General Meeting

February 8, 2021 Via Zoom

In attendance:  Krysty Thomas (Munns) (30048), President; Ray Wilson (30048), Vice-President, David Pearson (30048), Secretary/Treasurer; Stephanie Erb (30048); Sherry Hunt (30048)

Regrets:   

Guests:  

1. Call to Order  
   1. 6:05

• Approval of the Agenda:
  • The minutes were review 
  • Moved/Second to accept the minutes – Sister Hunt/Brother Wilson
    • Carried

• Review and approval of the previous meeting’s agenda 
  • Motion to accept the previous minutes
    • M/S Sister Hunt/Brother Wilson
    • Carried

• Reports:  
  • Treasurer Report 
    • $1,954.52 as of Feb 9, 2021
    • Motion to accept report 
      • M/S Brother Pearson/Sister Hunt
      • Carried

• Previous business
  • Sage Clan Action
    • Discussion of our support of the Sage Clan
      • Possible social justice funding

• Resilient YQL Art Project
  • Put in an off-cycle request of funding of $1500

• New business:  
  • 2021 Budget Preparation
    • A discussion of budget
    • See attachment 

• AFL Community Action Team Valentine Action
  • Local action for Standup to Kenney campaign 
    • February 12, 4:30 to 5:30pm drop your ‘Alberta Love: Valentines for Shannon Phillips’ at Shannon Phillips’s office
    • February 13, 1 to 3pm ‘Have a Heart Nathan and the UCP’ at Nathan Neudorf’s office

• Delegate to Prairies Regional Triennial
  • The current delegate is unable to attend as our delegate
    • Brother Wilson is the delegate 

• Actions:

• Elections:

• Next meeting date, time and location:  
  • March 9, 2021 at 6pm via Zoom

1. Agenda for next meeting:  

1. Adjournment
   1. 7pm

Lethbridge and District Area Council 2021 Budget Requests

Municipal

Municipal Election Planning (October 2021)

• Area Council to partake in conversations to help get progressive, labour friendly candidates elected. 
• Funding required for endorsement cards to be delivered to members within Lethbridge o $500 printing cost a union printer (will double check to Marianne to see if this comes from different budget) 
• Funding required to support treats for volunteers (canvassers, phone banks, pulling the vote) o $200 to cover coffee and refreshment during volunteer events

Provincial

• Support AFL Community Action teams within the constituencies of Lethbridge-WEST and Lethbridge-EAST
• Funds required to provide supplies to make posters, protest signs, coffee and refreshments, Covid

PPE o $200 to cover materials and supplies associated with rallies and events

Federal

• Federal election planning (funds to come from national pot of money)
• Awareness campaigns (get out the vote students, indigenous)
• Lobby MP Harder on budget, pharmacare, national childcare program, bargaining 

End Privatization: Fix long-term care: Make Revera public (Medicine Hat)

• Awareness campaign
• Petition/lobby

Community Outreach: homelessness/harm reduction

• Support Sage Clan o Community patrols
  • Winter essentials call out (socks, gloves, jackets, hand and toe warmers)
    • $1500 proposal to provide warm clothing for vulnerable members of our community
  • toiletries call out (mens/womens)
    • $1500 
• YQL Resilient Art Project o $1500 proposal to provide art supplies enabling meaningful daily activity to vulnerable members of our community to help promote autonomy 

Community Outreach: Community Building

• Support foodbank  o Tomato chefs project

                                        §    $300 

• Foodbank garden
  • Selling seed?
  • $300
• Support Soup Kitchen o Volunteer our time
  • Provided food for Sunday Brunch twice per year
    • $500 ($250 each event to help provide healthy proteins and fresh fruit for Sunday Brunch)

Community Outreach: Reconciliation

• Support Sweet grass Youth Alliance Youth Conference
• Support National Indigenous Peoples Day Events within Lethbridge  

Community Outreach: PSAC Awareness

• Dragon boat team o $2500 event (promotes PSAC team building across component helps to recruit community members, and makes the Lethbridge community aware of PSAC) 
• Medicine Hat Canada Celebrations
• Labour Day BBQ o $300 to cover cost of cotton candy and PSAC table
• Pride Parades o $500 for parade entry and float decoration
• Whoop Up Days Parade

Community Outreach: Supporting Quality Accessible Childcare

–           Support AFL Childcare BBQ o $300 to increase amount of food offered allowing for more community participation

Community Outreach: Human Rights Day

–           Support Amnesty international Write for Write Events o $100 to cover cost of silent auction items that help support Amnesty international human rights activism