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Rotary means Fellowship - Camaraderie - Compassion - Service |
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DOUG AND JACQUI
THOMAS |
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Photo at Christmas in July Dinner 2006 |
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Born
and reared in New Zealand Doug has lived on the Gold Coast since 1968.
He has been married to Jacqui for 46 years and they have three sons,
Douglas (44), Adam (34) and Lachlan (32). His interests include golf,
fishing and exercising. Doug was the first person inducted as a member of the Parkwood Rotary Club in 1993 and served on several committees, prior to his commitment for several years as Bulletin Editor. |
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Career - Doug Thomas: |
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The
Managing Director Founder and Principal of Thomas Direct Pty Ltd |
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Doug Thomas pioneered
database direct marketing services in Australia, starting in the mid
1970s. He led the introduction of newspaper and magazine inserts as an effective form of direct marketing. As a market
visionary, he firmly believed that the future of marketing would be
precisely tailored to the audience and He put that conviction into action by founding Thomas Direct in 1987. He has lectured
at the Queensland University of Technology, the Australian Direct
Marketing Certificate Course and
He is a foundation
member of the Australasian Institute of Fund Raising and was Fund
Raising Manager for the charitable organisation, the Endeavour
Foundation.. with a continuing involvement as their Promoter for
property Art Unions/Lotteries.
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Classification: |
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Members of
Parkwood Rotary Club Date of
preparation: 20 May 2008
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