Minutes of ACF's 35th AGM. (campaign Trails).

Habitat Australia;  February 1, 2002 ;     470 words ......Welcome Acting President Penny Figgis warmly welcomed members...Higham 4. President's Report Penny Figgis presented her verbal report...linked into this; and how ACF is broadening its range...presented an overview of ACF's current financial position...He expressed thanks to ...

Penny Figgis, an environmental treasure.(ACF MEMBER PROFILE)(Australian...

Habitat Australia;  August 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......earlier this year, long-serving ACF Vice President and Councillor, Penny Figgis, stepped down from the organisation...Figgis has been involved with ACF for 24 years first as the...appearance the issue'. In 1984, Penny was elected to the ACF Council, and in 1985 she...

ACF Campaigns 1999-2000.(Australian Conservation Foundation)(Brief...

Habitat Australia;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...ACF extended its work in various areas. The position of Strategies...Michael Krockenberger. This position has been responsible for ACF's work on strategic directions, sustainability, strengthening...Legal Advisor, Michael Kerr, was appointed, who has enabled ACF to work on issues such as reform of corporate ...

Shaking the can: the generosity of ACF's donors directly determines the...

Habitat Australia;  June 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...THE PAST 12 MONTHS have seen ACF's campaigns achieve some real and lasting...have not come about through serendipity. ACF campaigners have been lobbying the New...River's environments and economies need. ACF has been lobbying successive Australian...

ACF government funding cut, membership fees increase: in light of the...

Habitat Australia;  April 1, 2004 ;     279 words ......cut by 50 per cent its 2003/04 funding to ACF under the Grants to Voluntary Environment...in 1995/96 contributed almost $190,000 to ACF. Today, the grant is less than 15 per cent of that total. As ACF Executive Director Don Henry stated in a...

ACF and Origin: a not-so-unlikely partnership.(Australian Conservation...

Habitat Australia;  October 1, 2008 ;     171 words ...WHEN ACF AND ORIGIN JOINED FORCES with other high profile businesses...appeared on the surface to be unlikely partners. Now, ACF and Origin have entered into an exciting new phase of collaboration. ACF and Origin have signed a memorandum of understanding...

ACF pledges stronger monitoring, new policies on...

Report on Preschool Programs;  April 13, 2005 ;     621 words ......Head Start programs. Among other policies, ACF will increase training for grant monitors...Health and Human Services secretary for ACF. We will not allow it for deficient grantees...Workforce Committee. Expert Monitoring Teams. ACF also will ensure that members of a monitoring...

106th meeting of ACF Council, April 2006 Key decisions and points of...

Habitat Australia;  July 1, 2006 ;     502 words ...ACF governance reform ACF's Governance Committee tabled a discussion paper with four options for the reform of ACF's governing structures, and this was debated at length. The Governance...

Tim Fisher.(ACF MEMBER PROFILE)(Interview)

Habitat Australia;  April 1, 2005 ;     691 words ...When Tim Fisher walked into the ACF offices for the first time 14 years ago...of the environmental programs. THIS YEAR ACF SAID GOOD BYE to Tim Fisher, who left the...In many ways, Tim Fisher has helped shape ACF, and ACF shape Tim Fisher. My passion had...

ACF in the Asia-Pacific.(Brief Article)

Habitat Australia;  February 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......IN RECOGNITION of this interdependency, ACF is reaffirming its commitment to `thinking...millennium. Through our Asia-Pacific Unit (APU), ACF will focus our overseas activities on some...country. It is therefore more effective for ACF to work with local communities and their...

MARGARET WYNNE NAMED DIRECTOR OF ACF'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 21, 2008 ;     354 words ......Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human...human trafficking. She will also oversee ACF's collaboration with other federal government...Schneider, acting assistant secretary for ACF. "Her policy expertise and passion will...

John Free: at the beginning of this year, ACF supporter, member, bequestor...

Habitat Australia;  April 1, 2008 ;     624 words ...JOHN FREE JOINED ACF As A SUPPORTER in 1998. Jabiluka prompted...It was during that campaign that I met [ACF Nuclear Free campaigner] Dave Sweeney. In...movement: the Jabiluka Action Group, FOE and ACF. Eventually the NT mining company decided...

ACF's next 30 years. (Australian Conservation Foundation)

Habitat Australia;  February 1, 1997 ;     653 words ......years, and examining the options for the future, the ACF Council has decided to expand ACF's role in the future and endeavour to help society...develop and promote ideas on fundamental social change. ACF Council emphasises that the foundation's traditional...

Art for the environment's sake: a very special exhibition traces the...

Habitat Australia;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Victoria. All money raised will go toward ACF's work inspiring people to achieve a healthy environment. During its 40-year history, ACF has accumulated a collection of major works...piece represents an epoch in the history of ACF and the corresponding environmental struggle...

Green apartment make-over: five years ago, ACF was left the generous...

Habitat Australia;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......tenants moved on, a decision was made by ACF to renovate. And it was fitting that the...eco-renovation in line with the values of ACF and the benefactor. The south-facing apartment...environmental credentials, says Clare Donovan, ACF GreenHome Project Officer. Clare worked...