Oct.7+2013+Exec+Meeting

Executive Meeting October 7, 2013 At Jess' house

__**Agenda**__

1) Touch base on upcoming events
 * **Nature Retreat**
 * **Winter Camp details:** $690 in budget. Jeff Moore interested in planning the camp but would like Colin Frey to help him. Prairie Sky is doing the festival but would like to know budget.
 * Scouts, Girl Guides, 4H, Below Zero
 * **AGM:** Dennie's idea is Lumsden, curling, Brickhouse Bistro caters. Itinerary below. Need to confirm a slate of officers, book venues, arrange food, promote, get annual report ready.
 * 10:30am-12pm - Annual General Meeting portion
 * 12pm - lunch
 * 12:45pm - Special speaker from someone we funded to do a cool project - Laurel, Ange, Carol Fulton
 * 2pm - Curling!

Others: 1) First Aid - hear anything from University?, 2) Leave No Trace workshops - perhaps Andrea could give to outdoor school programs? Offer to Balgonie, Saskatoon Outdoor School, Maverick outdoor club etc.? 3) Special Subject Council at STF 4) Ecotour - november quappelle

2) Conference debrief, touchbase
 * Melanson Award Winner - Kim Archibald - receives a Lifetime Membership. That needs to be arranged.

3) Budget
 * for 2014
 * Jess' plan for next year and beyond for SOEEA
 * this years spending

4) Lizabeth & Leah
 * figure out details of Leah's position - refer to Leah's email that she sent
 * write Leah a response with details confirmed and do up contracts

5) Message from Gary Provencher Hi Kyle and Karen, I truly enjoyed your Land, Place, and Environment Conference at the U of S College of Education yesterday. I found the guest speakers to be very informative and it was also an excellent networking opportunity. Please keep up the great work on organizing these events.

I had the opportunity to talk with Kyle yesterday about the possibility of SOEEA becoming involved with a provincial Grade 10-12 high school competition called the Envirothon. Our Ministry is involved with this event as one of the major sponsors. The Partners FOR the Saskatchewan River Basin organization in Saskatoon has been responsible for the administration of the Envirothon since its’ inception in 2007. Unfortuanately, they find themselves no longer to act in this capacity due to financial and staffing restraints. This has left them with no other option other than to cancel this years’ competition. I think that SOEEA would be an excellent choice to take over the administration of the Envirothon, if they are interested. We still have major sponsors, such as ourselves, interested in funding the competition and our core committee would continue to serve in a support role. I told Kyle that I would send him more information on the Envirothon and I have included a link to the Partners website at __http://www.saskriverbasin.ca/page.php?page_id=56__. I have also included a link to the Partners latest newsletter “The River Current” in which they advise everyone of the status of the Envirothon for this year (page 4) __http://www.saskriverbasin.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Fall2013.pdf__.

We would greatly appreciate it if you could present this information to the SOEAA Board at your meeting on Mon., Oct. 8 th. I would be glad to supply you with any other information that you require and if you’re interested, we could make a presentation to you at a future meeting.

Regards,

 Gary Provencher  Government of Saskatchewan   Compliance Education and Training Unit Coordinator, Conservation Officer   Compliance and Field Services Branch, Ministry of Environment   PO Box 3003, 6 th Floor McIntosh Mall   Prince Albert, Canada S6V 6G1   Bus: 306-953-3519    Fax: 306-953-2502    Cell: 306-930-7767     6) Rebranding with Go Giraffe Go - quote for future <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;">