28-3-03 Questionnaire

Community ICT Meeting 28/3/03 - Questionnaire Summary
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#	Best way to Communicate	Best time to attend meetings	Purpose of your Organisation	Affiliated Organisations	Outcomes from planning process	Thoughts on todays Session	Improvements
1	Email	Anytime	Real Estate Sales - residential and Commercial / Industrial	Justices of the Peace	Progress in the South Waikato	Good	Better Venue - Hearing a problem in Group Sessions
2	Email	Daytime	Provides computers, training for people, computer repairs, upgrades, networks etc	Tirau Business Assn	Broadband in Tirau, Economic Growth in the South Waikato	Very interesting & useful	A good first introductory session. Good speakers from varied areas.
3	Email	Evenings or Fridays		Holistic Health support		Lots of words, hoping action eventuates
4	Email	Anytime M-F PM on Tues-Thurs	Information Delivery, travel sales	Water Ski Club	Connectivity. Economic and Social competitive advantage for SWD.	Bigger room would help. Good multi-sector representation. Good turnout.
5	Email	Anytime between 9-4	Youth development and adult volunteer mentor capacity building		A collaborative approach inter-sectorial networking - Maori and Pacific Peoples consultation	Good briefing and planning session	Clarification on whether "Broadband" with organisation / company network systems
6	Email	Fridays - anytime	Small business - manufacturer	Tokoroa Baptist Church, Cargill Open Plan School, Tokoroa High School, The Craft Barn (retail co-op for local crafters) Tokoroa Community Arts Council, Tokoroa Little Theatre, South Waikato Camera Club	The SW community become a cohesive hub for growth, being self supporting, generating employment and new industry	Motivating	Bigger Venue
7	Email	Day	Tourism / Developmental		Broadband online ASAP	Very positive	More publicity around the Community of Project
8	Email	10-2	Tertiary Training		Specific steps needed to have this incorporated	Identified key issues to develop this intiative. Clarity towards the direction.	Direction - to an extent
9	Email	Anytime	Research & Teaching
10	Email	Anytime	Mechanical Engineering - contracting - with a design background		Progress in building up Tokoroa business and community	Very interesting with much potential to promote the district	For Tokoroa - try to encourage employees of the Council, CHH, ABB etc to live in the District (or Tokoroa). We have lost a large lump of revenue being earned in the town to other towns / cities. Also the support for our community is being watered down by loyalty to other communities.
11	Email	Late PM or evenings	Education of Young People		Interaction between all Groups	Good starting point. Time good, venue good for beginning - too small for group work.
12	Fax or Email	Evenings (pref not Wednesdays or 7 May)	Education Secondary	Tokoroa & Forest View High Schools (via Volcanics IT Cluster) and Primary Schools		Great to see size
13	Email		Council Activities
14	Email	Anytime	Education		Successful outcome	Very informative
15	Email or phone	Daytime 8.30-4.30	Im moving well being, opportunity and aspiration of community raising levels of health of NZ in a broad social determinants sense	Ministry of Health	Explicit steps that will address disparities in access to information & technology between social groups & individuals	I felt that discussion often involved a sales pitch rather than addressing questions being asked	- More prep info prior to meeting - Transport for particular groups if participation is wanted ie unemployed - less focus on the what it is more to help organisations see how it can work for them
16	Email or cellphone	Afternoon	Computer and Communication Solutions	Sporting Organisations	More job opportunities	Excellent Networking
17	All three	Any time	To improve Arapunis Development	Heaps	Wider access wider knowledge	Very good
18	Email	After 4pm weekdays	Education primary year 1-8	Putaruru Rural School>	Broadband potential close networking with all schools at all levels	Good discussion and networking opportunities	Clear explanation of process
19	Email, phone	Evenings			For me personally - an internet connection that works. In the wider community-better communication and information resource availability	A good beginning	Any project involving a diverse community is difficult to control>
20	Email	Daytime	Policy analysis and advice		Enlivened rural communities and provincial towns	Very good
21	Email	On a weekend	Our education provider organisations purpose is to import knowledge on I.T. through education and training	None	I hope all the plans would come into fruition	Its very interesting, informative and fun	Everything should be on time.
22	Email	Weekends	Education	Sports group	Successful outcome	Very interesting
23	Email	Any day except Fridays	To promote Tirau through innovation and business and community spirit.		To have broadband in Tirau	A good link of communication to everyone in the community. Information etc being passed around	A very good start. Well prepared.
24	Telephone	Evening meetings	To get my ideas to the people by way of my history project	Achievement Centre, Foodbank	More employment opportunities for unemployed people also things to keep young people in the area	Not bad	A Tokoroa group actually meeting in Tokoroa.
25	Email or cellphone	Depends on Schedule	Iwi authority set up to cater for the needs of but ultimately empower our people through Hapu to manage their own affairs	Too many to list	Ideas to action	Absolutely excellent	Venue already addressed.
26	Email or phone	Daytime (anytime)	Helping people to use computers	Radio	Informative available and accessible	Tried to be organised	Larger premises, amplifier and bell
27	Email	Ill be working out of town for the next 9 months so weekends only in the S.W.	To promote book out and photography services	Adult literacy, assoc of book crafts	Action, a network of active project teams	Good networking sessions, enjoyed workshop session
28	By post	Daytime or evenings	Promote woodworking in the S.W. and woodturning throughout N.Z	TURNZ Putaruru	Feedback, more meetings, further action resulting in a successful venture	Very interesting. Did not have any knowledge what it was about. Good luck to the council.	Better venue for future meetings. Perhaps the leaders need a gavel to call participants to order.
29	Email	Late afternoon		TCOSS
30	Email	Evenings	PC Users helping other PC users		A plan that is economical and sustainable.	I liked it.
31	Email	Daytime 9-2.	Assist community groups in achieving goals	Numerous community groups	Looking forward to seeing the plans put into action	Well structured, seam to be making process
32	Email	Afternoons		Sports (golf)	Better communication	Informative
33	Phone, email	Daytime	Community needs	National church	How Tirau can connect with other communities and serve the needs of our community	Very informative	Venue, another meeting
34	Email	Morning	Private elective surgical services		Mentor	Great	Work on set businesses, target individuals
35	Email	5.30 or 6pm	To facilitate the employment and/or business needs for S.W. People	CHH Kinleith. Industry NZ. SW Development Trust	Better accessibility for small business initiatives	- um its a start. Sounds good. It was also useful>	Nothing it all takes time. Maybe more info about examples of successes. Noels balloons company etc.
36	Phone or email	9.30am to 2pm	To assist the wider SW community	Have strong links with most community groups	A clear, precise direction for the implementation of broadband	Okay-venue needs to be changed	Venue
37	Phone					Great
38	Email	Anytime	Electronic servicing, web design, crafts	Kiwi stamping	Networking between similar groups. Directory on intranet liked to individual websites	Good	Venue. Suggestion box for ideas etc that cover topics outside your group
39	Email	Any
40	Phone, email	Day/after 7pm	To service and utilize my qualifications	Tapapa school	Progress and workable system which is reliable	Good but inclined to waffle	Stronger speakers
41	Email	Anytime	1) Home users. 2) Family communication networking. 3) universal communication. 4) Education	Tokoroa food bank	Progress and technology initiation from Tokoroa as an ICT Centre.	Ok
42	Phone, fax, email or mail	10 2 weekdays	Family budgeting relieving families from financial stress. Community education vocational guidance, helping families and young people set goals for financial improvement.	NZ federation of Family budget services. Putaruru Council of Soc Services. Community Service provider for child, youth and family.	More communication between planners, employers, council, dept of labour trainers, schools and social service agencies as to future employment availability/training required	Good, well presented.	More info about costs etc.
43	Email	Day	To bring a deeper awareness and understanding on a mental, physical and psychological level of the person	None	Action	Ok	Correct focus
44	Internet	Evenings	Promote sports and culture in our community	Church/PI organisations	More practical workshops	Very informative	Venue was too small
45	Email	Evenings	Community services	Many	Networking/ information	Ok	Venue
46	Email	Evenings	Tertiary education/ training trades & foundation skills	Other tertiary providers in region	Ongoing dialogue between sectors (& within). Building relations/ increasing networks	Ok, but needs to be more focussed.
47	Email	Weekday mornings	Planning & policy	Te Waihou working party, District Leisure group	Greater opportunities for networking	Very interesting opportunities	Larger venues
48	Phone	Evenings	Business development	International Leadership Development. Personal & Business Development.	Broadband access over a greater area. Eg Mangakino. Website usage for all business.	Good value. Very important contacts.
49	Email	Anytime- with lots of notice	To support & strengthen social service, not for profit organisations	Many-approx 400 across Waikato/Thames Coromandel	Developing a clear path forward. Action-focussed.	Great process. Its a really big project that will need lots of support and follow up.	I think the sector groups will help need to ensure all voices are heard
50	Email or phone	10.00am Fridays	To serve the community	C.W.L	Progress groups, persons, into economic development.	Excellent	Larger venue.
51	Email	Mornings	Health/social assistance for the whole community.	Pacific Island health Committee. Te kohanga reo Tuatehi O Tokoroa. Te Kura kaupapa Maori O Te Hiringa.	Communication to continue keep the ball rolling.	Awesome	Venue too small
52	Email	Day	A trust looking after the interests of the iwi.			Needed more information on wireless network.	Reliability issues sorted with network
53	Phone	Days	Financial planning and consulting	Hopefully to be council	Increased business growth & attraction of new businesses for Tokoroa.	Excellent, informative	Happy at this point in time
54	Email	Anytime (mid month)	Tanner Couch sales. Excell Total property management in the SW. Roading, open spaces management	Diabetes Tir/Put. BPW Put/Tir. Lions Tirau. Ulysses SW.	Putting the SW into the technology race (not left behind)	Good start
55	Email	Weekdays exc Tues	Dairy ingredients
56	Email	Friday & weekends	Elementary/ primary education	Church based/ education sector	Reporting back of steering groups/ progress made	Impressed with the attendance from local community. Well organised, with speakers who focussed on specifics and to the agenda. Informative and progressive ideas expressed.	Venue
57	Email	AM weekdays	Improving the well being of people in the Tokoroa/ Mangakino Communities	Raukawa Trust Board. Health Waikato. SW PI Health.	Communication	Good Introduction

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