July 23rd was our recent meeting in WA . It was great to hear that 7 or 8 of us will be going over to Melbourne for the MARENC conference late August. It's always good to meet with like minded folk, nationally and to be able to network and receive lots more information to be able to use in our various programs.
Elizabeth Brennan has been busy organising our
MAREAA WA PD day.
The date is Wednesday 21st October and we will go back to Mary McKillop Centre in South Perth. We used this venue last year and it was great.
People can register from 8.30am
Start 9.15 am
Finish 4.30pm
MAREAA WA AGM 4.45pm
Let's Talk about Sex is our title for the day Janet Renner and colleagues from the University of Western Australia will be running the day. The program includes
We are allowing extra time at tea and lunch breaks for all of us to network.
There will also be a brief presentation in the morning from the National conference
Registration forms will be available from Elizabeth Brennan late August.
elizabeth.brennan@wa.relationships.com.au
In October 2008 we had our first State conference in Perth, prior to this we have had several professional development workshops but decided to follow Victoria's lead and go for the conference. It was a great success. Our polan is to have a stste conference alternate years to the MARENC conference and then the year of the national conference to have a WA PD day.
We are now pleased to be able share with other members one of the keynote addresses at our 2008 state conference. Please go to Professional development section under Members and read Denis Ladbrooks paper on "Opening your Heart".
We have 28 members in WA and hope that more will be able to come to our future meetings. The next meeting is on Thursday 20th August at 10.00 am in Greenwood. Please contact Elizabeth Brennan elizabeth.brennan@wa.relationships.com.au for details of where to go.