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THE BROOKING STREET BUGLE
Issue No. 78 (New Series)
ISSN 1321 -1463

Publication date: 3 May 2002

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

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

websites

www.bdcu.org.au	www.bddronline.net.au
www.bdcublessings.net.au	www.bsbonline.com.au
www.companyontheweb.com/buddhatext	www.skybusiness.com/j.d.hughes
www.companyontheweb.com/buddhamap	www.buyresolved.com.au

Editor: John D. Hughes Dip.App.Chem.,T.T.T.C., GDAIE

Vice-president, World Fellowship of Buddhists

Assistant Editors: Julian Bamford B.A.App.Rec, Leanne Eames, B.A., M.A.,

Evelin Halls, Dip. Foreign Language Correspondence, Pennie White, B.A., Dip. Ed.

Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. Disclaimer:

As we, the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd., trading as Brooking Street Bugle, do not control the actions of our service providers from time to time, make no warranty as to the continuous operation of our website(s). Also, we make no assertion as to the veracity of any of the information included in any of the links with our websites, or an 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, or a member, employee or other person associated with the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.

May You Be Well and Happy

THE PURPOSES OF THIS PUBLICATION

The purposes of this publication is to:

1. Provide glossaries and definitions for key terms.
2. Write in a style recognisable by those who use English as a second language.
2 Inform Members and others of coming events.
3. Report on monitoring of current activities and policies..
4. Improve, report and develop cash generating activities.
5. Show examples of our five styles of cultivation in action.
6. Provide timely advice on Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S).
7. Declare, celebrate and record designated events.
8. Provide accurate information to our website on how we operate legally in Victoria,
Australia.
9. Provide opportunities for Buddha Dhamma activities and ceremonies.
10. Assist our globalisation policy.
11. Provide text for suitable photographs for our online version of the Brooking Street Bugle at www.bsbonline.com.au

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 acknowledgments 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. The Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.

INDEX

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

1. GLOSSARY

bitmap: A file type for digital images.

canvassing: seek to ascertain, examine fully

circumambulate: Walk around

Deva: Heavenly beings, deities, celestials: are beings who live in happy worlds.

haemoglobin: The iron-containing pigment, resolvable into four subunits consisting of haem and a globulin, which is the oxygen-carrying substance present in the red blood cells of vertebrates, and is red when oxygenated and purple when deoxygenated.

LAN: Local Area Network

Prajnaparamita: (Sanskrit) Perfection of Wisdom and Deity.

Puja: Honour, respect, homage, worship, devotional observances, devotional offerings.

Venerable: worthy of being venerated, or highly respected on account of character, position, achievements, etc.

Vihara: Abode; There are 3 Abodes: The Heavenly Abode, the Divine Abode, the Noble Abode.

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2. COMPANY STRUCTURE

The Company the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. operates under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's Company Code in accordance with our Articles of Association and Memorandum of Association.

Directors of the Centre

Julian Bamford, B.A. App.Rec.
Rilla Pargeter
Evelin Halls, Dip. Foreign Language Correspondence

The Directors, Office Bearers and Vice Presidents are responsible to a General Committee comprising all financial Members of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.

Office Bearers

Julian Bamford, B.A. App.Rec. - President
Pam Adkins, B.Bus., Ass.Dip.Bus - Treasurer
Rilla Pargeter - Secretary

Vice Presidents

John D. Hughes, Dip.App.Chem., T.T.T.C., GDAIE - International Dhamma Activities
Rilla Pargeter - Corporate Governance & Reporting
Frank Carter, B.Ec. - Local Area Planning & Asset Management

Joint Vice Presidents

Julian Bamford, B.A. App. Rec. - International Dhamma Activities
Lisa Nelson - Corporate Governance & Reporting

Special Positions
John D. Hughes, Dip.App.Chem., T.T.T.C., GDAIE
Teacher of Buddha Dhamma Practices
Editor Buddha Dhyana Dana Review
Editor Brooking Street Bugle
Executive Producer Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast

Julian Bamford, B.A. App.Rec
Assistant Editor, Brooking Street Bugle (new series)

Peter Boswell, CPA
Financial Controller

Frank Carter, B.Ec.
Joint Manager, Occupational Health & Safety

Leanne Eames, B.A., M.A.
Assistant Editor, Brooking Street Bugle (new series)

Evelin Halls, Dip. Foreign Language Correspondence
Manager, Enterprise Technology and Webmaster
Assistant Editor, Brooking Street Bugle (new series)

Vanessa Macleod, B.A., M.A.
International Liaison Officer,
Information Officer

Lisa Nelson
Assistant Secretary, Corporate Governance & Reporting

Anita Svensson, RN Div1
Manager, Occupational Health & Safety

Pennie White, B.A. Dip.Ed.
Assistant Editor, Buddha Dhyana Dana Review
Assistant Editor, Brooking Street Bugle (new series)

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3. COMING EVENTS

Buddha Dhamma Chanting is every day at 6.30am and 8.30pm in the Hall of Assembly at our Centre.

June 2002
02-06-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
09-06-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
14-06-02 Five Day Bhavana Course 1st day All Day
15-06-02 Five Day Bhavana Course 2nd day All Day
16-06-02 Five Day Bhavana Course 3rd day All Day
16-06-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
17-06-02 Five Day Bhavana Course 4th day All Day
18-06-02 Five Day Bhavana Course 5th day All Day
18-06-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30-8.30pm commences
22-06-02 Australasian Buddhist Convention
23-06-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
23-06-02 Australasian Buddhist Convention
25-06-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
30-06-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
30-06-02 Chan Class taught by Julian Bamford and Jan Bennett under the guidance of Master John D. Hughes 1.00pm-4.00pm

July 2002
02-07-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
07-07-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
07-07-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
09-07-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
14-07-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
16-07-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
21-07-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
23-07-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
27-07-02 Sumi-e Class taught by Master Andre Sollier 10.00am-3.00pm
28-07-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
28-07-02 Chan Class taught by Julian Bamford and Jan Bennett under the guidance of Master John D. Hughes 1.00pm-4.00pm
30-07-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm

August 2002
04-08-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
06-08-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
11-08-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
13-08-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
20-08-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
24-08-02 Sumi-e Class taught by Master Andre Sollier 10.00am-3.00pm
25-08-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
25-08-02 Chan Class taught by Julian Bamford and Jan Bennett under the guidance of Master John D. Hughes 1.00pm-4.00pm
27-08-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm

September 2002
01-09-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
03-09-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
06-09-02 Five Day Bhavana Course 1st day All Day
07-09-02 Five Day Bhavana Course 2nd day All Day
08-09-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
09-09-02 Founder’s Day All Day
09-09-02 Five Day Bhavana Course 3rd day All Day
10-09-02 Five Day Bhavana Course 4th day All Day
10-09-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
11-06-02 Five Day Bhavana Course 5th day All Day
15-09-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
17-09-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
22-09-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
24-09-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
29-09-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
29-09-02 Chan Class taught by Julian Bamford and Jan Bennett under the guidance of Master John D. Hughes 1.00pm-4.00pm

October 2002
01-10-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
06-10-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
08-10-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
12-10-02 Sumi-e Class taught by Master Andre Sollier
13-10-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
15-10-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
22-10-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
27-10-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
27-10-02 Chan Class taught by Julian Bamford and Jan Bennett under the guidance of Master John D. Hughes 1.00pm-4.00pm
29-10-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm

November 2002
03-11-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
05-11-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
09-11-02 Sumi-e Class taught by Master Andre Sollier 10.00am-3.00pm
10-11-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
12-11-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
17-11-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
19-11-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
24-11-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
24-11-02 Chan Class taught by Julian Bamford and Jan Bennett under the guidance of Master John D. Hughes 1.00pm-4.00pm
26-11-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm

December 2002
01-12-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
03-12-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
07-12-02 Members depart for World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference in Malaysia
08-12-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
09-12-02 World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference
10-12-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
10-12-02 World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference
11-12-02 World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference
12-12-02 World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference
13-12-02 World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference
14-12-02 Members depart from Malaysia
14-12-02 Sumi-e Class taught by Master Andre Sollier 10.00am-3.00pm
15-12-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
17-12-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
22-12-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
24-12-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
27-12-02 Five Day Bhavana Course 1st day All Day
28-12-02 Five Day Bhavana Course 2nd day All Day
29-12-02 Five Day Bhavana Course 3rd day All Day
29-12-02 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 11.00am-12.00pm
29-12-02 Chan Class taught by Julian Bamford and Jan Bennett under the guidance of Master John D. Hughes 1.00pm-4.00pm
30-12-02 Five Day Bhavana Course 4th day All Day
31-12-02 Abhidhamma Class 7.30pm-8.30pm
31-12-02 Five Day Bhavana Course 5th day All Day

January 2003
01-01-03 Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast 12.00am-1.00am

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4. SANGHA NEWS

Sakyamuni Sambuddha Vihara

Venerable Soma now resides at the Sakyamuni Sambuddha Vihara. The telephone number of the Sakyamuni Sambuddha Vihara is 9702 6275.

This information was confirmed by Venerable Arlawka, the Chief Abbot at the Buddhist Vihara Temple. The telephone number of the Buddhist Vihara Temple is 9548 4525.

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5. KEYNOTE OPPORTUNITIES

Members and friends wanted to help our key IT persons

Work on our new Local Area Network (LAN2) is continuing.

The e-mail on LAN2 is now operational.

Archiving our Data

It is important that we archive our data so that it may be preserved for 500 years.

One way that we preserve our data is to store it on CD-ROM.

On 5 May 2002, Brendan Hall has saved 28 folders containing 1374 digital photographs, totalling 367 MB from PC4 to zip disk. Brendan archived this data on CD-ROM offsite.

The hard drive on PC4 now has enough free space to continue operating as our stand alone internet PC.

On the same day, 144 digital photographs totalling 506.6 MB were downloaded from Digital Camera Two by Pennie White. These files were then transferred to CD-ROM. The work was carried out offsite using Pennie’s PC and CD burner.

The three memory cards are now ready for formatting.

Members are needed to help archive our data.

Some of our recent pictures need to be rotated so they are vertical and saved to CD-ROM.

If you would like some help with how to rotate and save to CD-ROM contact Pennie White.

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6. APPEALS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS

Chan Painting Raffle - ticket sales commence on 7 May 2002

Sales of Chan Painting Raffle tickets will commence from Tuesday 7 May and shall be continue for up to 3 months until 7 August 2002.

We will be selling 1000 tickets at $10 each (including GST) to generate a gross return after GST of $9091.00

The tickets will be produced in A4 size format and provided to sellers in books of twenty.

The books of tickets will provided for Members to include in their Cash Generation Kits.

Instructions for prospecting, selling of tickets and collection of monies will be provided by Frank Carter.

The raffle will be drawn at 3.00pm on Saturday 10 August following the Annual General Meeting of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.

The winner will be announced in the Australian Newspaper on Wednesday 14 August 2002.

New Monthly Cash Generation Targets

A new Monthly Cash Generation Target sheet listing our cash generation projects for the month will be provided to Members for their Cash Generation Kits.

The new Target sheet shows what we are aiming to raise, the specific projects and provides a means to measure how we are tracking against budget.

We request the Deva of Wealth to help us with these important cash generating projects.

Our major expense for this month will be the insurance bill at around $4000. We also hope the Building Permit will soon be granted and that works can commence on the new kitchen and dining room.

The cash generation target for May 2002 is $11,500.

The Cash Generation Projects are:

1. Mothers Day Gift and Flower Stall

Net cash generation target: $1600 = $800 net x 2 stalls

2. Chan Painting Raffle (see Frank Carter or Lenore Hamilton)

Net cash generation target: $3636 = 400 tickets at $10 each ($4000) less
10% GST

3. New Building Cash Fund (see Frank Carter, Julian Bamford or Peter Boswell)

Net cash generation target: $3000
Dana pledged and/or received to date: $1005.00

4. Dhammarajika Orphanage Collection Boxes (ISHKA Stores)

Net cash generation target: $400 = 5 shops

5. Dell Notebook PC Sales (see Frank Carter)

Net cash generation target: $2250 = Sales of 5 PC's at $450

6. Belgrave Flower Art Flower Discounts

Net cash generation target: $60 = 10 Members x 3 bunch's of flowers a week x $10 x 4 weeks x 5% discount

7. Cash Generation Kits

Net cash generation target: $500 = 20 Members generating $25 of sales each (excluding Raffle Tickets)

9. Maxi Foods Discount Shopping Card

Net cash generation target: $150 = 10 Members x $75 per week x 4 weeks x 5%

Auction of Chan Paintings by Master John D. Hughes

100 CD-ROM copies of the Catalogue, 'Canvassing the Four Seasons' Chan Painting Exhibition by Master John D. Hughes, will be ready to commence promotion and prospecting by Tuesday 15 May 2002.

The catalogues will be used to invite prospective buyers to the auction and where suitable invite them to private viewings of selected paintings from the catalogue prior to the auction date.

The CD-ROMs will be included in Members’ Cash Generation Kits.

The CD-ROM Catalogue will be distributed to prospective buyers, including curators from the National Gallery of Victoria.

Please contact Julian Bamford for further information.

During the coming months, Members are generating the funds to frame more paintings. If you would like to contribute towards framing costs for this project please see Frank Carter or Julian Bamford.

Commission to Centre for Computer Sales

A new way for Members to generate income for the Centre is through the sale of computers.

Companion Trading Pty Ltd. is providing laptops for Members to sell.

Dell Latitude P11 laptop.
Processor: Pentium 11 266 Mhz
Memory: 64 Mb RAM
Hard Disc: 4 GB
Screen 13.3" TFT (Active)
CD ROM, Floppy Drive, Carry Case
30 Day Warranty

These laptops are high quality commercial units designed for business usage and originally priced at about $4000 new.

The laptops can be sold by Members for a competitive $1200 including GST. The Centre will receive $450 commission from the sale.

Members can contact Frank Carter for further information about buying or selling the computers.

Desktop computers can also be obtained from Frank Carter for sale as a cash generator for the Centre.

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7. CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTERESTS

Building Bank Account

When the Building permit is received for the new Private Kitchen building, we are opening the Building bank account with the Commonwealth Bank in Belgrave.

Operation will be by two signatories of Julian Bamford, Frank Carter and Peter Boswell.

As soon as the bank account is opened, we will be soliciting donations for them building. Any member who has knowledge of possible donors, members or otherwise, please contact Julian, Frank or Peter.

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8. JOHN D. HUGHES' NEWS

Gift of Chan Painting

Our Teacher John D. Hughes visited his consultant heart physician Dr. Lazzari for his 6 monthly review on 16 April 2002 and saw his G.P. Dr Campion on 19 April 2002.

John D. Hughes’ health continues to improve with excellent medical measurements. His blood pressure ranges from 120/80 to 110/70. His Blood Glucose- Glycated Haemoglobin is 6.2. His renal and liver function tests are normal. Blood cholesterol level is 3.5 and his weight is now 92kg.

John offered Dr. Peter Lazzari a John Hughes Chan painting, a gift for Dr. Lazzari’s coming wedding. On 18 April 2002 Frank Carter delivered the Chan painting to Dr. Lazzari who was very pleased to receive it. The painting of the Nobbies was donated by Lisa Nelson. It was 390 cm length x 420 cm width and mounted in a black frame.

John D. Hughes’s Heart specialist, Dr. Lazzari and his G.P. Dr Campion are both pleased with John D. Hughes’ health status.

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9. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Deva of Transformations Altar

We welcome the Deva of Transformations at our Centre.

A Deva of Transformations Altar was set up in the Suite2A Store on 21 April 2002 by Julian Bamford, Evelin Halls and Pennie White.

The following offerings were made:

flowers
six bottles of blessed water
Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. brochure
John D. Hughes Collection brochure
Version 2 of the document "What we must do to implement a foreign LAN
system into our culture"
Vibhajavadin Training Manual
Brooking Street Bugle Issue 77 (new series)
PC I Network card
1GB hard drive
LAN cables
power cables

A string was tied from the Chief God of Information Technology Altar to the Deva of Transformations Altar to connect these two altars.

We thank the Deva of Transformations for coming to our Centre to help us and request the Deva to continue to do so.

LAN1 email cleanup

Members please include this altar on the altar offerings list and make regular offerings to this Deva.

LAN1 email users that no longer use our Eudora email system were removed from the LAN1 server today by John Watson. This freed a lot of space on the email server and should help to prevent Eudora from crashing.

The names of the persons that were deleted off the system were confirmed by John D. Hughes.

Nine persons and their email boxes were removed.

LAN2 Printers

We will get a new printer to connect to PC7A. We will not network the HP Laserjet III printer in the administration office to PC7A.

Saving Digital Photographs to CD-ROM as Bitmaps

We now download all digital photographs from the Kodak Digital Camera No.2
as Bitmaps.

Each Bitmap requires 3601 kilobytes of space.

All digital photographs are to be saved onto CD-ROMs as Bitmaps, and backed up on a second CD-ROM.

On 4 May we downloaded three Kodak camera cards filled on 4 May with over 100 photographs of Anita's 41st Birth Anniversary Celebration and Bell Puja.

It was only possible to save 4 photographs onto the hard drive of PC4 before its capacity was reached.

Pennie White has taken Digital Camera No.2 and the three full picture cards off-site to download and burn the photographs to CDs. One backup CD. The resources will returned to the Centre on Sunday evening.

Storage, Manipulation and Printing of our Digital Photograph Resources

We have over 1500 photographs on our 8 websites, with each online edition of the Brooking Street Bugle including around 50 photographs.

We are taking an increasing number of photographs each week, which need to be saved to CD's as Bitmap masters. Suitable images are then selected and manipulated for loading to our websites as jpeg files.

We also print selected photographs in high definition Bitmap format on A4 photo quality paper.

The key software and hardware resources used for this are the:

Kodak DC240 Digital Camera
Kodak Picture Easy Software
Irfan View graphics manipulation software
Hewlett Packard Deskjet 840C Colour printer
Iomega Zip Drive
Easy CD Burner and software
HP Scanjet scanner

We currently use our Hewlett Packard Deskjet 840C colour printer (printer B), connected to PC4 to do our colour printing. It is also accessible to PC14 as shared printer. The software is also installed. The software is also loaded on PC5A.

We plan to have two PC's operating for downloading, saving, manipulation and printing of digital photographs. Both will have HP 840C Colour Jet printers, Iomega Zip Drive, Kodak Easy Camera software, Irfanview photo manipulation software as standard.

We also plan to have two web PC for uploading photo's and text to our websites.

New "Electronic Commerce 2002" book

The book "Electronic Commerce 2002 - A Managerial Perspective" written by Professor Efraim Turban et al was presented to John D. Hughes and Anita today 2 May 2002.

It was purchased at the Monash University bookshop in Caulfield by Evelin Halls with money donated by Members.

Thank you to the following Members who donated money towards the purchase of this book:

John D. Hughes and Anita $ 20
Peter Boswell $ 15
Frank Carter $15
Julian Bamford $ 10
Julie O'Donnell $ 20
Pennie White $ 2
Pam Adkins $ 2
Lenore Hamilton $ 6

The book is "dedicated to all those who are interested in learning all about Electronic Commerce".

New Computer PC14A donated by Leila Lamers

Leila Lamers has donated a Multicom Pentium 266 MHZ 32 Meg RAM PC and Mirage Low Radiation 28 cm (14 inch) Monitor.

The PC has been named PC14A and is located in Suite 2 and is being connected to the LAN2 Server 1.

The PC has Windows 95 operating platform.

Licence details:

Microsoft Windows 95
4.00 950 B
Internet Explorer 5.5.50.4134.0600
Registered to Leila Lamers
Number 32397-OEM-0027435-37848

Leila has donated the installed software to the Centre and provided the licenses and software disks.

New Ethernet PCI (Network) Adapter Card for PC14A

A new Surecom Ethernet PCI (Network) Adapter Card is to be installed in PC14A.

It was purchased on 3 May 2002 from Audio Visual Metro, 63 Monbulk Road, Belgrave Vic 3160. Ph: 9752 6242 Fax: 9752 6243, by Julian Bamford.

Cost of the card was $45 (including $4.09 GST).

Specifications:

EP-320X-R-1(W/O Boot ROM)
32-bit 100/10M PCI Adapter

1. Single chip controller complies to PCI local bus specification revision
2.1,2.2.
2. Conform with IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T and IEEE 802-.3u 100BASE-TX standards.
3. Supports Wake on LAN function (works with PCI 2.1 motherboard).
4. Supports ACPI, PCI power management (works with PCI 2.1/Pci 2.2
motherboard).
5. High performance bus master architecture for low CPU and bus utilisation.
6. Single RJ-45 connector for using at either 10 or 100Mbps speed.
7. On-board socket for an optional remote boot ROM.
8. Provides diagnostic LED monitor linking status.
9. Provides high performance network drivers such as ODI, NDIS, NDIS3,
NDIS4, NDIS5, UNIX,

Included with the Ethernet PCI Adapter is a users Guide and Driver Diskette.

The installation of the new card follow PC14A Windows 95 inability to activate two second hand cards. It is thought the cards, which were both second hand, may have been damaged or faulty. Windows installation message indicated a Device failure.

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10. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY NEWS (OH&S)

Hygiene for Food Handlers Level 1

Three of our Members, Julian Bamford, Pam Adkins and Lenore Hamilton have
completed the Hygiene for Food Handlers Level 1 course at Swinburne
University of Technology TAFE.

The course was run over two weeks at the Croydon Campus, 12-50 Norton Road,
Croydon 3136, Telephone 9213 6600.

This Level 1 Introductory course was presented by Mr. Phillip McMillan, and designed by his company Culinary Solutions Australia, with the aim of giving students the skills and understanding to handle, prepare, store and serve food in a safe and hygienic way.

Mr. McMillan operates his own food training and consultancy business 'Culinary Solutions Australia' Their website address is www.culinarysolutions.com.au

A useful website for referencing Australian and New Zealand Food standards (ANZFA), guidelines on food safety, and details of the Food Safety Program and templates can be found at www.foodsmart.vic.gov.au

This introductory course covered the following ten topics:

1. Introduction and Welcome
2. Food Law
3. Contamination: Food spoilage and food poisoning; types of contamination
4. Micro Organisms: yeasts; moulds; bacteria; viruses
5. Micro biology: Understanding the source; spores; reproduction of
bacteria; high risk foods
6. Personal Hygiene: washing hands; cross contamination
7. Food storage: types of storage; rules for cooling, defrosting, heating,
keeping food hot
8. Cleaning and Sanitising
9. Pest Control
10.Assessment

The course concluded with a four part learning assessment covering: Storage Conditions, Refrigeration, and a question and answer section covering bacteria, defrosting, contamination, temperatures and high risk foods.

Each Student was presented with a Certificate of Completion, and joined in for a group photograph taken by Julian Bamford for our Brooking Street Bugle Online Issue 78 New Series.

Photographs of Phillip McMillan presenting Certificates to our Members Pam Adkins, Lenore Hamilton and Julian Bamford, and fellow student Alice Lay of East Doncaster were taken by Barbara Hamilton of Ferntree Gully, using our digital camera.

The workbook reference for the course is 'Basic Food Hygiene', copyright Culinary Solutions Australia 2000. Julian Bamford presented the reference manual to our Teacher, and it has been offered to the Chief Kitchen God and has been added to the Kitchen Library.

Thank you to our Teacher John D. Hughes, Anita and to the Kitchen God for creating the conditions for us to learn about importance of correct preparation and offering of food.
All Members are encouraged to enrol in the Hygiene for Food Handlers - Level 1

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11. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & REPORTING (CGR)

Colour Code: Red
CGR Manager: Rilla Pargeter
CGR Task Unit Members: Pam Adkins, Julian Bamford, Peter Boswell, Sharon Carlton, Frank Carter, Leanne Eames, Evelin Halls, Lenore Hamilton, Isabella Hobbs, Lisa Nelson, Rilla Pargeter, Lainie Smallwood, Anita Svensson, Pennie White

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 N.S.W.; 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; liaise with neighbours to create goodwill and to liaise with local newspapers to advise of upcoming events.

Telephone relocation

The telephone handset in the Chan Hall has been relocated to Suite 2 Administration Office.

This arrangement will be less disruptive for Members who are using the hall for chanting, Sumie Painting classes and meditation.

Minutes of the General Meeting of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (UPWEY) Ltd.

MEMBERS PRESENT: Pam Adkins, Julian Bamford, Jan Bennett, Frank Carter, Evelin Halls, Lenore Hamilton (arrived 8:59pm), Jocelyn Hughes, David Igracki, Lisa Nelson, Vanessa Macleod

MINUTE SECRETARY: Lisa Nelson

MEETING OPENED: 8:57pm

CHAIRPERSON: Julian Bamford

APOLOGIES: John D. Hughes, Anita Svensson, Peter Boswell, Leila Igracki, Pennie White

1. MOTION: That the Minutes of the General Meeting held on 22 February 2002 as read be accepted.

MOVED: Pam Adkins SECONDED: Frank Carter CARRIED

2. MOTION: That the Minutes of the General Meeting held on 22 March 2002 as read be accepted.

MOVED: Evelin Halls SECONDED: Pam Adkins CARRIED

3. MOTION: That the Profit and Loss Previous Year Comparison for March 2002 as tabled be accepted.

MOVED: Pam Adkins SECONDED: Vanessa Macleod CARRIED

4. MOTION: That the transaction detailed by account January through March 2002 as tabled be accepted.

MOVED: Pam Adkins SECONDED: Lenore Hamilton CARRIED

5. MOTION: That the Fundraising Performance Measurement Report for March 2002
as tabled be accepted

MOVED: Vanessa Macleod SECONDED: Lenore Hamilton CARRIED

6. MOTION: That the Correspondence Incoming Report 25 January 2002 to 22 March 2002 as tabled be accepted.

MOVED: Lenore Hamilton SECONDED: Pam Adkins CARRIED

7. MOTION: That the Correspondence Outgoing Report 25 January 2002 to 22 March 2002 as tabled be accepted.

MOVED: Jocelyn Hughes SECONDED: Lenore Hamilton CARRIED

8. MOTION: That the members of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. be provided with a cash generation kit.

MOVED: Frank Carter SECONDED: Evelin Halls CARRIED

9. MOTION: That a monthly cashflow statement be presented by the Treasurer at each General Meeting of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.

MOVED: Frank Carter SECONDED: Evelin Halls CARRIED

10. MOTION: That the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. implement LAN2 in accordance with the document, “What we must do to implement a foreign LAN system into our culture”, version 2 19 April 2002.

MOVED: Evelin Halls SECONDED: Frank Carter CARRIED

11. MOTION: That the next General Meeting be held on 17 May 2002 at 8.30pm at the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd., 33 Brooking Street, Upwey, Victoria, 3158.

MOVED: Evelin Halls SECONDED: Lenore Hamilton CARRIED

MEETING CLOSED: 9.29pm

More Contacts Loaded into Database

On Monday, 15 April 2002 Lainie Smallwood and Samantha Spicer entered 42 contacts in 43 minutes into the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. database.

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12. INTERNATIONAL DHAMMA ACTIVITIES (IDA)

Colour Code: Yellow
IDA Manager: John D. Hughes
IDA Vice-President: John D. Hughes
IDA Joint Vice President: Julian Bamford
IDA Task Unit Members: John D. Hughes, Pam Adkins, Julian Bamford, Peter Boswell, Leanne Eames, Evelin Halls, Jocelyn Hughes, Vanessa Macleod, Julie O’Donnell, Rilla Pargeter, Anita Svensson, Pennie White

IDA Task Unit Responsibilities: To maintain WFB liaison; to arrange Dhamma and Prajna Paramita Teachings; chanting, pujas, translations; to maintain and preserve the John D. Hughes Collection; to organise audio and video recordings of teachings and events; to develop and maintain the Centre's IT systems, data warehouse, LAN and websites; to train Members to become Webmasters; to develop e-commerce; to produce, edit, publish and distribute the BDDR and BSB, to write and broadcast "Buddhist Hour" Hillside radio scripts; to organise and teach Chan classes.

Buddhist Hour Radio Broadcast

The weekly "Buddhist Hour" radio broadcasts can be heard at 11.00am to 12.00 midday each Sunday on Hillside Radio 88.0FM in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. To view previous Buddhist Hour radio scripts please visit our website at www.bdcublessings.net.au.

Recent Buddhist Hour Radio Scripts include:

Broadcast Title Date of Broadcast
The Teachings in Victoria, Australia, of Most Venerable Phra Ajarn Plien Panyapatipo - 2002 Sunday 3 March 2002
Publications fit for study Sunday 17 March 2002
Conquer Your Own Mind Sunday 24 March 2002
Tolerance and Emotional Maturity Sunday 31 March 2002
Friendliness and Preparing the Mind to be Taught with Fun Sunday 7 April 2002
Review of recent Prajna Paramita teachings Sunday 5 May 2002

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13. LOCAL AREA PLANNING & ASSET MANAGEMENT (LAPAM)

Colour Code: Green
LAPAM Manager: Frank Carter
LAPAM Task Unit Members: Julian Bamford, Jan Bennett, Frank Carter, Brendan Hall, Lenore Hamilton, Isabella Hobbs, David Igracki, Leila Igracki, Rodney Johnson, Lisa Nelson, Rilla Pargeter

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.

North East Corner Flower Wall Garden

A new flower garden has been created in the North East corner of the Chan Garden, located North of the two wood stores by John D.Hughes, Julian Bamford and Jan Bennett.

The garden work has re-opened access to the Northern path which meanders between the ferns and North fence to the Stupa. Members can now circumambulate the whole property without obstacles.

To create this garden, timbers and cleared wood offcuts were restocked and weeds removed from along the Northern fenceline. Two timber storage crates were deconstructed and the bases used to form a new wall, approximately 1 metre from the fence and approximately 2.2 metres long.

A potted ginger plant from the Emerald Pavilion was split into two and planted between the wall and boundary fence, along with two potted geraniums and six flowering pot plants. On the South side of the wall two rows of eight flowering plants and a large herringbone fern were planted.

A second timber wall has been constructed using paling offcuts. It runs North South. In the future it may be extended with log offcuts to join the East boundary fence line.

A third garden bed was created using soil from the old humus heap in the South West corner of the Centre. We planted 11 flowering pot plants in two rows and a potted geranium.

The flowers were donated by Frank Carter and cost $23.00. They were purchased at Upwey Garden Centre who provided a discount on the trays of pot plants and gave one flowering pot plant gratis.

Increased Fire Rating for the Tool Storage Trailor

The Tool Storage Trailor is being fitted with metal shelving to increase its fire rating. The shelving refit will also work to improve the order and access to tools and maintenance supplies.

The electric extension cables are to be relocated to a low fire risk storage place.

Cataloguing of the items in the storage trailer will also be carried out. This project is being carried out by Rodney Johnson and Brendan Hall..

A total of 6 hours was spent upgrading the tool trailer and tool storage cabinet on Friday 3 May, 2002.

A total of 8 hours was spent upgrading the tool trailer on Saturday 4 May, 2002.

A total of 6 hours was spent upgrading the tool trailer on Sunday 5 May, 2002.

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14. MEMBERS' NEWS

Lenore Hamilton's work budget for April 2002 was $38,000 and by 5pm 30 April actual sales written was $70,000. This is the highest record of sales by an individual ever written at this showroom. This is 184% of budget (TFAN). Lenore Hamilton offered 4 new cloth serviettes and as these are natural dye Indian cotton, please do not wash these (colours) with light coloured garments as the dye will run.

Lenore Hamilton has completed semester 1 of Year 2 at Swinburne University TAFE: February-May 2002. Topic: Selection Criteria/Induction. Result - 96/100 High Distinction.

Leila and David Igracki were married Saturday 23 February 2002. Leila would like all BDC(U) Ltd. records including email on LAN 1 & LAN 2, membership details, databases etc to be in her new name Leila Igracki.

Saturday 20 April 2002 Lisa Nelson visited her mother Alison, father David and sister Kim. Alison offered a Fine China dinner set made in Japan to Lisa. The Fine China dinner set comprises of cups and saucers, bread and butter plates, main meal plates and bowls. Lisa Nelson offered this fine China dinner set to Master John D. Hughes and Anita Hughes. The dinner set is located in the kitchen, please be careful when handling any fine China as it is very delicate. To be aware of what type of expensive kitchenware we have at our Centre brand names and types of China is normally written underneath the kitchenware item. Only authorised Members are allowed to wash delicate Bone China and Thai Porcelian in the kitchen.

Julie O’Donnell and Brendan Hall leave for ten days in Thailand to improve their health. They will be visiting the WFB and Buddhist Monks during this time.

On Anita's 41st Birth anniversary, 4 May 2002 a bell Puja was performed on the day. The Bell Puja consisted of 20 traditional Buddhist Puja instruments, played by 13 persons. The Puja was orchestrated by two Kapellmeister, Anita and John D. Hughes. The Bell Puja was recorded on digital audio tape by Brendan and Janine Grainger from Hillside radio, on video by Pennie White and Evelin Halls, on audio tape by Pam Adkins and on digital camera by Julian Bamford. Following is the list of instruments and their players.

Tibetan Horn 23 cm in diameter, 182 cm long by John D. Hughes.
Dorje bell 7.4 cm in diameter by John D. Hughes.
Dorje bell 9.4 cm in diameter by John D. Hughes.
Dorje bell 5.2 cm in diameter by John D. Hughes and Anita M. Hughes
Dorje bell 8.4 cm in diameter by Anita M. Hughes.
Dorje bell 9.4 cm in diameter by Anita M. Hughes.
Nepalese Humma Drum 41 cm in diameter, 11.5 cm depth by Peter Boswell.
Dragon King Gong 36 cm diameter by Peter Boswell.
Brave General Gong 31 cm diameter by Julie O’Donnell.
Large Ching 15.5 cm diameter, 12 cm depth by Julie O’Donnell.
Small Ching 7.7 cm diameter, 3.5 cm depth by Isabella Hobbs.
Wooden Fish 56 cm length, 10 cm wide by Lisa Nelson.
Wooden skull 22 cm long, 18 cm wide by Lisa Nelson.
Dhammaru Drum 9 cm diameter, 5 cm depth by Evelin Halls.
Dhammaru Drum 9 cm diameter, 5 cm depth by Frank Carter.
Tamborine 26.5 cm diameter by Samantha Spicer.
Korean Clacker 30 cm long, 3.5 cm largest width at one end by Pam Adkins.
Tibetan Hand cymbols 7cm Diameter by Sharon Cralton.
Tibetan Hand cymbols 7cm Diameter by Laine Smallwood.
Tibetan Hand cymbols 7cm Diameter by Pennie White.

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15. SHARING OF MERIT

We regularly share merit with the local deities. They help us on all our projects.
We offer blessed water and food to the NAT House deities.

Diffusion of Metta or Loving Kindness:

Sabbe Satta;
(May all sentient beings),

Avera Hontu;
(Be free from enmity),

Abyapajjha hontu;
(Be free from ill will),

Anigha hontu;
(Be free from suffering),

Sukhi attanam pariharantu;
(Live a happy life).

MAY ALL BEINGS BE WELL AND HAPPY

Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu