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Reconciliation Australia
 
 
  Introduction

Welcome to our February edition of the RAP eNews.  Today we’re announcing the National Reconciliation Week theme for 2010, encouraging you to fill out our RAP Satisfaction Survey and inviting our NSW RAPpers to a workshop in Sydney.

CALLING ALL RAPpers!  We need your feedback in our annual RAP Satisfaction Survey.  Closing at the end of February, this survey is important in helping us to develop tailored tools, advice and engagement activities for you.  It will only take 5 – 10 minutes of your time and your feedback will guide us on servicing you!  Visit
http://survey.reconciliation.org.au/index.php?sid=39622&lang=en and follow the instructions to participate in the survey.

  What do you need to know?

In this section:

  • RAP workshops: Sydney
  • Q&A: The Apology to the Stolen Generations (revised)
  • RAP profile - Planning Institute of Australia


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  Hot Tips

Drafting Tip
Read the diverse RAPs on the RA website and learn from other RAPpers, particularly those who have developed a RAP using the RAP template.

Implementation Tip
Take lots of photos and keep a journal of the planned and unplanned outcomes (good and bad) of your RAP.

Report and Refresh Tip
Focus on lessons learnt, most significant changes and transformation when reporting.


  RAP News
 In this section:
  • Closing the Gap
  • National Reconciliation Week theme announced!
  • From good intentions into action that works: measuring the contribution of reconciliation actions in closing the gap
  • Contact screening on ABC

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  RAP Admin

RAP Chat in Reconciliation News
If you’ve launched your RAP, or have an exciting story from the development, implementation or report and refresh of your RAP, send us an email!  We’d love to cover it in Reconciliation News, our hard copy newsletter that is circulated to 40,000 people across the country.

Photos and stories are always welcome and we can also promote them through our website.  Send your stories and high resolution pictures to Brooke Pettit, our Relationship Manager – Engagement, at brooke.pettit@reconciliation.org.au.

Local connectedness through RAP workshops
Please consider inviting staff from your organisation to RAP workshops in their local community.  For example, Melbourne and Sydney headquartered organisations should encourage staff in other locations to be aware of and attend workshops in Darwin, Adelaide and Perth.  This enables local connections with Aboriginal organisations and other RAPpers to help implement your actions effectively.

Update your contact information and organisation details
To help us service you better, we need to have updated information about your organisation.  If you need to update your organisation’s contact information for our database, please email Michael Ahearn, our Information Officer, at
michael.ahearn@reconciliation.org.au
 

  Who's who in the RAP Team
Adam Mooney, RAP Director, adam.mooney@reconciliation.org.au
Christine King, Relationship Manager – Agency,
christine.king@reconciliation.org.au
Brooke Pettit, Relationship Manager – Engagement,
brooke.pettit@reconciliation.org.au
Paul Paulson, Relationship Manager – Direct,
paul.paulson@reconciliation.org.au
Rosie Southwood, RAP Adviser – Corporate,
rosie.southwood@reconciliation.org.au
Jo Victoria, RAP Adviser – Corporate,
jo.victoria@reconciliation.org.au
Jane Magnus, RAP Adviser – Quality and Development,
jane.magnus@reconciliation.org.au
Grant Paulson, RAP Adviser – Higher Education and State Reconciliation Councils,
grant.paulson@reconciliation.org.au
Michele Abel, RAP Adviser – Schools,
michele.abel@reconciliation.org.au  
Kerrie Nelson, RAP Adviser – Government,
kerrie.nelson@reconciliation.org.au
Caitlin Buxton, RAP Adviser – Community,
caitlin.buxton@reconciliation.org.au
Michael Ahearn, Information Officer,
michael.ahearn@reconciliation.org.au

RAP agents
Jenny McGuire, RAP adviser - WA State Government,
Jenny.McGuire@dia.wa.gov.au