18:43 Sun 29 Jul 2007 REF:6123MCQ2 Y/R: Meeting T 2007/07/03 TO: Cr Denise WILTON cc KSAS-Mosman MAYOR NSW Dep Sport MOSMAN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL Dear Madam Mayor and Councillors QUESTION ON NOTICE RE VOLUNTEER CREDITS SYSTEM Further to the letter from the General Manager Tue 24 Jul 2007 re Council's position on the Mosman Parents' Initiative for "Kids Safe-at-Sport Mosman" project, this is a Question on Notice for a requested response at the Council Meeting Tue 07 Aug or Tue 21 Aug 2007. A Question re Volunteer Credits Implementation joint-venture B Child Protection [CP] Compliance and Junior Sports Clubs C Background funding CP Compliance via Volunteer Mgt System A QUESTION RE VOLUNTEER CREDITS IMPLEMENTATION Would the Mosman Municipal Council be prepared to participate in a joint venture to implement an electronic Volunteer Credits System [EVMS] to assist Local Junior Sporting Clubs to comply with the Child Protection Legislation ? EVMS is similar to the WA Rio Tinto Volunteer Management Scheme [RTVMS] implemented by the WA Shire of Mundaring in 2004. B CONCERNS RE CHILD PROTECTION & JUNIOR SPORTS CLUBS In 2006 a number of Mosman parents expressed interest in an effective Child protection process developed by members of the OIC with a Northern Beaches Football (Soccer) Junior Football Club. In 2007 a Mosman Business "Newbie Australia" sponsored a series of seminars to raise awareness of concerns over Child Protection policies and processes implemented by local Junior Sports Clubs At the Seminar on 27 Jun 2007 attendees confirmed that very few, if any, Junior Sports Clubs have the resources, experience or commitment to comply with the Child Protection legislation due to the difficulty of running Volunteer Sports teams (A - Newbie Australia Feedback to Mosman Daily). C BACKGROUND TO VOLUNTER MANAGEMENT In 2001 members of the Open Interchange Consortium [OIC] were commissioned as part of a joint venture with the Federal Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business [DEWRSB], to investigate NSW Local Government Agencies understanding of "XML as the foundation of Online Delivery Services" Part of the project included a report to Federal Government on the Local Government Information Economy (B - Local Information Economy) In 2004 the WA Department of Sport & Recreation established a joint venture with the Rio Tinto WA Future Fund to implement a Volunteer Management Scheme with Mundaring Council (C - Mundaring Volunteer Management Scheme). In 2005 members of the OIC carried out a joint venture with a Northern Beaches Junior Soccer Club into a Volunteer Management System (D - Local Sport Volunteer Function Analysis). In Oct 2006 the OIC was invited to give a presentation "XML in the Government eTendering process" at the 4th Annual International OASIS Open Standards Conference (E - OASIS Conference Fri 2006/10/27) In Dec 2006 the Hon Jennifer RANKINE SA Minister for Volunteering wrote to the OIC about how "the Electronic Transaction Act provides a regulatory framework that recognizes the importance of the information economy to the future economic and social prosperity of Australia" (F - Letter from the Hon Jennifer RANKINE 2006/12/03). D NEXT STEPS We look forward to the next Council meeting on Tue 07 Aug 2007 to seek Council's approval to speak with the Mosman Sporting Fields User Group on Wed 08 Aug 2007 Yours faithfully Stephen GOULD Hon Secretary E: stephen.gould@ksas-au.net KSAS-MOSMAN M: 0416-009-468