Back to Caloundra, last … but not least for Qld.
Caloundra Morning Group
May 2015
Dale English, LO
I have had approx. 20 attend in the year since I first started but none of them except Lorraine Samin, Lyn Porter and me have attended 3 or more discussions. That may sound really bad but we only meet monthly so spread over 12 months I’ m trying not to be too discouraged.
We have set our meeting place at the Caloundra Power Boat Club which is a lovely venue overlooking Pumiceton Passage to Bribie Island, on the 3rd Friday of the month.
We have opted to choose our“ next” topic at the current meeting so we can be more relevant to current affairs and the person whose topic we select, chairs the next discussion. I’ m hoping this gets everybody along at least twice.
Dale
Introducing a possible new group in Merimbula, NSW …( snippets from Theresa Smith):
December 2014: … I am thinking of establishing a group where I live, Merimbula area, far south coast NSW, with the main focus being ladies in their 30s / 40s, if possible, as there is no real social network locally for women my age. We have day and evening VIEW, Probus, CWA, etc and various book clubs and the like, but ladies my age are not members. A couple of friends have expressed an interest, so I was wondering what is the next step? I ' ve reviewed the website and looked at the material.( Bev responded with more information).
When I lived in the U. K in the mid 2000s, I used to attend an NWR group in the town where I was living, and I found it a very good way to meet people and to enjoy interesting topics of conversation and to learn something.
July 2015: Bev had sent Theresa Conference 2015 information to encourage a few ladies catching up with members if possible.
Thanks Bev, I did receive your earlier email. I don ' t get around to dealing with all my correspondence very speedily these days, as I have two little boys, and not much time for myself. Thank you, we have been trying to promote a local chapter of NWR, and whilst we had a good number of attendees at the first 2 meetings, that dropped off for the next 2, such that at the last meeting in June, only 2 ladies turned up, being myself and a friend who is also on the ' steering committee ' so to speak. There is interest, however, I think the difficulty is that the demographic we are appealing to, or seeking to appeal to, is, like ' my committee ', in their 30s / 40s with young families and we find it hard to actually get to these sorts of things. We are discussing where to from here, at the moment, so we can work out what to do. At this stage, we ' ll keep the conference in mind and get back to you in another month or so.
Kind regards Theresa Smith
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