Thank you Chris for taking all the notes for the evening for Peter.

Secretary 1. Thank you letter from MPS Libraries coordinator regarding spinner/books 2. Advise AGM 29/113. Advise Board meeting 25/104. Cup Day will again be at the Booth's - invitations to be issued this weekend. Geoff Taylor Construction of the uprights and trusses for the Main Ridge Bowls & Petanque Club completed last Saturday and delivered to site. Build will be on Saturday 27/10 with Geoff and Harry there on the 24/10 to prepare. Tony Viney1. Update on raffle and arrangements with Mornington Mazda - unlikely tickets will be available for Halloween2. Market and BBQ roster for 24/11 and general update on market (around 33 stallholder EOI's with 5 confirmed) Greg Fitz All full steam ahead for Halloween - need confirmation of members available for Halloween next Thursday - day and night shifts. Also recommended to the Board that the weekly meeting scheduled for the 1/11 be cancelled Mark Long Confirmed we have first applicant for RYPEN and that 9810 have offered all their promotional material for us to use. This is now being converted by David Button to 9820 info. Lotto won by Col Byatt
Guest Speaker
David Splinter runs the Asylum Seeker Centre in Dandenong. Following 32 years working for Telstra he retired and starting looking for constructive volunteer work and through his Church association started with the Centre. The Centre operates an Opportunity Shop and also a food distribution network for registered families. The food is provided by Church associations in conjunction with supermarkets. To use the services of the Centre each family is interviewed and registered.
David explained the difference between a refugee and an asylum seeker. A refugee primarily enters Australia through an application via an offshore refugee camp and on arrival receives Federal assistance, can obtain employment with permanent resident classification. An asylum seeker enters the country illegally (?) and is allowed in Australia via offshore detention camps but has no permanent status and is not allowed to work. As a consequence they can be returned to the camps or be offered limited residency in rural locations up to 5 years or metropolitan locations for 3 years. As a result even though they may have resided in Australia for some years they could be returned to the offshore camps for assessment. David gave us a number of examples of families whose children have been educated in Australia are still liable for return to the camps.
It was a very interesting and on occasions confusing presentation - not because of David but trying to understand the system.

Chris.