Peter Jeffery OAM has acted in the past and in the present as Chairperson of CTV PERTH INC.

He has an Honors degree from the University of Western Australia and an MA form Birmingham University (UK).

With a lifelong interest in the Arts and audio-visual education, he was instrumental in the development of the media courses at Curtin and Murdoch Universities, and was recently made Co-Chairperson of WA POETS INC.

An active supporter of multiculturalism and Chairman of the Sunyata Meditation and Community Centre.

Peter has been awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to the communities, art, literature and film education and will bring a valued insight into the service for community and educational television.

Tibor Meszaros is a South Fremantle local and a member of Community Television Perth Inc. He is an independent producer who provides programmes to be aired on the Perth station. Tibor won an award in 2003 at the CBAA National Awards for the Producer of the Year and won the award for ‘Gallery Watch’ at the 2005 Antenna Awards. The was also the 2004 finalist in The Antennas for Best Indigenous Program (Gallery Watch – Coming Home) and Best Indigenous Program (Naidoc Day 2003). He is currently the Secretary and Production Coordinator/Director at CTV and the director of a television program called 'Perth City Talks'.

Chris Huzzard - Producer Member

Five years has seen Chris Huzzard develop an important relationship with CTV.

Chris studied in economics and at the age of 20 he fell into photography when, after being cajoled by his sister to "borrow" his fathers camera to take a shot for her portfolio, his next shoot was instrumental in helping her friend win a national magazine competition. His fourth shoot was his first professional assignment.

Chris is relatively new to the world of film and television however his broad photographic and lighting knowledge as well as his experience in establishing a business incubator for new talent, positions him well to help CTV acheive similar goals.

Chris assisted CTV Perth in building its studio, helping them to set up lighting and green screens within a severely constrained budget. Moreover, in a CTV Perth project called Crime and Punishment, Chris was responsible for shooting still photos and helped design the packaging of the program. Chris' goal is to assist CTV to promote young talent and to become a central force for emerging videographers

Sister Hue Can is a Vietnamese who came to Perth in 1975 for studies and work. She graduated from a French high school, then studied Bachelor of Art and Education and Bachelor of Human Sciences. After her completion of school studies, she worked in a French high school as a French teacher for 7 years before coming to Australia . It was a high school that spoke French as its first language, Vietnamese the second. She came to Perth because her sister was here. She believed that being a librarian in Perth could help her understand the culture better by talking with people and reading books.

Although her resume was good, she failed to get any job. Sister understood that it was hard for an Asian to find a job in Australia . At the time, she thought any library job, part-time or full-time, would be good for her. She knew that her understanding of Perth , its culture, and people here would improve by reading lots of books while working as a librarian. Eventually, she was offered a part-time library aide job by Perth Technical College .

Working as a part-time library aide, she met lots of people everyday, and had a chance to talk with them about everything. Later, Gosnells Public Library offered her a full-time children librarian job. She saw it as an opportunity to do something for children.

After spending a period of 10 years in the librarian field, she became a coordinator of an ethnic childcare resource unit. Her job was to give advice to people who need assistance and help migrants from everywhere. She was responsible for providing information to them regarding migrant issues, including cultural difference and language barrier.

After helping migrants for 5 years, Sister realized that she had been helping others. At that moment, she felt that it was time to help herself. She felt that by looking into self, she would better understand herself, and then be more capable of helping others. Therefore, she started to follow a Buddhist master who taught her theories of Buddhism. She once wanted to go to India and was about to go to Sri Lanka to study and practice Buddhism. However, after reading the work of a Vietnamese Buddhist master “The Most Venerable Thich Thanh Tu” that guided her practice and thinking, Sister decided to stay in Perth and became a nun. She believed that she had been “running away from home” before practicing Buddhism, and was “going home” in a very peaceful way afterwards. Now, she lives in Victoria Park in a Buddhist temple that used to be her house. She decided to transform her house into a temple because she thought it was easier for her to practice Buddhism and help others. Now, Sister regularly hosts her meditation lessons in the temple twice a week, on every Tuesday from 7 to 9 pm and every Saturday afternoon, from 2 to 4 pm.

Besides practicing Buddhism, Sister is a committee member of several organisations. In CTV Perth, she is an association member and a close friend with the chairperson of CTV Perth, Peter Jeffery OAM. She has been part of several CTV Perth programs, including one that interviewed her Buddhist teacher and one that focused on Buddhism. Sister decided to join CTV Perth because she knew that CTV Perth has been a good medium that constantly communicates with the local community. She desires to help people suffer less from their stress and out of pity via CTV Perth.

Since becoming a nun, Sister has been invited to give lectures and meditation workshops in over five different countries.

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Ilona Meszaros - Ordinary Member

Ilona started her career in Hungary, as a Bookkeeper and Payroll Officer of the Hungarian Rail System (MAV). In due course became the Financial Controller for the Hungarian National Railways Hospitality Services. This has enabled Ilona to obtain the relevant financial experience and management abilities within the Government Organisational sphere.

Upon arriving in Perth , Western Australia, with a family consisting of two toddlers, her first priority was to complete English language studies and Accountancy relevant qualification to meet the demands of the then current financial needs of the community.

This enabled Ilona to then become the Editor for seven years, from 1983 -90, of the first bi-lingual cultural magazine, HIRMONDO, which was the first of its kind to be produced in Australia. Both the Hungarian – English migrants at that time found it extremely informative in their role as establishing a community in Australia as citizens. During this period Ilona has also volunteered as a Presenter on the Hungarian Community Radio, which was serviced on WA Radio 6NR.

In the 90’s, Ilona was the Financial Director of ICA Production Pty Ltd, which was predominant in producing and distributing Film & Television programs, including Animation, throughout Europe and Australia.
Included in this time, Ilona has also been the Company Director, of the International Cartoon Agency, which had three studios in Hungary. Working on international co-productions with Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxemburg and the United Kingdom.
These were multi-million (AUD) ventures, with successful children and family entertainment being provided for the communities that they were shown in.

In the new millennium, Ilona joined CTV Perth INC, as a volunteer, and was in due course appointed with the Membership secretary position. In 2005 was then elected on the Management Committee as an Ordinary Member, under the constitution of CTV Perth INC.
 

Carolynn Hudson is an ordinary member at CTV Perth. She has been a member since 2005, where she is an office assistant and involved in the DVD productions. Carolynn came to CTV Perth, whilst she was working on the Work for the Dole Programme and then decided to stay as a fulltime volunteer. Outside of her volunteer work at CTV, she takes part in church activities and keeps herself healthy by doing exercise.