Rally for Don Russell PAC - City of Gosnells wants to close the venue

Fri, 15 Oct 2010, 02:08 pm

Melz28 posts in thread

Information has come to light today that the City of Gosnells have voted in favour of closing Don Russell Performing Arts Centre in Thornlie.

Don Russell PAC is part of the CircuitWest network and this will effect both state and federal touring productions as well as the City of Gosnells and neighbouring communities.

Moved Cr C Fernandez Seconded Cr D Griffiths
That Council move management of the Don Russell Performing Arts Centre to City Facilities and hire out the centre in a similar manner to other City of Gosnells facilities
CARRIED 7/5
FOR: Cr T Brown, Cr C Fernandez, Cr D Griffiths, Cr L Griffiths, Cr K Jones, Cr B Wiffen
and Cr O Searle.
AGAINST: Cr W Barrett, Cr J Brown, Cr R Hoffman, Cr S Iwanyk and Cr R Mitchell.

All will be decided at the next Council Meeting - Tuesday Oct 26 at 7.30pm. Performing Arts lovers, we need to rally at that meeting to show the communities support of Don Russell Performing Arts Centre.

If you would like to read the minutes from that meeting - here is the link - it all starts on page 14.

http://www.gosnells.wa.gov.au/upload/gosnells/11F55A20C67649789F72A90811CE67B.pdf

To contact the councillors and to share your concern and voice your support for Don Russell PAC - this link will take you to the contact details of the Councillors http://www.gosnells.wa.gov.au/scripts/viewoverview_contact.asp?NID=126

I will definitely be at the next Council Meeting on Tues Oct 26 at 7.30pm
Address: 2120 Albany Highway, Gosnells

I hope you will all rally too!

They forced one of WA's loved community theatres to close last year - Acorn Theatre to move which resulted in their closure - now they're doing it to a professional venue !!!

If you want to contact me please do via email - taz@tazentertainment.com.au

CV

Sat, 16 Oct 2010, 10:02 pm

Johnny Grim

Thankyou Melz for bringing this to our attention. There are a number of things that sadden me with this post. The most obvious one is of hearing yet another council opting to close another venue based entitely on it's CV. The CV in this case being the only CV that councillors ever take heed of, and that's 'Commercial Viability.' In this case, they have deemed the centre unviable. On looking at the figures presented in the minutes few would argue that from a CV point of view, the centre is unviable, but surely the same could be said for the numerous sporting facilities in the district? The difference of course is that sport has a higher profile than any of the art forms, sad but true. In addition, I think if they were to close a sporting venue said sports men and women would bleat rather loudly ,something we arts lovers don't seem to have the temperament for. It wasn't so long ago that Harbour called for support when the council wanted to close them down, they've now been given a temporary reprieve, but for how long? I'm embarrased to admit, that although sympathetic to Harbour's plight, I didn't lift a finger in support. Dare I say, that with the news of the Don Russell,and theatre's in South Australia on the brink, that it's time for our theatre communities as a whole, to take a stand on the very venues that allow us to ply our wares? For us not to do so, would seem a folly, for the fact is, all councile are manned (or is that driven?) by CV thinkers. Melz. where do I sign up? Johnny Grim A lad in sane productions

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Rally for Don Russell PAC - City of Gosnells wants to close the venue— Melz15 Oct 2010

CV— Johnny Grim16 Oct 2010
'CV' = "Crapper Valve'— JoeMc17 Oct 2010
Here is the City of— Walter Plinge17 Oct 2010
Disaster for Don Russell Centre— Walter Plinge18 Oct 2010
Save the Don Russell - Public Meeting 24 October — Walter Plinge18 Oct 2010
- Where were you?— Ray Condy24 Oct 2010
  - Well, for one...— Bass Guy24 Oct 2010
    - But Bass Man— Ray Condy24 Oct 2010
  - I cut my teeth in that— Slothwan24 Oct 2010
Save DRPAC - Online Petition— Melz19 Oct 2010
RTRFM Morning Magazine - Don Russell— kwylo21 Oct 2010
RTR 92.1FM - Friday Oct 22 at 10am— Melz21 Oct 2010
Chris Tallentire on RTRFM 92.1— kwylo24 Oct 2010
I had planned to go to the— Tim Prosser24 Oct 2010
Thank you for supporting Don Russell PAC— Melz26 Oct 2010
- 253 signatories in just 1 week— Melz26 Oct 2010
  - Good results— Labrug26 Oct 2010
Decision Upheld— kwylo26 Oct 2010
- Disturbing Trend— Labrug27 Oct 2010
  - Anti Arts— jeffhansen27 Oct 2010
Outraged at City of Gosnells decision to close DRPAC— Melz27 Oct 2010
- DRPAC— Justin Freind28 Oct 2010
Hold the Fort - another opportunity to revoke— Melz27 Oct 2010
Now if the venue does— stephendean27 Oct 2010
Save DRPAC? Why!— Paul Treasure1 Nov 2010
- What great expectations Paul?— JoeMc3 Nov 2010
  - Performing Arts Centre for Busselton— Walter Plinge3 Nov 2010

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