2019-08-06 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                             6 AUGUST 2019


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                           RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                         CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
Plan and deliver a range of engaging         Delivered Winter School Holiday           Deliver Advance Queensland                    Present next large literary event –
public library programs which support          program (547 across 10 events).             Engaging Science Flying Inventors               Jack Charles on 21 August.
reading, learning and literacy (including    Supported Cooroy Fusion 2019                drone program.                                Present ‘Exploring our Cultural
digital literacy)                              (1,841 library visits).                   Plan Advance Queensland Engaging                Diversity’ workshops for Qld’s
                                             Partnered with CreateNoosa to               Science 3D Inventor program to be               Multicultural Month (August).
                                               deliver 3rd annual Immerse High 2019        held in October/November 2019.                Deliver Senior’s Week program,
                                               program in Noosa & Cooroy                 Deliver NoosaAlive!’s Partnership               inviting local care facilities and
                                               Makerspaces - Virtual & Augmented           program – Writer's Workshop on 21               services to visit to bring seniors to
                                               Reality storytelling competition for        July.                                           the library who otherwise struggle to
                                               high school students.                     Host high profile authors – Mick Elliott        access services.
                                             NAIDOC Week storytelling events at          and Megan Daley for Voices on the             Book Club Soiree, showcasing local
                                               each branch with 170 attending.             Coast – Youth Literature Festival.              author Maggie Christensen.
Deliver capital works and facilities         Installation of roof over Cooroy          Progress Noosaville Library Solar             Finalise Noosaville Library
projects                                       Library air-con plant completed.            Panel project.                                  Refurbishment Defects List.
                                             Completed rectification works of                                                          Progress Mobile Library
                                               external storage area – Noosaville                                                          Replacement options (as above).
                                               Library.
                                             Finalised solar panel design for
                                               Noosaville Library.
GALLERIES                                    Implemented The force that through        Delivery of Use, a touring show from          Delivery of Floating Land.
Plan and deliver a schedule of engaging        the green fuse drives the flower as an      Museums & Galleries Queensland.               Delivery of Lyn McCrea Memorial
exhibitions and programs which diversify       affiliate exhibition of                   Delivery of Wear to from Here by                Drawing Prize and DRAW student
and grow audiences; and support local          ART+CLIMATE=CHANGE 2019.                    Gerhard Herbst.                                 art award.
arts practices                               Delivered I Hope you get this by          Delivery of Plates Thrown Against the
                                               Raquel Ormella, a touring show from         Wall featuring artists from Noosa
                                               Shepparton Art Museum.                      Open Studios 2019.
                                             Delivered Ted Baraclough exhibition.      Continued planning for Floating Land.
                                             Delivery of first 5 masterclasses from    Planning for Lyn McCrea Memorial
                                               inaugural Masterclass series.               Drawing Prize.
                                                                                         Delivery of final 3 masterclasses from
                                                                                           inaugural Masterclass series.
                                                                                         Planning for 2020–2022 exhibition
                                                                                           programs.
Noosa Cultural Plan 2018 – 2023              New Noosa Regional Gallery pre-           Analyse options for future cultural           Continue delivering key priorities
Implementation                                 feasibility research & report               development model of delivery.                  outlined in the Cultural Action Plan.
                                               completed.                                Begin Feasibility Study for new
                                             Audit of Council’s cultural                 Noosa Regional Gallery.
                                               development services & activities
                                               conducted.

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