Happy
birthday to OzVPM and all who sail in her.
The
work Andy has done with OzVPM has been fantastic and
thanks to Andy for coming over to see us 18 months
ago and challenge us to set up our own body for Volunteer
Managers. It was the inspiration (kick-up the backside)
we needed!
John
Ramsey, Chair
Association
of Volunteer Managers ( England )
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Congratulations
on your 5th Birthday!
Thank you for all the support and inspiration you
have given me over the past 3 years I have been in
touch with OzVPM.
The information and resources available have been
a valuable tool for my everyday work.
The online networking also provides a easy way to
keep in touch with what others are doing.
Well done, Enjoy the celebrations!
Bernadette
Reading
Volunteer Co-ordinator
The Cancer Council South Australia
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To
Andy and the Team
Congratulations
on turning 5! Thank you for inspiring, leading and
educating me through my Volunteer Manager journey.
Enjoy your birthday and revel in the success of OzVPM.
Michelle
Hodshon
Volunteer
Services Coordinator
City
of Salisbury
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Happy
5th Birthday to OzVPM!
All milestones like this need to be celebrated...May
their be many more to come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Colin Murdoch
Singles For Christ
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Happy birthday
OZVPM - great effort Andy
Almost
on a daily basis I refer people in community and government
agencies to the best website I know for volunteer
information
Like
I suspect many others I have not engaged with the
site and your Newsgroup but I do read and explore
often in my day to day work
Enjoy
"school" guys and don't let the 'system' knock out
your creativity as often happens to 5 year olds !!!!!
Roger
Tweedy
VPeople
Wellington,
NZ
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Happy
5th Birthday OzVPM!
Andy,
on behalf of the Melbourne City Network of Managers
of Volunteers I would like to congratulate you on
the work you have done. You keep us informed, motivated,
connected and professional.
Well
done and we all appreciate your support, encouragement,
inspirations and nurturing.
From
Judy Allen; on behalf of the Melbourne City Network
of Managers of Volunteers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Happy
Birthday from Nottinghamshire, England. As a subscriber
to OzVPM, it's always of interest to see the successes
you are achieving, the debates you are having and
the support you are giving to volunteer managers half
a world away.
Best wishes to all Australian volunteer managers/co-ordinators/whatever
job title you have!
Mike Gale
Partnerships Development Officer
Volunteering Nottinghamshire
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Five
years old - seems like OzVPM has been going much longer
than that. A great testimony to the great benefit
it has been to so many people. Well done to Andy and
the team. I look forward to seeing what the next 5
years holds
Peter
Heyworth
Manager
Lifeworks
Community Care Inc
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sending
enthusiastic birthday wishes to OzVPM & sincere
congratulations on 5 years of keeping the flag flying
and working so hard to provide ongoing encouragement
for all those in this profession.
Anne
M. Franzi-Ford J.P.
Manager
Volunteer Service
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Congratulations
and well done Andy and team! What a momentus achievement!
Hard to think it's only been 5 years. Ozvpm has
provided us all with the opportunity to share ideas
and initiatives across the world and it has been
an inspiration to many including myself. May you
continue to prosper along with our sector.
Donna
Amos
Secretary Australaisan Association of Volunteer
Administrators (AAVA)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Congratulations
Andy and OzVPM -what can I say but well done and
here's to the next five, ten, twenty etc years.
You have been such a role model and a wonderfully
supportive voice in what can seem like a lonely
isolated world of Volunteering.
Kate Munro
Community Education & Support Coordinator
Lifeline Newcastle & Hunter
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Happy
Birthday OzVPM! In the several jobs I have worked
over these five years, it is encouraging that OzVPM
is a resource that I can rely on and use within my
various roles. Keep up the great work Andy and most
importantly those who contribute to make OzVPM a huge
success.
Darren
Meechan-Ring
Projects
Coordinator
Carer
Support & Respite Centre
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Andy and OzVPM
have helped take support of volunteer managers in
Australia up to another level, assist the professionalisation
of volunteer management and inspired me to start my
own business. Thank you
Martin
J Cowling
People
First -Total Solutions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Congratulations
Andy and OzVPM for 5 successful years. Though the
years are few you have succeeded in more reaching
than a lifetime of achievements. We really appreciate
your connecting us to the rest of the volunteer world.
Lynne
Dalton
CEO
- The Centre for Volunteering, NSW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Congratulations
Andy and OzVPM on your achievements in the past five
years and continued success in the future. Happy Birthday! We
need more like you!!
Colleen
Thom
Program Manager - Volunteer Services
MS Society of NSW/VIC
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As
l am a new member of the ozVPM monthly newsletter
l find the information is interesting and helpful
for my Organisation.
Congratulations
on you 5th Birthday and the great job that you do.
Lisa
Bould
Outlook
Pakenham
Victoria
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Many
happy returns OzVPM
Thank
you for having the courage to start your organisation.
It
has proven to be soooooooooooooo helpful in focusing
attention on all that is relevant in our field. I
always feel so connected to others in Volunteer Management
when I am reading the news of the world through your
newsletter.
May
there be many more years of continued success.
Barbara
Zeller
Manager Volunteer Resources
DONCARE Community Services
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Happy
Birthday OzVPM,
Thanks for all the thought and work you have contributed
to our sector,
From the volunteer
Participation Team at the City of Casey Victoria.
Peter Cavanagh (Team Leader)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Congratulations
to OzVPM on celebrating their 5th birthday. Each month
I eagerly wait to read the new information and especially
enjoy the Hot Topic for the month. Many thanks and
my very best wishes for lots of happy days ahead!
Sue
Sue
Kobar
Christchurch,
NZ
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Happy
5th Birthday OzVPM. Around the globe those of us in
the field of volunteerism visit the site and use the
eGroup to help build our knowledge and catch a glimpse
into the exciting developments and situations those
of you in our field face 'down under'. A particular
congratulations to Andy Fryar who make such a valuable
contribution to our field and is a bloody nice bloke
as well
Rob
Jackson
Volunteering
England
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I
congratulate OzVPM on it's 5th birthday. This
site, nurtured so well by Andy Fryar, is a major
reason why Australia is on the cutting edge of
volunteering and volunteer management expertise.
Rick
Lynch
Seattle,
USA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Is
it really 5 years?
I was there at the birth (that
is, I had started my new career as a Volunteer Manager
by then) and it seems like yesterday!
Many happy returns to Andy and his friends at
OzVPM, who support all the volunteer managers in
Australia, who in turn support all those wonderful
volunteers who are the real heroes of our society!
As the (Jewish) saying goes, may you live to 120!
Judith Ohana
LinkAGE Program
Coordinator
Mater Hospital,
North Sydney
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What
a bright light you are in volunteerism. Thank you
for your continuing passion and efforts to keep
us on track and motivated.
Keep
on keeping on, we need OzVPM. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Clare
Doyle
Program
Manager
Community Visitors Scheme -
Multiple Sclerosis NSW/VIC
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Congratulations
Andy on your 5th birthday. I have enjoyed many benefits
over the past few years from being a member of the
OZVPM Message board. The information and support
that is provided by other members is to me priceless.
Information shared has helped me a great deal in
my current position as I work alone with the only
support coming from outside organisations etc.
I have had the great pleasure
of meeting you a few times and find you to be truly
inspirational.
So thanks once again for
all that you do, keep up the great work
Heather
Hurley
Volunteer
Coordinator
Fullarton
Lutheran Homes Inc.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Happy
Birthday - Keep up the great work
Christopher
Wainwright
Project
Officer: Communications & Audience Development
Arts
Access SA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Congratulations
on 5 years. Thanks for all of your great advice, resources
and stories, looking forward to at least another 5
years+.
Wide
Bay Volunteers - Queensland , Australia .
Garry
Slik - Manager
Wide Bay Volunteers Resource Association Inc
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Well
done Andy and to Ozvpm! Congratulations on your 5th
Birthday. Being from the UK, it's fascinating and
reassuring to receive news and to read the debates
going on down under - keep up the good work. Looking
forward to seeing you in the UK in November.
Sue Jones
Training Project Manager
Volunteer Centre Warrington
UK
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wow! Is
it 5 years already? Congratulations, Andy, on OzVPM's
pioneering effort to serve the volunteer community
of Australasia. More importantly, you have almost
single-handedly connected your part of the world with
all the rest of us out here! You demonstrate the
power of cyberspace to eliminate the barriers of time
and distance (and ways of speaking English!), while
building genuine relationships with colleagues you
touch virtually. Every good wish for continued and
growing success!
Susan
J Ellis
President,
Energize Inc
Philadelphia,
USA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Many
happy returns of the day, OzVPM! Congratulations on
the invaluable work that you have done to date supporting
volunteering in Australia and beyond, and a personal
thank you to OzVPM Founder, Andy Fryar: it's been
great working with you since OzVPM was 'born' and
here's to many more years working together...
Allie
Wall
CSV
Consulting Projects Manager
London,
England
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Congratulations
OzVPM!
Hey,
Andy, congratulations on your fifth birthday! Your
accomplishments have been remarkable as Ozvpm has
grown into one of the most important resources on
volunteerism in the world. You should be proud of
what you're contributing to volunteerism and volunteer
program management not only in Australia , but internationally
as well.
I
took a peak at stages of childhood development and
here's what the experts say about 5-year-olds:
Five-year-olds
are cheerful, energetic, and enthusiastic. They
enjoy planning, and spend a great deal of time discussing
who will do what. They especially enjoy dramatic
play, usually with other children. Five-year-olds
are more sensitive to the needs and feelings of
others around them. It is less difficult for them
to wait for a turn or to share toys and material.
"Best friends" become very important.
National
Network For Childcare
http://www.nncc.org/Child.Dev/ages.stages.5y.phpl
So,
here's what we expect in the near future:
-
continued cheerfulness, energy and enthusiasm since
you've demonstrated those in abundance over all
of these last five years.
-
lots of new ideas and projects in collaboration
with your hundreds and hundreds of friends and collaborators
and supporters
-
continued responsiveness to the needs of managers
of volunteers and volunteerism in Australia and
beyond since you already do this so very well
-
even more great "stuff" to be shared with all of
us through OzVPM
Finally,
you've already got loads of "best friends" cause you're
such a great guy, and I'm delighted to be counted
among them.
All
best wishes for another five, and another five and
another ....
Linda
Graff
LINDA
GRAFF AND ASSOCIATES
Canada
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Happy
5th birthday to OzVPM. I know of no other website
in Australia that provides such pertinent information
for Volunteer Program Managers. OzVPM has been both
a friend and a guide for those of us in this profession
who aspire to keep abreast of current and changing
trends in volunteer management. Over the last 5 years
the monthly Hot Topic as well as the discussions on
the newsgroup has helped facilitate debate and engagement
within the sector. Time and again OzVPM has led the
way and has provided a forum for those within the
sector to have our say. Volunteer Management will
not advance in any meaningful direction unless ideas
and innovations come from within. OzVPM has demonstrated
its commitment to the sector with its dedicated allegiance
to International Volunteer Managers Appreciation Day,
the Australasian Retreat for Advanced Volunteer Management
and the fledgling Volunteer Administrator Award of
Excellence.
Thank
you OzVPM for keeping the flag flying for 5 years
and I am confident that the site will only get stronger,
more dynamic and will continue to move the sector
forward with the collaborative voices of those of
us who have a passion for our profession. Congratulations
on reaching this milestone!
DJ
Cronin
President
Australasian Association for Volunteer Administrators
Brisbane,
Australia
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Happy
Birthday OzVPM! Congratulations on reaching five years
of connecting, resourcing and supporting volunteerism
professionals. Here's to many more years of continuing
the excellent job you are doing both nationally and
internationally.
Fraser
Dyer
My Working Life
London, UK
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ode
to 5 Years...
5
years of professional support
5
years of up-to-date resources about volunteering
5
years of finally being linked to others working in
the field
5
years of access to the best bookstore in town.
And,
5 years of great Hot Topics.
Well
Done OzVPM for being one of the first in Australasia
to offer all this and much, much more.
Gillian
Wilson
The
Alfred
Melbourne,
Victoria
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Congratulations
to Ozvpm for arriving at its 5th birthday and particular
congratulations to Andy Fryar for having the foresight
to create an online space where ideas and resources
can be uploaded and shared for the benefit of the
Australian volunteer sector and which can also be
accessed by our overseas colleagues to ensure we all
learn from one another.
Kerrie
Spinks
Bathurst
Australia
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