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What is The Social Planning Council?

Activities:

o Monthly Meetings: Attend meetings with guest speakers from within the community &/or presentations at each meeting. We currently meet the fourth Monday of every month (excluding summer) at City Hall with light lunch by donation.

o Facebook & Email Group: Utilize the network on Facebook. Start discussions, learn about & share upcoming community events, projects and meetings. If you don’t use Facebook, then join the email network instead.

o Inform City Council: The SPC provides reports to City Council regularly and the City keeps the SPC informed. Use the network and have your voices heard.



Strategic Direction of the Social Planning Council of Williams Lake & Area:

o Poverty Reduction and the local Living Wage Campaign.

o Community Collaboration and Networking.

o Retention and Succession of residents within the Area.



Community Social Planning:

o Supports communities in building an integrated approach to complex problems that take into account social, economic, and environmental concerns.

o Maximizes the effectiveness of often scarce resources by working to reduce duplication, overlap and competition.

o Provides an ongoing forum for communication, coordination and conflict resolution.



Monday, January 26, 2015

SPC Monthly Meeting Minutes - Oct 27 2014



SPC Monthly Meeting Minutes - draft
Oct 27, 2014 - 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Location: Child Development Centre

In attendance (from sign-in sheet): Sharon Taylor, Diane Wright, Kourtney Cook, Anne Burrill, Rosanna McGregor, Leah Selk, Deb Radolla, Diana French, Shannon Thom, and Jessica Knodel

Accept Minutes & Agenda
·        Reviewed meeting minutes from Sep 22 2014
·        Reviewed meeting agenda for Oct 27, 2014 - add TRU's Economic Forum, add SD user fees update, and table UBC Field School project.

School District User Fees - update
There are still groups having trouble finding affordable space for their group activities. Groups are encouraged to write letters expressing these concerns, and ask these questions in preparation for the upcoming elections.

Creative options such as stocking the school with as many groups as possible a few days a week so groups could share some associated costs such as the custodian fees (e.g. 1 janitor for 8 groups).

Action - Encourage individuals and organizations to express their concerns in a formal letter and keep this issue on our "radar".

Upcoming Elections
The SPC sat in the all candidates forum planning meetings at the Chamber of Commerce and brought our questions for consideration. There was a question put forth in the paper asking why it costs money to attend the Mayors luncheon. While this was not an event of the SPC's, the SPC was thankful for the opportunity to participate and hopes this will lead into a new working relationship.

Action - Sharon will write a letter for the Roses and Raspberries section of the paper thanking the Chamber.

We need to encourage people to vote and get the message out about how to vote in the different elections. There is also a misconception by many people who think they need to be homeowners to be able to vote (which is not true - you only have to live here to vote here). People should be aware that the busses are running extended hours that day.
 
Action - Create and distribute posters for the three elections and referendums taking place on Nov 19 with a complete list of the election stations, advance voting options and links for more information.

Annual General Meeting - Nov 24th
·       Our keynote presentation for the AGM will be the results from Project Comeback.
       During our AGM roundtables, we want people to share something positive that has happened during the last year; "Celebratory Roundtables".
·        Sharon will be stepping down as Chair

TRU Economic Forum
This is scheduled for Nov 19th & 20th and the SPC has been invited to attend. We have also been invited to participate in an external review of the WL campus (which is a separate initiative). The SPC will need representatives to attend.

Action: Ask members to confidentially respond to the questions for the external review so we can take this collective feedback to the table.
Action: Jessica to find out more information about the level of participation required for the two day forum.

Roundtable Updates (in addition to those sent out via weekly updates)
Anne Burrill - Junior Council leadership training took place.

Nancy Gale - 1) Yuletide Dinner is taking place on Dec 9th and 16th. 2) WLCBIA Meet and Greet is on Nov 19th, 3) the Diamond Dinner was a great event again this year.

Leah Selk - 1) The Central Cariboo Arts & Culture Society just hired an Administrator, Brandon Huffman (also a Comeback kid!). 2) Grant deadlines are Jan 30th

Deb Radolla - 1) Deb is retiring in December 2) Deb brought Affordable recreation applications and kidsport applications and copies of the new Leisure Guide.

Meeting was adjourned - the next SPC meeting is our AGM scheduled for Nov 24th at 11:30 am at the City of Williams Lake.

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Contact Us

The Social Planning Council is made up of volunteers from the community. Many of us work in social services agencies or also volunteer for other organizations.

Our Mailing Address is Box 20045, Williams Lake BC V2G 4R1

To reach the Society Coordinator Jessica Dunn please email spc-coordinator@xplornet.com or call 250-243-2126

To reach the Communities that Care Project Facilitator Barb Jones please email communitiesthatcare.wl@gmail.com or call 250-305-4838

To reach the THRIVE Williams Lake Project Manager Anne Burrill please email annelburrill@gmail.com or call 250-267-7211

To reach the current SPC Chair Larry Stranberg please email happytrails@cfdccariboo.com or call 250-392-3626