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EDITION 41 JAN-MAR 15 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CONTENTS EDITOR Ron Dent EDITORIAL, PRODUCTION AND COVER: HAPPY NEW YEAR from Today. Make sure your community engagement doesn’t end up as fireworks ADVERTISING MANAGER Sally Woolford ©iStockphoto.com @Norasit Kaewsai DESIGN EnvyUs Design, Suzanne Green EDITORIAL & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Faceworks Marketing Solutions PRINTER Finsbury Green This edition saved 1504kgs of greenhouse (CO2) 06 12 emissions compared to a non-green printer PUBLISHER (COPYRIGHT) Copyright for published articles (including digital) resides with Public Administration Today and its publisher, IPAA ACT Division, Executive Director Tamara Cutcliffe. After publication, authors may reproduce their articles in other forms with appropriate acknowledgement. STATE EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS ACT & COMMONWEALTH Amanda Anderson, [email protected] NATIONAL Jo Rose, [email protected] NSW Megan Scardilli [email protected] NT Kevin Thomas, [email protected] Dawna Turner, [email protected] QLD Christine Flynn, [email protected] Ray Lane, [email protected] SA Tony Lawson, [email protected] Renae Haese, [email protected] TAS Rebecca Moles, [email protected] NOTES FROM THE EDGE GEEK ENGAGEMENT Summa McIntyre, [email protected] 03 30 So, are we engaged? 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