Last week saw the departure of our Marketing Manager, Patrick Dodd.
Patrick started work for Shared Interest in August 2008 and spent much of his time developing our web presence, particularly our blogging and social networking sites, as well as pulling together our quarterly magazine, QR, all of which helped to continue raising Shared Interest’s profile
Staff said farewell in style by heading to the open air ice rink at the Centre for Life and donning their skates.
I was tempted to join in but someone had to stay on the side lines to take the photos.
Patrick who is originally from America, has worked in many countries over the last 20 years but we are sure that he will remember his time in the North East of England fondly as he heads off to New Zealand with his family. I’m certain he will be keeping a keen eye on how Shared Interest builds on the work he got off the ground.
All the staff at Shared Interest wish him the best of luck for the future.
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Best wishes to you Patrick for all the great work you have done in meeting the needs of Shared Interest, fair trade and marginalized producers in developing countries.
I would particularly thank you for your promotion of discussion of some of the more serious and contentious issues facing the future of the philosophy and practice of fair trade!
Your contributions to the fair trade social networking space will be sorely missed by those who seek a deeper understanding of the issues of social and economic justice.
Kindest Regards and enjoy NZ!
Scott