NEWSLETTER No.
2
Editorial …
Welcome all to our second newsletter from the Scoping
Project Team.
It is with great feeling of accomplishment that the team can
continue to boast their raining bringing powers … so far
we’ve experienced rain in Alice Springs, Perth and
Adelaide! But it was heartening to see that the weather in
whatever form didn’t stop people from attending our
forums and letting their voice be heard.
The Team’s interpretation of ‘travelling lite’
If you haven’t already had the fortune to read our first
newsletter you may have to wait a little bit longer …
following the accidental downloading of a virus onto one
of the Team’s computers, which of course quickly spread
to all our memory sticks and the like, we ended up with
only a hard copy of the first newsletter (when Ruth has a
chance she’ll re-type it and we’ll post it on our website).
Leanne and Lynne - Adelaide
Many thanks to everyone who assisted us in Perth,
Bunbury, Adelaide and Murray Bridge – and we look
forward to catching up with you all again during Phase 2.
 Coming Soon …
Listed below are the dates for Phase 1 (check out the dates
for Phase 2 on our website) consultation dates:
Melbourne … 14 September
Castlemaine … 15 September
Launceston … 16 September
Hobart … 17 September
Brisbane … 21 September
Toowoomba … 22 September
Redfern … 23 September
Parramatta … 24 September
Campbelltown … 24 September
Batemans Bay … 25 September
Canberra … 28 September
On-Line Survey …
We appreciate that not everyone can attend our forums
whether due to time or location and travel constraints.
If you can’t attend one of our forums, please go to our
website where there is plenty of information about this
project and also our on-line survey where you can have
your say.
 www.crazelateralsolutions.com.au
And if you have attended one of our forums, you can still
complete the on-line survey.
Summaries of forums are continually being posted on our
website so you can have the opportunity to read what other
locations think about a national peak body. If you would
prefer to receive a hard copy of the survey to complete or
need any form of assistance, please do not hesitate to
contact one of our team members and we’ll do our best to
assist you.
Art & Poetry Competition …
T
he Scoping Project’s art and poetry competition is
up and running with some wonderful entries
received already. If you haven’t heard about our art
and poetry competition before, then here’s the goss:
The Scoping Project is being assisted in this competition
by the Mental Illness Fellowship of WA and their artistic
living legend Pauline Miles. Pauline has assembled a team
of artists to help the Scoping Project with the competition.
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Great prizes are awarded each month in the form of a $50
gift voucher from an outlet of the winner’s choice, for Summary …
example Woolworths, Sanity, Myers, Rebel Sports etc.
Here are some key words that keep cropping up in our
The competition works this way: forums, in alphabetical order, in relation to a proposed
national peak body for consumers:
 Send us your ideas about the new national mental Accountability
health consumer organisation in the form of art work Board
or poetry; or Communication
Conference
 Send an image of art work in the form of a photo by Information
Infrastructure
mail or in a JPG file via email; or
Lived-experience
On-line assistance
 Poetry via mail or via email. Peer support
Research
A panel of judges, all consumers, will view all entries
received by the 30thof each month and have an opportunity For more detailed details about forums and meetings held
to choose their favourite. Prize winners will be announced to date, please check our website.
in the first week of the new month.

With permission of the artists and poets, entries will be

posted on the website so everyone can have the
opportunity of reading and viewing the contributions.
So spread the news and send in your entries – you’ve
nothing to lose and a $50 voucher to gain!!
COMPETITION ENTRIES CLOSE
30TH OF EACH MONTH
 Survey Assistance …
Are you having problems completing the survey? Haven’t
got a computer? Want some help?
Please don’t hesitate to contact any member of the Scoping
Project team in person or by phone for assistance, or email
us and we’ll get back to you. We can even give you a
printed copy of the questions for you to complete.

 Reading Corner …  PO Box 341, Bungendore, NSW, 2550

The Reading Corner on our website is where we will place (02) 6239 1549
brief papers to help you think your way through some of
the key questions we need to address during the project. 0408 869 051
So far there are three papers in the Reading Room for your
convenience:  (02) 6239 1549
What is a Peak Body? leanne.craze@bigpond.com.au
Peak Participation
Organisational Issues We Need to Address During
the Consultation
 www.crazelateralsolutions.com.au
Membership Options

Further papers will be added to the Reading Room as the

project progresses so keep an eye out. If you’d like a hard
copy of any of these papers please make your request
known to one of our team members and we’ll get a copy to
you.