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Bellingen and Nambucca Shire Councils have pooled their resources to conduct two candidate briefing sessions in order to for potential candidates to:
- Identify the key requirements of becoming a councillor
- Recognise how the councillor role fits in with other roles and levels of government
- Address key expectations and potential challenges in becoming a councillor
- Know how the councillor role fits in with Integrated Planning and Reporting
- Understand key elements of council meetings, including code of conduct and conflict of interest.
The candidate briefing sessions will be conducted by Local Government NSW facilitators, Maire Sheehan and Narayan Van de Graaf, both of whom have lengthy experience in local government and in vocational training.
Potential candidates are invited to attend either briefing session regardless of which Shire they reside in.
NAMBUCCA SHIRE COUNCIL: Thursday July 28, 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm, Council Chambers, Princess St, Macksville. Reserve your seat with Monika Schuhmacher 6568 0214.
BELLINGEN SHIRE COUNCIL: Thursday July 28, 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm, Council Chambers, 33-39 Hyde St, Bellingen. Reserve your seat with Kay Stirling 6655 7328.
Whilst priority will be given to candidates for the Bellingen and Nambucca local government areas, candidates for other local government areas are welcome to attend if places are available.
Please note that places are restricted to 20 people per session.
Recycling artists
MIDWASTE, our regional waste forum, is seeking expressions of interest from artists to deliver workshops on reusing materials to create artistic works, a process known as ‘upcycling’.
The workshops will run at the Bowerhouse Shop in the Raleigh Waste Management Facility.
Examples of suitable or potential workshops are:
- furniture making with pallets and salvaged timber;
- sculpture with found objects;
- making toys with textile waste;
- mending, upcycling and altering clothes;
- rag rug making;
- eco printing and tie-dyeing with natural pigments or other imaginative ideas.
If you are interested contact Wendy Grant on 0422 151 402 or e-mail projects@midwaste.org.au by Wednesday 20 July.
Include a short paragraph about yourself, your work and your experience, as well as a brief outline of the workshop content, timing, number of participants and a budget estimate.
