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				<title>Situs DominoQQ Online</title>
				<link>http://lgam.wikidot.com/forum/t-14362988/situs-dominoqq-online</link>
				<description>Kali ini kami akan meriwiew situs dominoqq dan agen bandarq online dengan rating terbaik dan tanpa admin dan robot di dalam permainannya. Saat ini berbagai situs judiqq online sangat gampang kita temukan di media yang terhubung ke internet atau sosial media, bermacam agen judiqq online bisa kita temukan disana juga.</description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2021 04:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Bandarbola365</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>7788026</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <h1><span>Selamat Datang di Rekomendasi Situs DominoQQ dan Agen BandarQ Online Tanpa Admin Dan Robot</span></h1> <p>Kali ini kami akan meriwiew situs dominoqq dan agen bandarq online dengan rating terbaik dan tanpa admin dan robot di dalam permainannya. Saat ini berbagai situs judiqq online sangat gampang kita temukan di media yang terhubung ke internet atau sosial media, bermacam agen judiqq online bisa kita temukan disana juga. Akan tetapi banyak juga situs-situs dominoqq online abal-abal yang berbodong-bondong mencari mangsa, dengan berbagai cara supaya para pemain mau bergabung di situs tersebut.<br /> Berbagai promo dan bonus yang tidak masuk akal di tawarkan agar para pemain mau bergabung di situs mereka, dan itu berdampak para pemain akan merasa dirugikan disaat berada di dalam permainan.</p> <h2><span>Tips Memilih Situs DominoQQ dan Agen BandarQ Terbaik</span></h2> <ul> <li>Jangan tergiur dengan promo atau bonus yang tidak masuk di akal</li> </ul> <p>Dengan membuat bonus dan promo yang tidak masuk diakal, ini akan membuat target kemenangan anda semakin kecil</p> <ul> <li>Deposit Murah atau Pulsa Tanpa Potongan</li> </ul> <p>Untuk deposit murah dan pulsa tanpa potongan tentunya semua pemain akan merasa tergiur, tapi harus benar kita pahami itu merupakan sebuah jebakan yang akan membuat<br /> anda merasa kesulitan ketika ingin melakukan withdraw. Setiap deposit atau pulsa deposit tanpa potongan pasti juga memiliki target yang harus dicapai, tidak semudah itu untuk<br /> mencapai target tersebut.</p> <ul> <li>Profile Situs</li> </ul> <p>Ikuti sosial media situs tersebut dan cari tau berpa lama website tersebut telah berdiri, situs judi online yang telah lama berdiri merupakan sebua website yang sangat dipercaya<br /> yang pastinya telah memiliki member lama yang sudah sangat banyak dan sudah pastinya sangat di percaya.</p> <ul> <li>Kenali Permainan Tanpa Robot dan Admin</li> </ul> <p>Sebuah permainan pasti ada menang dan ad juga yang kalah itulah disebut permainan, dengan memantau jumlah kemenangan yang biasanya di bagikan atau di perlihatkan situs<br /> tersebut itu salah satu bukti bhawasan situs tersebut aman dari robot dan admin.</p> <p>Kali ini kami akan rekomendasikan 8 situs dominoqq dan agen bandarq tanpa robot untuk anda :</p> <ol> <li>ELANGQQ</li> <li>BANDARQQ</li> <li>CLOVERQQ</li> <li>INCARQQ</li> <li>JUDI13</li> <li>HONGKONGQQ</li> <li>SURYAQQ</li> <li>SURYAQQ</li> </ol> 
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				<title>Situs DominoQQ Online</title>
				<link>http://lgam.wikidot.com/forum/t-14362974/situs-dominoqq-online</link>
				<description>Kali ini kami akan meriwiew situs dominoqq dan agen bandarq online dengan rating terbaik dan tanpa admin dan robot di dalam permainannya. Saat ini berbagai situs judiqq online sangat gampang kita temukan di media yang terhubung ke internet atau sosial media, bermacam agen judiqq online bisa kita temukan disana juga.</description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2021 04:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Bandarbola365</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>7788026</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <h1><span>Selamat Datang di Rekomendasi Situs DominoQQ dan Agen BandarQ Online Tanpa Admin Dan Robot</span></h1> <p>Kali ini kami akan meriwiew situs dominoqq dan agen bandarq online dengan rating terbaik dan tanpa admin dan robot di dalam permainannya. Saat ini berbagai situs judiqq online sangat gampang kita temukan di media yang terhubung ke internet atau sosial media, bermacam agen judiqq online bisa kita temukan disana juga. Akan tetapi banyak juga situs-situs dominoqq online abal-abal yang berbodong-bondong mencari mangsa, dengan berbagai cara supaya para pemain mau bergabung di situs tersebut.<br /> Berbagai promo dan bonus yang tidak masuk akal di tawarkan agar para pemain mau bergabung di situs mereka, dan itu berdampak para pemain akan merasa dirugikan disaat berada di dalam permainan.</p> <h2><span>Tips Memilih Situs DominoQQ dan Agen BandarQ Terbaik</span></h2> <ul> <li>Jangan tergiur dengan promo atau bonus yang tidak masuk di akal</li> </ul> <p>Dengan membuat bonus dan promo yang tidak masuk diakal, ini akan membuat target kemenangan anda semakin kecil</p> <ul> <li>Deposit Murah atau Pulsa Tanpa Potongan</li> </ul> <p>Untuk deposit murah dan pulsa tanpa potongan tentunya semua pemain akan merasa tergiur, tapi harus benar kita pahami itu merupakan sebuah jebakan yang akan membuat<br /> anda merasa kesulitan ketika ingin melakukan withdraw. Setiap deposit atau pulsa deposit tanpa potongan pasti juga memiliki target yang harus dicapai, tidak semudah itu untuk<br /> mencapai target tersebut.</p> <ul> <li>Profile Situs</li> </ul> <p>Ikuti sosial media situs tersebut dan cari tau berpa lama website tersebut telah berdiri, situs judi online yang telah lama berdiri merupakan sebua website yang sangat dipercaya<br /> yang pastinya telah memiliki member lama yang sudah sangat banyak dan sudah pastinya sangat di percaya.</p> <ul> <li>Kenali Permainan Tanpa Robot dan Admin</li> </ul> <p>Sebuah permainan pasti ada menang dan ad juga yang kalah itulah disebut permainan, dengan memantau jumlah kemenangan yang biasanya di bagikan atau di perlihatkan situs<br /> tersebut itu salah satu bukti bhawasan situs tersebut aman dari robot dan admin.</p> 
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				<title>Asset Hierarchy</title>
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				<description>Crating asset hierarchy consists of drilling equipment eg. machinery, rig, engine, tool string etc.</description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 11:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Patur</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>6634816</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Hello everyone<br /> I would like to ask you if you have any information or experiences<br /> creating asset hierarchy for drilling equipment. the expected output is to establish<br /> the asset hierarchy such as<br /> - asset categorisation (main equipment, sub equipment etc)<br /> - have clear definition which are asset and sparepar/consumables<br /> - finding good criteria of asset classification such as maintainability, material, durability etc.</p> <p>I hope, anyone could help me give some advise to complete my first assignment.</p> <p>thank you and regards,<br /> patur</p> 
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				<title>Budgeting Tools</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2019 23:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Graeme Towers</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>5364108</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Looking for advice regarding budgeting tools. We have Civica Authority and the budget module but do not currently use it. Does anyone have experience of using the Authority budgeting tool and, if so, how did you find it? Are there any tips or advice for using it? Are there other, better, budgeting tools that can be integrated with Authority? What is the general experience and what budgeting tools do you use?</p> <p>Any information would be gratefully received.</p> <p>Thanks, Graeme</p> 
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				<title>Cyber Security Relatd Information</title>
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				<description>How do the cyber crimes happens 7 now a days we happen to see more news related to cybercrimes &amp; hacking</description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 05:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Isabel Jason</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>3346590</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Can some on e guide to do the best course in cybersecurity. As w ehave 'N' no of courses and to save my time &amp; hassle free i woul opt for online training if there is any infor related can be useful for me&#8230;pls let me know.</p> 
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				<title>Induction and Training</title>
				<link>http://lgam.wikidot.com/forum/t-1754881/induction-and-training</link>
				<description>Turning the Induction for new starters into an online module.</description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2016 02:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Jenny T Jones</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>2786044</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>We are planning on improving our Induction process for all new starters within our local Shire, and want to look at producing an online Induction on record keeping and records services. Does anyone else already have something similar?</p> 
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				<title>Pathway V3.10 - Request Type tree structure</title>
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				<description>Need to know how feasible it is to drastically overhaul the Request Type tree structure at Customer Services &gt; Request Entry</description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2016 03:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>Hi all</p> <p>I'm a BA working on contract at a local council.</p> <p>The council is about to upgrade to 3.10 and at this time are taking a re-think about how the customer services RFS entry process is managed.</p> <p>The product was probably not implemented that well originally and as time has gone on RFS codes have been added willy-nilly to satisfy short term needs and there's a feeling the RFS system has become over-engineered and used in a way other than it should.</p> <p>For example: In classifying an RFS they are now using a paper copy 'Bible' of RFS codes (e.g. 'ADD - One additional recycling bin purchased'; ADD2 - Two additional recycling bins purchased etc - there's hundreds of them!) and placing these in the 'References' table/ field as they enter RFSs. This field is not designed to hold this type of data, the CSRs have to wade through pages and pages of codes and possibly choose the wrong one and the reporting is screwed.</p> <p>So - they're looking at a serious overhaul of how they classify/ enter RFSs up front in the 3 tier 'decision tree' panel as summarised above.</p> <p>This will involve pretty much scrapping the naming conventions they have now in favour of a better set which will also negate the need to place codes in the 'References' field.</p> <p>My question is this - how feasible is this to do? I have no knowledge (yet) of the underlying table structure but I do have a support analyst to assist and a very gung-ho customer who wants all this done tomorrow.</p> <p>Any opinions or further questions welcomed.</p> <p>Cheers</p> 
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				<title>An Innovative Approach to Litter Reduction</title>
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				<description>Over recent years Brisbane City Council has managed to reduce the incidence of littering in Brisbane&#039;s CBD by almost 50%. Now Brisbane is recognised as one of the world&#039;s cleanest cities. How did they do it?</description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2016 07:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Steve Jarron</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>2533732</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Brisbane City Council has made incredible inroads in reducing the amount of litter discarded in Brisbane's CBD by almost 50%. However to achieve this spectacular result they have had to take an innovative approach to the problem of litter generally.</p> <p>Recent research by Australian's Rob Curnow and Karen Spehr (as quoted in their book 'Litter-ology' published in 2015) has highlighted the fact that people generally tend to litter more in public places that already look 'dirty'. Conversely, these same people are far less likely to discard their litter in places that are clean and well maintained. This 'clean equals clean' observation regarding littering habits is something that Brisbane City Council have obviously cottoned onto in their approach to reducing litter in their CBD areas.</p> <p>Irresponsibly discarded chewing gum in public places is not seen as a major problem by the vast majority of Australian councils. Despite growing recognition of gum as a serious issue in overseas countries (such as Britain), gum does not feature in the Australian National Litter Index and consequently this unsightly and unhygienic blight on our national landscape is completely ignored by most local governments. As a result, many of our most important business precincts, public areas and tourism destinations have the type of 'dirty' appearance that attracts rather than discourages poor littering behaviour at significant cost to both our image and our communities.</p> <p>Brisbane City was the first council in Australia to recognise this problem and its costs. However it also realised that conventional methods of gum removal are largely inadequate, costly, noisy and very wasteful in terms of water usage, etc. Consequently in 2007 the Council moved to commission the development of a completely new, purpose-built Gum Removal Vehicle. (The GRV is currently marketed by SAVi City Cleaning.) It also took action to incorporate chewing gum into its regular litter counts.</p> <p>Since 2009, through the combined action of removing gum (using the high-tech Gum Removal Vehicle) to create cleaner public places and the inclusion of gum in litter counts, Brisbane City now boasts a reputation as one of the cleanest cities in the world.</p> <p>It about time we all realised that unless we tackle the issue of discarded gum in our business precincts, walkways and other public places, littering will remain a major ongoing cost for us all.</p> 
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				<title>Robots, Artificial Intelligence and Local Government</title>
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				<description>Robots and and Artificial Intelligence are going to be better than humans at doing most things  in the very near future.  This is going to effect Local Government as much as it effects everything else, and is something we should be seriously thinking about.</description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2015 00:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Here is a nice article about how robots and artificial intelligence will erase jobs in nearly every industry. Read it and rejoice. Surely the elimination of drudgery is a good thing?</p> <p><a href="http://singularityhub.com/2015/07/07/its-no-myth-robots-and-artificial-intelligence-will-erase-jobs-in-nearly-every-industry/">http://singularityhub.com/2015/07/07/its-no-myth-robots-and-artificial-intelligence-will-erase-jobs-in-nearly-every-industry/</a></p> 
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				<title>Undefined terms</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2014 01:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>One of my pet peeves is Councils being asked to do things and fill out surveys, forms and questionnaires that contain undefined terms.</p> <p>I think it would make everyone's life much easier if anyone putting together a survey, form, questionnaire, policy, plan or strategy did a quick google search for the terms they intend to use to see if there is a clear consensus on what the term means.</p> <p>If there is no clear consensus on the meaning of the term it should be either removed from the document or a definition of the term should be provided.</p> 
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				<title>5000 Pages</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 09:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Just ticked over the 5000 page mark today. Quite a few of the 5000 are minor pages, and redirects, but it adds up to quite a lot of useful content all the same.</p> 
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				<title>October 2013 Site Update</title>
				<link>http://lgam.wikidot.com/forum/t-717588/october-2013-site-update</link>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2013 22:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Quite a few milestones this month, with the number one milestone being the site's 5th birthday on October 13.</p> <p>We also just cracked the 20,000 site visitors per month barrier this month, and we are up to 923,000 page views since the site was created.</p> <a href="http://www.lgam.info/local--files/site-statistics/Site-Visits-to-October-2013.png"><img src="http://www.lgam.info/local--files/site-statistics/Site-Visits-to-October-2013.png" alt="Site-Visits-to-October-2013.png" class="image" /></a> <p>There are now 762 site members and 161 content contributors.</p> 
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				<title>LGAM 5th Birthday</title>
				<link>http://lgam.wikidot.com/forum/t-706913/lgam-5th-birthday</link>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2013 23:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>It is hard to believe, but the Local Government &amp; Municipal Knowledge Base will be 5 years old on Sunday the 13th of October.</p> <p>In 5 years the site has notched up over 750 members and 900,000 page views and as an added bonus it does very well in Google Search rankings, with many pages being the No.1 result for searches.</p> <p>By many measures the site is doing much better than I imagined it might when I set it up, but one thing I don't think the site has managed to do so far is to convince the management of many Councils of the value of wikis as internal and external collaboration tools.</p> <p>I passionately believe that Councils need to become more collaborative, and that the use of wikis is a very good way to both encourage collaboration and organise corporate knowledge.</p> <p>I am going to make it my personal goal to trying and convince many more Councils of the value of wikis and collaboration over the next 5 years, and I hope what I have done with the site so far, is only the start of something much bigger.</p> 
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				<title>Asset Management Vision</title>
				<link>http://lgam.wikidot.com/forum/t-570910/asset-management-vision</link>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 04:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Hi all, I am very interested to hear about your vision for Asset Management at your organisation.</p> <p>My vision is pretty simple - I can sum it up in a couple of points:</p> <p>1. I want to make all asset and asset related information available to everyone within our organisation via an encyclopedic interface.</p> <p>2. I want to develop a culture where all where all asset management related knowledge is freely, openly and enthusiastically exchanged with other Councils in order to reduce duplication of effort within our Council and across the Local Government sector as a whole.</p> <p>With regard to point (1) I'd like to add that I think that documents with rigid structures are very limiting - and the the way of the future is to store information in a modular way, and to aggregate it back up to suit a need or satisfy an external requirement. For example it should be possible to generate a live graph in HTML format with a unique URL showing the condition profile of your road network using your asset management system. This graph could be simulataneously embedded in your <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/asset-management-plan">Asset Management Plan</a>, your <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/road-management-plan">Road Management Plan</a>, and on your <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/council-encyclopedia">Council Encyclopedia</a> page about Road Condition.</p> <p>A person interested in road condition would search the Council Encyclopedia, but at the same time the AMP and RMP would be automatically updated. (It may be necessary to create PDF snapshots of some documents for various purposes, but on the whole I believe live documents are much more useful.)</p> <p>Anyway that's my vision. What's yours?</p> 
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				<title>City of Ryde - Sustainable Asset Management Video</title>
				<link>http://lgam.wikidot.com/forum/t-564419/city-of-ryde-sustainable-asset-management-video</link>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Here is an excellent video put together by Terry Dodds of City Council about the need for sustainably managing assets.</p> <p><iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iR_BJKAo0dA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> 
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				<title>BCS Upgrade - What tool/software to go with?</title>
				<link>http://lgam.wikidot.com/forum/t-521275/bcs-upgrade-what-tool-software-to-go-with</link>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Carl Duncan</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>1398824</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 01:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 14:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>I originally set up this site for number of reasons. One of them was because I thought wikis were a fantastic tool for capturing &amp; storing information, and I wanted to show staff at other Councils an example of what they could do. I really think that most Councils would benefit from setting up a wiki-based <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/council-encyclopedia">Council Encyclopedia</a>, and I am going to make it a pet project of mine to try and convince as many Councils as I can to do so over the next few years.</p> <p>I am starting off by creating a <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/how-to-build-a-council-encyclopedia">presentation</a> explaining the benefits of building a Council Encyclopedia, and I am also going to do my best to write a <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/council-encyclopedia-business-case">Council Encyclopedia Business Case</a>.</p> <p>I am also pretty keen to try and find a few other people who think this is a good idea, and will help spread the word.</p> <p>If you would like to help out please let me know.</p> 
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				<title>Is Asset Management a Zero Sum Game?</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/gravel-footpath-photo-no-1"><img src="http://lgam.wikidot.com/local--files/wayne-eddy-s-photos-2/Gravel-Footpath.jpg" height="300px" alt="Gravel-Footpath.jpg" class="image" /></a> <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/overgrown-footpath-photo-no-1"><img src="http://lgam.wikidot.com/local--files/wayne-eddy-s-photos-2/Overgrown-Cracked-Path1.jpg" height="300px" alt="Overgrown-Cracked-Path1.jpg" class="image" /></a> <p>Both of the above photos were taken in McDonalds Road, Epping. The badly cracked concrete footpath shown in the photo on the right is located just beyond the end of the gravel footpath shown the other photo.</p> <p>As a pedestrian I personally find the cracks in the footpath to be far less annoying than the overhanging grass, or the mud and puddles I have to dodge in the gravel section of the path after a bit of wet weather.</p> <p>At the other end of the gravel footpath there is a section of newer footpath in really good condition. I wonder if it has been constructed to a higher standard because of the obvious defects in the older footpath, or history is destined to repeat itself?<br /> I believe that a decision to change construction practices, as a result of an asset failure, would be a fantastic story to capture in a Council's corporate memory.</p> <p>My personal thoughts are that replacing the gravel footpath with a concrete one is a higher priority than fixing the cracked section, even though this breaks the &quot;renew before new&quot; rule. Having said that I think there is a good argument for carefully investigating the reasons for the cracks in the older footpath before constructing the new one, so perhaps that is a good rationale for carrying out a repair.</p> <p>I have several questions with regard to this scenario.</p> <ol> <li>What would other Councils do in this situation?</li> <li>How would you conduct an investigation into the causes of the concrete footpath failure?</li> <li>Do you see this as a good sort of question to ask, as a part of community consultation?</li> </ol> 
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				<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>I attended a communication / team building / change management workshop last week. It wasn't too bad as far as that sort of thing goes, but I'm not sure that there was anything much that I can take away from it that will help me do my job better.</p> <p>I would be really interested to hear from anyone who has attended a similar workshop and come away with an &quot;idea&quot; or &quot;tool&quot; that they have found really useful, and have used it over and over since then.</p> <p>If you have an idea or tool that you find really useful, what is it?</p> 
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				<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>13 more people joined the site in May bringing the total to 390.</p> <ul> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/bruce-dalrymple" >Bruce Dalrymple</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/rob-petreski" >Rob Petreski</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/orrey3" >orrey3</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/velvetsarah" >velvetsarah</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/janinem" >Janinem</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/bjones88" >bjones88</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/daverk" >Daverk</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/haze4rob" >Haze4rob</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/joanne-lafranchi" >Joanne Lafranchi</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/jeff-du-manoir" >Jeff du Manoir</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/lowell-richardson" >Lowell Richardson</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser deleted" data-id="872806"><img class="small" src="http://www.wikidot.com/common--images/avatars/default/a16.png" alt="" />(account deleted)</span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/helenrooth" >HelenRooth</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/venkata-peteti" >Venkata Peteti</a></span></li> </ul> The site was visited 11,333 times, which is a new record, and hopefully means more people are finding useful information here.<br /> <img src="http://www.lgam.info/local--files/site-statistics/Visits-to-may-2011.png" width="450px" alt="Visits-to-may-2011.png" class="image" />
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				<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 21:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 20:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 06:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 02:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description>Shoalhaven City Council is organising the first Australian Open Government Innovation Summit</description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 10:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Just updated the front page.</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 03:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>We have just updated the site's front page, and are interested to hear what people think about the new look.</p> 
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				<title>Site Update No.4 (2011)</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>22 new people joined the site in March bringing the total to 365. Welcome to:</p> <ul> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/jjryan" >JJRyan</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/gina-edwards" >Gina Edwards</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/robbie-meerman" >Robbie Meerman</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/noelvalenti" >NoelValenti</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/vaughncrowther" >VaughnCrowther</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/boeser" >Boeser</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/sara-morrison" >Sara Morrison</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/kathm" >kathm</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/graham-proud" >Graham Proud</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/murali-k-g" >Murali K G</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/suer" >SueR</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/vincent-vincent" >Vincent Vincent</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/anton-juodvalkis" >Anton Juodvalkis</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/cwhce5" >cwhce5</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/david-k-robinson" >David K Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/terri-minards" >Terri Minards</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/burnesy" >Burnesy</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/colin-east" >Colin East</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/simondugina" >SimonDugina</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/ben-steel" >Ben Steel</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/ddanielsson" >DDanielsson</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/shaun-kelly" >shaun kelly</a></span></li> </ul> The site was visited 8,575 times in March 2011, for a total of 20,359 page views. (A new page view record.)<br /> <a href="http://www.lgam.info/local--files/site-statistics/Visits-Jan2009-to-March2011.png"><img src="http://www.lgam.info/local--files/site-statistics/Visits-Jan2009-to-March2011.png" alt="Visits-Jan2009-to-March2011.png" class="image" /></a> <p>A further 96 pages were added to the site bringing the total number of pages to <a href="http://www.lgam.info/page-calendar">3472</a>.</p> <p>Also special thanks this month to Danielle Danielsson who has volunteered to be a site administrator and has been busily adding site content, and firing up the forum.</p> 
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				<title>FOSS Update</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>The Local Government &amp; Municipal Knowledge Base is a big believer in <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/free-open-source-software">Free &amp; Open Source Software</a> (FOSS), so it great to hear there is some action happening in <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/south-australia">South Australia</a> on the FOSS front.</p> <p><a class="newpage" href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/geospatial-ict-solutions">Geospatial ICT Solutions</a> is working with <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/city-of-holdfast-bay">City of Holdfast Bay</a> and the <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/eastern-regional-alliance">Eastern Regional Alliance</a> on a suite of FOSS products for local government. It is early stages yet, but if successful it could be a really big deal for Local Government in the medium term.</p> <p>An <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/open-source-local-government-software-suite">Open Source Local Government Software Suite</a> is by-the-way sitting in the No.1 spot for <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/ideas">ideas</a> to make local government better, so there should be a fair bit of support for the project around the country.</p> <p>Part of the project is <a class="newpage" href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/amos">AMOS</a> - an Open Source Asset Management System. I believe that the <a class="newpage" href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/amos">AMOS</a> developers will being keeping an eye on the AMS requirements section of the LGAM <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/asset-management-system">Asset Management System</a> page, as they are building the system, so if you have any ideas about what functionality an Asset Management System should have please let us know, or edit the page yourself.</p> 
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				<title>Site Update No.3 (2011)</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>24 new people joined the site in February bringing the total to 343. Welcome to:<br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/ufa" >ufa</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/phillipa" >phillipA</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/leswhalley" >leswhalley</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/suzanne-charnock" >Suzanne Charnock</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/basia1607" >Basia1607</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/begagis" >begagis</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/haroldpcc" >HaroldPCC</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/ulung" >Ulung</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/benwright" >BenWright</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/louise-rvc" >Louise_RVC</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/david-paschane" >David Paschane</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/cjajal" >cjajal</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/muzza69" >muzza69</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/sue-sue" >Sue Sue</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/kathy-conway" >Kathy Conway</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/afmsa" >AFMSA</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/ddimartino" >ddimartino</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/mary-maher" >Mary Maher</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/jan-swanepoel" >Jan Swanepoel</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/glen-frost-frocomm" >Glen Frost (Frocomm)</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/damiendouglas" >DamienDouglas</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/tim-taber" >Tim Taber</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/mim-buchhorn" >Mim Buchhorn</a></span><br /> <span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/peter-savage" >Peter Savage</a></span></p> <p>The site was visited 9,645 times in <a href="http://www.lgam.info/local--files/site-statistics/Feb-2011-Analytics-Report.pdf">February</a> and 18,479 pages were viewed.</p> <a href="http://www.lgam.info/local--files/site-statistics/feb-2011-stats.png"><img src="http://www.lgam.info/local--files/site-statistics/feb-2011-stats.png" width="500px" alt="feb-2011-stats.png" class="image" /></a> <p>A further 87 pages were added to the site bringing the total number of pages to 3376.</p> <p>Click <a href="http://www.lgam.info/local--files/site-statistics/Feb-2011-Analytics-Report.pdf">here</a> for more detailed site statistics.</p> 
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				<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 22:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>If you are new to the <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/local-government-municipal-knowledge-base">Local Government &amp; Municipal Knowledge Base</a>, you may not have discovered the <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/user-map">User Map</a> yet. The user map is a <a href="http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=109847524440672387251.0004758a7cd0189a9d368&amp;ll=-31.578535,144.404297&amp;spn=56.055967,79.013672&amp;z=4">Google Map</a> showing the physical locations of LGAM site members. At the moment the locations of about 100 members are mapped, BUT there are currently 340 <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/system:members">Site Members</a> so the map needs a bit of work! The trouble is, not everyone who joins the site joins the conversation straight away or lets us know which Council or Organisation they belong to. This is OK. Lurkers are more than welcome :-) , but it would be nice to get a feel for how many Councils are aware of and/or are using the site.</p> <p>&#8230; So if you have been a site member for a while and you are not on the map, please consider;</p> <p>a) adding your location to the map; and/or<br /> b) adding your name or Wikidot ID to your Council Page; and/or<br /> c) <a href="http://www.lgam.info/forum/t-192563/introduce-yourself">introducing yourself</a> on the <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/forum">Forum</a>; and/or<br /> d) letting <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/contact:wayne-eddy">me</a> know which organisation you work for, or what your interest in local government is.</p> <p><iframe width="500" height="400" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=109847524440672387251.0004758a7cd0189a9d368&amp;ll=-29.993002,146.162109&amp;spn=44.860276,70.3125&amp;z=3&amp;output=embed"></iframe></p> <p>Open in <a href="http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=109847524440672387251.0004758a7cd0189a9d368&amp;ll=-31.578535,144.404297&amp;spn=56.055967,79.013672&amp;z=4">Google Maps</a></p> 
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				<description>Lake Macquarie City Council is seeking examples of specifications to undertake a CCTV survey of its stormwater pipes.  The purpose of the survey is to determine pipe condition and estimate the long-term financial requirements to maintain the network in a sustainable manner. 
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						 <p>Lake Macquarie City Council is about to engage contractors to undertake a CCTV survey of a sample of its stormwater pipes. The purpose of the survey is to determine pipe condition and to estimate the long-term financial requirements to maintain the network in a sustainable manner.<br /> We would greatly appreciate receiving examples of specifications from councils that have undertaken similar surveys. If you can assist, please email the documents to <span class="wiki-email">ua.vog.wsn.camekal|reklawg#ua.vog.wsn.camekal|reklawg</span></p> 
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				<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>We recently sent out an <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/lgam-asset-management-update">Asset Management Update</a> to Councils via e-mail. This resulted in a record number of site visits (2613) &amp; page views (5915) last week, and will hopefully translate into a few more people using &amp; contributing to the site on a regular basis.</p> <p>Three more ideas were added to the <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/ideas">ideas</a> page. If you like them, vote them up.</p> <ul> <li><a class="newpage" href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/embrace-the-government-2-0-philosophy">Embrace the Government 2.0 Philosophy</a></li> <li><a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/host-a-local-government-innovation-summit">Host a Local Government Innovation Summit</a></li> <li><a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/embrace-creative-commons-licensing">Embrace Creative Commons Licensing</a></li> </ul> <p>Quite a few other new pages, including those listed below were added to the site, bringing the total number of pages on the site to 3344</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/gazebo">Gazebo</a></li> <li><a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/quantitative-asset-data">Quantitative Asset Data</a></li> <li><a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/underground-asset">Underground Asset</a></li> <li><a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/dial-before-you-dig">Dial Before You Dig</a></li> <li><a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/australian-local-government-women-s-association">Australian Local Government Women's Association</a></li> <li><a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/water-authority-mailing-list">Water Authority Mailing List</a></li> <li><a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/nz-council-mailing-list">NZ Council Mailing List</a></li> <li><a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/underground-service">Underground Service</a></li> <li><a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/kerb-marker">Kerb Marker</a></li> <li><a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/succession-planning">Succession Planning</a></li> <li><a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/people">People</a></li> <li><a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/wanted-photos">Wanted Photos</a></li> <li><a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/civic-park">Civic Park</a></li> </ul> <p>If you have any other page suggestions, please let us know.</p> 
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				<title>Useful LInks</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>The folks at <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/acelg">ACELG</a> were kind enough to add this site to their <a href="http://www.acelg.org.au/program-details.php?pid=4">list of useful links</a> recently. This is greatly appreciated - in fact all links to the site are greatly appreciated, and we do our best to return the favour where we can. If you know of a site of interest to local government let us know and we will be happy to add a link to it.</p> <p>There are already quite a few pages on the site that attempt to point you in the direction of other sites &amp; projects of interest, including those listed below.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/links">Links</a></li> <li><a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/organisations">Organisations</a></li> <li><a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/public-sector-knowledge-sharing-initiatives">Public Sector Knowledge Sharing Initiatives</a></li> </ul> <p>&#8230; but we are always looking for new ways to make local government more connected, so we thought a page devoted to the <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/people">people</a> behind the links might not be a bad idea.</p> <p>If you know of someone who is doing their bit to connect local government, please let us know and we will add them to the <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/people">people</a> page.</p> 
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				<title>Towards an Australian Government Information Policy</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has recently released an issues paper for comment, with a view to developing an <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/australian-government-information-policy">Australian Government Information Policy</a>. The draft principles align very nicely with some of what this site is trying to achieve and are well worth a read.</p> <p>Comments on the draft principles can be made via the <a href="http://oaic.govspace.gov.au/">OAIC Blog</a>.</p> 
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				<title>Searching for Success</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 09:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>LGAM pages are now the top Google search result for <a href="http://www.lgam.info/google">30+ local government related terms</a>. This is great for the site, and a great example of how powerful free &amp; open information sharing can be. It also shows that information hidden away behind a paywall or in a members only area is a lot harder to find than information placed in a public website. And it means when Local Government people search for information about subjects like <a href="http://www.google.com.au/search?q=asset+management+plan">Asset Management Plans</a> or <a href="http://www.google.com.au/search?q=Gravel+Resheeting">Gravel Resheeting</a> or <a href="http://www.google.com.au/search?q=Kerb+%26+Channel">Kerb &amp; Channel</a> they are probably going to find it here rather than in a book or manual. Hopefully other organisations with information of value to Local Government take note, and start making their information more freely available too.</p> <p>The graph below shows how the number of visits via search has increased over time.</p> <a href="http://www.lgam.info/local--files/site-statistics/Search-4-Feb-2011.png"><img src="http://www.lgam.info/local--files/site-statistics/Search-4-Feb-2011.png" width="500px" alt="Search-4-Feb-2011.png" class="image" /></a>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>6 more people joined the site in January bringing the total to 319.</p> <ul> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/mariusver" >Mariusver</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/wanderingoutdoors" >wanderingoutdoors</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/kulichi2" >kulichi2</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/sctlvr" >sctlvr</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/mathewt" >MathewT</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/gaffy" >Gaffy</a></span></li> </ul> <p>As of 31 January 2011, the site has been visited on more than 73,400 occasions and just over 230,000 pages have been viewed. More people visited the site during January than in any previous month.</p> <a href="http://www.lgam.info/local--files/site-statistics/Visits-to-Jan-2011.png"><img src="http://www.lgam.info/local--files/site-statistics/Visits-to-Jan-2011.png" width="500px" alt="Visits-to-Jan-2011.png" class="image" /></a>
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				<title>What would you do with $2,700,000 ?</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>As mentioned in the news section above, the Queensland Government &amp; <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/lgaq">LGAQ</a> have just announced that they were successful in obtaining $2.7 million in funding from the Federal Government's <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/local-government-reform-fund">Local Government Reform Fund</a> to support Queensland Council's developing Core <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/asset-management-plans">Asset Management Plans</a> for key infrastructure assets.</p> <p>This is a welcome announcement, but it got me thinking how I would spend $2.7 million dollars of federal money.</p> <p>If the other levels of government really want to help Local Government tackle asset management properly, I believe they should start by replacing old fashioned expensive hardcopy asset management manuals with web-based encyclopedic manuals published under a creative commons license, thereby making them freely available to Local Government, and easy to update.</p> <p>That probably wouldn't cost anywhere near $2.7 million to do, but it would be a huge help to Council's right across Australia.</p> <p>How would you spend the money?</p> 
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				<title>Local Government Reform Fund - Advancing Asset Management</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>The Queensland Government &amp; <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/lgaq">LGAQ</a> have just announced that they were successful in obtaining $2.7 million in funding from the Federal Government's <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/local-government-reform-fund">Local Government Reform Fund</a> to support Queensland Council's developing Core <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/asset-management-plans">Asset Management Plans</a> for key infrastructure assets.</p> 
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				<title>GPS Cameras</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>I was wondering if anyone is using a <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/gps-camera">GPS Camera</a> to capture asset information, which camera you purchased, how you are using it, and what you think of it?</p> 
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				<title>Mitre Drain Photos</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 02:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Does anyone have some <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/mitre-drain">mitre drain</a> photos that they would be willing to donate to the <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/photo-library">photo library</a>?<br /> I can't think of any good nearby examples that I can take a snap of.</p> 
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				<title>Temp Infrastructure Maintenance Coordinator (1 month mid Jan-Feb 2011)</title>
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? Handle, investigate and respond to customer inquiries related to road and drainage assets and flooding damage; 
? Management / monitoring and administering of the insurance claim investigation for assets section; and 
? Provision of higher level customer service and problem solving advice in partnership with the Works Engineer, Works Supervisors and staff of Road Infrastructure Management.</description>
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				<wikidot:authorName>Ashish Shah</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>362721</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Temp 1 month engagement, whilist the permanent employee is on leave.</p> <p>? Handle, investigate and respond to customer inquiries related to road and drainage assets and flooding damage;<br /> ? Management / monitoring and administering of the insurance claim investigation for assets section; and<br /> ? Provision of higher level customer service and problem solving advice in partnership with the Works Engineer, Works Supervisors and staff of Road Infrastructure Management.</p> <p>For detailed PD or further details, please contact ashish shah <span class="wiki-email">ua.vog.dlq.nagol|hahshsihsa#ua.vog.dlq.nagol|hahshsihsa</span> or 07&#160;3412&#160;4930</p> 
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				<title>2010-2011 Floods</title>
				<link>http://lgam.wikidot.com/forum/t-298073/2010-2011-floods</link>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 05:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>A page has been created to share information about the <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/2010-2011-floods">2010-2011 Floods</a>. Please feel free to add to or edit the page.</p> 
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				<title>Benchmarking of Asset Management technologies</title>
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				<description>New benchmarking study into Asset Management technologies used in local government</description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Leila Abbasova</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>381094</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Technology Indicators will be conducting a <strong>benchmarking study</strong> into technologies used by local councils for Asset Management(starting Feb 2011). If you have any views / suggestions, please use this forum or contact me<br /> <span class="wiki-email">ua.moc.srotacidni-hcet|avosabba_aliel#yltcerid</span> . Our studies cover Australian and New Zealand local councils.</p> 
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				<title>Asset  &amp; Component Types</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Hi all,</p> <p>We are currently reviewing our list of asset types, and I am interested to learn how many asset types other councils have, and what they are?</p> <p>I have added a <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/composite-brc-asset-type-list">Composite BRC Asset Type List</a> to the site, to act as a bit of a checklist for the <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/asset-component-types">Asset &amp; Component Types</a> page.</p> 
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				<title>December 2010 Update</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>8 more people joined the site in December bringing the total to 313.</p> <ul> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/leannem" >leannem</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/helen-benstead" >Helen Benstead</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/davidoakgrov" >davidoakgrov</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/jcranston" >jcranston</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/starrme" >starrme</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/tom-judge" >tom judge</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/gago14" >Gago14</a></span></li> <li><span class="error-inline"><em>essenture</em> does not match any existing user name</span></li> </ul> <p>According to the <a href="http://www.lgam.info/local--files/site-statistics/2010-Google-Analytics-Report.pdf">2010 Google Analytics Report</a> the site was visited 51,422 times in 2010 &amp; 123,949 pages were viewed. This compares to 12,619 visits &amp; 80,210 page views in 2009.</p> 
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				<title>Wikis in Plain English</title>
				<link>http://lgam.wikidot.com/forum/t-292513/wikis-in-plain-english</link>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 01:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Just added this youtube video to the <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/wiki">Wiki</a> page. It explains wikis in plain English.<br /> If any of you are still a bit unsure about what a wiki is it might be worth a look.</p> <p><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-dnL00TdmLY?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-dnL00TdmLY?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385" /></object></p> 
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				<title>The Future</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 08:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Hi all,</p> <p>This is a bit off topic, but you never know it might be of interest to some of you.</p> <p>I have created a separate wiki about technology &amp; the future.</p> <p>If you think you might be interested the address is:</p> <p><a href="http://the-future.wikidot.com">http://the-future.wikidot.com</a></p> 
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				<title>November 2010 Update</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Nine more people joined the site in November, bring the total to 305. A big welcome to all of you.</p> <ul> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/sportsman" >Sportsman</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/andy36" >Andy36</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/david-alman" >David Alman</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/tsangk" >tsangk</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/geordie-lascelles" >Geordie Lascelles</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/peter-drew" >Peter Drew</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/david-gunawan" >David Gunawan</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/julie-basford" >Julie Basford</a></span></li> <li><span class="printuser"><a href="http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/lindajs1" >lindajs1</a></span></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.lgam.info/local--files/site-statistics/membership-graph-nov30-2010.png"><img src="http://www.lgam.info/local--files/site-statistics/membership-graph-nov30-2010.png" alt="membership-graph-nov30-2010.png" class="image" /></a> <p>The <a href="http://www.lgam.info/local--files/site-statistics/Analytics_Nov2010.pdf">November 2010 Google Analytic Report</a> shows that 7110 people visited the site in November which is a new record.</p> <p>New site features implemented in November include the <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/ideas">Ideas</a> page, the <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/wish-list">Wish List</a> and automatic <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/lgam">Twitter updates</a>.</p> 
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				<title>Tweet Tweet</title>
				<link>http://lgam.wikidot.com/forum/t-288427/tweet-tweet</link>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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				<title>Asset Register Data Exchange Standard</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 04:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>I have been thinking a bit more recently about one of my favourite <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/ideas">ideas</a> - an <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/open-standard-for-asset-registers">Open Standard for Asset Registers</a>.</p> <p>I think the first step in creating the open standard for asset registers is the creation of an open standard for asset register data exchange.</p> <p>An Open Asset Register Data Exchange Standard would:<br /> a) allow for data to be easily transferred from one asset management system to another.<br /> b) reduce the number of apps/scripts that would need to be developed to extract data from drawings confirming to data lodgement standards like <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/adac">ADAC</a> &amp; <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/r-spec">R-Spec</a><br /> c) potentially act as the seed for the development of an open source asset management system.</p> <p>I have started working on one here as an example of how simple it might be to set up a standard.</p> <p><a href="http://opentables.wikidot.com/asset-register-data-exchange-standard">http://opentables.wikidot.com/asset-register-data-exchange-standard</a></p> <p>If anyone has any suggestions about what fields should be included, or even better can point me in the direction of an existing standard please let me know, as I have no desire to reinvent the wheel if there is something already out there.</p> <p>I'm not sure if asset management system vendors will see the value of such a standard, but I am hopeful local government asset managers will.</p> <p>Once</p> 
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				<title>Local Government &amp; the ACELG</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 03:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Whilst I am very pleased with the number of people who have signed up to the site, and the percentage of them that have contributed to it in one way or another, I can't help but suspect that if the average local government person was a bit more comfortable &amp; familiar with wikis and other collaboration tools, the site would be growing even more quickly than it is.</p> <p>I am hoping that as younger people enter the local government workforce they will be more and more atuned to collaborative thinking, and be willing and eager to openly share information &amp; ideas with each other.</p> <p>I also think that local government and educational institutions should be working together to make sure that students are getting educated in way that will make them more useful to their future employers. I have been wondering for a while how we in local government can develop that partnership, and I think I might have an answer.</p> <p>The <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/australian-centre-of-excellence-for-local-government">Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government</a> is federally funded collaboration of universities and professional bodies committed to the advancement of local government. I hope they are able to come up with a few ideas for advancing local government, but I also hope they are willing to listen to the ideas of people in local government about how to advance education for the betterment of local government. Its a two way street!</p> <p>I am going to be telling them that they should be:<br /> a) teaching students how to use wikis and other collaborative tools to solve problems.<br /> b) listening to the ideas of people in local government and helping us implement them.</p> <p>What do you want the ACELG to do with federal money they have been given on our behalf?</p> <p>They are our conduit to the education system. Lets use that conduit.</p> 
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				<title>2009/10 Annual Return on the Status of Asset Management</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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				<title>How to reduce your rates bill?</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>If the following news stories are any indication, one the general public's biggest issues with Local Government is big rate bills.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/01/3053441.htm?site=news">Action group forms to tackle rate rises</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/29/3051672.htm?site=news">Farmers to turn out against rural rates slug</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/11/3063275.htm?site=news">Gold Coast ratepayers' water charges 'double-dipping'</a></li> </ul> <p>One of the main purposes of this site is to encourage Council employees to share good <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/ideas">ideas</a> with each other. Good ideas will hopefully lead to cost savings, and with any luck cost savings will result in lower rate bills, or at the very least better value for money.</p> <p>Now encouraging Council employees to share good ideas with each other is great, but if you really want to reduce your rates bill, why not share your good ideas with Council employees?</p> <p>What have you got to lose? Hopefully big rate bills.</p> <p>Go on, tell us your <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/ideas">ideas</a>.</p> 
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				<title>300th Member</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Wayne Eddy</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>220040</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>The site now has exactly 300 <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/system:members">members</a>, which makes it one of the most popular <a href="http://lgam.wikidot.com/wikidot">Wikidot</a> wikis. On the other hand this number still only equates to just over 0.5 members per Australian Council, so there is still a lot of potential for growth. Whatever happens we a going to continue to try and make it one of the very best free resources for Local Government in Australia &amp; around the world.</p> 
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