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MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE AUCKLAND CITY YOUTH COUNCIL HELD ON MONDAY, 20 MARCH 2006 AT 4:35PM

PRESENT:

 

Melanie

Cripps

[Chairperson]

 

 

Sean

Taylor

[Deputy Chairperson]

 

 

Sam

Beanland

 

 

 

Olivia

Boddy

 

 

 

Zachary

Castles

 

 

 

Andrew

Harland-Smith

 

 

 

Dexter

Henderson

 

 

 

 

Sophia

Johnson

 

 

 

 

Clara

Kim

 

 

 

 

Seraphina

Kim

[4.45pm, item 5]

 

 

 

Guanting

Liu

 

 

 

 

Jayran

Mansouri

 

 

 

 

Phaye

Nelisi

[from 4.55pm, item 5]

 

 

 

Chantell

Nelisi

 

 

 

 

Lousie

Phyn

 

 

 

 

Aritra

Ray

 

 

 

 

Samson

Tonga

[4.38pm, item 4.1]

 

 

 

Sinovita

Tonga

[4.38pm, item 4.1]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALSO PRESENT:

Councillors:

Leila

Boyle

[from 4.40pm, item 4.1]

 

 

 

Cathy

Casey

[from 4.35pm, item 4.1; until 5.26pm, item 10.1]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABSENT:

 

Dominique

Hubbard

 

 

 

 

Jeremy

Lees-Green

 

 

 

 

Natasha

Sarkar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROSPECTIVE YOUTH

COUNCIL MEMBERS:

 

 

 

 

Hyo-Jung

Kim

 

 

 

Stewart

Hall

 

 

           

  1. Top APOLOGIES

    There were no apologies received.

  2. Top CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

    Moved: Melanie Cripps

    Seconded: Zachary Castles

    That the minutes of the Auckland City Youth Council meeting held on Monday, 20 February 2006 be confirmed as a true and correct record.

    CARRIED

  3. Top EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS

    There was no extraordinary business.

  4. Top PUBLIC FORUM

    4.1. "RAIZE THA ROOF" - NANCY LAVEA

    Nancy Lavea was unable to attend. Leanne Clayton gave an overview of the "Raize Tha Roof" event proposed to be in July incorporating 4 major events: hip hop dance, fashion design, art design and musical composition. The organisers were seeking assistance from the Auckland City Youth Council regarding marketing, referral and contracts.

    [ATTACHEMNT 4.1]

    Moved: Melanie Cripps

    Seconded: Jayran Mansouri

    That Ms Leanne Clayton from Raize Tha Roof project be thanked for her presentation on the "Raize Tha Roof" project.

    CARRIED

    That item 7 be considered at this point.

    CARRIED

  5. Top CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT

    The Chairperson welcomed Councillor Cathy Casey, Councillor Leila Boyle and Hobson Community Board member Judith Bassett to the meeting.

    The Chairperson reminded members:

    • To send their apologies for the formal meeting to Lee Manaia or Crispian Franklin.
    • Any apologies for project meetings are to be sent directly to the project team leader.
    • Members updates are to be sent to Crispian Franklin) and copy to Lee Manaia) and Steve Peterson ) at least 8 days before the meeting. E-mail addresses are as follows:

    Moved: Melanie Cripps

    Seconded: Aritra Ray

    1. That the Chairperson's report dated 8 March 2006 be received.
    2. That the following Auckland City Youth Council members be appointed as the 'Auckland City Youth Council Web Co-ordinators':
    • Jayran Mansouri
    • Guanting Liu
    1. That the following Auckland City Youth Council members be appointed to plan and organise the upcoming Auckland City Youth Council social event:
    • Zachary Castles
    • Andrew Harland-Smith
    • Olivia Boddy
    • Samson Tonga

    CARRIED

  6. Top COMMUNITY ADVISOR'S UPDATE

    The Community Advisor asked members to check their e-mails for information sent. He also advised he may need to organise meetings with members on other days of the week other than Mondays.

    Moved: Melanie Cripps

    Seconded: Clara Kim

    That the Community Advisor's verbal update dated 13 March 2006 be received.

    CARRIED

  7. Top NEW MEMBERS/RESIGNATIONS

    Moved: Melanie Cripps

    Seconded: Andrew Harland-Smith

    That Sophia Johnson and Clara Kim be invited to become an Auckland City Youth Council member.

    CARRIED

  8. Top MEMBERS' UPDATE

    Further members' updates were received at the meeting:

    8.1 Louise Phyn:

    • Library staff members are interested in talking to people who are actually teens regarding the Libraries teen library website.
    • If anyone is interested please contact Louise and liaise with your groups. Contact Louise by Friday, 24 March 2006.

    8.2 Samson Tonga

    • Apologised for being busy and was unable to send in a member's updates.
    • Is one of the members on the organising team of the Raize Tha Roof project and would like Auckland City Youth Council members to help with advertising and getting the word out.

    8.3 Sam Beanland

    • Apologised for not sending in his members' updates.

    [ATTACHMENT 8A]

    Moved: Melanie Cripps

    Seconded: Samson Tonga

    That the members' updates be received.

    CARRIED

  9. Top EXECUTIVE

    Aritra Ray gave a summary of the 27 February 2006 minutes of the Executive team meeting prior to tabling them.

    [ATTACHMENT 9]

    Moved: Melanie Cripps

    Seconded: Zachary Castles

    That the verbal update from Aritra Ray on the Executive Committee and the Executive Team minutes dated 27 February 2006 be received.

    CARRIED

  10. Top PROJECTS

    10.1 ANZAC DAY PROJECT 2006

    Aritra Ray advised that Seraphina Kim was now the Team Leader for the ANZAC Day Project.

    Seraphina tabled an update on the project incorporating the following:

    • She has been liaising with Margaret Bourke of the Royal New Zealand Returned & Services' Association (RSA).
    • She raised the issue of non-Youth Council members selling poppies on Poppy Day.
    • She has been discussing in-depth with Margaret regarding an idea of creating a "tribute canvas". The canvas size will be approximately 1mx1.5m and the background colour will be green with a red poppy on it.
    • It is suggested taking the canvas to the public and getting the canvas signed by youth and then presenting it to the museum for display.
    • There is a request for more volunteers at the ANZAC day from 5-8am, 8-11am and 11-2pm to help with the serving of coffee and tea and also with the distribution of brochures and programmes. Anyone interested in volunteering please contact Seraphina.

    [ATTACHMENT 10.1]

    Moved: Melanie Cripps

    Seconded: Andrew Harland-Smith

    That the update from Seraphina Kim on the progress of the ANZAC Day Project 2006 be received.

    CARRIED

    10.2 LONG-TERM COUNCIL COMMUNITY PLAN (LTCCP) 2006-2016 SUBMISSION

    Guanting Liu tabled the minutes of the Long-term council community plan (LTCCP) project team and gave an overview of the project.

    [ATTACHMENT 10.2]

    Moved: Melanie Cripps

    Seconded: Chantell Nelisi

    That the minutes of the 6 March 2006 Long-term council community plan (LTCCP) project team meeting and the verbal update from Guanting Liu from the LTCCP project team be received.

    CARRIED

    10.3 CONVERSE '06 PROJECT

    Louise Phyn gave an overview of progress on the Converse '06 project. This project will now be known as the "Converse Summit '06".

    The summit will be a one day gathering of young people from 5th, 6th and 7th forms from schools around Auckland (5 people from each school). The discussion point this year will be perceptions of youth crime.

    Louise advised the summit is not just in Auckland city this year. There will also be summits in Waitakere and the North Shore.

    The key note speaker talent and workshops are yet to be '.

    They are proposing to hold the summit at TAPAC, adjacent to Western Springs College on Tuesday, 16 May 2006.

    Moved: Melanie Cripps

    Seconded: Andrew Harland- Smith

    That the verbal update from Louise Phyn on the Converse '06 project be received.

    CARRIED

    10.4 CONVERSE: PHASE THREE

    Sean Taylor, project member gave a verbal update regarding the development of Converse: Phase Three project:

    Converse: Phase Three project will be the projects that come out of the summit. The Converse '06 project will be known as the "Summit".

    NZ Police and AK Active are interested in the Phase Three. The Police are interested in the template used for organising Phase Three. There will be another meeting on Thursday, 23 March 2006.

    Moved: Melanie Cripps

    Seconded: Phaye Nelisi

    That the verbal report from Sean Taylor on the development of Converse: Phase Three be received.

    CARRIED

    There being no further business the Chairperson declared the meeting closed at 5.53pm.

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