community groups – Page 13 – Cr Alex Makin: Councilor for Montague Ward, City of Port Phillip

EPR Activities – Bocci in April

Apr 14, 2009

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in Community Engagement, Social Sustainability, Sports and Leisure, Urban Sustainability

Enjoying Planned Retirement, a seniors’ group based at the North Ringwood Senior Citizens Hall holds fortnightly bocci competitions between December and April each year. Bocci is one of the many social events organised by the group to provide a range of activities for its members. This afternoon I attended their bocci competition to speak to…

Ringwood Bowls Club – Water Reclamation Facility Launch

Apr 4, 2009

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alex

in Community Engagement, Environment, Maroondah City Council, Social Sustainability, Speeches and Presentations, Sports and Leisure, Urban Sustainability

The Ringwood Bowls Club began 1929 and has had a long association with Ringwood. The club has recently focused on sustainability and embarked on a water reclamation project aimed to increase its water self-sufficiency. The Club began the project two years ago, through securing Council, State and Federal grants for the installation of three water…

Rotary Club of Ringwood – April Club Forum

Apr 1, 2009

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alex

in Community Engagement, Rotary

The Rotary Club of Ringwood, which is part of Rotary District 9180, holds regular club forums to discuss the direction of the club and to provide input to its officebearers. Tonight’s meeting featured a club forum to discuss the future priorities of the club and further efforts to assist our community. The Rotary Club of…

Maroondah Citizens Advice Bureau 41st AGM

Apr 1, 2009

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alex

in Community Engagement, Environment, Maroondah City Council, Social Sustainability, Urban Sustainability

The Maroondah Citizens Bureau is a non-profit community based organisation that aims to provide a range of support services and referrals for people in need, in order to enable them to be independent and effective members of the community. Today’s annual general meeting provided an opportunity to reflect on the changes within the organisation, including…

Tour of Maroondah’s Community Facilities – Ringwood

Mar 30, 2009

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alex

in Maroondah City Council, Sports and Leisure, Urban Sustainability

The council tour of community facilities continued this evening to include several community and leisure facilities located within Ringwood. The first destination was the Karralyka Centre, which is Maroondah’s home to theatre and the performing arts. The Karralyka Centre also serves as a performance space to local groups and schools and also provides function rooms…

Rotary Club of Ringwood – Support and employment for our youth

Mar 25, 2009

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alex

in Community Engagement, Maroondah City Council, Rotary, Social Sustainability, Urban Sustainability

The Rotary Club of Ringwood, is part of the wider Rotary network through District 9810 and while each club is largely autonomous they do cooperate on regional projects. Rotary clubs within the District were heavily involved in fundraising through the Eastlink Open Day and tonight’s guest speakers from KYM Employment Services received $1,500 from the…

Central Ringwood Community Centre2009 AGM

Mar 25, 2009

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alex

in Accessibility, Community Engagement, Social Sustainability, Urban Sustainability

Central Ringwood Community Centre is located within Bedford Park in Ringwood and provides a range of educational courses, as well as workshops for newly arrived migrants and meeting rooms for a variety of community groups. Due to the new ward boundaries, I am fortunate to have two community houses within the Mullum Ward, Central Ringwood…

North Ringwood Community House 2009 AGM

Mar 24, 2009

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alex

in Accessibility, Community Engagement, Environment, Speeches and Presentations, Sustainable Transport, Urban Sustainability

This morning North Ringwood Community House held its Annual General Meeting to elect committee members for the next two years. The community house appoints a two-year term for its committee members to provide continuity, while still providing flexibility for new members to get involved. I have been re-elected onto the Committee of Management so that…

Disability Action Group – community based advocacy for people with a disability

Mar 23, 2009

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alex

in Accessibility, Community Engagement, Maroondah City Council, Urban Sustainability

The Disability Action Group Eastern Region is a community based advocacy group for people with disabilities. The group meets on a monthly basis to discuss accessibility issues and focuses on the needs of Maroondah and the outer eastern suburbs. Today’s meeting provided further discussion around Council’s Disability Policy and Action Plan, with the group supporting…

Using Linux – free software alternatives to Windows

Mar 22, 2009

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alex

in Community Engagement, Environment, Social Sustainability, Urban Sustainability

To my knowledge I am the only elected representative within Australia to use Linux and open source software such as KDE, Kontact, Openoffice.org and Firefox for my day-to-day computing requirements. I choose to use Linux and open source software since I find it more responsive and stable than a Windows based system. Linux is an…

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