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Vic Region May 2013 Meeting Minutes On Website
Friday, May 10th, 2013
Victoria Region Minutes for May 2013 are on the Website – left hand side of Vic Region Homepage, click on the link.
Victoria Region Social Gathering
Monday, May 6th, 2013
IPA SOCIAL DINNER A social get together has been arranged for members and friends. Venue: Manningham Club, 1 Thompsons Road, Bulleen Melway ref: 32 D10 Date: Saturday 11 May, 2013 Time: 7.00pm. Meals from the Bistro, drinks from bar, at club prices. Numbers required to advise the bistro supervisor. RSVP – Rob AITKEN Email: ipavicsocial@optusnet.com.au
Minutes from SA Region – April 2013 Meeting are on your Web Page
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
The Minutes of your April 2013 Committee Meeting are available on the left side of your Region Home Page…. click the link….
Hopefully in the very near future you will be able to read news as it happens within your Region, right here. Talk to one of your Committee Members and see if you can assist with something interesting for them to insert in here for all members…..
MEETING of WA REGION – Monday 29th May 2013
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
Hi all,
A reminder that the May 2013 meeting will be held at the Western Australia Police Union Building, 2nd floor board room at 7:30pm on Monday 20th May.
This meeting will also be a Badge Presentation Night to reward our members who have reached a significant milestone in their membership with 30 and 40 years membership.
At this stage we also have four new members over the past week who will be attending to receive their membership cared and badge.
Please come along to the meeting and meet our new members from the past month and enjoy a light supper and refreshments afterwards.
THE APRIL 2013 ‘WAIPAGRAM’ NEWSLETTER IS ALSO NOW AVAILABLE ON THE W.A. REGION WEBSITE PAGE.
Ross Pengilly
(on behalf of Paul La Spina, Chairperson)
Sunshine Coast Newsletter
Monday, April 1st, 2013
INTERNATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION
SUNSHINE COAST SUB REGION
www.ipa-australiapolice.com.au
Email secretary.sc@ipa-australiapolice.com.au
Five minute silence
1st April 2013
VALE
Allen Ronald Walker. 17/3/1932 – 28/2/2013
It was with sadness that we were informed of the passing of Allen. Unfortunately I received notification on the day of his funeral, and I do not think that any of our members were in attendance. This was due to short notice.
Bob Murphy did go to visit Silvia, and take her flowers and a card form the Sub Region, but unfortunately he did not get to see her. He left the flowers and card at the front door.
Allen was born in Marrickville New South Wales on the 17th March 1932. He served with the NSW police Force from 1947 and retired in 1968. He joined the IPA and was the 40th member in Australia, joining on the 21st July 1964.
Our prayers and thoughts go out to Silvia and her family at this sad time.
Chairman’s message
I would like to wish members, and their families, a very happy Easter. Some members have to work on public holidays. It was very sad to hear of the death of an on duty police officer in the north of the State. Our thoughts go out to his family. It brings home the message that the most dangerous thing that we do every day is to drive on the roads.
In the Northern Hemisphere Easter signifies the start of spring. This year Winter has not lost its grip and much of Europe is snow bound. This creates huge problems for our police friends in that part of the world. With the volume of snow there will probably be floods when the weather does warm up so there will be no respite for some time to come. At least our Winters are usually benign.
We are still seeking suggestions for the next get together in May. If you have a favourite restaurant or venue let Paul know. We are also still trying to expand our membership numbers. If you know of any police or ex-police who may be interested invite them to one of our meetings. Attendance is not restricted to members at these functions.
Take care out there, Mike Needham
Functions & Membership.
It would be great to see more people attending our functions. The functions are not only for members, but friends and prospective members. We hold functions as opposed to meetings as many members do not like tedious meetings. The Executive have taken on the duty of serving members and handling matters that would normally be conducted at meetings, and then the membership is informed. Our last meeting was conducted via a “hook-up” on Google plus, and was a successful way to communicate.
One of our newer members, Brendan Clifford, has decided not to renew his membership. He states that he has had no contact from colleagues who he worked with in Victoria. I do not believe this to be correct as I contacted him, and have been sending him our newsletters. He has been invited to attend our meetings as well as RPA meetings, but has not made the effort to attend.
At this stage we hope to hold a function in May, but if any member wishes to have one towards the end of this month please let me know. We also would like suggestions on where to meet.
Happy Birthday to the following members with birthdys in April
We wish the following members a happy birthday on their special day:-
Bruce Shillington 8th April, Barrie Lambert 12th April, Simon Jud 13th April, Lucy Marchant 19th April, and Kathy Blake on the 25th April.
NATIONAL INTEREST ITEMS – MARCH 2013 – TO ALL MEMBERS
Saturday, November 3rd, 2012
NATIONAL MEMBER DATABASE DEVELOPMENT
The rebuild of the Member Database has been completed and we are at the fine tuning stage at the moment. Members are encouraged to visit their personal database record and update their information. Several new fields have been added to the record which means that almost every members card is out of date and requires additional information.
Hopefully as soon as a few items of fine tuning have been completed I will be able to send all members their new login details and instructions on how to make the changes required. This will save your Region Treasurers a lot of time and frustration.
Hopefully you will be able to read a report from our President and Vise President soon, once the World Young Police Office Seminar has been held. We are trying to encourage regular monthly reports from the National Executive Bureau to keep you updated on National and International matters and events.
In friendship
Ross Pengilly
Assistant Secretary General
NSW VISITORS NEED YOU !
Monday, October 31st, 2011
As the numbers of overseas visitors increase each year, more requests come in for home stays, “meet and greet” at the airport, requests to visit police stations and general requests, such as “just want to meet fellow IPA members.”
The Reception Committee does a great job in handling most requests from our visitors, but we need your help to maintain the current level of service.
We want to start a “pool” of IPA members, either serving on non, and draw on that pool when necessary to show visitors around. We are not concentrating on Sydney members – we need people all over the State to put their hand up. We realise everyone is pretty busy these days, but we are only asking for whatever time you can spare.
As well as showing visitors around, if you would like to host an overseas guest, we would like to know that too. Do you have a spare room or granny flat ?? Most of our visitors are serving or just retired police officers – so you may rest assured that they would trat you and your home with the utmost respect at all times.
If you are interested or have some spare time, please contact our Reception Officer Marcus Backway via email at (W) back1mar@police.nsw.gov.au or (H) backers35@hotmail.com
Northern Territory News
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
This article is just placeholder text to enable the RRS news feed for Northern Territory region.
Delete this post and create a new one to issue a new news bulletin.
Alternatively, just delete this text and replace it with your own. If you choose this method, remember to change the Permalink text under the headline above. This will become the new web address for the revised web page. You’ll also need to change the “Published on…” date.
Also, add any Tags or choose from the “most popular ones” to help people find your article in the Search Index. (Right hand sidebar).
You can also schedule your bulletin to appear only at a future point in time. Use the Publish settings – RHS top.
Always choose your region from the Categories list. Otherwise the article will default to “Uncategorized”. If this happens the text will not appear in this Region’s web-page bulletin box.
When inside the editing area more menu options will appear if you click the top rightmost button – the one with the 3 rows of coloured dots. For further assistance please contact the webmaster Ross Pengilly via rosscherylipa@iinet.net.au .
South Australia News
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
This article is just placeholder text to enable the RRS news feed for South Australia region.
Delete this post and create a new one to issue a new news bulletin.
Alternatively, just delete this text and replace it with your own. If you choose this method, remember to change the Permalink text under the headline above. This will become the new web address for the revised web page. You’ll also need t change the “Published on…” date.
Also, add any Tags or choose from the “most popular ones” to help people find your article in the Search Index. (Right hand sidebar).
You can also schedule your bulletin to appear only at a future point in time. Use the Publish settings – RHS top.
Always choose your region from the Categories list. Otherwise the article will default to “Un-categorized”. If this happens the text will not appear in this Region’s web-page bulletin box.
When inside the editing area more menu options will appear if you click the top rightmost button – the one with the 3 rows of coloured dots. For further assistance please contact the webmaster Ross Pengilly via assistsecgeneral@ipa-australiapolice.com.au .
