These are small member committees or individual members responsible for operational matters.
POD members are selected for their specific skills, or interest in developing skills. PODs may be ongoing, or instigated as needed and dissolved when tasks are completed.
Each pod has a Pod Head - a contact person in charge of reporting back to the committee on the progress of that pod.
POD groups meet once a month, or more as needed.
Our Kitchen Rules!
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The new VV kitchen is on its way. Designed and to be built by Steve, the Construction Pod Head, the new kitchen will be an invaluable addition to the Village. The kitchen will feature a mobile island bench for cooking demos, lockable storage space and place to capture food scraps for the hungry worms.
Water will come from our tank, with waste water collected in a bucket underneath the sink for re-use and gas will power a double wok burner.
It's too big a job for a fun bee, so we're working on a council grant to build it. If you're keen to get stuck into some construction, some other projects for upcoming fun bees include:
- a kids education area under macaranga tree with benches painted by thekids
- chalk/pin board in main education shelter
- solar pump to pump water from bore to tanks
- installation of pipes/taps to provide water to other areas of VV
- industrial rotary composter
Thanks Steve and his creative advisors Lis, Dorothy & Libby for your time and expertise in designing the new kitchen. We can't wait to use it!
Pods
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These are small member committees or individual members responsible for operational matters.
POD members are selected for their specific skills, or interest in developing skills. PODs may be ongoing, or instigated as needed and dissolved when tasks are completed.
Each pod has a Pod Head - a contact person in charge of reporting back to the committee on the progress of that pod.
POD groups meet once a month, or more as needed.
Current working pods:
Permaculture Design - Pod Head: Glenda Hennig - email: g_hennig@hotmail.com
Seed Saving - Pod Head: Andrew Lytton-Hitchins - email: alh8@bigpond.com
Plot coordination - Pod Head: Lis Piper - email: lis.piper2@gmail.com
Members – Pod Head: Lin Martin - email: lin.martin@bigpond.com.au
Construction & Maintenance - Pod Head: Barry McPhee - email: barry.mcphee@bigpond.com
Governance - Pod Head: Lin Martin - email: lin.martin@bigpond.com.au
Art - Pod Head: Glenda Hennig - email: g_hennig@hotmail.com
Education - Pod Head: Barry McPhee - email: barry.mcphee@bigpond.com
Social & Events - Pod Head: Lis Piper - email: lis.piper2@gmail.com
Media & communication – Pod Head: Bruce Molloy infor@veggievillage.com.au
Community Liaison - Pod Head: open
Soil nutrition - Pod Head: open
Horticulture - Pod Head: open
Contact the Core Committee if you are interested in sharing your skills or developing new ones.
Phone BigCheese (Bruce) on 5448 3769 or The Scribbler (Lin) 5471 3624
AN EXAMPLE OF A POD:
POD role:
To plan and design the Veggie Village site incorporating members’ vision, to facilitate ease of access, construction, operation and maintenance.
POD responsibilities:
• To appoint a chair and a secretary/recorder to conduct and report meetings and decisions.
• ETC POD members to determine scope of their work
• Liaise with the Treasurer re: expenditure and financial reporting.
• Liaise with Education & Training POD re: workshops in permaculture garden design.
Skills needed or skill development interest:
• Landscape architecture, permaculture design and principals, horticulture, garden design and construction
Authority:
• All major operations decisions including allocation of finances must be referred to CORE, once overall agreement is obtained on a particular issue POD can undertake minor on-ground operation decisions without referring to CORE.
Reporting:
• Concise minutes are to be kept of POD meetings, including key decisions and actions required. These are to be sent to Web Coordinator for posting on the POD forum.
• A summary of POD activities and issues requiring discussion/decisions are to be presented at each CORE meeting by a POD representative, or a briefed CORE member.
• Email correspondence between POD members to be conducted via the specific POD web site forum.
• Records of key project process and outcomes are to be kept during a project and concise summaries prepared at the project end to build corporate memory and assist succeeding POD members in not having to “re-invent the wheel’ (e.g. Step by step/Tips and tricks for effective design. Planning diary). To be stored/accessible on the website.