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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Please see that attached email trail. Mudgee do not agree with this as the current board is to our knowledge working on this for the right reasons and we wish to no longer be part
of this rebellious group or the emails <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Bruce Manefield <Bruce@manefield.id.au>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 7 October 2024 5:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> RDA Directors <board@rdansw.org.au>; RDANSW State Office <stateoffice@rdansw.org.au>; bluemountains@rdansw.org.au; alburywodonga@rdansw.org.au; bathurst@rdansw.org.au; Rda Armidale <armidaleandnewengland@rdansw.org.au>; centralcoast@rdansw.org.au;
coffsharbour@rdansw.org.au; cowra@rdansw.org.au; forbes@rdansw.org.au; coonabarabran@rdansw.org.au; cootamundra@rdansw.org.au; goulburn@rdansw.org.au; griffith@rdansw.org.au; boxhilltalltimbers@rdansw.org.au; kempsey@rdansw.org.au; Rda Gunnedah <gunnedah@rdansw.org.au>;
kendall@rdansw.org.au; illawarra@rdansw.org.au; manning@rdansw.org.au; mudgee@rdansw.org.au; Rda Narrabri Kylie <narrabri@rdansw.org.au>; raymondterrace@rdansw.org.au; richmond@rdansw.org.au; orange@rdansw.org.au; tamworth@rdansw.org.au; ryde@rdansw.org.au;
tumut@rdansw.org.au; tweedvalley@rdansw.org.au; RDA Ballina <rdaballina@gmail.com>; wauchopeportmacquarie@rdansw.org.au; upperhunter@rdansw.org.au; young@rdansw.org.au; waggawagga@rdansw.org.au; wollondilly@rdansw.org.au; President <president@rdaraymondterrace.org.au>;
secretaryrdarichmond@gmail.com; Ryde RDA Secretary <ryde.rda@gmail.com>; secretaryrdakendall@outlook.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RDA NSW Constitutional Review Workshop & Information Session<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear RDA Members<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are writing to you to invite you to the Constitutional Review Workshop that we indicated we would hold for interested members.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Workshop is not a formal General Meeting of RDA NSW. It is just an informal meeting to discuss what can be done about fixing the RDA NSW Constitution. The Working Party will use the feedback from the Workshop as input to the Special
General Meetings that have been called to repair the Constitution.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are holding the Workshop session on Zoom at 5pm on Saturday, 12 October 2024. The meeting is open to anyone with an interest in understanding and discussing what can be done to fix the Constitution.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The link for the session is: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87116881498?pwd=rmAIO8BbI5Kg5j1xdKwQubJzAAqOst.1">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87116881498?pwd=rmAIO8BbI5Kg5j1xdKwQubJzAAqOst.1</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Feel free to forward this email to anyone you think might be interested in supporting the objectives of RDA NSW.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The original date of the Workshop was delayed so that we could offer an opportunity for the RDA NSW Board to collaborate in the process. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have invited the Board, as per the email attached, to jointly convene a meeting to work together and share ideas regarding Constitutional review. At the time of writing this email, the Board has still not responded to our invitation
which was sent on 1 Oct, 2024.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Directors are most welcome to attend the Workshop next Saturday to participate in the discussion.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Agenda will be as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>The role of RDA NSW in relation to supporting the RDA Centres.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>The Structure and Roles within RDA NSW - sub-committees, etc.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Summary of problems with the current RDA NSW Constitution<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>The proposed changes to the RDA NSW Constitution<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>The next steps for fixing the Constitution<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We will be recording the Workshop. So, if you can't make it, you and other members of your Centre will still be able to get the information about what happened.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yours sincerely <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bruce Manefield<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For, and on behalf of, the Working Party<o:p></o:p></p>
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