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Welcome all to our third newsletter from the Scoping A C K N O W L E D G E E L F
Project Team. S E C E B T D A U R S A H F
S N A P B R L K C E E D T E
The team has continued their travels visiting Melbourne, I T B O Y O A P A T A E U C
Castlemaine, Launceston and Hobart. Many thanks to
S R D E E P C B T U R R O T
David and his cohorts at The Maine Connection for a
wonderful pumpkin soup lunch in Castlemaine and to T E E T H P U O E H C S Y I
Isabel and the gang at VMIAC for their hospitality and H S E N D U L A P S H I T V
smorgasbord. I N F R A S T R U C T U R E
N O I T A C U D E C I D E D
It must be said that every good trip has some lighter K I N D L Y R I G H T S A R
moments and we thought you might like hear some our T H S U O N E G I D N I G H
tales of life on the road …

 Who is the team member who crosses her fingers when

attempting to send an e-mail because “everyone knows
 Coming Soon …
that crossing your fingers helps send an email” –
which goes to show that earning a PhD doesn’t make Listed below are the remaining dates for Phase 1 (dates for
you technologically savvy. Phase 2 are already on our website so check them out –
they’ll be in our next newsletter as well) consultations:
 It is not a good idea for airlines to offer egg
sandwiches to passengers at pressurised high altitude. Brisbane … 21 September
 It is green everywhere we’ve travelled except where Toowoomba … 22 September
project team members live! Redfern … 23 September
 The best sponge cake with strawberries and cream is Parramatta … 24 September
made by the CWA ladies in Murray Bridge, SA (taste Campbelltown … 24 September
test verified!).
Batemans Bay … 25 September
 Any and all speeding tickets and other fines are to be Canberra … 28 September
shared equally with all team members.

If we haven’t already met you then we look forward to

meeting you soon, and for those we’ve already met we
On-Line Survey …
look forward to meeting you again! We appreciate that not everyone can attend our forums
whether due to time or location and travel constraints.

Word Search Fun …
Here is the Project Team’s first attempt at offering a word
search puzzle. Words to find are listed below, are found
horizontally and vertically only - the remaining letters spell
the name of one of our team members … good luck!!
ACKNOWLEDGE ... ASSIST ... BOAR ... BOARD ... BOY ...
CALD ... CENTRES ... CULTURE ... DECIDED ... DEEP ...
EDUCATE ... EDUCATION ... EFFECTIVE ... EGRET ... ELF ...
FEEDBACK ... HEALTH ... HIT ... INDIGENOUS ...
INFRASTRUCTURE ... KINDLY ... LAPS ... LEADERS ... LOBBY
... NIGH ... OPEN ... PEAK ... PEER ... RESEARCH ... RIGHTS
If you can’t attend one of our forums, please go to our
website where there is plenty of information about this
project and also our on-line survey where you can have
your say.
www.crazelateralsolutions.com.au
And if you have already attended one of our forums you
can still complete the on-line survey.
Summaries of forums are continually being posted on our
website so you can have the opportunity to read what other
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locations think about a national peak body.
If you would prefer to receive a hard copy of the survey to
complete or need any form of assistance (we can even take
your responses over the phone) please do not hesitate to
contact one of our team members and we’ll assist you.
Summary …
More words and phrases are coming to the fore from
people attending forums and meetings. We hope some of
the following contributions will help you or give you some
new and maybe different thought directions:
Accessible / Accountability / Board /
Communication / Conference / Connecting
/ Culture / Diversity / Education /
Effective / Feed-back / Inclusive /
Information / Infrastructure /
Listening / Lived-experience / Lobbying
/ Non-judgemental / On-line assistance
/ Peer support / Research / Respect /
Support / Tolerance / Transparent
For more detailed details about forums and meetings held
to date, please check our website or speak to one of our
Project Team members.
Art & Poetry Competition …
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The Scoping Project’s art and poetry
competition is up and running with
some wonderful entries received already
– check them out on our website and get
ready to find out who our first winner is!
Don’t forget there are great prices awarded each month for
winning art or poetry. All the details on how to enter are
on our website but here is a brief summary of how to enter:
 Send us your ideas about the new national mental  PO Box 341, Bungendore, NSW, 2550
health consumer organisation in the form of art work
or poetry; or
 Send an image of art work in the form of a photo by
mail or in a JPG file via email; or
 Give a copy to a Project Team member; or
 Poetry via mail or via email.
COMPETITION ENTRIES CLOSE 30TH OF EACH MONTH
 Reading Corner …
The Reading Corner on our website is where we will place
brief papers to help you think your way through some of
the key questions we need to address during the project.
So far there are four papers in the Reading Room for your
convenience:
What is a Peak Body?
Peak Participation
Organisational Issues We Need to Address During
the Consultation
Membership Options
Further papers will be added to the Reading Room as the
project progresses so keep an eye out. If you’d like a hard
copy of any of these papers please make your request
known to one of our team members and we’ll get a copy to
you.
 Survey Assistance …
Are you having problems completing the survey?
Haven’t got a computer?
Need some assistance?
Please don’t hesitate to contact any member of the Scoping
Project team in person or by phone for assistance, or email
us and we’ll get back to you. We can even give you a
printed copy of the questions for you to complete or even
take your response over the phone – everything is possible
with the Scoping Project Team!!
(02) 6239 1549
0408 869 051
 (02) 6239 1549
leanne.craze@bigpond.com.au
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