A very successful ONW monthly was held last night at the Obs Community
Center, which was attended by 21 budding members.  Chris, the new ONW Chair
steered the meeting well and kept the items of discussion well on subject
and on time to 91 minutes.  Good participation was made by most of the
members in attendance and feedback were given from our four Sector
Leaders.  We were privileged to have had Constable Mark Berry attend the
meeting who gave good input regarding crime types, trends, the do's and the
don'ts.  The Committee will grow the management and organisational
activities of the ONW via our Interest Groups.  We hope to contact the
individual members of each group, thereby to engage them into communicating
with the other group members, to encourage brainstorming, to come forward
with ideas and to bring selected tasks into fruition.
Any one else interested to join the ONW formally, can complete and forward
the attached membership form. We have achieved a strong membership for 2015
of 100 plus members and are challenging each member to enlist just one new
member thus - an ONW 2015 Equation: 100 x 1 = 200.  At least it was worth
cutting my pony tail for 100 ONW members, and hope that the ONW will
achieve a 200 strong membership soonest!  The current patrol sectors are
growing steadily and much more memberships and patrols needs to organised
from the Obs community who reside below the railway line.  The ONW will be
arranging a 'Broken Windows' course to be presented by the City's Safety &
Security division which will then be a prerequisite to engage into a
training program as Metro Law Enforcement Assistant Specials, which we hope
will make a big difference in attending to petty crimes and curbing the
breaking of City Bye Laws in Observatory.   All Obs residents may attend
ONW meetings and can attend the 'Broken Window' course as well.
Kind regards
James

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