thanks for your help!!

Public Forum for the 5049 Coastal Community and Strategic Plan 15 May 2018
 
Thanks to all who attended our meeting at the BSYC on May 15 2018 . It was a great night with high energy, participation and support. It was great to see such a huge turnout and we appreciate how willing our local community is to get involved.
 
Whilst the main focus of the night was the Kingston Park Reserve, we also took the opportunity to welcome Seacliff residents, who were well represented on the night, to the Association and to outline our Strategic Plan.
 
We encouraged those present to complete a simple questionnaire on the night, providing contact details so to allow us to communicate more effectively with our community, and indicating willingness to assist the Association in various ways.
 
On the night we asked for help from our community and were extremely happy with the result:
 
Some of the major highlights:

• The turn out on the night was fabulous (150+) and shows how strongly the local community feel about participating on local issues and having a say.
• Seacliff was well represented in the audience
• 34 new Association members
• 5 people expressed interest on joining the committee 
• 16 people signed up to help deliver newsletters
• 20 offers to assist on specific tasks or provide specialist advice

This was very encouraging and those who signed up have been followed up - Thanks
 
For those unable to attend on the night, we would also love to hear from you. Please get in touch if you would be willing to assist with any of the following:

• Become a committee member
• Help to write newsletters
• Help to deliver newsletters or other paper communications
• Be a team leader or member for a specific project or campaign
• Help organise forums
• Manage and update the 5049 website
• Manage and post on the 5049 Facebook page
• Monitor and report on media and council meetings on matter relating to the 5049 community
• Assist with grant applications
• Coordinate membership growth
• Coordinate sponsorship growth
• Provide expert opinions to the Association (please specify)
• Take minutes at meetings
• Other (please specify)

 
Strategic Plan
Our Strategic Plan is comprehensive and bold. It aims to provide clarity for the Association and the community on what we are about and what our shared priorities are. We value our community’s feedback on the Draft Strategic Plan.

• Our Vision for the 5049 Coastal Community Association

The 5049 Coastal Community is vibrant, empowered, welcoming, inclusive, connected and progressive and its volunteers actively support positive change and sustainable enhancement of its natural and built environs.

• Our Mission

To facilitate engagement in the 5049 Coastal Community, through advocacy, clear communication, productive relationships and positive activation to address matters of common, community interest

•  Our Stakeholders
  • Residents in the 5049 Coastal Community
  • Local Councils and Government
  • Local businesses
  • Other community groups
  • Association sponsors
• Our Core Values
  • Community first
  • Transparent
  • Professional
  • Credible
  • Integrity
  • Courageous
  • Non politically aligned
  • Respectful
  • Open and inclusive
  • Environmental sustainability
  • Fun
• Our Goals for change and improvement
  • To continue to be flexible and responsive to common, community issues as they arise.
  • To anticipate the community priorities to be faced over the next 5 years and respond to them appropriately. 
  • To ensure the Association’s relevance to our community.
  • To communicate more effectively with our community.
  • To increase the influence we have with our key stakeholders.
  • To include Seacliff residents in our 5049 Coastal Community.
  • To recognise and celebrate our Association’s successes.
  • To develop a new 5049 Coastal Community Constitution and related governance arrangements. 
  • To increase the resources and expertise as required by the Association to support its activities.

Please go to the following link for more details.
If you have any feedback, need more information or suggestions, please contact us.

5049 CC committee Achievements:

• Closed community feedback on draft Strategic Plan and published here August 2018
• New Constitution registered August 2018
• Launch the new 5049 Coastal Community branding  August 2018
• Communicate the outcomes of our meetings to the stakeholders and media

Next Step for the Community:

• Indicate willingness to assist with various tasks
• Keep in touch via our website, Facebook, email bulletins and the local media
• Be ready to act in terms of lobbying and reinforcing the need for action