First Fridays email for 5 April

 

Greetings, nga mihi nui ki a koutou.

The First Friday Network (N4W) is meeting at Eastgate on Friday of this week.  2 - 4pm.

You are all welcome.  We will meet on the ground floor - in the eating hall.  We will keep an eye out for each other. The meetings finish when it suits us, some leave earlier but usually about 4pm. 

About the First Friday meetings:

• Basically the meetings are an opportunity to get together, make new friends and catch up with those we have already met.  The purpose is to do with supporting each other through our friendships, and to support the collective well-being of our communities, and the health of our planet.  We care about the life to be good in the long-term for our mokopuna.  We have no fixed agenda - but we try to help each other in various ways with whatever is going on. 
  

• Last month (March) we met at South Library, and the month before in Tūranga.  We have figured out that meeting in cafes at libraries works well.  It does not matter how many people turn up - conversations among three or four people can be much more interesting than a big group - so we begin with a cuppa.  Two or three of us cunningly make sure that everyone who arrives is welcomed and can get involved easily - we usually sit with no more than three others initially.
  

• After our cuppa we will probably get together as a larger group to figure out share what we have talked about and to figure out what next.  The First Fridays Network is a relatively new within N4W so we are still sorting out how we want to proceed.
  

Please reply so that we know this message has gotten through to you - there are thee questions.  

• Are you planning to attend this week?
  
• Are you happy to stay on this mailing list?
• Are you happy to have your email address appear openly in future emails?

I suspect the replies will be "yes, yes, yes" for some of those who have already been to any meetings - but this email includes others who have not yet come to a meetings.

Enjoy your day.  Ring me if you have queries or suggestions.

Elaine 021553259