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MEETINGS OF THE FORBES ARTS & CULTURE WORKING GROUP MEETINGS

QUICK LINK: Minutes of the most recent meeting

Meeting no. 15 - 2 August 2006

Meeting no. 14 - 5 July 2006

Meeting no. 12- 3 May 2006

Meeting no. 11 - 3 April 2006
Issues covered: promotion of draft Cultural Plan, consultation with shire council and broader community, cultural development plans for Forbes, register of local arts practitioners.

Forbes University of the 3rd Age Choir performing at a regular Thursday Evening community concert on the Lachlan River at the Apex Caravan Park in December 2005. Photo by Merrill Findlay.

Meeting no. 10 - 6 March 2006.
Issues covered: election of new convener/coordinator, Jane Bennie, secretary Jennifer Purdie and Wiradjuri liaison person, Ro Burns. Presentation of the first draft of the Forbes Cultural Plan.

Meeting no. 9 - November 2005

Conductor of the Forbes U3A Choir, Steve Hohnberg, and his singers perform beside the Lachlan River in December 2005.
Photo by Merrill Findlay.

Meeting no. 8 - 5 October 2005

Meeting no. 7 - 5 September 2005

Meeting no. 6 - 1 August 2005

Meeting no. 5 - 4 July 2005
Issues covered include election of Kylie Grayson as the Working Group's first secretary, the public consultation survey form, and continuation of the SWOT analysis of the Shire.

Meeting no. 4 - 9 June 2005
Issues covered: the public consultation survey to be distributed soon form and our first attempt at a SWOT analysis of the Shire. See the minutes for some of Forbes's Stengths and Weaknesses.

Watson, The Forbes Library Cat, also attends the Working Group meetings. Photo by his human companion, Bronwyn Clark, the Forbes Librarian, on Rose Day 2005.

Meeting No.3 - 16 May 2005

Issues covered at the 16 May meeting: Community profile, questionnaire, clarification of the status of the Working Group, attempted resignation of the interim chair/convener, SWOT analysis. Click for the full summary of the meeting (and more on Watson) >>

Members of the Forbes University of the 3rd Age Choir performing beside the Lachlan River at the Apex Caravan Park in December 2005. Photo by Merrill Findlay

Meeting No.2 - 19 April 2005 (With photos of the Patrick Shirvington Landscape Painting Workshop organised by the Forbes Upstairs Gallery.)

1. The problem with ‘culture’
2. Why Forbes Shire Council needs a community Cultural Plan
3. Preliminary data required for the proposed Cultural Plan
4. The River and natural heritage
5. Wiradjuri heritage
6. Non-indigenous cultural heritage/history
7. Deeper issues about the future
8. SWOT analysis [Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunites, Threats - more info]
9. Community Consultation

Meeting No. 1 - 22 March 2005