Category: Status from Queens

Business Queens Network (The Queens project) decided to freeze the plans related to further development because of the consequences of the pandemic. Instead, ACTA worked on stabilizing and making some adjustments in the business platform named Queens phase 2 before discussing further action – an eventual phase 3.

The project members focused on other tasks unrelated to the Queens project – related to Golf, TorreviejaCoronaFundrising, Wibes, and Rotary.

By Anne Solheim

Gunnel Thunstöm divided the time between three tasks: Developing Golf Tour Las Ramblas, a network related to golf that members in Queens support. And according to Queens’ mentioned tasks outside the project, it has been done a lot to create a new Rotary club and according to The Wibes-case. More about those two cases are below.

Christina Berardi led the work to create a new Rotary club and was heavily involved in The Wibes-case.

Anne Brit Solheim participated in all the tasks. And because of the experiences Queens gained in The Wibes-case (check the conclusion of this so far here), it became necessary and proper, related to the main area in Queens,  SKILL DEVELOPMENT FOR ENTREPRENEURS, to do a deeper exploration of “the black side of the moon in business” – further than The Wibes-case did possible. Shortly said, this part of business, the criminal, black side, is one of the most complicated, devastating, and dangerous “places” on earth, and that permeates everything. So, grounded on this and earlier experience working in the field – to detect fraud – two other cases were focused on in 2021 to refresh knowledge. Those two cases are global, well-known, and stripped of conspiracy theories, and the consequences related are enormous. In addition, those are cases that have gone all the way and are terminated in the judicial system, which The Wibes-case is not. But “the corruption system” is the same at a principle level, whether on a huge or a small scale. And because of this fact, rooted in Queens’ experiences with The Wibes-case, it became interesting to explore this as an adventure. A personal Facebook post is connected here to visualize what “the corruption system” is about – to gain a vague idea of the complexity of a global problem that undermines any society on the planet. And if you are interested in this part, which is a part of the wholeness of business, that affects us all in one way or another, please check the link above and the included comments.

In addition to “the black side of the moon activities,” some technical work related to Queens’ IT platform phase 2 was accomplished.

End of 2021 😊

At the start of the new year, 2022, Queens may have access to a business platform in ACTA if the decision turns out to develop it further with a better common knowledge of the business field’s dark side, especially in Spain than before. Two different networks related to us, through golf and Rotary, two areas where businesspeople often meet, are in progress. And we – all three of us – also have personal, private membership in those networks. And because of our separate work during 2021, we think the Queens project has a more stable base than what was at the end of the year 2020, which was summed up two months later, at the first anniversary.

Conclusion 2021: ACTA may offer SKILL DEVELOPMENT FOR ENTREPRENEURS better than before.

Happy New Year! Queens is honored to have had you with us and hopes the year in front of us, 2022, will bring possibilities to develop a phase 3 of Skill Development for Entrepeneurs. Thanks to all who have been involved in 2021.

Congratulations, Golf Tour Las Ramblas, celebrating the 2nd anniversary on the 3rd of August 2021! with Best Regards from Business Queens Network (Queens), with members as sponsors of this magnificent golf network.

By Anne Solheim

The founder of this excellent golf network Gunnel Thunstöm, with 638 golfers on the anniversary day, is a professional person not only as a creator of different types of networks but a good golfer and a steady golf mentor to Christina Berardi and Anne Brit Solheim, on their personal paths, to tackle this particular and challenging sport.

We, Christina Berardi and Anne Brit Solheim give our co-founder in Queens, Gunnel, a big hand for her patience with our different challenges in the golf field. We cannot emphasize enough that we were happy to assist her in the golf tournament on this special day. And not to forget that we look forward to our participation in the evening gathering with prize giving delivered at 24 Moby Dick Marin Torrevieja with the owner of that restaurant, Per Lindqvist, and his son Calle Lindqvist. Golfers, guests, and Rotarians hope we will get a great experience there.

We, the two golf novices in Queens, Christina, and Anne with seven hours in sweltering sunny weather, handing out scorecards, managing the photography job, giving all the golfers a special surprise nearby the hole 14, and collect scorecards, appreciate this day that gave us a lot for joy before we turned out in the unforgettable evening. Now we know it is a lot to do working as assistants in a golf tournament, too. But lucky us, we had a boss, Gunnel Thunström, that trumps the most.

Thanks from us in Queens, Gunnel, and we are sure all the players, sponsors, and participants in the evening event will agree with this: You are incredible!

WOW! Queens is turning one year. What a historical year this has been – as for other businesses all over the globe. And like the most powerful ones, the members of the Queens had to be creative in new ways, far above our original plans.

By Anne Solheim

Two different Rotary projects have been accomplished, and the third one is ongoing. The fourth project is totally different, which has turned out to look more and more like a fraud case in one of the networks we, as individuals in Queens, have been involved in, Wibes, which is still an ongoing issue. These projects bring valuable experience. Contrary to business organizations in general, knowledge about being an entrepreneur of ideal organizations in Spain is beneficial. But both those projects are not yet closed and need to be concluded related to all the members in Queens.

2021-09-18: If you are interested, a link to updates about Wibes is below in this blog post.

The preliminary plan, developing the second phase of Business Queens Network (Queens) as a business platform in ACTA, now may deliver products through a net-based sales funnel is also completed.

Read on if you want to know more about the work the first year in and “around” the Queens’ constellation during a pandemic. The page on the website called Partners, projects, and news shows a snapshot of it too. Here you will find the status of partners, the projects decided to expose, and other relevant updates.

The first Rotary project the member of Queens became a part of is called Torrevieja Fundraising. That one was to help the local community’s weakest in and around Torrevieja in Spain, literally to save lives. This touches upon the startup of the second one in the frame of the Rotary. And with great help from our father clubs in Rotary in Sweden and Spain and especially the district governor in Spain, we in Queens as individuals maintained our three personal memberships in one of the largest network organizations in the world, which is Rotary. This is appreciated. And to those who did not know, that work turned out to be the third Rotary project: an establishing project to try to realize the second international Rotary club where we, as individuals in Queens, are founding members. This is pretty rare in a Rotary context, I (Anne) think.

The groundwork for the future Rotary club establishment is done in two different projects, with the plan that the second one of these would end up with a new international Rotary club in Spain. The name of the second phase of this work is Rotary Club Orihuela Costa International. And at the same time, we in Queens wished our “old” Rotary club – Club Rotario de la Zenia Internacional the best for the future. The largest club ever in the history of Rotary Spain by the chartered time. A club I represented on two stands at EXPO, Torrevieja, and in Norway in Jessheim Rotary Klubb. But we are so sorry to tell you that it looked like it had significant and escalating problems, which we could not do anything to prevent. Because of that fact, we decided to try again in another constellation. And as mentioned above, the fourth project, related to a network we established some years ago, Wibes, is also ongoing. The four mentioned projects above took a lot of time and focus in many months.

The original plan for 2020 was to develop Queens further, from Phase 1 to Phase 2, by establishing relevant products that Queens can advertise and deliver professionally, resulting in more business in the future. This plan is called Queens – Phase 2, conducted hand in hand while building a functional organization and finding a suitable office. And when the talk is about the organization, the experience is: It is time to discuss values. And Rotary’s values for that global network are a good starting point. So, the value keywords for Queens have become Service, Fellowship, Diversity, Integrity, and Leadership. An available physical network meeting place was established too at Best Office in the area where the Queens project was launched. In parallel, the network was also growing through cyberspace meetings. Day-by-day work during Queens development, the first year during the pandemic, has been accomplished through gatherings and meetings in cyberspace across country borders in Europe. So, cyberspace became a gift. This made it possible to maintain and develop the necessary strength to accomplish what has been done, including Queens – Phase 2.

In the work frame to save people’s lives and reach the goal for Queens – Phase 2 parallel while doing the groundwork for a new Rotary club, much-clarifying-work in the Wibes case became more than planned. Conducting those projects simultaneously during a relatively short period without the opportunity to meet in a physical space serves the definition excellent, I think.

In addition to the abovementioned work, Gunnel Thunstöm had another type of work, golf. In parallel, Christina Berardi managed the podcast called Varför Spanien? which she founded. And I, Anne Brit Solheim, have worked in ACTA, a Norwegian company I established.

Okay, just some glimpse of what we as individuals and a team have done during a pandemic as entrepreneurs.

If Business Queens Network looks like something for you and your business, too, just join us. Until June 30, 2022, you may have a one-year membership in Queens with a 50% discount. Then you will be able to meet business owners, managers, entrepreneurs, make new contacts, learn more and exchange ideas. You will get your logo with a relevant link on our marketing page for free and more if you consider joining. And if you want even more, like videos, blog posts, etc., and of course, share the blog post and interview on social media where you want to share this, Queens only says welcome to be a paying member.

2021-09-18 Updates on the previously mentioned fraud case, the Wibes case.