Monthly Archives: October 2010

Fine moustachery and immaculate grooming doesn’t grow on trees

Netstrata  are proud to support Movember.

Movember

Each year Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces in Australia and around the world, with the sole aim of raising vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and depression in men.

Men sporting Movember moustaches, known as Mo Bros, become walking, talking billboards for the 30 days of November and through their actions and words raise awareness by prompting private and public conversation around the often ignored issue of men’s health.

Peter with mo Mo growing Justin with mo Big mo Andrew with mo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supported by the women in their lives, Mo Sistas, Movember Mo Bros raise funds by seeking out sponsorship for their Mo growing efforts. The rules are simple; register online at Movember.com and start the month of Movember clean shaven, before growing a Mo.

Money raised in Australia is shared equally between programs targeting prostate cancer and male depression. Funds are committed to our men’s health partners, the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and beyondblue – the national depression initiative and the Movember Foundation. Together, the three channels work to ensure that Movember funds are supporting a broad range of innovative, world class programs in the fields of research, education, support, and awareness.

City Futures Research Centre to undertake major study of the strata sector

Strata is the fastest growing form of residential property ownership in Australia. Over half the new dwellings to be built in our metropolitan areas over the next decades will be strata titled. The growth of this sector raises increasingly important questions over property ownership and governance.

A new two-year research project, supported by the NSW strata industry and the NSW State and Federal governments, will chart the key issues facing the governance and management of strata buildings. The research will be undertaken by the High Density City team at the City Futures Research Centre. The project is the first major study of the strata sector undertaken in Australia.

The research has three main aims:

  • 1. To explore the role, capacity & effectiveness of owners’ corporations as agencies of property governance and management.
  • 2. To explore the capacity & effectiveness of strata managers as mediators of outcomes for owners and residents in strata & their role within the overall structure of management & governance.
  • 3. To assess how well residential strata works from strata owners’ points of view.

The project, which focuses on NSW, will deliver systematic information about the operation of the strata system. The findings will assist residents, owners and those involved in strata management and policy development to better understand the nature and scale of issues facing the strata sector and its capacity to self-manage these issues. It will provide an informed evidence base to support improved best practice and policy development across the sector. While it focuses on NSW, the results will inform policy and practice in the strata sector across Australia.

The research will be undertaken by the City Futures Research Centre in partnership with:

  • The Institute of Strata Title Management
  • The Owners Corporation Network
  • Lannock Strata Finance
  • Macquarie Bank
  • NSW Land and Property Management Authority
  • NSW Fair Trading

For more information check out https://cityfutures.be.unsw.edu.au/

Forbes Richest Man & Netstrata

Netstrata’s Business Development Manager Jeremy Stone attended a luncheon at Doltone House Pyrmont today to hear some insightful comments on the world economy from the world’s richest man Carlos Slim Helu who is in Sydney for the 2010 Forbes Global CEO Conference. Jeremy Stone said “it was amazing to see how down to earth Carlos was happily posing for photos and donning his Akubra hat which was his gift for his attendance”.

Carlos