Special Notices and Calendar Dates
for Moonga Guild Members

 


Meeting Arrangements:

Note:
Always check with the Secretary (07) 54825151  should there be a change of date, time and place.
Moonga Guild members will be advised direct through the Guild newsletter or direct contact.

1.    Guild meetings are normally held on the 3rd Sunday of each month.
2.    Locations of meetings sometimes change each month due to special activities – check for updates.
3.    Meetings normally start at 10am with Morning Tea (self-supplied).
4.    Monthly meetings normally begin at 10.30am – conclude between 11.30am and Noon.
5.    Depending on the programme, lunch (self-supplied) is held from Noon to 1pm.
6.    A special activity is then held from 1pm to 2.30pm.
7.    These arrangements sometimes change if meetings are held outside the Gympie City region.

Guild Monthly Meeting Dates for 2007:

January No Guild meeting held due to School holidays and Festive Season vacations.
Note: A special re-union day for the 2006 NZ Guild Tour members will be held on Saturday 27th January (Australia Day weekend) – Tour members will be contacted direct.
February 18th – Location to be advised.
Note: The Scouting Hall of Memories Committee will meet following the monthly meeting.
March 18th – Location decided at the February meeting.
April 15th – Location decided at the March meeting.
Note: The Scouting Hall of Memories Committee will meet following the monthly meeting.
May 20th – Location decided at the April meeting.
June 17th – Location decided at the May meeting. Elections held for the 2007-2008 period.
Note: The Scouting Hall of Memories Committee will meet following the monthly meeting.
July 14th – Annual Changeover Dinner and AGM Annual Reports – location decided
at the June meeting.
August 19th – Location decided at the July meeting.
Note: The Scouting Hall of Memories Committee will meet following the monthly meeting.
September No meeting held due to Guild Tour itineraries in South Australia.
October 21st - Location decided at the August meeting (normally associated with the Gold Rush
Festival celebrations
).
Note: The Scouting Hall of Memories Committee will meet following the monthly meeting.
November 18th – Festive Season break-up party – Last meeting for the year.
December In Recess until February 2008.

Special interest events from around the State for your activities diary:

•    THE ESK DISTRICT GIRL GUIDES will present their 2nd Biennial Quilt, Doll and Craft Show in the Lyceum Hall Highland Street, Esk on Friday 9th March 2007 from 9am to 5pm and Saturday 10th March 2007 from 9am to 4pm. ADMISSION $5.00. Children under 12 years are free if accompanied by an adult.

•    STATE COUNTRY MEETING; 1st April 2007 at Rangeville Scout Hut, Toowoomba. BYO: WATER. Further information to follow.

•    STATE GUILD GETAWAY 2007 - Caloundra Caravan Park, Golden Beach between 4-7th May. Cabins are available that take 4-6 people. Cost is $94 for 2 people and $8 for each extra person. Vans and husbands very welcome. The Toll free number for bookings and enquiries is 1800 639 313.

•    THE BRISBANE GANG SHOW SEASON will run from 29th June to 7th July 2007 – further details to come. No word on any country performance at this stage.

•    THE SCOUT & GUIDE SPIRIT FLAME PROJECT 2007 will commence on the evening of July 31 2007 to commemorate 100 years of Scouting. A campfire will be lit at the place of the very first Scout Camp on Brownsea Island using a flame that will be lit at the grave of Lord Robert Baden-Powell in Nyeri, Kenya on 22 February 2007 and the torch carrying the flame will travel to its destination by human power alone. The route will be Kenya, Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt, Italy, France, Belgium, and United Kingdom. At the recent Australian Baden-Powell’s Guildmasters’ meeting, it was decided that all Baden-Powell Guild members could assist their own State with its celebrations. Both the Guide and Scout Associations are planning “Brownsea” camps in Queensland during 2007 and we can assist at the local level.

•    MOONGA’S GUILD TOUR 2007 – The details for their latest annual group tour in September 2007 are shown on this website. The tour group is open to all Guild members from any source and is not restricted to the Moonga Guild. The proposed dates are 7th to 15th September incorporating 9 days. Applications are now being accepted for this tour itinerary.

•    KARAWA TASMANIAN TRIP – The Karawa Guild is also proposing a trip for September or October 2007 – No details are available at this time.

•    ROVER AND RANGER REUNION 2007 – A grand reunion is planned and is open to all former Guide and Scout Association members. The date is Saturday 20th October and will be held at the Walter Burnett Hall (Coffee Club is the new name), RNA, Gregory Terrace, Brisbane. The official welcome is from 5.30pm; nibbles and drinks from 6pm; dinner is at 7pm. The cost is to be advised. For those who do not want a late night, come along at 5.30pm and stay to enjoy nibbles and a drink. There is accommodation close by. The names, addresses and emails of all interested members are now required. For further details – Contact Mrs Pat Dryden OAM at 07 3378 3373.


If you have an event of a wider interest to list as general information – email: degrene@spiderweb.com.au

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