Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel
OPEN MINUTES
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Minutes of a meeting of the Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel held in the Reception Lounge, Auckland Town Hall, Level 2, 301-305 Queen Street, Auckland on Monday, 23 May 2016 at 6.07pm.
Co-Chairperson |
Jordon Harris |
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Co-Chairperson |
Julie Radford-Poupard |
Until 9.58 pm, item 11. |
Members |
Moira Clunie |
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Mark Fisher |
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Audrey Hutcheson |
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Bruce Kilmister |
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Lexie Matheson |
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Duncan Matthews |
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Diana Rands |
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Merv Taueki-Ransom |
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Julie Watson |
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Aram Wu |
From 6.09 pm, item 3. |
ALSO PRESENT
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Cr Cathy Casey |
Liaison councillor |
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Mark Thomas |
Orakei Local Board Member |
Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel 23 May 2016 |
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2 Declaration of Interest
Member D Matthews declared an interest in Item 10 – Modification of signage to accessible toilets in Auckland Council office buildings, May 2016 update.
3 Confirmation of Minutes
Member A Wu entered the meeting at 6.09 pm. |
Resolution number RAI/2016/22 MOVED by Member L Matheson, seconded by Member D Rands: That the Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel: a) confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Monday, 11 April 2016, as a true and correct record. |
4 Extraordinary Business
There was no extraordinary business.
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Resolution number RAI/2016/23 MOVED by Member A Hutcheson, seconded by Member A Wu: That the Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel: a) receive and thank Hon. Trevor Mallard and MP Jan Logie on behalf of the cross-party working group for their presentation to the Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel. |
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Resolution number RAI/2016/24 MOVED by Member D Rands, seconded by Member J Watson: That the Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel: a) receive and thank Trevor Easton, General Manager of OUTLineNZ Inc. for his presentation to the Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel. |
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A PowerPoint presentation was provided. 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 RAI/2016/25 MOVED by Member D Matthews, seconded by Member L Matheson: That the Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel: a) receive the update and thank Craig Watson, Event Organiser of Proud to Play, for his presentation to the Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel. |
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a 23 May 2016, Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel, Item 7, Proud to Play. |
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A PowerPoint presentation was provided. 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 RAI/2016/26 MOVED by Member L Matheson, seconded by Member B Kilmister: That the Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel: a) receive and thank Kirsten Sibbit, Co-chair of Auckland Pride Festival and Richard James for their presentation to the Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel. |
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a 23 May 2016, Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel, Item 8, PrideNZ. |
The meeting adjourned at 8.12 pm, and reconvened at 8.22 pm. When the meeting reconvened Member M Clunie was not present.
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Auckland Council Libraries, Inclusive Service Design Advisor |
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Member M Clunie returned to the meeting at 8.23 pm. |
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Note: Changes to the original recommendation was made with the agreement of the meeting. |
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Resolution number RAI/2016/27 MOVED by Member A Hutcheson, seconded by Member B Kilmister: That the Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel: a) receive and thank Morgan Borthwick, Libraries Advisor Inclusiveness for his presentation and request ongoing communication leading up to the celebration of the 30-year homosexual law reform. |
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Modification of signage to accessible toilets in Auckland Council office buildings, May 2016 update |
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Member D Matthews declared an interest in this item and took no part in the voting on the matter. |
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Note: Changes to the original motion were made with the agreement of the meeting. |
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Resolution number RAI/2016/28 MOVED by Member A Hutcheson, seconded by Member D Rands: That the Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel: a) receive the update from Auckland Council staff on the modification of signage to accessible toilets in Auckland Council office buildings b) agree that the preferred sign of the Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel is the “All Gender Restroom” sign on page eight of the minutes attachment c) request a report back on the pilot project to the Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel meeting in June d) request that staff proceed with an inventory of all council office buildings e) request that staff proceed with a policy around the allocation of all gender bathrooms in new builds. |
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a 23 May 2016, Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel, Item 10, Modification of signage to accessible toilets in Auckland Council office buildings, May 2016 update. |
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Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel Sub-committees update, May 2016 |
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Note: Changes to the original motion were made with the agreement of the meeting. |
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Resolution number RAI/2016/29 MOVED by Member L Matheson, seconded by Member D Matthews: That the Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel: a) receive the verbal updates from the community summit sub-committee and agree that the sub-committee will create a proposal to submit on the community summit event b) receive the verbal update from the 30-year homosexual law reform celebration sub-committee c) receive the Inclusive Engagement Guidelines document from the sub-committee (Attachment A) d) approve the Engagement Guidelines document with an amendment to include Pride as an Auckland based Community Organisation and GayTalk Tonight as an additional media outlet and send to Auckland Council’s Market Research and Engagement unit. |
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Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel Work Programme Update May 2016 |
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Co-Chairperson J Radford-Poupard left the meeting at 9.58 pm. |
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Resolution number RAI/2016/30 MOVED by Member A Wu, seconded by Member B Kilmister: That the Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel: a) receive the Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel Work Programme Update for May 2016. |
13 Consideration of Extraordinary Items
There was no consideration of extraordinary items.
10.07 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 Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel HELD ON
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