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.