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MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE AUCKLAND CITY YOUTH COUNCIL HELD ON MONDAY, 20 JUNE 2005 AT 4:32PM

PRESENT:	Pelema	Taulapapa	[Chairperson]
	Sam	Beanland
	Marcel	Correa
	Melanie	Cripps
	Simon	Dennerly
	Josephine	Fok
	Dexter	Henderson	[from 4.38pm part item 4.1]
	Guanting	Liu
	Chantel	Nelisi
	Fay	Nelisi
	John	Osborne	[from 4.36pm part item 4.1]
	Natasha	Sarkar
	Samson	Tonga
	Sinovita	Tonga	[from 4.52pm part item 7]

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Secretarial Note:

The chair welcomed Crispian Franklin who has replaced Allison Frederikson. Crispian's e-mail is Crispian.Franklin@aucklandcity.govt.nz

1. APOLOGIES

   Moved: Pelema Taulapapa

   Seconded: Chantel Nelisi

   That the apology from Abjhit Mitra for non-attendance and apologies from Louise Phyn, Aritra Ray and Sinovita Tonga for lateness be accepted.

   CARRIED

2. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

   Moved: Pelema Taulapapa

   Seconded: Sam Beanland

   That the minutes of the Auckland City Youth Council meeting held on Monday, 16 May 2005 be confirmed as a true and correct record.

   CARRIED

3. EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS

   There was no extraordinary business.

4. PUBLIC FORUM

   4.1. THE ODYSSEY – ANNIE COPPELL

   Moved: Pelema Taulapapa

   Seconded: Samson Tonga

   That A Coppell, Teenage Services Librarian be thanked for her presentation on The Odyssey Teen Reading Programme.

   CARRIED

5. NEW MEMBERS/RESIGNATIONS

   Moved: Pelema Taulapapa

   Seconded: Simon Dennerley

   That Gaayathri Nair be invited to be a member of the Auckland City Youth Council.

   CARRIED

6. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT

   Moved: Pelema Taulapapa

   Seconded: Fay Nelisi

   That the Chairman's report dated 8 July 2005 be received.

   CARRIED

7. MEMBERS' UPDATES

   Melanie Cripps tabled her members' update.

   [ATTACHMENTS 7A]

   Moved: Pelema Taulapapa

   Seconded: John Osborne

   That the members' updates be received.

   CARRIED

8. COMMUNITY ADVISOR'S UPDATE

   The Community Advisor requested any photos sent to him for the website must be in a jpg attachment to allow them to be placed on the website.

   Moved: Pelema Taulapapa

   Seconded: Natasha Sarkar

   That the Community Advisor's Update report dated 8 June 2005 be received.

   CARRIED

9. AUCKLAND CITY YOUTH COUNCIL ANNUAL AWARDS

   The Chairman advised the Awards group had yet to meet to finalise the debrief report on the Awards.

   Moved: Pelema Taulapapa

   Seconded: Melanie Cripps

   That the verbal report from the Chairman updating the Auckland City Youth Council Awards ceremony held on 18 March 2005 be received.

   CARRIED

10. DRAFT CHILD AND FAMILY POLICY

    The Chairman tabled a copy of the draft submission on the Child and Family Policy.

    [ATTACHMENT 10]

    Moved: Pelema Taulapapa

    Seconded: Dexter Henderson

    That the Auckland City Youth Council's submission to the Draft Child and Family Policy be approved and that the working party team being Pelema Taulapapa, Sam Beanland, Louise Phyn and Melanie Cripps present the submission at the hearing.

    CARRIED

11. PROJECT UPDATES

    11.1. AUCKLAND CITY YOUTH COUNCIL EXECUTIVE

    Moved: Pelema Taulapapa

    Seconded: Sam Beanland

    1. That the Chairman, Deputy Chair and five Auckland City Youth Council members being: Aritra Ray, Simon Dennerly, John Osborne, Sam Beanland and Melanie Cripps be elected to form an interim Auckland City Youth Council Executive, to focus on the issues outlined in the Executive Brainstorming Meeting Minutes.
    2. That the Auckland City Youth Council Executive be reviewed in December.
    3. That any decisions reached by the Auckland City Youth Council Executive be forwarded to the full Youth Council for approval.

    CARRIED

    11.2. AUCKLAND CITY YOUTH COUNCIL PROJECTS

    The Chairman gave an overview of the projects the Youth Council had undertaken over the last year and suggested the achievements of the Youth Council should be reported to the Community Development and Equity Committee for their information.

    Moved: Pelema Taulapapa

    Seconded: Melanie Cripps

    That the verbal report on progress of Auckland City Youth Council projects by the Chairman, dated 8 June 2005 be received and that the Auckland City Youth Council Executive be asked to prepare the report for the 18 July 2005 Youth Council meeting with a view to it being forwarded to the 10 August 2005 Community Development and Equity Committee meeting.

    CARRIED

    There being no further business the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 5.40pm.