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Melbourne Bushwalkers Inc. ABN 14 396 912 508 August 2016 THE NEWS OF THE A000133X Melbourne Bushwalkers Inc. ABN 14 396 912 508 August 2016 TRAINING OPPORTUNITY Don’t forget our first unit on BECOMING A LEADER Wednesday 17 August, 2016 – 7:30 pm. Clubrooms LOOKING FORWARD to the members who have already expressed interest and to the potential members who want to share their talent and ability to lead! With the navigation training already completed you may want to begin the process of selecting and planning a walk for your club. Remember the units we are offering are based on Bushwalking Victoria modules focusing on training components addressing basic leadership skills. Members who are interested in leading walks do need to gradually build up knowledge of leadership styles and principles. Our Club has a wealth of volunteers who have lead extensively and have given generously over the years. It is vital for our Club to skill up new and potential leaders through our training program to increase our expertise within our membership and for general membership to increase their personal skill levels. Our Club encourages people regardless of their experience level to participate in Training. So contact me and remember just because you complete the training there is no obligations involved. Angela Vetsica – Training Officer THE 2016 Federation WALKS This year’s walks take place over the weekend of 7–9 October in the Western Grampians. The base for the walks is Cameron Oval Reserve at Laharum. You can come for the weekend or just a day. Accommodation is DIY in nearby towns or camping in the Grampians. The dinner on Saturday night is $24 and there is a talk by Grampians Chief Ranger Dave Roberts on the Grampians Peak Trail to follow. Catering is by the Laharum Sports Ground Catering Group. There is no BYO – beer, wine and softdrinks will be sold at the venue. There is a registration fee for the walks: $15 for one day and $20 for two days. Walk bookings start on 8 July and finish 31 August – be early! Check out the website www.fedwalks.org.au for more details about walks and please contact Mark Heath if you are interested. Cave in the Black Range Photo by Ian Mair Due date for contributions (including October previews) to September News: 21 August Issue 785 – August 2016 NEW MEMBERS MEMBER OF We welcome the following new members: Vedran Bajraktarevic, Bridget Brear, Verna Kearney, Tim Connors, Sue Lindblade, Mark Thompson, Katy Yeung, Bruce Martyn Members of the Melbourne Bushwalkers Inc meet on Wednesday evenings between 7:00 and 9:00 pm in the club rooms at: SOIL ENGINEERS, MYCORRHIZAL Royal Historical Society of Victoria FUNGI AND HealtH OF BANKSIAS 362 William Street (Cnr William and A’Beckett Streets) Any of you interested in the flora and fauna of Melbourne Wilsons Prom might be interested to listen to Vic 3001 Saturday’s Off-Track program on 9th July (link below). The ‘soil engineers’ referred to were four- Visitors are always welcome! footed ones, New Holland mice, wombats and echidnas! General correspondence should be directed to: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/ offtrack/a-game-of-trap-and-mouse/7577244 The Secretary Rosemary Cotter Melbourne Bushwalkers Inc PO Box 1751 MELBOURNE VIC 3001 www.melbournebushwalkers.org.au BLACK BRITISH The News of the Melbourne Bushwalkers Inc by Hebe Winifred de Souza (The News) is published monthly, and is the official newsletter of Melbourne Bushwalkers Inc. Please note in the last copy of this Newsletter there was an Editor: Merilyn Whimpey error in the notice about free postage from Booktopia to buy Walk previews, walk reviews, articles, poems, news the novel Black British. items, photographs of Club events, reports of new When ordering the book gear, book/movie reviews, letters to the editor, online postage is required. advertisements, et cetera are always welcome. We are sorry for any However, the Editor reserves the right to edit inconvenience. contributions where space, clarity or propriety Hebe Winifred de Souza dictate, and to maintain editorial consistency. Note: photographs should be sent as separate files which are capable of being edited. Please send your contributions as unformatted EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST: text files by email to [email protected] Larapinta TRAIL, July 2017 The Larapinta Trail stands out as one of Closing date for receipt of material for The News Australia’s top long distance walking tracks. is the 21st of the month. Running 223 km along the MacDonnell Ranges Advertisements should relate to bushwalking in the Northern Territory, with Alice Springs at (e.g. gear, maps, trips, tours, health and fitness its eastern end, it is also one of Australia’s most etc.). These may be published subject to space spectacular bushwalking experiences. I have availability and Editor’s discretion. For current been approached by a number of club members advertising rates contact the Editor at interested in walking the trail in July 2017 and have decided to include it on the program. [email protected]. Any members interested in joining this trip Please note: please contact me as soon as possible as Next committee meeting will take place on numbers are closing fast. Monday 1 August 2016 Wait list bookings only now available. Ian Mair – [email protected] Page 2 Issue 785 – August 2016 Noticeboard PRESIDENT’S COLUMN – AUGUST 2016 Did you read the message? There is no operation more important for the smooth running of a club than its capacity to communicate with its members. It is a cliché to note that the technologies and avenues for communication are constantly changing. The challenge is to find the most effective means for keeping you informed and having appropriate means for you to communicate with the club and its officers. Paper-based communication will continue to be used for many more years. However, changing preferences of senders and receivers, cost and timeliness of delivery have reduced its once dominant role. Electronic media in all of its variants have provided new communications channels and also some pressing issues. Critical to effective communication is the simple observation that just knowing that a message has been sent, and indeed received, is no measure of whether or not it was read. Hardly a new issue. Countless organisations and individuals make their livelihood from specialist products and advice to help get the content of a message to its intended audience. As a club we choose redundancy over repetition as a preferred way to get important information to you as a member. Our website (mbw.org.au/), Facebook Page (www.facebook.com/melbournebushwalkers/) and Meetup site (www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Bushwalkers/) complement our direct email and digital newsletter communications. Our electronic media sources are backed up by verbal announcements at appropriate events. Each of us reacts differently to the way a message is received and alternative approaches increase the likelihood that it will be noted and acted upon. Ultimately, though, it is up to you, as the recipient, to access a message in a timely way and note the information contained. My glass house has broken panes. I am as guilty as any of failing to read a message fully or even bothering to read it at all. My ‘read later’ folder and in-tray are bulging with good intentions. Messages that are too long, unsolicited or just not a priority at the time, gather proverbial dust. Critical to the way we communicate electronically is the seemingly ephemeral nature of the communication. All too easily a message can be swamped by an endless stream, even discounting the scourge of spam, or summarily given the royal delete. Many years ago I was given the gratuitous advice that I shouldn’t worry about things that have gone unread or unanswered since, if they are important, the sender will follow it up with a more urgent communication. It is not the way I choose to operate although to some it may appear to be true. I have learned from experience that failing to respond in a timely manner, or responding to misread communications, can cause frustration, lack of motivation or annoyance for the other party. This is particularly true for a volunteer organisation like Melbourne Bushwalkers where we depend almost entirely on the goodwill and dedication of many to keep the club running and our activities program vibrant. Feedback or early registrations of interest and bookings motivate volunteers. Make our volunteers’ life easier by responding early. I started this column by noting that it is also a challenge to have appropriate means for members to communicate with the club and its officers. The Quarterly Activities Program distributed to members lists the telephone numbers of leaders so that you may book for coming activities (excluding Sunday Walks). Previews in the newsletter may also provide an email address for leaders if they make it available. Sunday Walks can be booked online using the [email protected] email address. The Quarterly Activities Program also lists Committee members and their telephone numbers. Those of you who have registered for access to the Members’ Area of the website will be aware that we provide a listing of club officers (Committee and non- Committee) and their contact details. The Members’ Area also provides a means to look up the contact details of any other member provided they have elected to make the information available. Your responsibility as a member is to respect the privacy and personal time of club volunteers (which, incidentally, is why we do not make contact details available on the public website). Sending communications to the relevant individual is a big help. We provide a generic email address for questions if you are unsure whom to contact.
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