Each person gave their own thoughts on this matter by sharing a number of points which they considered the core roles of the group.  Overall, just over 40 points were raised by the group.  These were then paired with similar ideas, and grouped into clusters dealing with the same over-arching issue.  The minutes of the meeting contain each individual idea, the cluster the idea was grouped with, and the over-arching theme of each cluster.

·         educate land managers in best practices through information sharing between landholders, BJFG, technical staff and scientists

·         secure funding, and

·         promote the good work being done in the region by Landcare, landholders and the agricultural industry

by:

·         involving and encouraging young people to participate in the group and events

·         playing an advocacy and lobbying role with our partners, to be a voice for this region

·         knowing what problems and issues are important by actively engaging the community

·         including all land managers in natural resource management

·         being a framework for landholders to connect with to access support for Landcare efforts, and

·         getting back to fundamentals

to:

·         promote and sustain viability/sustainability/productivity to engender inter-generational equity in the region