What you should know: 1  Only one person from each professional specialty is permitted to join a chapter of BNI. 2  All participants should represent their primary occupation, not a part-time business. 3  Attendance is critical. 4  If you cannot attend a meeting, you may send a substitute. 5  This will not count as an absence.
Definition of hound for English Language Learners. : 1  a dog; especially : a type of dog that has a very good sense of smell and is trained to hunt. : 2  a person who is very determined to get something especially for a collection : a very enthusiastic collector.
Hounds are hunting dogs that either hunt by following the scent of a game animal (scenthounds) or by following the animal by sight (sighthounds). There are many breeds in the scenthound type, and scenthounds may do other work as well, so exactly which breeds should be called scenthound can be controversial.