About C.V.S.A
Welcome;
Welcome to our Internet site. Many of us struggle to make sense of losing a loved one to homicide or culpable driving as we try day by day to come to terms with this loss and cherish the memories of happy times.
Added to our grief, the other pain is that many of us feel the hurt of injustice, after our loved ones are cheated of the opportunity of a full life.
When a loss of life happens as a result of violence, the deviate name is always remembered while the victims are forgotten as the focus is placed on the perpetrator.
Our site is presently under construction and we welcome suggestions from victims of traumatic criminal acts. We will be implementing a discussion board to allow you to post topics for discussion as well as publishing a “mongrel of the week”.
Here we will come back to focus on these most horrible crimes of murder, culpable driving and all crimes of violence. We aim to provide a facility for victims to seek help, ask questions as well as to give and receive advice.
Your suggestions can be e-mailed to us at crimevictims@optusnet.com.au
Be sure to return to our site in the next few weeks to check on our development!
About Us;
C.V.S.A is run by victims of crime to assist any person or persons who becomes a victim of any criminal act in the State of Victoria.
To advocate for victims with relevant Government and Non-Government agencies.
To service and assist victims with all aspects of the impact of a crime and aims to ensure that needs and rights of victims are heard and acted on by the Government and Community.
To hold meetings of parents of murdered children, and culpable driving and of siblings and friends that is about equipping by meeting with other victims of the heinous crime of murder and vehicular manslaughter and to build up a kindred spirit and to realize they are not alone.
We also believe we have a lot to offer the Criminal Justice System, and indeed we met with the previous Attorney General Mrs Jan Wade on several occasions and she listened very intently to what we had to say in regards to Un-Sworn Statements that she later abolished, Victim Impact Statements, that she later introduced, also the Victim Referral and Advice Services and The Witness Assistance Service.
We are yet to meet with the incumbent Attorney General as yet 31st October 2001 but have met with several of his representatives.
We provide support for our people when their court case comes up, as there is no more intimidating place for a person to be than the Supreme Court even when you’re on the right side of the law and your only experiences have been a parking ticket or the likes.
We are a non-profit association with a number of truly dedicated people who have worked without financial reward, and indeed with no expectation whatever of receiving such recognition since we started in 1992, and they have worked in conditions somewhat less than luxurious, at most time with considerable discomfort, yet have managed to provide at all times, that caring comforting confidential shoulder so desperately sought by those victims of crime in our society.
We work on a “shoe-string budget” with most expenses met with the taking around of the proverbial hat.
Looking good but needs to be updated Paddy
Paddy would we not have to make the email info@cvsa.com.au,rather than the old one, just a thought from and old man. Cheers
Done Noel! If you would like the entire About page updated, write me a new one and it shall be done. Email is fixed.
Fabulous stuff Noel I have posted the new link on Facebook as well assent it to all our supporters on there, I have been manning the old site thinking wheres Noel and deleting spammers everywhere! I see you have been here will the old forum get deleted now??
Hello SOH, tis I site fiddler Paddy, I am hesitant to delete the old forum until people have had a chance to copy and paste any posts that are important to them, into the new forum.
I need to organise with Noel to get the admin name and password to see if I can close it to posting, but leave it open to read.
All I can do with it right now is delete it and as I said, I am hesitant to do that just yet.
Cheers!
Theres nothing I want off there but I think if its costing us nothing leave it as I have left the URL for this site on there , and Im happy to pop in everyday and delete the spam & answer any newbies & direct them to this site Cheers SOH
Hello Paddy / Admin,
Before you delete cvsa.asn.au can you tell us how much time is left on the domain name and on the hosting service.
There are other things that the CVSA might wish to publish.
http://www.doublejeopardyreform.org
Cheers
Hello there Phillip L
I’m afraid I don’t know what the domain name will expire. I am assuming (not knowing for sure) that Noel pays the bill annually or bi yearly. I am further assuming that he will no longer be doing so. When it actually disappears I am not certain. My best guess is the 16th of June 2010.
Perhaps you can send Noel (or me if you prefer) the things you would like published.
Cheers!
Patrick
Yes good idea post them on here you can post what you want on the other site but pop on it that you would like a transfered Im happy to cut & paste anything you would like
Paddy it is not under cvsa domain so you should be able to link in,Soh will ring Paddy when he is not sleeping and let you no.
Admin and SOH,
Do you have email addresses for me to send the stuff?
Philip
Im so glad the other site was wound up, it was a nightmare I do not know what was going on but the spamming was horrendous towards the end, and some was disgusting, I am quite sure our old friend had a part in a lot of the spamming and IM rapt that I no longer need to deal with her, Im still warning different victims & groups on Facebook about her. Cheers From SOH