Hi all I wanted to draw your attention to an article that appeared in my local Sunday paper yesterday. It related to a primary school in the Adelaide Hills...
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Fleurieu Volunteer Re...
fvrc@...
Dec 1, 2002 11:21 pm
Good Morning Andy Most of our staff today had seen this article and we all agree that it is NOT volunteering! It is bartering and should be promoted as such,...
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SHAUGHNESSY, Val
val.shaughnessy@...
Dec 2, 2002 1:00 am
Hi Andy I was just about to email you about this story. I wonder if this is worth Volunteering SA or Volunteering Australia issueing a response to Or perhaps ...
Hi Val I am one step ahead of you and have already written a letter to the editor (in my role as Chair of VA and VSA), and take the point we should follow up...
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SHAUGHNESSY, Val
val.shaughnessy@...
Dec 2, 2002 1:37 am
Well done I must say I was livid when I read the story. Val ... Val Shaughnessy - MANAGER VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS Gawler Health Service PO Box 196, GAWLER SA 5118...
Hello All I have to admit my reaction to the "volunteering at school" article was ouch! As Viv and Ruth say, from FVRC, it is bartering not volunteering. A...
The article that Andy references about parents "volunteering" to pay school fees is representative of a trend we've seen in the US for some time. Among the...
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Michelle Jokic
glongvol@...
Dec 2, 2002 11:08 pm
Without sounding like a preacher - the argument seems to me to be like the faith of the church. I see volunteering as living changing breathing expression of...
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Rouvray, Robyn (RGH)
Robyn.Rouvray@...
Dec 3, 2002 12:21 am
I wonder if the Education Dept have caught up with PSM Act Determinatuon 27 regarding volunteers in govt. agencies You can print off the Office of the ...
Hi all You may be pleased to know that the South Australian Volunteering Executive (the combined senior employees and Boards of Vol SA, Nthn Volunteering and...
Thank you all for the provocative discussion about the replacement of manual laborers by volunteers to redistribute cash outlays in a school system. There is...
Re the article about volunteering in schools, I concur with Steve that it is partly a question of definition that seems to have people questioning the ethics...
Hi all, Perhaps a barter system is another sign of the times in certain areas. When I was involved in the scouting movement as a leader several years ago, we...
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SHAUGHNESSY, Val
val.shaughnessy@...
Dec 4, 2002 3:21 am
Hi Michelle and others While I support your sentiment of change, and acknowledge the need for change we cannot get away form the fact we are talking about...
Kia Ora all I wonder if this work for your fees scheme is any different form a scheme that is also rub\n in this country. It use to be called 'Community...
Hi everyone I've reproduced the December GoVolunteer newsletter (below) for anyone who is interested Cheers Andy Fryar OzVPM Founder ... GoVolunteer:...
December 5th is of course International Volunteers Day and many of us will be busy with associated activities today - but it is also Volunteer Managers...
Hi all Volunteering SA would like to extend an invitation to any OzVPM members based in South Australia (or visiting SA on the day) to join us for some...
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Northern Carers Netwo...
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Dec 4, 2002 11:31 pm
Thanks Andy would love to...... BUT i will be winging my way out of the state then to sunny QLD!!!! so i will extend my christmas wishes to all via this medium...
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Roger Tweedy
rogertweedy@...
Dec 5, 2002 4:26 am
Just off to our Parliament for a big IVD function hosted by our new Minister for the Community & Voluntary Sector. At the event a book celebrating 10 years of...
Hi Roger I'd be interested to learn more about your newly appointed Minister. Does he/she have the 'community & voluntary sector' as an actual portfolio area...
Hi All, Apart from the ethical and volunteering policy implications, if it is in exchange for a reduction in fees, then it is a barter and would be subject to...
Hi all The debate about the school 'volunteering' has sure been an interesting one and there have been some really good points made. Keep them coming! I wanted...
I'll join you in spirit if not in physical form, although I'll abstain from a drink as it will be only about 7am over here and I'm not one for drinking that...
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Samantha Morris
samanthamorris@...
Dec 5, 2002 11:59 am
In relation to this ongoing debate of parents volunteering in leiu of paying school fees and some of the comments that have been made, can I ask the following...
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Volunteering Canterbury
vc@...
Dec 5, 2002 9:18 pm
For your information - Ruth Gardner Volunteering Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand ... (Ministry of Social Development) [Non-text portions of this message have...
Hi Ruth Thanks for sharing this information with us all - there are certainly some great things happening on the NZ volunteering front at present. You'll...
... Please let me know where to get the attachments you mentioned. Cheers Ted...
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Martin Cowling (Coll)
martin.cowling@...
Dec 6, 2002 4:16 am
No attachment? Martin Cowling <Hi all - attachments are not permitted on OzVPM - as soon as I am able to post the attachment Ruth referred to on the newsgroup...
