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The Annual General Meeting is scheduled to be held on 07 August at 12pm at Toorak House, 21 St Georges Road, Toorak.

Agenda
* Apologies
* President’s Report
* Minutes from last year’s AGM
* Matters arising
* Treasurer’s Report
* Committee of 2010/2011 vacating their seats
* Election of Chair Person
* Election of new Committee
* General business
* Meeting close.
* Nominations

Be there

The Embassy in Canberra has updated their website to include information from the Foreign Ministry.

The website is http://www.norway.org.au/

For emergency inquires - Norwegian Police hotline is +47 815 02 800

For non-emergency inquiries, the Embassy`s e-mail is emb.canberra@mfa.no

For general information about the attack please see the official website of the Norwegian Government:
http://www.regjeringen.no/en.html?id=4

Norwegian band DATAROCK will be returning to Australia in April to launch the new release of their new single "Catcher in the Rye". They will perform in 8 locations in Australia.

12 May - Melbourne @ East Brunswick Club

See: http://www.norway.org.au/News_and_events/Culture/DATAROCK-tour/

www.duosaxe.com - an exciting young and vibrant flute and classical guitar duo from Tonsberg Norway with flautist Charlotte Udø Kjeldsberg and guitarist Runar Kjeldsberg will be in Melbourne for a concert on Sunday 29th May 2pm at St Stephens in Richmond. Bookings will open shortly.

This concert is co-supported by the Classical Guitar Society of Victoria www.cgsv.org.au and The Victorian Flute Guild www.victorianfluteguild.org.

Norwegian Grammy nominated artist Jenny Hval is coming to Melbourne. Here is a link to her myspace profile: http://www.myspace.com/rockettothesky

If you're interested in following Norwegian news in English please visit the follow website: http://www.newsinenglish.no/

The Nordic Film Team and ICON Film Distribution are launching the 'Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale'.

This is a co-production with Norway, Finland, France and Sweden engaged, and will probably give you second thoughts about who Santa Clause REALLY is.

For more information about the film visit the official website: http://www.rareexportsmovie.com/en

We've now had a Friends of Norway web session

The post AGM issue of Budstikka is out and should be in your mailbox soon. Also see the link below under 'newsletters'. It contains the Presidents Report for the 2009/10 year, as well as news and information about our events and gatherings.

On Saturday 14 August, we held a special Members Only Luncheon at the Harbour Room of the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squandron in St Kilda.