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Meeting notice · The Trades TableMonthly · First Tuesday · 7:00 AM

One seat
per trade.
So nobody
has to lie.

Twelve pros. One per category. Your competition isn't in the room, so you can say what you actually pay, what you actually charge, and what's actually going wrong.

Coffee at 7. Out the door by 8:15. Nothing to prepare, ever.

Claim your trade's seat →See how it runs
StatusTable full
Room roster
Seats at the table12
Claimed0
Open0
Prep requiredNone
Out the door by8:15 AM
Seats are held by trade, not by company.
01 · The problem

Why it exists

You will never tell another roofer what you pay your crew. You won't tell him your real margin, and you sure won't tell him you're underwater on three jobs. He's the guy trying to take your work.

You'd tell a plumber, though. He's not chasing your dollar. He's just fighting the same labor pool, the same suppliers, and the same homeowner who wants it done for less.

Every business group in town ruins this by letting in four roofers. This one doesn't.

That's the whole idea. One seat per trade means the only people at the table are guys who have no reason to lie to you — and no reason to be careful.

02 · The room

The table

0 claimed  ·  0 open

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

There's no application and nobody votes on you. If your trade's seat is open, it goes to the first guy who texts and can hold it — meaning you run a real operation in Mid-Michigan and you'll show up. Text me: 989-625-9850. I'll tell you straight where it stands.

If your seat's taken, get on the list. Seats re-up every January and guys who stop showing lose theirs, so the room turns over. First on the list gets the call.

One more thing, for the record: seats have nothing to do with MI Home Hub memberships, Verified Pro, or any paid product. You can't buy this chair and you don't need to buy anything to sit in it.

03 · Three things

What actually happens

Nothing to prepare. Nobody presents. No slides, no photos, no elevator pitch. Everything below is already in your head at six in the morning.

The Board10 min
One fast lap. Three questions, that's it.→ Who needs a body?
→ Who's got a good guy he can't keep busy?
→ Who's giving you trouble right now?
The Hot Seat30 min
One member. One real problem, said out loud. The table works it. Rotates, so your month comes around once a year and you get eleven guys with fifty years of scar tissue between them."My number two just quit and I've got four installs booked."
What's it going for15 min
One number. Everyone answers. Rotates every meeting.→ What do you pay a second-year tech?
→ What's your service call, and do you eat it on the sale?
→ What's your close rate on a quote?
→ What do you actually take home?
04 · Seventy-five minutes

Run of show

7:00Coffee, order, eatNothing scheduled.
7:15The BoardFast lap. Bodies, referrals, whoever's giving you trouble.Camera off
7:25The Hot SeatOne member's problem. The table works it.Camera off
7:55What's it going forOne number. Everyone answers.Camera off
8:10Next dateStay if you want. Most guys don't.
8:15GoneOn the job by eight-thirty. Nothing lost.
05 · House rules

How it works

  • One per categoryOne roofer, one plumber, one HVAC, one electrician, one realtor. When a seat is taken, it's taken — but seats re-up every January, and the waitlist gets first call.
  • Nothing to prepareEver. If a meeting ever requires homework, it's broken and it'll be fixed.
  • The camera stays downNothing in this room gets filmed. Phones down too. This gets said out loud every meeting, because it's the reason the room works.
  • What's said here stays hereNumbers, names, and problems don't leave the table. One guy repeating something is the end of the whole thing, and everybody knows it.
  • We report numbers, we don't set themWhat I pay. What I charge. Never what we should. That's not a technicality — it's what keeps this honest instead of a cartel.
  • There's a sheet at your seatYour category's search and lead numbers for Mid-Michigan, printed, waiting when you sit down. Read it in the truck. We don't go over it.
  • Breakfast is coveredNo sponsor. No cost. No catch.
06 · For the record

What it isn't

  • Not a chamber meeting.
  • Not a lead-share group with quotas and fines.
  • Not a sales presentation. Nobody stands up.
  • Not something you prepare for.
  • Not open to whoever pays. The seat is the value.
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ContactJoe Fernette
MI Home HubMidland, Michigan