Farewell to Karen

Last week with great sadness we farewelled Karen , an NTEU staff member who has helped a great number of members with their difficulties over the years.

Karen has taken up a secondment opportunity at the La Trobe branch for the next six months and we are all looking forward to having her back at the end of that time. We have received many lovely emails in the office from members talking about how much she is appreciated and how greatly she will be missed.

I can attest to the fact that it is impossible to go to lunch with Karen without at least 3 members coming up to Karen to thank her for helping them and to have a chat, and she always remembered everyone's name and circumstances and showed genuine interest in how they were going.

There will be many who will panic at the sight of Karen's empty desk, but we hope that this will be a temporary disaster. Flowers and chocolates can be directed to the La Trobe branch in case you want to help us persuade Karen that she really cannot live without the Monash members!