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BRANCH news VICTORIA

Fun, food, frivolity and friendly competition!

The Welcome to 2014 social event held on 28 February was a great success! The event was an opportunity to consume delicious food, relax on a Friday night and most of all, network and socialise with other Victorian Branch members through a variety of activities. The night began with a drink on arrival and an introduction about the aims of the ICP2014 by Jo Wood from National Office. A human scavenger hunt was then played, in which participants had to find someone at the event who

fit set descriptions, such as “someone who has completed a marathon”. It was a great opportunity to socialise and better know the breadth of people who make up our wonderful profession. The competitive nature of speech pathologists came to the fore in the next activity, when participants were split into six groups and asked to generate as many 4+ letter words as possible from the nine letters provided. In the spirit of being communication specialists, the nine letter word was etymological, meaning “pertaining to history of the origin of words”. The winning team compiled over 65 words. A big thank you to the other members of the organising committee; Jane-Elise Healey, Gillian Dickman, Pam Thuan and Jo Wood for the many hours that went into making this event such a success. We look forward to the Branch’s next social event! Charmaine Tu Vice Chair, Vic Branch Getting to know each other: Left photo, Renee Townson, Tamara Lay, Phaedra Papachatzi and Nyssa Johnson; Right photo, Emina McLean, Sharon Gill, Jenni Oates, Janine Standen, Keryn Wells and Rachel McDermott.

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