MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE AUCKLAND CITY YOUTH COUNCIL HELD ON MONDAY, 19 JUNE 2006 AT 4:35PM

1. APOLOGIES

   Moved: Melanie Cripps

   Seconded: Aritra Ray

   That the apologies from Guanting Liu and Sinovita Tonga for lateness be accepted.

   CARRIED

2. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

   Moved: Melanie Cripps

   Seconded: Aritra Ray

   That the minutes of the Auckland City Youth Council meeting held Monday 15 May 2006 be confirmed as a true and correct record.

   CARRIED

3. EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS

   There was no extraordinary business.

4. PUBLIC FORUM

   4.1 AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ASSOCIATION (AUSA)– PAMELA MILLS

   Moved: Melanie Cripps

   Seconded: Sam Beanland

   Pamela Mills, ex-member of Auckland City Youth Council, addressed the Auckland City Youth Council committee regarding activities she is involved in the Auckland University Students Association (AUSA).

   That Pamela Mills be thanked for her presentation on her involvement in Auckland University Students Association at Auckland University.

   CARRIED

5. CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT

   Moved: Melanie Cripps

   Seconded: Zachary Castles

   That the Auckland City Youth Council Chairperson's report dated 12 June 2006 be received.

   CARRIED

6. COMMUNITY ADVISOR'S REPORT

   The Community Advisor tabled a letter from the Ministry of Youth Development and spoke to it regarding results of nationwide with local government and youth councils on youth participation in decision-making at the local government level.

   [ATTACHMENT 6]

   Moved: Melanie Cripps

   Seconded: Jayran Manosuri

   That the Community Advisor's verbal update be accepted.

   CARRIED

7. MEMBERS' UPDATE

   Moved: Melanie Cripps

   Seconded: Andrew Harland-Smith

   Hyo-Jung Kim is now eligible for membership.

   1. That Hyo-Jung Kim be accepted for membership.

   CARRIED

   Further members' updates were received at the meeting.

   7.1 Zachary Castles

   • The LTCCP submission from the Auckland City Youth Council was good.
   • Would like to recognise Guanting Liu for her excellent leadership on this project
   • Currently involved in the 2001 United Nation (UN) international for non-violence essay and live together, tolerance and diversity essay contest. The contest is divided into 2 categories
   • Inviting all youth member to a short film screening which was created by young people at the Academy cinema on 7 August at 7pm.

   7.2 Jayran Mansouri

   • Would like to express her heartfelt sympathy to Steve Peterson
   • Working on new ideas for the Converse project.
   • Currently doing some volunteering work for OXFAM instead of fundraising for them.

   7.3 Stewart Hall

   • Would like to delete the last phrase of the 1st paragraph of his member's update
   • Highlighted Sean's update which was a good point for further consideration regarding intercity youth council (10:2)
   • Pointed out on the second paragraph regarding problems that needed to be addressed. He is not sure whether other groups are putting sufficient effort on this issue. Information must be provided for people to identify the problems.
   • He noted that it could be a culture problem. We need to identify what is the conflict and inform international students of the issue and culture acceptance in the society
   • There is a need to understand the culture of things are done over here.

   7.4 Sean Taylor

   • Discussed about the intercity youth council idea. He has visited the North Shore converse summit
   • The intercity youth council was held nation wide; every city has their own summit. He has not visited any but only to the debriefing in Waitakere and North Shore.
   • He has talked to representatives about the concept of meeting other youth members but only on occasional level.
   • There is a need to move this idea into a project. This will be in the next training, to learn about different processes and ideas and also networking.

   7.5 Sam Beanland

   • not having as many verbal updates
   • We gave a verbal submission on the liquor bill. It was easier to talk rather than to write down
   • Will be talking at a radio station in Hawkes Bay.

   7.6 Aritra Ray

   • Attended the developing world conference.

   7.7 Dexter Henderson

   • His computer was playing up on him.
   • He was very impressed with Melanie, Guanting and Zachary on the LTCCP submission
   • He congratulated Zachary for making his own submission
   • Played a rugby match at Waiheke island. His team won 28-0 with a winning streak of 5 wins and 0 losses.

   7.8 Hyo Jung-Kim

   • Inviting everyone to the Womens' Peace Conference on Saturday, 1st July. The conference will be about the role of achieving world peace.

   [ATTACHMENT 7.8]

   Moved: Melanie Cripps

   Seconded: Dexter Henderson

   2. That the Auckland City Youth Council Members Update report for June 2006 be received.

   CARRIED

   That item 9.1 be considered at this point.

   CARRIED

8. EXECUTIVE REPORT

   Moved: Melanie Cripps

   Seconded: Zachary Castles

   That the Chairperson's verbal Executive Report update be received.

   CARRIED

9. PROJECTS

   9.1. YOUTH INTERFAITH PROJECT

   Abigael Vogt addressed the Auckland City Youth Council regarding the Interactive Community Forum on Interfaith Initiatives in Auckland.

   [ATTACHMENT 9.1]

   Moved: Melanie Cripps

   Seconded: Andrew Harland-Smith

   That Abigael Vogt, Community Advisor be thanked for her presentation to the Auckland City Youth Council on starting a youth interfaith project and can be contacted at Abigael.Vogt@aucklandcity.govt.nz .

   CARRIED

   That items 9.5 and 9.6 be considered at this point.

   CARRIED

   9.2. ANZAC DAY PROJECT 2006

   Moved: Melanie Cripps

   Seconded: Olivia Boddy

   That Seraphina Kim's verbal update on the ANZAC Day Project 2006 be received.

   CARRIED

   9.3. AUCKLAND CITY YOUTH COUNCIL SOCIAL EVENT

   Moved: Melanie Cripps

   Seconded: Seraphina Kim

   That Andrew Harland-Smith's verbal update on the Auckland City Youth Council Social Event be received.

   CARRIED

   9.4. CONVERSE '06 SUMMIT PROJECT

   Moved: Melanie Cripps

   Seconded: Chantell Nelisi

   That Sean Taylor's verbal update on the Converse '06 Summit Project be received.

   CARRIED

   9.5. CONVERSE PHASE THREE PROJECT

   Moved: Melanie Cripps

   Seconded: Jayran Mansouri

   That Guanting Liu's verbal update on the Converse Phase Three Project be received.

   CARRIED

   9.6. AUCKLAND CITY YOUTH COUNCIL WEB PAGES

   Guanting Liu, tabled an update regarding Auckland City Youth Council's web pages.

   Guanting advised members to have a look at the Napier Youth Council's website for some ideas.

   [ATTACHMENT 9.6]

   Moved: Melanie Cripps

   Seconded: Sean Taylor

   That Guanting Liu's verbal update on the Auckland City Youth Council Web Pages project be received.

   CARRIED

   9.7. AUCKLAND CITY YOUTH COUNCIL SUBMISSION TO AUCKLAND CITY'S LONG TERM COUNCIL COMMUNITY PLAN 2006-2016.

   Moved: Melanie Cripps

   Seconded: Jayran Mansouri

   That Melanie Cripps' and Louise Phyn's verbal update on the Auckland City Youth Council Submission to Auckland City's Long Term Council Community Plan (LTCCP) 2006-2016 project be received.

   CARRIED

   9.8. AUCKLAND CITY YOUTH COUNCIL SUBMISSION TO THE LAW AND ORDER SELECT COMMITTEE

   Moved: Melanie Cripps

   Seconded: Samson Tonga

   That Louise Phyn, Aritra Ray and Sam Beanland's verbal update on the Auckland City Youth Council Submission to the Law and Order Select Committee project be received.

   CARRIED

   There being no further business the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 5:57pm.