Wow was that only a weekend? boy how time fly's when your having fun and busy. ..... where did my uni holidays go?May 1-3 saw me back in Sydney for the annual National Youth Council conference. It was held at Baden Powell Scout Centre in Pennant Hills and as usual the food was superb one day the chefs there are amazing. The weekend started out a bit stressful for me with my plane being delayed a few hours which then threw out my whole day. after departing nearly 3 hrs late meeting up with the others at the airport we headed to camp had lunch and then started a full on day. Friday went well and after a little uncertainty the guest speaker Jeff Rose went down well.
Saturday was a success in many ways as well with lots of discussion on Strategic Planning undertaken, a presentation on marketing and sponsorship. Saturday Night we hit the town heading into the city where we went to Ghengkis Khan Mongolian BBQ and then had some free time walking around the city before heading back to camp. The night was a great success except for some rain and upsetting a NSW Commissioner back at camp but he will survive.
Sunday was a interesting day with the elections of a new Administation officer, Vice Chair and 4 new patrol leaders. Admin is Jonas, Vice is Nathan and pl's are Andi, Trev, Jordan and Tim. So begins another year and one that i believe will be alot more productive and successfull then previous years.
Sunday was also a very long day with minimal sleep the three previous nights I was very tired. But I got home safe and sound and so did everyone else that I know of.
Anyway as much as would like to add some more stuff i have an assessment that i need to do for wednesday so going to go for now.
Region North Regional Exercise RFS - Glen Innes May 16 -17
May 16 & 17 2009 RFS Volunteers from across the country converged on Glen Innes show ground for a weekend of competition and mateship. Over the weekend we learnt alot of things from how to use the new radios being distributed to all trucks, all about powerlines and electricity. We also got to try our hand at pumping, drafting, car fire, house fire, over runs, gas attacks, grass fires, we got to check out the new model trucks coming out..... They look cool :)
May 16 & 17 2009 RFS Volunteers from across the country converged on Glen Innes show ground for a weekend of competition and mateship. Over the weekend we learnt alot of things from how to use the new radios being distributed to all trucks, all about powerlines and electricity. We also got to try our hand at pumping, drafting, car fire, house fire, over runs, gas attacks, grass fires, we got to check out the new model trucks coming out..... They look cool :)My favorite activity was the over runs mainly because i learnt some new stuff or more was reminded of it - what to do with casualties at a over run and any bystanders like police offices who have little idea what we are talking about for a over run.
Wow what a month so far.....I can't believe its nearly June already it only seems like yesterday that it was February.
This month has seen two trips to Sydney already with another to come this weekend. The first weekend was the 2009 National Youth Council Conference which was great and i think set the groundwork for a fantastic year ahead. The weekend after was spent at home completing uni assignments etc. The following weekend saw me head to Glen Innes for Region Exercise - see last post. It was a fantastic weekend and one that i wish was more then once a year.
Last weekend saw me in Sydney for the Scouts Australia National Strategic Planning Meeting which saw around 30 members from around Australia come together to decide on the direction of Scouts Australia for the next 5 years. there were approximately 2-3 people from each of the branch's, and the national team. It was interesting of the 30 something people there only 4 of us were female... and only 2 would have been under 30 - being myself and NRC Chair Sophie. not far away was a QLD guy who is a Rover Advisor and the international Commissioner Emma from Vic they would both be in early 30's i guess. It was a fantastic weekend and one that i was a little confused going into but on track heading out of. I have a task to complete in it being getting a multi sectional youth advisory body permanently set up in each of the branch's So i have a busy busy year ahead.
Most recently tonight has seen me complete my science assignment with 10 minutes to spare... i do not feel overly confident about it but i'm hopeing that i'll be able to at least get a pass for it as i really dont want to repeat the unit ......
All my Special Education (Inclusive Classroom) essays have not been completed and handed in .... last one handed in this morning. so the only things i have left now is my PE due next week which will be started later today/tomorrow being tuesday and then a posting to do online before i head to Port for Group Camp in Sydney.
and the semester will be rapped up with 4 exams starting on the 11th and finishing on the 19th.
anyway now that i think i have started to calm down a little from my mad rush to finish my assignment i think i should clean up the room a little and get some sleep.
catch up again soon world.....
Jade
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