VCOD
E-News
Wednesday
9 July 2003
VCOD
E-News
Wednesday
9 July 2003
News
from VCOD:
Other
news:
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VCOD website is slowly being
updated. Please bear with the
temporary Administrative Staff but we would like to thank Tony Wu for
volunteering a few hours to fix and update the website during his 6-week stay in
Australia. Thank you, Tony!
NWDP will be from 12 – 18
October 2003. We are currently in
the process of organising events and activities for the week.
If you or your organisation would like to run an activity/workshop,
please let VCOD know and we will promote the week for you.
It is YOUR week - it is an opportunity to promote awareness and celebrate
being Deaf.
The next Deaf Deaf World
workshop will be held at JPC, on Friday 8 August for the general public.
If you know someone or an organisation that would be interested in
participating, please contact VCOD for more information.
Sign up for a 3-month
subscription at only $29.95 and as a BONUS receive the service until 31st
December 2003 ABSOLUTELY FREE!
Subscribers receive at least 7
messages per week about trivia, social club events, special offers, weather,
breaking news, which are sent via SMS to your mobile phone.
Contact
TXT Radio at enquiries@txtradio.com.au
if you are interested or have any queries about the special offer.
Check out what’s being
screened with captions at Hoyts or Greater Union in Melbourne!
http://www.auscap.com.au/print/Melbourne.htm
There will be a captioned
screening of Matrix Reloaded (Rated M) at Reading Cinemas, Waurn Ponds in
Geelong on Sunday 27 July.
Waurn Ponds is next to
Grovedale and Belmont and the main Deakin University Geelong Campus is a bit
further up the road.
For more details about the
captioned screening in Geelong, contact the cinema on 03 5249 2800 (voice).
VCOD in conjunction with Equal
Opportunity Commission (EOC) invite members of the Deaf community to attend a
Forum on Friday 15 August at 5pm in the FJ Rose Auditorium at VSDC.
AAD will be hosting a Film
Night, also held in the FJ Rose Auditorium at 7.30pm on the same night (15
August).
More information to come!
AAD is currently organising a
first National Deaf Youth Leadership Camp which will take place in the Blue
Mountains in Western Sydney, from 25 – 28 September 2003.
Applicants must be aged 18 – 30 years of age by the 4th
September 2003. Only two representatives from each state will be selected to
attend the camp and they will be expected to run local Deaf youth
events/programs and participate as leaders in AAD’s National Junior Deaf Youth
Camp in 2004.
Applications close on 18
July 2003.
Please contact the VCOD office
for an application package.
JPC will be moving from its
existing building at 2 Donald Street, Prahran to St. Francis Xavier Church on
High Street. Renovations will take
place in the church itself and will include a chapel/hall for all groups,
offices, meeting rooms, private rooms, toilets, kitchen and storage.
The Deaf community has the opportunity to contribute hopes and ideas at a
public meeting on Sunday 20 July at 1pm. There
will be a sausage sizzle before the meeting.
JPC is organising its third
Annual Deaf Party for Friday 19 September – please keep this night free.
Contact Nola Harrison 9525 1191
(fax) or email jpcadmin@bigpond.com
for more information.
**REMINDER**
DeafTV AGM will be held in the
FJ Rose Auditorium (VSDC) tonight at 7pm – there will be pre drinks
from 6pm. There will be a surprise
entertainment and interpreters present.
A
great opportunity for you to provide feedback, ideas
and
suggestions for the next series.
Now
Showing ...
NRS
Community Service Announcement National Television & Print Advertising
Campaign "Expect a Call!”
As
part of our ongoing commitment to generate awareness about the National Relay
Service (NRS), two x 30 second Community Service Announcement (CSA) TV Ads (open
& closed captioned) have been produced and will be aired around Australia on
most networks (free-to-air and Pay TV) before, during Hearing Awareness Week and
beyond!
In
addition to this Qantas has agreed to air our TVC's on domestic and
international flights July through August.
Produced
in conjunction with Advertising Depot and CUTTING EDGE | POST (the production
team behind 'Big Brother') the two TVC's aim to draw on viewer's natural
curiosity by presenting them with two very unexpected scenarios.
As
valued friends, customers and contacts, we would like to invite you to a special
preview to find out more about the new campaign on our website! Just visit
http://www.aceinfo.net.au/news/csa to see how ACE is promoting the NRS in 2003!
Every Friday night as of 27
June, members of the Deaf community are welcome to meet at “The Joint Bar”,
corner of Elizabeth St and Flinders Lane. There
are lounges, pool tables, TVs, Video games and Deaf people can be found on the
first floor. The bar closes at 3am.
**Please note that the new Deaf
Club is not organised by DSRV.
On Tuesday 22 July,
the Deaf and Hearing Loss Expo will be held at the Goulburn Ovens
Institute of Tafe, Docker Street, Wangaratta from 10.30am – 3.30pm.
Come and find out about:
Hearing Loss management
Hearing/listening aids
Tinnitus
Technology & equipment
Hearing Dogs Program
Telephone devices
Meniere’s Disease
National Relay Service
Hearing Information Services
Social & support groups
Free Adult hearing Tests from
10.30am – 3.30pm.
Please contact Robyn Page if
you require an Auslan interpreter (by 17 July) or would like to make an
appointment to get a free hearing test at the expo.
Robyn Page – hume@deafinfolink.com.au
03 5722 9451 (TTY) 5722 9175 (V)
Mother and 18 year-old
hearing-impaired daughter are looking for a deaf person/someone in the Deaf
community to share a house in Malvern. They
are currently learning Auslan and would prefer a 18-25 year old.
Rent is $110 per week or $160 for a couple plus bond.
Large room. The house has a
TTY, VCO and teletext TV. Contact
Irene on 9824 4276 for email millymoo85@hotmail.com
if interested.
A VCE Student doing Auslan
wants to find someone to practice Auslan with, as the student is keen to become
a Teacher of the Deaf. The person
lives in the Broadmeadows area and you can email the Visiting Teacher at
riolobos.margarita.m@edumail.vic.gov.au
Tennis players and spectators
are invited to Blackburn Tennis Club for a Tennis Fun Night on Friday 11 July at
7.30pm.
Blackburn Tennis Club
Cnr Blackburn Road and Central
Road
(about 250m from Blackburn
Railway Station)
Blackburn
Melways ref 48 A10
Entry fee – VDTA Members $7
Non-members $9
Free for spectators
Play starts at 7.30pm – bring
your racquet, suitable shoes and a friend or two!
Penny Pearce has generously
donated some male and female underwear as raffle prizes (one free raffle ticket
with each player entry, and you can purchase more tickets on the night).
The clubhouse will be open
through the evening. Free tea and
coffee will be available, and the bar will be open.
Please let VDTA committee know
if you are attending so they have some idea of numbers.
Email:
vdtasec@yahoo.com.au
SMS:
0414 246 554
TTY: 9397 8349 (Kathy
Sakellarios)
Victorian Deaf Netball
Association (VDNA) is having a Games Night on Saturday 26 July at 8pm at 23
Drewett Street, Surrey Hills.
Non-members $10
Members $8
Supper provided.
BYO Drinks.
Please let Heather Mills, Fiona
Goldab, Elizabeth Peters, Merrilyn Kennewell, or Ashleigh Hately know of your
attendance by 20 July.
Back-to-Back Theatre is a
professional theatre company based in Geelong.
The company is made up of an ensemble of five actors who each have an
intellectual disability. The
ensemble, with the Artistic Director, makes new shows, tours and runs workshops
for the community.
Back to back has a vacancy in
the ensemble. We want to audition
people for the job. The audition is
with the Artistic Director and the other Back-to-Back actors to see how the new
actor can work with other people.
The audition dates are:
15th July in
Melbourne
18th July in Geelong
19th July in
Warrnambool
The acting job has three main
parts:
Making new work through
creative development. This includes
improvisation, research and experimenting with forms and ideas.
Running workshops, rehearsing
and performing * for theatre, conferences and small gigs!
You will need to be:
Open to new ideas
Enjoy being creative, and
Be able to share your ideas and
feelings with people in the audience.
The conditions of the job:
The contract is for one year
The contract can be renewed at
the end of the year
Actors work up to 30 hours a
week
Actors must be able to tour
occasionally and sometimes work out of hours (such as when we are touring or
doing a season)
Actors are paid MEAA (union)
award rates during rehearsal and when performing. At other times, they are paid a retainer.
If you, or someone you know, is
interested in auditioning for Back to Back, please call 03 5221 2029 and ask for
Bruce.
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA
CONTACT:
Trudy
Suggs, Editor
editor@deafsuccess.com
www.deafsuccess.com
Deaf
Players: Who’s Movin’ and Shakin’?
Anaheim,
CA [JUNE 16, 2003] - Deaf Success Magazine is pleased to announce
the
release of its Fall 2003 issue, "Deaf Players: Who's Movin' and
Shakin'?"
Read
about how DawnSignPress owner Joe Dannis, who is deaf, created a bridge between
the deaf and hearing communities by forming a company. DawnSignPress, committed
to business growth and aimed at extending its capabilities on a national scale,
has proved to be extremely successful.
Other
dynamic people featured in the fall issue include Winter Deaflympics
Chair
A. Dwight Benedict, Native American political activist Judy C. Stout,
business
owner Jim Macfadden, cable television veteran and producer David
Pierce,
Deaf Women United president Darlene Goncz Zangara, and many more.
The
fall issue is sure to be an entertaining read for people of all ages, so
don't
miss out!
To
subscribe to Deaf Success Magazine or to learn more about the magazine,
please
visit www.deafsuccess.com.
ABOUT
THE COMPANY:
Deaf
Success Magazine is a deaf-owned and deaf-run magazine that strives to
provide
positive stories of deaf and hard of hearing individuals in a nurturing and
empowering community. Questions or suggestions may be directed to editor@deafsuccess.com.
A well known person, Markku
Jokinen from Finland has his own website – click on
Simon Glass has established an
online shopping business – check it out at
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