News in no particular order:

• At the time of writing we have one vacancy at Romana.
• The total of empty room nights for the fin year to date is higher than expected – but far from catastrophically so.
• MLC presented us with a gift of $1500 last week – and gave me all of 90 seconds to talk to their staff about Servants!
• Amanda and I continue to plan the way forward in terms of future Housekeeper arrangements – particularly in light of the Halls departure in mid-2016. We are encouraged by the possibilities ahead of us at the present time.
• OTG – Old Trinity Grammarians – have been hosted by each of the 3 houses at recent Community Dinners. Their interest in our work is evident.
• Our major donor recently blessed us with a gift of $30,000.
• We are waiting to hear from St John’s Anglican in regards to if they are keen to present us with the opportunity to continue talks with them about their old vicarage.
• Andre has now finished his interviewing for the Essence of Servants Project. We should have his finished report before Christmas.
• Planning for this coming Sunday’s Carols @ Carrical is underway. It should be another good evening.
• Please remember that we will be hosting our committee and staff Christmas ‘do’ this year as a brekkie at Niche on Bridge on the morning of Wednesday 16th December.
• Believe it or not one can now register for Run Melbourne 2016! Madeline and I will be spending some time working on the on-line set up for our participants for this event in the near future.
• I met with the Dept last week to discuss General Lease developments. All good.
• The Dept has informed me that the lease between Dept and Council for Hamer has now been signed. We should expect to see the Dept/Servants sub-lease any day now for our review prior to signing.