Sponsoring Rotary Club To be advised Dear RYLA Awardee, Congratulations on gaining a place at RYLA 2014. We are looking forward to working with you and know you will gain skills and new friendships during your experience. The following information is provided to enable you to travel to the seminar and arrive on time with confidence and a little knowledge about what to expect on your arrival. The program is an informative, fun, skills-based 7 day seminar starting on Saturday the July 12th and finishing on Friday the 18th July 2014. . If you are unable to drive yourself to the event, we will have a bus picking up participants travelling in from the Northern Suburbs. It will meet you at Twelve25 Youth Enterprise Centre, 15-17 Wiltshire Street, Salisbury. It will be arriving at the centre at 9.30am, if you wish to take this bus please arrive no later than this time. The bus will also make a stop in the city, meet at the State Library on North Terrace, the bus will arrive at 10.15am, please ensure you arrive on time. For the rest of the participants we ask you to arrive at Nunyara Conference Centre, 5 Burnell Drive, Belair at 11.00am. There will be signage on the road so you will know you have arrived. There will also be adequate and safe parking for your car throughout the week. Bernie Barrett is the facilitator – Mobile 0413 715 989, if you have any issues please call or text this number.

Map to Nunyara

ROTARY DISTRICT 9500 DISTRICT COMMITTEE

AWARDEE INSTRUCTIONS

Additional information for you is included on:

What to bring Code of behaviour Emergency contacts

Your team leader is an experienced Graduate from our RYLA Program, and will be able to answer most of your questions. Your Seminar Administrator is Mike Stevens and your Seminar Counsellor is Cass Chambers and they will be on hand to answer questions and support you and the team leaders during the week. We are most excited that you have been chosen to attend RYLA and we look forward to experiencing the week with you. Yours sincerely

Bernadette Barrett Bernadette Barrett RYLA/RYPEN District Committee Rotary International District 9500 Phone: 0413 715 989 Email: bernadette.barrett@live.com July 2014

WHAT TO BRING TO R.Y.L.A

Comfortable casual/neat daywear for the week. Warm clothes. Underwear for seven days Socks for seven days Warm Pyjamas One set of formal clothes (Cocktail dress or suit pants and shirt with tie etc.) A raincoat or spray jacket Your personal hygiene items

o Shampoo and conditioner o Soap o Razors o Toothbrush and paste o Sanitary items o Face wash o Body Wash o Deodorant

A personal towel 1 set of old clothes – these may get rather dirty 1 pair of strong shoes for walking Plastic bag for wet or dirty clothes A sleeping bag and pillow OR pillow, blanket & sheets Any props you might have suitable for a concert item A good torch. (with spare batteries) Personal insect repellent Musical instrument. (if you play one) Your favourite CDs An open mind and your willingness to participate fully in learning experience. Your enthusiasm A sense of humour Money for the week, $10 x 20c pieces for charity.

You will be supplied with a pack of goodies on your arrival at the weekend. All meals are catered and include halal meat and caters for any other special food needs. The Final day BBQ is sponsored by a Rotary Club.

EMERGENCY CONTACT

Although it is rare, there has been the odd occasion when family of an awardee has had to contact them in an emergency. There is no working telephone at the venue itself and in most instances due to the location of the campsite mobiles are rarely in range at any given location within the grounds.

In case of an emergency, Committee Members can be contacted on the following numbers: Committee Chair: Paul Valente Ph: (M) 0405 640805 Committee member: Rick Henke (M) 0401 984784

They will be able to travel to the venue and/or can contact the Seminar Administrators on your behalf.

Depending on the nature of the described emergency, return contact may firstly be by the seminar administrator should it be felt an assessment to check on authenticity of the emergency is justified.

CONDITIONS OF ATTENDANCE

When you accepted the sponsorship to attend R.Y.L.A you agreed to abide by a basic code of behaviour.

A RYLA seminar is not only training, it is an exercise in integrated social living with other people for a period of 7 days.

It therefore requires a basic but firm code of behaviour fairly and equitably enforced to ensure the seminar is a success for everyone involved. As educated youth we expect all participants to maintain their own behaviour within the code guidelines. However should this not occur the Seminar Administrator will exercise authority in accordance with Rotary and District Committee policy, including expulsion from the seminar.

The code does involve some sacrifice of individual liberties, but it is only in this way the full rewarding potentialities of social interactive living can be developed and maintained in harmony and produce an ideal learning atmosphere.

CODE OF BEHAVIOUR

Sleeping quarters are out of bounds to all members of the opposite gender at all times during the seminar.

Neither alcohol nor any other form of drug is to be consumed or used at any time by any person attending the seminar including the host club dinner.

Mobile Telephones are banned from use at the seminar if you bring one with you it must be surrendered to the Administrator on arrival. (Special permission to phone home can be arranged)

Awardees are not permitted to leave the seminar site without the express consent of the Administrator. To do so means expulsion, no excuses accepted.

Persons not enrolled in the RYLA seminar are not permitted at the site at any time except those associated with presentation of the seminar.

Everyone must attend breakfast on time each day because this is the first organisational session of the daily seminar program.

Attendance at all seminar sessions is compulsory for all.

Respect the opinion and privacy of others; they are as important as you.

Assist in the seminar program when requested to do so including the maintenance and cleanliness of seminar site at all times

Obey the published campsite rules at all times.

All personal information disclosed by any one during the seminar will be held in strict confidence. Any breach will be in violation of the Federal Privacy Act.