J25 BNI Derby Business Networking

YES. Bringing visitors helps to grow the chapter and therefor the business you will gain from BNI.
You’re encouraged to bring visitors for those occupations that are open. Any profession which is not represented in a chapter is elligable to be a visitor. 
If you are unsure if you should bring a visitor to a meeting, always ask [...]

We are all told that members aught to be visitor hosts. What should members do to help the VH team.
A visitor should take the following route -

Entrance Door (always a good start)
Sign in Table
Coffee/Tea
Chapter Director
Members

So how should members help the Visitor host team?

A couple of members should greet & guide visitors to the sign in table.
Help the [...]

First of all, who are our visitors?
They can be people new to BNI and networking.  Or they can be BNI members from another chapter substituting for one of our members.
So why should we treat our visitors as guests? 
Ultimately we might want them to join our chapter.
Why do we want people to visit and hopefully [...]

10. Leave their badge and card holder at home.
The name badge and card holders are networking tools. Wearing your name badge properly makes you a stand-out as a professional networker and makes conversation easier for visitors.
Share your collection of trusted professionals with those you contact daily.
9. Arrive late for the weekly BNI meeting.
Puntuality and dependability are [...]