org and The Evening Editionuspeakeasy.com.

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BBC is Canceled this Friday in honor of American Veterans. 

Veterans Day, harks back to its origins on “Armistice Day,” 11 November 1918, 98 years ago. The official US spelling of the day is “Veterans Day” (no possessive), in that the day is about Americans honoring American Vets, on this one day a year, and thus it is a day for all Americans. “Ruff!”

Be safe. Be kind. Do good.

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

Solving The “LinkedIn Puzzle”: A series of 8 classes, Oct.24–Nov.22 (attend one or attend all 8): OfficeXpats partners with longtime-member Charlie King to offer a series of LinkedIn classes to help you understand what it’s capable of and how to apply it to get the results you want. More info at OfficeXpats.com. Contact Charlie charlie@charliekingcoaching.com. Charlie on LinkedIn.

THE CHANNEL (thechannelbainbridge.com), Bainbridge Island Chamber Newsletter is published quarterly, with free print copies and an interactive online version. Let the Chamber know what you think, and what else you might like to see:[email protected]

The Bainbridge Island Brand and website filled with valuable resources and local Island news, events, and business cool stuff: Go there. Be cool:bainbridgebusinessresources.com.

REMINDER – For BBC Regular Members: Sign up on our Open/Public BBC Regulars Business Info & Contact List. As BBC Regular Members, make your business/contact info available for the BBC community and website. Follow link (form courtesy of Annette Walker) & fill out List contact info:http://bit.ly/1mZGKfR

Special thanks to our friends at Toastmasters Bainbridge. Two clubs on the Island: The Noon Edition bainbridgeisland.toastmastersclubs.org and The Evening Editionuspeakeasy.com.

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Join us the Blustery BBC Friday for a LinkedIn® Update with long-time BBC Regular and OfficeXpats Business wizard Charlie King: “Solving The LinkedIn Puzzle.”

Charlie is presenting a series of workshop at OfficeXpats on LinkedIn, and here this Friday at BBC he will give us an abreviated LinkedIn update. There are still a few more LinkedIn OfficeXpats workshops in November that are well worth checking out: OfficeXpats.com. Contact Charlie: charlie@charliekingcoaching.com. Charlie on LinkedIn.

So, be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me scurvy seadogs, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC! 

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – LinkedIn Update w/ Charlie King
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

Solving The “LinkedIn Puzzle”: A series of 8 classes, Oct.24–Nov.22 (attend one or attend all 8): OfficeXpats partners with longtime-member Charlie King to offer a series of LinkedIn classes to help you understand what it’s capable of and how to apply it to get great results. Info & register at: OfficeXpats.com. Contact Charlie charlie@charliekingcoaching.com. Charlie on LinkedIn.

THE CHANNEL (thechannelbainbridge.com), Bainbridge Island Chamber Newsletter is published quarterly, with free print copies and an interactive online version. Let the Chamber know what you think, and what else you might like to see:[email protected]

The Bainbridge Island Brand and website filled with valuable resources and local Island news, events, and business cool stuff: Go there. Be cool:bainbridgebusinessresources.com.

REMINDER – For BBC Regular Members: Sign up on our Open/Public BBC Regulars Business Info & Contact List. As BBC Regular Members, make your business/contact info available for the BBC community and website. Follow link (form courtesy of Annette Walker) & fill out List contact info:http://bit.ly/1mZGKfR

Special thanks to our friends at Toastmasters Bainbridge. Two clubs on the Island: The Noon Edition bainbridgeisland.toastmastersclubs.org and The Evening Editionuspeakeasy.com.

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BBC is canceled this coming Friday, October 28th, for the Chamber Breakfast @ IslandWood. Networking and presentations by Impact BioEnergy’s Jan Allen on the new organic waste recycling system installed at Harbour Pub. Also, Eirik O’Neal will talk about Kitsap County’s “Waste Wise @ Work” program, designed to assist businesses and organizations with waste reduction and recycling. Delicious full breakfast (including vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options) provided by the IslandWood kitchen. Public welcome. More info at: bainbridgechamber.com.

NOTE: Save $5.00 — Sign up online before 9:00 PM, Wed. Oct. 26th, or by calling 206-842-3700 before 5:00 PM Wed. Oct. 28th.

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC
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BBC Regulars Upcoming News & Events!

Solving The “LinkedIn Puzzle”: A series of 8 classes, Oct.24–Nov.22 (attend one or attend all 8): OfficeXpats partners with longtime-member Charlie King to offer a series of LinkedIn classes to help you understand what it’s capable of and how to apply it to get the results you want. More info at OfficeXpats.com. Contact Charlie charlie@charliekingcoaching.com. Charlie on LinkedIn.

26 October, 7:00-8:30 PM: Halloween Open House with Bainbridge Toastmasters USpeakEasy evening edition. @ The Clubhouse, Winslow Arms Apartments, 220 Parfitt Way. “Don’t be spooked by public speaking!” — a fun (not scary) way to learn about Toastmasters. Flyer (pdf doc)

27 October, 5:30-7:00, Chamber After Hours @ Eagle Harbor Winery, Three Tree Lane off New Brooklyn & Madison. There will be a ribbon cutting, networking, and refreshments. Help celebrate the opening of their new winery location and tasting room. Public Welcome. Info: bainbridgechamber.com.

Saturday, 29 October, 1:00 PM, Bainbridge Bakers: “Build a Killer Immune System.” Please RSVP to Jenny Trimble at 206-817-5752   [email protected].

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THE CHANNEL (thechannelbainbridge.com), Bainbridge Island Chamber Newsletter is published quarterly, with free print copies and an interactive online version. Let the Chamber know what you think, and what else you might like to see:[email protected]

The Bainbridge Island Brand and website filled with valuable resources and local Island news, events, and business cool stuff: Go there. Be cool:bainbridgebusinessresources.com.

REMINDER – For BBC Regular Members: Sign up on our Open/Public BBC Regulars Business Info & Contact List. As BBC Regular Members, make your business/contact info available for the BBC community and website. Follow link (form courtesy of Annette Walker) & fill out List contact info:http://bit.ly/1mZGKfR

Special thanks to our friends at Toastmasters Bainbridge. Two clubs on the Island: The Noon Edition bainbridgeisland.toastmastersclubs.org and The Evening Editionuspeakeasy.com.

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Join us this Friday for S.O.S. PART 2, w/ Accelerate Kitsap director and BBC thinkologist Bill Ruddick. (S.O.S. pdf)

S.O.S. – Situation Objective Solutions Problem Solving Program. Accelerate Kitsap is re-focusing as a specialized business incubation non-profit organization targeting basic business plan problem solving. We will do a few test run demonstrations, examing the S.O.S. method by experimenting on YOU and your business. This should be exciting!

So, be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me scurvy seadogs, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – S.O.S. Problem Solving PART 2
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

Solving The “LinkedIn Puzzle”: A series of 8 classes, Oct.24–Nov.22 (attend one or attend all 8): OfficeXpats partners with longtime-member Charlie King to offer a series of LinkedIn classes to help you understand what it’s capable of and how to apply it to get the results you want. More info at OfficeXpats.com. Contact Charlie charlie@charliekingcoaching.com. Charlie on LinkedIn.

26 October, 7:00-8:30 PM: Halloween Open House with Bainbridge Toastmasters USpeakEasy evening edition. @ The Clubhouse, Winslow Arms Apartments, 220 Parfitt Way. “Don’t be spooked by public speaking!” — a fun (not scary) way to learn about Toastmasters. Flyer (pdf doc)

27 October, 5:30-7:00, Chamber After Hours @ Eagle Harbor Winery, Three Tree Lane off New Brooklyn & Madison. There will be a ribbon cutting, networking, and refreshments. Help celebrate the opening of their new winery location and tasting room. Public Welcome. Info: bainbridgechamber.com.

28 October, 7:30-9:00, Chamber Breakfast @ IslandWood. Networking and presentations by Impact BioEnergy’s Jan Allen on the organic waste recycling system installed at Harbour Pub and by Eirik O’Neal, Kitsap County’s “Waste Wise @ Work” program. Info: bainbridgechamber.com.

Saturday, 29 October, 1:00 PM, Bainbridge Bakers: “Build a Killer Immune System.” Please RSVP to Jenny Trimble at 206-817-5752   [email protected].

THE CHANNEL (thechannelbainbridge.com), Bainbridge Island Chamber Newsletter is published quarterly, with free print copies and an interactive online version. Let the Chamber know what you think, and what else you might like to see:[email protected]

The Bainbridge Island Brand and website filled with valuable resources and local Island news, events, and business cool stuff: Go there. Be cool:bainbridgebusinessresources.com.

REMINDER – For BBC Regular Members: Sign up on our Open/Public BBC Regulars Business Info & Contact List. As BBC Regular Members, make your business/contact info available for the BBC community and website. Follow link (form courtesy of Annette Walker) & fill out List contact info:http://bit.ly/1mZGKfR

Special thanks to our friends at Toastmasters Bainbridge. Two clubs on the Island: The Noon Edition bainbridgeisland.toastmastersclubs.org and The Evening Editionuspeakeasy.com.

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Join us this Friday for a New Kind of Think Club, with Accelerate Kitsap director and BBC thinkologist Bill Ruddick. (S.O.S. pdf)

S.O.S. – Situation Objective Solutions Problem Solving Program. Accelerate Kitsap is re-focusing as a specialized business incubation non-profit organization targeting basic business plan problem solving. We will do a few test run demonstrations, examing the S.O.S. method by experimenting on YOU and your business. This should be exciting!

So, be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me scurvy seadogs, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – S.O.S. Problem Solving, w/ XLR8
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

This Saturday, 15 October, 1:00 PM, Poulsbo “Build a Killer Immune System.” Please RSVP to Jenny Trimble at [email protected] or 206-817-5752 for location details and directions. 2nd Session on Saturday 29 October, 11:00 AM, Bainbridge Bakers.

THE CHANNEL (thechannelbainbridge.com), Bainbridge Island Chamber Newsletter is published quarterly, with free print copies and an interactive online version. Let the Chamber know what you think, and what else you might like to see:[email protected]

The Bainbridge Island Brand and website filled with valuable resources and local Island news, events, and business cool stuff: Go there. Be cool:bainbridgebusinessresources.com.

REMINDER – For BBC Regular Members: Sign up on our Open/Public BBC Regulars Business Info & Contact List. As BBC Regular Members, make your business/contact info available for the BBC community and website. Follow link (form courtesy of Annette Walker) & fill out List contact info:http://bit.ly/1mZGKfR

Special thanks to our friends at Toastmasters Bainbridge. Two clubs on the Island: The Noon Edition bainbridgeisland.toastmastersclubs.org and The Evening Editionuspeakeasy.com.

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Join us this Friday for another exciting OPEN MIC business sharing, storytelling, and problem solving strategy roundtable.

So, it’s play, share, tall tales time. Bring your business story to share — who you are, why you love doing what you do, what you’ve learned along the way, where you’re going.

We’ll open with “The Saga Of StoneMan Steve Rabago”: Capitalize Life’s Passions!  & Nothing’s Carved In Stone…’til Ya Start Carving! Steve is founder, majority shareholder, and CEO of ZimpleMoney, an automated back office system for lenders (private and corporate) used to manage loan accounting and payment processing. (Steve on LinkedIn.)

Steve is also a seasoned advisor, entrepreneur, and professional CEO with over 37 years of experience in financial services, oil production, mobility, location technology, education, and consulting. Specialties: Start-ups, high growth company leadership and management, emerging trends, finance, acquisitions, due-diligence, international licensing, software licensing, branding and identity, union negotiations, non-profit leadership, debt-financing, and investment analysis.

An accomplished artist and stone sculptor, Steve has public works at Laguna College of Art & Design, and at Rosario Resort (Orcas Island), “Ship America Figurehead Replication and Restoration Project” (2014-2015). More amazing Steve Rabago info: artbusinessbio_steverabago (pdf).

Be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me scurvy seadogs, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – Open Mic Friday, w/ Steve Rabago
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

THE CHANNEL (thechannelbainbridge.com), Bainbridge Island Chamber Newsletter is published quarterly, with free print copies and an interactive online version. Let the Chamber know what you think, and what else you might like to see:[email protected]

The Bainbridge Island Brand and website filled with valuable resources and local Island news, events, and business cool stuff: Go there. Be cool:bainbridgebusinessresources.com.

REMINDER – For BBC Regular Members: Sign up on our Open/Public BBC Regulars Business Info & Contact List. As BBC Regular Members, make your business/contact info available for the BBC community and website. Follow link (form courtesy of Annette Walker) & fill out List contact info:http://bit.ly/1mZGKfR

Special thanks to our friends at Toastmasters Bainbridge. Two clubs on the Island: The Noon Edition bainbridgeisland.toastmastersclubs.org and The Evening Editionuspeakeasy.com.

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Join us this BBC Friday for a fascinating journey into the world of Smashing Ideas – with creative ideationist and Design Director, Antonio Holguin (very significant other to delightful BBC regular Rowena Holquin, Universal Associate, Umpqua Bank, and artisan-owner of Bella Eva Soaps).

“Your Catalyst for Change. Since 1996, Smashing Ideas has helped our clients plan, create and evolve the most engaging digital experiences possible.” [smashingideas.com/about/]

Motivational UX™ – Motivational UX  (“user experience“) is a customer-centric approach to innovation that applies decades of multi-disciplinary research in behavioral psychology, user experience, and game design thinking to technology solutions. Contact: smashingideas.com  /  [email protected]

Be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me scurvy seadogs, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – “Smashing Ideas!” w/ Antonio Holguin
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

22 September 2016, Double Bill: OfficeXpats 5th Anniversary Celebration & Chamber After Hours, 5:30-7:30 PM. Woo Hoo! OfficeXpats will be open to the wider community for great snacks, drinks, maybe a champagne toast thrown in. Expect a good crowd for networking or just feeling the energy and community! More info on OfficeXpats Event On Facebook.

Is Island Power Right For Bainbridge? Get the full story from Jane Lindley and Steve Johnson, co-founders of Island Power.

Island Power is an initiative to put a measure on the next possible ballot to create a municipal electric utility. Greener power, local control, jobs: “…there is a clear and compelling relationship between public ownership and the ability of communities to get off of dirty energy.” (Naomi Klein, This Changes Everything.)

Jane Lindley is also the past president of Sustainable Bainbridge.  Bainbridge resident for over 20 years, Jane has volunteered for the past 5 years for a number of local nonprofits, including Bainbridge Island Land Trust, Great Peninsula Conservancy, and Arms Around Bainbridge. Prior to that Jane worked as the Director of Development and Operations for a software company outside of Boston, MA. Jane on LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/superwebgroup. 

Stephen Johnson was for 23 years the executive director of the Washington Public Utilities Districts Association, the state’s leading public power advocacy organization. Prior to that he taught political science for 11 years at the University of Alaska. He’s lived on Bainbridge Island since 1986. Island Power: island-power.org. Facebook: facebook.com/bainbridgeislandpower.

There should be plenty of time for discussion and Q&A. Bring your BBC brains, your questions, and your creativity. ….Aaaaa, brains!

Be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me scurvy seadogs, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – “Island Power” w/ Jane Lindley & Steve Johnson
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

22 September 2016, Double Bill: OfficeXpats 5th Anniversary Celebration & Chamber After Hours, 5:30-7:30 PM. Woo Hoo! OfficeXpats will be open to the wider community for great snacks, drinks, maybe a champagne toast thrown in. Expect a good crowd for networking or just feeling the energy and community!