Environmental Community Group Expo Thursday 10th June
Register now! only $15 for the day including lunch.
Venue: Hamilton Gardens pavilion.
Register online
Workshops:
Successful Fundraising
Find out what funders want, how to report, and a hands-on assessment of funding applications. With: Trust Waikato, Hamilton City Council, Environment Waikato, & COGS.
Managing your group, Governance, Roles & Conflict
Looking at how your group works, dynamics, roles, resolving issues. Workshop case studies on conflict. With: Lynne Wilkins Bizworx.
Practical Planning & Sustainable Strategies
How to plan ahead, keeping your group and project sustainable, vision, mission statement & reporting. With: Lynne Wilkins- Bizworx
Effective Meetings & Processes
Getting the most out of meetings, people, reaching goals, setting time frames, making things happen. With Michelle Frank, Agenda to Action.
Getting into the Media
What makes a good story? How to advertise your events, news, and promote your group. With Reporter Jeff Neems - Waikato Times.
Time for Networking
Enquiries: phone the Environment Centre 839 4452 or Rachael 0212615759
Thursday 10th June
Forest and Bird talk at Hamilton Gardens 7.30pm
Dave Wills will speak about the Kiwi project at Otanewainuku, which is a successful community project not too far south from Tauranga, which Waikato Forest and Bird visited last year.
Al Fleming will compliment Dave's talk with an update about the Kaimai Mamaku campaign.This will include insight into the recently released "State of the Environment" report on the Kaimai Mamaku forest and surrounding catchments. There is a CD copy of the report in the Environment Centre.
Mangakotukutuku Streamcare group - dates
This year's planting dates are now up on the stream care group website (www.streamcare.org.nz).
* Saturday 12 June 3-4.30 pm - Planting along the stream. Meet at Peacockes Road
* Saturday 10 July 3-4.30 pm - Planting along the stream. Meet at Peacockes Road
* Saturday 14 August 3.00-4.30 pm - Planting along the stream. Meet at Peacockes Road
This year we will be focussing on the main part of the stream flowing through Sandford Park upstream of Peacockes Road. The council has about 2,000 plants for us so we will need as much help as we can get over these dates. Please mark them in your calendar and invite friends, family and workmates along to help out.
Mangakotukutuku Stream Care Group
Enhancing the biodiversity and health of urban streams
www.streamcare.org.nz
CMaG ARAZPA Conference 8 - 10 June 2010
Being held in Hamilton 8 - 10 June, with Creative Conservation as the main theme, hosted by Hamilton Zoo and Otorohanga Kiwi House.
CMaG: ARAZPA NZ is the New Zealand branch of the regional zoo and aquarium association - ARAZPA (the Australasian Regional Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria).
CMaG is the Conservation Management Group.
Keynote addresses will be given on Conservation Advocacy by Al Morrison, Director-General of DoC and on "Progress in Bringing Indigenous Biodiversity Back into Hamilton city" by Prof Bruce Clarkson.
Please find attached pdf Conference registration and information.
