Community Newsletter December 2016—January 2017 I this issue: Caleda of eets Eeuie Fail Seies Childes Seies Couit Seies Health Seies Couit Noies Want to get the Caledar of Eets Community Deeer Newsletter by d Moie Night Stea Paket Gades Geelog email? th I Hoe Suppot Chistas Pat th Aoigial Vitoia Fou Send an email to th Kids Chistas Pat St Heleas Pak [email protected] and you will be added to the Jauar email list and receive the email th Wudi Youag Couit Cap in your email inbox. th Read fo Leaig SEE PAGE FOR CO—OPERATIVE CLOSURE DATES Wathauog Aoigial Co-opeaie Addess: Lot Moga Steet Phoe: Noth Geelog Vitoia Fa: Postal Addess: E-ail: [email protected] PO Bo Wesite: .athauog.og.au Noth Geelog Vitoia Chief Executive Officer Hi eeoe, ale to ig all ou staff ad pogas togethe to a sigle site, Wee fiall at the ed of aothe ea ad hae, as alas, hoee at this stage e eed to ee us adoatig ad okig fo ou ouit. ate fo goth though this Visit fro Lida Bure MP ediu te optio. The fist Aoigial oa to e eleted to the Fedeal Forster St House of Repesetaties isited the Co-opeatie i eal We hae o appoited a pojet Noee. Lida Bue MP, alog ith Chistie Couzes, ou loal State Mee, ad Rihad Males, ou Fedeal aage to oesee the eteio Mee, et ith staff, ouit ees ad Eldes to oks at the Foste St site ad ok has oeed. lea oe aout ou pogas ad seies. It as a geat We held a Wokig Bee at the site o th Noee ad oppotuit fo ou ouit to hae a a ith Lida ee pleased to see aoud people joiig i, ith lots of ad all ejoed the sessio. Lida heself also said ho eegeti leaig up ad eedig aoud the popet. uh she ejoed the isit ad felt that Wathauog shoed The us fo Aoigial Stoge Failies ade luh fo itself to e the heat of the Geelog ouit. the okes, ad all ee happ ad ell-fed! It as a geat stat to hat ill e a ouit hu fo ou ees ad liets. The Forster Street site in Norlane Ne Board eers Pictured L-R: Casey Ritchie, Charisse Spence, Meryl Hunt, Mick Ryan, Rod Jackson, Richard Marles MP, Chrisine I ould like to ogatulate Bia MKio ad Shaelle Couzens MP and Linda Burney MP. MGuik fo eig e-eleted ad eloe Loell Hute to the Boad. Thak ou to all ho oiated ad oted. I ould also like to thak outgoig Dieto Taa Buos fo Regioal Assel he ok ad dediatio oe the past tele oths. As a ee of the Regioal Pateship Coittee fo ou Aual Geeral Meetig egio, I as euied to at as a host to a ue of Miistes ad othe stakeholdes at the eet Regioal The AGM as held o Suda th Noee ad e had a Assel. M potfolio iludes Eduatio ad Youth, ad geat attedae. We peseted the Aual Repot at the this fou poides a geat oppotuit to esue that eetig. A ees ho ould like a op a get it Aoigial eduatio ad outh issues ae kept o the ada fo Reeptio at the Moga Steet Adi Buildig. i ou egio. I hope ou all hae a odeful Chistas ad Ne Yea ad Make St ejo tie ith fail ad fieds. Fail ad Couit Seies staff oed ito the el Regads fit out uildig at the old Fedeal Mills site i Make Steet, Noth Geelog o th Noee. The site is to e used as Rod Jakso a poga failit ad as soel eeded due to goth i Chief Eeutie Offier ou pogas ad staff ues. We hope to eetuall e Chairperson Hi Eeoe, The Aual Geeal Meeig AGM Eleio of Dietos as held postal allot ith oe ees oig tha peious eas. At this eas AGM thee ee aaies ith Bia MKio, Shaelle MGuik ad Taa Buos to eie as Dietos fo the peious Boad. I ould like to ogatulate the e-eleted Dietos Shaelle ad Bia; ad eted a a eloe to the el eleted Dieto, Loell Hute. Despite the suessful eleio of Dietos, I hae oes aout soe ees oets egadig the legiia of the postal ote at the AGM. I ish to espod to those oets ith the folloig: At a Couit Meeig the ees ageed to the Dietos eleio eig held postal allot as pat of the oig poedues of the AGMs. I addiio, the oig poedue is at the Boads diseio ad i aodae ith the Co-opeaies Cosituio, Rule . It as deided the ajoit of the Dietos o Wathauogs Boad that a postal allot ould ou to esue that a fee, fai ad taspaet eleio poess ould take plae. This Postal Ballot as pefoed ude the guidae of Ro Rithie, Piipal Retuig Oie, RGR Eleio Seies. The et Couit Meeig ill e held i the eeig oo at Wathauog Co-opeaie ad is sheduled fo Moda th Deee at :p. Please see elo fo the ageda details, I hope to see ou thee. I ould like to thak all Wathauog staf fo the geat seies, pogas ad suppot poided to ou Couit. Lastl, the Boad ishes eeoe i the ouit a Me Chistas ad a safe & Happ Ne Yea! Aete Xieas Chairperso The et Couit Meeig is sheduled for Moda th Deeer Wathaurog Aorigial Co-operaie LTD Couit Meeig – Moda th Deeer Ageda Coeeet: :p .Weloe Chaipeso .Respet Potool – iutes silee .Apologies .Couit Egageet Poesses .Foste Steet Update .Youth Update .Meeig losed LOT , MORGAN STREET, NORTH GEELONG * PO Bo , NORTH GEELONG PH: FAX: EMAIL: [email protected] Member’s Code of Conduct WATHAURONG ABORIGINAL CO-OPERATIVE MEMBERSHIP - CODE OF CONDUCT A ode of odut o ehaiou a e desied as a set of stateets that set out hat e oside to e a aeptale stadad of ehaiou ad odut. This ode eplais ho e epet ou ees to ehae. This ode of odut poides a guide ad asis of epetaios fo ou ees. It eouages oitet to ethial ad pofessioal ehaiou ad outlies the piiples o hih Wathauog Aoigial Coopeaie is ased. Teat eah peso as a idiidual. Sho espet ad outes to all ioled Displa appopiate ad esposile ehaiou i all iteaios. Displa esposile ehaiou i elaio to alohol ad othe dugs. At ith itegit ad ojeiit. Aept esposiilit fo ou deisios ad aios. Respet the ights ad oth of ee peso, egadless of thei age, ae, gede, ailit, ultual akgoud, seualit o eligio. Eouage ad suppot oppotuiies fo people to lea appopiate ehaious ad skills. Esue ou deisios ad aios otiute to a safe eioet. Esue ou deisios ad aios otiute to a haasset-fee eioet. Do ot toleate ausie, ullig o theateig ehaiou. Reogise that all ees hae the ight to pia ad oideialit. If a ee ats i a a that is detietal to a ee, liet, staf ad/o popet the Boad a susped that ee iediatel. The ill hae the ight of appeal allig a Speial Geeal Meeig. Reee, ou ae ot ol a epesetaie of Wathauog ut also of Aoigial people. Behaiou, oth posiie ad egaie, asts a shado oe all of the ees of Wathauog. Thik aefull aout ho ou aios, ods ad ehaiou ill ipat upo othes aoud ou. The Wathauog Aoigial Co-opeaie Boad a appl the folloig saios to a ee foud to e i eah of the Code of Codut ased o the seiousess ad feue of thei ehaiou: . Cauio . Dieio to leae the ogaisaio eet . Atedae at a eeig ith Dietos to disuss the eah ad appopiate saio/s . Paiipaio i pesoal deelopet . Suspesio fo ogaisaio aiiies . Epulsio fo the Wathauog Aoigial Co-opeaie aodig to osituio A ee ho is alleged to hae eahed the ode of odut ill alas e gie a ight of epl. The ill also e ofeed the oppotuit to ig a suppot peso to a oiial disussios egadig the alleged eah. I the ase of a dispute ith Dietos a idepedet ediato a e etaied to ediate the dispute. The Wathauog Aoigial Co-opeaie ill at all ies esue that a peso udegoig a of the aoe poedues ill e dealt ith i a sesiie ad oideial ae, iespeie of the alleged eah of the Rule o Code of Codut. Family Services DEADLY DAD Mark Edwards I Mak Edads ad I a a poud Wathauog / Guditjaa a. I hae to kids, Luke ad Naoi ho ae o ad eas old. M fail ae ipotat to e ad I a alas thee fo the he the eed e. The kids ae the ol oes ho a ase the uesio o hethe I a a good ole odel o ot. I had a geat ole odel i dad, he aiel paiipated i ou spot ad that leal ilueed e ith kids, ut the iggest ad ost deiig thig is dad as alas oeig us to ouit ad ultue. The Edads la as a fail loe to oe togethe oe a good BBQ Mark with his daughter Naomi toda, efoe the kids ge up apig ad headig to the eah as the No thig e all loed. Eduaio is ipotat ad it is a life log joue. I hae alas Led eaple, kids hae see oth e ad Mihelle oiue to eduate ouseles ad theefo udestad ou a ee stop leaig, Kids a eduate adults its a a steet.