Correction to Meeting Date 28 February 2014 - Thank you Russ

[Nev Black]

Telephone Meeting Agenda Friday 28 February 2013 - this Friday

 

Disclaimer

This Community does not give medical advice. No members are authorized to give medical advice. Ask your doctor if you hear anything here that you think may be related to your treatment.

 

Time

9:30am - 11:00am Eastern Standard Time (Queensland)

The formal phone-in meeting ends after 90 minutes.

The lines are kept open for an hour after that for members to informally chat.

 

Daylight savings times

Brisbane 9:30am

Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart: 10:30am

Adelaide, 10:00am

Perth 7:30am

 

Dial in

You must dial in - we do NOT dial you.

 

Phone numbers only in email.

 

Speaking time

We want many voices to be heard. If you are a member listed to speak below, the chair will probably expect you to take no more than about 5 minutes on presentation so there is plenty of time for others to respond.

Special Guest Speakers are invited to speak for 10-15 minutes, then field questions.

 

Guidelines

No noise

House - radio, TV, computer, pets, other phones, conversation

Yourself - mute button, or mouthpiece away from mouth

Phone - call waiting off (#43#), Mute button or hang up to leave the room. No mute button? ##4 to mute, ##5 to unmute. Cordless phone - don't carry, put on folded handkerchief to limit reverberation

Other calls - Please do NOT use call waiting or another line on the same phone to take another call - members around Australia are left listening to your 'hold' music until you return.

Speaking

Speak clearly into mouthpiece in ordinary voice.

Say who you are when signing in, and each time you speak.

Listen for the gavel. The Chair may need to interrupt.

Help the secretary by later emailing details for the minutes.

Restarting

You may hang up and sign in again as many times as necessary.

Sometimes we may have to restart the meeting - dial in again. With everyone calling at once you may need to try more than once.

 

Apologies

From Jim Marshall

 

Late starters

Maybe you haven't had access to the agenda or you have late breaking news you would like to share. Tell the chairman here at the beginning of the meeting that you would like to speak, and he will fit you in probably later, perhaps right now if that suits.

 

Man 1

Allan Sudholz, about support groups in Western Australia.

 

Man 2

Gazza from Armidale will talk about his journey on hormone therapy.

 

From 10.15am approx

Some Men may have difficulty in asking a question. There is no such thing as a stupid question.

Have your question ready.

The committee has suggested setting this time aside from 10.15am Queensland time to give those members a chance to raise any issue or question.

We have had a number of men say they cannot get a word in. Today I hope will be your chance.

 

Face to Face SE QLD & Northern NSW

Greenbank RSL Club Saturday 8 March 2014 from 11am with a luncheon just after noon.

 

Melbourne Catch up for members and partners living in or visiting Victoria on Saturday 22 March 2014

Glenroy RSL Club, 186 Glenroy Road, Glenroy (Melways Ref 16 H3) from 12 noon for luncheon at 1pm.

RSVP to paul.edwards@warpmail.net

 

Other new stories or updates

Any man who wishes to update us on his progress is welcome to contribute here.

   

Formal end

The Chair will declare the formal part of the teleconference closed at his discretion, perhaps around 11am. The teleconference lines will be kept open until at least 11:30 for anyone who wishes to continue discussions, update his health, or just chat.

 

Face to Face SE QLD & Northern NSW Date claimers

 

Saturday July 12  2013  Greenbank RSL

     

Saturday Nov 8  2013  Greenbank RSL

 

Informal chat

Any topic you like - topics we didn't reach, something discussed earlier you wish to comment on, an update on your health, how your new boat is going, moaning about the weather, anything that you wish to say.

 

Future phone-in support group meetings

Phone-in meetings are held on the fourth Friday (NOT always the last Friday) of each month (except January (one week late) and December (one week early)). In 2014 there will be no phone-in meeting in April because the last two Fridays are public holidays.

 

Phone-in support group meeting dates 2014

 

February 28 No special guest speaker scheduled.

 

March 28

Alan’s Special expert guest speaker for the 28 March 2014 Telephone meeting.

Dr Kwang Chin Diagnostic & Interventional Radiologist
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre  www.petermac.org 

Guest’s subject, various medical imaging technologies relevant to primary, locally advanced and metastatic  PCa that currently available, and where they can be accessed.

 

April NO phone-in (Easter, Anzac day)

 

May 23 (not the last Friday in the month)

Tony’s Special expert guest speaker for the 23 May 2014 Telephone meeting.

Dr Howard Gurney Enzalutamide and other new drugs

 

June 27 No special guest speaker scheduled to date.

 

July 25

Tony’s Special expert guest speaker for the 25 July 2014 Telephone meeting.

Dr Jane Holmes Walker Endocrinology and Bone Health Monitoring.

 

August 22 (not the last Friday in the month)

September 26

October 24 (not the last Friday in the month)

November 28

December 19 (not the 4th Friday)

 

Changes or questions

If you wish to update us about any changes in your health or treatment, or have a question you would like answered or discussed, or you would like to talk about joining a teleconference group, let us know. Then we can put it high on the agenda so it doesn't get lost - just reply to this email, or use Contact Jim on JimJimJimJim.com.

 

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