Evaluation of the NT MOS projects
Community meetings
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Community meetings account for over half of all MOS Projects services. In the consultations in community and with MOS Plus staff members, it became clear the term 'community meeting' for data collection purposes encompassed very diverse community contacts. This varied from brief, opportunistic contacts to encourage familiarity with the service (perhaps by dropping off service brochures), to a discussion with a community member, to a more 'formal' (sometimes pre-arranged) discussion with community representatives.
As with many other MOS Projects services discussed in this report, the greatest proportion of community meetings has taken place in Top End (45.5%) (see Figure 33).
Approximately one-quarter of community meetings has occurred in Central Australia (27.7%), with one-fifth taking place in Katherine (20.9%). As with other services provided by MOS Projects, the smallest proportion of community meetings has occurred in Barkly (5.9%).
There were no clear trends evident in the Quarterly changes in the number of community meetings held in each Region (see Figure 34). However, in all Regions the number of community meetings held has increased over the evaluation period, most notably in Top End. In the year 2010 - 2011 to date the number of community meetings in each Region, except Barkly, has increased each quarter.
Figure 33: Community meetings per region, as a proportion of total meetings
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Community meetings per region, as a proportion of total meetings:- Top End - 45.5% (N =924)
- Central - 27.7% (N = 563)
- Katherine - 20.9% (N = 425)
- Barkly - 5.9% (N = 120)
Figure 34: Changes in the number of community meetings by region over time
Text version of Figure 34
Figure 34 shows the change in the number of community meetings in each region receiving MOS Plus services in each quarter between 1 July 2008 and 31 March 2011.The change in the number of community meetings in each region varies between the first quarter and the final quarter of the period, increasing from 2 to 29 in Barkly, increasing from zero to 115 in Katherine, increasing from 2 to 256 in the Top End and increasing from zero to 115 in Central Australia.
All regions show a noticeable increase in the number of community meetings from the first quarter of 2010-11. Overall during the period, there were 120 community meetings in the Barkly region, 563 in Central Australia, 425 in Katherine region and 924 in the Top End region, with a total of 2,032 community meetings in the period of the evaluation.