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| Thanks for a great 2008 | |||
>> This year was uncertain with the global financial crisis dominating the news. Some are bracing their organisations for some lean times ahead. However, we are anticipating that a resourceful and imaginative sector like ours, will find new ways to cope in the upcoming year. The Tangata Whenua, Community & Voluntary Sector Research Centre held its AGM in late November. Find out who the new Governance-Kaitiaki group members are HERE A number of you also presented at the recent ANZTSR (Australia and New Zealand Third Sector Research conference). A short summary of presenters from the Research Centre governance-kaitiaki group is included in this newsletter. Don't forget to go to The Clearing House website to check out the larger range of papers and presentations from conference presenters over the next few weeks. Use the key word "anzstr". We look forward to continuing to provide a virtual place for you to share your new ideas and resources with others. We encourage you to take a few moments during the holiday season to upload a few more papers, articles, reports and presentations so that others can benefit from the work you and your organisations do. Thank you to all of you for supporting, participating, donating, uploading, searching and spreading the word about the Research Centre and THE CLEARING HOUSE. He mihi nui o te wa kirihimete me te tau hou! |
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| People's choice this month is ... | |||
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We count what our visitors download in
THE CLEARING HOUSE and the top
downloads make up our People's Choice Top 10. This month's People's Choice is
TAKING THE PULSE SEMINAR / TE KOKIRITANGA O TE HA by Garth Nowland-Foreman. This is a brief report of an August 2008 seminar on possibilities for a sector-wide survey in Aotearoa New Zealand. It included a presentation by Lester Salamon (Centre for Civil Society Studies, Johns Hopkins University) on the US sector "Listening Post" project. "Taking the PULSE" refers to documenting the prospects, understandings and learnings from sector experience.
Check our HOMEPAGE to see the other nine resources that made the People's Choice Top 10 this month. |
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| It isn't easy Going Green | |||
>> A recent UK report suggest that charities' efforts to increase their environmental sustainability is more a result of individual staff members interests than strategic decisions by trustees or committee members. The report by the UK CHARITY COMMISSION found a range of practical, financial and attitudinal barriers to taking "green" action. It also found that some trustees and board members are concerned that engaging in environmental issues may not be a legitimate use of charity resources. The report noted that in many cases if key individuals left "the momentum for environmental action would be lost." We wonder how much of this is due to imposed compliance issues and whether we find similar results in Aotearoa New Zealand? Read the full article HERE |
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| A request from the Tangata Whenua Caucus | |||
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At the November hui of the Tangata Whenua caucus (one of the two halves of the Research Centre's Governance/Kaitiaki group) three things were reaffirmed:
Whanaungatanga: a desire to strengthen and further develop existing Maori research and evaluation relationships. Mana: Ngai Tatou mo tatou! Promoting and celebrating by Tangata Whenua for Tangata Whenua. Nga Hononga: An intent to initiate collaborative ventures that 'model' the Tangata Whenua – Tangata Tiriti relationships. If you are interested in helping us progress these please contact Co-Chair Kataraina Pipi (0274) 589 919. |
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The City of Auckland Cadet Unit is a voluntary youth training organisation. It helps cadets develop a positive outlook, maturity, self-confidence, team and leadership skills. More >> |
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| Financial reporting | |||
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Many do not understand the minimum requirements for appropriate for financial reporting in the community and voluntary sector. Fortunately, presenters Ken Crofts, Dr Carolyn Cordery and Rowena Sinclair have just uploaded their presentation on The Clearing House to help people navigate this complex area.
Their ANZTSR Conference workshop noted that often third sector organisations use high quality, non-financial reporting to communicate the difference they make to their stakeholders. However, it is also important to communicate financial data to meet regulatory and other requirements. Charles Sturt University lecturer Ken Croft highlighted developments at the international accounting standards level and summarised the Australian Senate Inquiry into the Disclosure regimes for charities and not-for-profit organisations. The inquiry is considering whether that country will implement a Charities Commission or similar. The Senate report is available HERE and Ken's PowerPoint slides are available HERE Victoria University accounting lecturer Dr Carolyn Cordery's poster showed the minimum requirements in New Zealand. She presented the upcoming Ministry of Economic Development's review of the Financial Reporting Act which we expect to see by mid-2009. The poster is HERE Auckland University of Technology senior accounting lecturer Rowena Sinclair, who's PhD study is on the complexities of charities' financial reporting, shared her concerns about transparency and accountability, especially in areas of reporting for assets, donations, funds and outputs. Her slides are HERE Workshop participants' questions and feedback are available HERE |
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| Time series data and it's free | |||
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The Statistics New Zealand website can be a complicated place to visit. The Clearing House newsletter, in partnership with Statistics New Zealand, is helping community organisation's understand ways in which data can be used by publishing useful information. >> Statistics New Zealand recently introduced a free-of-charge online tool which gives access to a range of time-series data. This data was previously only available at a cost. More information, including a link to the online tool, can be found HERE.Statistics New Zealand Information Centre: Free Information Service during business hours for direction or pointers on online tools and more. Phone 0508 525 525 toll free or email info@stats.govt.nz |
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| ANZTSR presenters from the Research Centre | |||
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The following Research Centre Governance/Kaitiaki members (in order of appearance) presented at the recent ANZTSR conference:
Pat Hanley presented opening remarks on "Putting Research in its Place" Garth Nowland-Foreman (with Andrea Goble, of Community Waikato) presented "Building Capacity as if We Meant to Make a Difference" Margy-Jean Malcolm (with Nan Wehipeihana and Miles Shepheard) presented "Unleashing Capacity for High Impact Tangata Whenua, Community and Voluntary Sector Organisations" Garth Nowland-Foreman also presented on "The Seduction of Accountability" Dr Carolyn Cordery presented "A Research Note: Direct Financial Costs in Volunteering" Pania Coote and Bonnie Robinson presented "The Code of Practice: What is it for?" Pat Hanley also presented on "Less Than Charitable: An Assessment of the 2005 Charities Act with Particular Regard to the Definition of Charitable Purposes" Dr Carolyn Cordery (with Ken Crofts and Rowena Sinclair) led a workshop on "Recent and Proposed Changes in Financial Reporting for Not-for-profit Organisations in New Zealand and Australia" Many other Research Centre and Clearing House members presented papers at the conference – and we hope they will all be shortly uploaded to The Clearing House website. Garth Nowland-Foreman was re-appointed as a New Zealand Board member of ANZTSR (Australia and New Zealand Third Sector Research) at its AGM. Presenters are still in the process of uploading their resources to The Clearing House. Check back over the next month with the keyword "anztsr" to see what's new. | |||
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