Time Travel introducion to Port Shepstone

Friday, January 23, 2009

Time Travel introducion to Port Shepstone

The above article is an extract from Bridging Ages Newsletter 1, 2008.

Sequence of events:

1.Tormod Nesset, OSAK chairman, sent documentation in 2006, introducing this concept to PSTA.. A new idea, hence it had taken many e-mails and phone calls of convincing.

2.Ebbe , Helen, Carina and Bobbo representing both Kalmar County Museum and OSAK visited this region in June 2008. A detailed programme , exposing this delegation to schools, institutions, museum and historical sites and ending with a workshop in Time Travel concept concluded this trip. A sub committee was elected. On this committee are representatives from the various institutions, viz Pauline Duncan, Marlene Naicker, Justice Ngesi, Judy Mkhize, late Prince Hlope, Penny Letsatsi, Joe Venter and Gulshera Khan as convenor.

3.This was followed by a delegation of 4 from this region to Sweden, for training and to further deepen the understanding of this concept. The delegation was:

Judy Mkhize - Nobamba School
Justice Ngesis - UGU
Penny Letsatsi - HCM, Museum
Silvy Ragoobar - Marsec ( Marburg Secondary School)

4. A further 6 participants attended the Time Travel conference in Cape, as outlined in blog below.

5. Ebbe and team will return in February 2009 to commence with training.

6.The Sub committee is busy with planning. Participating institutions will be shortly notified of the programme which is scheduled from 8 - 19 February 2009 g.k

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PSTA OBJECTIVES,MEMBERSHIP AND ACOUNTABILITY

The Port Shepstone Twinning Association has been in existence since 1993 and is governed by its constitution.Embodied in the Constitution are the following objectives:

1 To provide opportunities for people to come together to communicate, to share ideas, skills and resources; and to do so regardless of race, profession, religion, culture, gender, age and political persuasion.

2. To promote reconciliation, understanding and the development of a common identity among all the people in the greater Port Shepstone area.

3. To promote co-operation, friendship and solidarity among the people of the greater Port Shepstone and the twinning town/s

4. To encourage networking among all role players in the interest of community organizations and institutions.

5. To facilitate and promote links between local government structures and organizations in Port Shepstone and their counterparts in the twinning town/s.

6. To facilitate and support the development of individuals, communities and organisations by such means as promoting research, sharing of skills and expertise and accessing relevant resources.

7. To facilitate exchange visits between individuals/ organizations for such purposes as study, skills transfer, project monitoring and cross-cultural experiences.

MEMBERSHIP

1 The Constitution provides for various types of membership including individual and corporate membership, i.e projects / institutions / organisations and govertment.

2. Over the years the Association’s activities have resulted in the establishment of many contacts between our members on the one hand and individuals and organizations in our twinning partner host country on the other. This has resulted in the opening of many doors of opportunity for the Association and its members.

ACCOUNTABILITY

The key principle of accountability underpins the democratic values of the Organisation.It is therefore necessary that all activities be well co-ordinated and effectively monitored, fostering the aims of the Association and honouring the interests of the wider community

PSTA - TIME TRAVEL POJECT

Friday, January 23, 2009