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Following Peter Merel's advice of 10 May (on march@efa list) that the
Sydney City Council  requires an organisation to officially back a march at
Hyde Park, and the associated liability of that organisation, the EFA Board
discussed the idea of EFA formally sponsoring the march at this morning's
Board Meeting.

As advised in aus.org.efa on 14 April, EFA supports the march and has been
pleased to be able to facilitate the co-ordination of a steering committee
in Sydney to organise the march, but EFA has not taken on the role of
organiser or sponsor.

There is now clearly a need for an official sponsor.

The EFA Board has decided that EFA will be glad to sponsor the march
provided that:

a)	a Sydney EFA member will front it, (the EFA Board requires that an _EFA
	member in Sydney_ organise insurance, permits etc for EFA), and

b)	EFA can obtain insurance to cover EFA's liability. (At this stage we
	understand this to mean "damage" insurance as well as the payment of $25
	to SCC to cover/waive public liability).

As EFA Board does not know of an EFA member in Sydney willing and able to
do (a), we therefore need one or more members of the march committee to
join EFA and accept that role as a matter of urgency.

Obviously the matter of EFA's sponsorship must be decided, one way or
another, very soon. We therefore urge all members of the march committee
(and anyone else) to join the EFA Board at our regular IRC session this
week. We hope it will be possible for organisation of most aspects of the
march to be finalised then.

When:         9.00 pm EST, Tuesday 14 May
Where:        au.undernet.org or irc.mpx.com.au
Channel:      #efa

Anyone willing to join EFA and take on the role mentioned above, can
obviously email me or Jon Coombes, or post to this list, prior to Tuesday
night if they wish. That would obviously speed things up. Anyone desiring
more info about EFA membership can:
- email "efa-info@efa.org.au" for an automated response, or 
- see our web pages at http://www.efa.org.au/
or obviously email me, Jon (or any other Board member for that matter) with
any specific query.

Kimberley Heitman,
Chairperson , EFA
kheitman@it.com.au