Redevelopment plans
Welcome to the January 2009 issue of the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse (NZFVC) Newsletter. There have been some changes since the last newsletter, you may be aware that the NZFVC website is now being hosted and operated by the Ministry of Social Development (MSD). Also, our partnership relationship with the NGOs continues to provide an Outreach Coordinator who works out of NCIWR National Office.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the University of Canterbury and Te Awatea Violence Research Centre for all of the great work that they have done with NZFVC to date.
Now, I know what you're thinking - the Government hosting the Clearinghouse? Crazy!! Not at all: bringing the NZFVC into MSD will not compromise the way that it has always been run. The website will be hosted on the MSD server, but will continue to stand alone. Information on the site will still be neutral and we will be running the same moderation processes and working closely with the Outreach Co-ordinator and NGO consortium as has been the case. We are committed to keeping the integrity of the NZFVC.
Currently we are undertaking a redevelopment of the NZFVC website: there is a wealth of information on the site and we would like to improve accessibility and make it easier to use. It is important that we find out what people want and need in the site so we have undertaken a user survey The survey is now closed. If you have missed out please feel free to contact me directly. While we are working on the site redevelopment we do not have the same level of staff resource that the Clearinghouse has had in the past. This will change after June 2009, so please do bear with us in the interim. I know that Philip Worthington (NZFVC Information Manager) and Jessica Trask (NZFVC Outreach Co-ordinator) will continue to do an amazing job of ensuring that you have what you need.
I have come on board to manage the redevelopment of the website, and am happy to discuss your ideas, answer your questions or chat about what you would like to see in general - please do feel free to contact me any time. I am passionate about the elimination of family violence and have worked in the field before so it is great for me to be able to be part of this project. I am also project managing the Community Study as part of the research and evaluation work being done to support the Campaign for Action on Family Violence.
There are some great articles in this issue of the newsletter, please take the time to read through it. And remember, you can get all of this information and more through the NZFVC website
Kati ake nei
Jolene Armadoros
Project Manager - Website Redevelopment
04 916 3092
Jolene.armadoros002@msd.govt.nz
