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On 25th August, POW will be holding its AGM and we will be voting in new committee members.  If you have enjoyed your weekly digest and would like to get more involved, then please come along. Roles up for renewal are:

• Convenor
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Workshop coordinator
• Permablitz coordinator
• website administrator

We are also interested in hearing from anyone keen to perform other roles, such as events coordinator or fundraiser or interested in running projects such as a LETs or urban wwoofing.  So if you have something you think you can offer, please come forward.  We have a vision of a thriving, sharing community in the West, but we need lots of active members to make this happen.

If you would like to be more involved in any capacity, please come along to our AGM on Wednesday 25th August at 6:30pm. 28 Fontein St, West Footscray. If you can’t make it, but would like to come to be more involved, then please email us via the contact tab.

POW’s first general meeting for the year will be held at Maidstone Community Centre in Yardley St, Maidstone at 6pm on Wednesday 24th February. We’d love to see some new faces – especially if you’re considering becoming more involved with POW and our activities. We have a range of exciting projects we want to get going in the West this year and we will need lots of motivated people to work on them, so come along and meet with us next week to see how you might get more involved!

12^th January 2010                     7:00 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Location: Sabroso 2 Gamon Street Seddon (Corner of Charles & Gamon Street, SEDDON)

Here is where we talk all things admin re our group. Discuss hows and whys and make sure we are keeping on top of our responsibilities to Permaculture Melbourne. Here is the agenda for you to have a read. If you would like to join in and help out, please come along.

POW Exec meeting AGENDA 12Jan2010 – Amended

Hello,

Firstly I must apologise for rescheduling the meeting. I want to make this simple as I am feeling it is getting complicated! We must not forget Permaculture is a positive, simple solution to the problems.

As it stands (see below): for clarity

1. MISSION STATEMENT / MISSION – at present we are using PcM vision/mission and develop that as we develop. Found on your latest PIE

Permaculture Melbourne

Our Vision is:
A bioregional network of sustainable communities living in harmony with the environment.

Permaculture Melbourne’s Mission is to:
Promote the application of Permaculture principles in the design of communities and the landscapes that support them:
Support its members in the pursuit of those goals and Network with like minded organisations

Our Core values are:
Care of the earth.
Care of people.
Sharing of skills, knowledge and production.
Reducing consumption.
Recognising that there are natural limits to growth, and our activities must restore health to the planet.

Benefits include access to field trips, newsletter, Permaculture library, social events and opportunities to participate in projects and
activities and to network and improve skills. PIE is published by Permaculture Melbourne

2. MAILING LIST – all people who have filled in the request to be added to the mailing list will be added to the POW website listing. There is a clause on the bottom of anything they receive they are able to unsubscribe. Each person subscribed will recieve an update of what has been posted during the week on the website. Deb, Kat & Mel are able to post. Anything you want posted please email to Deb, Kat or Mel. Deb is the only one with access to administration of the site for security reasons. So this means Deb will maintain the mailing list, removing those who wish to be removed. We are able to send out special emails to all who have added themselves to the list, only for POW and POW activities.

3. Roles:
These are the roles that were chosen at the first meeting. An addition is Nyree as the permablitz co-ordinator. If you want to fill any roles, please bring it up at next meeting.
Office Bearers:
Convenor/Contact Person – Mel
Treasurer – Katerina (Monica = backup)
Events Co-Ordinator – Scott
Secretary – later
Fundraising – later
Signatories to bank account – Mel, Kat, Monica (any 2 needed to sign).
Trunk Rep – rotational

4. Maidstone/Pipemaker/Woofers/etc – I suggest the people who want to be involved in these and want to start any other projects, form a sub commitee and take control of them. All correspondence should be posted on the website (please forward to “Debbie Campbell” , “Melanie Henkel” , “Katerina Gaita” to post). Please send a request to anyone who wants to involve themself in a project, they should contact/ should email the person co ordinating directly, then a subgroup can be formed just as the Maidstone has. This is to help free up the emails. Post it on our website so we can share with more people. We have rapidly growing amount of visits to our site! 2500 since its conception I am told! Well done everyone.

Take Care & Merry Christmas

Permaculturely Yours,
Melanie Henkel
Convenor

For POW members and followers comment:

What are people’s opinion of having a POW slogan, and that the slogan is ”emPOWering community”?

The monthly POW meeting is tomorrow, Wednesday 25th November 2009.

Location is 9 Exhibition Street West Footscray. Click here for a map

Starts at 6pm and finishes at 8pm.

POW MINUTES / 28th Nov 09

Apologies

Melanie, Delia, Katerina, Deb, Richard.

Present

Scott, De Chantal, Nyree, Chris, John, Angela.

Note: Chris, John and Angela are all new members!

Idea from Scott: When we get a community garden going, we should get boxes of seedlings that are ready to go, so that when Permablitzes occur in the West, we can provide or sell seedlings for those.

Discussion on the Maidstone site – dimensions of the site, general description of the site, etc. No real decisions made.

Nyree’s Permablitz:What is required? Wheelbarrows, shovels and chicken poo. It was agreed that Nyree would borrow a wheelbarrow and shovel from De, and was also more than welcome to clean De’s henhouse any time the mood took her.

De’s Permablitz: A date was set – Dec 5th.

Discussion on Pipemakers Park:
Three events are being held there – November 19th 2009 (wave your flag launch), November 29th (POW rally), Dec 6th (memorybyrnong festival of foods).

Fundraising Projects: We will be selling lemonade at the Braybrook Big Backyard.

Nyree is collecting stories: she has contacted people individually about their ‘innovations’, and will continue to build her database of stories for Subreka.

Permaculture Playgroup:

De is meeting Rebecca on the 6/11 to discuss the setting up of a Playgroup.

Scott has already spoken to Braybrook Community Centre – the Centre is happy to allow the Playgroup use of the Community Garden there. It has been tentatively suggested that the Playgroup initially focus on building up that Community Garden.

De will contact Tracey Oliver at the Centre, and see about transferring the Playgroup insurance of an ailing Centre group to the Permaculture Playgroup.

Discussion on Pipeworks site offer: general agreement that $15K is out of the question.

The next POW meeting is on Wednesday 30th September 2009. It’ll be held at 7 Bellairs Avenue Seddon. Starts at 6pm. Please bring along a plate and food if you can.

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Due to a late change, the August 2009 meeting didn’t occur. POW meetings generally occur on the last Wednesday of each month, but sometimes, things don’t work out.

The belated August meeting will now occur on Wednesday, 2nd September at 297 Ascot Vale Road Moonee Ponds.

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