Networking Event - 3rd Birthday

What a night — our 𝐀𝐄𝐀𝐈𝐍 3𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 at the 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐭 𝐀𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐞 was absolutley perfect!

We were surprised with a beautiful setting in 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐞: a DJ, a media wall, a decadent seafood table (yes — freshly shucked oysters), dessert and cocktails, and even 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐭 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫, jumping on the BBQ to cook sliders for everyone. We also ran a raffle with 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 going home with 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬. Huge thanks to 𝐕𝐢𝐛𝐮, 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥, 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐚, 𝐑𝐮𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐚 for making the evening so special.

I opened the evening by acknowledging country, paying my respects to the Kaurna People. As a network built on connection and community, we honour the deep history of connection and community that has existed on this land for tens of thousands of years.

We reflected on how 𝐀𝐄𝐀𝐈𝐍 began — a simple idea that grew from a mailing list of 20–30 people into a…