eNewsletters

Following are the Telopea67—Reunion07 eNewsletters that have been sent to former students' email addresses. If you missed a newsletter you will find it here. The newsletters are presented in reverse order to when they were sent.

eNewsletter 10 — 31st October 2007

40 Year Reunion – last chance to book!
Bookings for the TPHS Class of '67 40 Year Reunion close in one week! If you have previously indicated your support for the Reunion or said that you would be attending please confirm NOW. If you are unable to attend or have decided not to attend please inform us so we don't appear to be pestering you. You can email us on: admin@telopea67.org.

Bookings are made by going to the 'Book now' page on the website, completing and submitting the online form. It is important to submit the form as it notifies Telopea67 Admin how you intend to pay for the Reunion Dinner; it creates an automatic email confirming your details; records this information in a log file, some of which will be used to create a 'Name Tag' for the event; and, the confirmation notice is used to update the 'Who's coming' page on the website. No personal banking details are requested on the form. The available options to make payment are:
1. direct deposit into the TPHS Class of '67 Reunion account
2. sending a cheque or money order to Telopea67
3. depositing cash into the TPHS Class of '67 Reunion account

Once you submit the form please make the payment by your nominated method promptly so records can be matched. Cash cannot be accepted and all transactions must be finalised by Wednesday 7th November. This way, we can guarantee numbers as required by the venue. Thanks to those who got in early and confirmed their attendance.

Reunion plans
The Reunion will begin at 6.00pm on Saturday 17th November meeting on the steps of the School Assembly Hall for a 'class' photo. Afterwards, we will make our way to the National Room at the National Press Club, 16 National Circuit, Barton for a Reunion Dinner commencing at 7.00pm. Pre-dinner drinks with hors d'oeuvres will be followed by a three-course buffet dinner. Details of the beverages and dinner menu are posted on the website.

The cost of the Reunion Dinner is $92 per person. Please consider inviting your partner to accompany you as they would be most welcome.

A Sunday Brunch will be held at the Pangaea Restaurant and Bar in Manuka commencing at 11.00am. Pangaea is on the site of the former Tosolini's Restaurant. Bookings are not necessary although it would be good to know if you will be attending. Once again, partners are most welcome.

Telopea Park School Fęte
The Telopea Park School will be holding its annual fęte on Saturday 3rd November between 3.00 and 7.30pm. Over fifty stalls have been confirmed including 21 food and beverage stalls. More details are available from the P&C website or a brochure in PDF format can be emailed to you if you request it from admin@telopea67.org. The Telopea Fęte is a well-organised and popular event so why not come along and support the school's fund-raising activities.

Telopea67 has been invited by the fęte organisers to display the website at a Telopea Heritage stand. If you plan to attend the fęte please drop by the big blue tent and say hello.

eNewsletter 9 — 24th October 2007

40 Year Reunion – book now!
Bookings for the TPHS Class of '67 40 Year Reunion close in two weeks. If you haven't confirmed your attendance please do so now and don't miss out. If you have decided not to attend please inform us by email: admin@telopea67.org.

Bookings are made by going to the 'Book now' page on the website, completing and submitting the online form. It is important to submit the form as it notifies Telopea67 Admin how you intend to pay for the Reunion Dinner; it creates an automatic email confirming your details; records this information in a log file, some of which will be used to create a 'Name Tag' for the event; and, the confirmation notice is used to update the 'Who's coming' page on the website. No personal banking details are requested on the form. The available options to make payment are:
1. direct deposit into the TPHS Class of '67 Reunion account
2. sending a cheque or money order to Telopea67
3. depositing cash into the TPHS Class of '67 Reunion account

Once you submit the form please make the payment by your nominated method promptly so records can be matched. Cash cannot be accepted and all transactions must be finalised by Wednesday 7th November. This way, we can guarantee numbers as required by the venue. Thanks to those who got in early and confirmed their attendance.

Telopea Park School Fęte
The Telopea Park School will be holding its annual fęte on Saturday 3rd November between 3.00 and 7.30pm. Forty-six stalls have been confirmed including 21 food and beverage stalls. More details are available from the P&C website. This is a great event and everybody is encouraged to attend.

Telopea67 has been invited by the fęte organisers to display the website at a Telopea Heritage stand. If you plan to attend the fęte please drop by and say hello.

eNewsletter 8 — 17th October 2007

40 Year Reunion – book now!
The TPHS Class of '67 40 Year Reunion is only one month away and the booking deadline is only three weeks away. If you haven't confirmed your attendance please do so now and don't miss out.

Thanks to those who got in early and confirmed their attendance and paid for the Reunion Dinner. If you missed the details previously, the plan is to assemble on the steps of the School Assembly Hall at 6.00pm on Saturday 17th November for a 'class' photo. Afterwards, we will make our way to the National Room at the National Press Club, 16 National Circuit, Barton for a Reunion Dinner commencing at 7.00pm. Pre-dinner drinks with hors d'oeuvres will be followed by a three-course buffet dinner. Details of the beverages and dinner menu are posted on the website.

The cost of the Reunion Dinner is $92 per person. As the Press Club require guaranteed numbers for the function, confirmation and payment is required by Wednesday 7th November. No payments will be taken on the night and bookings will not be accepted after the nominated deadline for payment. To confirm your attendance and to see payment options go to the 'Book now' page on the website. Please consider inviting your partner to accompany you as they would be most welcome.

Reunion planning meeting
A final Reunion planning meeting will be held at the Canberra Yacht Club on Tuesday 23rd October at 6.00pm. All who are in Canberra are welcome to attend. We will discuss events on the night of the Reunion and ideas for the Sunday Brunch. Please send any thoughts on these subjects and say if you are likely to attend the meeting by email to: admin@telopea67.org.

Possibly coming to the Reunion?
Some have indicated that they will possibly attend the Reunion. Now is the time to decide. If you are listed as 'possibly' attending but have decided not to would you please have the courtesy and tell us so. Simply send an email to: admin@telopea67.org. We will all be sorry not to see you.

Telopea67 website
The 'Search' option on the website didn't perform properly in recent days. This was due to the code for the local server being uploaded instead of the code for the live server. The error was discovered when attempting to demonstrate the search to an interested party. The error has been fixed.

It would be good to get more 'Personal updates' for the website prior to the Reunion. Send 80 to 90 words plus a recent photo saying what you have been doing over recent years. If you do not have a digital photo, send the text and we will 'snap' you at the Reunion.

eNewsletter 7 — 3rd October 2007

40 year reunion plans
Plans have been finalised for the TPHS Class of '67 40 Year Reunion. We will assemble on the steps of the School Assembly Hall at 6.00pm on Saturday 17th November for a 'class' photo, so don't forget your camera! Afterwards, we will make our way to the National Room at the National Press Club, 16 National Circuit, Barton for a Reunion Dinner commencing at 7.00pm. Pre-dinner drinks with hors d'oeuvres will be followed by a three-course buffet dinner. Details of the beverages and dinner menu are posted on the website.

The cost of the Reunion Dinner is $92 per person. As the Press Club require guaranteed numbers for the function, confirmation and payment is required by Wednesday 7th November. To confirm your attendance and to see payment options go to the 'Book now' page on the website. Please consider inviting your partner to accompany you as they would be most welcome.

Ideas are being considered to have a Sunday Brunch following the Reunion. If you have any suggestions regarding this please email them to: admin@telopea67.org

Not coming to the Reunion?
Many who have said that they will not be attending the Reunion will be overseas at the time of the event. It is hoped that we will have future get togethers so those who have missed out this time will have an opportunity to meet up with old friends. Some have chosen not to respond to the emails or letters that have been sent out. After this eNewsletter their names will be taken from the mailing list so we are not seen to be pestering them.

Telopea67 website
Tony Rossiter has submitted a wonderful article for the 'Memories' page on the website at www.telopea67.org. Read about his and others exploits entering science competitions and what they have achieved later in life.

Do you have a memory of your school days? Why not submit an article. Or how about adding to the 'Personal updates' page. Send 80 to 90 words plus a recent photo saying what you have been doing over recent years.

eNewsletter 6 — 17th September 2007

40 year reunion plans
It is just two months to the TPHS 40 Year Reunion on 17th November 2007 at the National Press Club! We have had the required number responding that they will attend the Reunion to satisfy the Press Club's catering requirements.

If you have not already responed please do so either by reply email or with an entry in the Guestbook. To simplify a reply email, select one of the following options:

I WILL be attending the Reunion
I will POSSIBLY be attending the Reunion
I will NOT be attending the Reunion

To see who is coming and who is not coming to the Reunion visit the 'Who's coming' page on the website.

Reunion Planning Meeting
A Reunion Planning Meting will be held at the Canberra Yacht Club on Wednesday 19 September at 6.00pm. All those who are in Canberra and would like to participate are welcome to attend. Decisions have to be made regarding the venue, menu, ticket price and ideas taken for the Sunday after the Reunion activities.

Please send a confirming email if you are able to attend to: admin@telopea67.org

The next eNewsletter will contain details of the ticket price and deadlines for confirmation and payment options.

Telopea67 website
The website has moved quite quickly to having had over 2000 visitors. Some of these have been from the indexing robots dispatched by search companies such as Google.

New at www.telopea67.org is a website 'Search' option. As this is a small website, pages are searched 'on the fly' as opposed to searching through a pre-indexed file. The search is still relatively quick. Try entering your surname to see on how many pages your name appears. Entering two words will create an 'OR' search. Hopefully, the search feature will become more sophisticated in the future.

eNewsletter 5 — 5th September 2007

40 year reunion plans
Despite a number of requests to register interest in attending a 40 year Reunion on 17th November 2007 at the National Press Club, the numbers fall short to hold the event at that venue. As a few new names have been added to the email contact list in the past week the deadline for registering your interest has been extended until the 15th September.

That date is two months out from the planned Reunion and if the numbers do not meet the required number by then the plans will be CANCELLED.

If you have not already responed please do so either by reply email or with an entry in the Guestbook. To simplify a reply email, select one of the following options:

or

To see who is coming and who is not coming to the Reunion visit the 'Who's coming' page on the website.

eMailing list
The email mailing list for this eNewsletter currently has 74 contacts and is likely to grow as reponses to a 'snail mail' letter come through. Four people who were at the 30 Year Reunion but whose contact details have changed are Leonie Finch (nee Gladwin), Sandy Honey (formerly Sandra Miller), Tony Stewart and Philip Stoddart. If anyone can supply contact details for these people please send an email to admin@telopea67.org.

Telopea67 website
New at www.telopea67.org on the 'Memories' page you will find excerpts from The 52E PAR SROWND, Karl Chamberlain's satirical view of school life, and Jim Gillespie's memories of playing soccer at Telopea.

The Telopea Trivia Quiz is proving to be quite a challenge! The top score stands at 72 points gained from answering 16 questions correctly plus quick-time bonus points. Have a go, and see if you can top this score.

eNewsletter 4 — 26th August 2007

40 year reunion plans
Thanks to those who responded to last week's request to register your interest in attending a 40 year Reunion on 17th November 2007 at the National Press Club. Unfortunately, the numbers are still not sufficient to meet the requirements of the venue. As a few new names have been added to the email contact list in the past week the deadline for registering your interest has been extended for one week.

If you have not already said whether you are interested in attending the Reunion or not, please do so by Friday 31 August.

This will be the final plee for expressions of interest and if the numbers do not meet the set number the plans will be cancelled. Please respond either by reply email or with an entry in the Guestbook.

How you can help
The number of 'missing persons' listed on the 'Where are they?' page has been reduced with email addresses being found, family contacts located or possible addresses to write to. Thanks to all those who helped with clues and suggestions where to look. Please check the 'Where are they?' page on the website and see if you can help with some of the remaining 'missing persons'.

If you have verbally said you intend to come to the Reunion why not leave a message saying so in the Guestbook. This way, others will know that you are coming.

Would those who said they would try and find contact details for 'missing persons' please forward any information you have as time is running out to give people ample notice regarding the Reunion plans.

eNewsletter 3 — 19th August 2007

40 year reunion plans
At Reunion Planning meetings on 15th and 16th August it was decided to move the date of the planned Reunion to 17th November as the earlier date of 3rd November was inconvienient for many. The Telopea Park School Fete will still be held on 3rd November. This is a popular event with a multicultural flavour and lots of interesting food stalls. To those locally, please consider attending this event and support the P&Cs fundraising activities.

The Reunion will be held in the National Room of the National Press Club on National Circuit. Drinks followed by dinner is planned to start at 7.00pm. We are in the process of deciding the menu and beverages but through Press Club member, Tony Bandle, we have secured a very good arrangement. The National Room should prove to be a wonderful venue for our Reunion.

Urgent
Very few have responded to the previous eNewsletter's request for expressions of interest regarding having a Reunion. As it is less than three months to the planned event it is important to know that a sufficient number will attend to make it worthwhile pursuing arrangements. So far, only 14 out of 54 that have been emailed have indicated their support for a Reunion either verbally or through the Guestbook. We will not go to the time and expense of writing to those we do not have email addresses for unless we get a more positive response from those we are emailing.

If you have not already expressed your opinion, whether you can attend the Reunion or not, please do so by Friday 24 August.

Telopea67 website
www.telopea67.org received its 1000th visitor late on Monday 6th August. This is a worthwhile achievement in the four months the website has been live since email news of the project has only reached about half of the number of tudents from 1967. Some visit counters give a false impression of website traffic in that they record a 'hit' each time a visitor views the page where the counter is located. This counter only records a single 'hit' no matter how many times you pass the Home page in a session. Thanks to all those who have supported this project and please keep coming back.

eNewsletter 2 — 6th August 2007
This is the second eNewsletter for former students of Telopea Park High School whose graduation year was 1967 with news about the Telopea67 website and plans to hold a 40 year reunion in November. The eNewsletter will be sent out at irregular intervals but if you prefer not to receive it you can unsubscribe by following the instructions at the bottom of the page.

Telopea67 website
www.telopea67.org has new articles on the 'Memories' page about the Wyndham Guinea Pigs and Telopea's Mystery Painting plus contributions from Alan Towill and Geoff Kingston. A new page titled 'Personal updates' contains information about old friends and what they have been doing over the last 10 years. A new feature is the 'Telopea Trivia Quiz' which asks 20 multiple-choice questions. Three points are gained for a correct answer and one point is deducted for a wrong answer. Bonus points are awarded the quicker you complete the quiz. Have a go, but you'd better do some swatting as it is tough!

40 year reunion plans
Very few have responded to the previous eNewsletter's request for expressions of interest regarding having a 40 year reunion on the evening of Saturday 3rd November which is the day the Telopea Park School holds is annual fete, 'Le Burp'. As it is less than three months to the planned event it is important to know that a sufficient number will attend to make it worthwhile pursuing arrangements.
Please express your thoughts regarding this proposal either by return email or as a comment in the website Guestbook. Do it NOW and let others know you are coming.

How to help
1. Forward this email to old school friends you are in touch with, particularly those who reside interstate.
2. Visit the Telopea67 website and view the 'Where are they?' page. If you can help with contact details for any of those listed please do so.

eNewsletter 1 — 5th July 2007
This is the first newsletter for former students of Telopea Park High School whose graduation year was 1967. The aim of the newsletter is to inform you of plans to hold a 40 year reunion in November. The newsletter will be sent out at irregular intervals but if you prefer not to receive it you can unsubscribe by following the instructions at the bottom of the page.

Telopea67 website
A website has been created to act as an 'online reunion' point and to wet your appetite for the forthcoming reunion. It contains news about former students, a guestbook which you may view and sign, a contacts pages where you can leave your details, memories about school life, school photos plus lots from the 30 year reunion held in 1997.

40 year reunion plans
Many have expressed wholehearted support for a 40 year reunion to be held in November. It is proposed to hold the event on the evening of Saturday 3rd November which is the day the Telopea Park School holds is annual fete, 'Le Burp'. This is a popular event with a multicultural flavour and lots of interesting food stalls. Afterwards, we will meet at the National Press Club on National Circuit for drinks and a buffet style dinner. This will give those attending lots of opportunity to mix and enjoy catching up.
Please express your thoughts regarding this proposal either by return email or as a comment in the website Guestbook.