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6th June 2006 Notes
Attendance: Monica, Eugene,Maeve,Maria,Petrina,Deivis
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Q What the group hoped to get from these sessions
Clarity around way forward
Direction
Achievable goal
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Clear message as a group
Q Role of Steering Group
To connect all groups
Moving information
Effect policy change feed up and down
An understanding of up and down
Stronger voice
Resources
Getting a countywide structure in place
Strong lobby
Issues and cohesion
Inviting other groups
Q What kind of groups are we talking about?
Hedge row; fishing; canal; gardening; wildlife; allotments; horticultural groups; pigeon clubs; tidy towns; residents groups.
What we mean by the environment
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What we have already
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Environmental architect
Eco
Open
Broad frame of reference
Education
Steering Group will have approximately 8 to 10 people
Its role will be to develop a county wide environmental group
Q Step 1
Seminar environmental groups
Q Purpose of seminar day
Invite all interest groups
Have a structure on the day
Input on the day
Invite people to respond
Include visioning themes such as wind, water, earth and fire
Have enthusiastic key note speakers
Contact someone who has done something similar
What have other people learned?
Use existing links
Introduce groups to each other
Q Structure of seminar day
Workshops
Full day 30th September
Venue?
50 groups approx (every group to do something)
Key note speakers Derek Mooney/Duncan Stuart/Eaona Ni Lamhna
Parks as a venue?
Newbridge House?
Contact people and groups
Q Preparation
Target a small number of individuals that represent environment groups
Share experiences
Monica will contact Sheila Jay
Monica will write up some background information on this group
Tasks
Work on invite
Lists
Tolka group
Background to this group
Everyone to do some thinking about how the 30th
September can be a creative day!!
Next meeting 27th June at 6.45pm
Purpose of session
Share information with those invited
To note learning points
To put forward our proposal