Finding a time to meet as a group

Hi @tamsinnorman great idea to post the request on the Auckland facebook page - go ahead! Also I've gone through the current list and noted who is in Auckland - as Nick said go ahead and add others you'd like to interview. You'll see there are a couple of Aucklanders that Nick and I are already planning to talk to - Heather Kean (who Nick knows well) and Alex Whitcombe (who I'm keen to catch up with) - we'll share the results of those conversations in the document so you'll be able to access it. Once you've decided who you want to interview let me know if you need help finding their contact details.

Yep agreed with what Caroline has said here, and definitely good to learn the general directions people are interested in up there. Was also thinking, in terms of questions for Auckland folk, it might be useful to ask about what kinds of things they would want to experience / learn / contribute to at the upcoming hui. That information could then feed in to the design of the hui.

Thanks @carolinetaylor and @nicklaurence. Have re-posted the message on the Auckland group, and will await responses. Am happy to do the other Auckland people on the list as well, as long as numbers from the announcement don't get too huge! Do you have a timescale in mind for getting the interviews completed by - or is it ongoing/as and when?

Great @tamsinnorman - go ahead with the other Aucklanders and sing out if there’s too many. We haven’t agreed on a timeframe - maybe the next 2-3 weeks and then we could chat about what’s emerging and possible next steps. How does that sound?

Hi @carolinetaylor, sorry for late reply - lost internet for a couple of days as a rat chewed through our cable lol! (the perils of rural living, tho not complaining in general :-) ); plushaving time off for Easter...what you suggest sounds great; didn't get any replies so far on the Auckland page, so don't think I will be overloaded :-) but will see if any of the Auckland kaitiaki group are up for it. And otherwise I will do the people on the original list. Do you have contact details for the people on the list - or otherwise I could contact them directly thru the FB group I guess?

Hi there, sorry I have been out of action for the last week, as we were without power for 5 days after the storm (and had already had internet troubles for a few days); plus helping co-ordinate my local civil defence effort, so only just getting back to business now. Couldn't do the interviews last week I had been teeing up, and am away on holiday most of next week, but will do what I can this week, and finish off after I am back.

Hi @tamsinnorman wow you have been having a rough time! I did wonder if you were without power when I saw the news after the storm! Great you’re back up and running again! Warmly Caroline

Thanks @carolinetaylor - yes my community was very much affected - heaps of trees down/ roofs off & some people without power still now even so lots of hands on deck needed! Luckily we are quite well set up at home with a small generator etc, and I enjoyed having no screens for a few days :-)! Just a quickie q re: the original list of people on the Auckland list - Dickie, Sue Dykes, Kristina Cavit - were these people who volunteered to be interviewed from the FB post, or were they suggestions? Ie are they expecting someone to call or I need to explain to them what we are doing?

Hi @tamsinnorman the people on the Auckland list are suggestions - ie people we thought it’d be good to interview - they didn’t volunteer to be interviewed. Maybe check with @nicklaurence about Kristina as I think he might’ve been in touch with her recently 🌞