BNI Tri Cities

Business Success Partners

Getting Registered

We use our chapter site, http://bnitricities.com, for all major communications about our group. All chapter members should join the site with a valid email address.

To join

Browse to the site http://bnitricities.com
Browse to the members only page
Enter your first and last name and your email and click the "Register me" button.
You will receive a confirmation email, but will be only a site visitor and not considered to be a club member until a chapter officer verifies your membership.
You will receive an email once a club officer verifies your membership

Logging In

Once you are registered and verified as a club member, you can log in by

Browsing to club site at http://bnitricities.com and to the member page
Entering your email as the [username] in the box above the login button
Your password is blank unless you have set it.

Note: the confirmation emails you get will also include an instant-login link that, when clicked, will browse to the site and automatically log you in.

What You Can Alter

As a member, you can

Edit your public member "business card",
Make an entry in the club calendar,
Have a BNI member profile and GAIN form readable only by club members
Read the members only pages
Post in the discussion boards
Upload files

(Note: Officers can edit all parts of the site.)

Altering your Public "Business Card"

First you need to log into the site and then find your business card under "Membership" and then under "Membership Directory".

Simply scroll to your card and hit the "edit" link by its side.
Enter your corrections and click the "save" button at the bottom.
Note: Anything you enter after the ==break== string will show up under a "More..." link. See Stephanies entry for an example.

Editing the Calendar

To edit the calendar, first browse to it. Either click edit next to the entry you want to change, or click "Create Event". Whatever you include will automatically be shown in all calendars.

Creating your BNI Member Profile

Every member is allowed a personal member page visible only to club members. To get this page, log in and browse to the "Members Profiles" page. Then click "Create your BNI Chapter Member Page".

You will be taken to a new page editable just by you. In here will be the standard BNI member profile and GAIN forms. Whatever answers you fill in will be visible to chapter members.