AFUW-NSW Inc

Australian Federation of University Women

New South Wales

AFUW - NSW Incorporated is an association of women graduates from universities throughout the world

Diary Notes for 2008 & 2009

 

AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN - NSW Inc.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Members, prospective members and visitors are welcome at all activities.

All details are correct to the Editor’s knowledge at the time of printing.


2008
APRIL  
Wednesday 9

SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS 12 pm Lunch at Bradman Museum Café - Restaurant, Bowral
No guest speaker, just a get together of members and friends. All welcome.
Contact: Sue Nagy 4841 0357

Wednesday 10

HUNTER Book Discussion at Margaret Smithson's home
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini

Thursday 17

CITY Private excursion to Northern Beaches followed by lunch. Numbers limited.
Contact: Christine Hosking 9599 0186

Tuesday 22

AFUW-NSW 10.30 am Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, 280 Pitt St, Sydney
Central Committee Meeting
Contact: Jane Baker 9743 0434 or jane.baker@optusnet.com.au

Tuesday 22

HUNTER 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm Newcastle Club Dinner Meeting
Speaker: Dr Josephine May, lecturer in History, University of Newcastle The Status of Women - an historical perspective
Cost: $30.00
Bookings essential:
Contact: Mary Kelly 4929 4019

MAY  
Monday 5

SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm Dormie House, Moss Vale, Dinner Meeting
Speaker: Patrice Newell Celebrated environmentalist and organic grower
Contact: Sue Nagy 4841 0357

Tuesday 13

AFUW-NSW 11.00 am Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, 280 Pitt St, Sydney Sophia Holland Luncheon and Lecture
Cost: $30.00 per person
Speaker: Christine Hosking 'Indigenous Women Artists'
Reply Coupon by 30 April

Wednesday 14

HUNTER VALLEY Book Club at Mary Kelly's home
Silk - Alessandro Barico

Thursday 15

CITY 11.00 am St Mary's Cathedral Crypt tour followed by lunch and meeting.
Cost: $3.50
Contact: Christine Hosking 9599 0186

Wednesday 28

HUNTER VALLEY TBA
Contact: Anne Drinkwater 4957 5740 or Mary Kelly 4929 4019

JUNE  
Monday 2

NORTH SHORE 11.00 am Warrawee Bowling Club Annual General Meeting
Speaker: TBA
Contact: Dorothy Betty 9489 1142 or Greta Recsei 9487 2061

Monday 2

SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS The Esco Pazzo Restaurant in Mittagong Slow Food Lunch
Speaker: Nick Padol, president of The Slow Food Movement in Southern Highlands
Date and time to be confirmed
Contact: Sue Nagy 4841 0357

Wednesday 11

HUNTER VALLEY Book Club Hilary Alexander's home
Barbed Wire and Roses - Peter Yeldham.

Thursday 19

CITY Tour of Wharf and Sydney Theatres followed by lunch at Wharf Theatre café.
Meet at street entrance to the Wharf Theatre at 10.15am.
Contact: Contact Christine Hosking 95990186 or chosking@netspace.net.au

Wednesday 25

HUNTER VALLEY TBA
Contact: Anne Drinkwater 4957 5740 or Mary Kelly 4929 4019

 

For RIVER Branch activities
Contact: Nada Taylor 9436 2889

  For CENTRAL WEST Branch activities
Contact: Anne Holloway 6345 1819
JULY  
Tuesday 1

AFUW-NSW All subscriptions fall due. Renewal form attached. See Membership Notes.

Monday 7

SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS
6.30 for 7.00 pm
Dormie House, Moss Vale, Dinner Meeting
Speaker: Diana Wood-Conroy, Professor of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong, "Fabrics, Tapestries and Sonic Architecture".
Contact: Sue Nagy 4841 0357

Wednesday 9

HUNTER Book Discussion
Sue Johnson will lead the discussion of Ibsen's play, "A Doll's House"
Contact: 4943 9340

Wednesday 23

HUNTER
6.30 for 7.00 pm
Newcastle Club AGM
Speaker: Member, Val Shevels, will read and discuss with us some of her own poetry
Cost: $30.00
Bookings essential: Contact: Mary Kelly 4929 4019

Thursday 24

CITY
2.00 pm.
Margery Murray room. AGM Lunch before meeting. Venue to be advised.
Contact: 'Tricia Blombery 9560 8070 stuart_tricia@bigpond.com
NB: change of date.

Sunday 27

RIVER
11.30 am
at The Heritage, 35 Gladesville Rd, Hunters Hill AGM
Cost for lunch: $10.
Contact: Nada Taylor 9436 2889

AUGUST  
Monday 4

SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS
6.30 for 7.00 pm
Dormie House, Moss Vale, Dinner Meeting
Speaker on the Environment
Contact: Sue Nagy 4841 0357

Thursday 7

AFUW-NSW
5.30 pm Registration for 6.00 - 7.30 pm
Norman Selfe Room 3rd Floor Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, 280 Pitt St, Sydney
Networking night for working and younger members
Cost: Gold coin donation
Inquiries & RSVP (by 4 August) Michelle Imison meimison@yahoo.com.au

Friday 22

AFUW-NSW
2.00 pm
Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, 280 Pitt St, Sydney
Tempe Mann and Jamieson Awards Presentation and Afternoon Tea
Cost: $10 Reply slip.
Speaker: Dr Negin Amanat, last year's Tempe Mann winner
Contact: Tamra Palmer at AFUW-NSW office or Treasurer, Tricia Blombery

Wednesday 27

HUNTER VALLEY
6.30 for 7.00 pm
Newcastle Club
Cost: $30.00 Bookings essential
Speaker: Ron Ramsay, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Contact: Mary Kelly 4929 4019

Thursday 28

CENTRAL WEST
7.00 for 7.30pm
The Cowra Function Centre AGM followed by Dinner
Speaker: Associate Professor Leonora Ritter, Head of School of Social Sciences and Liberal Studies, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst Campus
Contact: Sue Brown 6342 9342

Notice of the Annual General Meeting (National)
Australian Federation of University Women Inc.
5pm Friday 29 August 2008
Y Hotel Hyde Park, 5-11 Wentworth Ave, Sydney

The AGM will be preceded by the AGM of the Education Trust at 4 pm and followed by Dinner at the Hellenic Club, 251 Elizabeth St, at 7:00 pm.

Cost including wine: $40.

Bookings for the Dinner MUST be made by Monday 25 August.

Please RSVP with payment to:
AFUW Secretary, 'Tricia Blombery,
PO Box 224 Enmore NSW 2042
Or email and pay direct to:
AFUW Inc, CBA Mt Eliza BSB 063550 Ac 1024 0086.
Complete payment description with your Surname and "AGM dinner".

NB Since the National Secretariat of AFUW Inc. is based in Sydney for this triennium, we in AFUW-NSW have the opportunity to be active members by supporting the Council by our presence at the AGM.
Inquiries: Secretary, 'Trica Blombery 9560 8070 AFUWOZ@bigpond.net.au
SEPTEMBER  
Friday 5

SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS
Venue and time to be confirmed
Wine and Cheese tasting from top local providores
Cost: $20.
Contact: Sue Nagy 4841 0357

Thursday 11

RIVER
12 noon
Hunters Hill Sailing Club, Franki Ave, Hunters Hill
Spring Luncheon
Speaker: Ross Pearson, author, a wireless operator in bombing missions in Europe during WWII
Cost: TBA
Contact: Nada Taylor 9436 2889

Wednesday 24

HUNTER VALLEY
6.30 for 7.00 pm
Newcastle Club
Cost: $30.00 Bookings essential
Speaker: Dr Bob Sillar: Working in East Timor
Contact: Mary Kelly 4929 4019

For NORTH SHORE:

No meeting in this period.
Contacts: Dorothy Betty 9489 1142, Greta Recsei 9487 2061

Monday 29 & Tuesday 30

The 3rd Annual 'University Governance & Regulations Forum' presented by Informa at the Brisbane Marriott Hotel and proudly sponsored by AFUW Inc and AFUW NSW Inc.

AFUW Inc Members are entitled to a 15 percent discount using this Informa/AFUW registration form (567kb pdf).

For further details: www.informa.com.au or phone
Ivy Edwards 02 9997 5238

NOVEMBER  
Wednesday 12

HUNTER Book Discussion Group’s Cinema Party - Film TBA
Contact: Gaynor Reeves 4952 3174

Thursday 20

CITY Lunch and Tour of International Hospitality School, Manly.
Contact: Anne Smith 0437 670 418 or chinestevo@yahoo.com.au

Thursday 20

AFUW NSW Inc Young Members' Network presents:
Public Lecture by Nicole Kuepper
'Suntastic technology - solutions for climate change and development'

Two-time Eureka Prize winner 2008
(Lecturer at the ARC Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence UNSW)

Time: 6:oopm

Mitchell Theatre
Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts Building
Level 1, 280 Pitt St, Sydney

Free Event

Sunday 23

RIVER 12 noon at 11 Wharf Road, Longueville
Christmas Luncheon
Cost: $45.00
Contact: Charmian Warden 9954 5689, Nada Taylor 9436 2889

Wednesday 26

HUNTER 6.30 for 7.00 pm Newcastle Club Christmas Meeting
Cost: $30.00
Speaker: Graham Burgess, Lake Macquarie Citizen of the Year for 2008 and world traveller
The places he has been, the people he has met., the things he has eaten!
Bookings essential: Gaynor Reeves 4952 3174 gay.reeves@bigpond.com by the Sunday evening.

Wednesday 26

SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS 6.30 pm Empire Cinema, Bowral
First Day of Release Screening of Baz Lurhman's 'Australia'
Contact: Virginia Ross 4886 4522 vross@hinet.net.au

DECEMBER  
Monday 1

NORTH SHORE 12 noon Almgren Centre, Dunmore Lang College (Macquarie University)
Christmas Luncheon
Speaker: TBA
Contact: Greta Recsei 9487 2061 trecsei@bigpond.net.au

AFUW-NSW All members are invited to attend the North Shore Branch Christmas Luncheon
Please contact Branch Secretary, Anne Jack 9403-l594 annejack@optusnet.com.au

Monday 1

SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS 6.30 pm Dormie House, Moss Vale Christmas Dinner Meeting
Speaker: Ann Henderson biographer of Dame Enid Lyons, 'Leading Lady to a Nation'
Cost: TBA
Contact: Virginia Ross 4886 4522 vross@hinet.net.au

Saturday 20

AFUW-NSW 10am - 12noon Level 1 Sydney Mechanics School of Arts 280 Pitt St

Christmas Morning Tea

Tempe Mann Scholar, Madeleine Suttie, will be in Sydney and will address the members about her research on bioethics.

Cost: $10

RSVP 1 Dec 2008 You may pay on the day but bookings are essential.

2009
FEBRUARY  
Wednesday 25
& Thursday 26

Higher Education Recruitment and Retention Conference presented by Informa at the Radisson Plaza Hotel, Sydney and proudly sponsored by AFUW Inc and AFUW-NSW Inc.

AFUW Inc Members are entitled to a 15 percent discount using this Informa/AFUW registration form

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