{"id":10071,"date":"2026-05-21T16:01:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tapaweracommunity.nz\/wp\/?p=10071"},"modified":"2026-05-21T16:07:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:07:24","slug":"10071","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tapaweracommunity.nz\/wp\/2026\/05\/21\/10071\/","title":{"rendered":"TDCC Constitution Consultation Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    <style>\n\n\n\n        h1 {\n            color: #2c3e50;\n            border-bottom: 2px solid #e2e8f0;\n            padding-bottom: 10px;\n            margin-top: 0;\n        }\n\n        .date-subtitle {\n            color: #64748b;\n            font-weight: bold;\n            margin-bottom: 30px;\n        }\n\n        .important-note {\n            background-color: #fffbeb;\n            border-left: 4px solid #f59e0b;\n            padding: 10px 15px;\n            margin: 20px 0;\n            color: #92400e;\n        }\n\n        ol {\n            margin-bottom: 20px;\n        }\n\n        li {\n            margin-bottom: 10px;\n        }\n\n        ul {\n            margin-top: 10px;\n            margin-bottom: 10px;\n        }\n\n        .contact-info {\n            background-color: #f8fafc;\n            border: 1px solid #e2e8f0;\n            padding: 20px;\n            border-radius: 6px;\n            margin-top: 30px;\n        }\n\n        a {\n            color: #2563eb;\n            text-decoration: none;\n        }\n\n        a:hover {\n            text-decoration: underline;\n        }\n    <\/style>\n\n\n        <header>\n            <h1>Proposed process for consulting on TDCC\u2019s constitution<\/h1>\n            <p class=\"date-subtitle\">May 2026<\/p>\n        <\/header>\n\n        <main>\n            <p>Dear community member,<\/p>\n\n            <p>We are looking at revisiting TDCC\u2019s constitution, as requested by members, but first we need to develop a protocol for the consultation process.<\/p>\n\n            <p>Please find below the draft consultation process regarding the constitution, which we will be considering at our June meeting. We are writing to you now to ask that you feed back to us your thoughts, comments, and ideas regarding the proposed process.<\/p>\n\n            <div class=\"important-note\">\n                <strong>Please note:<\/strong> Do not comment on the constitution itself, as this will come later.\n            <\/div>\n\n            <h2>The Proposal:<\/h2>\n            <ol>\n                <li>\n                    That we ask the community (members and residents of the Tapawera &#038; districts area) for feedback on the current constitution. This could include:\n                    <ul>\n                        <li>what you think should have been included.<\/li>\n                        <li>what you think should have been excluded.<\/li>\n                        <li>what you like about the current constitution.<\/li>\n                        <li>what changes you believe need to be made.<\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n                <\/li>\n                <li>TDCC will collate the feedback and formulate a draft constitution.<\/li>\n                <li>The draft constitution will then be circulated within the community (members and residents of the Tapawera &#038; districts area) for feedback, via our website, members list, and FB page.<\/li>\n                <li>TDCC will collate the feedback and amend the draft constitution as appropriate.<\/li>\n                <li>TDCC will then seek legal advice regarding the updated draft.<\/li>\n                <li>TDCC will put the revised constitution to members for discussion and adoption.<\/li>\n            <\/ol>\n\n            <p><em>Please note that it may be necessary to repeat steps 3 and 4 after step 5.<\/em><\/p>\n\n            <p>Our intention is that this process will ensure that the community feels that you have had clear opportunity to engage in the redrafting process, and feel included and heard.<\/p>\n\n            <div class=\"contact-info\">\n                <h3>How to Provide Feedback on this Draft Process:<\/h3>\n                <ul>\n                    <li><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:tapaweratdcc@gmail.com\">tapaweratdcc@gmail.com<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><strong>Post:<\/strong> PO Box 15, Tapawera<\/li>\n                    <li><strong>In-person:<\/strong> Handed to any TDCC committee member (Roy Bensemann, Dean Walls, Geoff Proffitt, Kieri Williams, Julie Jacobson, Trish Palmer).<\/li>\n                <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/main>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proposed process for consulting on TDCC\u2019s constitution May 2026 Dear community member, We are looking at revisiting TDCC\u2019s constitution, as requested by members, but first we need to develop a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tapaweracommunity.nz\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tapaweracommunity.nz\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tapaweracommunity.nz\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tapaweracommunity.nz\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tapaweracommunity.nz\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10071"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tapaweracommunity.nz\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10082,"href":"https:\/\/tapaweracommunity.nz\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10071\/revisions\/10082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tapaweracommunity.nz\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tapaweracommunity.nz\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tapaweracommunity.nz\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tapaweracommunity.nz\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}