Agenda

Vital Signs Committee Meeting: Agenda

Date: Monday March 7, 2011

Time: 4 pm local time
Location: GAI Boardroom
Attendees: Committee Members
Denise English Lynne Romano
Joyce Deboer Sara Davis
Ryan Watmough

Regrets:

Guests:

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1. Call to Order:

2. Approval of Agenda-Feb 7th

(Holly/Sara) Carried.
3. Approval of Minutes –
(Lynne/Holly) Carried.
4. How are we doing??
Round-table discussion.
5. Review Webinars Feb 28th, Mar 7th. For Actions,
Outstanding business: please see
Manager Ryan Watmough below.
Opinionaire Ryan Watmough
Public meeting: _____________
Traditional Advertising: ___________
Research: Holly, Denise, Lynne
Public Engagement: Sara, Lynne
New Media: Devin, Jana
6. Community Forestry Session. Update from Denise.
Location: TBD
Time: 7-9pm
Date: Monday April 4th
Speakers: Darcy M. will provide a ‘history of the local Forestry
industry’; Kurt will outline the ‘reorganization of forest

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 districts’; a speaker from Louisiana Pacific will outline ‘national
and global issues’; and Diana Brooks will discuss ‘green energy
opportunities’ with respect to the forestry industry.
7. Review VS Canada Schedule Please review
- Indicators Set: April CFC’s Vital Signs
- Publishing: Sept/Oct Timeline found
- Presentations: Oct on BaseCamp
- Debrief: Nov
We need to confirm/clarify timelines for opinionaire so it Participate in
coincides with forestry session and meeting with Webinars
community groups.
Additional Existing Community Events:
LIRN – Building Bridges; Friday March 11, 9am-3:30pm
Poor No More documentary; TBD by producers
Community Engagement Video: TBD by Sara
BCVC Interpretive Program; March 21st: Lynne
8. Opinionaire committee, objectives….etc Research
Created from a combination of the Manager, and Research & Committee
Community Engagement Committee members. needs contact
names and
Collect data from the following sources: emails for these
groups.
Organization Contact Email Address
Ministry of
Transportation
CBT
Province of BC
IHA
OPT Clinic
GSS
School District #6
Town of Golden Jon Wilsgard
CSRD Charles Hamilton
Parks Commission
SPARC BC
Rural
Development
Institute
Real Estate Board
RCMP – Golden
Fire Departments
Search & Rescue
GWRC (bed stays)
GAI
KHC Chamber of Ruth Kowalski
Commerce
GFBS
BC Hydro Sally Masters
DaVinci Networks
(internet usage,

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Housing Chris Hambruch
Committee
Transportation
Committee
Air Quality
Committee
Active
Transportation
Committee
GCRS Connie Barlow
GECDC Joanne
McCullough,
Connie Barlow
Golden Connie Barlow
Employment
Services
GBRAC
9. Inclusion, exclusion? Update Include all
Holly & Lynne presented a table of 47 local organizations groups; publish;
update
1 Format of community meetings?
0. Need to determine ‘brand’ of our Vital Signs Committee. Are
we quiet or controversial? How do we remain collaborative?
1 Next steps? March 24, 11am
1. How are we doing (wrt to meetings, what is or isn’t working)? Webinar
Round-table discussion.
1 Next Meeting:
2. Thursday March 24, 10:50am, CBT Boardroom

Adjourned: 5:43pm

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