Email news for 15th July

Thanks for the feedback about last week's email news.

This week we have changed it a bit more and now you will get an attachment through Windows Doc. If you cannot open it, you can go to the VCOD webpage and open the document there. The web address is www.vcod.com.au/whatsnews

Deaf Deaf World workshop on 26th July 2002

VCOD is organising a workshop from 9 30am to 12pm at Vicdeaf Coffee Lounge. If you have hearing staff that would like to know more about Deaf people and their way of life, then get them to come to the workshop. Cost is $88 per person. For more information go to www.vcod.com.au/whatsnews and click on Deaf Deaf World

VCOD seeking Auslan Tutor

If you have qualifications and would like to earn extra money, VCOD is lookinf for Auslan tutors to work in Melbourne and surrounding areas. For more information about the job, please go to www.vcod.com.au/whatsnews/jobs and you will find the information there.

VCOD DEAF Trivia Night

Can you name the boat that F J Rose sailed on when returning to Melbourne with his wife from England??

This question and much more will be asked on Friday 30th August from 6 30pm is the night of VCOD next fundraising event. All questions will be related to Deaf such as Deaf sports, Deaf buildings, Deaf people Deaf events and much more. Cost is $8 for members of VCOD and $12 for non members while kids under 15 are $5. (Kids under 5 free) You can book a table of 10 or VCOD can organise the table for you. For more information go to www.vcod.com.au/whatsnews for more information. Please book early. BYO alcohol is permitted and VCOD will provide some finger food. Great prizes to be won as well

Photography Course

The email in last week VCOD news was wrong. My apologies to Deaf ARts Network. For more information please go to www.vcod.com.au/whatsnews and you can get all the information you need.

The next Deaf gathering/chats is to be held on Saturday, July 20^th , 2002 at about 7.30 p.m. at Pancake Kitchen, 448 Nepean Highway Frankston

Making a complaint

For all information about captioning and how to make a complaint about DVD non provision of captioning, you can click on the link below

http://www.humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights/captioning.htm

If you want to make an actual complaint about DVD or anything that you feel that you feel discriminated on, you can click on this link

http://www.humanrights.gov.au/complaints_information/index.html

Next visit from the Discrimination Legal service will be on 24^th July at the VCOD office if you would like to discuss discrimination issues about deafness. Appointments are a must.

A message from the Australian Caption Centre about Star Wars

Star Wars was only released in America with captions on June 21st, which was

too late to be included in the Australian schedule for 18 June - 1 August.

It is solely up to the distributors in Australia as to what films are imported from America and I am assuming that Star Wars will be released herein the next schedule. Unfortunately the Australian Caption Centre has no say in what films are imported with captions. The only thing I can confirm is that it was released too late in America for the current schedule here. Fingers crossed that it will be released here in August.

Website to visit

Check out what could be the International Sign for Cochlear at http://eurociu.implantecoclear.org/signo_i.htm

For those who enjoyed the Rob Roy show, you can now visit his website at www.robroyshow.com

Did you know that the Cochlear Implant centre sponsors Deaf Rubgy and that Australia and New Zealand Deaf Rubgy will be playing off before the BLEDISLOE CUP in August?

Grant Roberts and Melanie Wells

Victorian Council of Deaf People Inc

(VCOD)

117 Wellington Pde Sth

East Melbourne 3002

TTY 9650 7658

Fax 9654 2868

Freecall Country 1300 555 812

email info@vcod.com.au

www.vcod.com.au