November
November 27, 2013
Gabriola Health Care Foundation
Board of Directors Meeting
November 27, 2013, 9:30 a.m. – Community Health Centre (lower level)
Present: Chuck Connor (President), Nancy Rowan (Vice-President), Harvey Graham (Treasurer), Nancy Hetherington Peirce (Secretary), Dave Innell, Mike Phillips
Absent: Paul Champion
1. Call to Order
Meeting was called to order at 9:45 a.m.; quorum was present.
2. Approval of Agenda
MOTION: MIKE – That the agenda is adopted as circulated. CARRIED
3. Approval of Minutes:
MOTION: MIKE – That the minutes of the October 23, 2013 Board meeting are approved as distributed. CARRIED
4. Correspondence
a. None
5. Reports
a. Treasurer – Harvey
a. Financial statements were distributed in advance, and discussed at the meeting.
b. MOTION: HARVEY – That the Financial Report to October 31, 2013 is approved as distributed. CARRIED
c. ACTION: Nancy HP will write a letter of thanks to the Auxiliary for Island Health Care for their recent donation.
b. Physician Recruitment & Retention – Nancy R
a. Written report was distributed in advance, and discussed at the meeting.
b. Final details were organized for the November 29/13 visit by BCMA President and the Open House to welcome Dr. Mierzewski.
c. Health Programs – Dave
a. Written report was distributed in advance, and discussed at the meeting.
b. ACTION: Nancy HP will distribute to the Board the current draft of the “GHCF Bursary Fund for Paramedic Continuing Education: Terms & Conditions”, and the current draft of the “Rental Contract for the Lower Level Treatment Room”, both for information.
d. Building, Business & Finance – Chuck
a. Verbal report was provided and discussed.
b. Proposed policies for renting the lower level meeting room
i. MOTION: HARVEY – That the GHCF Board adopt the document “Policies for Rental of the Health Centre Meeting Room”, as distributed and amended. CARRIED
ii. ACTION: Harvey will make the amendments and distribute the new document to the Board.
c. Outdoor signs, generator shed, sidewalk: Work is progressing well on these activities.
e. Donor Recognition Signs – Nancy HP
a. Verbal report was provided and discussed.
b. Tasks still in progress that will be completed within the next few months: Written history of the Centre (to be posted beside the donor board), photo history, sign at bike-rack, title for main donor board.
f. Task Force on Further Health Care Services on Gabriola – Dave
a. Verbal report was provided and discussed (referring to the section in the Health Programs Report noting the task of researching IH services).
6. New Business
a. Island Health Meeting - GHCF involvement in the January visit from Island Health mental health services staff, being organized by Sustainable Gabriola
a. Dave reported on the plans to date.
b. ACTIONS: Dave will circulate to the Board the draft of the information document that is being developed to present to the IH staff when they visit Gabriola in January.
b. Planning for a Board Presentation to an IH Board meeting
a. Meeting decided to make a presentation to the IH Board meeting on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 in Victoria (instead of the January Board meeting).
b. See #7 below for date of planning meeting.
c. Request for an overall Board budget for 2014
a. Nancy HP explained her request, and the Board agreed to begin the process.
b. ACTION: Nancy HP and Chuck will discuss next steps.
d. Report on the IH community consultation on November 25/13 in Nanaimo
a. Harvey Graham and Judith Graham attended on behalf of the GHCF Board. They collected information and talked with several IH staff members.
7. Next Meetings
a. Planning meeting for the proposal to the March 26/14 IH Board meeting:
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 8, 2014 – 9:00 a.m. (note earlier start time)
a. ACTION: Chuck will develop some discussion topics for this meeting, and will circulate these to the Board before the meeting.
b. Next Board meeting (in January): To be announced as soon as some Board members’ January schedules are clarified.
8. Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at approximately 12:00 noon.
Respectfully submitted: Nancy Hetherington Peirce
October
October 23, 2013
Gabriola Health Care Foundation
Board of Directors Meeting
October 23, 2013, 9:30 a.m. – Community Health Centre (lower level)
Present: Chuck Connor (President), Nancy Rowan (Vice-President), Harvey Graham (Treasurer), Nancy Hetherington Peirce (Secretary), Dave Innell, Mike Phillips
Absent: Paul Champion
1. Call to Order
Meeting was called to order at 9:35 a.m.; quorum was present.
2. Approval of Agenda
MOTION: M HARVEY That the agenda is adopted as circulated. CARRIED
3. Approval of Minutes:
MOTION: M DAVE That the minutes of the September 16, 2013 Board meeting are approved as distributed. CARRIED
4. Correspondence
a. Resignations from the Board were received from Margaret Litt and Judy Rogers, and accepted with regret.
b. Letter of thanks was sent to Lions Club on September 28, 2013. Letter of response was sent to Adrienne Marskell et al on September 30, 2013.
5. Reports
a. Treasurer – Harvey
MOTION: M HARVEY That the Financial Report to September 30, 2013 is approved as distributed. CARRIED
b. Physician Recruitment & Retention – Nancy R
Verbal report was received and discussed.
c. Health Programs – Dave
Written report was distributed in advance, and discussed at the meeting.
d. Building, Business & Finance – Chuck
Verbal report was received and discussed.
e. Donor Recognition Signs – Nancy HP
Verbal report was received and discussed.
DECISION: The meeting approved the donors’ choices of wording for the room-signs for the main level of the Health Centre, as distributed in advance of the meeting (noting that final choice of wording is still to come from two donors).
6. New Business
a. Visit from the President of the BC Medical Association.
Meeting discussed the visit in November by Dr Glen Cunningham, President of the BCMA.
ACTION: Chuck, Dave, Nancy HP & Nancy R will organize the visit
b. “Welcome” event for Dr. Mierzewski at the Health Centre
Will be held at the same time as the visit from the BCMA President. Planning will happen once the date is established for the visit of the BCMA President.
c. Consider establishing a Task Force to address the issue of further health-care services on Gabriola (see e-mail from Chuck on May 14/13)
DECISION: Meeting supported the idea of a new Board Task Force to address the issue of further health-care services on Gabriola, and named Dave Innell to lead the group. Members will be recruited during the next few months.
MOTION: M DAVE That the GHCF Board accept the invitation of Sustainable Gabriola to send a representative of the GHCF Board to the Sustainable Gabriola meetings, and that Dave Innell act as the representative. CARRIED
d. Review and update the current governance procedures of the GHCF Board
(e.g. Terms of reference for committees, Board Policies binder, changes to By-laws)
Postponed to next meeting.
e. Establish a policy for rental of the lower level Meeting Room
ACTION: Nancy HP and Harvey will bring a proposed policy to the next meeting.
7. Next Meeting Wednesday Nov 27 at 9:30 a.m. – Meeting Room, lower level, Health Centre
8. Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at approximately 12:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted: Nancy Hetherington Peirce
September
September 16, 2013
Gabriola Health Care Foundation
Board of Directors Meeting
Sept 16, 2013 , 7:00 p.m. – Community Health Centre (lower level)
Present: Chuck Connor (President), Nancy Rowan (Vice-President), Harvey Graham (Treasurer), Nancy Hetherington Peirce (Secretary), Paul Champion, Dave Innell, Mike Phillips
Absent: Judy Rogers
1. Call to Order
Quorum was present.
2. Approval of Agenda
MOTION: M DAVE That the agenda is adopted as circulated. CARRIED
3. Approval of Minutes:
MOTION: M HARVEY That the minutes of the June 17/13 regular Board meeting and the July 10/13 special Board meeting are approved as distributed. CARRIED
4. Correspondence
5. Reports
a. Treasurer – Harvey
MOTION: M HARVEY That the Financial Report to August 31, 2013 is approved as distributed. CARRIED
b. Physician Attraction & Retention – Nancy R / Paul
Report was discussed.
c. Health Programs – Dave
Report was discussed.
MOTION: M DAVE That the Board establish a Gabriola Paramedic Bursary Fund that would provide two bursaries of up to $500 each for each of the next three years to assist local paramedics with skills upgrading, with the bursaries funded from the Health Programs Fund. CARRIED
DECISION: As tenants in the Community Health Centre, the GHCF Board will favour those health-care practitioners who are regulated to practice in the province of British Columbia (see BC Ministry of Health website for regulation details). The Foundation will, however, consider other practitioners who offer health-care services that, in the opinion of the Board, meet health-care needs not already adequately fulfilled on Gabriola Island.
d. Building, Business & Finance
No report.
6. New Business
a. Response to August 6/13 letter from Adrianne Marskell and others
The Board will send a letter of response in the next few weeks.
b. Signs to recognize donors for construction of Health Centre, and directional signs – Nancy HP
Meeting reviewed the information that was distributed ahead of the meeting, and made some procedural decisions. The goal is to have all signs in place by the end of December.
c. Request for change of date for Board meetings in Oct, Nov, and Dec
Meeting agreed to change to the third or fourth Wednesday of the month (depending on availability of members) at 9:30 a.m.
7. Next Meeting – WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23, 2013 at 9:30 am, Health Centre (lower level)
8. Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at approximately 9:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted: Nancy Hetherington Peirce
July
July 10, 2013
Gabriola Health Care Foundation
Board of Directors Meeting
Community Health Centre, Lower Level
Present: Nancy Rowan (Vice-President), Harvey Graham (Treasurer), Nancy Hetherington Peirce (Secretary), Paul Champion, Dave Innell, Mike Phillips, Judy Rogers
Absent: Chuck Connor
1. Call to Order and Quorum – Nancy R called the meeting called to order at 7:00 pm; quorum present
MOTION Moved by Dave:
That the Board waives notice of this special Board meeting, as per Bylaw #46.5. CARRIED
2. Approval of Agenda – Meeting agreed by consensus to the agenda as stated by Nancy R.
MOTION M/S Mike/Nancy HP: That the Board move into Executive Session at 7:05 pm. CARRIED
MOTION M/S: Paul/Dave: That the Board move out of Executive Session at 8:45 pm. CARRIED
3. Adjournment Meeting was adjourned at 8:55 pm.
Respectfully submitted: Nancy Hetherington Peirce, Board Secretary
June
June 17, 2013
Gabriola Health Care Foundation
Board of Directors Meeting
Community Health Centre, Lower Level
Present: Paul Champion, Chuck Connor, Harvey Graham, Dave Innell, Margaret Litt, Mike Phillips, Nancy Rowan.
Absent: Judy Rogers, Nancy Hetherington Peirce
Observers:
Sandy Affle-Besseling, Jeremy Baker, Carol Baird-Krul, Judy Besseling, Diane Cornish, Jake Galbraith, Verna Gregson, Antoinette Herivel, Donna Kydd, Jim Mackenzie, Adrianne Maskell, John McDowell, Dave Wharskell, Muriel Wiens, Deborah Vitek.
1. Call to Order – Chuck called the meeting to order at 7.00 pm
2. Quorum – Yes.
The Chair explained to the observers that this Board meeting did not include a “public discussion session”, but that they were welcome to stay as observers for the meeting unless/until the meeting moved into Executive Session, at which point all non-Board members must leave. The observers then requested the opportunity to ask some questions to the Board before the business of the meeting began. The Chair agreed to provide fifteen minutes. During this time, the observers invited any Board members to join them at the Gabriola Professional Centre for further discussion after they left this meeting.
3. Approval of Agenda – Approved by consensus
4. Approval of the Minutes –
MOTION: M/S Paul/Dave: That the minutes of the May 21, 2013 Board meeting are approved as distributed. CARRIED
5. Correspondence
a. June 5, 2013: Letter from Dr. Jim Mackenzie to Paul Champion (copied to Nancy Rowan and Chuck Connor) regarding the June 4/13 meeting of Jim Mackenzie and Paul Champion.
6. Reports
Treasurer – Harvey
a. Year-to-date financial report for May 31, 2013 was distributed in advance of meeting.
Physician Attraction and Retention – Nancy R, Paul
a. Written report was distributed.
b. ACTION: Nancy R will prepare a draft response from the Board to Dr. Mackenzie regarding his June 5, 2013 letter to Nancy R, and will distribute it to all Board members for review.
Building Construction – Chuck, Mike
a. Report was provided verbally to the meeting
b. Work on the lower level and on landscaping is proceeding well, and is on time and on budget
Health Programs – Dave
a. Report was distributed in advance of the meeting; paper copy is in Minute Book.
b. ACTION: Margaret to report to Sustainable Gabriola that GHCF Board supports their discussions re possibly organizing a community forum on primary health care needs on the island.
Business and Finance – Mike/Chuck
a. This newly-forming committee provided a verbal report to the meeting.
MOTION: M/S Harvey/Mike That the meeting move into Executive Session at 7:45 pm. CARRIED
The observers then left, along with Board members Margaret Litt and Mike Phillips, to continue discussions at the Gabriola Professional Centre.
Mike Phillips returned to the Board meeting at approximately 10:00 pm.
MOTION: M/S Mike/Harvey That the meeting move out of Executive Session at 11:00 pm CARRIED
7. Adjournment – Chuck adjourned the meeting at 11:05 pm.
NEXT MEETING:
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 2013, 7:00 pm, at the Community Health Centre, lower level.
Respectfully submitted, Nancy Hetherington Peirce, Secretary
May
May 21, 2013
Gabriola Health Care Foundation
Board of Directors Meeting
Present: Chuck Connor (President), Nancy Rowan (Vice-President), Nancy Hetherington Peirce (Secretary), Harvey Graham (Treasurer), Paul Champion, Dave Innell, Margaret Litt, Mike Phillips, Judy Rogers.
1. Call to Order and Quorum – Chuck called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Quorum present.
2. Approval of Agenda – Meeting agreed by consensus to approve agenda as distributed.
3. Approval of Minutes:
• MOTION: M/S Harvey / Mike That the minutes of the Feb 20/13 Board meeting are approved as distributed. CARRIED
• MOTION: M/S Nancy R / Dave That the minutes of the Apr 17/13 Board meeting are approved as distributed. CARRIED
4. Correspondence – None
5. Reports
(a) Treasurer – Harvey
Year-to-date financial report to April 30, 2013 was distributed in advance of meeting; paper copy is in Minute Book. Some questions and discussion; no specific actions were named.
(b) Building Management – Chuck/Mike
• 2012/13 New Horizons Project (landscaping and trails): All funds ($25,000) have been spent as per the agreement. A final report to the New Horizons office (federal government) has been submitted by Mike.
• Lower level construction completion is on schedule and on budget.
(c) Physician Attraction & Retention – Nancy R
Report was distributed in advance of meeting; paper copy is in Minute Book. Meeting discussed several aspects of the report; no specific actions were named.
(d) Health Programs – Dave
Report was distributed in advance of meeting; paper copy is in Minute Book. Meeting discussed several aspects of the report; no specific actions were named.
6. Updating the GHCF Vision Statement and major areas of work – Chuck
(a) Meeting reviewed the Overview Document prepared by Margaret, and discussed a range of issues relevant to updating the GHCF Vision Statement.
(b) Actions:
• Nancy R and Paul: Continue to gather information regarding medical needs for the urgent care room.
• Dave: Gather information regarding potential involvement of the BC Ambulance Service with the urgent care room.
• Health Programs Committee: Develop a list of high-priority health care needs on Gabriola, for the Foundation Board to discuss.
• Margaret: Develop a proposed Vision Statement, with help from other Board members, for the next Board meeting.
7. New Business
(a) “Triage Criteria for Proposed Projects”: Margaret distributed a draft version of this tool for evaluating proposed projects for the Foundation. Further discussion to happen at future meetings.
(b) “Medical Clinic” sign on North Road: Meeting discussed the pros and cons of the location and wording of this sign; no specific actions were named.
8. Next Meeting – Third Monday of the month -- June 17, 2013 at 7:00 pm; Community Health Centre lower level.
9. Adjournment – Meeting adjourned at 9:45 pm.
Respectfully submitted, Nancy Hetherington Peirce, Secretary
April
April 17, 2013
Gabriola Health Care Foundation
Board of Directors Meeting
MINUTES OF BOARD MEETING – APRIL 17, 2013
Present: Paul Champion, Chuck Connor, Harvey Graham, Nancy Hetherington Peirce, Dave Innell, Margaret Litt, Mike Phillips, Nancy Rowan.
Absent: Judy Rogers
1. Call to Order – Jill Adamson, as acting chair the for election of Officers, called the Board meeting to order at 8:20 pm
2. Quorum – Yes. (Quorum is more than 50% of the current Board members.)
3. Approval of Agenda – by consensus
4. Election of Officers
MOTION: M/S Harvey / Dave That the following directors be elected as the Officers of the GHCF Board until the next AGM: President – Chuck Connor, Vice-President – Nancy Rowan, Treasurer – Harvey Graham, Secretary – Nancy Hetherington Peirce. CARRIED
Jill left the meeting.
Chair for remainder of meeting: Chuck Connor
5. New Business
a. Bank Resolution
MOTION: M/S Harvey / Mike That:
1. All cheques, drafts, and orders for payment of money drawn on any Bank, Credit Union or Trust Company (hereinafter referred to as the “Credit Union”) account operated in the name of the Gabriola Health Care Foundation, (hereinafter referred to as "GHCF") shall be signed by:
(a) any two of:
the President, Chuck Connor,
the Vice-president, Nancy Rowan,
the Secretary, Nancy Hetherington Peirce, and
the Treasurer, Harvey Graham
except that:
(b) cheques, drafts, and orders for payment of money in amounts not exceeding $500.00 may be signed by any one of the persons set out above.
2. All authorized banking accounts of GHCF existing as of the date of this resolution and all arrangements with regard to electronic banking are hereby continued.
3. Any two of the foregoing are authorized to provide direction to the Credit Union with respect to the opening and closing of any GHCF accounts.
4. Any two of the foregoing are authorized to enter into agreements relating to interest rates and other agreements of every nature whatsoever related to the investment of GHCF moneys in investment instruments issued by the Credit Union.
CARRIED.
b. Vision of GHCF
(i) Meeting discussed the suggestion from Chuck that the Board promptly undertake a process to review and update the vision of GHCF, and then establish specific objectives and committees.
(ii) ACTION: Margaret, Dave, and Nancy HP will collect historical documents regarding the GHCF vision, objectives, etc, and distribute to the Board before the next Board meeting.
(iii) ACTION: Paul and Nancy R will meet with the physicians as soon as possible to discuss their opinions regarding health services on the island and the role of GHCF.
6. Next Meeting – WEDNESDAY MAY 15, 7:00 PM, GABRIOLA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE
Meetings will be held on the third Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm at the Gabriola Community Health Centre, in the meeting room on the lower level.
7. Adjournment – Chuck adjourned the meeting at 9:00 p.m.
March
No meeting.
February
February 20, 2013
Gabriola Health Care Foundation
Board of Directors Meeting
February 20, 2013 7pm Rollo Centre
GHCF Board Attendees: Jill Adamson (President), Judith Madsen (Secretary), Harvey Graham (Treasurer), Brenda Fowler, Mike Phillips, Nancy Rowan, Chuck Connor, Judith Graham, Dave Innell,
Absent: Konrad Mauch (Vice-President), Rufus Churcher
Chair: Jill Adamson
Proceedings:
1.0 Meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by Jill Adamson.
2.0 Quorum: Present
3.0 Approval of Agenda: MOTION: M/S Dave/Nancy R accept the agenda as distributed, with the additions of New Business 7.1 Date for AGM and 7.2 Assessment Appeals Update from Dave Innell. CARRIED
4.0 Approval of Minutes
4.1 MOTION: M/S Mike/Nancy R That the GHCF Board approve the minutes, as distributed by email, of the Board meeting January 16th 2012 with changes to 5.2 “A letter to and from the Gabriola Auxiliary for Island Health Care Society was received Nov. 26th/12 acknowledging that there is not space available on the first floor of the building.” to delete after Nov 26th /12 to read “regarding space on the first floor of the building.” CARRIED
Business Arising from the Minutes - covered throughout the Agenda.
5.0 Reports and New Business
5.1 Finance: Harvey
Report was distributed by email, in advance of the meeting.
MOTION: M/S Harvey/Mike Phillips That the GHC Foundation financial report be approved. CARRIED
5.2 Nominations/Governance: Chuck Connor
MOTION: 7:13pm M/S Dave/Chuck That the meeting move into Executive Session. CARRIED
MOTION: 7:45pm M/S Konrad/Rufus That the meeting move out of Executive Session. CARRIED
5.3 Doctor Attraction and Retention: Nancy Rowan
See attached report as distributed by email.
5.4 VIHA; Dave Innell
Dave Innell’s report attached as distributed by email.
MOTION: Dave/ Judith G Move that we write a letter to the Dept. of Operations BC Ambulance Services, proposing expansion of their role, within the Gabriola Community Health Centre. CARRIED
5.5 Programs Committee: Dave Innell
Dave will follow up on the 2013 Spring meeting with the Gabriola Health Practitioners, working alongside PHC and inviting the island doctors.
5.6 Building Management Committee: Chuck Connor
• Water reverse Osmosis will begin next week.
• The Benches are progressing for installation in late March.
• Mike has the landscaping well in place on the first level of the building.
6.0 Correspondence:
6.1 Article forwarded by the Sounder News regarding Amendments to Strenghthen Emergency Health Services.
7.0 New Business:
7.1 Date for the 2013 AGM is set for April 17th Wednesday, 2013 at the Rollo Centre.
7.2 The application has been put in by Dave Innell for the Appeals update.
8.0 NEXT MEETING
Wednesday AGM April 17th 7:00 pm GHCF AGM Meeting, Rollo Centre,
9.0 ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m. JudithG/Dave
Respectfully submitted, Judith Madsen, GHCF Secretary
January
January 16, 2013
Gabriola Health Care Foundation
Board of Directors Meeting
January 16, 2013 7pm Rollo Centre
GHCF Board Attendees: Jill Adamson (President), Konrad Mauch (Vice-President), Judith Madsen (Secretary), Harvey Graham (Treasurer), Mike Phillips, Judith Graham, Chuck Connor, Dave Innell, Nancy Rowan. Rufus Churcher
Absent: Brenda Fowler
Chair: Jill Adamson
Proceedings:
1.0 Meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by Jill Adamson.
2.0 Quorum: Present
3.0 Approval of Agenda: MOTION: M/S Konrad/Rufus accept the agenda as distributed, CARRIED
4.0 Approval of Minutes
4.1 MOTION: M/S Mike/Nancy R That the GHCF Board approve the minutes, as distributed by email, of the joint Board meeting November 21/2012 with changes to 5.4 -Health Services Forum report: Line7: VIHA meetings, Nancy R, Brenda and Dave Innell attending Wednesday, Nov 27th/12. CARRIED
Business Arising from the Minutes - covered throughout the Agenda.
5.0 Reports and New Business
5.1 Finance: Harvey
Report was distributed by email, in advance of the meeting.
MOTION: M/S Harvey/Dave Innell That the GHC Foundation “prepared” yearly financial report for the year 2012 be approved. M/S Moved for approval by Konrad/Rufus. CARRIED
5.2 Building Management Committee:
Attached Building Report as distributed by email.
Attached: A letter to and from the Gabriola Auxiliary for Island Health Care Society was received Nov 26th/12 acknowledging that there is not space available on the first floor of the building.
7:10 pm MOTION: M/S Konrad/Rufus That the meeting move into Executive Session. CARRIED
7:55 pm M/S Konrad/Dave Out of Executive Session.
5.3 Doctor Attraction and Retention: Nancy Rowan
Nancy Rowan’s report attached as distributed by email. The group has had meetings with the Doctors. Focus: Increased advertising for Doctor position via medical journals, local newspapers, and within the community. Attraction incentives were discussed. Attached GHCF Communication Strategy Key Messages recommendations submitted by Nancy Rowan.
MOTION: M/S Mike, Rufous Moved that $5,000 is available for recruitment purposes. CARRIED
5.4 VIHA; Dave Innell
Report on Terms of Reference.
There will be a meeting with VIHA ,Victoria Powers Jan 18th/2013. Nancy Rowan and Dave Innell will attend. The meetings are every 2-3 months, on Vancouver Island and the next one will be in Feb.2013. GHCF committee is using every opportunity to discuss the GHCF work with VIHA Board members and staff. Several Board members and senior staff have expressed interest in visiting the island and touring the new Health Centre"
5.5 Programs Committee: Dave Innell
No report at this time.
5.6 Nominations/Governance: Chuck Connor
See attached report by Chuck Connor, Dave Innell, & Lawrence Spero
It is proposed that the AGM date be as early as April 2013.
They recommend a smaller board of 8-10 members.
Currently 4 board members; Harvey Graham, Mike Phillips, Nancy Rowan and Dave Innell, continue on and 7 members are at the end of terms. The committee would like the 4 board members to have input. They request the 2013 end of term members to submit their names as to whether they would continue or step down.
6.0 Correspondence:
6.1 Brenda asked for a published Wish List of equipment and approximate costs in December 2012. (Action)
6.2 Letter from the Gabriola Auxiliary for Island Health Care Society - under Building Management Committee report.
7.0 NEXT MEETING
Wednesday March 20th 7:00 pm GHCF Meeting, Rollo Centre,
8.0 ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m. Konrad/Mike
Respectfully submitted, Judith Madsen, GHCF Secretary