Liota Peno - Candidate for Council 2028

15/03/2024

THIS IS WHY I LOVE HUMAN RESOURCES.

What makes a good leader great?

I am certainly not “great”, but I am aspiring to be. If you would like to know more about leadership styles, access the link below.

https://online.champlain.edu/blog/top-qualities-of-a-great-leader

In order, I regard myself as a mixture of all the styles listed:

1. Participative – always encouraging input from ALL team members to make the best decision for an organisation.
2. Transformational – as an advocate for change, I am always looking to improve processes, and encourage all new ideas and/or thoughts, no matter how “silly”.
3. Servant – I constantly take into consideration another’s point of view and always put myself in other people’s shoes.
4. Delegative – goes hand in hand with Participative and Transformational. Allow each team member to work on aspects of a project they are most suited for.
5. Transactional – whenever a team member does a great job, they need to be acknowledged. On the other hand, underperformance requires retraining and one-on-one guidance to improve. If improvement is not forthcoming, there should be consequences. However, that is a last resort.
6. Authoritative – I like to think of myself as a person of knowledge, always striving for best practices. I do prefer things done my way (who doesn’t), however, I am open to listening to others and improving processes. I also enjoy coaching/mentoring others, on the proviso they are open to learning best practices. I do not have the patience for lazy workers who have their ears closed to the team’s objectives.

Even if you work autonomously, you are still part of a team in the big scheme of things.

Even marriage is a team.🤝

14/03/2024

G'DAY CHARTERS TOWERS REGION!!

We are coming around the home bend and to say I am getting quite nervous now, is a huge understatement. However, with that, comes enthusiasm, excitement and anticipation of what I might achieve during my first term as a Councillor.

Before I forget, I need to thank each and every individual who has given me words of encouragement and support. Also, those who have Liked or are Following my page. If you haven't yet, please do, as this is the page where I will be posting all relevant Council decisions/discussions etc.

There are some very special thank yous:

Metalcorp Charters Towers - for the use of 2 x cattle panels in my temporary office (thanks hubby Adrian Peno - forever my #1 supporter 🥰)

Exquisite Beauty - for the use of 2 x fold-up camping tables, also in my office (thanks Jamie). Unfortunately, I may need to borrow them for a little longer until I get 59 Gill St up to standard.

Ravenswood State School P&C Assc. - for their time on election day, handing out election material on my behalf. As I don't know anyone well enough yet, a donation was a great option for me. I may even keep that going.

Pentland State School - as per Ravenswood above (although, yet to be confirmed). I do have inlaws from the area, but the family is visiting, so I have been put on the back burner. Lol.

Love you guys https://www.facebook.com/sheryl.small.549

There are also all the community pages I didn't even know existed (love learning new stuff). The Admins have been gracious to allow my posts (for the most part) and I apologise if some believe I have bombarded their favourite site/s, but I needed to let people know who I am and what I am about. In no particular order and I hope I have not forgotten any of them. 🙏

Charters Towers Community Notice Board
Charters Towers Friendly Discussion
Charters Towers Community Page
Charters Towers Region Community Network
Everything Charters Towers
Ravenswood News And Buy Swap Sell Qld
LoveRavenswood (thank you Scott)
Thorp's Building Heritage Tea Room & Treasures (thank you Jackie)
The Imperial Hotel (thank you Gina & crew)
GREENVALE COMMUNITY
Greenvale QLD Community Page
Pentland Hotel
Pentland Caravan Park

13/03/2024

Found this while scrolling. On my bucket list.

12/03/2024

Hello Charters Towers Region. Sincere apologies I have been absent the last few days. I have been busy dealing with pre-polling, my shop at 61b Gill Street and catching up with personal administration work.

We are in the last few days. For any of you who have not voted yet and still making up your mind, please view my ePortfolio, which I have done up on my LearnJCU Pebble+ account:

https://v3.pebblepad.com.au/spa/ #/public/kc8xbGGGyGGjz5b45gjcfk9Gkw

It outlines everything I am about. Hopefully, this will persuade you to put me in your 6 for Councillor. The "Education" document has three (3) pages. This outlines ALL the subjects I have completed, demonstrating my finance knowledge.

The last subject I ditched was all about international investing (foreign exchange rates etc.). Wasn't too hard to drop that so I could graduate with my Human Resources Testamur.

It will be a privilege to prove it was the right choice.

PebblePad helps learners showcase their evolving capabilities for life-wide and lifelong success. This is from my collection. Enjoy.

10/03/2024

The good news - today, I enjoyed a very nice lunch (thank you Gina) and 2 very cold mid-strength stubbies at The Imperial Hotel, then, went for takeaway coffee and bikkies (jam drops & Anzac) - at Thorp's Building Heritage Tea Room & Treasures (thank you Jackie).

The bad news - same old story. No-one on CTRC cares about our little 'outliers'. These small, but still contributing communities, need a caring representative who is willing to collaborate with the residents before the past neglect becomes too expensive to be reversed.

I would love to put my hand up for this job, incorporating ALL peripherals in the region.

Big tip - someone needs to request Google to remap Ravenswood. We almost got lost trying to find the cemetery - School St is now a no go zone. We even asked some at the pub, but they weren't local, so gave up. 🤭

We were told, by 2 locals, the dilapidated state some sites are, with both CTRC & RavenswoodGold failing to take responsibility.

Need to put that on the next visit.

08/03/2024

This morning, I experienced my very first Council Quarterly Breakfast to mark "International Women's Business Day" and I have to say it was a worthwhile event. The food was catered by Two Chooks Catering and a great, tasty range.

The highlight was guest speaker Karen Jacobsen - The GPS Girl

Highly inspirational and her topic, "Recalculating", is very relevant to what I have been experiencing since 2011 and, with my venture into being a Councillor, I've done exactly that - recalculated.

Now, with the help of the Charters Towers Region, I can soon grab the steering wheel and, after an initial steep learning curve, accelerate.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO PUT ME IN YOUR TOP 6 FOR COUNCIL - I PROMISE I WON'T LET YOU DOWN.

06/03/2024

TAXI POLL RESULTS - THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT

The results of the Taxi Poll were not a surprise and I may need to apologise for confusing so many people. My order of preference (to prompt people's memory) ......

1. Getting a taxi office back in Gill St?
2. Safer drop off and pick up at the back of Woolworths?
3. Getting a wheelchair accessible vehicle back in the fleet – aka maxi taxi?
... was not actually correct, as I wanted to prove how important the wheelchair taxi is to this town, confirming that we could really do with one back in the current fleet.

Absolutely, #1 should always be anything to help our community members with disabilities, especially wheelchairs.

Unfortunately, it will not be an easy venture, but, I can promise everyone that I do have a plan, but that cannot come to fruition unless I am on Council.

And, NO, it will not involve Council, nor any expense to ratepayers, but I will be in a position to act on it.

I can also promise that the other 2 issues are on my agenda in my first term on Council.

Confirming I will be in attendance at 61b Gill Street from 11:30am to 4:00 pm up until Friday, 15th March, as I will be at City Hall for pre-polling from 9:00 am to 11:00 am and then 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm.

There will be a sign in the window if unattended.

PLEASE REMEMBER, MY OFFICE HAS BEEN SET UP TO HELP EVERYONE IN THE CHARTERS TOWERS REGION.

FEEL FREE TO BREAK MY BOREDOM WITH YOUR STORIES. I AM HERE TO LISTEN AND, HOPEFULLY, ACT ON YOUR BEHALF.

05/03/2024

FINALLY - the time has come. I will be in my office from 11 a.m. tomorrow (after handing out pamphlets at pre-polling at City Hall).

If there is an A-Frame on the footpath, please feel free to come for a chat, whinge, coffee, tea, fruit punch, and a small treat.

Please remember it is a slap-stick temporary arrangement.

If you would like to see 1 less empty shop in Gill St, please put me in your top 6 for the upcoming local government elections (the higher the better, lol).

With Councillor remuneration increasing to $78k from 1st July, I can assure you, that the Charters Towers Region will get value for money - I intend staying for the long haul.

04/03/2024

PRE-POLLING HAS BEGUN!!

Hello everyone. This morning was interesting - I spent 3 hours at City Hall handing out pamphlets for the pre-polling. City Hall is open 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday right up to election eve (Friday, 15th March).

My office is taking far too long to get cleaned up - and I'm only doing a bandaid job on it. With everything else and the heat, I can only spend a couple of hours a day there. Now looking at Wednesday, 6th March.

There will be complimentary tea, coffee and non-alcoholic punch (cooler option, lol).

Whenever the office is unattended, there will be a sign indicating when I expect to return there. With pre-polling, I will be spending a few hours each day at City Hall. No reason why you can't come for a chat there, even if you aren't voting yet.

02/03/2024

Good afternoon Charters Towers Region. It has come to my attention that I may be "cluttering up social media", so I am wondering if I am better posting every 2-3 days, instead of daily.

The problem is that we are all time poor, so, unfortunately, social media happens to be the best platform to connect to everyone living in the area.

Today's post is about remuneration for a Councillor and why the position should be taken on as a full-time job, not a side line. I have had a current Councillor tell me "it is not a full-time job". At $78k from 1st July, 2024, it should be.

My office in Gill St will be funded by this remuneration, so will be going back into the community via leasing the site. This is taking away 1 vacant site long term (if I am elected).

My goal is to take the time travelling and exploring our region and meeting up with as many rate payers as I can 1 on 1.

Today, I worked the taxi and I had a passenger give be a brilliant idea that can be an extension of my plans for the taxi service.

The taxi poll certainly highlighted the need for a wheelchair taxi, which is sadly non-existent now, along with the maxi taxi, which would have been well used today, with the races.

Granted, the maxi demand is not like that every day, but, like any business, you need to take the good with the bad and manage accordingly.

PLEASE PUT ME IN YOUR TOP 6 - I WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN. THAT IS THE ONLY REAL PROMISE I CAN MAKE. THANK YOU.

28/02/2024

TAXI POLL

This topic is a contentious subject and will not be brought into debate. It is purely a POLL, nothing else.

In case you have had your head in the sand, I am also a Taxi Hire Driver for Gold City Cabs. NO – we are not here to bag the taxi service (until you are ready to put your hand up as a driver, no comment, please).
Any inappropriate posts will be deleted, without hesitation.

Anyway, yesterday I promised a juicy poll. Here it is:

WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT?

1. Getting a taxi office back in Gill St?
2. Safer drop off and pick up at the back of Woolworths?
3. Getting a wheelchair accessible vehicle back in the fleet – aka maxi taxi?

Personally, these are in order of MY preference, but I welcome all views simply stating order of priority - 1., 2., or 3. etc.
Results will be announced by the end of the weekend.

Thank you all for your input. It is just the start of my “listening” and “voice” campaign.

My office is taking longer than expected – the poor site is in a right royal mess. Lol.

Should be open my Monday, 4th March, which is when pre-polling starts at City Hall. I will be absent from the office during the week to attend City Hall, but will have a notice in the window should you like to make contact.

Please remember, anyone can email me at [email protected] or call me on 0422 111 965 (leave name for a call back, if I don’t answer).