Ec-Meeting Notes -2002-09-30

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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