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 **MINUTES MULTICULTURAL WORKING GROUP**
 Thursday, 24 November 2022, Macquarie Room State Library NSW
-Start: 9:30am
-Chair: Sujatha Thadakamalla, Fairfield Libraries
+**Start**: 9:30am
-Minutes; Jadwiga Krejza, Liverpool City Libraries
+**Chair**: Sujatha Thadakamalla, Fairfield Libraries
+**
+Minutes**: Jadwiga Krejza, Liverpool City Libraries
 **Present**: Oriana Acevedo (SLNSW), Shauna Miller (SLNSW), Abby Dawson (SLNSW),
-Thanh Luu (Canterbury/Bankstown), Mary Gissing (Newcastle), Angela Kolar (Corrective Services), Sharlene Louey (Sydney), Hazel Williams (Inner West), Vivien Chung (Willoughby), Katherine Zhu (Randwick), Mary Loveland (Northern Beaches), Ayse Ersoy  (Waverly), Irena Tichackova (Hornsby), Julie Parkinson (Sutherland), Eugenia Ng (Burwood), Fujing Zhao (Kurri Ngai).
+Thanh Luu (Canterbury/Bankstown), Mary Gissing (Newcastle), Angela Kolar (Corrective Services), Sharlene Louey (Sydney), Helen Williams (Inner West), Vivien Chung (Willoughby), Katherine Zhu (Randwick), Mary Loveland (Northern Beaches), Ayse Ersoy (Waverly), Irena Tichackova (Hornsby), Julie Parkinson (Sutherland), Eugenia Ng (Burwood), Fujing Zhao (Kurri Ngai).
 **Apologies**: Vicki (Wollongong), Lilian (Campbelltown), Jenny (Sydney), Joelmon (Blacktown).
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 **Yearly report by Sujatha**:
-Sujatha included number of images in her report to showcase our achievement during the year.
+Sujatha included number of images in her report to showcase our achievements during the year.
 Link to report:
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 Korean Cultural Centre**
-Shauna and Oriana attended a meeting at the new Korean Cultural Centre, located on Elizabeth Street, CBD. They participated in craft making and a cooking class. They also visited the tea house and sampled a traditional meal.
+Shauna attended a tour of the Korean Cultural Centre, located on Elizabeth Street, CBD.
 The Korean Cultural Centre has extended an invitation for us to host our meeting at their centre next year.
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 It is helpful for Seniors to attend Tech Savvy Seniors first before participating in Be Connected program.
-Be Connected link:
+[[https://www.dss.gov.au/communities-and-vulnerable-people-programs-services/seniors-connected-program]]
-Be Connected program launched for older Australians | Be Connected (beconnectednetwork.org.au)
 **Excellence awards**
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 Oriana spoke about the difficulties in judging the metropolitan libraries and country due to different level of funding, staffing etc.
 It has been suggested that we should ask smaller suppliers to contribute financially to another award for country libraries. At this moment CAVAL is sponsoring the main award.
-**
-ALIA Multicultural Group**
+**ALIA Multicultural Group**
 Oriana was contacted and asked to establish a national group.
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 •	Select what is the most important to the group.
 Oriana will resend the questioners.
-Link:
-About | ALIA Multicultural
+[[https://multicultural.alia.org.au/]]
 **Research**
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 **Oriana retirement**
-With great sadness the group was made aware that Oriana suffers from a long COVID19 and due to being so unwell she has decided to retire. She will retire in June 2023.
+With great sadness Oriana advised the group that she will be retiring in June 2023.
-She is planning to visit her family in Chile for Christmas.
-She gave her thanks the group for great work.
 **General Business**
-Vicky from Wollongong Library asked to share a list of ESL resources for the CALD community.
+Vicky from Wollongong Library asked if libraries would be willing to share a list of ESL resources for the CALD community.
 vorourke@woolongong.nsw.gov.au
 Sujatha presented a new resource, suitable for ESL collection – Lingomagic.
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 Dates and location for next year:
- February 2023 – Korean Cultural Centre
-May 2023 – Liverpool or Fairfield Library
+ February 2023 – Hornsby Library
-August 2023 – Online
+May 2023 – Korean Cultural Centre
+August 2023 – Fairfield Library
 November 2023 – State Library NSW
-Meeting closed 12pm followed by visit to the Multicultural Bulk Loans work area.
+**Meeting closed** 12pm followed by visit to the Multicultural Bulk Loans work area.