laws. When the President retires from the Board, they retain the title of “Imm. Past President” and remain available to act as an advisor for the term of the incoming President. • Positions of Vice-President and Treasurer be consolidated into a “President-Elect” position. • President, President-Elect and Registrar terms of office be two years. • Maximum term of office for the Editor be two consecutive, two-year terms. Dr. Graeme Ting, of New Zealand, has been appointed to the Board as Regent-Elect for New Zealand. Australasia Projects With 12 projects sponsored by our 2019 Officers President: John Owen AM Vice President: Keith Watkins Past President: David Crum Registrar: Tom Tseng Treasurer: Rick Sawers AM Editor: Petrina Bowden Contact Information ICD Section VIII Australasia Admin. Officer Ron Robinson 10 Bendtree Way Castle Hill, NSW 2154, Australia Tel: 4909 8854 612 Mobile: 848 974 0466 admin@icdsectionviii.org www.icdsectionviii.org Section VIII Facebook Section, many have been dynamic in evolving to external changes. This includes catastrophic weather and political events. Many projects in the pacific region needed new fa- cilities following cyclones, some are still affected by past earthquakes, and others are adapting the in- creasing influence of China with the Belt road initiative. With expan- sion of the Chinese influence, many charities are incorporating Chinese language options to allow the lo- cal population to become involved with the Chinese economy in their region. Section VIII supported projects are spread over many countries in- cluding Australia, Fiji, Cambodia, Vanuatu, Nepal, Timor Leste and Vietnam, and can be viewed on our Google Maps. Many recent INDUCTION HIGHLIGHTS (Above L) New Inductees at the Sydney Induction on March 24, 2018. (Above R) New Inductees at the Auckland Induction on August 17, 2018. https://youtu.be/fEH95PQcgN4 PROJECT ANEITYUM (L) In Vanuatu, an empowered community is learning how to attend to the dental needs of their community members, and local health workers are now able to provide excellent relief of pain treatments and scaling for their own people. project advancements are on the Section VIII Facebook page. Click on Video Icon THE GLOBE 2019 SECTION REPORTS 41