Greetings from the Network President

As the year begins to draw to a close, we are very pleased to see an increasing number of guests at Network events and would like to extend a warm welcome
to those who have recently joined the association. We are continuing to suspend the joining fee until the end of the year, so do please let your associates, colleagues and friends know this, as there has never been a better time to become a member of the women’s Network. I would encourage members to bring guests to our monthly meetings, to grow our membership numbers which in return will bring value to your own membership.

The Membership Directory is undergoing a full review during November, to make it more user friendly and computer compatible with manageable monthly updates. More news on this will follow by email where we will be asking members for their input into this project.

Super meetings have been held over the past few months and my thanks go out to the great Vice Presidents, Lynn Kenney, Lindsey Hanson and Connie Brown for all their organisation. November meetings will be innovative and I look forward to seeing plenty of members and guests at either meeting or even better - both!!

I am so excited about our Christmas Fair this year, thanks so much to the team involved in the organising, Verna Kinder, Anne Parish, Vicki Good and Linda Smith, prizes are still needed for the raffle and the tombola, so please do what you can and contact any of the team if you have anything to offer. I look forward to seeing
you there.

It has not been an easy year for many of us and some of us have suffered big changes beyond belief, but I hope that Network has been of some support to you – I know it has for me and I would like to thank personally the members of the Admin Council for their constant efforts and their support through tough times. Thanks also to everyone who has helped Network through the credit crunch and all those members who do so much out of sight. Here’s wishing for a great Christmas and prosperous 2010.

Wishing you all the best
Samantha Felisberto
Network President