Glebe Society Bulletin ISSN 1836-599X No.7 of 2014 (September 2014) ANGRY and FRUSTRATED! Packed Community Meeting ‘eats to UranGrowth NSWs Bays Precinct Urban ‘enewal Project Lesley Lynch reports: The community meeting There was unanimity on all the main points set out held in Glebe Town Hall on 4 Aug to defend the in the tabled resolutions and they were endorsed – public interest in the Bays Precinct Urban Renewal with amendments to add some new dimensions. Project announced by Premier Baird and Some very smart suggestions surfaced. One UrbanGrowth NSW was a stunner. We expected suggestion was to contact as many of the experts about 40 people but over 200 rolled up, leaving invited to the ‘Expert Summit’ as possible and standing room only in the main hall. Residents ensure they are briefed beforehand on the from all areas of the Bays Precincts communities community views and concerns about community were well represented. A preliminary statement and participation and the protection of the public four resolutions were distributed for consideration interest in these publicly owned bays and of the meeting. foreshores.. See the Glebe Society website for further details: http://www.glebesociety.org.au/wordpress/?p=10071. The meeting was also well attended by our local political representatives and candidates. Clover Moore sent apologies but nominated the Deputy Lord Mayor Robyn Kemmis as her representative and councillors Mant, Green, Scott and Doutney also attended. The Mayor of Leichhardt, Darcy Byrne, apologised as he was away, but nominated the Deputy Mayor Linda Kelly as his representative and councillors Breen, Porteous and Stamolis were also present. Local MPs Jamie Parker and Alex Greenwich were present as was ALP candidate Over 200 people attended a community meeting on 4 Aug to Verity Firth. defend the public interest in the Bays Precinct Urban Renewal Project (image: Glebe Art Show twitter account) The meeting was chaired by Genia McCaffery former mayor of North Sydney and President of the Other ideas from the floor stressed the obvious Australian Local Government Association. The importance of a vigorous social media element to organisers of the meeting (Lesley Lynch, John the campaign, the unsuitability of the developer, Brooks, Jane Marceau and Carolyn Allen) business-dominated UrbanGrowth Board, the need explained the context and their reasons for calling for all our elected representative to be active on our the meeting and introduced the four resolutions for behalf in this campaign, for the Indigenous Gadigal which they were seeking community endorsement. people’s connection to the bays to be recognised in Discussion was lively and the community’s mood the principles and for Aboriginal communities to be pretty clear – disappointment, anger, frustration, represented at the summits. determination. At the close of the meeting Lesley Lynch said that A host of constructive ideas and some debate about she had taken as many notes as possible – as had tactics emerged both through formal resolutions other organisers – and that almost everything and suggestions. proposed was consistent with the tabled resolutions, and would strengthen them. She undertook to pick September 2014 1 up all suggestions and include them in the Proposed changes to business voting resolutions where appropriate and/or pick them up in the ongoing campaign. The meeting agreed with in the City of Sydney this. John Gray, Glebe Society President, wrote to the I want to thank the Glebe Society for their support NSW Premier on 18 Aug about the changes in getting this meeting to happen by finding a proposed by the Shooters and Fishers Party to location and publicising the meeting; and to the voting arrangements in City of Sydney elections. City of Sydney Council for providing the Town Below is an extract from John’s letter: Hall and equipment for the meeting at a discounted rate. Premier, the Bill to alter voting arrangements in the City of Sydney Is your community group able to is in direct contravention of the help? Government’s commitment to restore We have a small organising group which needs to value to community consultation. It privileges be expanded quickly. In line with resolutions 2 and business interests over community interests and 4 from the meeting (see website), we invite all is in effect a gerrymander that devalues ... I ask you to attend closely to community organisations (excluding developer residents’ votes proceedings in the Independent Commission organisations) within the Bays Precinct to join the against Corruption. As you do so, you will be organising group to help with the formation of a struck by the potential for corruption and poor Sydney wide people’s coalition and the people’s governance this Bill will unleash. I urge you to summit and to generally carry the campaign ensure that your coalition does not support this forward. Bill but affirms that proper community Contact any of the organisers: representation is the bedrock of our democracy. Lesley: [email protected]; John: [email protected]; Jane: [email protected]; Read the full letter at: Carolyn: [email protected]; http://www.glebesociety.org.au/wordpress/?p=10053 Lesley Lynch Convenor, Bays and Foreshores Welcome to Twitter – a how-to guide The Glebe Society is now on Twitter! So what does restricts the length of messages to 140 characters. this mean for members and how can members use This places big restrictions on what it can be Twitter? Hopefully the following article will clear practically used for and makes users construct some of the confusion surrounding twitter and short, concise messages. If a user wants to send a allow members to start tweeting. message longer than 140 characters, then it is probably best they use something other than Twitter. Twitter messages, known as ‘Tweets’, are able to be read by any other Twitter user. If a user only wants to read Twitter messages then there is no need to register as a user. All you need to do to read Tweets is type twitter.com into your web browser and the Twitter page will be displayed. If you do want to send messages (‘Tweet’), then you will need to become a registered user. Note that it does not cost anything to become a registered user, you simply go to twitter.com and fill in the details. Twitter is a social network allowing users to Once registered, a user is then able to post Tweets. express their views and communicate with others A registered user is also able to follow other rapidly and with a minimum of formality. Twitter Twitter users allowing them to be informed of what 2 Glebe Society Bulletin the other users are Tweeting. Registered users can Most web links (or URLs as they are more formally also be followed by other users. By following other known) within Tweets are too long however, as users with interests similar to your own, you are they take up too many of the 140 available able to more easily stay in touch with what others characters. For this reason, Twitter users tend to are tweeting. There is no real limit to the number of use what are known as micro URLs. A micro URL users you can follow or have following you. is simply a compressed or shortened form of a Sent Tweets (posted Tweets) show up in the user’s URL. To generate a micro URL, simply type the Timeline. Users are able to review their own or full URL into one of the many available micro anyone else's Timeline allowing them to see what URL generators available on the web (search for they have Tweeted in the past. To see another micro URL). For example, typing the URL for the user’s timeline, all you need is the other user’s Glebe Society’s news page, username; known in the ‘Twitter-sphere’ as the http://www.glebesociety.org.au/wordpress/?page_i user’s ‘handle’. Usernames or handles are in the d=7989 into the micro URL generator called form of @username, for example the Glebe TinyURL.com returns http://tinyurl.com/otyeomw Society’s handle is @glebesociety. Try searching (26 characters), which is much shorter than the full on @glebesociety to view the society’s timeline. link. An example of a Tweet to publicising a Glebe Society news item could read: A Twitter user is also able reply to and re-tweet other users’ tweets. Replies can be public or direct ‘The Glebe Society has reported on its recent private messages (Direct Messaging). If unwanted events night, see http://tinyurl.com/otyeomw' messages (spam) are being received from an If you have any questions regarding Twitter simply annoying user then messages from that user can be send an email to [email protected]. blocked. Scott Calvert Tweets may have hash tags inserted in them to help Chief Tweeter other users search for tweets on particular topics. Hash tags are denoted by the # symbol followed by A summary of the society’s Twitter details are: a word or string of characters; for example, #Sydney or #glebesociety. Users searching for . Email: [email protected] Tweets on a particular topic can search for Tweets . Twitter website: twitter.com containing the hash tag. For example, inserting the . Micro URL generator: TinyURL.com hash tag #glebesoc into Glebe Society tweets . 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