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<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Community College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> members
and friends<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Just a reminder and update about the Vic Section AGM on December
4th, <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> at <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Northcote</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Town Hall</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> at 7pm. The meeting will also
be a chance to talk about some important issues facing the college (as outlined
in the issues paper on the college website <a
href="http://www.groups.psychology.org.au/ccom/news/">http://www.groups.psychology.org.au/ccom/news/</a> )
and have a say about the motion being put to the national College AGM in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Perth</st1:place></st1:City> the following week.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>As well as catching up socially with great community minded people over
a delicious vegetarian banquet, following the AGM at 8pm you can hear from
our guest speaker, fresh from UK: Dr Caroline Warbrick on the topic <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Taking a Community Psychology approach: Challenges
for theory, research and practice</span></i> - see notice: <font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><a
href="http://www.psychology.org.au/Events/EventView.aspx?ID=3006">http://www.psychology.org.au/Events/EventView.aspx?ID=3006</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=3
color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Victorian</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> members, i</span></font>f you can’t
make next Tuesday’s meeting please take the time to fill in the
attached survey and get it back to <font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>Catherine </span></font>before the 30 November (yes, this
week!). We also encourage you to read the motion which you would have
already received from the national executive, so that you can get any thoughts
or proxy votes to the chair before the AGM. It is important that you have a say
in the future of your college.<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If you haven’t seen it already, the
motion that will be put to the national AGM on December 13<sup>th</sup> in
Fremantle is:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>"Be it resolved that given the decline in membership and the
diminishing number of academic training programs available to its potential
members, the APS College of Community Psychologists directs its National Executive
to begin proceedings and processes to restructure the College as an APS
Interest Group as of September, 2008. In executing these responsibilities
due diligence will be put to the academic and professional welfare of its
current student members, and the professional needs of its members." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>If you are reading this from outside <st1:State w:st="on">Victoria</st1:State>,
or if you are not an APS member, you can forward any comments about the future of
community psychology in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>
to the National Chair, Grace Pretty (<a href="mailto:pretty@usq.edu.au"
title="mailto:pretty@usq.edu.au blocked::mailto:pretty@usq.edu.au"><font
color=navy title="mailto:pretty@usq.edu.au blocked::mailto:pretty@usq.edu.au"><span
title="mailto:pretty@usq.edu.au"><span style='color:navy'>pretty@usq.edu.au</span></span></font></a>)
by Monday Dec 3<sup>rd</sup>, or to the CommPsych list for public discussion.</span></font><font
size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Catherine D’Arcy MAPS</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Co-Chair,
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Victorian
Section of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">APS</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of Community
Psychologists</span></font></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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