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Hyperledger | Blockchain SIG | Blockchain TED Videos | IBM Blockchain for Diamond Ind | RUBAC Video | RUBAC Projects | Disclaimer | Copyright Home | Review Minutes | A: Our Inner West 2036 | B: Community Strategic Plan | C: Vision Statement | D: 5 Strategic Directions | E: Key Community Challenges Fri 10 Sep 2021 Recipient:6112MSZ1 REF: AEAMIAg1 IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST Y/R: ZS292558 Peta Garrett | Electorate Officer E Government and Community Relations M: {61}(4} Office of Zali Steggall MP P: {61}(2} Federal Member for Warringah W: zalisteggall.com.au Hi Peta & Harry - Further to the Zoom meeting with Zali and yourselves yesterday here is a summary of the issues discussed with regard to how long Councils have been offsetting Carbon Credits and where the Carbon Credits are traded ref The Gold Standard and Carbon Trust and the Carbon Trust Standards There is also a link to the OIC Special Interest Group [TZAG] 2016-2018 in understanding Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain This is a link into the Research on Local Community Credit Schemes We look forward to providing further information to support a Private Member's Bill about linking Key Performance Indicators [KPI] for Council Climate Change, Waste Management and offsetting COVID-19 costs Regards Clare GARDINER Research Co-ordinator SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK [SAN] B: PO Box 517 Neutral Bay Junction 2089 E: PPWC.rs1@gmail.com M: {61}(4)4827-8153 W: www.oic.org/SAN/ Thu 09 Sep 2021 Zoom meeting with Zali STEGGALL Australian Federal Member of Parliament for Warringah - Issues for discussion In 2019 over 80 Australian Councils declared a Climate Emergency However some Councils have been purchasing Carbon Credits from brokers since 2008 and this is a link to Mosman Council implementing Carbon-Credits 2007-2008 Originally Carbon Credits could only be purchased and traded by London in Swiss Francs via the Gold Standard (initially based in Mayfair London and now based in Geneva) and the Carbon Trust Standards There are 5 Carbon Trust Standards ("The Carbon Trust Triple Standard for Carbon, Water and Waste") the "Carbon Trust Standard for Supply Chain" and the "Carbon Trust Standard for Zero Waste to Landfill" In 2007 some Councils were particularly active in Offsetting Carbon Credits and becoming Carbon Neutral by purchasing Trees ref 2007 Report on Carbon Offset Providers for Match Travel by car (attached) - whereby most Councils in WA were buying Carbon Offsets However the Carbon Tax and the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Scheme have never really got off the ground so this is now another attempt as part of many Councils 10-year plans to leverage Rate-payers into offsetting international travel Carbon Credits by 41 Tonnes per annum per Rate-payer starting 2025 (ref Inner West Council Community Strategic Plan 2036 In 2020/2021 all Australian State Governments have established "Independent Council Allowance Tribunals" while New Zealand establish their Committee Chair salaries in 2019 ref letter to you Wed 18 Aug 2021 The New Zealand Government is offering considerable salaries for Chairpeople of various climate change committees According to the ABC article dated 22 Aug 2021 "Councils leading the charge on climate change to reach zero emissions by 2030" the Councils are seeking finance for Climate Change projects from the Federal Government tax-payers rather than local rate-payers Between 2008 - 2014 Dr Duncan IRONMONGER was commissioned by 5 State Governments to produce a report on the Value of Volunteering to each State Economy and according to 2012 Victorian Report, in 2006 (15 years ago) a Volunteer hr was valued at $ 24.09 per hour and currently a Volunteer hr is valued at over $ 35.00 per hr Hence this is why it may be appropriate now to offset COVID-19 costs by setting up Volunteer Committees in Council areas like the Precinct System in North Sydney Council where the Volunteers receive local economy credits for local shop-keepers Between 2016-2018 the OIC Special Interest Group [TZIG] held regular meetings to endeavour to understand and explain Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technologies" Local Community Credit Schemes v Top 200 Traded Cryptocurrencies Hi Clare, Thanks for sending through that submission. Please see below the details for tomorrow's Zoom meeting with Zali from 2pm-2.30pm: Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: Passcode: We look forward to speaking to you then. Kind regards Peta. Peta Garrett | Electorate Officer Government and Community Relations Office of Zali Steggall MP Federal Member for Warringah Suggested Agenda for Zoom meeting 14:45 - 15:15 Thu 09 Sep 2021 Identifying suitable Key Performance Indicators [KPIs] for Councils A Climate Change KPIs for Councils B Waste Management KPIs for Councils C Offsetting COVID-19 KPI costs for Councils Examples suggested by OIC and SAN members include 1 2007 "Developing UK Airport KPIs for Airport safety and security 2 2006 UK Business 22 KPIs 3 Providing Councils Minutes On-line to reduce need to print out Minutes 4 Promoting local companies on Council web-sites rather than Council logo each web-page eg this web-page 5 Local Community credits system for event participation 2 UK Business 22 KPIs published 2006 This 76-page document can be downloaded here "2.2 The KPIs There are 22 Key Performance Indicators considered to be significant to UK businesses. These are supplemented by sections on supply chains and products: There are 2 sections a Emissions to air - 8 types of emissions b Emissions to land - 14 types of emissions a Emissions to air - 8 types of emissions 1 Greenhouse Gases 2 Acid Rain, Eutrophication and Smog Precursors 3 Dust and Particles 4 Ozone Depleting Substances 5 Volatile Organic Compounds 6 Metal emissions to air Emissions to water 7 Nutrients and Organic Pollutants 8 Metal emissions to water 16For further information on the value of ecosystem services please refer to the recently published United Nations Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a 4-year study involving 1,360 experts worldwide. This can be found at http://www.millenniumassessment.org b Emissions to land - 14 types of emissions 9 Pesticides and Fertilisers 10 Metal emissions to land 11 Acids and Organic Pollutants 12 Waste (Landfill, Incinerated and Recycled) 13 Radioactive Waste Resource use 14 Water Use and Abstraction 15 Natural Gas 16 Oil 17 Metals 18 Coal 19 Minerals 20 Aggregates 21 Forestry 22 Agriculture Every business should also consider reporting on how it influences the environmental performance of its supply chain and products, the following additional sections in Chapter 4 provide guidance on this: o Supply chains o Products These KPIs have been designed with company reporting in mind. Where possible, recommendations as to how to measure these KPIs make use of information that is routinely collected by companies. Accordingly, many of the KPIs described can be calculated from information such as quantity of fuel consumed per annum, business mileage, and how much electricity has been purchased" Some organisations like SAMSUNG may be prepared to work with Councils on Climate Change issues and sponsor projects proposed by local Rate-payers Here is a link to the University NSW Council KPIs Perhaps you could arrange an On-line Committee to identify suitable KPIs for each Council to be implemented 2022-2036 We look forward to the Zoom meeting to start a successful Council KPI collaboration that is beneficial to the Rate-payers and Councils regards Clare GARDINER Research Co-ordinator SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK [SAN] B: PO Box 517 Neutral Bay Junction 2089 E: PPWC.rs1@gmail.com M: {61}(4)4827-8153 W: www.oic.org/SAN/ Wed 18 Aug 2021 Recipient:6112MSZ1 REF: AEAMHIp1 IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST Y/R: ZS292558 Peta Garrett | Electorate Officer E Government and Community Relations M: {61}(4} Office of Zali Steggall MP P: {61}(2} Federal Member for Warringah W: zalisteggall.com.au Dear Peta PROPOSE PRIVATE MEMBER'S BILL RE COVID-19 COSTS ISSUES ETC Thank you for the invitation 16:00 Mon 16 Aug 2021 to speak with Zali via a Zoom meeting on Thu 19 Aug 2021 Could we reschedule the Zoom meeting for 2:45 - 3:15 Tue 31 Aug 2021 to provide us with time to receive feedback from our members and contacts on a proposed Federal Private Member's Bill for Local Government Key Performance Indicators [KPIs] for Mayors, Deputy Mayors and Councillors. The feedback we would seek is for a proposed Federal Private Members Bill for Key Performance Indicators [KPIs] for local Councillors including Climate Change, Waste Management and COVID-19 costs offset by Volunteer Participation Our research initially raised awareness from the New Zealand Federal Legislation "Local Government Members 2019/2020) Determination 2019 that every Council in New Zealand paid Committee Chairs as well as Councillors Eg Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council Office Annual remuneration ($) Chairperson 137,703 Catchment Operations Committee Chairperson 69,253 Deputy Chairperson 62,088 Environment Committee Chairperson 62,088 Audit, Risk and Investment Committee Chairperson 57,313 Passenger Transport Committee Chairperson 57,313 Regional Transport Committee Chairperson 57,313 Catchment Operations Committee Deputy Chairperson 50,150 Environment Committee Deputy Chairperson 50,150 Manawatu River Users' Advisory Group Chairperson 47,761 Councillor 47,761 After the SAN submission on 16 Aug 2021 to the Victorian Government about the proposed Remuneration for Victorian Councillors, subsequent research has also revealed the following Legislation for each Australian State: 2021/06/22 Northern Territory Council Members Allowances 2021/04/23 NSW Local Government Remuneration Tribunal - Council Allowances 2020/07/31 Vic Gov Guidelines on Appointments and Remuneration 2020/04/08 WA 2020 Local Government Determination Act 2020/11/04 South Australia Periodic Adjustment of Council Member Allowances 2020/11/30 Queensland Local Government Remuneration Commission 2015/06/29 Tasmania Local Government (Meeting Procedure) Regulations 2015 2015/06/29 Tasmania Local Government Performance Data Collection Tasmania appears to be the only State Government that has Regulations as to how Government meetings should be run and what Performance Data should be collected ! This is why we believe there has to be Federal Government legislation so that every Council in Australia addresses Waste Management, Climate Change and Volunteer Management as a consistent Council responsibility that offsets COVID-19 costs Yours sincerely Peter AXTENS LLB (Retired) Clare GARDINER Chair Research Co-ordinator SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK [SAN] B: PO Box 517 Neutral Bay Junction 2089 E: PPWC.rs1@gmail.com M: {61}(4)4827-8153 W: www.oic.org/SAN/ Peta Garrett Mon 8/16/2021 4:00 PM Hi Peter and Claire, I know you were keen to meet with Zali to follow up the discussion regarding the value of volunteer time. Would you be available this Thursday from 2.45pm-3.15pm for a Zoom meeting with Zali to further discuss? I look forward to hearing back from you. Regards Peta Garrett | Electorate Officer Government and Community Relations Office of Zali Steggall MP Federal Member for Warringah Electorate | 02 9977 6411 Level 2, 17-19 Sydney Rd Manly 2095 Wed 11 Aug 2021 Recipient:6112MSZ1 REF: AACMHBe1 IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST Y/R: Community Mtg 10 Jun 2021 Zali STEGGALL OAM MP E: Federal Member for Warringah M:{61}(4} AUSTRALIAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES P: {61}(2) PO Box 450 MANLY NSW 1655 W: zalisteggall.com.au Dear Zali cc Australian Legislators NZ COUNCILS HAVE ELECTED COUNCILLORS & COMMUNITY BOARDS A NZ Councils elected Community Boards B North Sydney Council 26 Precinct system espoused by Mayor Ted MACK C Volunteer Participation as Community Assets A NZ COUNCILS ELECTED COMMUNITY BOARDS Further to our emails about the Australian research on the Economic Value of Volunteers for each state on 15 Jun 2021 and valued in 2013 at $ 25 Billion per annum in email 14 July 2021 you may be interested in reviewing how New Zealand Councils have elected Community Boards many chaired by elected Councillors NZ Example 1: Whakatane Council 1 elected Mayor,10 elected Councillors with 20 elected members for 6 Community Boards providing multiple committee meetings each month And these are the On-line committee meeting dates July 2021 - 7 committee meetings Jun 2021 - 8 Committee Meetings May 2021 - 9 Committee Meetings Unfortunately all the agendas and minutes of meeting are On-line PDF files that have to be downloaded to be read. - none of the minutes are documents that can be read On-line by other interested members of those Communities Compare those On-line PDF minutes with the On-line minutes of an Electronic Business [ebXML] Australia meeting nearly 20 years ago on 05 Feb 2002 of the Marketing Strategy Work Group chaired by Mark BEZZINA Director of Communications, IT and eCommerce at Standards Australia - his changes to the draft minutes are included in blue ink ! This is a link to the members and their attendance records of Electronic Business [ebXML] Australia which could be used by every Council/Sports Club/Body Corporate Committee to show On-line attendance with COVID-19 travel restrictions For some reason Standards Aus cancelled all other scheduled 2002 ebXML Meetings after that 05 Feb 2002 meeting ! NZ Example 2: Selwyn District Council Another example is Selwyn District Council which has 1 mayor and 12 Councillors and over 70 listed Committees with regular meetings and PDF minutes NZ Example 3: Christchurch City Council Christchurch City Council has 15 councillors with 7 Community Boards comprising 52 elected Volunteer members B North Sydney Council 26 Precinct system espoused by Mayor Ted MACK In 1974 Ted MACK was elected as initially as an Alderman and then as Mayor from 1980-1988 on North Sydney Council and espoused the principles of "Participatory Democracy" whereby "Citizens have a right to participate in local precinct issues" Ted established 26 Precincts in the North Sydney Local Government Area and now this Precinct system is under review possibly because North Sydney Volunteers are no longer fulfilling all the roles necessary to maintain the value of the Precincts. As the reports on the "Economic Value of Volunteering" to the 5 State Governments by Dr Duncan IRONMONGER indicate that a Volunteer hour is now valued at over $ 35.00/hr, recent COVID-19 large-scale community shutdowns dictate we must use technology to record Volunteer participation as a Community Asset rather than leave Communities in perpetual debt under current accounting processes C VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION AS COMMUNITY ASSETS All Sports Communities, Council Communities and Councils in Australia also have extensive Volunteering at regular Committee meetings whereby the minutes record the attendees, preparation of reports and actual time spent by Volunteers at these committee meetings These Committee activities should be included as an Asset in the Economic Value of that Community Indeed with repeated COVID-19 outbreaks, many of these meetings may be performed On-line or by Zoom meetings hence should be included as Economic Contributions This issue of the Economic Value of participation in On-line Committees was recognised by the foundation members of the Open Interchange Consortium [OIC] at the inaugural AGM minutes and members' mandates in 1996 Following that AGM OIC members developed a number of On-line services including Electronic Committee Information Management [ECIM] ECIM was based on research carried out with Hampton School Rugby Old Boys, South Sydney Council, South Sydney Chamber of Commerce and a joint-venture with the British Standards Institute [BSI] which printed and posted out over 1,000,000 pieces of paper annually to members of over 350 national and international committees The research by OIC members into ECIM included hourly Accreditation credits for Electronic Committee Participation which was used by Electronic Business [eBXML] Australia 2000-2002 for telephone conference meetings around Australia and Hong Kong Yours sincerely Peter AXTENS LLB (Retired) Clare GARDINER Chair Research Co-ordinator SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK [SAN] B: PO Box 517 Neutral Bay Junction 2089 E: PPWC.rs1@gmail.com M: {61}(4)4827-8153 W: www.oic.org/SAN/ Att A 2014 Report: Value of Volunteering in Tasmania LEGEND EDI Electronic Data Interchange SME Small and Medium size Enterprises UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [UNFCCC] XML Extensible Mark-up Language I Other Inner West Council Documents that are part of the CSP2036 a Strategies b Plans c Statements r Research References a Strategies Is1 Resourcing Strategy [ReS] 2018-2028 Adopted Jun 2018- PDF File Is2 Climate + Renewables Strategy [CRS] - draft On-line Is3 Employment and Retail Lands Strategy [EaRLS] - PDF File Is4 Housing Strategy [HS] - PDF File Is5 Integrated Transport Strategy [ITS] Adopted 03 Mar 2020 - PDF File Is6 Asset Management Strategy [AMS]2018-28 Adopted Jun 2018 - PDF File Is7 Workforce Management Strategy [WMS] 2018-22 Adopted Jun 2018 - PDF File Is8 Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Strategy 2018-2022 Adopted Jun 2018 - PDF File b Plans Ip1 Community Strategic Plan [CSP] 2036 Endorsed Jun 2019 - On-line Ip2 Economic Strategic Development Plan [EDSP] draft - On-line Ip3 Long Term Financial Plan 2019-2029 Adopted Jun 2019 - PDF File c Statements It1 Local Planning Statement [LPS] r References R6 2019-01-19 Adelaide Advertiser: Compensation paid to Slave Owners 1835 - 2015 (180 yrs) R5 2003-2014 Value of Volunteers to Australian State Economies R4 2014-11-07 IBM "Blockchain" solution for the Diamond Industry Video R3 1997 Lessons from a Dozen Years of Group Support Systems Research - 4,000 IBM projects R2 Sir Evelyn de Rothschild - Director De Beers 1977-1994 & IBM UK 1972-1995 R1 1987-04-23 RUBAC Automatic eProcess Synchronisation Video
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