2018-05-08 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

BRANCH ACTIVITIES                        RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
                                            Supported Council's Community
                                              Development        department     with
                                              assistance at the Queen's Baton
                                              Relay event
Seek external funding opportunities to      $10,000 grant awarded from the              Develop and implement recently              Complete Tech Savvy Seniors
provide   additional  resources    for        Engaging Science Week grant                   awarded science and technology                Acquittal Report
programs and projects                         program to contribute towards                 grant programs                              Complete     Cooroy Makerspace
                                              Makerspace programming                                                                      Acquittal Report
                                            $6,078 grant awarded from the
                                              National Science Week program to
                                              deliver a range of programs to
                                              showcase Science in Science Week
                                              (11-19 August)
                                            Submitted First Five Forever early
                                              literacy 2017 Progress Report and
                                              financial statement.
                                            Submitted        Queensland     Anzac
                                              Centenary         Grants      Program
                                              application for $30,711 to contribute
                                              towards commemorative event for
                                              100th anniversary of the signing of
                                              the Armistice, 11 November 2018
                                            Submitted application for a State
                                              Library of Queensland's Strategic
                                              Priorities grant program to develop a
                                              suite of robotics and 3D experience
                                              programs to be delivered in the up-
                                              coming         Noosaville      Library
                                              Makerspace
Plan      and implement     innovative      Inclusion     of   beginner    sewing       Open the Cooroy Makerspace on               Deliver new suite of digital-literacy
technology projects within Library            workshops in the new suite of                 Friday 6 April to the public, offering        programs in Makerspace
services to increase digital literacy,        Makerspace programs. Eg. How to               independent use of the resources            Continue to develop new workshop
expose the community to emerging              make a re-useable bag                         and a variety of programs to drive            ideas with the digital technology in
technologies and deliver productivity       Fit-out of Makerspace complete –              activation       and       encourage          the      makerspace          -       3D
efficiencies.                                 new benches built, additional power           exploration, sharing and learning             modelling/printing, virtual reality and
                                              points and security installed               Deliver staff inductions for Cooroy           sewing machines
                                            Makerspace Policy and User Guide              Maker Space including basic
                                              completed                                     introductory training on 3D printers
                                                                                            and the Virtual Reality Vive system



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