<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Margaret Florey</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mflorey@rnld.org">mflorey@rnld.org</a>></span><br>Date: 19 December 2014 at 15:00<br>Subject: [RNLD] RNLD end of year message to members<br>To: RNLD list <<a href="mailto:r-n-l-d@unimelb.edu.au">r-n-l-d@unimelb.edu.au</a>><br>Cc: Stephen Morey <<a href="mailto:s.morey@latrobe.edu.au">s.morey@latrobe.edu.au</a>>, Jenny Green <<a href="mailto:jag@unimelb.edu.au">jag@unimelb.edu.au</a>>, Paul Paton <<a href="mailto:ppaton@vaclang.org.au">ppaton@vaclang.org.au</a>>, Bikram Chatterjee <<a href="mailto:bikram_chatterjee2002@yahoo.co.in">bikram_chatterjee2002@yahoo.co.in</a>>, Julie Warren <<a href="mailto:julielwarren@icloud.com">julielwarren@icloud.com</a>>, Knut Olawsky <<a href="mailto:info@mirima.org.au">info@mirima.org.au</a>>, Alice Gaby <<a href="mailto:Alice.Gaby@monash.edu">Alice.Gaby@monash.edu</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr">
<p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Dear members,</span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>This has been another very
busy and extremely successful year for the DRIL Training Program. Through this
year, 194 people took part in 40 DRIL training workshops that we ran in 20
training locations across all states and territories. 50 Aboriginal languages
are being supported by the people who took part in these workshops. We also ran
two intensive professional development workshops with fourteen Indigenous
language activists in January and November. These workshops </span><span>strengthened the participants' language documentation and
revitalisation skills, and built their capacity to become trainers and share
their skills with other people in their families, communities and workplaces.</span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>We have already planned a busy training
schedule for the first half of 2015 and we are hoping to bring the Professional
Development trainees back together mid-year for an intensive follow-up workshop
to develop their skills further.</span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Through the year, our membership base
has also grown substantially. Along with the </span><span>142 formal members of RNLD, we now have 2135 Facebook followers and</span><span> </span><span>935 followers of our
Twitter feed. We are very grateful to all of the support and encouragement that
our followers give us. Just this past week, we were thrilled by the support
that </span><span>The Ling Space gave us when they sponsored
RNLD in Project for Awesome 2014. On Wednesday night, the University of
Melbourne Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Postgraduate Club held a
fundraising Linguistic Trivia night, the proceeds of which have been donated to
RNLD to allow us to buy a Zoom H1 recorder and accessory set for a Community
Language Worker.</span><span></span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>We are also very excited to be
finishing the year with the news that we have been offered additional funding
from our ILS Funding Agency to run further professional development workshops
in 2015. With this funding, we hope we will also be able to begin training with
some of the groups on our waiting list.</span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>RNLD is now closing for two weeks so
that we can relax and re-energise for the year ahead. We wish you all a very
happy and peaceful festive season, and we look forward to continuing our work
with you all in the new year.</span></span></font></p>
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>warm regards,</span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<span>Margaret</span>
and all the RNLD staff</span></font><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Dr Margaret Florey<br>DRIL Director<br>Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity<br><br>ph: <a href="tel:%2B61%20%2803%29%209041-5474" value="+61390415474" target="_blank">+61 (03) 9041-5474</a>
(office)<br>mob: 0488 086 031<br>skype: RNLDorg<br>Suite 1107, 530 Little Collins Street<br>Melbourne, Victoria 3000<br><br><a href="http://www.rnld.org" target="_blank">www.rnld.org</a><br>ABN 24 215 634 040<br></div></div></div></div></div>
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