The Chiangmai Expats Club is celebrating its second birthday this month. Despite the predictions of the usual naysayers and sceptics, who predicted the organization would never get off the ground, the Club has gone from strength to strength. In just a couple of years CEC has grown to become an important support network for expats living in Chiang Mai and central part of the overseas community. On September 10th 2005 a group of expat residents met at Art’s Café opposite Thapae Gate. A small group of pioneers, including current Board members Jim Cox and Lucy Coombs, had decided to canvas opinion around Chiang Mai as to whether there was any demand for some kind of Expat Club along the lines of similar organizations in other parts of Thailand. After a couple of weeks of leafleting popular expat hangout a meeting was organised to judge whether there was enough interest. ‘Apart from the original seven people who had agreed to form an organizing committee we would have been happy with five-ten people.

Kobkiat Kasiwiwat (left), Vice Director, Office of Justice Affairs, conducted a meeting for local justice officials at the Imperial Grand Hall, the Imperial Mae Ping Hotel.

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The Parent Teacher Organization of Lanna International School hosted its beginning of the year BBQ event on September 7th.