Treasurer Jack Snelling tries to go a round with Johan Linde at Parliament House. Picture: Sarah ReedSource: AdelaideNow
Well know Adelaide Estonian community members, Katrin and Kaljo Linde’s son Johan is off to the 2012 Olympic games
AS Olympic boxer Johan Linde embarks on his attempt for gold at the London Games, he has a political heavyweight in his corner – Treasurer Jack Snelling.
Linde, by day, works in the revenue section at the Treasury and Finance Department.
By night, he trains at the ASG Boxing Club in the city.
When he heard he shared the same sporting passion as his boss, who trains at Para Hills Boxing Club, the pair met soon after.
“I’ve seen him box and he’s brilliant, he’s a superb boxer,” Mr Snelling said.
“It’s a great thing for South Australia to have Johan competing in the Olympics.”
Linde, 28, booked his place in the Australian team for this year’s Games on Sunday night. The referee stopped his super-heavyweight fight against Tongan Junior Fa just seconds into the first round after Fa was knocked to the ground.
Every real Estonian likes to sing, whether well or not
COME ALONG – EVERYBODY
COME SING ALONG
With Hilja Toom
(The conductor of three choirs in Melbourne: Estonian Community Choir, Finish Community Choir and Altona Community Choir)
And with the local songbirds
For some traditional Estonian songs.
21st of April 3pm
11B Welwyn Avenue, Manning
You can park in front of shopping centre, only 30m from the house
BYO singing lubricant and snacks.
EstDocs announces 2012 Short Film Competition – deadline September 17th 2012.
welcomes short documentary films with the theme “eestlase rõõm” or “eestlase jonn” (Estonian joy or stubborness) with any content and in any style, whether it be live-action or animation.
That said, entries must be 7 minutes or under in length plus up to 15 seconds for credits. Total prize money includes $2500.
See www.estdocs.com for submission guidelines, FAQs and entry form
The end of the year is not THAT far away. The fourteenth Eesti Päevad in Sydney are beckoning and we need your input (and ouput). As usual, there will be an exciting exhibition of art and craft and we are challenging everyone who has ever been inspired to to take up a pencil, brush or tool to be creative, to start planning NOW.
All manner of art and craft is welcome, it just has to be original, quality work and suitably presented for exhibition. At present, the plan is to exhibit both paintings, photographs, computer-generated design, sculpture, as well as, craft in all its forms together in one venue, the Tap Gallery in Darlinghurst, a short downhill walk from Eesti Maja. That plan may yet change as circumstances dictate.
The conditions of entry are universal, to have your work exhibited you must conform to the following rules: 1) fill in the application form giving your own and your work’s details. (This form will be made available on the net and printed form in paper). 2) make sure the application form reaches us by the due date. ( Friday, 2nd November, 2012). 3) present your art in a finished manner: painting, flat-work and photographs, to be framed and ready for hanging. 4) each item must have firmly attatched to the back, or unobtrusively, the Title of the article, your name and address, the price, if for sale. 5) if your works take up alot of space, we may need to limit the number that you can exhibit. At present, the limit is five articles of any one method (eg. five paintings per artist). 6) present your work to the gallery by the designated time, and collect it at the end. We have no facilities for storage. We hope to present a wide variety of work both for sale and exhibition and are already excited about the ourcome. Thus all artists and craftspeople, get out your unfinished works, look at them with new eyes, finish them and then create some more! This exhibitions will be the best ever! Let me hear how ou are progressing.
The SES AGM will be held on Sunday 25 March, commencing 2pm.
AGENDA
1. Ratification of the Minutes of the previous AGM
2. SES 2011 Activity Report
3. Auditors’ Report
4. SES 2012 Budget
5. Voting on proposed Amendments to the Constitution
6. Election of Members of the Executive
7. Election of Auditors
9. Other Business
ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Five executive members’ positions fall vacant, and four candidates have
nominated for election. According to the Constitution of SES (parag 18.2), the four candidates (Kadri Stamos, Juhan Lübek, Peeter Muttik, Tiina Tamm) are duly elected. For the fifth position, any financial member of SES may table their candidature at the AGM.
DESIGNATION OF PROXY
If you are unable to attend the AGM, please designate your proxy to a member of SES who is able to attend. Please check before assigning your proxy, that your nominated attendee of the AGM has not reached their limit of five proxies assigned to them. The attached Proxy Form includes details of how to lodge your Proxy vote. Please pay particular attention to the deadline for lodging your Proxy Form.
Please note that according to the Constitution of SES, only members who are financial for the year 2011 are elegible to vote at the AGM or to assign a proxy. Members attending the AGM may pay outstanding membership dues at the AGM, and if assigning their vote via proxy, must either pay outstanding dues prior to the AGM or arrange for the SES member to whom the proxy has been assigned to pay membership dues on their behalf at the AGM.
I look forward to your attendance at the AGM on Sunday. Our licenced bar
will be operating to provide refreshments before and after the AGM.
With best regards
Aivo Takis
Chairman, SES
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Kallis SES liige,
Jälle on üks aasta mööda veerenud ja käes on aeg Sydney Eesti Seltsi aastakoosolekut pidada. Nagu me Meie Kodu lehes kuulutasime, toimub see pühapäeval 25 märtsil, kell 14.00.
PÄEVAKORD
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1. Eelmise koosoleku protokolli kinnitamine
2. SES 2011 Aastaaruande kinnitamine
3. Revisjonikomisjoni aruanne
4. SES eelarve 2011
5. Põhikirja muudatuste ettepanekud
6. Juhatuse liikmete valimised
7. Revidentide valimised
8. Muud küsimused
JUHATUSE VALIMISED
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Juhatuse liikme kohti vabaneb sel aastal viis, ja sinna registreerus tähtajaks neli kandidaati. Vastavalt meie Põhikirjale (p.18.2.) loetakse need neli kandidaati (Kadri Stamos, Juhan Lübek, Peeter Muttik, Tiina Tamm) nüüd automaatselt valituks ja viiendale, vakantsele kohale võib iga liige oma kandidatuuri esitada ka vahetult aastakoosolekul.
OMA HÄÄLE VOLITAMINE
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Kui te ei saa ise koosolekule tulla, palun volita oma hääl teisele SES liikmele. Enne veenduge, kas tal on veel “ruumi”, sest iga liige saab aastakoosolekult omada ainult 5 volitust. Volituse vorm on lisatud antud emailile, ja seal on juhised kuidas ja millal seda meile saata. Kuna nüüd on aega jäänud väga vähe, palume olla tähtaegadega ettevaatlikud ja lugeda hoolikalt ankeedi allservas olevaid juhiseid.
LIIKMEMAKSUD
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Pöörame teie tähelepanu sellele, et meie Põhikiri lubab hääletada ainult neil liikmetel, kellel on tasutud eelmise (2011) aasta liikmemaks. Kes tulevad ise kohale, saavad seda teha kohapeal sularahas. Kes volitab oma hääle kellelegi teisele, peab olema liikmemaksu juba tasunud, või siis paluma oma volitatud isikut tasuda see kohapeal tema eest ($40, pensionärid $30).
Loodan teid kohata pühapäeval aastakoosolekul. Virgutavaid jooke pakub meile enne ja peale koosolekut meie soodsa hinnaga baar.
Parimate soovidega,
Aivo Takis
SES juhatuse esimees
Australia has been invited to attend and participate in the 2013 ESTO event which will be held in San Francisco, USA and will be combined with the West Coast Estonian Days. The Estonian government is no longer funding this event, and it is likely to represent the final ESTO.
The dates of the festival are 28th June- 1st July 2013. This is the beginning of school holidays in Australia.
We are looking at taking a combined folk-dancing group to the festival to perform, and hoping to get a enough interested people from across the states to dance as one group representing Australia.
A few key points to remember:
You donʼt need to commit now, but some form of financial commitment will be required by the later stages of this year. A budget will be arranged once we have a better idea of those interested.
You donʼt need to have a dance partner
We are looking at ways to minimise costs by obtaining grants and organising fundraising.
You donʼt have to dance, while this is the ultimate goal, we would like to hear from anyone interested in being a part of the trip even if its just to support and enjoy the event.
This is a great opportunity to not only have a holiday but represent Australia on the world ESTO stage.
At the moment, we are just wanting to compile a list of people who are interested to be on the mailing list to find out more.
Please forward this email on to your Esto friends. Also, if you are interested in helping organise the trip we would be happy to hear from you too.
Please email us by April 20th 2012 if you are interested.
Raymond Laurens 0407460506 raymondlaurens@hotmail.com
Kristina Martinson 0416188355 kmartinson85@gmail.com
From the makers of ‘Shift’, a short film by Priit Pääsuke.
A drama/comedy based on the short story ‘Black Piggy’ by Peeter Sauter.
When Peter and his wife have dinner with friends in a restaurant, they have not quarreled for almost two weeks. A new record could be in the making.
However, when a trivial argument grows into a quarrel, the night brings weird games into their relationship.
‘Must Peeter’ is a sexy, styilish black-n-white film with a nasty pulse and even nastier dialogue.
For people who like their coffee black…and strong.
Best Estonian Short Film 2008
Starring: Gert Raudsep, Tiina Tauraite, Morgan Devereaux, Tambet Tuisk, Hilje Murel ja Meelis Rämmeld
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19:00 – 19:30
Intermission where you can grab some finger food and a drink from the bar
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19:30 – 21:00
‘Kohtumine Tundmatuga’ (Touched by the Unknown) – [M] 2005
A film by Jaak Kilmi (Disco and Atomic War)
Mati is an assistant in a TV studio. He leads a very predictable life with his fame-expecting wife and sympathetic dog.
Patiently Mati has waited for his time to become a TV star, but it seems he has to wait forever. There’s only room for one star at his station.
One day, an alien called Tipp is sent to Earth (by its chief, Tapp) to find out the purpose of Estonian children’s TV show ‘Tipp and Tapp’ that appears on the TV station that Mati works at.
To get to the bottom of his mission, Tipp nestles himself inside Mati’s brain which leads to Mati acting very unpredictably and out of character. Suddenly, Mati finds he has become the new sensation on TV after a series of strange events.
But what will happen when Tipp completes his mission?
This zany comedy is based mostly on the real characters of the 60’s Estonian National TV show ‘Tipp and Tapp’ which lends the film its charm and story line.
It should be noted though that there has been no official sighting of the alien Tipp…but tädi Rutt still gets around.
Starring: Tiit Sukk, Raivo E. Tamm, Peeter Oja
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And remember: ALL FILMS HAVE ENGLISH SUB-TITLES!!!
EVERYBODY is invited – bring a friend, even if they aren’t Estonian!
Doors open from 6pm.
Come see both films OR arrive later to see the feature film.
$7 – SES members (please display membership card at the door)
$10 – non-SES members
**Join SES on the night for $40 and pay $7 for all Kino nights!**
Remember to keep your door ticket as one lucky viewer will win free entry for next months KINO night!!!
Whether its for one film or both your donation towards cultural activities of SES is appreciated.
Finger food and bar service will be available on the night. Saku now available!
All proceeds from the door go towards KINO @ Eesti Maja and the 2012 Estonian Film Festival Australia
The end of the year is not THAT far away. The fourteenth Eesti Päevad in Sydney are beckoning and we need your input (and ouput). As usual, there will be an exciting exhibition of art and craft and we are challenging everyone who has ever been inspired to to take up a pencil, brush or tool to be creative, to start planning NOW.
