Hi all,

The last meeting was fantastic. Anna and me learnt a lot and are looking forward to the next meeting. I’m not sure how the last meeting at La Porcetta’s was, but my history with meeting like this one is that it is difficult to have a guest speaker present at a restaurant. I would also bear in mind that there would be about 20-25 people attending, very difficult for everyone to hear and participate. Tony said that his office would possibly be available, otherwise I may be able to organise a room at my office, or maybe someone could volunteer their home?

We may want to also think of making it a regular date to ensure people are able to make their time available. During the week is usually not very good for me. Maybe people could list their availabilities so that this could be facilitated.

Just some suggestions from experience, I’ve had a few of these groups that I have participated in fall apart pretty quickly in the past.

I also note that we have a couple of people doing different things.

Gill organised things from the start and set up an email address.
Alvin organised a Yahoo group page
Alistair organised the speaker at the last meeting
Tony was trying to organise speakers for the next meeting
Leila and Adrian are now trying to organise a time for the next meeting.

This effort and enthusiasm is fantastic!!! Maybe we just need to ensure that someone is co-ordinating the group and not everyone going their own directions.

Not sure if anyone’s spoken to Tony yet, but suggest that maybe the date and time should be set around the availability of the guest speaker.

Please do not take this post in anyway but suggestions to ensure the best outcomes for this group. I will also be sending this out to everyone registered on the website as well!

Look forward to feedback and seeing you all at the next meeting.

Gee that’s a long post [tongue]

Cheers,

Andrew Maxwell [exhappy]

Guys,

I don’t think he is lying. More trying to plan for when he turns 18 and 19. I hope this helps clarify. [chill]