Well, the meeting with the Mayor went very well and I now have a follow up meeting on Feb 18 to discuss in more depth what SEAC has been doing, our role in energy descent action planning action, the model of community action to deliver and implement and EDAP and our milestones so far.

Today was our first open day for the year at SEAC and from now on we'll be open every Saturday morning between 9am and noon at 41 Farrell Street Yandina with events posted on www.seac.net.au

SEAC is a hub that sits within the region and supports local action groups on the ground. It seems to be a model that is workable. It's great to have the opportunity to put these ideas and theory in practice and see them working in real life and being meaningful and of use to people.

This week I met with Eric from CERES in Victoria - they have a 10 acre community garden/centre that is so successful. Their website is www.ceres.org.au - very inspiring to see such good work happening in the community.

Also met with a group planning a regional event for when Roberto Perez from Cuba is here - a public screening of The Power of Community and a talk by Roberto.

Visited the Caloundra Community Climate Change Response Group and they have a lot of great ideas for this year, and SEAC is able to support them with a few ideas and resources. They even came up with a mini energy descent action plan on the night - great stuff!

Today was really inspiring too, here in Queensland we are in middle of our rainy season, so we're having torrential rain almost every day, yet 20 people turned up for a compost & worm farming workshop and to watch the Cuba DVD. They were actually queued at the door when I arrived (probably trying to find shelter)!

From this morning's session I've been invited to speak to a couple of local groups (not groups to do with peak oil or climate change - just community groups in general) about these issues.

The awareness is on the way up - of that I'm convinced.

Tomorrow morning I have our regular Eudlo Relocalisation Group meeting and the next day I'll be part of the initial meeting about an overall Eudlo Concept Plan to put to council.

It's all a lot of work and time at the moment, but I'm keen to see how successful community group models and structure can a) actually work and b) meet the needs of the community (rather than dictate them).

This week there was also a presentation delivered to the council on peak oil and local solutions to peak oil which was very well received and has generated positive feedback.

Just waiting now for the council election to see who is Mayor and we can begin poweringdown this region... yippee

PS - the EDAP is a regional project and therefore will survive the amalgamation process regardless of who gets in.