April 2011Volume 1, Issue 1

Beaudesert U3A Inc.NewsLetter

Significant Highlights

• 2011 - 2012 Management Committee elected at Foundation Meeting.

• We are now Incorporated.

• Financial members – 30 as at 25 March

Individual Highlights:

Course Details 2

Call for Tutors 2

U3A History 3

Prize Winner 3

Links & News 4

Beaudesert University of the Third Age

At the Foundation Day, following our Incorporation, we elected our first formal Management Committee. Members shown above are - Front: Hennie Van Dyk (Vice President), Carol Rustichelli (President). Tricia Edward (Secretary). Back:Tex White (Treasurer), Bernie Brown (NewsLetter Editor), Jean Stevens (Membership Secretary), Sharon Redmond (Advisor), Margaret Kendrick (Tutor Coordinator). Two Additional Members of the Committee were elected from the floor. These are

Foundation Day 29 March 2011

Information Day 1 March 2011Carol Rustichelli thanked the Interim Committee and tutors for making the day the success that it was. There was an excellent attendance with seventeen new members joining on the day.

Course presentations drew considerable interest, and two new courses came from the floor – Radio Appreciation with Moggy and Line Dancing with Trish Fraser.

The Beaudesert Fellowship of Artists, turned up in force and were enthusiastic

Val Chapman and George Long.

When the elections were completed, an informative discussion on Public Liability Insurance took place. More information will be available when Insurance arrangements are complete.

Our thanks to Jim Hales and Shirley Page of U3A Network for their support and input to the meeting, and to the many attending members who ensured a good turnout.

about the presentations. Rose and Christine‘s presentation also attracted interest in the Art group.

Dianne Delchau from U3Aonline gave an informative PowerPoint presentation, and Aiden McLindon, State Member for Beaudesert, put in a welcome appearance

Beaudesert U3A has achieved good media publicity both with radio BEAU FM 101.5 and Beaudesert Times.

Beaudesert U3A NewsLetter

All course participants must be paid up members of Beaudesert U3A ($20.00) per annum

Each session at Peterson St., has a minimum fee of $2.00 towards expenses (tea/coffee, aircon etc).Where necessary extra course costs for photocopying etc., will be set by Tutors.

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MONDAYHennie Van Dyk10.00am to Noon. Weekly Computer Matters Discussion Group.(Alternates with hands-on sessions)

TUESDAYSylvia Long9.30am to 11.30am WeeklyGeneral Discussion Group.Rose Duffy and The Fellowship of Artists9am to noon Weekly Art Group (Meets at the Beaudesert Tennis Club)

Trish Fraser2.30pm to 4pm WeeklyLine Dancing

BEAUDESERT U3A TIMETABLE as at 23RD MARCH 2011.

Creative Writing (Margaret)

History Appreciation, History of the Scenic Rim (David)

Website Development and Design (Hennie)

History of British Steam Rail (Neville)

Art History/Art Appreciation (Jean)

Myths and Legends (Bernie)

COURSES STARTING SOON - After School Holidays

If you have skills and knowledge that you would like to share with other members – please contact Beaudesert U3A.

We have had expressions of interest for courses in Crochet, Card games, Mah Jong, Yoga and Tai Chi BUT tutors/facilitators are very hard to find.

We are still looking for volunteer tutors!

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WEDNESDAYCarol Rusticelli9.30am to 11.30am Monthly (last Wednesday of month)Book Group

Moggie1.30pm to 3.30pm Weekly Community Radio Appreciation

JeanOn demandSharing Knowledge and Skills(for prospective tutors)

All Courses at St. Mary's Centacare, 6-12 Petersen Street Beaudesert unless otherwise stated

Creative Photography – Taking Great Photographs (Carol)

CONTACTS;

Margaret (Course Coordinator)5541 0745Email: margaretnorah@gmail.com

Tricia (Secretary) 5544 1462Carol (President) 5541 0352Hennie (Computers) 5541 0745

Languages, Cooking, Botany, Conservation have been added to an already endless list. Can you help us?

Come along to one of our meetings, join in, and see what a wonderful time we have. Then think about running your own course.

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The University of the Third Age (U3A) is an international movement which has spread from France since 1973. The original university concept has changed to one where the members themselves are the teachers. This model has been adopted in Australia since 1984.

The U3A Sunshine Coast and Brisbane were established in 1986. There are now over 30 U3As in Queensland with many thousands of members. Within our own Region we have U3As at Tambourine Mountain, Jimboomba and Boonah.

Sharon Redmond from CentaCare called a community meeting for 9 November 2010 to discover what we could do to establish a U3A in Beaudesert. The U3A Network Queensland threw their support behind the project and a large number of

The Origin of Beaudesert U3A

Chris is an active member of the Art Group. She submitted these notes so that we could all celebrate her success.

My name is Christine Purtle and I have loved art and all things creative since I was old enough to take notice. I use a variety of mediums including acrylic paint and inks as well as watercolour. I love playing with colour, the more vibrant the better.

I am part of a small group of fellow art enthusiasts who meet every Tuesday to paint and create and share our respective skills. I recently entered some of my work in the Quota art show and was very proud to be awarded first prize in category B.

The photo shows me with the winning painting which is acrylic on canvas.

Chris Wins First Prize for Cockatoo Painting!

Carol addressing members at Information Day

community members and volunteers attended. On 23 November 2010 the first steering committee meeting was held

An Interim Committee was chosen in January 2011, model rules were adopted and steps were taken to become an incorporated organisation. As mentioned in other articles, we now have a formal Management Committee, we are incorporated, and classes are up and running!

We thank Sharon and her staff for the ongoing support of Centacare.

We look forward to continuous and close cooperation with our neighbouring U3As, The U3A Network Queensland, and U3A Online.

Come and join Chris and the rest of the Art Group on Tuesday Mornings at the Tennis Club!

Name Tags and Membership Cards: Name tags for all members have been prepared and will be available from Reception at Centacare. Membership cards are still in preparation.

Beaudesert Markets: Margaret, Hennie and Bernie promoted our U3A at the recent markets. We had a good reception from the seniors and we hope we pick up some new members. We had an enjoyable morning, accosting those who appeared to be in the right age bracket, and can recommend it to others who might like to come along next time. I think that we need to step up our publicity in general, so suggestions for suitable avenues are welcome. We will be going to Kooralbyn markets next month. There are still many other avenues to spread the word.

Newsletters for Those Without Email: Hard copies of this newsletter are available at Centacare Reception, so if you know someone without email, please let them know.

Featured Courses: Each month we will feature a course description (attached). This month it is my own pet course, 'Myths and Legends'. This is a prospective course and will be run if I can recruit at least 3 people. Let me know if you are interested in joining, berniebrown1944@gmail.com, 5544 2042.

Hennie - our illustrious webmaster - is building a website for us, although it is still in the prototype phase. You can check progress at:

"www.hennievandyk.com/BeaudesertU3A“

You can also have a look at:"http://sites.google.com/site/beaudesertu3a“

Other useful sites include:

“www.u3aonline.org.au”"http://sites.google.com/site/u3anetworkqld“

Useful Links

Latest News from Chief Editor Bernie!

Submissions for inclusion in the newsletter to the Editor at: berniebrown1944@gmail.com

Submissions for inclusion of articles and creative works in the proposed bi-annual magazine to the Editor at

harrynjean@bigpond.com

Beaudesert U3A Inc.

PO Box 5616 - 12 Petterson St.Beaudesert. Q 4285

PHONE:

Tricia (Secretary)5544 1462Carol (President)5541 0352