Minutes –10November 2014

Minutes

Meeting #8 – 10November2014 @ 9am

Department of Health, Conference Room, 1st floor, Matt Glynn Building

Meeting Chair / Barb Shaw, President of Barkly Regional Council
Present / LT, Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation
Georgina Bracken, Tennant Creek Women’s Refuge
Richard James, Patta Aboriginal Corporation
Pat Braun, Catholic Care
Greg Marlow, Chamber of Commerce
Apologies / John Baker, Memo Club
Jordan Jenkins, Tennant Creek Hotel
Ian Gabriel, Headframe Bottle Shop
Stewart Naylor, Barkly Regional Alcohol and Drug Abuse Group

1Welcome

Meeting started at 9.10am.

The Chair welcomed and thanked the Alcohol Reference Group (ARG) members for attending. Apologies received from Stewart Naylor. The following members: John Baker, Ian Gabriel and Jordan Jenkins are not attending.

Today’s ARG is to further discuss and reshape the AMP ready to present to the Minister in December.

A)Minutes

There are nil Minutes to ratify as the October ARG meeting was a brain-storming session relating to the draft Alcohol Management Plan (AMP).

2Draft Alcohol Management Plan

The draft AMP was tabled and the Chair went through the upper-level AMP document and the AMP Action Plan. Members agreed to separate the two documents but have the AMP reference the Action Plan.

Members went through the AMP document and the following changes were suggested:

Action: Under each Key Goal Area to list the strategies below each Aim.

Action: Make reference to the AMP Action Plan in the actual Plan

3Draft Alcohol Management Plan (cont.)

Members went through the AMP Action Plan document discussing each strategy, required partnership and the milestones. An additional suggested strategy around supply restrictions was tabled and discussed. Members would like to see action regarding a community attitude towards an alcohol stress free day.

Action: Secretariat to update all suggested changes to the AMP Action Plan.

4Other Business

Front Cover Competition:

The ARG had opened up a competition to Tennant Creek community members to design/draw the front cover of the AMP. The competition received three entries. Each entry was tabled and members judged the designs. The judges awarded the winning entry based on the detail, relevance and design.

Action: Secretariat to draft letters to the successful and unsuccessful entrants.

Prize:

The ARG members discussed available options of the competition prize within the budget. It was decided that the prize would be split between a meat tray and a voucher at the local newsagency where the winner could purchase painting materials.

Action: Secretariat to arrange winning prizes.

Discussion Paper:

The Chair updated members relating to the invitation sent to the Minister, inviting him to the December ARG where members would present him with the draft AMP. The Chair wrote to the Minister in September and is yet to hear back.

Next meeting TBC - The current date for the next meeting is 1 December but that is dependant if the Minister can attend. Once the Chair receives a reply to the Minister’s invite, the date can be arranged.

Meeting finished at 11.10AM

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