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LGMA VILLAGES

Each Village has been set up for a special interest group within Local Government to provide a valuable forum for professionals to share information and knowledge, provide professional development opportunities, establish best practice standards across the sector and identify opportunities for expert input.

Each Village link contains the goals and objectives of the Village, a library containing interesting articles, references and templates, a section for News and Upcoming Events and an open forum for members to ask questions of the group and share information directly.

Each Village will have at least one networking event each year and can meet as regularly as required to discuss issues and share recent information and developments across the sector.

All Members of LGMA are welcome to join a Village for FREE as one of the many benefits of LGMA Queensland Membership. But for security, Members will be issued with a login and password. When you have joined a Village, your name, position, council and email will be included on the Village to enable ease of communication.

For those people who are currently not a Member of LGMA, you are also entitled to join a Village at no cost. The only requirement is that you are currently employed with a Queensland local government. Please complete the attached form and return to LGMA Queensland.

To download further information on the LGMA Villages and the benefits of membership, please click here.

Please download a Village Membership Application Form here.

Introducing the Villages ....

Women in Local Government
This Village provides a forum for women working in local government to share experiences, network with other women and undertake professional development in a supported and collegiate environment.

Planning and Performance Village
This Village was initiated by officers working in the internal planning areas of Council. Members of this Village are generally repsonsible for the internal planning processes of Council (including the new Community Planning process) and activities associated with performance reporting against those plans. The Village meets to discuss issues and ideas and also provides advice to LGMA Queensland on performance management and reporting.

Libraries Village
Membership of this Village is predominatly officers from libraries. The Village meets to consider best practice in library management with members presenting their own experiences as well as sourcing expert presenters from outseide local government. The Libraries Village also participates in benchmarking surveys, shares experiences and templates and distributes articles of interest.

Human Resources Village
Membership of this Village is predominantly officers working within the Human Resource areas of Council. The Village meets to discuss and debate current trends in HR management, generate new ideas as well as providing networking and knowledge sharing opportunities. This Village also shares a range of tools and templates and provides advice to LGMA Queensland on the human resource impacts of different policies and proposals being considered at a local, state and federal level.

Corporate Services Village
This Village was initiated by officers working in areas generally known as corporate services. This Village has the broadest membership and covers many different roles of Council. The members of this Village felt a need to network with other people doing similiar roles and to discuss corporate structures, division of work within Council, governance and risk management just to name a few areas.

Customer Service Village
Membership of this Village is predominatly officers working in customer service roles or managing customer service staff. The Village seeks to identify and discuss best practice customer service and investigate technological tools to enhance service provision. The Village also participates in benchmarking surveys, shares experiences and templates and distributes articles of interest.

Office Professionals Village
This Village was developed to support and assist those officers that are currently working in a support role within any area of local government. Members of this Village may include, but are not limited to, Departmental Administration Officers and Executive Assistants. With an aim of fostering collaboration, this Village shares a range of tools and templates as well as knowledge, experiences and networks on a regular basis to ensure continued education across the sector.

Procurement Village
Members of the Procurement Village are predominately officers holding procurement or purchasing roles within local government. The objective of this Village is to provide an opportunity for the group to network, discuss emerging procurement and contract management trends as well as provide a forum for information exchange and professional development. The Procurement Village also participates in benchmarking surveys, shares experiences and templates and distributes articles of interest.

Governance Village
This Village provides a network for those working in the area of governance and aims to support, promote and develop local government practitioners and professionals whilst positively contributing to governance practice within the industry. Members of this Village seek to identify and discuss current governance issues including access to information, codes of conduct and legislative changes as well as providing networking and knowledge sharing opportunities. The Governance Village will also provide further advice and assistance to the LGMA Queensland Board when appropriate.

Information Technology Village
This Village was developed with an aim of fostering a co-ordinated approach to information technology across Queensland local government. Members of this Village are involved in the development and maintenance of systems and information technology within Councils including online communications as well as customer interfacing systems such as VOIP. The Information Technology Village shares tools and templates as well as experiences and learning's whilst networking with others who hold a similar role and responsibility.

Propeller Programme Alumni
This Village is open to those local government officers that are a past participant of the LGMA Queensland Propeller Programme. Through this Village, past Propellerheads will be able to maintain contact with each other, reflect on their journey and provide advice to LGMA Queensland taking into account their broad range of areas of interest.