Committee Meeting update

So our '08/'09 SSMBA committee had its 2nd committee meeting on Monday night. There was much to talk about, lots to catch-up on and some great ideas were discussed. For those of you who aren't in the Shire-West area, our rep. for that area (also our HOM rep.), Sue Steer, has written a letter to the council regarding the lack of fully fenced playgrounds. She has requested the council provide complete fencing and gates on some of the parks in the Sutherland Shire. Thanks so much, Sue for pursuing this very important issue. We'll let you know if Sue gets a response from the council and if SSMBA are going to get involved in this matter further. We've had some great feedback from the 'new-look' newsletter - great job Rebecca! I nearly missed mine in the post 'cos it looked so different and what a fantastic read. Members also seem to like the idea of having a monthly Family Day so we're looking forward to seeing what kind of turn-out we have on the 25th May. Another item of discussion was about the possibility of holding seminars for our members throughout the year - we need some topic ideas though so let us know what topics you would like us to cover. One member, who is a developmental psychologist, has offered to do a short talk on literacy and has suggested it would be good to tie this in with a Book Look fundraiser. We'd love to hear from you if you have any ideas or could offer some such service. We're also wanting to hold at least one, possibly two, accredited first aid courses. One of our very own committee members recently had a very harrowing experience with one of her twins where she needed to perform resuscitation on her child. She will be sharing her story with us in one of the newsletters so I'm not going to say too much here but she's highlighting the need for all of us to know these basic but extremely important first aid techniques. I know there was more discussed but we're not going to give away too many secrets this early in the game! Just keep watching this space, reading the newsletter and coming along to events...

(Photos of PlayDay, 24th Apr. & 8th May '08)