Manningham Business Network

Thanks everyone for another great meeting. Good to see some of our new members, Alisha & Lorel for their first Members’ meeting, always a pleasure to have new faces and to get fresh ideas in the group.

Today saw us cover a lot of topics, including an update from myself and our VP, Gary, on the Council, speakers and upcoming events. Unfortunately it looks as though the Gala evening wll be have to be postponed until next year due to time constaints, though we are looking at early next year for a dedicated Networking function to kick us off asap. We are also keen to organise a ‘Members Day’ Open meeting spot where we try something a bit different and have a small panel of Members speak on various topics of interest at one of the Open Meetings early next year. So Members please get your ideas/nominations in and watch this spot!

The Members Christmas function has been booked for Sunday the 6th of December and confirmation of responsibilities, times and venue will all be emailed to the group soon. If last year was anything to go by it should be a fantastic afternoon.

Review of the Membership rules has been flagged and will be presented at the next Members meeting for official vote. If people have any pre-meeting contributions, please let the Committee know as soon as possible.

A brief round of Christmas marketing ideas was shared between all with some interesting initiatives and thoughts on the whole process, thank you everyone for their input.

Thanks again and I will see you all again next month!

Thanks to all our members who made it along to this meeting, it was once again an extremely valuable session. We discussed in great detail each member’s business and what they perceieved as their unique offering and what types of input they could have as part of our soon to be released Membership benefit program.

The morning gave each of us a very valuable range of feedback on how outsiders saw what we did and how that contrasts with our own ideas for our work. Often it is very easy to get lost in the wilderness as small business operators, sometimes we lack the internal feedback larger businesses have about what we do, and I think everyone found these alternative viewpoints extremely useful.

Similarly we have been able to take the feedback of our mebers in developing the new member’s benefit program in order to be more relvant, allow greater participation regardless of business background, and provide a  more targeted offering that we believe willbe a true attractor for those considering membership within the group.

Thanks again and we hope to see more of you all in the future!

Hi all,

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has INCREASED the official interest rate by 0.25% or 25 basis points, a key sign the Australian economy is starting to gain momentum.

The bad news is that all lenders will be reviewing their current interest rates and passing on the increase shortly. ANZ have moved today the full 0.25%.

Please do not hesitate to contact me for any further information – treasurer@mbiznetwork.org.au or ploupetis@odysseyfinancial.com.au

READ THE EXPLANATION FROM GLENN STEVENS – RBA GOVERNOR…….

 http://www.rba.gov.au/MediaReleases/2009/mr-09-23.html