MC Mtg March 08

The Cairns based Converation group is holding it's next meeting Monday, 1 December 08 at 4pm.

All are welcome.

Full details are available on the attached flier or contact one of the organisers, Robyn Lynn  and Michelle MacLaren.

The Brisbane Group presents Dr Fran Finn - Executive Coaching

Full details are available on the attached flier.

To attend the event please contact Joan Bulcock at jbulcock01@optusnet.com.au  by 7 November 2008.

Seminar for the McCaughey VicHealth Centre for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne

'Living systems, epistemology and human relations in dynamic equilibrium' - Yoland Wadsworth sketches some mental architecture for seeing action research processes as the dynamic of complex living systems at any scale

Final SPIRAL meeting of the year on 20 November
This will be a bumper joint meeting with:
ALARA (Action Learning Action Research) Victorian members
ARIA (the Action Research Issues Association) and
SPIRAL (auspiced by ARIA and initiated in 2002 by ALARA with ARIA and the AR Program formerly at Swinburne University)
5.30pm-7.00pm at Borderlands, 2 Minona Street, Hawthorn
followed by dinner

5.30-7.00pm. Seminar Room 410, Centre for Health and Society
4th Floor,
207 Bouverie St, Carlton
University of Melbourne
 
People who attended
the ALARA conference in Canberra will 'report in'
and discuss issues arising,
inspirations and themes. This is a joint
ALARA Victorian members-SPIRAL
meeting

Call for papers for a conference organised by: Faculty of Arts, Monash University; Integrative and Transformative Studies Program of oases Graduate School, Borderlands Cooperative; and Research Centre for Cosmopolitan Civil Societies at University of Technology Sydney.

Conference Aims and Outcomes:
Sharing and reflecting on participatory and transformative teaching-learning experiences, aimed at improving practice
Promoting participatory learning, critical pedagogy, popular and transformative education in higher education in Australia and elsewhere
Developing networks of educational practitioners and thinkers experienced and active in participatory learning and teaching
Creating publications with examples of urrent thinking and practice

A message from Rhonda Galbally... The conference brings together sustainability and environment, public health, human rights and social inclusion - a whole of government and whole of society approach to resolving the big problems facing Australia.

This is the community 2020 summit. I would love you to come and participate in what's become the event to inspire, encourage, support and sustain us all in our efforts towards making Australia a great place for everyone. I look forward to welcoming you.

Room 410, 4th floor
207 Bouverie Street, University of Melbourne

Gillian Fletcher - Just tell us what to do': The challenges of promoting action
research within HIV prevention work in Burma. Gillian works for the Red Cross and is a PhD candidate at the Australian Research Centre for Sex, Health and Society
at La Trobe University.

Next Online meeting of Management Committee is scheduled for 24-31 March 2008

Agenda includes:

President's report - Susan
Budget and business plan - John
Minutes from last MC and outstanding actions - Di
Constitutional responsibilities - Marg F
Administration tasks including end of financial year and preparation for AGM - Donna

Vision workshop outcomes - Susan

National conference '08 - MOU and next steps - Jeannette
National conference '09 - Jeannette
World Congress - '09 - Susan
MC/member communications - Di