CLA President Dr Kristine Klugman and CEO Bill Rowlings are holding meetings in Launceston and Hobart in April 2010 as part of trying to reinvigorate civil liberties in Tasmania.
President to visit three cities
President Kristine Klugman is holding meetings with CLA members in Melbourne, Launceston and Hobart in April.
The aim is to boost CLA’s ability to respond to local matters, and to put in place early warning systems for emerging national issues.
In Melbourne, she and CEO Bill Rowlings will meet with about a dozen members and people who have expressed an interest in areas CLA is pursuing.
In Launceston, a meeting will explore forming a local group where none has previously existed. The meeting was scheduled for Chalmers, in Prince’s Square, from 6-7.30pm on Tuesday 20 April.
In Hobart, the local Council for Civil Liberties is defunct, and CLA will look to resurrect it or build on an existing local CLA group.
The CLA Board believes it is strategically important that civil liberties groups be active and available in the major capital cities, which is why reinvigorating a Hobart group is important.
As regards Launceston, it is part of CLA’s plan to boost civil liberties and human rights interest in regional and rural centres, especially the larger cities.