Monthly
Sundowners
Are held on the second Wednesday of every month from 5.30 PM onwards. The next Sundowner will be held on Wednesday the 12th of December.
A Special Xmas Sundowner for AACC members will be
held on 12 December at the
Berryhill Galleria, 1717 Post Oak at San Felipe
Finger foods are provided and drinks are at happy hour prices. Come
along and socialize with fellow Aussies. Members,
associates and any one interested in finding out more
about the AACC are most welcome to attend.
The
location of the Sundowners will alternate between the
Galleria & Midtown areas every 2 months to cater to
members working in different sectors of the city.
JANUARY 2007
Celebration of Australia
Join us from January 20-27 2007 for a week
long Celebration of Australia to promote Australia and
Australian business in Houston and the strong business and
cultural ties between the United States and Australia.
The program of
events will include a showcase of Australian lifestyle,
commerce, tourism and indigenous culture culminating in the
highlight of the week, the Australia Day Gala.
.
MARCH 2007
Wednesday 14 March 2007
Event: AACC Annual General Meeting, followed by the
monthly Sundowner
Venue:
Berryhill Galleria, 1717 Post Oak at San Felipe.
Time:
Annual General Meeting: 4.30pm.
Sundowner 5.30pm onwards
Details:
Open to all current financial members.
Agenda:
2006 President’s Report, 2006 Financial Report,
Election of Directors,
Amendments to the AACC
By-Laws, General Business
Please RSVP by
12 March if you wish to attend. Email
info@aacc-houston.org
Sundowner:
Following the AGM at 5.30pm:Berryhill
Galleria, 1717 Post Oak at San Felipe.
March 9 – 18 2007
Event:
South by South West Music & Film Festival, Austin TX
Head
to Austin to catch a showcase of some of Australia’s
best bands and up and coming stars of tomorrow. 28
contemporary music artists from Australia are
confirmed to feature at this year’s South by Southwest
Music Festival in Austin.
Visit
http://www.themusic.com.au/sxsw for
a list of Australian participants. Extensive
information is available on the official website
http://www.sxsw.com
20
minute video presentation by Austrade from 2006's SXSW
is now online in six easily downloadable video
podcasts and an audio podcast of the Melbourne
roadshow meeting is available at
http://www.roocast.com/sxsw2006.
8,10,11,16,17,18 March 2007
Event:
Madame Butterfly/ Red Earth - Houston Ballet
Venue:
Brown
Theater, Wortham Theater Center, 501 Texas Avenue
Houston TX 77002
Tickets:
Australian Stanton Welch, Artistic Director of the
Houston Ballet has extended a wonderful offer to AACC
members.
25% off
Ticket Prices for the following performances: Sunday
March 11 at 2pm & Friday March 16 at 7:30pm. A $4.50
discount is offered on all other performances for the
dates listed above.
Contact:
Pam Perry 713-535-3258 to take up this fantastic
offer!
Details:
Arrive early and enjoy the Australian Art Exhibition
presented by the Booker Lowe Gallery in the foyer of
the Wortham Center and attend the Dance Talk prior to
the performance.
Madame Butterfly is
a moving tale of a
beautiful geisha’s love and loss has never been told
more eloquently than in Stanton Welch’s exquisite,
two-act rendition. Cio-Cio San gives up her faith and
her family to wed the handsome but cynical Lieutenant
Pinkerton. In giving so much, she risks losing
everything.
Red Earth is a
moving ode to the settlers who tamed the Australian
Outback. This performance is an abstract work that
explores issues early immigrants in Australia faced
when arriving in a new and foreign land. For more information on the 2 performances visit
http://www.houstonballet.org/content/released/Madame_Butterfly_w.pdf
and
www.houstonballet.org
Dance Talks:
Dance Talks
are held 45 minutes prior to each performance in the
Grand Foyer’s Cullen Alcove at the Wortham Theater
Center.
The
Talks, present an opportunity
for audience members to meet the dancers,
choreographers, and musicians who make the ballet come
to life. The audience can also participate in a brief
question and answer session which allows them to
directly interact with the speakers and learn more
about upcoming performances.
The Booker Lowe Gallery presents
in
the foyer of the Wortham Center from the 8 March 2007:
Voices from the Red
Earth: Australia’s Aboriginal Artists Paint Their
Stories
Beginning in the early 1970s, Australia’s indigenous people
began to paint their ancient traditions onto canvas,
launching what critics have called the “last great art
movement of the twentieth century. Today, major
museums and collectors are attracted by the
sophisticated colors, powerful markings, and palpable
energy of works created by artists from the world’s
oldest living culture.
Booker-Lowe Gallery, the only American art gallery devoted
exclusively to Australian contemporary and Aboriginal
art, is proud to partner with the Houston Ballet to
show paintings from the Central and Western Deserts.
Included in the exhibition are paintings by Bruce
Wungunien, Jean Nampijimpa Hudson, Lorna Fencer
Naparrula, Cathleen Edwards, Evelyn Judgadai, Gracie
Green, Judy Watson Napangardi, Lorna Brown Napanangka,
Mitjili Naparrula, and Raymond Maxwell Tjampitjinpa,
as well as a piece by Kimberleys wandjina painter,
Lily Karadada.
APRIL 2007
ANZAC DAY MEMORIAL SERVICE
Sunday 29th April 2007 11.00am
Event: ANZAC DAY Memorial Service
Venue:
Bear Creek Park War Memorial
Time:
11.00am
Details:
The Australian and New Zealand Society of Texas
(TANZOT) and the Australian American Chamber of
Commerce in Houston invite you to commemorate ANZAC
Day.
A picnic lunch at Pavilion 3 in the park
will follow the service. Sausage sizzle provided,
please bring a salad or desert to share, and drinks.
Please help to advertise this event widely in the
community by passing this invitation to your American,
Australian and New Zealand friends.
In the event of inclement weather, the service will continue
under cover.
ANZAC
Day
-
25 April -
is probably Australia's most important national
occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first major
military action fought by Australian and New Zealand
forces during the First World War. ANZAC stands for
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The soldiers in
those forces quickly became known as ANZACs, and the
pride they soon took in that name endures to this day.
MAY 2007
Wednesday 2 May 2007
Event: International Connection Monthly Networking
Highlight: Australia
The Asia, Australia, Oceania Business Forum
Committee of the Greater Houston Partnership, in
collaboration with the Western Australia Trade &
Investment Office and the Australian-American
Chamber of Commerce, Houston invite you to
participate
in a networking luncheon featuring The Honorable
Francis Logan, Minister
for Energy, Resources, Industry and Enterprise
Government of Western Australia.
Time:
11.30am – 1.30pm
Venue:
Greater Houston Partnership, Board Room, Two Allen
Center, 1200 Smith St, Suite 700 .
Parking:
Visitor parking is available at the Allen
Center Garage on Clay. Use the garage center marked
for visitors on Clay or Andrews and take the skywalk
through Three Allen to Two Allen Center. The
Partnership’s lobby area is on the 7th
Floor. Please bring your parking ticket for
validation.
Reservation Form:
Space is limited and reservations will be made on a
first-come, first-served basis. No refunds or
cancellations after Friday, April 27, 2007.
Click here
to download the form to register for this event and
send payment by FAX to 713-844-0236 or EMAIL to
nharper@houston.org
Or mail c/o NIAYA HARPER to Greater Houston
Partnership, 1200 Smith, Suite 700 Houston, TX
77002-4400 org
Entry for Individual members of the GHP or the AACC
is Free. Individual Non Members is $15.
If you are unable to open the attached please visit
http://www2.houston.org/EMAILS/2007/internationalConnectionAustralia/may/index.htm
AUSTRALIA.
This month we welcome Western Australia’s Minister
Francis Logan, the new minister for Energy,
Resources, Industry and Enterprise, who will discuss
measures Western Australia takes to encourage and
support proactive new business development, and
bilateral trade and investment with Houston. The new
minister will outline his government's plans to
encourage growth of four key industries: medical
biotech, information and communications technology,
bio-fuels and the marine and defense sector
including, subsea technology. Companies interested
in expanding their commercial links with Australia
should attend.
The International Connection Series
provides an opportunity to better understand
Houston's top international trade partners and
interact with key officials who can help your
business expand into those markets. Consuls general,
bilateral chambers of commerce and government trade
officers present business opportunities and
available resources.
International Chambers Golf Tournament
Date:
Monday 14 May 2007
Venue:
The Longwood Golf Club, Cypress
This year, members & associates of the Italian,
Australian, Arab, French, Swedish and Norwegian
Chambers of Commerce in Houston will be swinging
their clubs at The Longwood Golf Club, Cypress.
Register your team of
friends, work
colleagues or clients now
for a great day out! Great
prizes to be won!
Time:
1pm Shotgun start
Registration:
The Italian Chamber is this year’s Host for the
tournament.
Please register individually or as a team of 4 by
Monday 7th May
with the Italian Chamber of Commerce.
(Registration and Course details are attached)
Registration includes:
All golf fees, driving range and carts, beverage
tickets, box lunch and BBQ Dinner, player gifts and
a free future round of golf for all players
AUGUST 2007
Thursday 23 August 2007
Event:
Over the Fence Australian Comedy Short Film Festival
Venue:
Aurora Theater, 800
Aurora St, Houston TX 77009. Parking is available at
6608 N. Main St.
Time:
7pm
Tickets:
$10 AACC members, $20 non-members. Ticket
includes Western Australian wine by Palandri.
RSVP:
Monday 20 August. Seating capacity is limited so book
now to avoid disappointment!
Call the AACC on 713 527 9688 to pay by credit card or
mail your check to AACC, PO. Box 130261, Houston TX
77219.
Join
us for one of AACC’s great annual events showcasing
a series of Australian award winning short films by
Australia's emerging young film makers.
This
year the AACC in association with Voces Arts
Networking Group is proud to present a selection of
Australian Short Comedy Films from the Over the Fence
Comedy Film Festival.
Over The Fence Comedy Film Festival is the biggest
touring comedy film festival in Australia.
The
Festival presents a retrospective of amazing
Australian comedy short films that that will leave you
gasping between laughs, smiling with joy, touched by
something special and filled by an experience, which
celebrates the amazing range and imaginings of comic
Australian film makers.
They range from animation, documentary, clay-mation
and in a wild variety of genres; slapstick,
irreverent, cheeky, geek, absurd, sci-fi, drama -and
much more.
Major Sponsors:
SEPTEMBER 2007
AFL Grand Final Party
- Delayed Telecast -
Attention
Change of Venue
Date:
Saturday 29 September
Calling all Aussie Rules fans. Come and watch the top
2 AFL teams battle it out for the 2007 Grand Final
Trophy.
Don’t rely on staying awake all night to watch the
game live on Friday night . We’ll have our own private
room and bar so come early and join in all the fun
leading up to the game.
Penalties will be enforced for anyone spilling the
beans about the final score.
We’ll be holding
sweepstakes for the Winning
Margin, Highest Scoring Quarter, First Goal Scorer in
Each Quarter, Most Goals Kicked and more!
Venue:
bigjohnsbar.com Take West Sam Houston
Parkway South to the Harwin Exit. Take Harwin west
to Wilcrest. Left on Wilcrest. 1st strip center on
right.
Time:
Kick off at 1:00
P.M.
Details:
Bar food and
drinks available
at great Happy Hour prices.
Tickets:
Members Free, Non-members $10. Non member family rate
$20. Tickets available at the door.
This is a licensed bar and attendees under 21 yrs of
age must be accompanied by an adult.
Register your interest
with the AACC office by Wednesday 26 September. Tel:
713 527 9688 or email
info@aacc-houston.org
Come
early and Big Johns will be televising the World Cup
Rugby match between Australia and Canada at 8:00 A.M.
NOVEMBER
2007
Melbourne Cup Dinner
Details: Mark your calendars for
Monday 5 November
for the event that stops the Nation down under!
AACC invites you to this
year’s Melbourne Cup Dinner for all the action live on
the big screen.
Races will be televised
live from Flemington with live betting on the course
available, sweepstakes and a Raffle with a Trip for 2
to Australia with Qantas up for grabs as first prize!
It goes without saying
there’ll be great prizes for the best Cup attire.
Tickets will include
champagne on arrival and a Buffet style dinner. Cash
Bar. Non Members are welcome so rally your friends
together for a great night!
Go to http://www.melbournecup.com.au/ for
updates on the field.
Venue:Sam Houston
Race Park, Jockey Club (Entry Gate 4)
7575 North Sam Houston Parkway, West Houston, TX 77064.
Time: 7pm
Tickets:
$40 AACC & TANZOT members. $60 non-members
Attire:
Smart casual & a race hat with flair!
RSVP:
By Monday 29 October.
Reserve your tickets by calling the AACC on
713 527 9688 to pay by credit card or mail your
check to AACC Houston, 5850 San Felipe, Suite 500,
Houston TX 77057.
Event:
Essential Seminar for all Australian Expatriates – Tax
Planning and Financial Management for Australian
Expatriates
Wednesday 7 November 2007
Venue:
Petris Technology, 1900 St James Suite 700, Houston
TX 77056
Time:
Registration at 5.30pm. Start at 6pm
Tickets:
Free to AACC and Advance Members. Non Members $20.00
RSVP: By Monday 5 November
Details:
Reserve your seat by calling the AACC on 713 527
9688. Payment can be made by credit card or mail
your check to AACC Houston, 5850 San Felipe, Suite
500, Houston TX 77057
Presenter:
Steve Douglas, Co Founder and Managing Director of
Australasian Taxation Services (ATS)
His
areas of specialization include the Australian taxation
aspects of property investment, expatriate and migration
taxation planning.
Find out how to:
·
Plan
for a tax free investment on your Australian Property
holdings
·
Plan
for a tax free retirement on your return to Australia
·
Fully exploit the unique tax advantages available
to you as a expatriate
·
Fully comply with your Australian Taxation Obligations
·
Get
a Full Refund on GST Paid on your property expenses
up to 31 March 2005
·
Keep
update on what’s happening in the Australian Property
Markets
Celebration of
Australia - 26 Jan to 2 Feb 2008
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