The D9680 GSE team to Michigan went through the rehearsal for our district conference presentation last night. Our counterpart Outbound GSE team, who are off to D7500 in New Jersey in a few weeks, were also present. We each have an eight minutes slot during the conference dinner, followed by the Inbound D6310 GSE team who have to try to explain Michigan to us in eighteen mintes or less!
Our conference presentation is in two parts: the first being introduction of the team members; and the second being a Q & A about Michigan from an Australian perspective. So we cover topics such as musicians (Madonna, Bob Seeger, Alice Cooper, Motown, Eminem), the automobile industry, wolverines, and cherry pit spitting. Bathtub gin gets a mention, as do Tom Selleck and Steven Seagall, . . . and Santa Claus Parades and Thanksgiving. The Michiganians will probably find our foreign interpretations quite bizarre! (By the way, did you know the only jurisdiction in Australia that celebrates Thanksgiving is Norfolk Island, as a consequence of Yankee whalers jumping ship and staying with the descendants of the Bounty Mutiny on Pitcairn Island, and keeping up some of the traditions of home.) The scripting for our talk has me encountering a couple of tongue twisters, or unfamiliar phrases, such as "our special subject of Michigan" (try saying that without making a schloshing sound), and the term Michiganian (where I am tempted to continue on with the "ganian-ginian-inian", sounds).
Judging from the D6310 GSE team's blogspot, they are having a truly great time . . . wait until they get up to the Central Coast next week, with all of the national parks, the lakes and waterways, and the beaches, let alone all of the vocational visits and inspections.
So we are pretty excited and looking forward to seeing our itinerary to see what is in store for us!
See yorle morla (Norfolk English for goodbye)
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Welcome to Inbound Michigan Team
At our team meeting this evening we discussed with anticipation the arrival of the inbound GSE team from Michigan, who are arriving next week. We have seen their program of visits and inspections, and it sure looks fabulous. They are going to have such a good time.
Arrangements are in place for the teams to meet, both informally and at a District dinner. We look forward to introducing our Michigan friends to a wide range of Australian beers and wines.
Arrangements are in place for the teams to meet, both informally and at a District dinner. We look forward to introducing our Michigan friends to a wide range of Australian beers and wines.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Michigan here we come!
See link below a map of the "handshake state" ready to be populated with locations and data for our upcoming visit--keep you posted!
Map Link
Map Link
Monday, February 4, 2008
Glad to be aboard!
I was excited to have been invited to post to the 9680 team's Blog. Our time here in Michigan is growing short and we are indeed looking forward to the "green grass" of 9680. By the time the team from down under arrives in Michigan we should begin seeing green grass here once again after a long winter.
We will look forward to reading about all of the preparations of the 9680 team and will eventually look forward to meeting the team in person.
G'day mates!
We will look forward to reading about all of the preparations of the 9680 team and will eventually look forward to meeting the team in person.
G'day mates!
Well, it has been raining cats and dogs here in Sydney, with more than the average February rainfall in just two or three days. Just the summer weather we have been waiting for, but gosh is everything so green!
Today, I have extended invitations to our colleagues in Michigan to join the blog: Governor Pam (DG Pam Harkema, D6310), the D6130 GSE co-ordinator for our team, Charlotte Davis, and the D6130 GSE team leader who is coming over to visit us, Jeff Leipprandt. For those readers who do not know about the D6130 GSE team who are coming to Sydney, you can read all about them at: http://6310gse.blogspot.com/
Judging from their recent blogs, the D6130 GSE team who are coming to Sydney have been practising beachwear in expectation of gorgeous days of sun and surf on the Northern Beaches or at the Central Coast. I presume it is something to do with long days spent at minus temperatures, cabin fever and mid-winter madness.
I have also asked some of my D9680 colleagues to join us. Ian Cameron is the D9680 GSE co-ordinator for the incoming Michigan team, and he features prominently on their blog (he knows how to do stuff). DGN John Cameron (no relation, but also a member of our Wahroonga club) is the D9680 GSE Chairman, and he will hopefully come on board as well.
Today, I have extended invitations to our colleagues in Michigan to join the blog: Governor Pam (DG Pam Harkema, D6310), the D6130 GSE co-ordinator for our team, Charlotte Davis, and the D6130 GSE team leader who is coming over to visit us, Jeff Leipprandt. For those readers who do not know about the D6130 GSE team who are coming to Sydney, you can read all about them at: http://6310gse.blogspot.com/
Judging from their recent blogs, the D6130 GSE team who are coming to Sydney have been practising beachwear in expectation of gorgeous days of sun and surf on the Northern Beaches or at the Central Coast. I presume it is something to do with long days spent at minus temperatures, cabin fever and mid-winter madness.
I have also asked some of my D9680 colleagues to join us. Ian Cameron is the D9680 GSE co-ordinator for the incoming Michigan team, and he features prominently on their blog (he knows how to do stuff). DGN John Cameron (no relation, but also a member of our Wahroonga club) is the D9680 GSE Chairman, and he will hopefully come on board as well.
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