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Association of the Romanian Community of South Australia Incorporated Annual Report 2007 2007 Association of the Romanian Community of South Australia Incorporated Annual Report 2007 Message from the President Highlights of the activities Members Financial report Goals for the next year Thirteen months have passed since the previous Annual General Me eting and I am proud to report that is has been a year full of activities and a chievements. Although our Association is only in its second year of existence, it has already made an impact on our community and its members. Among the most important activities and events our Association w as involved in, it is worth mentioning the Australia Day Parade (with over 100 Roma nians attending), The World Police and Fire Games (the biggest ever international event hosted by Adelaide) and, more recently, the first Romanian Art & Craft Exh ibition held in the South Australian Capital. A word The Association of the Romanian Community of South Australia (AR CSA) has been awarded three grants in less than 18 months which is a clear ind ication of the from the maturity and stability of our young organisation. These grants h ave allowed us to purchase the necessary basic office equipment and prepare a professional website. At the same time some of these funds have enabled ARCSA to use t he art skills of President many Romanian artists living in Adelaide to initiate and complet e a community based cultural project with the results to be displayed in an ar t exhibition in November 2007. In the last year ’s annual report we listed some long term objectives for our Association and only a short year later we can see that we are o n our way to meet many of them much quicker than expected. The Association ’s newsletter is already at issue number 7, the website is up and running and, following the successful relationship with the German Association whose club hosted many of ARCSA’s activities, we are now looking to establish a permanent base. Our Association is already known both in Australia and Romania f ollowing two radio interviews on Radio SBS and Radio Romania International. Our reg ular newsletter in distributed in a number of countries including Australia, Rom ania, Spain, Italy, Canada and the United States, among local Romanian communities. The main objective of the next 12 months is to create a Romanian club, to find a place of our own that will become our permanent “home”. This has always been the dream of all Adelaide -based Romanians and it is our Association ’s chance and desire to meet this goal. The second Annual General Meeting will host elections for the Ma nagement Committee. I wish the new Committee good luck in its mission to continue the activity and achievements of the Associations and fulfil the mem bers’ dreams and objectives. I wish you all the best and a successful and safe 2008! Tibi Stoian President Annual Report 2007 2 Parade on Australia Day: first participation after many years Around 100 Romanian people took part in the annual parade organised by the Adelaide City Council and Multicultural SA on the 26th January 2007 to celebrate Australia Day. It was a great day for everybody and this was the first time when so many Big events Romanians joined the multicultural march along King William Street to in Adelaide the Elder Park. Thank you to all Romanian participants to the parade. Special thanks to all who helped with organising this event, including the Priest Viorel Stoica from the Romanian Orthodox Church "Saint Nicholas" who provided Romanian national costumes. 2007 World Police and Fire Games Organized for the first time in Adelaide, Police and Fire games is an international competition with the participants being athletes that are employed by the governments in police, fire, customs, and correctional institutions. Romania was represented by a team of seven athletes. Members of the Romanian local community were directly involved in helping the Romanian athletes to find information related with transport, accommodation, food, competition related issues. Not only while they were here but even from before when they had to organize some arrangements from Romania. Liliana was a liaison volunteer between the athletes and the officials and helped finding accommodation for nearly a half of the team. She accompanied the athletes at different competitions like shooting and archery. Together with Annual Report Raluca and Vlad they went and welcome the athletes from the airport and show 2007 them around and help them understand and enjoy the wonderful Adelaide. Vlad was also involved in volunteer work at the stadium and other venues. We received messages with wonderful words from participants, sharing photos and memories. For sure they will remember 3 the Games for ever. Artwork Exhibition at the Adelaide Town Hall The Artshow Exhibition at the Town Hall, Adelaide, open between 29th August 2007 to 2nd October 2007, is the latest big project initiated by the Association. For the first time, five Romanian born artists ( Amalia Alpareanu, Adrian Dragomirescu, Mihaela Cheva, Dorina Michas and Diana Strenc) are exhibiting their paintings. On display are also Romanian folk tr aditional costumes and artefacts showing part of our culture, history and traditions. The Opening Ceremony was hosted at the Adelaide Town Hall on 5th Sep tember 2007. The guest speaker was Lt Governor Mr Hieu Van Le, Chairman of Multicultural SA. The exhibition was open by Lord Mayor Mr Micha el Harbison and Mr Tibi Stoian, President of the Association. Around 200 peo ple, both Highlights Romanians and other nationalities, attended the Opening Ceremony , amongst guests being Hon Michael Atkinson, Attorney General, Mr Simon Fo rrest, Executive Director Multicultural SA, Mrs Viv Szekeres, Director Migration of the Museum, other distinguished guests from State Library, Artlab, Immigration Department, Primary Industries and Resources of South Australia and other activities departmental agencies. Irene Krastev Award The Award was presented at the International Women's Day Luncheo n, Sunday, 4th March 2007, at the Stamford Grand Hotel, Glenelg. Barbora Schneider was amongst the five finalists chosen for this award, which was given to a woman from a non -English speaking background who has made a significant contribution to the community and to the participati on of women in the social, economic and educational life in South Australia. Fo r the first time a Romanian woman was selected in the final and we would like to co ngratulate Barbora for all her community work and involvement during the years. Recording Community Histories Seminar The South Australian Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission hosted a seminar and series of workshops on recording community histories. Held in partnership with the Migration Museum, the History Trust of South Australia, the State Library and Artlab, the seminar and workshops provided valuable information Annual Report about recording oral histories, preserving community artefacts and preparing community exhibits. Few Romanians 2007 attended the seminar and workshops. This will help the Romanian community to dig back into the history of migration to Australia and find out interesting facts from people being in this country for many years. 4 1st December - National Day of Romania For all Romanians 1st December is one of the most important day, is the celebration of the National Day of Romania. Importantly, it was the last celebration outside of the European Union. The Romanian Community from South Australia gath ered together at the Gilles Street Primary School on 2nd December, where the h istory teacher Madalina Moise presented the historical significance of this day for the Roman ian people. For the Romanian people the year 1918 represents the triumph of the national ideal after a long time of fights and human and material sacrifices fo r achieving the national unitary state. This historical process developed on the entire Romanian area scored important marks in 1784, 1821, 1848 -49, the unification of Moldova with Muntenia in 1859, the Proclamation of the Absolute Independence after th e 1877-78 Highlights war and the representative meetings democratically selected of the Romanians living under foreign domination in Chisinau, Cernauti and Alba Iulia in 1918. of the Organised in political separate states, always threaten by the p owerful neighbours, with parts of the territory –Transilvania, Banat, Bucovina, Basarabia, Dobrogea- annexed to the three big empires, Ottoman, Habsburgic (since 1867 Austrian - activities Hungarian) and Russian, the Romanians always preserved the philo sophy of being part of the same people and having the same genesis. This philosophy of the unity of the nation was permanently strengthen by political, military, ec onomic and cultural relationships between the Romanian Kingdoms along the centuries. The day continued with a presentation of the trip and the charit y work done in Romania by Mircea Ilas. He delivered the basic needs to the peop le affected by flooding in 2006. Many of the victims were elderly people and ch ildren, with houses destroyed by the floods. The Association initiated a fund raisin g charity program in order to help people in needs. Romanian traditional food and mus ic concluded the celebration. Celebration of Christmas and New Year Christmas was celebrated with joy by thousand of people across the country. All Romanian churches from Adelaide prepared a special program for Christmas. Carols and other religious songs were interepreted by chorus and the orchestra at the Pentecostal Church, while at the Bapstist Church children played a drama with the born of Jesus. At Romanian orthodox Church "Saint Nicholas" Santa Claus was present with gifts for all children. This very special day of the year brings happiness in every house. The Association organised a BBQ in Bonython Park with traditional Romanian Christmas food and gifts for all children present there.
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