We are all family and are here to support each other and our business.
This is a membership organization. Anyone can apply. Applications are reviewed and approved/disapproved by the board.
You do not have to be Hispanic, or speak Spanish to join LBH, with the understanding that this is a Hispanic advocacy organization.
Our non-Hispanic members are full LBH partners. They are part of our family and organization. We will support them and their business, just as we support all the other members in our organization.
LBH is based on the old Spanish proverb: “Hoy por ti, mañana por mi” ("Today for you, tomorrow for me"). For our purposes this meant "if I help you today when you need help, then you'll help tomorrow when I need help."
“The rising tide lifts all the boats.” Our chamber is about creating mutual wins. If we all help each other, everybody wins. This also means everybody helps. This will not be a spectator organization. It’s for people who want to get on the court and shoot. We don’t have any bleachers. We can’t even spell “bleachers!” If you want to watch the game the bleachers, this is not the organization for you.
Respect begins at home. The chamber is our home, so we will treat each other with respect. We will adhere to the basic Robert's Rules of Order at our meetings and have one person speak at a time. The president will recognize the speaker and give that person the floor. When that person is done, the president will recognize the next speaker and so on. However, we won’t allow “filibustering” either. Once a speaker has made his/her point, the president will thank that person and move on.
Check your ego at the door. Because we are an intelligent and creative community, we each have our own great ideas and perspectives on how things should be done. We are then surprised to find otherwise intelligent people whose ideas are different from ours. How could they be so wrong? Our policy is that they are not wrong, they’re just different, and we allow ourselves to be different. Our philosophy is not “zero sum.” It’s not “if you win, I lose.” Our philosophy is “you win/I win too.” We can agree to disagree, but we are still family and we still friends.
As professionals we respect each other’s time and do not want to waste it, so our meetings start on time and end on time. The senior board member present at the scheduled start time will start the meeting with whoever is present. We will then adjust as needed.
