Weekly Newsletter #5 2012

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3/27/12 Gmail - YNSR Weekly Newsletter #5

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James Meager

YNSR Weekly Newsletter #51 message

Young Nationals Southern Region Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 2:04 PMTo: James Meager

Brighter Prospects, Questions for Oral Answer, and More Like Follow

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Upcoming Events

What's Been

Happening

Brighter Prospects

Mainland

Conference

IN OTHER NEWS

Executive Meeting

The next Executive meeting

is scheduled for the

Wednesday 28 March at

7pm. We'll continue to keep

you updated through the

newsletter and on Facebook.

Mainland Conference

Registration for the National

Party Mainland Conference is

Upcoming Events

Waitaki Members Event

Planning is underway for our

first Members Event in the

Waitaki Electorate, to be held

with the support of Waitaki MP

Jacqui Dean. This Event gives us

a chance to form new networks

and bases outside of our

Dunedin electorates. We've

pencilled in 20 April as the likely

date, and we'll be providing

some transport from Dunedin to Oamaru. If you're in Oamaru and wish

to attend, please contact Todd Dickens or Jacqui Dean to register

your interest. We hope to have both Jacqui and Michael Woodhouse

along for the evening, and we'll make some accommodation available

as well.

National Party Mainland Conference

Registrations are now open

for the Mainland (Canterbury-

Westland & Southern Regions

joint-conference) Conference

held from 27-28 April. You

can register throughyour MyNational login, be

sure to get in quick as there is


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being held from 27-29 April.

If you have registered and

are a Member of the YNSR,

we'd like you to be a delegate,

and we'll subsidise your

registration costs. Register

through

your MyNationallogin.

KEEP IN TOUCH

Facebook

You can keep up to date with

all the latest news,

discussions, opinions and

updates on our Young

Nationals Southern

Region Facebook Page.

Twitter

We're also on Twitter, you

can follow us

at @sryoungnats.

Upgrade Membership

Upgrading to full

Membership status is easy.

Just head over

to youngnats.org.nz/join/ and

take 30 seconds to fill out the

forms and you'll gain full

access to the rights and

a late registration fee of $30 after Friday 20 April. For all YNSR

Members registering as YNSR delegates, we are currently putting

together a funding proposal to the electorates in order to subsidise your

registration costs by $20 - $25. The YNSR is allocated 18 delegates to

the Conference, and we're aiming to fill our quota. If you intend on

registering, or would like some more information, please email me so I

can ensure you're looked after.

"Questions For Oral Answer"

The new YNSR Pub Quiz team,

christened "Questions For

Oral Answer" had a great first

outing on Monday at The Bog

and will be back in action next

Monday. Be there from 7pm and,

numbers permitting, join either

the official team or the renegade

breakaway YNSR team, "Jo

Hayes for Dunedin South". Check out the Event Page for more

information.

Party Meetings

The Southern Region is

holding a tea & coffee this

Friday for the RegionalCommittee. This is a chance

for the first catch up of 2012,

and so if there is anything

you'd like me to raise with the

Region please don't hesitate

to let me know. At our

Wednesday Executive meeting we plan to confirm our endorsement of

current Policy Chair Rudi Verplancke and Regional Chair Ele

Ludemann for another 12 months, so a big (premature) congratulations

to them both.

What's Been Happening

The Great Southern Marmite Drive


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privileges of Party

Membership.

Last Wednesday, much to the amusement of our northern friends, the

YNSR endorsed a charity foodbank drive, "The Great Southern

Marmite Drive", which aimed to promote the awareness of charity

and giving, by using the topical "Marmite shortage" as a quirky and fun

hook in. We managed to set up collection points in Dunedin, Oamaru,

Gore, Balclutha, Queenstown and Invercargill, and we'll be collecting

through to the close of business on Friday. All donations of Marmite

and other non-perishables will go to the Combined Dunedin

Foodbanks.

I would encourage you all to head along to the Facebook Event and

check out where you can make a donation. If you're outside the Region

then I encourage you to make your own donation to a local foodbank.

Virtual Tipping Updates


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The NRL results for Week Four is in, and we're seeing a bit of change.

"Hermo" has taken over the lead with a sold 5/8, and we're slowly

climbing our way to the top, having overtaken "harry" this week with

our own 5/8. You can stilljoin our league, invite code is 169043.

Meanwhile, in the Super Rugby, not much change with the leaders as

the top four remain the same as last week. Most people struggled this

round, except the Young Nats Tauranga, who have finally woken up

and collected a massive 42 points for the week. With 8 points up for

grabs each game, the lead can change dramatically with one good or

bad week (fingers crossed). You can join us here:Young Nats

Southern Region.

The Bog Pub Quiz

Our first outing at The Bog's Monday Night Pub Quiz was a successfulone. Numbers were high, so the southern half of the table seceded from

the "Questions For Oral Answer" union to form a rebel "Jo Hayes

for Dunedin South" YNSR team. It turned out to be a smart move, as the

rebel team came 4th=, pipping Questions For Oral Answer (6th=) by

two points.

With such an impressive turnout, Brighter Connections coordinator

Todd Dickens has suggested making this a weekly event. Let's see if we

can't get into the top three and start racking up those bar tabs. A big

thanks to Jo Hayes and Robyn Broughton for joining us as well!


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Brighter Prospects Internships

Our Brighter Prospects Internships programme is beginning to gather

steam. The programme aims to enhance and increase the career

opportunities for our Members. We've produced for employers and

business leaders a fact sheet, as well as a quick brochure to get them up

to speed on our internships programme. You can check the brochure out

(front andback), as well as the fact sheet, online.

Over the next month we're going to look to implement at least ten six-

month internships, beginning in May. If you'd like to be considered for

an internship please register your interest.

Mainland Conference

The Mainland Conference (the joint Southern and Canterbury-

Westland Annual Conferences) is due to be held over the weekend of the

27-29 April.


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The final details are available on the MyNational page. I would

encourage YNSR Members to take advantage of the discounts already

available and join in as much as possible (it's not often we are able to

have a big Conference in Dunedin and eliminate travel costs).

Conference registration itself is $65 for YNSR Members (down from

$95), and we have been offered a table at the Dunedin South Debate on

Friday night for $35 a head (down from $100 a head). Also of interest

are the cash bar drinks following registration Friday night, and the

cocktail function Saturday night followed by a sit down dinner at

Etruscos.

Get your registrations in early, and remember to put yourself down as a

delegate for the YNSR and let us know.

Membership

As always, I encourage anybody who

hasn't already done so, to sign upwith the Party

atyoungnats.org.nz/join/ as

either a Member or a Supporter so

that we can ensure you're entered into

our system. As we move towards the

real decision making forums in the

year, it's a good opportunity to have

serious input into the workings of

government. Check out

our Facebook Page for more regular discussions, and add me onFacebookif you'd like access to our Members & Supporters only group

on Facebook where we discuss further internal Party matters.

Another slight delay on the newsletter this week, I've been doing some

freight handling for NZ Couriers (starting at 3:30am) and so it's been

one hell of challenge juggling sleep and keep you all informed. Almost

all of April is a recess month for Parliament, so be sure to take that

opportunity to network with our MPs as much as possible.

Cheers,

James Rawiri Meager

Chair

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