<div dir="auto">It was the greatest meeting I ever attended!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank you Shelley for the FANTASTIC RECAP! </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 4:35 PM Shelley Simpson, JD; Entrepreneur <<a href="mailto:simpson.shelley@gmail.com">simpson.shelley@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div>Gotham was unleashed - living outside our Zoom boxes and there was plenty of fun to be had at the first Gotham luncheon at the Friars Club since a Pandemic ago. </div><div><br></div><div>Creating screen shots at Zoom meetings is easy, it was impossible to capture an image of the entire collection of characters in attendance. Unconstrained by Zoom technology it was a jumble of conversations with everyone moving around from start to finish. Hence the jumble of photos. </div><div><br></div><div>As with all Gotham meetings, there was plenty of laughter and myriad expressions of gratitude. Nancy Schess, curated the meeting, interspersing some Gotham history. </div><div><br></div><div>We had new members, seasoned members, \u201cfirst time at the Friars Club members, Friars Club Member members, and even a rapping member. Bruce Swicker did a great job with name-tagging us - note that the tags stay on better when on Zoom. </div><div><br></div><div>The food was absolutely delish! The \u201ccommercials\u201d were reminders of the breadth and depth of professional experience we have as a community and the shared memories served as a reminder of the power of Gotham networking. </div><div><br></div><div>It is true that \u201cthe more things change, the more they stay the same.\u201d Zingers, side-eye glances - yes, there were those. There were moments some were clearly left a bit farklempt. There was old news and soon-to-be-announced news. The Rap was new, the desire to help each other was not. As always many of us lingered, savoring every moment of camaraderie. </div><div><br></div><div>Members came from Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island and CT. More than 10 Gotham groups were represented. Fred was missed. Norman did a quick visit and shared a joke - I don\u2019t remember it but I can tell you Paula Oleska laughed. Corey Bearak was not multitasking. And Raj Goel actually thought he could control the elevator. Every seat was a power seat - it was a room of \u201cbrain candy\u201d according to Kelly Wells. </div><div><br></div><div>Of course, there will be more opportunities to meet at the Friars and plenty of other Gotham activities are scheduled in the interim. Don\u2019t miss out \u2026 </div><div><br></div><div>shelleygram\u2122\ufe0f </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:18024f73d27c3914bce1" style="width:320px;max-width:100%"></div><div><br></div><div>Onward \u2026 </div><br><div>
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