2018-02-06 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   6 FEBRUARY 2018




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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                            6 FEBRUARY 2018

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       3.2 Teamwork

       At an early stage, we identified that we needed to be much more of a team which was helped by the series
       of workshops we ran quickly. In order to cover more ground, we agreed to allocate tasks to individual
       Directors and to form a special sub-committee for grants that involved only Directors that had no conflict
       of interest. Similarly we reviewed our supporting consultants/contractors and allocated specific tasks to
       them.

       The following shows the new arrangements:-
             NBRF BOARD

             Dick Barnes                  Chair, Existing Projects, Financials
            Clare Cartwright              Deputy Chair, Grants
             Dr David Dique               Koalas, Grants
             Dr Michael Gloster           Existing Projects
             Prof Karen Hussey            Grants
            Cllr Frank Wilkie             Council, Grants

             “STAFF” (Consultants/Contractors)
             Nick Heath                   Strategy
             Kerri Watson                 Periodic Review
            Simon Walker                  Project Assurance
            Sarah Radge                   Admin/Secretariat
            Alison Cooper                 Communication
       It was identified that, given we are dividing up the tasks, we should get up to full strength with 2 more
       volunteer Directors. We agreed to get further with strategy formulation in order to identify the particular
       skills we wish to add to the Board. We would hope to make such appointments in mid-2018.

       3.3 Existing Projects
       We identified that the large projects approved in the first grant round are significant multi-year investments
       with great potential. These are the three components of “Bring Back the Fish” — placing oyster reefs,
       encouraging prawns, and reducing erosion in the Kin Kin Catchment. All are taking more time than the
       original project proposed but their potential for the Noosa River is well supported and exciting.
       To help drive this, we formed a Client Group for “BBTF” consisting of a representative of Noosa
       Parks Association, The Thomas Foundation, and NBRF -the three funders. The principal organisation
       undertaking the work is the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC). We also realised that, although we do
       not want to end up as project managers, we need to assure ourselves that projects contain the necessary
       management resource and are under control. We have therefore hired part time expertise in environmental
       project assurance to join this group (Simon Walker).

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