28-3-03 Meeting

This Community ICT meeting was held at the Putaruru Timber Museum on 28/3/03. About 125 people attended.

After and introduction to the Pilot Project the meeting was Sectors Groups Focus Groups and Research Group

Each Sector Group worked through a number of area - Assets / Challenges facing their Sector, the uniqueness of their Sector, Images / Icons that represent their Sector and the Existing Activities in the South Waikato for their Sector.

The Community Sectors and their respective Facilitators are:

Community Groups - Mrs Jo Reyngoud and Ms Ngaire Gordon
Education - Mrs Karen Packwood (Primary), Mr Alan Newall (Secondary), Ms Rita Bain and Ms Doralee Campion (Tertiary)
Golden Oldies - Mr Pat McAuliffe
Government - Mr David Woltman
Maori - Mr Whititera Kaihau
Pacific Peoples - Ms Akarere Henry and Mr Charlie Turia
Rural Businesses / Farming - T.B.A.
Social and Health Agencies - Mr Dean Adam
Social Services - Ms Lana Ahomiro
Tirau - Ms Michele MacDonald
Tokoroa Businesses - Mrs Rachel d'Andrea and Mr Paul Ryder
Unemployed - Mr Charles Phayer
Youth - Ms Noelene Shannon
All Sectors Summary - a comparison across all Sectors

Click on the links above to see the "raw form" notes for each Sector.

Making The Net Work (MTNW) training is scheduled for 5-7th in Tokoroa and will involve each of the Community Sector groups. The Research/Planning Group members who will be involved with the MTNW training include:

Ms Yvonne Carter (CEG)
Ms Ngaire Gordon (Community Focus Group Rep)
Mrs Maree Kendrick (Waiariki)
Mrs Ingrid Leersnyder (SWDC)
Ms Tere Muriwai (CEG)
Mrs Irene Parminter (MAF)
Mr Troy Ponsaing (Te Wananga)
Mrs Jo Reyngoud (Community Focus Group Rep)
Ms Margaret Richardson (Waikato Management School)
Ms Jan Symington (CEG)
Mrs Robyn Tucker (Tokoroa High School)
Mr David Walmsley ("Image" Consultant for SW Economic Development Strategy)

About half of the people attending the 28/3/03 meeting completed an evaluation questionnaire for the session - click here for the Meeting Evaluation Questionnaire Results. As with the Sector Group notes, the responses are in "raw" form.

Other

A Project Manager is required in order to keep these projects moving forward and discussions are continuing in this regard.