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Dear {usertag:name}
This is to let the management committee know about a couple of “executive decisions” I have made in order to meet deadlines.
We now have 14 official registrations for our Clean Up Australia Day event which is very encouraging! I believe this response is because I just made the deadline for getting the details into the February issue of The Hills Echo.
I am confident that we can expect a lot more volunteers from other sources. Many people don’t bother to register preferring to just turn up on the day.
With the aim of building community awareness I think it is important to have some publicly accessible activity on each month and promote this through the Echo and other available channels.
I am also keen to capitalise on the visibility we gain from Clean Up Australia Day to invite prospective new members to definite events.
With all that in mind I have sent the following to The Hills Echo for publication in the (18 March) issue:
Transition The Grove invites you to a free public video and discussion evening about building a local community that is sustainable environmentally responsible and resilient in the face of disruptive events. Watch locals put centrally located land back into food production. Enjoy the zest with which reskilling expertise is passed along. Tour a school where community building is taught. And go inside the council chambers as members discuss passing ordinances to accelerate Transition initiatives.
And there are the children. Lots of children. They are woven as a strand through the piece; their beaming faces a glimpse of a future with more holiness. We watch them as they learn and we listen as they speak in their own voices. A poised young lady emerges as one of the filmÂ’s narrators.
But the notion of community resilience is really the star of this show. The movie will be followed by a facilitated discussion and a chat over supper.
Where: The Hills Uniting Church Hall Corner of Cycas and Alstonia Steets Arana Hills
When: 7:00pm Wednesday 13 April
Cost: Free (Gold coin donation appreciated)
More Information: www.transitionthegrove.org.au
This was thrown together rather hastily because I will be tied up all weekend and may otherwise have missed the deadline.
I have also booked the venue and arranged with Chris Wright for the loan of their data projector and the DVD of the movie.
I have agreed in principle to make a financial donation to the church for use of the venue but have not yet agreed on an amount. Hopefully the gold coin donations will cover most of it.
More details to come
Regards
John Tennock
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