Newsletter, February 16, 2007
From Tribewanted
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Tribal Accomodations - Discussion
As we hopefully start to leave the wet and windy season behind over the next month, it is time to take discussions on accommodations further forward.
Previous Vorovoro Chiefs have put forward their thoughts here
Process:
1. Discuss on forums – tribe members add ideas (16-23rd Feb) 2. Sustainable Development Tikina organise key areas and any designs (16th Feb- 2nd March) 3. Voting Tikina extract possible voting (23rd Feb – 2nd March) 4. First Votes (2nd – 9th March) 5. Action!
MAPS (with thanks to Kirsty Stark)
1. Vorovoro Island 2. Vorovoro Development Area 3. Tribe Village
Building Plans
1. Where 2. What 3. Materials 4. Timescale & Budgets
Vorovoro Development Area
This is the main development area of Vorovoro, 20 acres of flat coconut-palmed land between the two of the main hills and West of the headland
Tribe Village
Here is a more detailed and too scale map of the tribe village - vinaka Kirsty!
Tribewanted Dream Foundation Trustees Applications
Tribewanted Dream Foundation (TWDF)
Applications are now open for tribe members to apply for a position as a Trustee of TWDF. We are looking for 5 Trustees from within Tribewanted and later we will be looking to recruit 2 more external Trustees.
Click here some background information and a role description for Trustee. If you are interested please email lorren.price for an application form. Closing date is Sunday 11 March. Supporting statements from the applicants will then be posted up on the forum/voting booth for TW members to vote upon.
We are looking for Trustees from anywhere in the world, and from all walks of life, with or without specialist skills to offer. The basic requirement is commitment and enthusiasm for what TWDF is trying to achieve, and access to a computer.
To join the TWDF Tikina email lorren.price or follow the forum thread
This weeks votes
VOTING TIKINA PURPOSE: Ensure votes called by members are treated consistently, announce all votes in Newsletter, create Forum thread to discuss each proposal, write final version of vote proposal. Ensure all votes are successfully concluded. Vote now
VOTE CLARIFICATION: To clarify the voting process, new votes will be posted at regular intervals and stay open for a set period of time. Note: durations are referenced to GMT. Vote now
CHIEF VOTES CALANDAR: Chiefs must normally be elected 90 days before their reign starts to aid planning. EG. August chief must be elected by end of April, submitting manifesto 1 week before vote opens. Vote now
Bula from UCL
Bula!
We’re the team from University College London (UCL) working with Tribewanted to develop a sustainability plan.
Your ideas, suggestions and thoughts are vital to its development.
The Tribewanted project is all about creating a sustainable eco-community and enjoyable tourist destination. The aim of the sustainability plan is to help Tribewanted make the ‘Green Dream’ a reality. The plan will provide guidance on all aspects of the Vorovoro community development, applying best practice research which embraces the Tribes core values and the ideas of its members.
The UCL Team is composed of five post-graduate students from a variety of backgrounds, connected by our commitment to environmental sustainability. This plan forms part of the MSc in Environmental Systems Engineering programme at UCL.
Check us out on our Tribewanted member pages:
Tori Mark Tom Chitty Kristy
Over the coming weeks the UCL team will be developing the plan, and we want to involve all Tribewanted members as much as possible. In two weeks time (end Feb) we will post some of our sustainable development proposals for you to comment on. To start with though, we would like any contributions you can make to the key areas listed below.
(Please note: this is a catchall phase, so please submit contributions even if they have been posted before. We want to get all the relevant information in one place)
Some of the key topic areas for the plan are:
Water, Energy, Waste, Food, Accomodation, Activities, Environmental Conservation.
Contributions can be posted on the Sustainability Plan forum
Download the Sustainability Plan
If there are large files, or anything you would like to send to us direct, you can send them to: (deleted)
We look forward to hearing from you!
Cheers, The UCL Team
Kirsty catches the BIG ONE
Kirsty caught a 9kg Sanga last week - a new tribe record!
Other hot-topics this week >
- Fancy being creative?? TW Dream Foundation Tikina need your help now! – design a Logo for the official charity
- Tribal involvement towards a sustainable eco-community finds help with UCL:
- And for those dreamers in the tribe check out other tribe members dreams in life
Last minute March Chief
Craig Enderby from Wiltshire England has been on Vorovoro for one week and would love to stay longer and a real make a difference by being the tribes march Chief. Craig made a great podcast around the Kava bowl the other night but unfortunately somewhere between the last bowl of kava and the digital age, it got lost. So Craig will be posting his manifesto on the community soon - his flights are on hold, and he's just waiting for your vote!
Pictured: Craig weaves bamboo with the boys from Matai Labasa. Junior, an ironic name considering he's the leader of the gang, said: "Craig will be a good leader because now he can weave bamboo." So there you have it. Vote now, or vote once you've read Craig's manifesto...
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