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Next Meeting and AGM
Friday 11th November
Sonya Fleming
Oxfam Program Officer
For South East Asia
Sonya has lived and worked in Indonesia and East Timor, and will be telling us about program work in these regions, and will elaborate on special areas of interest to group members, eg. The Timor Gap Treaty, Tsunami Relief in Aceh, or Grass roots programs in East Timor.
So come along with your questions for an interesting and friendly evening with Sonya.
Annual General Meeting
As this is also our AGM, there may be some of you willing to stand as office bearers.
Subscriptions
The annual subscription of $10 for the group will fall due on Friday 11th. This subscription covers printing and posting of the newsletter, hire of the hall, and other minor administrative expenses.
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40th and Final National
Diamond Valley
Walk Against Want.
Just a note to let you know the results of our first Diamond Valley / Northern Suburbs Walk held on Meeting on Friday 14th October.
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ROUTE:
We have decided to go south from the Eltham Guide Hall . We will have 3 distances - to Eltham Lower Park-6k return, to Fitzsimmons lane-10k return and to Porter Street shelter-15k return.
PUBLICITY:
As it is the 40th and Final National Walk we would like to try and find participants from earlier Northern Suburbs walks. If you know of people who have participated in past walks, particularly the first one, even if they are not prepared to walk, please contact Cathie Roby, and then think about how we might involve them.
INVOLVEMENT:
If you would like to be involved in helping make this last walk a very special event, please contact Cathie Roby on 9439 9527.
NEXT MEETING:
The Next Meeting will be held at Cathie's home on Thurs Nov. 3, at 7.30pm at 64 York St Eltham.
(This may be a bit late for those not receiving email)
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Eltham Festival
Sunday 20th November
Alister Knox Park
More volunteers are needed in the running of this stall, particularly in the afternoon from 12:00 noon to pack up time at 5:00 pm. Please phone Beth Pender on 9439 1716 if you can offer an hour or two of your time on that day.
We will be selling Oxfam Christmas cards, Fair Trade Tea and Coffee, Make Poverty History Wrist Bands, and promoting the new "Oxfam Unwrapped" guide to clever gift giving. This initiative allows you to give a practical gift to the person who has everything, eg. buying A goat, some hens or even a dunny, for people in developing countries.
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