Office of the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs
Minister Assisting the Premier
12 December 2012
Mr Alessandro Sorbello
President
Italian Festival Inc.
PO Box 1198
Stafford QLD 4053
Dear Mr Sorbello
I'm writing to express my appreciation of the significant
contributions that the Italian Festival Inc. has made to Queensland and to
invite your organisation to consider undertaking a role for the Government's
intended Queensland-wide Italian Week.
I am particularly appreciative of the Italian Festival
Inc's. work in founding the Italian Week in Brisbane and delivering this annual
week-long festival successfully to a high standard with a strong emphasis on
promoting integration across cultures. I see that your contributions are crucial to
Queenslanders from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and I
commend your organisation for this.
Noting the Italian festival Inc's expertise in staging
professional high-profile events, the particular role that I wish to invite your
organisation to undertake is as coordinator of an annual Queensland-wide
Italian Week. The week identified for this in 2013 is 26 May to 2nd June.
This could be a partnership arrangement between my
portfolio and Italian Festival Inc. with the provision of government funding to
assist
Should Italian festival Inc you willing to consider
undertaking this State-wide coordination role in conjunction with your current
range of events, I would invite you to discuss how we could collaborate on this
venture with our Assistant Minister Robert Cavallucci (phone number 3832 1322).
I have asked Assistant Minister Cavallucci to contact you
about this.
Thank you for considering this opportunity.
Yours sincerely
Hon Glen Elmes MP
Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural
Affairs
Minister Assisting the Premier
Member for Noosa
