APOLOGIES
Moved: Pelema Taulapapa
Seconded: Melanie Cripps
That the
apologies from Dawn Talisa and Phaye Nelisi for non-attendance be accepted.
CARRIED
CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES
Moved: Pelema Taulapapa
Seconded: Chantell Nelisi
That the minutes
of the Auckland City Youth Council meeting held on Monday, 5 December 2006 be
confirmed as a true and correct record.
CARRIED
EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS
There was no
extraordinary business.
PUBLIC FORUM
4.1 OFFICE OF CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER – MS MANISHA BHIKHA
Ms Manisha Bhikha from the Office of Children's Commissioner will address the
Auckland City Youth Council regarding the role and function of the Office of
Children's Commissioner.
Moved: Pelema
Taulapapa
Seconded: Dexter Henderson
That Ms Manisha Bhikha from the Office of Children's Commissioner be thanked
for her attendance.
CARRIED
That item 11 be taken at this point.
CARRIED
SIGNS BYLAW APPLICATIONS
The Chairman gave a verbal
update of his activities for the December and January period regarding:
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Furthering his education at Auckland University, studying for a
Bachelor of Arts majoring in Political Studies. The duration of the course is 3
years and he advised that he would be focusing on his studies.
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He wished to thank everyone on the Auckland City Youth Council for
their help, support, commitment and drive.
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He also thanked Councillor Leila Boyle, Councillor Cathy Casey and
officers for their support.
Moved: Pelema Taulapapa
Seconded: Sam Beanland
That the verbal
update of the Chairman be received.
CARRIED
That item 10 was considered at this point.
CARRIED
ELECTIONS OF CHAIRMAN AND DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
The Chairman vacated the chair.
The Committee Manager took over the chair to oversee the election of a chairman.
Nominations were called for the position of chairman. One nomination was
received.
Sean
Taylor nominated Melanie Cripps for Chairman. Melanie accepted the nomination.
There being no further nominations.
Melanie Cripps
was declared Chairman.
The Committee
Manager vacated the chair which was then assumed by the Chairman, Melanie
Cripps. Nominations were called for the position of Deputy Chairperson. Two
nominations were received as follows:
Guanting Liu nominated Sean Taylor.
Samson Tonga nominated Natasha Sarkar.
Both nominees
accepted the nomination. Voting was undertaken by secret ballot. Councillor
Boyle and the Committee Manager acted as scrutineers.
The meeting
adjourned at 5.10pm to allow for the counting of the votes and reconvened at
5.13pm.
Councillor Leila
Boyle declared Sean Taylor as the Deputy Chair.
AUCKLAND CITY YOUTH COUNCIL EXECUTIVE REPORT 2005-2006
Moved: Melanie Cripps
Seconded: Guanting Liu
That the update
on the Auckland City Youth Council Executive Report 2005-2006 of M Cripps, Youth
Council member, dated 8 February 2006 be received.
CARRIED
ELECTION OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Information relating
to this item is also included in item 9, the Community Advisor's Update.
The Chairman moved:
That the Executive
Committee continue for 12 months and comprise of the Chairman, Deputy Chairman
and 4 other members.
Sam Beanland moved an amendment:
Aritra Ray seconded:
That the Executive
Committee continue for 12 months and comprise of the Chairman, Deputy Chairman
and 5 other members.
A show of hands was
called for which resulted in 13 votes for the amendment and 3 against. The
amendment was declared CARRIED by 13 to 3.
The Chairman put the
following substantive motion:
That the
Executive Committee continue for 12 months and comprise of the Chairman, Deputy
Chairman and 5 other members.
CARRIED
Nominations were
called for members of the Executive Committee, six nominations were received as
follows:
Sam Beanland nominated Aritra Ray.
Zachary Castles nominated Guanting Liu.
Sean Taylor nominated Louise Phyn.
Aritra Ray nominated Sam Beanland.
Guanting Liu nominated Zachary Castles.
Louise Phyn
nominated Andrew Harland-Smith.
All nominees
accepted the nomination. Voting was undertaken by secret ballot. Councillor
Leila Boyle, the Committee Manager and the previous Chairman, Pelema Taulapapa
accepted as scrutineers.
The meeting
adjourned at 5.47pm to allow for the counting of the votes and reconvened at
5.56pm.
Councillor Leila
Boyle announced the results of the voting as follows:
Executive
Committee members:
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Aritra Ray
-
Guanting Liu
-
Louise Phyn
-
Sam Beanland
-
Zachary Castles
COMMUNITY ADVISOR'S UPDATE
Moved: Melanie Cripps
Seconded: Olivia Boddy
That the
Community Advisor's update report dated 8 February 2006 be received and that
members be referred to:
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Item 8 regarding the appointment of the Executive Committee
members;
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Item 13.1 regarding the appointment of the Long Term Council
Community Plan project team;
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Item 13.2 regarding the appointment of the ANZAC day project team.
CARRIED
NEW MEMBERS/RESIGNATION
Moved: Pelema Taulapapa
Seconded: Natasha Sarkar
-
That the resignations from Pelema Taulapapa,
Marcel Correa, Abhijit Mitra, Josephine Fok and Amanda Chen be received.
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That the following members be invited to join
the Auckland City Youth Council:
-
Andrew Harland Smith
-
Dominique Hubbard
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Seraphina Kim
-
Zachary Castles
-
Olivia Boddy
CARRIED
SKATE REFERENCE GROUP – SHYREL BURT
Moved: Pelema Taulapa
Seconded: Aritra Ray
That the Auckland
City Youth Council advocate the existence of the skate reference group and
forward any names of those interested in being involved in the skate reference
group to Shyrel Burt, Open Space Planner from Community Planning (shyrel.burt@aucklandcity.govt.nz).
CARRIED
MEMBERS' UPDATE
Further members' updates were
received at the meeting.
12.1 Dexter Henderson
- Hoping to get on to the student Council at school.
- Selected for the first 11 in cricket team.
- Wants to be involved in more Auckland City Youth Council projects.
12.2 Zachary Castles
- Inviting all Auckland City Youth Council members to attend to an
upcoming Model United Nations Conference that will be held in April.
- Representing Ministry of Youth Development as an 'Advocate' for Youth.
He will be the spokesperson to highlight any issues for the central government
to address.
12.3 Louise Phyn
- Advising that 24 February 2006 is Estonia's independence day. The Estonian flag
will be raised on the Harbour bridge to commemorate their independence day.
12.4 Sean Taylor
- Will be attending the weekend Youthline personal development course.
Moved: Melanie Cripps
Seconded: Natasha Sarkar
That the members'
updates be received.
CARRIED
PROJECTS:
13.1 LONG TERM COUNCIL COMMUNITY PLAN (LTCCP) 2006-2016 SUBMISSION
Moved: Sam Beanland
Seconded: Samson Tonga
That Melanie Cripps, Sam Beanland, Zachary Castles, Guanting Liu, Andrew
Harland-Smith and Natasha Sarkar be appointed to develop the Auckland City Youth
Council's submission to the Long-Term Council Community Plan (LTCCP) and report
back to the 15 May 2006 Auckland City Youth Council meeting.
CARRIED
13.2 ANZAC DAY PROJECT 2006
Moved: Melanie Cripps
Seconded: Andrew Harland-Smith
That Olivia
Boddy, Seraphina Kim, Jayran Mansouri and Aritra Ray be appointed to progress
the Auckland City Youth Council ANZAC Day Project 2006.
CARRIED
13.3 CONVERSE '05 PROJECT
Moved: Melanie Cripps
Seconded: Natasha Sarkar
That the verbal update from Aritra Ray and Melanie Cripps, Youth Council
members dated 8 February 2006 be received.
CARRIED
THE ODYSSEY TEEN READING PROGRAMME
Moved: Melanie Cripps
Seconded: Samson Tonga
That the update
of the Teenage Services Librarian dated 8 February 2006 be received.
CARRIED
YOUTH WEEK 2006
Moved: Melanie Cripps
Seconded: Jayran Mansouri
That the Youth Week 2006 letter from New Zealand Association
for Adolescent Health and Development (NZAAHD), be received.
CARRIED
There being
no further business the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 6.40 pm.
