2016-11-14 General Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                 8 NOVEMBER 2016


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                          RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                      CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
                                                                                       Develop brief for architect      and
                                                                                         undertake quotation process
                                                                                       Assess needs of community

Complete Phase 1 of RFID project -            Research phase completed               Site visits and external consultation      Develop implementation plan
research, planning and design                 RFID consultant completed review         with RFID suppliers                        Prepare initiative for 2017/18
                                                of operations and needs                Determine specifications of Noosa            budget
                                                                                         RFID system
                                                                                       Finalise scope of equipment

Collaborate with Council departments,         Gallery partnership with Noosa         Library supporting Community               Preparation for Taste of Art
external      presenters,      authors,         Long Weekend and Tourism Noosa           Wellbeing Survey with promotion              exhibition with Friends of the
partnership organisations and suppliers         to deliver programs                      and pop-ups                                  Gallery
to initiate and plan programs and             Library support for corporate          Delivery of Pink October program           Deliver volunteer appreciation
events                                          projects eg Noosa Show Council           with Cooroy Future Group and local           events
                                                presence, Towards Zero Waste             businesses
                                                strategy                               Delivery of recycling and reuse
                                                                                         programs

Actively seek opportunities to obtain         Library     grants   successfully      Finalise TechSavvy grant program           Await outcome of grant applications
external funding and support for library        acquitted                              Formal external evaluation of              Prepare 2015/16 First5Forever
and gallery programs and activities                                                      Dollars Making Sense grant                   outcomes report
                                              Grant applications for WW1
                                                                                         program                                    Acquittal of Dollars Making Sense
                                                Centenary and Qld Week 2017
                                                submitted                              Delivery of outreach early literacy
                                                                                         programs in parks and along
                                              Dollars Making Sense program             foreshore from “library on wheels”
                                                completed                                bicycle
                                              Launch of First5Forever outreach       Identify new funding opportunities
                                                “library on wheels” bicycle
Develop   and     deliver      engaging       Highly successful author events        Deliver pilot Film Club program            Delivery of Summer Holiday
programs and events to a variety of             with Tim Winton and Graeme               featuring films from Beamafilm               Program in Dec/Jan
audiences within the immediate                  Simsion                                  online streaming service                   Delivery of 2016 major Book Club
community and to visitors to the region       Launch of second edition of Emma       Marketing for Summer Holiday                 event
                                                Freeman’s Hastings Street -              Programs
                                                Stories from Noosa’s past              Finalise 2017 library and gallery
                                                                                         programming calendars

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