Emeritus Chapter

Vis Exhausta Periculosissima
(The most dangerous force is a spent force)

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ATEM Ghost 2010

The 11th ATEM Ghosts' Lunch - First Notice

Our lunch for 2010 will be held at 12.30 pm on Tuesday 5 October 2010 in the Executive Suite at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. We already have the following starters:

Bob Speechley (Host)	Bass
Stephen Weller(ATEM President)	Tropical
RC Joanne Austin (Guest of Honour)	Bass
Dean Austin	Bass
Arthur O'Neill	Bass
Robert Thomason	Bass
Ross Bishop	Bass
Ross Christie (President 85-87)	Bass
Trevor Short	Bass
Wendy Short	Bass
Rex Jones (ATEM Treasurer)	Central
Tom Gregg (President 03-09)	Aotearoa
Brigitte Murray	Aotearoa
Giles Pickford (Convenor of Ghosts)	NSW/ACT
Paula Leishman (Guest of Giles Pickford)	Bass
VP Tony Heywood	NSW/ACT
Jim McLauchlan (President 96-99)	NSW/ACT
Peter Scardoni	NSW/ACT
RC John Swinton	South-East Queensland/Northern Rivers
Chris Pepper	Western

The Lunch is now booked out, but others will be wait-listed in case we have withdrawals.

Apologies: Jerry Mayer, John Chapman AM

A Melbourne Water Taxi will leave the Casino pontoon at noon: cost $5. If you miss it, catch a taxi.

Our opening tipple will be the wine from the Yarra Valley which won the Paris Wine Show in 2008. We can't remember its name and incredibly this wine does not appear on any wine web page that Bob Speechley or I can find. If there is anyone out there who knows of it please get back.

Our closing bite will be Gippsland's Jindi Brie, winner of the 2002 World Championship Cheese Expo at Wisconsin USA.

The rest of the menu is still being worked out by our Host for the day, Bob Speechley, but it will show Victoria at her very best. Bob hosted our first lunch at Walter's Wine Bar in 2000 so we have now officially gone full circle.

Our Guest of Honour this year will be Joanne Austin, Regional Chair for the Bass Region.

The list of Ghosts for 2010, the report on investments of the ATEM Foundation, and the donation record of the ATEM Ghosts, can be seen in the download box above. The annual return on investments is particularly pleasing. One day all the shares will be trading in the black again. I estimate that this will happen in 2011.

Future lunches will be held at the Gold Coast in 2011, Adelaide in 2012 and Hobart in 2013.

The entry price is a donation to the ATEM Foundation of $200. Send your cheque in now to secure one of the strictly limited twenty places. First in best dressed and we estimate that this lunch will be booked out in the next few weeks. Make the cheque payable to the ATEM Foundation. The direct deposit facility for the ATEM Foundation is:

   Bank: Commonwealth Bank of Australia
   Branch: ANU Canberra ACT
   BSB 062903
   Account 10295340

Alternatively you may need an invoice. If so please contact Peter Scardoni .

Cheers,
Giles Pickford
Convenor of Ghosts

ATEM Foundation

The ATEM Council has 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 region 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 is to permanently endow the Maurie Blank Study Scholarship, named for the Founder of our predecessor organisation, AITEA. The second is to endow the Peter Karmel International Travel Grant, named for our first Patron.

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

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 whom 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

Records of Past Lunches

When	Where	Host
2000	Walter's Wine Bar, Melbourne	Bob Speechley
2001	University House, ANU Canberra	Colin Plowman
2002	The Green Papaya, Brisbane	Trevor Short
2003	Bradman Room, Adelaide Oval	Ion Wallace
2004	Shipwrights' Inn, Hobart	Carol Harding
2005	University of Western Australia Club	Chris Jeffery
2006	Aria Restaurant, Circular Quay	Jim McLauchlan
2007	Lanyon Homestead, Canberra	Colin Plowman
2008	Riccarton House, Christchurch	Warwick Nicoll
2009	The Char Restaurant, Darwin	Viv Carson
2010	The Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Bob Speechley