From the minutes of Port Phillip’s last council meeting on the Community Representative sitting on the Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre Advisory Committee. Note the contrast with GESAC’s Pool Committee!
CITY OF PORT PHILLIP
2011
TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR MELBOURNE SPORTS AND AQUATIC CENTRE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Purpose
The purpose of the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre Advisory Committee is to assist Council to get the best result by ensuring that the views of relevant community members, government agencies and others are expressed and taken into account in the ongoing operation of the Centre. The Committee will:
Provide advice to Council on matters associated with Council’s interest and involvement in the development of the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre at Albert Park Reserve, and, in particular, the development of the Community Aquatic Centre component of the overall complex.
Represent the interest of Council and the community and, in particular, in respect to those matters associated with the Community Aquatic Centre’s design, management and pricing structures.
Pursue a pro-active role in gathering information relating to the operation of aquatic facilities elsewhere, with the view to presenting issues and information to the Aquatic Centre which might be of benefit in improving the design, management and/or operation of the Community Aquatic Facility component of the overall complex.
Pursue on behalf of Council and the community the following objectives in relation to the development of the Community Aquatic Centre component of the overall complex.
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The council will appoint members of the Committee. The membership of the Committee will be:
City of Port Phillip (Councillors) x2
City of Port Phillip (staff)
Joint Councils Access for All Abilities
Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre (MSAC)
Swim School
Regular community MSAC aquatic centre user X2
Inner South Community Health Service
(Allied health professional qualified in hydrotherapy)
Regular MSAC Hydrotherapy user
The Chairperson will be one of the Councillors.
Community members of the Aquatic Advisory Committee will be appointed by Council for a period of up to 2 years. Every 2 years positions will be advertised through the local paper, on notices at MSAC information boards, on the MSAC website and in the Divercity publication.
Glen Eira Debates 
July 31, 2011 at 12:15 PM
It’s quite depressing to read time and time again how other councils work with their community as opposed to Glen Eira. Whether or not the Port Phillip residents will be mere tokens on this committee is beside the point. At least they will be there unlike the banning of community input that operates in Glen Eira across all matters.
July 31, 2011 at 2:35 PM
Not only aren’t residents on any worthwhile committees but we’re not even told what’s going on. The pools steering committee minutes are a total joke and we learn more from the newspapers than from this advisory committee. The constant refrain by Lipshutz is that all is well, all is on time, and within budget. Baloney!! Wonder what the legal costs are doing to the budget over the allocations and how many other groups have missed out and whether they’ll seek lawyers or ombudsmans intervention as well. Being up front and honest with those people who pay the bills has never been a high priority for this lot as seen by the extra car parking that is suddenly so desperately needed and wasn’t a problem at the planning stage. Incompetent, secretive, and anti community. Glen Eira in a nutshell.
August 1, 2011 at 1:16 PM
This site reported how Lipshutz was raving about the success of gesac and how many hits facebook had. Well I’ve had a read of the comments on facebook and a very large number are rubbishing the way that its all been managed. That bit of news is left out of course by the spin doctors.
July 31, 2011 at 8:19 PM
You resort to secrecy when there’s stuff to hide.