2020-05-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                 12 MAY 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                           RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
Plan and deliver a range of engaging           Partnered with Starry Nights               Postponing and redeveloping public          Scope ideas/available authors for
public library programs which support            Outdoor Movies to host Cooroy                programs impacted by COVID-19                 next large literary event
reading, learning and literacy (including        Rooftop Cinema events in January           Allocate additional funding and             Submit Strategic Priorities grant by 1
digital literacy)                                and February                                 increase promotion of e-resources             May 2020
                                               Celebrated Library Lovers Day in             and online materials.                       Delivery of postponed grant-funded
                                                 February with community activities         Research possibility of establishing          projects
                                                 and entertainment and International          a seed library and scope local
                                                 Women’s Day with presentations               partnerships
                                               Hosted a diverse range of                  Draft “Strategic Priorities” grant for
                                                 workshops including “Learn to write          State Library of Queensland (for the
                                                                                              seed library)
                                                 a powerful memoir”, “Introduction to
                                                                                            Prepare next school holiday program
                                                 Reiki” sewing workshop and Arduino
                                                                                              (ie. for Winter break)
                                                 (coding electronics) workshop series
                                                                                            Prepare upcoming author talks and
                                                 for making a weather station
                                                                                              events for April – June 2020
                                               Hosted “Support services in our
                                                 community” sessions (in conjunction
                                                 with Noosa Community Support)
GALLERIES                                      Delivered A Life in Patches, an            Postponing and rescheduling                 Monitoring exhibition and public
Plan and deliver a schedule of engaging          exhibition in collaboration with the         exhibitions and public programming            programming scheduling and
exhibitions and programs which diversify         Wallace House Quilters.                      impacted by COVID-19                          delivery relative to changing COVID-
and grow audiences; and support local          Delivered Davida Allen from the            Adapting planned public programs              19 circumstances.
arts practices                                   McCrea Collection.                           and developing new public programs          Liaising with programmed artists and
                                               Opened Mary Macqueen                         suitable for online delivery                  stakeholders e adjustments to
                                                 Retrospective (closed to public after      Restructuring Lyn McCrea Memorial             delivery of exhibitions.
                                                 first week due to COVID-19)                  Drawing Prize and DRAW Student              Adjusting usual operations for online
                                               Opened Rosie Lloyd-Giblett,                  Art Award for online delivery.                delivery where appropriate.
                                                 Between the Trees (closed to public        Planning for 2021 – 2022 exhibition         Start planning for Floating Land
                                                 after first week due to COVID-19)            programs.                                     2021.
                                                 Delivered public programs                  Managing new tasks and impacts on
                                                 associated with each exhibition and          gallery staff as a result of COVID-19.
                                                 project.
Noosa Cultural Plan 2018 – 2023                Invitation to Quote for external           Continue to analyse options for             Evaluate submission for Pre-
Implementation                                   consultant to undertake New Gallery          future model of how Council delivers          Feasibility Study for new Noosa
                                                 Pre-Feasibility Study released on            cultural development activities.              Regional Gallery.
                                                 VendorPanel in April.                      Draft 2020/21 Action Plan listing           Appoint contactor for Pre-Feasibility
                                                                                              range of actions to be delivered.             Study for New Noosa Regional
                                                                                                                                            Gallery if suitable quote is identified.

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