Group Meeting Wiill Be Held 22/1/10 For Save Our Bus Services, Mount Duitt And Surrounding Suburbs

Although, we are sending representation to the minister of transport and infrastructure, Mr. David Campbell regarding our story 'Minister Campbell Accepts Our meeting on Bus Services 15th January 2010', we are still negotiating numbers of group members to represent us. We have invited the mayor of Blacktown City Council, but he is unable to meet next week with us. Also invited and is available is the President of Mount Combined Action Groups Ivy Roberson.

I have spoken to Ivy about passable reforming the process of Bus Reviews - where the micro suburb by suburb community groups are not directly involved within the Ministry of transport Pubic Forums for Western Sydney. Western Sydney is an extremely large part of group 1 and just to hold a forum at one suburb does not cover the hundreds of thousands that live within Western Sydney. So,this is where Community Groups like Mount Druitt CAG can attend forums with the bus review panel (every 6 months)and be part of the panel - from there any passable changes can be reported to the local communities via local press, possable websites that these groups may have,and provide feedback to the local community action groups.

We are meeting as a group and our group membership has increased to approximately 25 members. This meeting is not a public meeting as so - but is a group members meeting which our group members have approved the local press to attend. We will need to confirm all areas that have been affected , provide all documentation that can support our petition, include community members letters that have been received on top of petitions and will include. We have the following suburbs covered , Blackett, Bidwill, Wilmott, Lethbridge Park, Shalvey, Whalan, Mount Druitt South, Marsden Park, Emerton and Mount Druitt Village. TThese are a majority of suburbs that covers Mount Druitt

This will be the first opportunity the group members to meet since the community meeting on 28th November 2009. We will advise you of any further outcomes