Edition 04 | May 2013 PP 255003/00741 Program Ideas: AGP Element — People State Adviser News Upcoming Event & Training Dates The Waratah is published by Girl Guides NSW & ACT and welcomes contributions from its Members. CONTENTS FOREWORD FROM THE STATE TEAM 1 The office of Girl Guides NSW & ACT can be found at: FROM GUIDE HOUSE 2 Guide House CHIEF COMMISSIONER SAYS 2 Level 2, 55 Holt Street DISTRICT DYNAMICS 3 Surry Hills NSW 2010 BOARD ELECTIONS 3 Phone: (02) 8396 5200 AUSTRALIAN GIRL GUIDE PROMISE — AUSLAN 4 Fax: (02) 9211 5911 email: [email protected] PROGRAM ACTIVITIES: AGP ELEMENT PEOPLE 5–8 web: www.girlguides-nswact.org.au CENTENARY JOURNEY 9 Postal address: CONGRATULATIONS 9 PO Box 950 ADVISER AND CONSULTANT NEWS 10–11 Strawberry Hills NSW 2012 FROM THE ARCHIVES... 12 Retail Department: COMING SOON: THE GREAT GUIDE SLEEPOVER 12 Unit 14, 77–79 Bourke Road ABBEY TOSOUNIDIS SHARES HER SANGAM EXPERIENCE 12 Alexandria NSW 2015 WHAT AN AWESOME ADVENTURE — AITG 2013 13 Phone: (02) 9317 4200 Fax: (02) 9669 6257 UPCOMING TRAINING DATES Retail postal address: Training Location Event Date Closing Date PO Box 6124 Alexandria NSW 2015 DL Update Coffs Harbour June 01 May 11 Leadership Qualification ACT June 01 May 11 We love hearing what our Members Learning Partners Connect Menai June 01 May 11 are up to, so please send your news to Training PLs Coffs Harbour June 01 May 11 [email protected]. Behavioural Management Menai June 02 May 11 Thank you for the photos and articles that are Patrol System Actioned Menai June 02 May 11 sent through each month. Program Explored Coffs Harbour June 02 May 11 Deadlines FD O6 Indoor Camping Austral June 15 May 24 FD O7 Outdoor Camping Austral June 15 May 24 If you would like to be published in the June 2013 edition of The Waratah, please send your Leadership Qualification Glengarry June 15 May 24 contribution to us no later than 10 May. Program Explored Singleton June 15 May 24 Ceremonies Singleton June 16 May 24 If you are interested in advertising in The Ceremonies + Flag Singleton June 16 May 24 Waratah, please contact Marita Dortins: Flag Singleton June 16 May 24 [email protected]. Catering Mount Keira July 20 June 28 Girl Guides NSW & ACT reserves the right to Catering + Engineering Mount Keira July 20 June 28 edit or refuse articles or advertisements from Guide Style any source. 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Event Location Event Date Closing Date Other logos which apply to ecoStar paper Minimum width of Portrait Logos = 17mm Colour can not be changed from what is shown Nords Wharf, Way To Go Boating Mount Canobolas May 03–05 CLOSED & TBA (Sydney) Caving Weekend Wee Jasper May 17–19 CLOSED State AGM Glengarry May 25 TBA General information you may wish to use State Awards Presentation Abbotsleigh May 26 TBA G-news Innabaanya, Glengarry, Way To Go Pioneering June 21–23 May 10 ecoStar is a Forest Stewardship CouncilAre you (FSC) certified recycled paper made from 100% post consumer waste fibres.Port Macquarie, FSC is a not-for-profit organisationreceiving encouraging the the responsible management of the world’s forests. FSC certificationCamp Austral is recognised as a global standardweekly in forest G-news management practices and the Chain of Custody certification processJackadgery, from Guide Glengarry, enables the final printed document can be traced back to a certified source. 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FSC certification is recognised as a global standard in forest management practices and the Chain of Custody certification process enables the final printed document can be traced back to a certified source. Printed on 100% recycled paper created entirely from post consumer waste, using vegetable oil based inks and an alcohol-free ISO 14001 certified printing process. As you read this month’s edition of the Waratah, you I very much enjoyed chatting to so many of you at will be inspired by the possibilities Guiding offers you and Adventure in the Garden. There was an amazing buzz the youth members. On the inside front cover you can throughout the day as girls challenged themselves and had see the variety of upcoming Training courses available for such fun with their friends — all because they are Guides. you to increase your Guiding skills. Consider travelling to Thank you Leaders for bringing your girls, many of you a location outside your Region to extend your network travelled a long way to join in the Guiding spirit. We look of Guide Leaders and see more of NSW & ACT. The forward to seeing you again at events later in the year. Learning and Development review enters the next phase Joanne visited Scouts Dragon Skin — wow, what an event. with Leader of Adult roles now being looked into. Congratulations to the Guide teams who all finished in As well as the Training courses in May, Northern Sydney, the top 35 of 166 teams. In May, Caving is sold out again, Central West and North West Inland are holding Region always a popular activity thanks to Pam Bedford and her Conferences and the State Trefoil Guild Gathering will take team of helpers. The Way to Go camps and activities are place at Stanwell Tops. It is always inspiring to attend proving to be very popular and a great way for Leaders Girl Guide adult events and meet women from other as well as girls to gain outdoor skills. There are many more during the year to look forward to whether it is FROM THE STATE TEAM Districts and ages. One of the advantages of Guiding is it is intergenerational and we can all learn from each other. camping or boating, pioneering or campfire, you will have fun and meet women you may not already know. The Girl Guides NSW & ACT Annual General Meeting is to May will finish with the State Awards Presentation. It is be held at Glengarry on Saturday 25 May at the new time always a highlight on the Guiding calendar, a day when of 11:30am. Emily Smith, Leader at North Epping, is the we celebrate with Leaders, parents and friends the Guides guest speaker. Emily represented Girl Guides Australia, in and Senior Guides who have achieved the BP Award, Violet the WAGGGS delegation at the United Nations Commission Skills and Focus Awards. It is inspiring to hear the variety of for the Status of Women in March. Do come and hear challenges the girls have undertaken. How they have set from Emily the impact Guides have at the UN. It is a time personal goals and achieved them. In this edition of The to farewell and thank three retiring Board members – Pam Waratah, the program team have put together four pages of Bedford, Lauren Brincat and Fiona Langford, and welcome suggestions for you with lots of web links for easy access to our incoming Board members. Voting papers have been sent material to help you facilitate the Unit planning for term 2. to all adult Members. Please take the time to vote in the FOREWORD Board election and for the required Constitutional change We very much enjoy hearing from you, look forward to ensure our Constitution reflects the current wording of to meeting up with many of you during May. the Promise and Law. The wording of the Promise and Law was updated and ratified by WAGGGS in 2012. This change is to bring our Constitution in-line with the change. It is important that this change is supported by you. Belinda Allen THAT the Constitution of Girl Guides Association (New Purpose of the amendment South Wales) be amended by: Members will be aware that (1) deleting in their entirety the headings “The Promise” following the ratification by WAGGGS of the new Promise and “The Law” and the text that accompanies each and the new Law for Australia, these now apply to Guiding where appearing; and throughout Australia. (2) replacing them with the following: The constitution contains the superseded wording for both “The Girl Guides Association (New South Wales) adopts the Promise and the Law. While the new wording applies as the Promise and the Law for Guiding in New South to Guiding in New South Wales and the ACT, irrespective Wales and the Australian Capital Territory the terms of of whether the constitution is amended to reflect the the Promise and the Law as approved for Guiding in change, the Board considers that it is highly desirable to Australia from time to time by the World Association have the current wording of the Promise and the Law in the for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts".