North Canberra
Community Council Inc

Revised:  08/05/2007

WHAT WE DO.

The North Canberra Community Council has a committee that is elected annually by the community of North Canberra.

NCCC will consider all sides and positions on community issues and will endeavor to convey the concerns of the community to the government.

The Committee –

Members can nominate for a position on the Committee. The committee comprises:

?              Chairperson

?              Deputy Chairperson

?              Secretary

?              Treasurer

?              5 Committee Members representing specific focus areas.

The committee manages the day to day operations of the NCCC. This involves attending meetings to represent the community, dealing with phone calls, faxes, letters and responses to submissions.

Membership to NCCC -

There are no membership fees for the NCCC and any resident of North Canberra is able to contact the NCCC to seek assistance or advice. All members of the committee are volunteers and no one receives payment for any activities.  Please see the membership form for more details.

Committee meetings –

The committee meets monthly to discuss governance, policy and systemic issues of the Council.

Public meetings –

Public meetings occur monthly on the third Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm at the Ainslie Football Club, Ainslie.  Guest speakers on relevant topics are invited regularly.

NCCC Working Groups –

NCCC supports several working groups, specifically with attendance by a NCCC Committee Member or ordinary member as a representative on the working group.  The working groups evolve and change on a as needs basis.

Examples include:

· The Canberra Airport Aircraft Noise Consultative Forum.

· Transport Working Group

· The Hackett Round Table Working Group

Working group representative Graham Horn

with committee members Jim Derrick and David Dall

Other Meetings  -

The Committee members of NCCC attend a range of meetings to communicate the aims and objectives of the Council. Examples include:

?                The Community Councils Forum hosted by the ACT Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services.

?                The Planning and Development Forum (ACT Planning and Land Authority);

?                Meetings with Ministers and MLA's in the ACT Legislative Assembly

?                ACT Planning and Land Authority information sessions; and

?                Seminars and briefings given by consultants to the ACT Government.

Links to community groups –

NCCC is the umbrella organisation that can provide support and resourcing to community groups and resident associations that are linked with NCCC.  NCCC will host a web page for any community group. 

Linking with NCCC aims to avoid working in silo’s or reinventing the wheel. 

Community groups currently linked to NCCC are –

•            Downer Residents Association.

•            Hackett Residents Association

•            Ainslie Retirees Association

•            Neighborhood Watch.

Contact us at admin@nthcanberracc.org.au to have your community group linked to NCCC.

Communication and Publicity

The North Canberra Community Council strives to communicate with residents, politicians and staff in government departments and agencies. We also actively seek to communicate with other community organisations operating in North Canberra. NCCC has a variety of methods of publicising its activities and communicating with residents.

?                Fortnightly columns are written in the free local newspaper The Northside Chronicle.

?                Newsletter - A4-sized are distributed to letterboxes in North Canberra annually.

?                Press releases are sent to the media to cover significant issues and events.

?                An electronic newsletter is sent to those who supply their email address to the NCCC.

?                A website is maintained at www.nthcanberracc.org.au

?                Email address is admin@nthcanberracc.org.au

All our minutes, reports, newsletters and submissions are available for the public.