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March 13, 2006 Board meeting
155-1000 Queen St. W
Ottawa, ON.
10:15 am – meeting called to order
Attendance
Tessa Hebb
Pat Kerwin
Kealey Cummings
Fraser Green
Marion Dewar
Lynn Williams
David Woodbury
Staff:
Doug Massey
On the phone:
Frank Saptel
Jill Marzetti
Howard Pawley
Regrets:
Ted Jackson
David Mackenzie
Tessa welcomed Alexa
McDonough to the Board and Lynn Williams who was able
to join us in Ottawa for the meeting.
The President and Treasurer’s
Report was tabled for the Annual General Meeting immediately
following the Board Meeting.
1. M/S/C Approval of
agenda
2. M/S/C Approval of
minutes of last Board Meeting May 5th 2005 (Nov. 2005
Board meeting was cancelled due to election call). Minutes
are posted on the DCF.ca web site
3. New Projects Report
In the Summer an email ballot was conducted to get approval
for the DVD Project – 100 % response to the email proxy
ballot and every Board member approved of the project.
Pat Kerwin walked us through the DVD project expenses
and revenues. Those giving $10 per month or more on
our monthly giving plan or a one time donation of $250.00
or more will receive a “Collector’s edition” copy of
the DVD “Speeches of Tommy Douglas – Volume 1” – these
levels are due to restrictions in Charitable foundations
for “gifts” that are given back to donors. The DVD can
also be purchased for $24.95 includes taxes plus $5
shipping and handling (no tax receipt is given).
We also created a new look for the Foundation with a
profession graphics design firm Joss Maclennan Designs.
A poster was created in both English and French to help
promote the Foundation. We revamped our web site, letterhead,
leaflets, and had new membership cards created. It was
felt that we needed these materials to engage new members
and groups. The DVD project was a significant initiative
with kudos to Pat Kerwin and Doug Massey for all of
their hard work on this project.
We will be announcing
the release of the DVD at a press conference this afternoon.
Pat Kerwin added a
message of thanks about DVD project and wanted to recognize
the Saskatchewan NDP, the Canadian Labour Congress and
the UFCW for giving us copies of the videos used for
the DVD project. It was also a huge success having Shirley
Douglas introduce the speeches on the DVD and the support
she has shown for the Foundation. Selected clips of
this DVD are on our web site.
Volume 2 of the DVD
set is now being researched by Pat Kerwin. This will
include speeches from Tommy Douglas while he sat in
the House of Commons. It was suggested that Ed Broadbent
would be a good individual to provide the introduction
to this DVD collection.
Second new project
announced is a competition of one single large award
for $25,000
Project that best captures “Tommy Douglas’ Vision for
Canada”
M/S/C We proceed with
a 2006 award of $25,000 for project that best captures
“Tommy Douglas’ Vision for Canada”. In order to be able
to grant this amount we will not undertake any other
project request (with the exception of our on-going
scholarships) until November of 2006. The Board will
select a winner from proposal’s received. Terms of reference
for the competition are attached.
It was suggested that
the winner of the competition be announced from the
podium at the upcoming NDP Federal Convention in Sept.
in Quebec City.
4. Scholarships Report:
Three universities awarded our scholarships last year,
Carleton University, University of Regina, and U. of
T. Woodsworth College. We will post these scholarships
on our revamped web site with links to the institutions
where they need to apply. We will seek permission to
post the names of the winners of the scholarships each
year. Frank Saptel will be asked to can follow up with
CALM with Rosemarie.
M/S/C: Adoption of the Report
5. Membership Drive
Doug Massey reported in Anne’s absence. We have increased
our current membership to 103 and are beginning to be
able to sustain our administration cost through our
annual and monthly membership donations. We would like
all the Board members to continue to find 25 new members
in 2006. Doug can send out letters/emails on your behalf.
Doug will send out current membership list to Board
Members so the Board can see who responded to last year’s
appeal.
6. Nomination Committee
Report:
The full board acts as the nomination committee for
the meeting
With the addition of Frank Saptel and Alexa McDonough
at last year’s AGM the 17 voting Board positions are
currently filled.
We will look into Honourary Patrons for our next AGM.
7. Other Business:
Frank Saptel recommended we think about a French version
of the video Mouseland.
8. M/S/C Meeting adjourned
11:15 a.m. Next Board meeting to be confirmed in June
after the close of submissions for the DCF Prize.
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