Council member and meetings
MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE AUCKLAND CITY YOUTH COUNCIL
HELD ON MONDAY, 15 AUGUST 2005 AT 4:30PM
| PRESENT: |
Pelema |
Taulapapa |
[Chairperson] |
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Sam |
Beanland |
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Melanie |
Cripps |
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Simon |
Dennerly |
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Dexter |
Henderson |
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Jeremy |
Lees-Green |
|
| |
Guanting |
Liu |
|
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Jayran |
Mansouri |
|
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Chantel |
Nelisi |
|
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Louise |
Phyn |
|
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Aritra |
Ray |
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Natasha |
Sarkar |
|
| |
Sean |
Taylor |
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| ALSO PRESENT: |
Councillors: |
C Casey |
[until 5.24pm] |
| |
|
L Boyle |
[from 4.36pm; until 5.24pm] |
| |
|
B Hucker |
[from 4.52pm; until 5.24pm] |
| |
|
J Hinchcliff |
[until 4.49pm] |
| PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: |
Michael
Sophia
Seraphina
Alf |
Lee Johnson
Kim
Chen |
|
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APOLOGIES
Moved: Pelema Taulapapa
Seconded: Chantel Nelisi
That the apologies from Pamela Mills for non-attendance and
from Phaye Nelisi for lateness be received.
CARRIED
CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES
Moved:Pelema Taulapapa
Seconded: Sam Beanland
That the minutes of the Auckland City YouthCouncil meeting
held on Monday, 18 July 2005 be confirmed as a true and correct record and
subject to the following amendment to item 1, Apologies:
That Dexter Henderson's apologies for non-attendance be
received.
CARRIED
EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS
There was no extraordinary business.
PUBLIC FORUM
There were no requests to speak in public forum.
NEW MEMBERS/RESIGNATIONS
Moved:Pelema Taulapapa
Seconded:Aritra Ray
That Sean Taylor and Jeremy Lees-Green be invited to be
members of the Auckland City Youth Council.
CARRIED
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT
The Chairman tabled the draft paragraphs proposed for the
2004/2005 Achievements report. Members were asked to provide feedback to the
Chairman as soon as possible.
[ATTACHMENT 6A]
Moved:Pelema Taulapapa
Seconded:Dexter Henderson
That the Chairman's report dated 2 August 2005 be received.
CARRIED
MEMBERS' UPDATES
Further members' updates were received:
John Osborne provided an update of his activities for the last
month.
[ATTACHMENT 7A]
Jayran Mansouri also provided an update.
[ATTACHMENT 7B]
Aritra Ray reported that the Auckland University debating team
had won the competition they had entered.
Melanie Cripps advised she had received a letter from the
Ministry of Youth Development inviting her to attend an interview for a position
on the Commonwealth Youth Commission.
Moved: Pelema Taulapapa
Seconded:Louise Phyn
That the members' updates be received.
CARRIED
COMMUNITY ADVISOR'S UPDATE
The Community Advisor advised the following:
- Youth Council members may be eligible for a top up card
from Community Advisor if they are using their private cellphones for Youth
Council business.
- Any purchases relating to Youth Council must be cleared
with the Community Advisor. Members may be eligible for reimbursement.
- If members require a taxi chit to return home after a
meeting they need to have contacted the Community Advisor a day before the
meeting so arrangements can be made.
- Please let the Community Advisor know if members
require another file box.
- End of year social event – members were asked to think
about the end of year social event and forward their ideas to the Community
Advisor or the Chairman as soon as possible.
- There are two training sessions that need to be
completed before the end of the year.
- There will be a formal training camp in January 2006,
date to be advised.
Moved:Pelema Taulapapa
Seconded:Melanie Cripps
That the verbal report of the Community Advisor's update be
received.
CARRIED
AUCKLAND CITY YOUTH COUNCIL DRAFT LOGO IDEAS
Moved:PelemaTaulapapa
Seconded:Natasha Sarkar
That the draft logo known as number 5 (page 7 of the agenda
bottom left logo) be adopted by the Auckland City Youth Council.
CARRIED
Sam Beanland abstained from voting.
AUCKLAND CITY YOUTH COUNCIL EXECUTIVE MEETING MINUTES
Moved: Pelema Taulapapa
Seconded:Dexter Henderson
That the Auckland City Youth Council Executive Meeting
Minutes dated 25 July 2005 be received.
CARRIED
PROJECT UPDATES
11.1. AUCKLAND CITY YOUTH COUNCIL ELECTION AWARENESS PROJECT
The following feedback was received from the Auckland City Youth
Council:
- Preference for an informative approach to the project.
- Do not want to take a persuasive approach. Stay neutral
on promoting policies.
- Include factual information of youth's right.
- Keep to encouraging youth to enrol and vote.
- If using photos, ensure all leaders' photos are the
same size.
- Humour shouldn't be the overriding premise.
Moved: PelemaTaulapapa
Seconded:Arithra Ray
That the Auckland City Youth Council Election Awareness
Project information dated 1 August 2005 be received and that the Project Team
leader contact
the Community Advisor regarding what information will be
printed with the Auckland City Youth Council logo.
CARRIED
11.2. LIQUOR BILL PROJECT: CANVASSING YOUNG PEOPLES' VIEWS AND DEVELOPING
A SUBMISSION ON THE LIQUOR BILL
A copy of the Youth Council's submission to the Law and Order
Select Committee on the Liquor Bill and information regarding the process and
timeframe for submitting were tabled.
[ATTACHMENT 11.2A and 11.2B]
Moved:Pelema Taulapapa
Seconded:Sean Beanland
That the Liquor Bill project information and the submission
to the Law and Order Select Committee dated 3 August 2005 be received.
CARRIED
11.3. CONVERSE '05 MEETING MINUTES
Melanie Cripps gave a further update on the Converse '05
project:
- Invited other Auckland City Youth Council members to
participate in the Converse '05 project team.
- Converse '05 need the Youth Council's input.
- Converse '05 evaluation training meeting will be held
next Monday, 22 August 2005. The meeting will be in a SWOT (Strengths,
Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) format. The Community Advisor will also
go through the terms of reference.
- Members need to confirm their availability by Monday,
22 August 2005 as to whether they are able to help out at the Converse '05
follow up day scheduled for 30 August 2005.
- Project mentors are required.
Moved:Pelema Taulapapa
Seconded:Aritra Ray
That the Converse '05 Meeting Minutes dated 28 July 2005 and
the verbal update from the team be received.
CARRIED
There being no further business the Chairman declared the meeting closed at
5.35 pm.
