Connecting College and Community

Meeting Tuesday 16^th February

Thank you to everyone who attended the first Friends of Pacific meeting for the year. It was wonderful to see so many faces, both new and familiar. 

We understand that for many people, attending each monthly meeting can be difficult, however we warmly welcome you to attend when possible.

Changes to FoP Events Calendar

After much discussion, it has been decided that the Annual Golf Day will not proceed as originally planned this year. The Golf Day is somewhat of an institution and has been running since the College formed, so the decision was not made lightly. While it has always been a successful event, this year we will aim to replace it with a relaxed social gathering that the whole family can attend.

This will also allow the FoP and OCEANfest Committees to focus on the OCEANfest in August.

The FoP Committee would like to take the opportunity to thank the many sponsors and players who supported this event over the years.

General Meeting Format

After the success of introducing guest speakers at FoP meetings last year, we will continue to do the same for 2016,  having a guest speaker at one meeting per term. We are open to suggestions on what topics you would like to be presented, so please contact us: fop@pacluth.qld.edu.au.

We are aiming to make the meetings as concise as possible and would like to keep the time to an hour or hour and a half at most. With this in mind, please submit any agenda items to the Secretary ten days prior to the scheduled meeting. Any items that require lengthy research or discussion may be held over to the following meeting.

We understand that there are many of you who want to be involved with FoP but may not be able to attend the regular meetings. Please feel free to touch base with the FoP Committee throughout the year to find out how you can be more involved. Alternatively, the Committee members may touch base with you to seek assistance where necessary. The 2016 Committee is as follows:

• Chairperson - Tracey Hindmarsh
• Vice Chair - Allyson Sarvari
• Secretary - Kath Barry
• Treasurer - Sanet Strong
• Committee members - Ian Barnes, Leah Croke, Deni Fowler, Julie Hoffman, Jenny Lee, Sophie McKenzie, Karen Petfield, Mel Pollack and Nikki Stacey.

Mrs Tracey Hindmarsh, FoP Chairperson