Meetings / events attended & Conferences / member development (originally published September 2020)
Meetings / events attended
7 August. Waitemata Local Board Plan consultation at the Central City library
Met Ella of SpacetoCo for a coffee at Scarecrow
9 August Attended the candidates debate for Auckland Central at Freeman’s Bay School
10 August Presented at Auckland University on Local Board Plan
12 August Covid19 Briefing
17 August Briefing & discussion: Proposed plan change to enable rainwater tank installation
Local Board Members’ Forum, central.
Auckland Domain Committee Meeting
18 August Covid19 Alert L3 Update
20 August KBA Committee meeting
Grey Lynn 2030 community resilience meeting
21 August Covid19 Update
23 August Hapua thrive – community meeting on water quality
24 August presented at Hauraki Gulf Forum Meeting
26 August Finance and Performance Committee workshop to discuss the LTP
[off skiing 31 August – 6 September]
7 August Coffee with Herne Bay Residents Group
Meeting with Western Springs Forest community Group
11 August LGNZ Auckland Zone meeting, an opportunity to discuss with other councils thoughts on climate change and water strategies etc.
Conferences / member development
14 August Outside In Speaker Series. “Non-instagrammable Urbanism – tactical urbanism wins and fails”
19 August Outside In Speaker Series: “Working with local boards: more fun than it sounds”
Disclosures
I am doing a phD in the Dance Department of the University of Auckland, studying the potential roles of playful arts practices in co-producing the Playful City. I am a member of Women in Urbanism, an occasional walking tour guide with Auckland Free Walking Tours and a parent trustee on the Richmond Road School board. My husband is director of dog walking company Fetch.
Finally
I am on Facebook and I have set up a website alexbonham.co.nz in which I discuss some of the issues that are crossing our desks and give more information and links on engagement with council. Julie Sandilands and I are leading a pilot “local government TV on Facebook”, which aims to engage the community with issues that may matter to them! Anyone living in Waitemata is very welcome to get in touch with me.