Lethbridge Women's Committee Meeting Minutes(May 2014)

 

 

Dolly Ablitt

Diane White

Maria Fitzpatrick

Stephanie Erb

Sherry Hunt

Krysty Munns

Lyn Paterson

 

none

 

1. Call to Order

 

Meeting called to order at 5:45pm by M. Ftizpatrick (Chair)

 

2. Approval of the Agenda:

 

M/S/C 

Hunt/Fitzpatrick/Carried

 

3. Review and approval of the previous meeting’s minutes   

 

M/S/C

Approved via email in April

 

4. New Business arising from the minutes

 

* National Day of Mourning  - 40 people in attendance 

* Aboriginal Day – Still haven’t heard anything regarding their plans. Ray Wilson will be our contact.

* July 1 event - Still haven’t heard anything from Alberta Ethnic Association – the event may be cancelled.

* Labour Day – Aug 30th (Saturday) Noon-2pm. Food will be provided. Galt Garden. Looking for talent – Looking for musical abilities. Lethbridge RWC will help with the children’s games.

* NDP fundraiser has been postponed – may do an event during Whoop up days. 

* Town Hall Meeting RE: Sick leave – technical problems – 1700 people on the phone. Will run another town hall in the near future.

 

5. Chairsperson Report

 

* M. Fitzpatrick will submit a written report.

* We planned some activities and completed several of our planned goals. 

* We have a great lineup of activities this year.

* D. Ablitt – a the PRC meeting money allocation was discussed – they didn’t reach quorum. Need to contact Allison the chair of the PRC for an update. 

 

6. Treasurer's Report

 

See attached report. 

Nancy Johnson carried out the audit – Audit should be completed by PRC Women’s Rep.

M/S/C - Paterson/Hunt/Carried

 

7. Election of Officers

 

Chair
 

M/S - S. Erb/S.Hunt nominate M. Fitzpatrick – Acclaimed

 

 

M/S - M. Fitzpatick/S. Erb nominate D. White – Acclaimed

 

 

M/S - S. Hunt/D. White nominate L. Paterson – Acclaimed

 

 

M/S - L. Paterson/S. Hunt nominate K. Munns – Acclaimed 

 

8. Next events on our calendar

 

* June 21st – Aboriginal Day – discussed above

* July 1st – Alberta Ethnic Association – discussed above

* Labour Day – August 30th. Picnic in the park at Galt Gardens. – discussed above

* NDP East Fundraiser – Picnic in the park – June 6th– discussed above

 

9. Varia

 

Renewal on the kitchen table conversation re: childcare campaign

 

* Need to think about how and where we want to have these conversations

* May want to look into including this into the budget 

* Calgary has planned to a one-day event for women to attend

* M. Ftizpatrick to take the lead on this project - we have an education day allocated in the budget. Contact the women resource centre/family centre

 

10. Actions:

 

* M. Ftizpatrick to call RecEx regarding invoice before next meeting

* M. Fitzpatrick to take the lead on the Renewal of Kitchen Table Conversations before next meeting

* K. Munns to talk to S. Little regarding coming to the June 17th meeting to help with convention prep before next meeting

 

11. Next meeting date, time and location:

 

* June 17th – 5:30pm @ Osho’s 

 

12. Agenda for next meeting: 

 

* Resolution preparation for convention

* Aboriginal Day Planning

 

13. Adjournment

 

M/S/C

S. Hunt/S. Erb/Carried – 6:18pm