*        I Can Do It - Healthy Exercise Lifestyle Programme

Life Skills Philanthropic Service Movement, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and/or SBS, after consultation with Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder (or another television production company) identifies the remaining 'hoops that need to be jumped through' to facilitate utilising the powerful Motivational Incentive Of RTV to deliver 'Aboriginal Teenager Life Skills' Programme under the Private Sector Philanthropic Administrator Model by approaching the CEOs' of Ten Corporate Sponsors to source Three Philanthropic Elder Colleagues each, which ideally would included at least 15 Retired Elder Colleagues (to perform the majority of Gatekeeper roles) which comprise the Life Skills Philanthropic Service Movement:

Question 1:

Would the Life Skills Philanthropic Service Movement require approval from the parents or guardian(s) of each Accepted Year Aboriginal 9 Student? 
And would the parents or friends of each Accepted Year Aboriginal 9 Student be invited to attend any/all of the Four Challenge Judging Venues that their child was attending?

Answer 1:

Yes.  The Life Skills Philanthropic Service Movement will require approval from the parents or guardian(s) of each of the 140 Accepted Year 9 Aboriginal Students. 
Yes.  The parents, guardian(s) or friends of each Accepted Year Aboriginal 9 Student would be invited to attend, at their own cost, any/all of the Four Challenge Judging Venues that their child was attending.

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Question 2:

Would the Life Skills Philanthropic Service Movement be seeking to deliver something that had never been provided previously?

Answer 2:

As noted in Four Proposed RTV Programmes Would Not Threaten Brand Name Of The Various Parties all the components of the Three Motivational Teams Challenges (tennis, soccer, basketball, speech training/public speaking and I.T, cautionary information on consumer pitfalls, smoking, drinking, driving, eating health foods) have previously been provided to/for teenagers by private promoters, institutions, Govt agencies, not-for-profits etc.,  However, not in one bundle and televised.   'Aboriginal Teenager Life Skills' Programme structures a lot of logical tasks, events and responsibilities in a concentrated 'Aboriginal Teenager Life Skills'  learning agenda, fuelled by the potent Motivational Incentive Of RTV.

Amongst the Various Parties is a Indigenous Principal's Representative [15 months contract] whose Duties And Responsibilities included:

"C.)        being the communication/liaison conduit with the three tiers of government (for the Life Skills Philanthropic Service Movement) to inform each tier of government the scope and purpose of ATLSEIP, in particular be the initial 'communication point' with the -

               (I.)        ten local councils in the Ten Regional Township Teams; and

 

               (II.)       the Rotary or Lions Club established in each of the Ten Regional Township Teams."

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Question 3:

Specifically, would approval from the various States and Territories 'Depts of Education' be required? 

Answer 3:

See  Various Authorities, Agencies And Not-For-Profits Involved With Children And Indigenous Australians In Isolated Country Towns.

Whilst there is only one state high school in most of the likely Six Regional Townships and no private secondary school in many, Ten Regional Township Teams points out that the 140 Accepted Year 9 Aboriginal Students would represent their Township, not overtly their high school.  All team clothing and descriptive titles in the 'Aboriginal Teenager Life Skills' Programme refer to the students' townships (eg 'Team Darwin', 'Team Palmerston', 'Team Katherine', 'Team Alice Springs', 'Team 'Arnhem', 'Team Barkly').  Channel 7's 'Its Academic' evidences that the various State education departments are comfortable with that competitive educational programme (my younger brother, Anthony, made the NSW state final in 1969).  See Answer 2 above.

Another of the Indigenous Principal's Representative  Duties And Responsibilities is:

 

"A.)      prepare a list of 15 potential Regional Townships across Australia under agreed terms of reference with a recommendation to the Life Skills Philanthropic Service Movement of the final Six Regional Townships whereupon following sign-off of the selected Six Regional Townships by the Life Skills Philanthropic Service Movement action Answer 4 (therein) below"

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Question 4:

How will the Life Skills Philanthropic Service Movement -

*           gain the support of each of the Six Regional Townships; and

*           source 10 x  Indigenous Local Connectors for the First Motivational Team Challenge, and the subsequent two Motivational Teams Challenges?

Answer 4:

At least two months prior to the commencement of the First RTV Year, the Indigenous Principal's Representative would telephone the Council Mayor(s) of each of the Six Regional Townships (eg Bourke Shire Council) and explain the -

(A)       'Aboriginal Teenager Life Skills' Programme;

(B)       Administration Role to be performed by the Life Skills Philanthropic Service Movement;

(C)       that ABC intends producing up to 34  x  One Hour RTV Episodes of "Attaining Teenager Life Skills" for the Thirteen Deliverables From 'Aboriginal Teenager Life Skills' Programme; and

(D)       Life Skills Philanthropic Service Movement seeks support and assistance from the 'Local Council' and any Rotary Club District Office and Lions Club District Office which includes each of the Six Regional Townships, particularly with regard to -

            (a)        sourcing the 10 x  Indigenous Local Connectors for the First Motivational Team Challenge (Year 9 Mixed Teams' Tri-Sports Challenge) and the subsequent two Motivational Teams Challenges; and

            (b)        the 14 x  Accepted Year 9 Aboriginal Students in each of the Six Regional Townships performing 50 hours of Team Community Service in each of the First RTV Year, Second RTV Year and Third RTV Year. 
Ideally, one of Rotary Australia and Lions Clubs Australia (refer Various Parties) would establish a club in each of the Six Regional Townships as a goal of the Teenager Life Skills' Programme is for RTV viewers, upon watching "Attaining Teenager Life Skills", to be more disposed to join a Rotary Club or Lions Club in their township, or form a new club, to deliver community services and assist others less fortunate than themselves, as the 'sum of the collective parts' usually exceeds the 'sum of the individual parts' due to economies, synergies and collective enthusiasm to make a positive difference.

The Life Skills Philanthropic Service Movement would then confirm the above details by letter drafted by the Indigenous Principal's Representative (on Life Skills Philanthropic Service Movement letterhead) to the Council Mayor(s) and invite each Council Mayor(s) to inform his/her Councillors, their Local Government administration and ideally enthuse the local newspaper(s) to inform its readers which 'inter alia' will facilitate 13 year old or 14 year old  Aboriginal School Student who attend school(s) within each of the Selected Six Townships In The Northern Territory With A Population >2000 across Australia to Submit An On-Line Application Form on the Teenager Life Skills Website as a Year 9 Student Applicant.

The Indigenous Principal's Representative would then telephone both Rotary Australia and Lions Clubs Australia and explain (A), (B), (C) and (D) above and seek assistance to establish either a Rotary Club or a Lions Club in each of the Six Regional Townships (if not already in existence) to achieve (D)(a) and (D)(b) above, as well as create an on-going community structure to provide community activities in each of the Six Regional Townships, as a long term goal is enhanced Sense Of Community.

The Indigenous Principal's Representative would then draft a letter to both Rotary Australia and Lions Clubs Australia (for execution by the Life Skills Philanthropic Service Movement) which confirms the above paragraph.     

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Question 5:

Is the DRAFT Programme (prepared by the Life Skills Programme Developer) for Thirteen Deliverables From 'Aboriginal Teenager Life Skills' RTV Early Intervention Programme beyond the capabilities of the Ten Corporate Sponsors mindful that there has never been a national, cost effective Preventive Health programme delivered to low socio economic regions in Australia?

Answer 5:

No.  The DRAFT Programme is not beyond the capabilities of the Ten Corporate Sponsors.  Private Sector Philanthropic Administrator Model notes:

"The Sydney Olympics involved constructing first class venues for 31 different sports and attracting and coordinating many thousands of volunteers, and a much smaller cohort of administrators, to ensure that over 10,000 athletes from over 200 countries competed over 17 days/nights without a glitch.  Australians rose to the occasion because of the importance of the occasion.  The manner that tens of thousands of community-minded Australians volunteered, at materially lower deliver costs than paid employees, to ensure that the Sydney Olympics was a marvelous success demonstrates how Australians will support a project that they believe -

i)         is of national importance; and

ii)        sufficient professional skills will be injected to dot all the I's and cross all the T's.  

Large numbers of community-minded successful business executives, with Project Development Expertise, approaching retirement age could be induced to work under national Preventive Health programmes which assist Australians that had not been as fortunate as themselves, to improve their health and Wellbeing, provided these community-minded successful business executives know some of them would enjoy decision-making input to create the structure and operations of such national Preventive Health programmes."

• Cool School Antarctica is a movie-length documentary which follows three young Australians, Hayley Warner (Australian Idol 2009), indigenous AFL player Malcolm Lynch and indigenous Australian track star Narelle Long, as they embark on an adventure of a lifetime with 40 other young people to participate in the world's first Environmental Youth Summit in Antarctica.

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• Sporting Role Models notes Valuable 'Role Model' precedents in Australia (at the tail of the page)

• 7 Up Series produced by Granada Television that have followed the lives of fourteen British children since 1964.

• Marathon Challenge

• Self Organized Learning Environment’s (SOLE)

• Police Citizens Youth Clubs

• Police Citizens Youth Clubs 'Blue Star Leadership Programme'

• The Outdoor Experience ("TOE").

• Outdoor Education Group ("OEG")

• Scots College Sydney "Indigenous Education Programme"

• BoysTown and Twiggy Forrest join forces to provide jobs for indigenous youth

• Robert de Castella - Indigenous Marathon Foundation

1. AIME Program

2. Australian Indigenous Education Foundation

3. Indigenous Services Australia

4. Australian Government's  "Closing the Gap"

5. Government Services for Indigenous Australians

6. Indigenous Governance Program

7. RECOGNISE

NITV delivered by SBS Television provides a nationwide Indigenous television service via cable, satellite and terrestrial transmission means and selected online audio visual content primarily commissioned or acquired from the Indigenous production sector:

1. "My Life As I Live It" -  An update on the film "My Survival As An Aboriginal", made in 1978 which shows how life has changed for the Aboriginal community of Brewarrina in far north west NSW.

2. "Lousy Little Sixpence" - In NSW in 1901, the Aborigines Protection Board planned to break up Aboriginal communities by forcibly removing their children and hiring them out as servants to white employers.

3. "Awaken" - Award winning journalist, Stan Grant, brings you a new voice in Indigenous current affairs at 6pm Mon-Fri.

4. Defining Moments -  a six part documentary series exploring the profound experiences or “defining moments” that set Aboriginals on their path - about everyday people who have experienced moments in their lives that have helped to shape and define them.

5. Desert Heart  -  After 40 years in exile, Yulparitja elders take Daniel Walbidi, their most promising young artist, back to the desert heartland they left behind.

6. NITV REGIONAL, REMOTE & EMERGING INITIATIVE

   1. Surviving  -  Profiles of members of Aboriginal communities

   2. Desperate Measures  -  Historical accounts of Aboriginals that have pursued political change over the years.

   3. Our Footprint  -  Interviews with tribal elders on country and reminisce, whether about a dreamtime story or a birthing place area, or a memory of the old homestead and/or mission.

   4. Around the Campfire  -  Profiles particular Aboriginal townships and introduces their mob and their favourite fishing spot, or the best spot for swimming for kids, or any other story that the locals think is special about their town.

   5. Unearthed  - Features particular Aboriginal youth, whether they are 'rapping', or playing sport or showing us their dreams of what they imagine themselves becoming.

   6. Ngurra  -  Stories in Language on the journey of collecting bush medicine, or cooking or teaching Aboriginal young what to do in the bush, featuring the many diversities of Aboriginal culture and languages.

7. Wise Women of the Dreamtime

8. The Original Australians

9. My People's Dreaming: An Aboriginal Elder Speaks on Life, Land, Spirit 

See also Why The ABC Should Proceed With ATLSEIP.