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Page 24 Templer Record 739 – June 2011 YOUTH CALENDAR YOUTH Saturday 18th Saturday 18 June th June Sonnwendfeier, Winter Solstice Celebration July Snow Play Day Fri 26 th to Sat 27 th August Scienceworks Sleepover Sunday 11 th September Good Health for Life Expo Sunday 2nd October Dark Zone or Go Karting Sunday 6th November Family Service and Community Picnic Sunday 13th November TG Breakup and Planning Day Bayswater 5:00pm Spotswood 7:00pm Bayswater 11:00am Bayswater 11:00am SONNWENDFEIER – Saturday 18 th June, 5:00pm onwards, see page 29 JULY SNOW DAY – Date TBC If there is enough interest in a day at the snow, we are planning to do this during the July school holidays (providing that snow has been falling!), so let Susi know if you would like to join in! TSA BABYSITTERS – ‘TIM TAMS’ WANTED! Are you aged 16 years or over? Do you like kids? Would you be interested in joining our Templer Babysitting Group, the Tim Tams? If the answer to any of these questions is ‘yes’, then contact me NOW. A happy birthday to: Susi Richter, Community Youth Coordinator email: susi@templesociety.org.au Joshua Stefanac Matthew Weller Cameron Sawatzky Sophie Behnke
Dear Friends, Templer Record 739 – June 2011 Page 25 TTHA The weather has certainly turned cold with a vengeance. It seems winter has come early and our Home has not escaped the flu/gastro season. On Thursday 29 th April the first case of gastroenteritis was detected and it caused an avalanche of infections. Cheryl Young, our Director of Nursing, took all necessary steps required under those circumstances and, at the time of writing, the Home is still in lock-down with much internal and external visitation restricted. This restriction has also heavily impacted on our social calendar, a number of activities had to be cancelled. We have had a turbulent period at the Home over recent weeks. Our Operations Manager and bookkeeper resigned, then our CEO also tendered his resignation. This, of course, left our CoM with some significant decisions to make, both in the short and longer-term. Our CEO, Mr Johannes Achilles, assured us that he would remain until a successor could be found. To maintain continuity, the CoM decided to appoint our previous Operations Manager, Mrs Natasha Wilkinson, to the position of CEO. Natasha is well qualified with a degree in Economics, experience in small business and in the Home’s operations and we welcome her and wish her well in what will be a very challenging period. Our bookkeeper, Mrs Connie Raftellis, has also agreed to stay on. Over the past months, the Home had an external accountant conduct, on a part time basis, a thorough review of our finances and projected cash flow and profitability forward to 2020 under the present scenario. This initiative was jointly undertaken and funded on a 50/50 basis between the TSAL (formerly Central Fund) and TTHA, in part to look at the possibility of a future TTHA purchase of the land the Home stands on. The results of this review have shown that currently and in the near future, TTHA expenses are running above budget forecast and significant savings/revenue increase must be achieved. To this end the CoM has engaged a consultant with many years of aged care management experience to conduct a review of our organisational structure, business performance, systems and policies and our ACFI (Aged Care Funding Instrument) claims procedures which provide the bulk of the Home’s revenue. There have been a number of concerns raised by members of our Community regarding transparency etc. of the Home’s affairs, with many rumours circulating following the resignations. Please be aware that during this time of intensive deliberations and negotiations it was imperative that, in fairness to all concerned, confidentialities were not breached. I assure our members that the CoM is proactive in taking measures to ensure the Home’s
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