Thoughts on civil society, ceremonies and celebrations
NOW is time to followup this MEDIA STORY with LETTERS to the Editor of our LOCAL PAPERS. A few paragraphs on how the fee will affect our marrying couples. Ask people to sign our REJECT THE FEE Petition on www.Change.org.
THE AGE and SYDNEY MORNING HERALD has this coverage in today's paper:
CCN Inc Committee approved starting a petition to Australian Commonwealth Senate and Lower House: to REJECT annual registration fee on ONLY commonwealth marriage celebrants:
on www.change.org and loaded it here:
https://www.change.org/petitions/australian-federal-senate-and-lower-houses-reject-annual-registration-fee-on-only-commonwealth-marriage-celebrants
CCN Inc asks for ONE Nation with ONE Marriage Act and ONE SET of basic rules for ALL marriages and ALL marriage celebrants - whether religious or civil.
Please support this cause and pass the link onto ALL the couples you have married and their families or anyone you have done ceremonies for, to your own family and friends and in fact ANYONE you can pass this link to!
Share love not injustice!
Rona Goold
CCN Inc Member
www.celebrations.org.au
Coordinator Celebrants and Celebrations Network Australia (CCNA)
www.celebrants.org.au
CCN Inc Delegate to the Coalition of Celebrant Associations (CoCA) Inc
www.coca.org.au
Proudly sponsored by Relationships Australia, our Celebrant Conference "Spirit of Celebration" on Sunday 9 and Monday 10 June 2013 in central Melbourne will have Geraldine Doogue present two sessions on the Sunday.
Our first CCN Inc Conference will be unique and a similar event not likely to be repeated for several years.
Rather than waiting for others to decide their fate, civil celebrants need to be proactive in working together to promote ceremony to their communities . . READ MORE
Just a short progress report of work of the Review and Streamlining of the Training for Celebrants.
As you may know, Community Services & Health Industry Skills Council is reviewing to streamline 150 units of competency and say about one third will be deleted.
The First Draft of the Overview of the Diploma in Professional Celebrancy is loaded on:
https://www.cshisc.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1183&Itemid=77
From this link you can download a PDF of the course overview.
And if you scroll down, download a ZIP of all the UNITS.
This Diploma has SEVEN Celebrancy Units – These are the only ones celebrants were able to work on.
As a small non-profit assocation we are concentrating at present on our Blog on our Celebrants & Celebrations Network Australia - CCNA's Blog.
You can find the CCNA Blog on http://www.celebrants.org.au/ask-a-ccna-celebrant/ask-a-celebrant-blog/latest
We would like all our CCN Inc members to submit some photos and a few paragraphs on a ceremony they've done or on a topic related to celebrancy so we can continue to meet our main aim for promoting the value of civil ceremonies to our communities for a wide range of special occasions.
One exciting project is the move by civil celebrants to work together to hold community based ceremonies such as Memorial Ceremonies for Mother's and Father's days and for Christmas.
The first coomunity based civil memorial ceremony is being held in Melbourne on the 5th December.
Anyone who can attend is encouraged to go, especially celebrants if you want to see how these events can work. Read more about that on
Kind regards
Rona
