The Brooking Street Bugle

Issue No. 109 (New Series)
ISSN 1321 - 1463

Publication Date: 8 June, 2004

Published and Printed by the Chan Academy Australia.
Chan Academy is a registered business name of the
Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.
A.C.N. 005 701 806 A.B.N. 42 611 496 488
33 Brooking Street, Upwey, Victoria 3158 Australia
Telephone and Fax: +61 3 9754 3334
E-mail address: wbu@bdcu.org.au
World Fellowship of Buddhists Regional Centre
Associated Institution of the World Buddhist University





Lifetimes of Learning
and the cultivation of Friendliness, Practicality, Professionalism,
Cultural Adaptability and Scholarship

Our websites:

www.bdcu.org.au
www.bddronline.net.au
www.bdcublessings.net.au
www.bsbonline.com.au
www.buyresolved.com.au

Editor: Leanne Eames, B.A., M.A.
Assistant Editors: Anita M. Hughes, RN Div 1

Chan Academy Australia
Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. Disclaimer

As we, the Chan Academy Australia, Chan Academy being a registered business name of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd., do not control the actions of our service providers from time to time, make no warranty as to the continuous operation of our web site(s). Also, we make no assertion as to the veracity of any of the information included in any of the links with our web sites, or any other source accessed through our website(s).

Accordingly, we accept no liability to any user or subsequent third party, either expressed or implied, whether or not caused by error or omission on either our part, and member, employee or other person associated with the Chan Academy Australia, Chan Academy being a registered business name of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.

May You Be Well and Happy.

The Purposes of this Publication

The purposes of this publication are to:

Inform Members and others of coming events.

Report on monitoring of current activities and policies.

Help Members and friends understand the benefits of using technology in our organisation for Teaching Buddha Dhamma.

Write in a style recognisable by those who use English as a second language.

Provide glossaries and definitions for key terms used for teaching Buddha Dhamma.

Improve, report and develop cash generating activities to promote Buddha Dhamma.

Show examples of Buddha Dhamma education within our five styles of cultivation in action.

Provide timely advice on Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S).

Declare, celebrate and record scheduled Buddhist educational events.

Provide accurate information via our websites on how we educate on Buddha Dhamma legally in Victoria, Australia.

Provide opportunities for Buddha Dhamma activities and ceremonies.

Assist our globalisation of Buddha Dhamma education policy.

Provide text for our online version of the Brooking Street Bugle at www.bsbonline.com.au.

Index

1. Glossary
2. Sangha News
3. Coming Events
4. Company Structure
5. Keynote Opportunities
6. Appeals and Special Projects
7. Current Research and Development Interests
8. Information Technology News
9. Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S)
10. Corporate Governance & Reporting (CGR)
11. International Dhamma Activities (IDA)
12. Local Area Planning & Asset Management (LAPAM)
13. Members' News
14. Funds Appeal
15. Photographs
16. Transferring of Merit

Copyright Provisions

The Brooking Street Bugle is for free distribution. It contains Buddha Dhamma material and is provided for the purposes of research and study. It is also published online with colour photographs at www.bsbonline.com.au. Brooking Street Bugle On Line is a registered Business Name in the state of Victoria. Permission is given to make printouts of this publication for free distribution only with acknowledgements of the source, Australian Company Number ACN, Australian Business Number ABN and publication address. Please keep it in a clean place.

"The gift of Dhamma excels all other gifts".
© 2002, Copyright. Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.

1. Glossary

2. Sangha News

Photographs from Venerable Upatissa's pilgrimage

The Venerable Upatissa's photographs from his Pilgrimage to India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Nepal are uploaded on the BDDR Online, Vol. 14 No. 2 at www.bddronline.net.au.

Memorial Service for H.E. Prince Ratu Pandji Pandita

A memorial service was held for His Eminence Prince Ratu Pandji Pandita, who passed away on 4 June 2004, on Monday 10 May 2004 at the King Pandji Sakti Vajrajana Buddhist Society International, 262 Domain Road, South Yarra.

H.E. Prince Ratu Pandji Pandita was holder of the Vajrajana Sakya tradition of Indonesia.

Korean Nuns Staying in Rowville

Chung Suk Lee, a past student of John D. Hughes, rang to offer her condolences on hearing about John's passing, and to inform us that two Korean Nuns, Dae Wol Sunim and Sang Hoo Sunim, are currently staying in Rowville. The Nuns will come to visit our Temple to give a Dhamma talk and to meet with us on Friday 18 June, 2004, at 7.30pm. Chung Suk Lee will interpret for them. The Nuns are living at 179 Karwo Road, Rowville, and can be contacted directly on 9759-5430, or via Chung Suk Lee on 9690-3573.

3. Coming Events

Visit of Korean Nuns to our Centre

Two Korean Nuns, Dae Wol Sunim and Sang Hoo Sunim, who have recently come to Australia, will visit the Chan Academy Australia at 7.30pm on Friday 11 June to meet our Members and give a short Dhamma talk. The contact person and drive for the Nuns is Chung Suk Lee, who can be contacted on 9690-3575. The Nuns are currently residing at 179 Karwo Road, Rowville.

Vajrasattva Puja Prayer

On Monday 14 June 2004, Francisco So will conduct the Vajrasattva Puja. The puja will consist of:

(i) Sukhavati Prayer Ritual
(ii) One Hundred Syllable Mantra of Vajrasattva
(iii) 'The Yoga of Knowing the Mind- The Tibetan Book of Great Liberation'.

The first session will commence at 9.30am to 11.30am and the second session is from 1.30pm to 4.30pm.

Please bring puja offerings such as incense, round shaped fruit, cakes and other suitable offering.

If you would like to provide transport for Francisco, please call Julie on 0409 933 373.

Canadian Nun to visit Chan Academy

Venerable Medhanandi, a Canadian Nun residing in New Zealand, will visit the Chan Academy on Wednesday 16 June at 7.00pm to give a Dhamma talk.

New Buddha Dhamma Teaching Program

We invite Members of the Sangha to come to our Temple to give Dhamma talks on Monday and Friday evenings as part of our Buddha Dhamma Teaching Program for 2004. Classes commence at 7.30pm.

We thank the Venerable Sangha for blessing our Temple, and Members and Friends and accepting our request.

May the Buddha Dhamma be taught at our Temple.

Members and students are welcome to attend and are requested to bring suitable offerings such as flowers, daily necessities and books as dana for the Sangha.

On Friday evenings from 7.30pm teachings are held from the Mahayana tradition. Sessions so far have included the playing of videotaped teachings of the late Master John D. Hughes on the Prajna Paramita (The Perfection of Wisdom) We are currently listening to the CD series "The Diamond Cutter" by Geshe Michael Roach. This Friday (11 June) two Korean Nuns will visit our Centre to meet our Members and give a short dhamma talk.

Students and Members are invited to bring suitable offerings such as flowers, food, water, paper, and Buddha Dhamma texts as offerings.

We thank Mrs. Anita M. Hughes for initiating this program of Buddha Dhamma teachings at our Temple.

May Anita M. Hughes be well and happy.

Study of the Vinaya

Members Julian Bamford and Frank Carter have committed to studying and learning the Vinaya and the 227 rules of the Sangha Monk.

Please note that the study session time is every Wednesday evening at 8.00pm.

All Members are welcome to join this important study program.

May the Buddha Dhamma be taught at our Temple for the next 500 hundred years.

We thank our Teacher and Founder, the late Master John D. Hughes, for establishing this Buddha Dhamma Temple, and the John D. Hughes Collection library and for creating the suitable conditions for us to study the Vinaya.

Abhidhamma Classes

Abhidhamma classes continue every Tuesday evening at 7.30pm. Chanting takes place in our Hall of Assembly prior to the class at 7.15pm. All Members and Friends are welcome.

From Tuesday 4 May 2004 onwards, we have been studying the correspondence course of "How Karma Works" - Abhidhamma level 1, taught by Geshe Michael Roach.

The course material was downloaded from the Asian Classics Institute website at URL www.world-view.org by Peter Boswell, and Peter and Evelin compiled the material into folders donated by David Igracki. We will do the complete Abhidhamma course Levels 1 and 2 over the coming months. The course also includes readings, homework, quizzes and a final examination.

Classes are free of charge.

Students are requested to bring suitable offerings each week to the Abhidhamma Teachings, including flowers, Basmati rice and two reams of Reflex A4 paper. Recycled paper is not suitable as it jams in our printers.

Thangka Painting Classes

Thangka painting classes are to be held at our Centre, starting soon. Please contact Anita M. Hughes for details on 9754-3334.

Coming Events at Other Centres

We have a white folder titled "Coming Events at Other Organisations".

Persons who are interested in these events can find the folder in the Sariputta Room, shelf next to PC1A.

Some coming events at other organisations are also published in the Brooking Street Bugle and uploaded onto our websites.

It is suggested that all Members keep track of what is happening at other organisations so that they know which are the important events to attend.

This will also help us to step up our PR programs. We want continue to provide our Temple for future students so that they can learn the Buddha Dhamma for the next 500 years at least.

On Saturday 12 June and Sunday 13 June, from 10am to 5pm, there will be an exhibition of traditional Buddhist art including mandalas, deities and medicinal thangkas at Mt. Martha Community House, on the corner of The Esplanade and Dominion Road, Mt. Martha. Thangkas on display include two beautiful thangkas of Milarepa, the poet and famous yogi from Tibet painted by Lama Tenzing Sherpa.

Please refer to the white folder labelled "Coming Events at Other Centres" for further details about this and other events.

4. Company Structure

Our Company Office Bearers and Management Team

Founder
The late John D. Hughes Dip. App. Chem. T.T.T.C. GDAIE

Resident Practitioner
Anita Hughes R.N.Div1

Abbot
Anita Hughes R.N.Div1

Assistant Abbots
Julie O'Donnell
Evelin Halls B.A.
Peter Boswell C.P.A.

Director of Abhidhamma Teachings
Evelin Halls B.A.

Assistants of Abhidhamma Teachings
Leanne Eames B.A. M.A.
Pennie White B.A.Dip.Ed.

Directors of the Centre
Julie O'Donnell
Evelin Halls B.A.
Peter Boswell CPA

Office Bearers
President Julian Bamford B.A. App. Rec.
Secretary Anita Hughes RN Div 1.
Treasurer Peter Boswell CPA

Assistant Secretary
Julie O'Donnell

Assistant Treasurer
Frank Carter B.Ec.
David Igracki

Vice Presidents
International Dhamma Activities
Pennie White B.A.Dip.Ed.
Corporate Governance & Reporting
Evelin Halls B.A.
Local Area Planning & Asset Management
Frank Carter B.Ec.

Chief Information Officer
Leanne Eames B.A. M.A.

Financial Controller
Peter Boswell C.P.A.

Manager Occupational Health & Safety
Anita Hughes R.N.Div1
Frank Carter B.Ec.

Manager Enterprise Technology
Evelin Halls B.A.

IT Technical Support
Kamfatt Lin B.Sc (Eng),MCP, CNA, MCSE, MCDBA

IT Development Engineer
John Watson Senior CTS Engineer

Editors Buddha Dhyana Dana Review
Julian Bamford B.A. App. Rec.
Evelin Halls B.A.
Pennie White B.A. Dip. Ed.

Executive Producer Buddhist Hour Broadcast
Pennie White B.A. Dip. Ed.

Producer Buddhist Hour Broadcast
Pennie White B.A. Dip. Ed.

Assistant Producers Buddhist Hour Broadcast
Julian Bamford B.A. App. Rec.
Peter Boswell C.P.A.
Evelin Halls B.A.
Leanne Eames B.A. M.A.
Lainie Smallwood B.A. Business, B.A. Comm.

Editor Brooking Street Bugle
Leanne Eames B.A. M.A.

Assistant Editors Brooking Street Bugle
Anita Hughes R.N.Div1
David Ley Architect (UK), BBlgs

Editors Longhair Australia News
Julian Bamford B.A. App. Rec.
Leanne Eames B.A. M.A.
Evelin Halls B.A.
Pennie White B.A. Dip. Ed.

Joint Librarians
Anita Hughes R.N.Div1

Assistant Librarian
Julie O'Donnell

General meetings held last Friday of each Month

The next monthly General Meeting will be held on Friday, 25 June, 2004 at 8.00 pm.

All Members are welcome.

5. Keynote Opportunities

Teach English to Korean Nuns in Rowville

If you would like to teach English to two Korean Nuns, Dae Wol Sunim and Sang Hoo Sunim, who have recently come to Australia and are currently staying in Rowville, please contact Chung Suk Lee on 9690-3575, or contact the Nuns' residence directly at 9759-5430. The Nuns are currently residing at 179 Karwo Road, Rowville.

BDDR articles

We need more articles for publication in the Buddha Dhyana Dana Review.

Would Members attending events such as Conferences or Teachings at other Centres, please write an article about the event and provide it for upload to the BDDR Online. Photos are also most welcome.

Dedicated filing day

We had a dedicated filing day on Saturday 15 May 2004. Thank you to Anita, Julie, Evelin, Lainie and Julian.

Temple Attendance

Evelin Halls is attending the Centre every Monday to Friday 9am to 3.30pm as Assistant Abbot (excluding school holidays and public holidays). We thank Evelin for supporting our Temple in this way.

Assistant Abbot's report

Friday 30 April 2004

Uploaded data for Venerable Upatissa onto BDDR Online, checked and printed external emails, welcomed a new visitor, made offerings, entered the day's correspondence.

Tuesday 4 May 2004

Anita's Birth Anniversary--drove Anita to Master Ru Sun's Temple where we made offerings and paid respect to the Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha. We met with Master E. Anita bought 8 robes to offer to Members on her Birth Anniversary. We were invited for lunch and tea. Downloaded Course 5 "How Karma Works" Abhidhamma level 1 by Geshe Michael Roach, printed and prepared the Abhidhamma class 97, entered the day's correspondence,
made offerings.

Wednesday 5 May 2004

VESAK DAY

Planned Merit Generating Activities for Versak Day 2004:

CLEANING
1. Amenities block and toilets 2. Path 3. Reclining Buddha 4. Rake driveway 5. Kitchen

PAINT Reclining Buddha house

FIX pot hole at entrance

FIRE-light fire and keep going

PUBLISH life plan

OFFERINGS of Incense, Light, Flowers, Water

CHANTING
6.00am, 11.00am, 1.00pm, 3.00pm, 8.00pm

DINNER
6.30pm

Thursday 6 May 2004

Made offerings, fed birds, sent 33 Versak 2004 greetings by email to:

Dr. Guruge, Venerable Suddhananda Mahathero, Dr. Nantasarn Seesalab, Dr. Panitpan, Association of Vietnamese Buddhist Nuns in America, Bangladesh Bouddha Kristi Prachar Sangha, Professor Bikiran Barua, Bob Faulker with Gippsland Buddhist Discussion Group, Buddhist Missionary Society Malaysia, Dhammakaya Foundation, Dr. Steven S. W. Huang, European Buddhist Union--Eva Maroscheck, German Buddhist Union, Goh Seng Chai, H. E. Phan Wannamethee, International Brotherhood Mission, Kamfatt Lin, Lama Lobzang, Lay Buddhist Association, Mr. Martin Barua, Dr. Mohini Gunasekara, Friedrich Anton Reg, Loke Darshan, Nhu Tang Lam, Oesterreichische Buddhistische Union, Won Buddhism, Wangden Lobsang, WBU, WFB Hawaii, WFB Korea, WFB Selangor, Young Buddhist Association of Thailand, Geshe Michael Roach - Asian Classics Institute

NOTE: each email was sent individually with a personal greeting

Taught two members IT skills, entered the day's correspondence, typed "our kitchen" document, printed and filed "The Dhamma Times".

To do: find out who else should receive a Versak email from us

Friday 7 May 2004

Fed birds, made offerings to all Buddhas, John D. Hughes, Padmasambhava, Heavenly Monks, Devas and Devatas, finished Mother's Day flower stall document, did radio script 328 for Sunday 9 May 2004, emailed script to Leanne for proof reading, organised this week's radio team (Julian as producer to be confirmed), checked and sent emails, entered the day's correspondence, put Abhidhamma course notes into folder.

Monday 10 May 2004

Made offerings on behalf of all beings to the Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha, Master John D. Hughes, Padmasambhava, Devas and Devatas, fed the birds, prepared dinner, washed dishes, checked and sent emails, entered the day's incoming correspondence, entered outgoing correspondence, clarified this week's events at our Centre and wrote into diary, organised Abhidhamma course printouts, answered phone calls.

Tuesday 11 May 2004

Made offerings, chanted, cleaned Sariputta Room, prepared for Abhidhamma Teaching, answered and printed emails and archived them on PC4 in new folder titled "emails 2004 printed", added our data to the "Buddhist Network teacher\practitioner online directory", subscribed to Harvard Business Review Online, entered today's correspondence, helped to prepare dinner

Wednesday 12 May 2004

Organised radio script 330 for 23 May 2004 (one script ahead), chanted, made offerings, printed emails, updated our member's details in database, wrote current member list and printed, prepared dinner, set up message bank, entered the day's correspondence, drove Max to doctor

Thursday 13 May 2004

Chanted, made offerings, typed new Member list (will give list to Angus to work out if list is correct), planned dedicated filing for Saturday 15 May 2004, all day: confirmed participants: Anita, Julie, Evelin, Lainie, Julian.
The Telstra phone is faulty (in Sariputta Room), rang Telstra - will collect new phone today at post office (free of charge)
Entered the day's correspondence, updated the 7 Day Project List

Friday 14 May 2004

Chanted, made offerings, washed dishes in private kitchen, commenced the production of Longhair Australian News Vol. 3 No. 1, Autumn Edition, publication date 31 May 2004, checked and sent emails, mailed updated entry of Chan Academy for the Directory of Australian Associations, updated project list, worked on PHOTOLAN, taught one Member IT skills, looked after Max

Monday 17 May 2004

Chanted, made offerings, checked emails, printed the Dhamma Times, prepared and printed this week's radio script 330 for Sunday 23 May 2004 titled: "An Exalted Sutra of the Greater Way on the Perfection of Wisdom - The Diamond Cutter" (Reading part 2) (3490 words), worked on Longhair Australian News, prepared dinner: pot roast and dahl, entered the day's correspondence

Thursday 27 May 2004

Made offerings, turned LAN2 back on and wrote instructions on how to do this, checked emails, printed PR Analysis for WFB questionnaire, printed radio script 331 for 30 May 2004, confirmed that Lisa will bring dinner

Sent LAN2 emails

Entered today's correspondence, prepared minutes for General Meeting, prepared the correspondence reports, washed dishes, cleaned out fridge

To do:
Complete and send off WFB Questionnaire this week, Longhair, filing

May we continue to follow the vision of our Teacher Master John D. Hughes and may our Temple last for at least 500 years.

New folders required

We need folders for filing items such as the Dhamma Times, Sitemeter reports, emails, and more.

If anyone is aware that we have empty folders stored somewhere at the Centre, please let Evelin know.

Donations of folders would be greatly welcomed. We need about 10 folders at least.

Chan Academy Sumi-e Program 2004

Eight (8) Sumi-e classes will be taught by Master Andre Sollier at the Chan Academy, 33 Brooking Street, Upwey Vic 3158 Australia during 2004.

The program has two themes. The first three classes will conclude the 'The Seven Factors of Enlightenment' (bojjhanga pabba)commenced in 2003. The third of those classes will be held on Saturday 26 June, 2004, and the topic of the class will be upekkha - sambhojjhanga (equanimity).

You may view paintings, with explanatory notes, for these and the full series of paintings created by Andre Sollier for the classes at: www.buyresolved.com.au/sumie2003/sumie2003.html

The theme for the second part of the year's Sumi-e program will be confirmed at a later date, the dates for which are as follows:

4. Saturday 28 August 2004
5. Saturday 25 September 2004
6. Saturday 23 October 2004
7. Saturday 20 November 2004
8. Saturday 11 December 2004

Each Sumi-e class commences at 10.00am and runs until 3.00pm with a one hour break for lunch. Students are welcome to bring food for lunch, and flowers for offering to the Teacher.

Students ought to arrive at the Centre by 9.30am to be seated in the hall ready for the class to commence at 10.00am.

Student fees are $66 per class (including GST) with all painting materials supplied.

Payments should be made in cash or cheque made payable to Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.

For bookings please telephone Mr Julian Bamford on 0400 267 330 or call the Chan Academy Australia on 03 9754 3334.

Chan Painting Teachings

Melva Fitzallen has offered to teach the basics of Chan Painting to those who wish to learn.

Please see Frank Carter for further information if you are interested in learning Chan Painting with Melva Nielsen.

6. Appeals and Special Projects

Nutrimetics Shower Gel Fundraiser

Our Nutrimetics fund raiser continues.

A box of six Botanicals Refreshing Shower Gels (Can also be used as bubble bath) comes in six different fragrances--Lime Fresh, Blueberry, Melon and Cucumber, Dewberry, Tangerine and Strawberry--and can be purchased for $30 per box or $5.50 per item.

The Nutrimetics boxes are stored in Suite 4.

Camberwell Market Stall

Thank you to the Chief God of Wealth and all other Devas and Devatas and Members who help us with the Camberwell Market Stall.

This is an important fundraising and PR activity, attracting prospective buyers with the two white tents, colourful blessing flags, flowers, display of Chan prints and gift cards and well presented array of goods for sale.

Thank you to the Chief God of Wealth and all other Devas and Devatas and Members who help us with the Camberwell Market Stall.

The Camberwell Market Stall held on Sunday 1 May 2004 generated the following returns.

Profit $181.45, Raffle $68, Bangladesh Stand $20.30

The sales team for the day was Julian Bamford, David Ley, Frank Carter and Evelin Halls.

The Camberwell Market Stall held on Sunday 9 May 2004 generated the following returns:

Raffle: nil
Bangladesh: $ 12.20

The Camberwell Market Stall held on Sunday 16 May 2004 generated the following returns:

Profit $246.30, Raffle $68, Bangladesh Stand $31.00
Nutrimetics Sales : $5.50

The sales team for the day was Julian Bamford, David Ley, Frank Carter and Evelin Halls.

Camberwell Market report Sunday 23 May 2004

Thank you to all the Devas and Devatas, Chief God of Wealth and his retinue, and the Chief Deva of our Temple, and Devas of the Camberwell Market for help to increase the success of our stall at the Camberwell Market Stall.

May it grow as one of our key Public Relations activities.

May it continue to generate new cash funds for our Temple, increasing to our goal of $1000 net income per week, and to bring many donations of cash money for us to remit to the Dhammarajika Orphanage in Bangladesh.

We thank the Devas and Devatas for protecting our stall, bringing persons who seek to find our about Buddha Dhamma and who can be of help to our Temple with their skills and resources, helping us to find new stock to sell, bringing more customers -new and repeat- to purchase our goods and raffle tickets.

Each week many persons visit our stall, to purchase goods, and for some to visit our display and then find out some information about our Temple and about Buddha Dhamma programs.

Visitors today included a tertiary student in her second year of an Arts Degrees at Monash University. She is from Singapore.

A man named John whose hobby is photography, and accepted an invitation to visit our Centre Temple and to take some photographs of our Temple with his high quality camera. John also prints his own black and white photographs.

Mr Khoa (Aarron) Trieu, a student of Venerable Thien Tan, Abbot of the Hoa Nghen Temple at 444 Springvale Rd, Springvale. On a previous visit to our stall Mr Khoa advised our President Mr Julian Bamford that he would be happy assist with the sourcing of well priced blank CD's for us. Also that he can assist with the converting of audio from cassette to CD. David Ley is looking after this project.

Also that he can provide us with contacts for the purchase of Buddha images at close to wholesale prices.

He has invited our President to his Temple to pay respect to his Master next Sunday 30 May at 2.00pm.

We have over the past 12 months welcomed Monks to our stall as well as persons from Singapore, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand, Germany, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Vietnam, China, Philippines, Russia, Indonesia and many other countries.

The stall generates around $11,000 dollars per annum to our Centre's operating revenue.

We thank all the Members who support the market each week, and to the friends, family and contacts who provide goods. We also thank our Brooking Street neighbour Mavis for her continuing kindness in providing a storage facility for our stock and equipment.

We extend a special mention of our gratitude to our Member Frank Carter for his support, dedication and commitment to running the stall: finding goods, coordinating members to help, supplying the van for transporting our goods each week, organising the weekly raffle tickets and the quarterly prizes and many other tasks. Well done Frank.

The Camberwell Market Stall held on Sunday 23 May 2004 generated a net income after the $40 stall fee of $219.80.

This was comprised of:

Profit $187.30,
Raffle x 13 tickets $26,
Dhammarajika Orphanage collection $6.50

Thank you to our sales team for the day: Julian Bamford, Julie O'Donnell and Lainie Smallwood.

The Camberwell Market Stall held on Sunday 30 May 2004 generated the following returns.

Profit $29.50, Raffle $94, Bangladesh Stand $12.25

The sales team for the day was Julian Bamford, David Ley, Frank Carter and Evelin Halls.

Storage of Camberwell Market goods

Thank you to our neighbour Mavis, who has kindly provided storage space for our market stall goods.
Would Members and friends please look for another suitable location to store these goods off site. Please contact Frank Carter.

Kallista Market Stall

The next Chan Academy Australia Kallista Market stall will be held on Saturday 3 July, 2004, from 8.00am to 1.30pm.

If any members would like attend, donate craft goods or busk at the stall please advise Lisa or Pennie.

Kallista Market Stall goods are stored at 11 Brooking Street, Upwey, Victoria 3158.

7. Current Research and Development Interests

Preserving Australia's Multicultural Documentary Heritage Workshop Program

Evelin will participate in the Multicultural Documentary Heritage Workshop Program on 9-10 June 2004 in Canberra.

Material covered in the workshop will include significance, preservation, setting up and managing an archive, paper/photograph/map/book preservation, digitisation, oral history and folklore and the Community Heritage Grants program, and include visits to the Parliamentary Triangle and the National Library.

The workshop, jointly provided by the National Library and National Archives, will give participants a good understanding of the issues involved in looking after an archival collection, as well as some practical skills in its management and preservation.

We thank Evelin for attending the workshop, and we look forward to hearing all about her newfound knowledge.

We thank all beings that have helped us with the John D. Hughes Collection. Please continue to help.

8. Information Technology News

Faulty telephone

The telephone in the Sariputta Room was found to be faulty on 13 May. A new phone was picked up by Evelin from the Ferntree Gully Post Office the following day (free of charge).

PC4 Modem

Just a hint what you can try if the PC4 modem doesn't connect:

plug in the Centre's telephone, dial 101, check if there is a message left on the phone. If so, delete it and then reconnect modem, and it will most likely work.

The technical explanation is: this happens on occasion when persons leave a message using the previous Anita phone number. This phone line is used for our PC4 modem now, and it won't connect when someone has left a message.

LAN 2 power supply replacement

The power supply on the LAN 2 Server was replaced on 30 May 2004 by Frank Carter.

The original power supply had a faulty fan which was very noisy.

The replacement one is a 230W unit as was the original one.

The cables from the LAN 2 cabinet were preventing the cabinet door closing so they have been re-routed underneath. The door now closes so the computers are now very quiet.

Acrobat Reader

The Acrobat Reader program was installed on PC1A on 16 May 2004 to enable us to read and work with pdf files.

How to turn LAN 2 back on after power has been turned off

Turn all LAN 2 PCs off
Go to LAN 2 server cabinet
Press power button labeled 2 first (email server)
Press power button for the I: drive server
Wait for about 10 minutes until turning PC back on (or wait until the lights on the LAN servers stop flashing)
Turn PC back on

Trouble shooting:

If the I: drive does not come up, do the following:

Right click on Network Neighborhood desktop icon
Click Map Network Drive
Drive: select I
Path: click on box and select \\SERVER1\NETDIR

Always let the IT Deva know what you are doing and make offerings.

Entering dates into our database

When you enter dates into our ACCESS database, please use the following format:

01/01/2004

Please make sure that you use slashes and not full stops. A date entered with full stops cannot be identified as a date by the database and messes up reports.

Windows 95

Microsoft has officially announced that Windows 95 has now reached its "End of Life" stage. This means that Microsoft no longer supports Windows 95, and all other software developers will follow soon if they have not already done so.

The VET has announced that they will support Windows 95 users until late 2004.

For us this means that our Internet PC must be upgraded before the end of 2004. Also, PC1A cannot run our updated ACCESS database version until we have Windows XP.

I suggest we upgrade PC1A and our PC4, our Internet PC, and plan to raise funds as soon as possible.

VET update

Today the VET was updated on our Internet PC. We now run the latest version 0.63.0.1. However, before the end of this year we must have at least Windows 98 on our Internet PC because otherwise we will be unable to continue to upgrade the VET or any other software we may want to use.

9. Occupational Health and Safety News (OH&S)

10. Corporate Governance & Reporting (CGR)

Colour Code: Red
CGR Manager: Pennie White
CGR Vice President: Evelin Halls
CGR Task Unit Members: Julian Bamford, Peter Boswell, Frank Carter, Leanne Eames, Lenore Hamilton, Lisa Nelson, Lainie Smallwood, Anita Hughes, Amber Svensson.

CGR Task Unit Responsibilities: Adhere to legal requirements of corporate affairs; accounts; communicate with Federal, State and Local government departments; organise GST payments; supply Australian Tax Office with Business Activity Statements; provide timely managerial information to ensure profits are made; provide quarterly Profit and Loss Activity Statements; arrange for the audit of accounts at a professional level to meet the Statutory requirements of the Gaming Commission of New South Wales (NSW).; arrange General meetings and maintain statutory minutes for these meetings; monitor and adhere to Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) policy; provide first aid facilities; organise attendants for staffing the Centre; correspondence; schedule events for our Teacher; structure new databases and train persons to maintain them; train personnel to operate CGR functions; refreshment supply; fund and organise Dana for the Sangha visiting the Centre; create goodwill with our neighbours; and with local newspapers to advise the community of upcoming events.

Lodgement of internal publication "The Brooking Street Bugle" with the State Library of Victoria

Issues No. 92 through 108 of our internal publication The Brooking Street Bugle (New Series) ISSN - 1321 - 1463, publication dates 31 August 2003 to 29 April, 2004 were posted on May 4, 2004, for lodgement into the files of the State Library of Victoria.

11. International Dhamma Activities (IDA)

Appointment of New Rector to World Buddhist University

Manoon Mukpradit, Secretary of the Chaipattana Foundation established by the King has been appointed as Rector World Buddhist University.

Ajarn Nantasarn Seesalab has been appointed Deputy Rector World Buddhist University.

We extend our congratulations and support.

12. Local Area Planning & Asset Management (LAPAM)

Colour Code: Green
LAPAM Manager: Frank Carter
LAPAM Vice President: Frank Carter
LAPAM Task Unit Members: Julian Bamford, Peter Boswell, Frank Carter, Brendan Hall, Evelin Halls, Lenore Hamilton, David Igracki, Rodney Johnson, David Ley, Brent Kerr, Lisa Nelson, Amber Svensson.

LAPAM Task Unit Responsibilities: To maintain and develop the buildings and gardens of the Centre; to undertake new construction works; to refurbish the Centre buildings; and to look after equipment and supplies.

13. Members' News

14. Funds Appeal

Donations

Donations may be sent to:

The Secretary, Chan Academy Australia,
Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.,
33 Brooking Street, Upwey, Victoria, 3158.

Please state your name/organisation, address and indicate whether or not you require a receipt.

Please make all cheques payable to "Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd."

Thank you for your kind contribution.

The gift of Dhamma excels all others.

May you be Well and Happy.

Gifts are not tax deductible.

15. Photographs

Photographs will be uploaded shortly.

16. Transferring of Merit

We regularly transfer merit to the Mahasangha and local deities. They help us on all our projects.

We offer blessed water and food to the deities at the NAT House.