Linking Boroondara, Australia with Same, East Timor
Background
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Harold Down
Many will have seen the sad news about our great friend Harold Down, who passed away peacefully in June 2008. Our sincere condolences to Pat and all the family.
Harold was one of those people who genuinely made a difference to the lives of others, in Timor (through the typewriter project which he initiated and ran), in Papua New Guinea and with Aboriginal Australia, amongst other good causes. He was an inspiration to many of us in the Friends of Same, with his quiet words of wisdom and knowledge. He will be much missed.
–Tony Barta and Kate Gillespie-Jones
Events
Regular meetings
Regular meetings of the Friends of Same are usually held on the first Thursday of every second month.
The next community meeting for the Friends of Same is to be held on Thursday 7 August at Hawthorn Community House, 32 Henry Street, Hawthorn, 7pm for 7.30pm start.
Presentation and reports on the Friends of Same delegation to Same and to the Timor Leste-Australia Friendship conference. We will also be discussing where to from here. All welcome.
Friends of Same Trivia Night
Friday 5 September 2008, from 7.30pm—see the events page for more details.
More details on regular meetings and other events of interest.
Coffee retailers
To see the list of retail outlets go to our coffee retailers page. If you would like to distribute East Timor coffee in your workplace, school, church or organisation, please contact Gill at Gillianmerzvinskis6 @ bigpond.com or 0430 305 200.
Incorporation of Friends of Same
A meeting was held Wednesday 29 August 2007 at 5.30pm at the Hawthorn Town Hall to consider whether to proceed with incorporation for the Friends of Same.
- Application for membership of Friends of Same (Word document)
- Minutes of the meeting
- Draft contitution adopted at the meeting
Updated on 30 July 2008.
