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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">On behalf of Amanda Gordon, I am writing to those of you who are full APS members to seek your support AND SIGNATURE for an urgent proposal to form an APS Interest Group on Refugee Issues and Psychology.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I have attached some draft Terms of Reference for the group, as well as a formal signature form to express support for the formation of this new Interest Group.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">We see this proposal as a logical follow-on from the APS Literature Review and Position Statement on the Psychological Wellbeing of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Australia, to which a number of you contributed:
<a href="http://www.psychology.org.au/community/public-interest/refugees/" target="_blank">http://www.psychology.org.au/community/public-interest/refugees/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">This request is urgent and requires an immediate response if you are willing to support the proposal. In order to form an Interest Group, the signatures of 20 Full Members (from more than one State) must be obtained
and Terms of Reference for the proposed group will need to be submitted to the APS Board, which meets this weekend – this is the last chance to have the proposal approved for inclusion on the Agenda of the APS AGM which will take place at the National Conference
in Canberra in early October. Here’s the process:</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">Signature Form</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">The signature form will need to be signed by 20 APS members with the grades Full Member, Fellow or Honorary Fellow from more than one State. It is important that the original copy is received in the post rather
than faxed only. So you can fax or email your signed form to me TODAY, but you must also send the hard copy to the Member Groups Administrator, to arrive by this Friday, 29<sup>th</sup> July. Details are on the attached form.</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">We look forward to receiving your signed form, as well as any comments you might like to make about the proposal, the position statement or other aspects of the APS’s Public Interest initiatives regarding the
wellbeing of refugees and asylum-seekers.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Thanks so much</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Heather</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'; color:black; font-size:10pt">Heather Gridley |</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'; color:black; font-size:10pt"> Manager, Public Interest
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'; color:black; font-size:10pt">The Australian Psychological Society Limited</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'; color:black; font-size:10pt">Level 11, 257 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'; color:black; font-size:10pt">03 8662 3327
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'; color:#1f497d; font-size:10pt"><a href="http://www.psychology.org.au/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-AU">www.psychology.org.au</span></a></span></p>
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