FEASIBILITY STUDY CONTEXT


In regard the the QVMAG Feasibility Study the issue of who has and who has not got a right to claim  'stakeholdership' in the QVMAG is front and centre. Stakeholdership, and especially 'Key Stakeholdership', is typically to do with pecuniary interests where the 'holder' has something to lose or something to gain. 

When the term is used in a broader context there is usually a strategic purpose involved to do with 'deeming' people's interests in something and ranking them – a property, an issue, a development, whatever. 

When invoked in such a way the incentive to  'deem and rank' typically seems to be to do with diluting contention. As often as not it is to do with privileging a class of people with a coinciding and complementary interests. It nonetheless becomes contentious when it excludes people who believe they have a shared interest and they are deemed to have a lesser interest – all too often deemed with some imperative in mind.

Arguably, in regard to the QVMAG there are great many people with 'ownerships' in the institutions collections – intellectual property, cultural property, loaned artefacts, etc. Similarly, the collections hold material and data of interest to a  great many people – cultural producers, scientists, researchers, historians, et al. 

On the face of it, in regard to the feasibility study in addition to 'Stakeholders' there is 'Community of Ownership & Interest' who have largely been left out of the list of those whose interest matters – and is indeed legitimate.

Thus the ambiguousness of the consultants' brief along with who gets to be consulted, and in what context, means that almost automatically the brief itself becomes contentious. It is clear that Hirst Projects is responding to recommendations/proposals to be found in Robyn Archer's Report sometimes referred to as being a 'cultural audit'. 

Without access to that report those invited to respond on behalf of the community are unavoidably 'flying blind'. After that, the financiers – ratepayers, taxpayers, donors, et al – are functionally excluded from the discourse – and arguably unreasonably.

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CORESPONDENCE THREAD
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From: Belinda Cotton 
Sent: Thursday, 12 April 2018 11:24 AM
To: 'Ray Norman'
Cc: Richard Mulvaney
Subject: RE: Meeting with Hirst Projects - QVMAG Feasibility Study
Ray 
Thank you for making time.  I confirm your meeting with Sally Hirst & Dr Robin Hirst PSM at the QV Art Gallery, 2.30pm tomorrow (ie. Friday 13 April).
Please do, by all means, park in the staff carpark - I will have a permit ready for you and will meet you in the car park to give it to you at 2.25pm to save a you a double trip.
Kind regards
Belinda
Belinda Cotton I Executive Officer, Arts and Culture | City of Launceston T 03 6323 3706 | M 0404 893 141 I www.qvmag.tas.gov.au Working out of Queen Victoria Museum, 2 Invermay Road, Inveresk
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From: Ray Norman
Sent: Thursday, 12 April 2018 10:09 AM
To: Richard Mulvaney
Cc: Belinda Cotton
Subject: RE: Meeting with Hirst Projects - QVMAG Feasibility Study
Good morning Richard,
Thank you for your email this morning. In a roundabout way, you’ve answered my questions to do with stakeholdership albeit that I do not imagine myself as being a ‘stakeholder’ or a representative of anyone or anything other than my independent research and its outcomes over time. 
As I keep on having to remind people I’m not a member of any organisation anywhere anymore. Nonetheless, I am a part of several ’networks’ relative to the projects/investigations/research I’m involved in. People in them are interstate mostly and by accident of ‘place’ some are local/regional. I can and will only speak for myself and I rely upon ‘ongoing networked peer review’ to test outcomes and observations. This being so, it frees me up from any obligations to other groups, etc.
Cutting to the chase for tomorrow (Friday 13 April) I will be at Royal Park for 2.30pm all things being equal and I’m assuming that I’ll be able to park in the QVMAG carpark otherwise I’ll need to arrange alternative transport.
Regards,           
Ray
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From: Richard Mulvaney
Date: Thursday, 12 April 2018 at 7:49 am
To: Ray Norman
Subject: RE: Meeting with Hirst Projects - QVMAG Feasibility Study
Dear Ray
I asked Belinda Cotton to interview you as you have provided support to QVMAG in the past and been involved with previous reviews. I felt you had something to offer.
The number of people that the Hirst Project team can interview is limited but we do have a fair sweep of those involved with the arts. While we can't capture everyone I am comfortable with the list we have at the moment.
You have been asked in your own right and not as a representative of anyone. I would appreciate it if you could reserve your views for Hirst Projects so that they can assess them in context with others.
Thank you for making yourself available at short notice.
Regards, Richard 
Richard Mulvaney I Director I Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery and Princess Theatre
T 03 6323 3700 I F 03 6323 3776 I M 0409 744 392 I www.qvmag.tas.gov.au
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From: Ray Norman
Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2018 2:07 PM
To: Belinda Cotton
Cc: Richard Mulvaney; Bill Boyd [SCU]
Subject: Re: Meeting with Hirst Projects - QVMAG Feasibility Study
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your email and the Information Sheet. It looks like as if I’ll be able let you know by the end of the day which session I’ll be attending …. all thing being equal.
It seems to me that the Ratepayers Association Tasmania (RA-T) and the Heritage Protection Society (HPS) have been left out of this discussion/research/consultation process. Given that:
·      Launceston’s ratepayers are the primary funders of the QVMAG; and 
·      The QVMAG’s infrastructure and its related histories is deeply embedded in the HPS raison d’etre;
leaving them out is perhaps an oversight. 
A member of or representative/spokespeople from these organisations might well be considered for inclusion – profitably even. I should NOT be considered as a representative of either group as I am not a member and I am an independent researcher albeit that I consult with these groups from time to time. I cannot critique or speak for organisations that I’m not a member of even if it is imagined that I can.
Regards,
Ray
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From: Belinda Cotton
Date: Wednesday, 11 April 2018 at 12:55 pm
To: Ray Norman
Cc: Richard Mulvaney
Subject: RE: Meeting with Hirst Projects - QVMAG Feasibility Study
Ray

Thank  you for your email. I am sorry for the short notice and any convenience caused.  
The Information Sheet attached is all the information the Consultants have asked me to provide the people they are meeting with. 
The selection of stakeholders have been driven by the Consultants. 
I defer to Richard regarding your request for the Consultants' brief and in case he has input regarding your stakeholders request.
I look forward to hearing which session you'll be able to attend. Again I do apologise for the short notice.
Kind regards
Belinda
Belinda Cotton I Executive Officer, Arts and Culture | City of Launceston T 03 6323 3706 | M 0404 893 141 I www.qvmag.tas.gov.au Working out of Queen Victoria Museum, 2 Invermay Road, Inveresk
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From: Ray Norman
Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2018 10:39 AM
To: Belinda Cotton
Subject: Re: Meeting with Hirst Projects - QVMAG Feasibility Study
Good morning Belinda,
Thank you for the alert! I have a few things happening this week and I’m checking my diary for what I can move. In the meantime, it would be very helpful to receive a copy of the consultants’ brief as it would save a lot time trying to divine it at the meeting and enable me to arrive somewhat prepared. 
Also, it would be helpful if you could advise me in regard to who is being regarded as “stakeholders” in regard to this study. Is that information that you are able to provide?
I look forward to receiving whatever you are able to provide and I’ll get back to you shortly to let you know which session I anticipate attending.
Regards,      
Ray
Ray Norman
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The lifestyle design enterprise and research network
PH: 03-6334 2176
40 Delamere Crescent Trevallyn TAS. 7250
“A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.” Thomas Paine
“The standard you walk past is the standard you accept” David Morrison

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From: Belinda Cotton
Date: Wednesday, 11 April 2018 at 9:41 am
To: Ray Norman
Cc: Richard Mulvaney
Subject: Meeting with Hirst Projects - QVMAG Feasibility Study
Ray
You are invited to meet with the consultants, Hirst Projects regarding the QVMAG Feasibility Study, who will be here for the next three days.
For your consideration, the following times are available - the sessions are 30 minutes in duration:
  • Today (11 April) at the QV Museum (Inveresk): 1.30pm
  • Tomorrow (12 April) at the QV Museum (Inveresk):  9.30am
  • Friday (13 April) at the QV Art Gallery (Royal Park): 9am, 9.30am, 10.30am and 2.30pm.
Please find attached the Hirst Projects Introduction for reference. I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards

Belinda
Belinda Cotton I Executive Officer, Arts and Culture | City of Launceston T 03 6323 3706 | M 0404 893 141 I www.qvmag.tas.gov.au Working out of Queen Victoria Museum, 2 Invermay Road, Inveresk

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