Following The QRWN On Facebook? Then Help Us Claim Our Very Own QRWN Facebook Page! 30th August 2010: Are you following the QRWN on Facebook? If you are, then we'd like your help. When we started to have a presence on Facebook a little earlier this year we did it by creating a Facebook group. Since then, though, Facebook have come out with a new feature called Facebook pages. Pages act very much like groups but they have some extra advantages that are better suited to what we want to do in future. One of them is being able to claim a permanent URL on Facebook (which is a lot easier to remember than a group number!). And the URL we'd like to get is http://facebook.com/qrwn Unfortunately Facebook don't provide any way to migrate an existing group to one of their new Facebook pages. And we can't claim the URL until we have at least 25 members "Liking" it. So we'd like to ask for your help. If you're already following us on Facebook, just click the "Like" button that appears on the left hand sidebar of every page of our website (you only need to click it once). This will add you to our new page. And from then on - since we'll be posting all future QRWN updates there (not in our group) - you'll be able to follow us as usual. Gosh! So easy! We'd like to migrate all our existing group members across as quickly as possible. So if you could "Like" our new page some time in the coming week we'd greatly appreciate it. And thankyou in advance for you assistance!

NCWQ Workshop For Gifted Children And Their Parents: 28th & 29th September 2010 23rd August 2010: Do you have a gifted child? If so, then an up-coming two day workshop that's being held in Brisbane over the September school vacation might be of great interest to you. The National Council of Women of Queensland will be holding an inaugural conference for children who love to learn (and their parents) at St Aiden's Anglican Girls School at Corinda in Brisbane on Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th September. The children's workshops will cover a wide range of subjects including Discovering Australian Wildlife, Latin, Cartooning, Vulnerable to Viruses, Navigation and Creative Writing. The morning sessions are for the children with their parents and the afternoons will be filled with the workshops for the children while their parents attend helpful lectures. Presentations will include "Reading - an Issue for Gifted Children", "Young Gifted Children" and "Advocacy at School for the Gifted Child". Conference registrations are only $25 per day (plus a small levy for some workshops) and you can get a PDF flyer about the event by clicking here. You can also obtain more details and/or register for a place at the event on the NCWQs website. Note: The QRWN is a member organisation of NCWQ and we support their good work.

OK... We've Heard You! Early Bird Discount Extended To Monday August 16th 6th August 2010: Want to come to the 2010 Conference but sad that you've missed out on our Early Bird Discount because you were just too ?*&^%$ busy to get the paperwork to us? Well, despite bucketloads of Early Bird registrations (and a big "Thank You!" to everyone who's already booked) it seems that more than a few QRWN members were in that boat. But we've heard your anguish. So we're making a one-time extension of the Early Bird rate until 12:00 midnight on Monday 16th August. However, this deadline is absolutely final and after that the normal rate will apply. No ifs, buts or exceptions (no matter how busy you are). You can get the paperwork on the Conference Forms page of our website. Just complete the 2010 Conference Registration form - available as either a PDF or MS Word document - and get it back to us pronto. PS: We'd also like to remind everyone that entries in the 2010 Cultural Competitions also close at midnight next Friday 13th August. Once again, you can get the necessary paperwork on the Conference Forms page of our website. Same rules apply: complete the forms and get the paperwork back to us by the deadline or miss out.