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NOTES of t he NOOSA COMMUNI TY ECONOMI C BOARD MEETI NG held at
t he Council Chamber s, on MONDAY, 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2002 commencing at
5:30 pm
PRESENT: Sue Gr if f it hs (Chair ), Bob Anset t , Pet er Bycr of t , Bar r y Elms, Geof f
Rickar d, Fr anco Vicar io, Ray Kelly, David Thomas; Br uce Davidson, CEO,
Helen Gregory, Project Administrator
1. APOLOGIES: Anne Kennedy, Phillip Harding, Mark Kelly,
2. MINUTES OF LAST MEETING - 3rd September, 2002
The meet ing not es of t he pr evious meet ing held on 3r d Sept ember 2002, as circulated,
were adopted as a true and correct record of the meeting.
3. REVIEW OF ECONOMIC BOARD PRIORITIES WITH COUNCIL:
Sue conf ir med t hat t he main pur pose of t he meet ing was t o r eview t he Boar d’s pr ior it ies
with Bruce to lead the discussion.
Bruce advised t hat it was t he Boar d Member s’ r esponsibilit y t o set t he pr ior it ies in t he
Act ion Plan, not Council st af f or Councillor s. I f lef t t o Council, pr ior it ies could be set
based on available resources that may not reflect the wishes of the Board.
He out lined t he var ious met hods being used t o r eshape t he Boar ds’ pr ior it ies and
indicated that ultimately Council was looking at all the actions being prioritised by thirds.
The Boar d r eviewed each segment of t he Act ion Plan, det er mined what act ion, if any, is
being t aken by Council or ot her sponsor s and allocat ed pr ior it ies t o t he r emaining act ions
in a high, medium and low ratio, having regard to the following timeframes:
High - to be commenced in the 1st - 2nd years (immediate action);
Medium - to be commenced in the 3rd - 5th years;
Low - to be commenced in the 6th year and onwards
Sue advised t hat Ellen had linked t he Economic Boar d’s Plan t o all ot her Sect or Boar d
Plans and was in the process of identifying key themes, commonalities and actions that are
logical to implement with the knowledge economy, learning, education and training standing
out across all Plans as being a priority.
4. CLARIFICATION OF ECONOMIC VISION:
Members agreed that the word “sustainable” be amended to “viable” appearing in the first
line of the Economic Board’s Vision for 2015.
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Section 2
5. APPOINTMENTS/REPORTS:
• Knowledge Economy Conference:
Br et t advised t hat t he Conf er ence is t o t ake place in Sydney f r om t he 10t h - 12t h
November and t hat Bob, Pet er , Ray, Bar r y & Colleen, Ellen and r epr esent at ives f r om
Stockwells will be attending.
The par t ner s ar e sponsor ing t he conf er ence t o a “br onze” level. Pet er will be speaking at
one of the sessions and outlining a number of successful case studies, with a final message
that if people are to be involved in the Knowledge Economy, they can do it from Noosa.
An information package will be prepared for the display stand including information on why
people should do business f r om Noosa and how t o make it successf ul. A number of
keynot e speaker s will be addr essing t he conf er ence and r elaying t he exper iences of how
the knowledge economy is working in other areas.
Mar gar et Ryan f r om t he Of f ice of West er n Sydney and or ganiser of t he Conf er ence is
likely t o be visit ing Noosa on t he 21st Oct ober and is int er est ed in meet ing wit h t he
Knowledge Economy Gr oup and t he Economic Boar d. The t iming will be dependent on her
availability.
In relation to the Conference, the following actions are planned:
1. Ellen to organise a time for the Board to meet with Margaret Ryan on the 21st
October.
2. Ellen to prepare a folder of information for display at the Conference and the
display area.
3. Peter to write a paper for delivery at the conference including 5 - 10 concepts on
what is happening in other areas in the knowledge economy.
Bar r y suggest ed a newspaper ar t icle on t he Boar d’s appr oach t o t he knowledge economy
be written for the community’s information.
6. ECONOMIC BOARD CELEBRATION:
Thursday, 7th November - 6:00 p.m. - Noosa Blue
7. DATE OF NEXT MEETING:
Wednesday, 16th October - 5:30 p.m. - Council Chambers
8. NEXT AGENDA:
1. Address by Sue on the Youth Commitment Project
2. Report from Barry on the Noosa COC “Smart Shire” Project
3. Coastal Transport Reference Group (Phillip)
4. Shire Business Centre Community Reference Group
5. Future role of the Economic Board
6. Appointment of a representative on the Branding Steering Committee
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Section 3
NEXT CHAIR: Phillip Harding/Mark Kelly
Pending:
1. Ross Annels - Creative Industries
2. Mick Millington - Tech-parks & Business Incubators
3. Community Auditorium Report - CEO
4. Report on the Survey and Knowledge Economy Conference
5. Board Membership:
• Review of original nominations for membership (September)
• Open call f or applicat ions f r om t he communit y t o become member s of t he
Sector Boards in October and November.
6. Development of Performance Indicators and update of ABS data (November)
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