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	Show your Treasurer that you care: Nominate him or her for the Westpac Community Treasurers' Awards. $5000 is up for grabs in three categories - for small, medium and large community groups. Click here to find out more. Who says it's rude to show off? Show off your community, and your community group, by entering the Community Photo Bank competition. You could win a share of $5000 just by uploading a photo! Find out more at www.ourcommunity.com.au/photobank. Have your say: Contribute to the new Our Community Wiki and help us formulate a community sector response to issues raised during Communities in Control 2008. It's easy to take part - go to www.ourcommunity.com.au/wiki to get started. Communities in Control speeches: PowerPoint presentations and conference papers have been posted on the Communities in Control webpage - www.ourcommunity.com.au/cic. You can also watch speeches by Parliamentary Secretary for Disability and Children's Services Bill Shorten and CEO of National Indigenous TV, Pat Turner. Help us help people find your group: Join In, Join Up! will soon be launched with a flurry of publicity. This is a unique opportunity for community groups around Australia to find new members and supporters - but they can't find you if you're not in the directories. Sign up now at www.ourcommunity.com.au/signupdirectory. It's free! Our Community Hero: Blue Mountains resident Trevor Brown is this month's Community Hero. Trevor is an innovator, businessman and partnership builder who is really putting his money where his mouth is in his local community. Read more at www.ourcommunity.com.au/heroes. Lead. Learn. Inspire. Achieve. Our Community's training arm, the Australian Institute of Community Practice and Governance, has released a new brochure detailing all training opportunities coming up during the second half of the year. You can download the brochure at www.ourcommunity.com.au/aicpg. Tools for funding applications: More and more statistical sources are being added to our stats page at www.ourcommunity.com.au/stats every day. What's your favourite source? Send the details to chrisr@ourcommunity.com.au.