The 2012 Ghosts ‘Soiree’ - Adelaide, South Australia
18 September 2012

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Host:  Peter Castleton - Formerly QIT/QUT, ACU and Bond

Venue: "Landunna" - Naval, Military and Air Force Club of South Australia

The venue - the Naval, Military and Airforce Club of South Australia - is steeped in Adelaide’s rich colonial ‘non-convict’ past and is a short carriage ride from the city of churches, with cuisine to tempt the most discerning palate and wines reminiscent of the Ghosts’ Lunch in Adelaide 2003. Whet your appetite by downloading the information for the 2012 Ghost's Dinner.

Yielding to various pressures, the Ghosts will hold their 13^th gathering in the evening.  Also, there will be a less formal seating plan, so that the members can indulge in a bit of human swirling.

Your 2012 Host,

Peter Castleton

What is the Emeritus Chapter?

"Zen enriches no-one. There is no body to be found. The birds of appetite may come and circle for a while in the place where it is thought to be. But they soon go elsewhere. When they are gone, the 'nothing', the 'nobody' that was there, suddenly appears. That is Zen. It was there all the time but the scavengers missed it, because it was not their kind of prey".
From Zen and the Birds of Appetite by Thomas Merton

This quote was an inspiration for one of our members who was about to retire, but who yearned for some sort of continuing involvement with the ATEM tribe. He could not see why retirement needed to end his tribal activities. He understood that he was about to suddenly become insubstantial, or ghost-like: a wraith that the birds of appetite (all of whom have useful jobs) would suddenly no longer be able to see. And yet he knew that Ghosts have the power to move mountains and change the course of rivers. We know this from our Aboriginal heritage.

So he suggested to the ATEM 2000 Group in 1998 that members who retired, or who left the profession, should be given a vehicle through which they could continue to contribute.

The end result was that following terms of reference for the ATEM Ghosts were adopted at the 1999 Conference in Wellington, NZ. The group was re-named the Emeritus Chapter in 2003.

1. ATEM will maintain an Association Chapter which will consist of members who are no longer actively engaged in the management of tertiary education, but who wish to retain contact with ATEM and each other. This Chapter will be named The ATEM Emeritus Chapter (previously the ATEM Ghosts).

   The Chapter will be established as a Chapter of the Association, but members will also operate within a region.

2. The aims of the Chapter will be:

   • to allow members to continue to be involved with the operations of the Association by providing information about region and Association activities;
   • to undertake appropriate voluntary work for ATEM and ATEM regions from time to time;
   • to continue to promote the activities of ATEM, both locally and internationally;
   • to spearhead a bequest and giving program for the ATEM Foundation Pty Ltd;
   • to arrange social gatherings and other events for its members from time to time, particularly in conjunction with the Annual Conference;
   • to produce and circulate an annual Newsletter containing news about its members and about ATEM at large which will be published on the ATEM web site.

3. The Chapter will maintain a membership register that will be available to ATEM members via the ATEM web site. The Chapter will have a Convenor who is appointed by Council after a consultation process with the members.

4. The Association will set fees annually, and fees will be paid to the Association Secretariat. The Convenor will manage the Chapter and liaise as needed with the Secretariat, but particularly about communication within the Chapter.

5. The Chapter will report annually to the September meeting of Council and the AGM.

6. ATEM Emeritus Members will be eligible for member rates for all ATEM activities, including the Association Conference.

7. Members of the Chapter should be involved where appropriate throughout the Association. Members have voting rights in ATEM elections and referenda, and can be elected to office in the Regions.

8. In the event of a dispute between the Chapter and Council, the will of Council will prevail.

Adopted September 1999, modified September 2003

The Emeritus Chapter and the ATEM Foundation

The ATEM Council requested the Emeritus Chapter to spearhead a bequests program for the ATEM Foundation. Our record of support over the years has been good. Many of our number have assisted ATEM projects at the Council and regional level. The value of this contribution is hard to evaluate, but it is considerable.

If you have any spare assets that are bothering you, then you could do no better than direct some of them to the ATEM Foundation for the purpose of funding our education and training programs, and our scholarships and travel grants for ATEM members.

Our first target was to permanently endow the Maurie Blank Study Scholarship, named for the Founder of our predecessor organisation, AITEA. This target has been achieved.

The second target is to endow the Peter Karmel International Travel Grant, named for our third Patron, and the third is the Ian Chubb Career Development Grant.

We have opened an account with the Commonwealth Bank. If you would like to think of doing a regular direct credit into this fund we will send you a deduction authority to sign.

Giles Pickford and Peter Scardoni
Association Secretariat

Records of Past Chapter Lunches