Full+Board+Sept+22nd+-+7pm

Full Board Meeting Sept 22nd 7pm Ed 320

Attending: Jo, Peta, Kyle, Mark, Audrey, Nicole, Denie, Leah Regrets from: Karen, Paul (report for P&F Group submitted below - thanks!)

President's Report
 * Thank yous: SENS - thanks Leah also for all your work in general, Ecotour - Paul & Karen, Mark - TD bank hassling, EECOM - Peta - running planning & everyone, Envisage - Audrey, Website - all who've posted and kept stuff up to date
 * Update/review of Working Group Working Bee/Strategic Planning meeting

Vice President's Report
 * Apologies - still have SOEEA jobs on my to do list

Past President's Report

Treasurer's Report

Program Director's Report - Karen
 * Final Report - Thanks all for getting your summaries to me.
 * REVIEW OF SOEEA PROGRAMS TO BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER:
 * **PUBLIC & FAMILIES WG: Winter Camping -** Mark, are you still interested in running this? Lets pick a date for December and book a venue?!
 * **EDUCATION WG: Canoe Skills/Certification -** This didn't happen this summer but perhaps we could do a skills session for teachers in a pool?? Maybe Rob Notenboom would lead one...OR We could defer this money to the conference 2011 and have a canoe session there....
 * **SPECIAL INITIATIVE: First Nations Knowledge Teacher sessions** - I will check in with the Boreal Forest Learning Centre about their progress here, and get them to report to me. I can't remember if we sent their cheque yet? I haven't received their summary of their plans, so I will request this.
 * **NAAEE:** Peta, Audrey - when you return if you could write a paragraph about the conference for the final report, that would be great.

Executive Assistant's Report
 * Where are we at with St Michael's cheque? Mark and I asked at the bank - will share the advice they gave us.

Working Group Reports: (keep in mind this might change after the Working Group Discussion/Work Bee on 20th)

Education - Nicole - Flying WILD - just checked out CWFs "wild" web page.... - PCAP - GUESS

Public and Families - Paul
 * Ecotour 2010 is a wrap (waiting to hear back from.LML Park Canteen on if they have received their cheque yet)
 * Proposal to have next Ecotour either August 12-14 (over weekend), 16-18 or 17-19 2011 to HELP International at Weyburn (sleeping in thatched mud huts). Cost will be $500 flat plus $3.50 per meal per person (10-30 people). Activities are hands-on, and range from tree planting to zero-waste activities (making fibre-board and paper) to soapstone carving and campfire singalongs, This could be an ecotour or a board retreat. Or do we need to skip a year due to EECOM?
 * Any suggesions for a P&F co-leader: ___ (if we go the direction of 2 leaders per working group)

Communications - Audrey

Other Business:
 * 1) Sciematics -
 * Jo sent in proposals for Info session and Solar Oven workshop - will be on Saturday AM
 * other possible workshops we could put proposals in for - Eco-games & Earthball (Peta?), Leave No Trace (Kyle), Geocaching (Kyle)
 * - I didn't submit proposals for either LNT or geocaching but will assit with Booth + Info Session /or Solar Oven (Kyle)
 * Waiting for schedule from Greg
 * Asked for booth/table
 * Attending: Leah, Jo, Kyle, Mark, Peta (with her class as well), Jennifer Bayer, others?
 * Thurs, Friday booth - Jennifer, Leah & Peta can possibly share the booth
 * Friday evening and Saturday booth - Jo, Kyle, Mark
 * Info session on SOEEA, Flying WILD & EECOM - Jo & ?
 * Solar Oven Workshop - ?
 * We need the "stuff" for these things - Solar ovens, templates and instructions, cardoard, transparencies, tape, Earthball & vacuum, SOEEA promo stuff,
 * 1) Request from Ministry of Environment to take on Project WET - look at proposal
 * Do we accept??? Things to consider:
 * Need to hire someone to do this - our board cannot take it on and Leah is keeping busy with what she is already doing
 * **MOTION for discussion: hire Lizabeth Nicholls to manage both Project WET and Flying WILD**
 * she can find her own funding till we start to make money on Project WET which can help pay for this
 * look at contract she drafted and sent to Kyle
 * Pros
 * SOEEA really becomes a training provider for the province
 * MInistry of Environment would recognize SOEEA as a necessary/important organization
 * Lizabeth is almost certainly the best person for this job - managing Flying WILD and Project WET.
 * We could possibly get Project WILD as well if they decide to move it out of CWF as well. - Am I right here? (Jo)
 * We could shift Flying Wild into Lizabeths portfolio and raise it's status to that of Wet & Wild (Kyle)
 * Lizabeth is networked? with other demographics and individuals who we could benefit from
 * from her yrs of experience we will gain mentorship & guidance.
 * other pros?
 * 1) Lizabeth - she suggested that she could create curriculum connections for Flying WILD for grades 1 - 5 for $650
 * What do we already have done? Grades 6, 7, 8?
 * How important is this to us? K-8 would be beneficial - Early year teachers crucial to reach, plus this could help with future adoption of 'Growing Up Wild'
 * Would we spend $650 of SOEEA funds? or is there another place in the budget this could come from? (don't think so)
 * Lizabeth also offers to do it for a small $75 honorarium - She quite obviously is looking for a job with SOEEA
 * 1) AGM agenda items & program & advertising
 * 2) Saskatoon or other city SOEEA info event & participation rally???
 * 3) Website - change of providers? Have things improved? Has everyone added stuff?
 * 4) not sure about change of providers. One of my jobs was to work with Dillon to set up online registration. Still haven't progressed on that but will make a priority as I have let it sit for too long.
 * 5) suggestions from Yvette: list of upcoming events and how members can be involved and who to contact on Front page
 * 6) This would be easy. We just need to set up the event as a post and they show up under the calendar. This might be a job for Leah. If you know of an event either post it to the site or email Leah.