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[FIRSTNAME],
Welcome to another edition of Stars And Stripes E-Newsletter, keeping you up to date with what's happening with the AWA!
 REMEMBER TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE AWA ELECTION GENERAL MEETING!
The AWA Election General Meeting - where we will recognize the contributions of current board members and introduce the recommended 2008-2009 AWA Board - will be held Tuesday, May 13th at 6:30 p.m. at T.G.I. Friday's Jam Factory. The Jam Factory is on Chapel Street in South Yarra (Melway 58 E4 and Map 2L J7). We would love all AWA members to attend!
VOTER REGISTRATION WORKSHOP COMING SOON!
The United States Consulate General Melbourne is pleased to invite all American expatriots to a voter registration workshop on Friday, May 9 from 2-4 p.m. at the Consulate General's office on 553 St. Kilda Road in Melbourne. The presenter will take participants step-by-step through the voting process as an expatriot. For security purposes, your RSVP is necessary if you plan to attend. Please RSVP by e-mail to MelbourneACS@state.gov by May 2, 2008.
NEXT COFFEE MORNING IS MAY 30TH!
Please come to the next Coffee Morning at Tracee Veenstra's house in Kew! The Coffee will be held on Friday, May 30th at 10:00 a.m. For directions or to RSVP, please contact Tracee Veenstra here or Heather Ali here. If you are interested in hosting the next AWA Coffee Morning, please email Heather Ali here. Thank you!
WE NEED CONTRIBUTORS FOR THE JULY/AUGUST ISSUE OF THE AWARE MAGAZINE!
Tracee Veenstra, the editor of AWARE Magazine, is looking for contributors for the following articles:
*CALLING ALL FOOTY FANS! Please tell us in a few lines which footy team you barrack for and why. If possible, you can even include pictures of you and/or your family dressed in your favorite footy club colors. Please contact Karen Fitpatrick here with your details and pictures.
*ADVICE FOR MOTHER OF THE BRIDE - have you recently experienced being in the role of mother of the bride? Do you have any advice based on your experience? Maybe you have advice for expat mothers on planning a wedding from afar (or in Australia's case, very afar!). If so, we would love to hear from you. Please send your advice and a wedding picture or two to a recent mother of the bride, Cheryl Barrow, here.
*SHOPPING ADVICE IN MELBOURNE - if you enjoy shopping and could tell us the name and location of your favorite "hidden gem" of a shop (for clothing, interiors, bookstore, gourmet food, etc.), we would love to hear from you. Please send your responses to Leslie Coote here. This will be the "Question of the Month" piece for the July/August issue of AWARE.
Thank you to all contributors to the Stars and Stripes newsletter. If you would like to publicize any AWA events in the next issue, please contact Charlene Johnston here. Thank you.
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