Meet the Australian Delegation!

Learn about the five members of the Girl Guides Australia delegation to the 11th Asia Pacific Regional Conference before they fly out from Australia to Japan this week.

Helen Geard

Helen is the Chief Commissioner of Girl Guides Australia.  She believes that the Asia Pacific Girl Guide conference will be a great opportunity to learn more about Guiding in the region and to discuss a wide range of important issues. She is also looking forward to meeting Guiding friends and seeing Japan for the first time. Helen says that the Australian team has been working hard to ensure everything is ready and they can make a positive contribution to the conference outcomes.

 

 

Joan Bunker

Joan is the International Manager of Girl Guides Australia. She is looking forward to her first international Guide Conference where agenda items will be discussed that may influence Guiding in Australia in the future. Joan has visited Japan on a number if occasions previously and will be meeting up with friends she has made through Girl Scouts Japan during and after the conference.

 

 

Jane Dent

Jane is the State Commissioner of Girl Guides Tasmania and a Board Member of Girl Guides Australia. She is looking forward to the Conference and learning how we all can work together to make Guiding even stronger in the AP Region. She will be visiting with Guiding friends from Troop 71 (Tokyo) and Troop 19 (Osaka) after the Conference.

  

 

Robinette Emonson

Robinette is the State Commissioner of Girl Guides Victoria.  As she heads off to her first Asia Pacific Region Conference she is looking forward to meeting lots of her Guiding Sisters from across the Region. Robinette thinks the Agenda looks challenging and she hopes to bring back lots of ideas which we can translate into an Australian context. She is sure Tokyo will be a little warmer than Melbourne at present, so has packed the light clothes in the case.

 

 

Miranda Cummings

Miranda is the Chair of the Olave Program for Girl Guides Western Australia. She has never been to Japan before and is really looking forward to sharing experiences and learning with Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from all over the Asia Pacific Region. She will be staying in Tokyo after the conference to catch up with a friend who she met while volunteering at Our Chalet.