<div dir="auto">Margaret<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Congratulations on your retirement and your achievements with RNLD and DRIL over these many years. Your work has had a large impact nationally and the effects will be felt for many years to come.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best wishes for your new life.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Peter</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 12 Jul 2017 02:27, "Margaret Florey" <<a href="mailto:mflorey@rnld.org">mflorey@rnld.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a name="m_-3163226798911933216__GoBack"></a><span lang="EN-US">Dear RNLDers,</span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">It's time to say goodbye! This is the final
day of work for me at RNLD as I'm about to commence my retirement.</span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">It has been a great privilege to have
worked with RNLD for the past nine years since I was first awarded Federal
Government funding in 2009 to develop the Documenting and Revitalising
Indigenous Languages (DRIL) training program. It was a long-held dream to create
a </span></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">training model </span></span></font> </span></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">and </span></span></font>program that could support the wishes of Aboriginal and
Islander people to develop and control all aspects of their own language
programs themselves. It has been exciting and extremely rewarding to bring this
dream to fruition and to see the DRIL program flourish in such a short time.</span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Up to this point, we have run 130 Flexible
DRIL workshops, trained over 600 Indigenous people from all Australian states
and territories, and supported 147 separate Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander languages. We have also developed and piloted our nationally accredited Certificate II in
Master-Apprentice Language Learning Program and Certificate III in Aboriginal
Languages for Communities and Workplaces, and delivered six Professional
Development workshops.</span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">I am proud to be leaving RNLD in a strong
position with a great team of trainers and office staff. RNLD will continue to
serve Indigenous communities across Australia and to reach out internationally
to people who are keenly involved in language revitalisation activities, while
also growing and developing in new directions.</span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Such achievements can only occur with the
support of many other people. In parting, my heartfelt thanks go foremost to all of
the language warriors around Australia who have taken part in our training
workshops. You have not only placed your trust in us but have also
shared your knowledge with us and have been central to the development of our training
model and our programs. I am very grateful to our energetic staff (both present
and past) who bring passion and skills to all of our activities, the ILA
funding program, partner organisations, and all of you in Australia and
internationally who connect with us and contribute to RNLD's mission. <br></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Every
moment has brought me joy!</span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">best wishes,</span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Margaret</span></span></font></p>
<font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br></span></font><div class="m_-3163226798911933216gmail-m_6095268312873721362gmail-m_-3869836020920436843gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dr Margaret Florey<br>RNLD founder and DRIL Director<br>Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity<br><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I am usually available in the office Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays except when I am travelling to deliver DRIL training workshops<a rel="nofollow" href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/9OVEB1S9v1wxum?domain=t.co" dir="ltr" title="http://itstopswithme.humanrights.gov.au/" target="_blank"><span></span></a><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><br>Contact details</b><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>ph: <a href="tel:%2803%29%209077%209500" value="+61390779500" target="_blank">+61 (03) 9077-9500</a>
(office)<br>mob: <a href="tel:0488%20086%20031" value="+61488086031" target="_blank">0488 086 031</a><br>skype: RNLDorg<br><br></span></font><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Postal address</b><br>Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity<br>
Box 9<br>
19-21 Argyle Place South<br>
Carlton, Victoria 3053<br>
Australia<br></span></font></div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br><b>Street address</b><br>Suite 3, Level 1<br>19-21 Argyle Place South<br>Carlton, Victoria 3053</span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/lqm9BzfapGqVUq?domain=rnld.org" target="_blank">www.rnld.org</a><br>ABN 24 215 634 040<br><br><span><i><img src="https://docs.google.com/a/rnld.org/uc?id=0B-O347lAOK83bkdOZUVQaVJTVW8&export=download" width="96" height="86"><br>RNLD proudly supports the <b><span style="color:rgb(204,0,0)"><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/z4n0BMSl7wMbc0?domain=racism.it" target="_blank">Racism.it</a> stops with me</span> </b>campaign </i><br></span><br><span><span><span><span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/rNKkB3t1Nr5Ms0?domain=itstopswithme.humanrights.gov.au" target="_blank">itstopswithme.humanrights.gov.<wbr>au</a></span></span></span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/9OVEB1S9v1wxum?domain=t.co" dir="ltr" title="http://itstopswithme.humanrights.gov.au/" target="_blank"><span><b> </b></span></a></span><br><b>ItStopsWithMe</b><br><br>I
pay my respects and acknowledgments to all Traditional Custodians on
whose land I live, work and travel through<br></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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