One of the developments that has been really
valuable to Australia21 in the last year has been our increased capacity to
engage with subscribers, supporters - and critics - of our work.
Feedback on these weekly email updates and
through social media has added richness and diversity to the reach we have been
able to achieve. We hope to strengthen these connections in the coming
year and I encourage you to make your views known to us. We do take
notice.
I look back on 2012 as a year of enormous
effort by the Directors and staff of Australia21. This effort has enabled us to
survive a financially difficult period and to set a firm foundation for the
year ahead. I would like to thank everyone for their hard work.
I would also like to thank our patron, Glyn
Davis, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, for his ongoing interest
and support and to acknowledge the continuing assistance of the University of
Melbourne, which has been our main corporate sponsor this year.
We have relied heavily also on the generosity
of individual donors to fund our projects and operations. This is very much
appreciated and I want to emphasise how important these donations, no matter
how small, are to us – both for their critical impact on our ability to
continue our work and for the encouragement they symbolise.
Finally thank you to all of you, our
subscribers, who read what we have to say and stay in touch. Knowing you are
there and paying attention makes a huge difference to our efforts. The
Directors and staff of Australia21 wish you all a safe and happy festive
season.
Paul Barratt, AO
Chairman, Australia21
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