Melbourne Cup!
Answers to FAQs
No my horse (On A Jeune) did not win me anything
Yes I did wear a hat
No we did not have a hat competition (nor did anyone else wear a hat)
Archives and Records hosted a lovely lunch at the Irwin Street Building with the rest of the Secretariat, some members of the Registrar’s Office plus a few extras.
Archive & Records were in desperate need for a snappy name for our yet to our “Generic Record Keeping Application.” So we ran a competition for the new name, with the winner to be announced at the Melbourne Cup lunch.
My entry was UReKA = University Record Keeping Application… And guess what? I won the competition! So not only did I gain the respect of the entire luncheon party in one fell swoop but I gained a large box of Maltesers! (I must add they were beautifully wrapped too!)
To see photos of my hat – look here