Newsletter 3

NEWSLETTER No. 3 Editorial … Welcome all to our third newsletter from the Scoping Project Team. The team has continued their travels visiting Melbourne, Castlemaine, Launceston and Hobart. Many thanks to David and his cohorts at The Maine Connection for a wonderful pumpkin soup lunch in Castlemaine and to Isabel and the gang at VMIAC for their hospitality and smorgasbord. It must be said that every good trip has some lighter moments and we thought you might like hear some our tales of life on the road …

 Who is the team member who crosses her fingers when attempting to send an e-mail because “everyone knows that crossing your fingers helps send an email” – which goes to show that earning a PhD doesn’t make you technologically savvy.  It is not a good idea for airlines to offer egg sandwiches to passengers at pressurised high altitude.

 It is green everywhere we’ve travelled except where project team members live!

 The best sponge cake with strawberries and cream is made by the CWA ladies in Murray Bridge, SA (taste test verified!).  Any and all speeding tickets and other fines are to be shared equally with all team members. If we haven’t already met you then we look forward to meeting you soon, and for those we’ve already met we look forward to meeting you again!

Word Search Fun … Here is the Project Team’s first attempt at offering a word search puzzle. Words to find are listed below, are found horizontally and vertically only - the remaining letters spell the name of one of our team members … good luck!! ACKNOWLEDGE ... ASSIST ... BOAR ... BOARD ... BOY ... CALD ... CENTRES ... CULTURE ... DECIDED ... DEEP ... EDUCATE ... EDUCATION ... EFFECTIVE ... EGRET ... ELF ... FEEDBACK ... HEALTH ... HIT ... INDIGENOUS ... INFRASTRUCTURE ... KINDLY ... LAPS ... LEADERS ... LOBBY ... NIGH ... OPEN ... PEAK ... PEER ... RESEARCH ... RIGHTS

... SEND ... SHUTE ... SUPPORT ... TAP ... TEETH ... THINK ... TSAR ... YOUTH ...

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Coming Soon …

Listed below are the remaining dates for Phase 1 (dates for Phase 2 are already on our website so check them out – they’ll be in our next newsletter as well) consultations:

Brisbane … 21 September Toowoomba … 22 September Redfern … 23 September Parramatta … 24 September Campbelltown … 24 September Batemans Bay … 25 September Canberra … 28 September

On-Line Survey … We appreciate that not everyone can attend our forums whether due to time or location and travel constraints. If you can’t attend one of our forums, please go to our website where there is plenty of information about this project and also our on-line survey where you can have your say.

www.crazelateralsolutions.com.au And if you have already attended one of our forums you can still complete the on-line survey. Summaries of forums are continually being posted on our website so you can have the opportunity to read what other

NEWSLETTER No. 3 locations think about a national peak body. If you would prefer to receive a hard copy of the survey to complete or need any form of assistance (we can even take your responses over the phone) please do not hesitate to contact one of our team members and we’ll assist you.

Summary … More words and phrases are coming to the fore from people attending forums and meetings. We hope some of the following contributions will help you or give you some new and maybe different thought directions: Accessible / Accountability / Board / Communication / Conference / Connecting / Culture / Diversity / Education / Effective / Feed-back / Inclusive / Information / Infrastructure / Listening / Lived-experience / Lobbying / Non-judgemental / On-line assistance / Peer support / Research / Respect / Support / Tolerance / Transparent For more detailed details about forums and meetings held to date, please check our website or speak to one of our Project Team members.

Art & Poetry Competition …

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The Scoping Project’s art and poetry competition is up and running with some wonderful entries received already – check them out on our website and get ready to find out who our first winner is!

Don’t forget there are great prices awarded each month for winning art or poetry. All the details on how to enter are on our website but here is a brief summary of how to enter:

COMPETITION ENTRIES CLOSE 30TH OF EACH MONTH

 Reading Corner … The Reading Corner on our website is where we will place brief papers to help you think your way through some of the key questions we need to address during the project. So far there are four papers in the Reading Room for your convenience: What is a Peak Body? Peak Participation Organisational Issues We Need to Address During the Consultation Membership Options Further papers will be added to the Reading Room as the project progresses so keep an eye out. If you’d like a hard copy of any of these papers please make your request known to one of our team members and we’ll get a copy to you.

 Survey Assistance … Are you having problems completing the survey? Haven’t got a computer? Need some assistance? Please don’t hesitate to contact any member of the Scoping Project team in person or by phone for assistance, or email us and we’ll get back to you. We can even give you a printed copy of the questions for you to complete or even take your response over the phone – everything is possible with the Scoping Project Team!!

 Send us your ideas about the new national mental  PO Box 341, Bungendore, NSW, 2550 health consumer organisation in the form of art work or poetry; or

 Send an image of art work in the form of a photo by mail or in a JPG file via email; or

 Give a copy to a Project Team member; or  Poetry via mail or via email.

(02) 6239 1549 0408 869 051  (02) 6239 1549

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