Your PNG Reunion Committee met again on Sunday 8 July to continue planning for the 21 June 2008 Reunion to be held at the Gold Coast Convention Centre. Clearly there is considerable work to be done to make sure that we deliver the best function that we can and so the first steps are well and truly underway.



Of course none of us have all the ideas or answers, so we are very keen to hear from you too! So feel free to send in your suggestions - either by email to Robby or Greg, or you can post them to this Blog by making a comment. Tell us what you want in the way of a theme, entertainment, side events etc. and we will certainly take on board what you tell us. And if you have ideas for sponsorship let us know so that we can follow up. We would also like to know if you have any special skills that we can tap into to help us along the way!



While our event is being generally described as a PNG reunion we thought that we needed to identify the gathering with a catchy name - something that we can all identify with and `Bikpela Pati' came up trumps!

And we all agreed that the purpose of the `Bikpela Pati' is about connecting and celebrating with wontoks who have a common experience to share together. We see it as allowing our `tropical genes' to kick in again as we remember the good times that we shared together long taim bipo!

Since we launched with an exploratory email a couple of weeks ago, we have been very excited with the response! Not only have we started to connect with lots of people, we are also very glad to see just how active many of you are in organising your own get togethers across the country and that you have been kind enough to pass our story on through your networks. Can I ask that you continue to spread the word far and wide so that everyone who has a PNG connection hears about our `Bikpela Pati'.

We are hoping to get our own web page up and running before too long so keep your eyes and ears open! And finally I have posted a photo of your reunion committee so that you know who we are!

lukim yu
Greg Pike