Nominations open for the Children and Family Services Committee
The Town of Bassendean is calling for nominations from residents to be appointed to the newly established Children and Family Services Committee.
“Council intends appointing up to six community representatives on the new Committee and I encourage all residents wishing to contribute to the Committee to express an interest,” said Mayor Tina Klein.
“The Town of Bassendean has exciting plans for the future and the Committee is yet another way for Council to preserve, and indeed enhance, the strongly held value of the Town as a terrific place to raise families,” she added.
The Committee’s objectives include advising Council on current trends and issues relating to services for children and their families and recommend associated strategies, policies and programs to meet the needs of current and future residents and visitors to the Town of Bassendean. The Committee will make recommendations to Council on issues to be considered for inclusion within the Town’s strategic plans.
Council has already appointed Mayor Klein and Councillors Stubbs and Butler to the Committee. One of the six Community Representatives is to represent Indigenous residents.
State Government Departments are also being invited to have representatives. Council is requesting the Department for Communities, Department for Health and the Department for Education and Training to nominate representatives.
Nominations close on Friday 15 August and the first of the quarterly meetings of the Committee is likely to be held in October at a day and time suitable to members.
“This is a fantastic opportunity to make a genuine difference to your community both from a short term perspective and in the future,” said Cr Klein.
Nominations forms can be downloaded from the Town’s website or will be posted on request. For further information contact Graeme Haggart on 9377 8016.
Business networking opportunity!
Coming up on Tuesday 5th August 2008 is a great opportunity for Bassendean business people—retail, commercial or industrial—to attend a sundowner networking event hosted by the Town of Bassendean and the Swan Chamber of Commerce’s ‘Network 2000’ networking group.
There’s absolutely no obligation, but the event gives you the chance to discover the benefits of joining Network 2000—attendance at their monthly networking evenings is very affordable—and you can meet with other business people on the night who could turn out to be valuable prospects as customers or suppliers (approximately 150 firms are members of Network 2000).
The venue is upstairs in the Cocktail Bar at the Bassendean Hotel on Old Perth Road, starting at 5.30pm and concluding at 7.00pm. The cost is only $10 a head for non-members of Network 2000 (pay at the door on the evening).
For catering purposes, please RSVP to a Customer Services Officer on 9377 8000 by Thursday 31st July, or send an email to mail@bassendean.wa.gov.au marked to the attention of Customer Services, stating the names of the people attending and the name of your firm.
