Meeting
of the Elderly Core Leaders
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The
Diocesan Committee for the Elderly of Nakhonsawan organized
a meeting for the elderly core leaders on "Dialogue and
experience sharing among the elderly" during 24-25 June
at the Rung Arun Resort, Singburi with 35 elderly core leaders
participating. Rev. Phairat Sriprasert, secretary general
of the Catholic Commission for Health Pastoral Care was the
speaker on "Pastoral direction Year 2000 of the Catholic
Church in Thailand on the Elderly" and "Spirituality
of the work on the elderly in line with the Catholic teaching".
Participating
elderly people came from the following parishes: St. Ann Cathedral,
Holy Name of Jesus - Singburi, St. Luke - Lopburi, St. Nicholas
- Pitsanulok, St. Joseph - Tak and St. Peter - Tak.
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On the issue
of team-work formation the speaker said that there are 2 types
of the team: namely, a small team which consists of 4-5 people,
whereas a big team consists of more than 12 people. Team work
is very important for the work achievement. Elements of the
team administration are as follows:
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(1) Personnel
resources
(2) Material/Equipment
(3) Informative data
(4) Good management which consists of: |
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4.1 Decision on
the objective
4.2 Decision on the activities
4.3 Decision on the procedure
4.4 Make the evaluation together as a team. Reward, if any,
should be given to the whole team. |
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Each team must
have a leader. Hence, the leader must possess necessary qualities
which consist of the following qualifications: 1. He/she must
be a respectable person, open, just, do what is promised and
able to keep confidential matters, 2. Must have experiences,
3. Must understand the frame work of time, etc. |
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Besides, the Provincial
Health Officer of Singburi also gave a talk on "Guidelines
for the Elderly Groups and Role of the Group Leaders".
He said: "Of the past, Thai society has always given importance
to the elderly. They are the point of reference to any given
family, giving their valuable experiences and being the foundation
of society. In order to obtain benefits from them a forum should
be set up for them to be able to carry out joint activities
together". |
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The process of
group establishment should be as follows: 1. Collect members
2. Pick up a name of the group 3. Establish address of the office
4. Define the objective 5. Establish rules and regulations 6.
Establish the structure 7. Design the slogan 8. Design the activities.
Members of the group consist of: (1) Ordinary members aged more
than 60 years (2) Extra-ordinary members with 49-59 years of
age. |