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

Now if the venue does

Wed, 27 Oct 2010, 07:54 pm

stephendean

Now if the venue does become a hall for hire, the public liability is then assigned to the hirer, as it is likely to be a condition of hire. Even in a standard contract to hire a theatre there is always a clause about the client being responsible for their own public liability. As long as the council maintain the building in a safe state as required by your local Occupational Health and Safety act and the hirer signs a contract with the correct clause then the council will not be liable. It is unfortunate that another venue is being closed effectively, we are going thru the same here in South Australia. Sport is my high profile than the arts - unfortunately. So we always have to fight harder. I have written about both these problems on my blog. So I understand what are you are going thru. I may even write an article for CX magazine when I get further info and look at what is happening else where. Stephen Dean Ramblings of a Techie www.theatretechgeek.wordpress.com

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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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