Update: June 2008

anatsqld — Mon, 26 May 2008 03:01:53 +0000

I write this on yet another beautifully mild and sunny Brisbane morning as I reflect on the activities of the Qld chapter so far this year. (Sorry, one can’t help but boast about the weather. It does make one so annoyingly cheerful.) Our annual state chapter symposium this year, “Passaggio To Perfection”, was held in mid April at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre and was, as you will have read, a resounding success. With upwards of 70 registrants, including visitors from interstate and regional Qld, we feel gratified that we’re meeting the needs of members in such a positive way.

Our committee is continuing to plan for future activities, and at our last meeting we were heartened by the number of feedback forms we received. The constructive criticism and suggestions of topic ideas gave us plenty to mull over. For next year’s state chapter symposium we’re leaning towards the idea of revisiting the issue of young voices with a focus on Primary School age. We’ll do our best to make this a useful day for people out there at the coalface.

We’ve formed a sub-committee to start planning for the National Conference here in 2010, (yes I know we haven’t even had this year’s yet), and hope to have a date in place by the Perth National Conference. We’re also somewhat nervously congratulating ourselves over being given the green light to be the bid city for the 2013 ICVT. (What were we thinking, and yes we know we haven’t even had 2009 in Paris yet).

We plan on combining our AGM with a workshop of some description again this year since it was so well received last year, but more about that later in the year. With every best wish for the ensuing months.

Geoffrey Ashenden

Vice President Qld

ANATS QLD Brisbane Chapter News

Update: June 2008