VIC Division
Young Planners
Call for Nominations to serve on the Victorian Young Planners Committee
Would you like to become more involved with the planning profession? This is an opportunity to contribute to your industry, build professional relationships and make new friends.
The Victorian Young Planners Committee (VYP) is the State Divisional Committee of the National Young Planners. Their purpose is to connect, support and inform a network of young planners in Victoria, through events, regular updates and representation. The network is guided by the VYP Committee, who hold monthly meetings to determine the strategic direction, activities and initiatives the group should undertake.
In 2011, the VYP Committee made a concerted effort to provide more opportunities, resources and a collective voice to the emerging planners of Victoria. Key achievements included; a submission made on behalf of young planners in Victoria to the 2011 review of Victoria’s planning system, the introduction of a step payment plan for young planners wishing to attend the PIA National Congress, opportunities for young planners to participate in international development in Sri Lanka, and a significant increase in attendance at all VYP events. The VYP Committee is committed to building on these achievements in 2012, and this is your opportunity to get involved!
The terms of current members of the Victorian Young Planners Committee expire this year on 1 March 2012. The VYP are now calling for nominations from anyone who wishes to serve on the committee by Tuesday 28 February 2012.
Please note the following:
• Nominees are preferred to be current financial members of PIA.
• VYP Committee members must be “a student or graduate of a planning or planning related degree with up to 5 years post graduate experience”.
• Retiring members are entitled to renominate.
• The successful nominees will serve for a one year period commencing 1 March 2012.
Nominations must include a brief summary explaining what you will contribute to the Committee for the 2012-2013 year (a series of dot points is sufficient).
For more information, or to express your interest in nominating, please contact Simone Stevenson at stevenson@planning.org.au or on (03) 9347 1900.
VYP Planning News Article Prize
The Victorian Young Planners are offering a fantastic opportunity for all students to have a piece of their work published in the upcoming editions of Planning News. If you have written an essay or article relating to planning and believe it has what it takes to be published and invoke thought and debate, we want them. Email your entries and any questions to vyp@planning.org.au. The competition is ongoing, so there is no close date.
The Victorian Young Planners would like to congratulate Justin Galligan from Melbourne University for his article on the world's most liveable cities being selected as the first winner of the article prize, published in the November 2011 issue of Planning News.
VYP Survey on the Review of the Victorian Planning System
As you may be aware, the Victorian Planning System is currently under review, and the Ministerial Advisory Committee undertook a consultation process requesting feedback of key stakeholders in the industry in the second half of 2011.
The Victorian Young Planners Committee were invited to attend an informal meeting with the Advisory Committee, to give them the perspective of what it is like to be a new user of the system and what issues concern young planners specifically.
In the interests of providing solid feedback which was representative of the wider Young Planners network, the VYP Committee undertook an online survey of student and early professional planners in Victoria. The survey elicited nearly 50 responses, and the committee were able to consolidate these responses into a written submission which they presented to the Advisory Committee at the meeting on 30 September. The VYP submission can be accessed here.
Victorian Young Planners Committee 2011
The Victorian Young Planners group has been confirmed for 2011 and consists of the following members:Jessica Noonan - National Young Planners Representative
- Gareth Hately - Victorian Young Planners Representative
- Ben Dohrmann
- Brian Labadie
- Chris Greenland
- Jaclyn Murdoch
- Lauren Schneider
- Madeleine Pieper
- Nick Robinson
- Norm Kortum
- Rupert Dance
- Ryan Thomas
- Sarah Kernohan
- Tina Ngu
- Zoe Porlai
PIA, VYP and WPN Mentoring Program
The Planning Institute, the Women’s Planning Network and the Victorian Young Planners are launching a free Mentoring Program open to members of PIA and WPN. This unique professional development opportunity will pair inspired and experienced planning ‘mentors’ with young professionals. Exchanges between mentors and their mentees can cover a broad range of topics, from workplace and leadership issues to discussion of current planning issues. This is a two way professional development opportunity, for mentors to develop leadership skills whilst also giving back to the profession and gaining PIA PD points, and for mentees to gain valuable wisdom and advice when beginning their planning career journey. For more information please download the flier.
Young Planners at the PIA National Congress, Tasmania
Young Planners from around Australia arrived in Hobart in March for the 2011 YP Connect Symposium and the PIA National Congress. Attendees benefited from a wide variety of high calibre speakers and thought-provoking messages and debates.
The next National Congress will be held in Adelaide in April 2012, more details will be provided closer to the date.
Victorian Young Planners Group - MEMBERSHIP
The VYP (Victorian Young Planners) is your local divisional group of the NYPG (National Young Planners Group), supported by the Victorian division of PIA. We are here to connect, support and inform Victorian Young Planners, through events, regular updates and representation.
Being a member of the VYP provides you with opportunities including:
- Education / Professional Development - members are regularly notified of opportunities to attend seminars, forums and discussions organized by the Institute on critical planning issues or topical planning projects.
- Socialising - The Institute provides ample opportunities for planners to mingle with others from the profession in a relaxed and fun atmosphere over the course of the year.
- Representation - It's worthwhile to participate in an organisation that actively seeks to have issues relevant to the profession raised in the public domain.
- Networking - The Institute provides an environment where it is easy to develop new contacts within the profession.
If you would like to be notified of upcoming VYP events, initiatives and opportunities, please email Simone Stevenson at stevenson@planning.org.au. Both PIA members and non-members are welcome to subscribe.
To join PIA as a corporate or student member, click here to down load a form, for more information on the benefits of membership, click here. Don't forget to tick the ‘Young Planner' Special Interest Group to be included on the emailing list for National and State Young Planner updates. Become a part of our face book page by visiting facebook.
Want to know more or interested in getting involved? Email: vyp@planning.org.au
Upcoming Events
Please check back here for upcoming VYP events over the course of the year!