Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel
OPEN MINUTES
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Minutes of a meeting of the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel held in the Boardroom, Auckland Town Hall, Ground Floor, 301-305 Queen Street, Auckland on Wednesday, 17 February 2016 at 6.09pm.
Chairperson |
Dave Tomu |
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Members |
Asoka Basnayake |
Until 7.20pm, item 6 |
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Naoe Hashimoto |
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Yee Yang 'Square' Lee |
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Christian Dee Yao |
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Mabel Msopero |
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Liaison Councillor |
Cr Denise Krum |
Until 6.55pm, item 6 |
ABSENT
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Anita Keestra |
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Angela Lim |
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Pratima Nand |
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Wong Liu Shueng |
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1 Apologies
Resolution number ETH/2016/1 MOVED by Member D Tomu, seconded by Member Y Lee : That the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel: a) accept the apologies from members A Basnayake and Cr D Krum for early departure, members A Keestra, A Lim, P Nand and W Sheung, for absence. |
2 Declaration of Interest
There were no declarations of interest.
3 Confirmation of Minutes
Resolution number ETH/2016/2 MOVED by Member N Hashimoto, seconded by Member C Yao: That the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel: a) confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Wednesday, 16 December 2015, as a true and correct record. |
4 Extraordinary Business
There was no extraordinary business.
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Mike George, Senior Communications Specialist was in attendance in support of this item and a PowerPoint presentation was given. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment. |
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Resolution number ETH/2016/3 MOVED by Member A Basnayake, seconded by Member Y Lee : That the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel: a) receive the introduction from Mike George, Auckland Council Communications Advisor and accept communications and media support for the Ethnic People’s Advisory Panel b) request Mike George to report back to the next Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel meeting with an outline approach to communications. |
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a 20160217, Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel, Item 5, Communications and Media Support, Power Point presentation |
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Cr D Krum left the meeting at 6.55 pm. Member A Basnayake left the meeting at 7.20 pm. |
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Austin Kim, Principal Advisor Panels and Mike George were in attendance in support of this item. The following items were tabled: · Draft agenda for the Ethnic Engagement Summit Work Programme. · Empowerment Communities Approach PowerPoint presentation. Copies have been placed on the official minutes and are available on the Auckland Council website as minute attachments. |
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Resolution number ETH/2016/4 MOVED by Member Y Lee , seconded by Member M Msopero: That the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel: a) receive the update on the partnership with Auckland Council, AUT University, the Federation of the Multicultural Council, Hui E and Migrant Action Trust, Ethnic Engagement Summit Work Programme from members’ Y Lee and M Msopero b) request an update from staff involved in the Diversity and Inclusion initiative regarding Auckland Council’s approach to work force and diverse communities. c) receive the presentation on the Empowerment Communities Unit update d) note the Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi discussion has been deferred to the next meeting. |
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a 20160217, Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel, Item 6 Draft Agenda Work Summit Programme b 20160217, Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel, Item 6, Empowerment Communities Approach, PowerPoint presentation. |
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Austin Kim, Principal Advisor Panels was in attendance in support of this item. |
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Resolution number ETH/2016/5 MOVED by Member C Yao, seconded by Member N Hashimoto: That the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel: a) note the panel’s work programme updates. b) approve the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel collaborating with AUT University, the Federation of the Multicultural Council, Hui E and Migrant Action Trust to organise an Ethnic Engagement Summit. c) approve the allocation of $5,000 from the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel’s community summit budget to the Ethnic Engagement Summit. |
8 Consideration of Extraordinary Items
There were no extraordinary items.
8.21 pm The Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and declared the meeting closed.
CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD AT A MEETING OF THE Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel HELD ON
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