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STAY CONNECTED
CENTRAL OFFICE NEWSLETTER
Hi Everyone I'm Judy Harris, I was the President of Harbourside North for three years and I am still the convenor of Hunters Hill U3A group U3A Sydney held a special meeting by teleconference on Wednesday April 1 and discussed the following issues: We had to notify the Department of Fair Trading to cancel the AGM and will notify our members of the changes as soon as we become aware. The purpose of the meeting was to accept the resignations of existing Board of Management members and appoint the new members and to confirm and approve the extension of membership for 100 days. Barbara Boston resigned and I wish to thank her for her 3-year leadership as president. Thank you Barbara you did a great job. The management committee then appointed myself together with Anne Richardson as VP Education. Anne will do an article in a later newsletter. Dianne Ekert has been appointed VP Public Relations an important role in these tyring times keeping the communication channels going
As from Barbara's report we have had important changes over the last three years and now we must all try and keep the U3A spirit alive and keep moving forward between us. For the next few weeks/months things will be different and we will come out the other side. Please keep in contact with neighbours, members and friends and we will all come through this. The Management team will meet shortly to understand and promote the online processes we can all use, Three weeks ago I had never heard of Zoom but we can all learn. Our Newsletter will come to you regularly with articles; news and stories from some of our wonderful presenters and letting you know what is online for your enjoyment and education. If you know of any friends or neighbours who don’t have Internet access, could you please print off a copy of our newsletter and put it in their mailbox. As I don't know many of you I thought it appropriate to tell you a little about myself. I came into U3A after retiring from a long career in fundraising, firstly working for the National Heart Foundation, then out to the Children's Hospital Westmead, Calvary Hospital at Kogarah for a couple of years, and then St Joseph's College Hunters Hill, a mere woman in a very male dominated environment. I learnt a lot. Next I went to Roseville College and then to the "San", Sydney Adventist Hospital to run their Foundation. I did go back to Children's Hospital for another year before I retired. I have been a Justice of Peace for about 25 years, normally doing three days a month at Sydney Town Hall - that has been cancelled too. Personally, I have two wonderful sons one living in Hong Kong with my 2-year old granddaughter Helena and they are expecting twins in about August. I was going over to HK for Easter but not now, maybe later this year - to be determined I look forward to the time we can meet at U3A events but for now - Stay indoors, Stay safe, Stay connected Judy Harris President U3A Sydney [email protected]
JUDY HARRIS SYDNEY U3A PRESIDENT
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Dolor Sit Amet CHANGES TO BOARD OF MANAGEMENT AS AT APRIL 1, 2020 BOM (Executive + Regional Presidents) Executive President Judy Harris 0447 194 510 [email protected] VP Education Anne Richardson [email protected] VP Public Relations Dianne Ekert 0419 245 756 [email protected] Treasurer Ivona Kadlec 0438 529 915 [email protected] Administration Manager Lynda Cronshaw 0411 041 537 [email protected] Secretary Vacant [email protected] Regions – Presidents City & Inner West - Jennifer Waldron [email protected] Eastern - Warwick Mayne-Wilson [email protected] Endeavour - President Vacant Harbourside North - Michael Suckling [email protected] Greater Western – Colin Smith [email protected] Northern Beaches - Rosemary McCulloch [email protected] Upper North – Grahame Marr gwmarr1@bigpondcom
BOM IS SUPPORTED BY SKILLED & DECIDCATED OFFICE VOLUNTEERS PLUS IT AND WEB PROFESSIONALS AND AN EDITOR IT Co-ordinator Stuart Cummings - co-ordinates the inter-operation between the MyU3A system and Central Office
IT Operations Floyd Patterson - manages office computers, peripherals, internet and phone systems Web Editor John Hepworth – develops and maintains the website Editor Keith Crowe – edits the course book [email protected] THE SECRETARY POSITION IS VACANT Like all U3A roles, this role is voluntary. The secretary’s main tasks are: • Organise meetings including the AGM • Issue agendas, take and distribute
minutes of the BOM Meetings • Attend to correspondence • Assist in managing insurances • In conjunction with the Office Manager
develop and manage physical and electronic filing systems
• Act as Public Officer. The role of the public officer takes delivery of documents served on Sydney U3A and ensures compliance to relevant State Government Legislations.
The volunteer who has been filling this role is willing to act as an assistant and help a new secretary settle in. If you have relevant secretarial or management experience and are interested or require additional information contact Judy Harris, President by emailing [email protected]
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Dolor Sit Amet RESPONSE The response to the first volume of Staying Connected has been overwhelming. It underpins that Sydney U3A is one very special organisation with very special members – caring, skilled individuals dedicated to the concept of lifelong learning – we share, grow, socialise and have passion - we’ve got it all. If we Stay Connected throughout this insidious pandemic, Sydney U3A will emerge in tact and much stronger for the experience. We’re all volunteers and we’re all giving 100% to ensure U3A longevity. Thanks all for your positive thoughts. Emmanuel Zarbuk has volunteered to provide trivia questions for us. These will be published from time-to-time. A couple are in this volume. I was so happy to receive Emmanuel’s offer, as the time I spent googling free stuff and formatting from the web to the newsletter was time consuming. Sandra Sadler leader Fun Problem Solving to keep our minds active has also provided us with a couple of puzzles. MEMBERSHIP Membership for all financial members has been extended by 100 days. If the embargo continues it will be reviewed. This means that when your renewal date becomes due that 100 days will be added. Example: Your membership renewal is April 1, 2020 but when the 100 days are added your membership renewal date becomes July 9, 2020
FROM OUR ADMIN MANAGER, LYNDA CRONSHAW For the time being Sydney U3A Central Office has been relocated to my spare bedroom! (temporary move only). From my spare bedroom, I am monitoring all emails and voicemails, will return all calls and can also process any U3A credit card subscriptions. As long as restrictions permit, I am going into the office on a weekly basis to collect and process any postal payments and to print off and mail new member cards. Stay Connected – Lynda WARNING Scammers abound! Beware
As the structure of the BOM has changed, it is likely that those unscrupulous individuals who regularly send emails to members asking them to purchase gift cards will use the opportunity to send emails (supposedly) from our new president.
DO NOT OPEN THESE EMAILS –
DELETE THEM
Scamming is increasing and there is a general warning issued by the government to how scammers work and the various type of scams. Check out the informative government’s website: https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/types-of-scams/attempts-to-gain-your-personal-information/phishing
SUPPLIED COURTESY OF SANDRA SADLER LEADER FUN PROBLEM SOLVING TO KEEP OUR MINDS ACTIVE UPPER NORTH REGION (Thank you Sandra) A security door needs a six-digit code to open it. * All the digits add to 31 * One of the digits is zero * The sum of the 5th and 1st digits is 13 * The 1st digit is one bigger than the 2nd digit * The 4th digit is the square of the second digit * The final digit is smaller than the first. What is the code? If you were given the task of writing 100 numbers with the following rules, what would be the hundredth number? * the first two numbers are 21 and 9 * each subsequent number is the difference of the previous two numbers (larger minus the smaller number) so: 21, 9, 12, …………….. COPIED FROM FREE REBUS (PUZZLES TO PRINT)
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Dolor Sit Amet Toni Rycroft, a member of the Greater Western region’s Storytellers Parramatta has sent us another of her great poems. Members will recall that Toni was recruited to write a poem for the NSW Government’s Department of Communities and Justice suitable for use on the department’s social media website in the lead up to Grandparents’ Day last year.
CORONAVIRUS- A CALL TO ARMS The dreaded ‘Rona has us in its thrall; Everybody, Uncle Tom Cobley and all But we seniors are made of very stern stuff And we will prevail; we will call its bluff.
We’ll obey government guidelines as they’ve been set; No visiting or hosting guests as yet... We’ll wash our hands, we won’t touch our faces, We’ll stay well away from our old favourite places.
We’ll bravely smile and come up with jokes To email, WhatsApp and message to folks; We’ll reassure our loved ones that we’re okay And we’ll really mean it... it’s the very best way. We WILL get through this, and we’ll care for each other, Ask for help and bury our pride; Who’s with me? You are? That’s great to hear! Now hop on... it’ll be quite a ride! Oh... and PS, all you good friends of mine; BEWARE OF FAKE NEWS...you can check how online And by performing this relatively simple act You’ll successfully separate fiction from fact. Toni Rycroft © Geography 1 What are the Capital Cities of? 1.1 Paraguay 1.2 Ukraine
1.3 Switzerland 2 What are the former names of?
2.1 Zaire 2.2 Sri Lanka 2.3 Myanmar Sport 3.1 Where were the Summer Olympic Games in 1960? 3.2 Name a white man who won 100m sprint since 1956 3.3 Who won Men's 1500m gold swim in Atlanta in 1996 3.4 and Women's 400m gold athletics in Tokyo in 1964 4 R Federer has recently won 20 Grand Slams. Name 3 other tennis players to achieve this? (Hint: All women) 5 Country that won the Football World Cup in 2018 2014 6 Name the number 1 female tennis player at 31 Dec 20
Wash your hands often for at least 20 seconds.
Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.
Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects.
Stay home if you are sick.
Contact a health worker if you have symptoms; fever and a dry cough are most common.
DON’T touch your face.
A sample of Emmanuel’s trivia questions – more next volume
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Answers to Quick Crossword Volume 1 Stay Connected
OUR COLOUR BAND VALUES
KINGFISHER = SHARING - We share our knowledge GREEN = GROWING – Together we grow our minds
YELLOW = SOCIALISING – We interact and connect with others RED = PASSION – Our passion is for education
A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle in and of itself. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/may/03/how-to-solve-cryptic-crossword
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S O C I A L F E S S E D U PE O S C L E I HA D U L T H O O D C R O K IM R L N E R R LA S S E N T E R E R A T O
U E A T M SN E S T S C T A L A M OI C A T C H E R PV E N U E S I Y O U T HE I P R K YR O A S T O L D T I M E RS G I F A N L AI S A A C T I G H T N E S ST R A H E R L HY E A R L I E S C O M E D Y
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CENTRAL OFFICE IS CURRENTLY CLOSED DUE TO COVID-19
STAY CONNECTED Volume 2 Issued April 5 2020 Written by Dianne Ekert, Published by Stuart Cummings
Answers to Cryptic Crossword Volume 1 Stay Connected
https://www.lifehack.org/374975/science-explains-why-crossword-puzzles-are-good-for-your-mental-health Are crosswords good for our mental health?
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ANSWERS TO GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ – VOLUME 1 STAY CONNECTED 1. What does USB stand for when used to describe the connection standard used between computers and smartphones and their devices? Universal Serial Bus
2. ‘Zr’ is the symbol for which chemical element? Zirconium 3. In which modern-day country was the physicist and chemist Marie Curie born? Poland
4. Which is the largest internal organ in the human body? Liver
5. Which type of creature is a Barramundi? Fish
6. Which geological era came first: Mesozoic, Paleozoic or Cenozoic? Paleozoic (Ended around 248 million years ago, Mesozoic ended around 65 million years ago and Cenozoic began around 65 million years ago and continues to the present)
7. In which century was Sir Isaac Newton born? 17th century (born in 1643)
8. What was the first name of the American astronomer after whom the Hubble telescope was named? Edwin (Edwin Hubble)
9. Bill Gates is famous for being one of the founders of Microsoft, but who was the other co-founder? Paul Allen
10. How many wings does a mosquito have? Two
11. Who is the father of the atomic bomb? Robert Oppenheimer 12. Which natural substance is the hardest? Diamond
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ANSWERS TO TRIVIA QUIZZ PAGE 5 THIS VOLUME Geography 1 What are the Capital Cities of? 1.1 Paraguay Asuncion 1.2 Ukraine Kiev
1.3 Switzerland Bern 2 What are the former names of?
2.1 Zaire Belgain Congo 2.2 Sri Lanka Ceylon 2.3 Myanmar Burma Sport 3.1 Where was the Summer Olympic Games in1960 Rome? 3.2 Name a white man who won 100m sprint since 1956 A Hari (1960) 3.3 Who won Men's 1500m gold swim in Atlanta in 1996 K Perkins 3.4 and Women's 400m gold athletics in Tokyo in 1964 B Cuthbert 4 R Federer has recently won 20 Grand Slams. M Court Name 3 other tennis players to achieve this? S Graff (Hint: All women) S Williams 5 Country that won the Football World Cup in 2018 France 2014 Germany 6 Name the number 1 female tennis player at 31 Dec 2 Ash Barty
STAY HEALTHY STAY HAPPY STAY CONNECTED STAY DISTANCED
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES ON PAGE 4 THIS VOLUME PUZZLE 1 436990 PUZZLE 2 Pattern is (21,9,12) (3,9,6) (3,3,0) (3,3,0) (3,3,0) ………… 100 is the first member in a three series so the hundredth number is 3. ANSWERS TO REBUS ON PAGE 4 THIS VOLUME 1. Adding Insult to injury 6. No one to blame
2. A Bit under the weather 7. Yellow Belly
3. The ball is in your court 8. Take from the rich and give to the poor
4. Let the cat out of the bag 9. Three blind mice
5. Beat around the bush 10. A green eyed monster
