New awards
A number of awards were made at the AGM held on 22 March 2025.
Membership Awards:
Margaret Whitfield was awarded her certificate and badge for thirty years of continuous membership.
Two members were mentioned as receiving an award for twenty years, and twenty-three members were awarded for ten years of continuous membership.
Life Membership:
Barb Hornsby and Susan Hearfield were awarded Life Membership.
Special Appreciation Award:
This was presented to Russell Hopkins.
Storm damage repaired
Repairs to the suspended ceiling in Margaret Ball Room North have been completed, and the classroom will be open for all courses from Monday 24 March.
A huge thank you must go to the small group of volunteers who went into action on Monday morning, after a partial collapse of the ceiling.
Credit must also go to the staff of the City of Moreton Bay Council who responded immediately, had the damage inspected and arranged for a contractor to repair the ceiling promptly.
Thank you to the tutors and course members who attend classes in MBR – North for your understanding, after your classes were cancelled.
Current Volunteer Vacancies
Course Coordination Team
We invite interested members to apply for two positions on our Course Coordination Team.
The current members of the team are highly experienced and most happy to support a new Course coordinator and Assistant Course Coordinator in learning their roles. The current Course Coordination Team are avid travellers, and fulfil their roles balancing their roles around the life that we all dream to live, with other team members assisting during their absences. The roles are definitely not full-time, and attendance on campus would be at most approximately 12 hours per week.
Even though these are busy roles, we hope those who are interested and apply will enjoy meeting a large range of interesting people.
Click here to see more details.
Social Media Coordinator
Are you a tech-savvy person who knows their way around Facebook? Would you like to help present U3A Redcliffe, its activities and its general philosophy of You’re Never Too Old to Learn?
We are looking for someone with these qualities to keep our Facebook page up to date. You can click here to see the Position Description.
If you are interested please contact our Secretary, Jeff Pedersen jpedobta@tpg.com.au with a brief expression of interest describing your relevant training, experience and skills.
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A new book from U3A members
Writing for Pleasure 2 class is proud to announce a new anthology
A DROP IN THE OCEAN
This collection of stories, poems, and reflects the range of our members’ writing talent.
Orders are now being taken for immediate delivery.
Single copies: $25.00 ea.
For further information please leave a message for Jennifer Booth on 3204 8586 or 0407 660 345 and she will return your call.
If you would like to purchase five copies for $100.00 please contact Jennifer.
New scam phone calls and emails
Some members have received emails and/or phone calls telling them they must pay their class fees in advance or they will lose their place in their class. The calls have been from both male and female callers. The man has identified himself as “Richard”.
These calls and emails are a scam. Members are not obliged to pay for their classes in advance.
While paying in advance is an option for most classes, members still have the option of paying class by class using vouchers, which can be bought from the office.
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