LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEWS
2010 Year of Women in Local Government
In February 2008, the LGMA National board adopted a national strategy to advance women in local government into senior management positions. A key strategy platform is the development and promotion of a Year of Women in Local Government in 2010.
To ensure this initiative was relevant to the sector, a national forum of representatives from local, state and federal government departments, local government associations and professional peak bodies was held on 2-3 September 2008 at the Rydges Lakeside, Canberra.
Five key issues to advancing women into senior management positions were identified during the forum. These include:
• Removing structural barriers to the advancement of women into senior management positions;
• Improving the image of local government an as employer of choice for women;
• Preparing women to lead and succeed;
• Affirming women’s rights to be “at the table”; and
• Implementing effective evaluation methods for measuring meaningful progress.
In an overwhelming show of solidarity by all levels of government, peak professional bodies and local government representatives, it was concluded that LGMA facilitate a Year of Women in Local Government in 2010 to raise awareness and educate the local government sector on the value and contribution of women in senior management roles.
For more information on the Year of Women in Local Government, please click here.
2010 Year of Women Ambassadors Program
Nominations are now open
Do you know someone who would make a great ambassador for Women in Local Government? Perhaps a female officer or manager, a councillor or a CEO - male or female who actively promotes the advancement of women in Local Government.
Simply download the criteria and nomination form from the LGMA National website, complete all details, include a 200 word story of the nominee's jouney and send it to national@lgma.org.au before 31 August 2009.
To view the criteria and nomination form, please click here.
2009 Manager of the Year for Leadership and Management Excellence
Nominations Now Open
As part of LGMA Queensland's commitment to acknowledge outstanding leadership and management excellence in local government, we are delighted to invite nominations for the 2009 Manager of the Year for Leadership and Management Excellence.
To acknowledge and encourage leadership and management excellence, this Award will again be presented to a senior local government employee who, in the opinion of the judging panel, has made an oustanding contribution to the positive growth of their council and community. The Award is open to senior managers who are employed by a Queensland local government and have been for a minimum of 12 months.
Nominations will be judged against the following selection criteria:
• Visionary leadership
• Innovation and Change/Continual Improvement
• Best Practice
• Interpersonal Skills
• Contribution to the Community/Region
• Professional Development.
The Award will be announced at the LGMA Queensland Annual Conference to be held at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre on the 6-9 October, 2009.
To download further information and/or a nomination form, please click here.
LGMA Wish Flight - Coming to a Place Near You!
If you read the march edition of The Journal, or you've attended one of LGMA's recent Queensland events, you'll know about our major charity event for this year - the LGMA Make-a-Wish Charity Flight.
Preparations are gaining momentum. Pilots, Nick Clarke and John Adcock, have finalised their route and look forward to meeting many of you and your colleagues on their journey around Queensland. A third pilot, Damon Fealy, has joined the team to provide back-up support. Nick and John will cover more than 5,200 kilometres, visiting 38 local government areas in 16 days.
The people at Make-a-Wish are getting excited too! For the charity's Queensland office, the LGMA Wish Flight is the major fund raising event for 2009. Our target is to raise in excess of $50,000 for Make-a-Wish. What we would love to do this year is to assist the charity, not only by raising money, but also by assisting to put families with children suffering life-threatening illnesses in touch with Make-a-Wish and this particularly includes families in Aboriginal communities. Nick and John intend to visit several Aboriginal Shires to help put Make-a-Wish in touch with the families who may not know about the opportunities this charity provides. All funds raised will go to fulfil wishes for children in Queensland.
We hope to launch the website very shortly (www.mycause.com.au) and this will facilitate on-line donation with individual and team donations profiled on the site. A link from this website will provide easy access to the site.
The starting point will be Caboolture airfield, north of Brisbane, on Monday, 7 September, 2009. We also propose to register the flight as part of the Q150 celebrations.
2009 Young Manager of the Year for Leadership & Management Excellence
During the Future Leaders Forum held in early May, the winner of the LGMA 2009 Young Manager of the YearAward for Leadership and Management Excellence was announced. This Award recognises leadership and management excellence by a Queensland local government employee who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment in the sector and whose performance is worthy of special recognition. The recipient receive funding for a personal and professional development activity of their choice to the value of $2,000.
This year, we were very pleased to receive a record number of nominations which shows that there are many innovative and skilled young leaders in local government. Our winner's nomination was supported with references from both the CEO and Mayor and, on behalf of the LGMA Board, we congratulate Leanne Rogers from Flinders Shire Council.
Leanne is a young person who has shown great initiative and commitment to local government in this State and we know that she is in for a long and successful local govenrment career. On behalf of the LGMA Board, congratulations Leanne!
LOCAL GOVERNMENT EVENTS
LGMA CEO Forum
20 July 2009 (Urban Hotel, Brisbane)
The second of this year’s CEO Forums will be held at the Urban Hotel Brisbane on Monday, 20 July 2009.
We have invited the Minister for Local Government and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Island Partnerships to discuss the 3 critical issues that Local Government will need to focus on in the upcoming 1-2 years and Peta Irvine, LGMA’s CEO will discuss the new Local Government Act and the changes that will affect you.
From requests made by the membership, the afternoon session will look at employee engagement and how we can maintain staff motivation and productivity in the face of yet another round of change. LGMA has sought out an expert keynote speaker, Ian Hutchinson, who will identify the best low cost ways of motivating your people; understand the seven employee engagement drivers; how to proactively and effectively lead employees to be more resilient; and how to develop an employee engagement action plan.
The invitation is open to CEOs and Deputy CEOs and included in the cost of registration is attendance at a dinner that evening to promote networking amongst your colleagues.
As with all LGMA events, the CEO Forum will provide an opportunity for likeminded CEOs to network, brainstorm ideas and learn from each other’s valuable experiences. The Forum is highly recommended for ALL CEOs, with the focus geared towards issues affecting all local governments across the state.
To download the program and registration form, please click here.
LGMA North Queensland Branch Annual Conference
23-24 July 2009 (Bowen)
The program for this year’s North Queensland Branch Annual Conference has been distributed and it is great to see such interest in the event.
The conference will be held in beautiful Bowen and the program differs from your usual conference program slightly and will focus on discussing issues relevant to the area and defining some solid results and/or direction. Performance management will be workshopped both at an individual level and a corporate level and examples of best practice in the region will also be showcased.
We hope to see you there and use this opportunity to participate in our new format and also to utilise the networking opportunities on offer.
To download the program and registration form, please click here.
LGMA Darling Downs & South West Queensland Branch Annual Conference
13-14 August 2009 (Dalby)
The program for this Branch conference has also been distributed and with a solid program of great speakers and topics, we are looking forward to a full house at this event as well.
The conference will be held in Dalby and we hope that all will be able to attend this year’s event after the success and enjoyment of last year’s conference in Stanthorpe.
To download the program and registration form, please click here.
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