George Dixon Community Recreation Centre
| Present: | Anne Perry, Craig Walkington, Mr & Mrs Downey, John Fleming, Ross Cantwell, Dawn Sloane, Sharon Martin, Irvine Carvery
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| Regrets: | Mrs. Alvina Cain, Arthur Carter |
| 1. | Call to Order - Meeting called to order by Craig Walkington at 5:32pm. |
| 2. | Review of Last Meeting Notes Notes of the meeting on 29 August 2002 were approved by the committee. |
| 3. | Distribution of Nomination Packages Packages contain a job description as well as election and nomination rules. Packages will be available September 15, 2002. Completed nomination information and biographies must be returned by September 30, 2002. A package will be forward to Tony Blouin to be posted on the HRM website. 150 packages have been made up. There will be twelve positions on the Halifax CLC. Six will be designated -- three from BHARA and three from CHCA. The remaining six members will be elected from the community at large at the October 10, 2002 meeting. |
| 4. | October 10, 2002 Meeting - Creating an Agenda The meeting will be chaired by a Minister from the local community. Chair will kick off the meeting by introducing the members of the Steering Committee. Meeting will begin at 7:00pm sharp at the George Dixon Community Recreation Centre. Sharon will give an overview of how the CLC Steering Committee was formed, and the work that has been done to date. Craig will speak about the role of CLC and it's terms of reference as approved by HRM Council. He will also talk about the Community Integration Fund and its terms of reference as approved by HRM Council. John will outline the boundaries and composition of CLC. |
| 5. | Nominations Nominations will be handled by the Chair. Chair will introduce the candidates. Each candidate will have a maximum of two minutes to state why they should be elected for a position. Councillor Sloane volunteered to keep time. Once all candidates have spoken, the Chair will explain how the voting will take place. The top six vote getters will be selected. It was agreed to wait until the meeting on October 2 nd to determine whether voters will be able to cast 1 or 6 votes. |
| 6. | Purpose of October 10, 2002 Meeting To obtain nominations and put the CLC membership into place. Looking for a lot of community effort and concern. 1 to 1.9 million dollars will be awarded to each community to host a plant. The community then has to come together and decide what it is that they would like to spend the money on. |
| 7. | General Notes/ Suggestions from the Meeting Members of the CLC have to work hard, not just attend meetings. |
| 8. | Proposed Agenda Anne Perry will approach the 5 churches to find out if the Ministers are available to participate on October 10 th . It was suggested that one of them could chair the meeting, someone who will be able to control the meeting, and perhaps two other Ministers could be the scrutineers for the voting. It was recommended that all 5 Ministers be invited to attend. |
| 9. | Boundaries Candidates and nominators must live within the following boundaries, Cogswell to North Streets, and Barrington to North Park/Agricola Streets. . |
| 10. | Next Meeting Next meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 2, 2002, 5:30pm at the George Dixon Community Recreation Centre. This meeting will be chaired by John Fleming. Purpose of this meeting is last minute preparations for the October 10th meeting. |
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