Manager's Report

by Phinn Borg

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This is Phinn Borg. Many of you will know me already; I've been working at the Gender Centre for the last nine years in various staff positions.

While Elizabeth is on leave, I will be Acting General Manager.

Over the next year there will be lots of new and exciting things happening at the Centre. There will be more health workshops targeting both F.T.M. and M.T.F. about their specific health needs. We are starting to work closely with the Livingstone Road Health Centre and will be having regular contributions to Polare from the nurses. If you have specific medical questions that we cannot answer, we will be happy to pass them on to Dr. Lynne Wray or refer you to the nurses there.

We invite you and your friends to the Annual Gender Centre Ball, "Frolic 2006". Everyone is welcome, so please join us for a three-course sit-down meal, entertainment and raffle prize. There will be prizes for best costumes. Tickets cost just $25. It would be great to have everyone gather together at the end of the year, to celebrate and share their stories in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. This year we are holding the ball at a new venue, the Tempe Motor Boat Club, on the river bank at Tempe. Ticket sales to date have been very slow. I suggest that you buy your tickets in the next two or three weeks. If we don't have support from the community then we will have to cancel the event. Tickets are not for sale at the door. We suggest you contact us closer to the date to see if the event is still going ahead.

I'd like to thank Sean Taylor who recently resigned and wish him the best of luck in his new job. The position of Case Manager has been advertised and we look forward to welcoming a new worker to the Centre.

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