Neighbourhood That Works Google Group

New Village Setup

2009-12-04T03:15:45Z

Hi Chris, I have now published the new setup in a way that is
consistent with what we discussed at my house. If you go to the NTW
homepage there is a link to Village that takes you to the open page we
are advertising on the noticeboard. I haven't put the old face to face
Co-operator links on this open page because they all exclusively refer

FW: PUBLIC HOUSING BUYERS - [NATIONAL NEWS 9631 - 2009, 30 NOVEMBER]

2009-11-29T23:51:09Z

Surely this is worth a response?
Chris
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PUBLIC HOUSING BUYERS
Thursday, 27 November, 2009
By Jeff Corbett
The Herald

Even when mortgage repayments are making us poor, buying a home is a mark of wealth. While we're plodding under the burden of repayments we keep going because we know we're buying financial and social independence, we know that the eventual upside is vastly more than the current downside. Unfortunately many people don't have this opportunity, and a great many of these people are public housing tenants. Worse, the negatives of public housing are likely to reduce the prospects of children, so public housing may become self perpetuating.

FW: KEYNOTE ADDRESS: NATIONAL HOUSING CONFERENCE - [NATIONAL NOTIFY 2037 - 2009, 30 NOVEMBER]

2009-11-29T23:49:29Z

I'm forwading this to NTW because it mentions another discussion paper (in Feb) that I think we should probably get into. (just search 'discussion paper')
Chris

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Survey

2009-11-20T00:37:51Z

Hi Chris,
You can probably tell I didn't sleep very well last night....one more
thought. What about adding an online survey to draw people into the
space and help to find common topics of interest. We could use the 3
question structure of that video you found with a survey monkey linked
from Talking Point. What were those questions again?

Get organised

2009-11-20T00:33:16Z

Hi Chris,
This part of the project seems to be a project in itself. While the
way we have it set up will allow people to begin a topic and for those
topics to be listed well and for then to develop the description and
the basic jobs with others and then to develop them by using the
suggestions in the priority post, the space of course does not do

Poster

2009-11-20T00:26:08Z

Hi Chris,
I was thinking that we need to develop a generic black and white A6
(1/4 of A4) Flyer that provides a pitch for the space and some of the
things that can be organised in it with a blank for a few local
topical events that can be filled in by any street. Peopl could use
this flyer to letter box drop or as a poster or as just a face to face

Name for online space

2009-11-20T00:16:47Z

Hi Chris,
We don't have something to call this online space. I was thinking last
night about this and I thought of calling the whole thing the
Co-operator but then another thought came to me. It might seem a
little stange at first but what about calling the whole thing simply
'VILLAGE'. It is a nicer word than the Co-operator and has the right

Resources List

2009-11-20T00:05:07Z

Hi Chris,
We also need a place for a resource list. So that resources like
Freecycle and the hall at the Neighbourhood centre and the computers
at the library and the toy library can be advertised. This could be a
priority post in the events page because they would largely be
stagnant services that could just remain there.

FW: Sceptics and Believers

2009-11-18T05:52:29Z

Hi Alex,
Just thought I'd do something on this issue since it is going down the gurgler in parliament this and next week. See attached
Chris

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Update on recent NTW

2009-11-17T03:01:24Z

Hi Peta,
This update is about what NTW has been up to during your 4 week holiday absence.
Chris

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FW: WHY HOUSING IS UNAFFORDABLE - [NATIONAL NEWS 9589 - 2009, 17 NOVEMBER]

2009-11-17T00:24:06Z

In order to address the ownership model we might need to spend more time debating this view. Over a decade ago when I looked into the land tax idea I realised that Henry George did NOT rest on land tax, but saw it as a partial response to a problem that was rooted in a deep injustice. This summary below is timely.

re - Talking Point

2009-11-17T00:08:02Z

Hi Alex,
We need a description at
[link]
- currently it says dddd.

Perhaps -
Click on any message below for details - you can add your thoughts by clicking "reply". Start a new topic by clicking on "+new post"

I think this is also better wording than what we have at [link]

Setup Instructions

2009-11-16T02:58:02Z

I haven't yet re-written the set up instructions for a new street/area
who may want to set up a forum like Hope St. I guess I'm just waiting
for the dust to settle so I don't have to do it over again.
Alex

FW: NSW: BOLD NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVE - [NATIONAL NEWS 9580 - 2009, 16 NOVEMBER]

2009-11-16T02:32:51Z

More news
Chris

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BOLD NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVE
Monday, 16 November, 2009
StreetCorner

Minister for Housing David Borger and Member for Mount Druitt Richard Amery today announced a bold new initiative to help low income families access the dream of home ownership.

IMPROVING THE ORGANISATON PROCESS

2009-11-16T02:25:04Z

Hi Chris,
I Have made all the changes you suggested to the welcome and the
priority post in the gg getting organised forum page. I have brought
the discussion back to NTW's gg because I think it is better to do it
here as the record is kept on NTW's TP and doesn't interfer with the
Hope St forum where it will need to be deleted..