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THE
YEAR OF THE RAT
 At the
February Connect Event, the first for 2008, the Year of the
Rat was celebrated in style. Following Chinese tradition, MCEI
welcomed not one, but two, ‘Wealth Gods’ who handed out special
‘Red Parcels’, providing all attendees with the opportunity of
gaining extra wealth! A 7 course banquet was enjoyed by all,
especially the traditional Rice Cake and Dumplings provided by
member Maggie Wu.
The
fun crackers (provided by Chambers Crackers) yielded a wonderful
array of ‘surprises’ from key rings, to executive stress
puzzles to delightful and beautiful cork stoppers for wine
bottles.
And members had a WOW of a time winning a range of door prizes. The
major prize went to:-
 Damien
Battersby won the digital
camera
Liz
Foulds won the leather lap top
bag
 Barbara
Gabogrecan was delighted with her
beautiful leather brief case.
Jerry Le, Jon Elam, Brenda Thomson and Ashley
Eldridge also won door prizes.
Another
‘first’ for the Connect Event was the ‘Targeted Speed
Networking’ where all participants could provide information
about themselves and their businesses and state what they are
looking for. Attendees now have a record of each other and can
follow up networking with those of particular interest, even after
the event.
“I was emailed by a number of attendees who I did not know,
or get to meet on the night. They had read the Targeted Networking
Sheets and responded to my request for assistance. This surprised
and delighted me - to know that people actually read the
sheets and were prepared to take action after the event was
fantastic.” Juilie-Anne
Adams
 What an inspirational
speaker Bev Ryan from Honestly Women was! She explained how
she took her local magazine in Queensland and got fantastic
promotion for it by undertaking some causal marketing. By creating
alliances and promoting a cause, Bev had some amazing results…so
amazing that she won the MCEI Marketing Awards for Women in 2007
and now her magazine sells from most states in
Australia.
MCEI was
delighted to be able to welcome new members and present them with a
framed certificate and a gift from Koko Black
Chocolates!
PLATINUM
PARTNER
Liz
Foulds of ‘Resumes for Results’
Tony
Kaye of 'Seeking Media'
GOLD
MEMBERS
Renee Barber of 'Rising Stars Designs and
Communication'
Angela Petruzzi of 'Livos
Australia'
SILVER
MEMBERS
Bev Ryan of 'Honestly Women'
Vickie Aiton of 'Admin R Us'
Wendy Moore of 'Afflencia'
David Petersen of'
Quality Financial Solutions'
Kathie Thomas of 'A Clayton’s
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