What would Peninsula Council do?

Council communications

The Woy Woy Peninsula

• The Peninsula Council would be straight-talking and use plain English in all its communication.
• It would be open, honest and direct, forthright and frank, avoiding evasion and pretence. It would be clear and unambiguous, without using technical jargon and grandiose language.
• The Peninsula Council would use inclusive language, accessible to old, young and those with lower levels of literacy, and not the language of exclusive sub-cultures (such as inner city hipsters or other cliques) or the self-important terminology of industry elites.
• The Peninsula Council would not use grandiose and inflated job titles and descriptions for community facilities: The tip would be called the tip. The playground would be the playground. The pool would be the pool.
• The Peninsula Council would adopt standards to ensure all council policies, strategies and plans are meaningful, actionable and measurable and provide a simple and clearly-expressed commitment.
• Peninsula Council reports would have minimum graphic presentation and would be available in text-only versions.
• The Peninsula Council would ensure its website would be online after hours when residents are most available, including to read and download planning documents, council policies and strategies, and meeting agendas and minutes. Critical maintenance that would require this facility to be unavailable would be scheduled to occur between 1am and 6am.
• The Peninsula Council would encourage discussion of council issues and would advertise in local media, particularly voluntary non-profit media – inc radio, internet and newspapers - both to publicise its own activities and to support this form of community infrastructure.
• The Peninsula Council would ensure that data across a broad range of topics would be prepared for the Peninsula and available to residents. Data normally summarised by Local Government Area would be available for the Peninsula.