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:
- Call to Order
- 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
- Motion to accept the previous minutes
- Reports:
- Treasurer Report
- $1,954.52 as of Feb 9, 2021
- Motion to accept report
- M/S Brother Pearson/Sister Hunt
- Carried
- Treasurer Report
- Previous business
- Sage Clan Action
- Discussion of our support of the Sage Clan
- Possible social justice funding
- Discussion of our support of the Sage Clan
- Sage Clan Action
- 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
- 2021 Budget Preparation
- 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
- Local action for Standup to Kenney campaign
- Delegate to Prairies Regional Triennial
- The current delegate is unable to attend as our delegate
- Brother Wilson is the delegate
- The current delegate is unable to attend as our delegate
- Actions:
- Elections:
- Next meeting date, time and location:
- March 9, 2021 at 6pm via Zoom
- Agenda for next meeting:
- Adjournment
- 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
- Winter essentials call out (socks, gloves, jackets, hand and toe warmers)
- 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)
- Provided food for Sunday Brunch twice per year
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