DUI 2011 Event Cancelled
Inclusive Communities NZ (ICNZ) regrettably cancelled the DUI event planned for February 2011 in Hamilton, New Zealand. The ICNZ Board met 7 December to discuss the DUI event, particularly that registrations were very low, and – having recently surveyed potential participants – that many had said that the event was not within the scope of their professional development budgets, the timing of the event was not right for them, or the duration of the event was too long. It was believed this pointed to the global recession still hitting hard particularly in community sectors. After much deliberation of a number of options, it was decided that the most responsible course of action was to cancel the event.
The vision of Inclusive Communities NZ (ICNZ) remains the same – that is, to influence and inspire the strengthening of community. Ongoing focus will be on forming new community partnerships and the planning of other forums for the future.
DUI 2012 will be hosted in Sydney, Australia. We will profile information about that event as advertising comes to hand in the next few months.
