The Journal of Australian Ceramics Vol 52 No 2 July 2013
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Community I<br />
1 Sharon Ridsdale<br />
2 Dawn Perry<br />
3 Ingrid Tristram<br />
4 Lynn Treers<br />
5 Jean Miller<br />
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At monthly meetings we discuss and resolve issues as a team, sometimes with heated debate. We<br />
draw on the wide range <strong>of</strong> well-honed pr<strong>of</strong>essional skills outside ceramics to inform and develop our<br />
adivities. Sponsorship from local businesses is also helping build our future. Working together is key to<br />
achieving what we do.<br />
<strong>The</strong> difficult question, which faces our group and many volunteer organisations, is how to encourage<br />
new members and involve younger people in voluntary roles . <strong>Vol</strong>unteer organisations provide valuable<br />
services to communities and without them we would be at a loss. How do we harness the vitality and<br />
ideas, enthusiasm and interest <strong>of</strong> younger generations? We know these questions will strike a chord<br />
with many people in different groups.<br />
During the OSCAS weekend in August we're incorporating a celebration for International Youth<br />
Day on Sunday 18th. Alongside our ventures into social media, this is part <strong>of</strong> reaching out to the next<br />
generation.<br />
80 THE JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIAN CERAMICS JULY <strong>2013</strong>
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