November
Gabriola Health Care Foundation Board Meeting
Monday 30 November 2020. 9:00 – 11:30
Location:Video Conference
Present: Vicky Scott, Don Sutherland, Bruce Walker, Mike Phillips, Harvey Graham, Chuck Connor, Dyan Dunsmoor-Farley, Kim Lister.
Chair: Chuck Connor
1. Call to Order and confirm quorum.
2. Approval of the Agenda: Mike moved to approve the agenda as distributed. Carried.
3. Approval of the Minutes of the October 28, 2020 board meeting: Moved by Vicky Scott. Carried.
4. Correspondence - none.
5. Appointment of officers until the next annual meeting: Moved by Don Sutherland. Chuck Connor (President), Bruce Walker (Vice President), Harvey Graham (Treasurer) and Mike Phillips (Secretary). Carried.
6. Committee Reports:
a. Finance (Harvey)
i. Acceptance of the October 2020 interim financial September financial reports. Moved by Harvey Graham. Carried.
ii. Signing authority – Moved by Harvey Graham that GHCF adopt the following banking resolution set out below. Carried
Resolved that:
1. All cheques, drafts, and orders for payment of money drawn on any Coastal Community Credit Union (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:
(i) the President, Charles Connor,
(ii) the Vice-president, Bruce Walker,
(iii) the Secretary, Mile Phillips, and
(iv) 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.
5. Nancy Rowan and Kim Lister should be removed from the list of Gabriola Heath Care Foundation signing officers.
iii. A draft 2021 budget was presented for review and recommendations. Approval will be moved at the next board meeting.
b. Facility Management (Chuck).
i. Directors have done a great deal of work that, due to time constraints, is becoming onerous. Chuck reviewed contractual arrangements for people doing building maintenance and possible new arrangements which will mitigate some time requirements.
ii. A discussion was held about enhancing our human resources and in particular the possibility of finding an administrator who could handle much of the day-to-day work. Funding for the position needs to be arranged and a job description prepared.
7. Health Services Committee. An update was provided by Vicky and Dyan.
8. Community Health Report Card. The Report Card is considered to be an excellent document that contains a large amount of information relevant to understanding Gabriola health and social issues. Vicky and Dyan suggested that a video be prepared that would explain key findings and which would reach a wider audience than the formal report. Moved by Vicky that “The Foundation provide up to $10,000 for the project. Funding to come from the Kitty Heller fund and will be subject to prior approval by Judy Rogers”. Carried.
9. Governance Committee. A review of committee structures and descriptions will be done.
10. Strategic Planning. Dyan outlined the need for a strategic plan. She will lead the process assisted by Chuck, Mike, and Kim.
11. The 2019 Annual General Meeting was held entirely by e mail. The consensus is that the process worked well.
12. Next Board meeting. Date to be confirmed.
13. Meeting adjourned.
October
Gabriola Health Care Foundation Board Meeting
Wednesday 28 October 2020, 9:00 – 11:00
Location:Video Conference
Present: Vicky Scott, Don Sutherland, Bruce Walker, Nancy Rowan, Mike Phillips, Harvey Graham, Chuck Connor, Penny Cook, Dyan Dunsmor-Farley,
Chair: Chuck Connor
1. Call to Order, and confirm quorum;
2. Approval of the Agenda;Moved to approve the agenda as distributed, Carried.
3. Approval of the Minutes of the September 23 board meeting; Moved to approve the minutes of the Sep-tember meeting as distributed, carried.
4. Correspondence; none.
5. Committee Reports:
a. Finance(Harvey)
i. Approval of the September financial reports; Moved by Harvey to approve the Septem-ber financial statements, Carried;
ii. Update on signing authority at Credit Union - Issue moved till after the AGM to ensure any changes are captured;
iii. Approve 2019 Financial Statements - Moved by Harvey to approve the 2019 Financial Statement (as reviewed by K.D. Beausoleil & Company Inc. chartered accountants) to pre-sent to the membership at the AGM, carried;
iv. Approve bylaw amendments for Special Resolution at AGM. Motion to accept the bylaws with the suggested amendments: Carried;
b. Facility Management:
i. Snow plowing and salting contract; Have found a new contract for snow removal, will need to increase the budget for 2021;
ii. Foundation objectives and priorities for next term;
Priorities that need to be focused on and achieved this next term:
1. Prepare written procedures for various administrative functions to enable a seam-less transfer to future board;
2. Hire a part time administrator and/or bookkeeper to handle many GHCF adminis-trative and bookkeeping functions;
3. Contract out portions of landscape and garden maintenance;
4. Succession plan: recruitment strategy: defer to next board meeting.
5. Review committee mandates: defer to next board meeting.
iii. Update on UTF funding initiative (Vicky, Dyan);
c. Health Services (Vicky); work-on-progress
d. Governance/Nominations: Recruitment of Directors (Mike); Spoken to directors regarding terms going forward.
Directors Existing Term Standing for term
Chuck Connor 2021
Don Sutherland 2022
Harvey Graham 2022
Mike Phillips 2022
Bruce Walker 2023
Dyan Dunsmoor-Farley 2023
Vicky Scott 2022
Penny Cook 2022
e. Physician and Nurse Practitioner Recruitment (Don); Hopeful there may be a fourth doctor for the clinic in 2021;
6. Other Business:
a. AGM update - November 9 through 24 via email and link to website;
7. Next Board Meeting: Wednesday November 25, 9:00-11:00;
8. Meeting Adjourned.
September
Gabriola Health Care Foundation Board Meeting
Wednesday September 23 2020, 9:00 – 12:00
Present: Vicky Scott, Don Sutherland, Bruce Walker, Nancy Rowan, Mike Phillips, Penny Cook, Angela Pounds, Harvey Graham, Chuck Connor
Regrets: Kim Lister
Chair: Chuck Connor
1. Call to Order: Chuck called the meeting to order at 9:04.
2. Approval of the Agenda: Move, seconded and carried.
3. Approval of the Minutes of the June 15 board meeting; Moved, seconded and carried.
4. Correspondence;None.
5. Committee Reports:
a. Finance (Harvey)
i. Approval of the June-August Financial reports. Monthly financial reports are sent out monthly by email in advance of the meeting. Moved to approve the financial reports from June to August as distributed. Carried;
ii. Status of BCACHC Grant Application: Announced on September 21 that the
GHCF’s application for a grant from the BC Association of Community Health Centres (BCACHC) for $25,000 was approved. These funds will support several GHCF initiatives.
iii. Banking Resolution: The signing authority at the credit union requires updating due to changes in board members. Harvey will follow up with the Credit Union to determine next steps.
b. Facility Management:
i. Status of changes to UTF data collection (Vicky); Work-in-progress;
1. Vicky is still working with Carol to update the information regarding the UTF. Nothing new to report. The current data will be very different because of C-19. Data collection will be ongoing. Chuck would like to see quarterly or monthly updates so the information is passed on regularly and funds are reimbursed regularly.
2. The information from this data is used for the UTF funding and is very useful
ii. Update on administrative tasks, procedures and data management ((Bruce);
1. Foundation documents will be stored on the cloud and available to view by authorized individuals. This information and storage system will be very useful especially as board members change.
iii. Procurement of additional workstations, telephones and furniture for fourth doctor and Nurse Practitioner (NP)(Harvey):
1. Roughly $7500 is being spent to accommodate a Nurse practitioner and/ or a fourth doctor for the island.
iv. Driveway and parking lot repairs, maintenance and consideration of asphalt paving (Chuck):
1. Some maintenance has been done to the driveway and parking lot.
c. Health Services:
i. Gabriola Health and Wellness Collabora2ve (GHWC) Report card is complete. Feedback is excellent. Recommend waiting for the next census before updating so we have updated statistics.
ii. MommaHood project (Parent support, counselling for parents): On hold because of C-19.
d. Governance/Nominations: Recruitment of Directors (Mike);
i. Overview of GHCF directorships (copy attached to end of these minutes). There is a lot of work for a group of volunteers. Very proud of the work this group has accomplished and is doing. Need more resources in order to maintain the important work and momentum. May need to hire person(s) to effectively continue this work.
e. Physician and Nurse Practitioners (NP) Recruitment (Don);
i. The Ministry of Health has approved funding for a Nurse Practitioner to join the Gabriola Health team.
6. Old Business:
a. Collaborative Table: Next steps re funding for Urgent Treatment Facility (Vicky/Chuck/ Nancy): The briefing notes were emailed to all the directors (copy a=ached to these minutes);
b. Update on Rural PCN Development (Nancy);
c. Update on Gabriola Emergency Response and Recovery Committee (ERRC) (Don);
• This Initiative may be moved into the Wellness Collaborative group. Don will discuss at their meeting on Friday.
d. Date and venue/plan for AGM (Penny): Determine if we can effectively conduct a virtual AGM with the current C-19 status. Will reach out to members to determine potential participation so we can ensure an appropriate mode for the meeting.
7. Next Meeting: Wednesday October 28 9:00 a.m.
8. Meeting Adjourned. 10:56.
Acronyms:
• GHCF: Gabriola Health Care Foundation
• BCACHC: BC Association of Community Health Centres
• RDN: Regional District of Nanaimo
• IH: Island Health
• GERRC: Gabriola Emergency Response & Recovery Committee
• NP: Nurse Practitioner
• PCN: Patient Care Network
• MOCAP: Medical On-call Availability Program
• MCRC: MOCAP Contract Review Committee
• UTF: Urgent Treatment Facility
• GHWC: Gabriola Health & Wellness Collaborative
June
Gabriola Health Care Foundation Board Meeting
Monday 15 June 2020, by video conference
Present: Kim Lister, Vicky Scot, Don Sutherland, Bruce Walker, Nancy Rowan, Mike Phillips, Penny Cook
Regrets: Harvey Graham
Chair: Chuck Connor
1. Call to Order: Chuck called the meeting to order at 7:12 p.m.
2. Approval of the Agenda: Agenda approved as circulated;
a. MOTION: to appoint Penny Cook as a director of the board untill the next AGM. CARRIED;
b. MOTION: to appoint Penny as Secretary. CARRIED;
3. Approval of the Minutes of the May 27 board meeing; Minutes approved as distributed, CARRIED;
4. Correspondence: None;
5. Commitee Reports:
a. Finance (Harvey):
Harvey sent out the financial report earlier in the week and provided highlights in the
email of June 9. MOTION to approve the financial report for May 2020. CARRIED;
b. Facility Management:
i. Status of changes to UTF data collecion (Vicky); Work-in-progress;
Previous data included only emergent data and included emergent treatments
both to the UTF and to the doctors’ offices. Need all data to the UTF only, both
emergent and others who use the UTF. That is focus for 2020;
ii. Update on administraive tasks, procedures and data management (Bruce);
Harvey and Bruce working together to develop informaton repository. Deciding what to store, security, etc. In progress. Identify all administraive tasks for facility and general foundaion business. Want to centralize informaion for new board members to be able to access and find informaion. Some issues are complex and may be filed in several places;
iii. Update on tenant rent relief during COVID 19 (Chuck):
Received a letter from Dr. Tracey Thorne inquiring about possible rent relief during the pandemic. The doctors incomes are down significantly but are still providing great community support. Don and Bruce will have a discussion with the doctors.
c. Health Services:
Status of Gabriola Health & Wellness Collaborative (GHWC) Report Card (Vicky);
New data is available from the Ministry of Health with new geography classification that
introduces community-level geographies of 2018 Community Health Areas (CHSA), including Gabriola. This information needs to be integrated into the report. Also, delays
due to COVID-19. Request an extension to complete the report by the end of August.
MOTION: extend project to mid August and increase budget by $2000 to integrate new
data, ensure ample supply of printed reports. CARRIED.
d. Governance/Nominations: Recruitment of Directors (Mike);
Mike will develop a skill set Wishlist. All board members should be actively seeking appropriate candidates.
e. Physician Recruitment (Don);
Gabriola remains an attractive place for work. Three physicians interested. Board has been
hosting dinners and some accommodation, Hopefully can accommodate a fourth doctor
in the next couple of months.
6. Old Business:
a. Collaborative Table meeting: Compensation for the use of the Urgent Treatment Facility
was discussed and Island Health will be reviewing GHCF’s request.(Chuck); This fits well
with the Ministry’s policy objectives for Primary Care, Urgent Care, and Community
Health Centres.
b. Status of Gabriola ‘Service Plan’;
Work-in-progress (Vicky);
c. Update on Rural PCN Development (Nancy);
d. Update on Gabriola Emergency Response and Recovery Commi@ee (ERRC) (Don);
e. Retirement of Dr. Bosman – Recognition (Mike);
f. Date and venue/plan for AGM: TBD.
7. Next Meeting: Wednesday Sept 23 9:00 a.m.
8. Meeting Adjourned. 9:06
Acronyms:
• CHSA: Community Health Areas
• GHCF: Gabriola Health Care Foundation
• GHWC: Gabriola Health & Wellness Collaborative
• GERRC: Gabriola Emergency Response & Recovery Commitee
• IH: Island Health
• MOCAP: Medical On-call Availability Program
• MCRC: MOCAP Contract Review Commitee
• PCN: PaPent Care Network
• RDN: Regional District of Nanaimo
• UTF: Urgent Treatment Facility
May
Gabriola Health Care Foundation Board Meeting
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 – meeting by video conference
Present: Kim Lister, Harvey Graham, Vicky Scott, Don Sutherland, Bruce Walker, Nancy Rowan, Mike Phillips
Guest: Penny Cook
Chair: Chuck Connor
1. Order: Chuck called the meeting to order at 1:06 p.m.;
2. Approval of Agenda: Mike moved to approve the agenda, seconded by Don. Carried;
3. Approval of Minutes: It was moved to accept the minutes as distributed. Seconded by Nancy. Carried;
4. Correspondence: None
5. Committee Reports:
a. Finance:
i. Financial Report:(Harvey) – move to approve the financial report to April 30 as previously distributed. Carried;
ii. Non Budgeted discretionary spending: The finance committee will consider a contingency fund for such items.
b. Facility Management:
i. Retirement of Dr. Bosman: Some discussion around recognition for Dr. Bosman for his contribution to health care on Gabriola. Due to C-19 the timing is not good. To be further discussed.
ii. Impact of C-19 on tenants: The board discussed implications of C-19 on the ability of tenants to pay rent.
iii. Status of changes to UTF data collection: Vicky explained that data in a revised format has been collected since January. Once there is about six months’ worth of data will be able to analyze the data;
iv. Update on administrative tasks, procedures and data management: Work-inprogress.
c. Health Services: (Vicky)
Status of Gabriola Health and Wellness Collaborative (GHWC) Report Card initiative: Vicky is pleased that there is really good data leading to a high quality report that should be available soon. A few extra days to finalize all the data will be worth the wait.
d. Governance/Nominations (Mike)
Recruitment of directors: Ongoing.
e. Physicians Recruitment (Don):
Dr. Adam Sandell has taken over Dr. Bosman’s practice. There are two potential candidates as a fourth doctor coming in the next week to meet the doctors and see the facility.
6. Old Business:
a. May 26 Collaborative Table meeting update (Chuck): This meeting discussed the importance of securing ongoing funding, or lease payments, for the outstanding 2/3 of the Urgent Treatment Facility (UTF). Another meeting has been scheduled.
b. Status and discussion on outstanding UTF issues: Most of this discussion encompassed the development of Gabriola ‘Service Plan’. After some discussion it became clear that the ‘Service Plan’ should be a joint venture by the Ministry of Health, VIHA, GHCF, and
the community. This plan is required by the Ministry in order to consider funding.
ACTION: Follow up with Island Health regarding Capital Funding for the UTF that was mentioned as a possible option at the Collaborative Table meeting. (Chuck or Vicky);
c. Update on Rural PCN Development (Nancy): This is a work-in-progress;
d. Update on the Gabriola Emergency Response and Recovery Committee (ERRC) (Don): This committee had a meeting recently and the minutes will be distributed to the board
when they are available.
7. Next meeting: Monday June 15th, at 9:00.
8. Meeting Adjourned at 3:05 p.m.
April
GHC FOUNDATION BOARD MEETING – MINUTES
Wednesday April 22, 2020 – meeting by video conference
Participating: Mike Phillips, Harvey Graham, Vicky Scott, Don Sutherland, Bruce Walker, Nancy Rowan (part time)
Absent: Kim Lister
Chair: Chuck Connor
1. Order: Chuck called the meeting to order at 9:30am.
2. Approval of Agenda: The agenda was approved as circulated.
3. Approval of Minutes: That the minutes of the March 25, 2020 Board meeting are approved as re-vised and distributed. CARRIED
4. Correspondence: None
5. Reports
a. Treasurer – Harvey
MOTION: Harvey – To approve the financial report of March 2020, as previously distributed. CARRIED
b Facility Management - Chuck
i A video conferencing system ‘Go to Meeting’ is now functional - Harvey
ii Telephone system upgrade for the Clinic has been completed - Harvey
iii Bruce reported on data storage/filing program availability
c Health Services - Vicky.
i The Community Health Report Card draft will be completed by May 15
ii Additional funding to complete the Report Card will be provided by the Auxiliary
d Governance - Mike
i Kim Lister stepped down as Secretary due to workload of operating her business
ii Discussion held on eventual succession of Executive and path forward
e Physician Recruitment and Retention - Don
i Dr Francois Bosman is expected to retire in Late May
ii Dr Adam Sandell has joined the Clinic and will begin practice in mid May
iii Don will confer with doctors on further recruitment plans
6. Old Business
Vicky reported on the progress to resolve the outstanding UTF issues including:
i Activities of the working committee
ii Status of initial report on emergency care and facility compensation
iii Proposed development of a Service Plan
7. New Business
Update on the new Gabriola Emergency Response and Recovery Committee - Don
8. Adjournment: Chuck adjourned the meeting at 11:00am.
9. Next meeting: May 27 2020 1:00 PM Video conference.
March
GHC FOUNDATION BOARD MEETING – MINUTES
Wednesday March 25, 2020 – meeting by video conference
Present: Nancy Rowan, Harvey Graham, Vicky Scott, Don Sutherland, Bruce Walker
Absent: Kim Lister
Chair: Chuck Connor
1. Order: Chuck called the meeting to order at 8:30am.
2. Approval of Agenda: The agenda was approved as circulated.
3. Approval of Minutes: That the minutes of the February 28, 2018 regular Board meeting are approved as revised and distributed. CARRIED
4. Correspondence: None
5. Reports
a. Treasurer – Harvey
MOTION: Harvey – To approve the financial report to February 28, 2020, as previously distributed. CARRIED
b. Facility Management - Chuck
i. A video conferencing system will be purchased - Harvey
ii. Telephone system upgrade for the Clinic will be ordered - Harvey
iii. Westerly helicopter flightpath tree removal and clearing complete - Mike
iv. 2020 AGM will be rescheduled to early November due to Covid-19 - Kim
c. Health Services - Vicky.
The Community Health Report Card draft is near complete
d. Governance - Mike
i. Nancy Rowan stepped down as Vice President due to increasing work commitments
ii. MOTION: Chuck: Mike Phillips to assume role of Vice President CARRIED
iii. MOTION: Harvey: That Mike Philips is appointed to replace Nancy Rowan as a signing officer and that Harvey Graham make the required arrangements with the Coastal Community Credit Union. CARRIED
iv. Governance committee to determine required skill sets and seek prospective directors
e. Physician Recruitment and Retention - Don
Don will confer with Doctors and Health Match BC and IH regarding current adverts
6. Old Business
Vicky reported on the progress to resolve the outstanding UTF issues including:
a. Activities of the working committee
b. Proposed development of a Service Plan
7. New Business
It was agreed that Don would represent the Foundation in a meeting being coordinated by the GHWC to consider establishing an Emergency Coordination Centre for Gabriola
8. Adjournment: Chuck adjourned the meeting at 9:45am
9. Next Meeting: 9:00 AM April 22 2020 ( Video Conference to be confirmed)
February
GHC FOUNDATION BOARD MEETING – MINUTES
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 – Health Centre Meeting Room
Present: Chuck Connor, Harvey Graham, Mike Phillips, Vicky Scott, Don Sutherland, Bruce Walker, Kim Lister
Guest: Diane Cornish
1. Order: Chuck called the meeting to order at 9:08am.
2. Approval of Agenda: Mike requested a few additions, Nancy otherwise approved as circulated. CARRIED
3. Approval of Minutes:
MOTION: Chuck – That the minutes of the January 22, 2020 regular Board meeting be approved. Bruce approves, membership agrees as circulated.
CARRIED
4. Correspondence: – Nothing to report.
5. Committee Reports:
a. Finance Treasurer – Harvey reviewed the highlights of both the budget and capital reserve fund.
MOTION: Chuck – To approve the 2020 budget as previously dis-tributed. Don seconded.
CARRIED
b. Facility Management:
i. Chuck led a brief discussion on reviewing the future of administra-tive tasks and the development of administration procedures. Bruce is preparing these procedures for presentation at the next board meeting.
ii. Mike gave an overview of the tree removal work required in or-der to maintain the clearances required on the Westerly flight path from the Helipad as required by the DOT
c. Health Services Committee (HSC) – Vicky
Vicky requested the approval of $5,000.00 from the Kitty Heller fund for the Healing Power of Arts program to be conducted by the Gabriola Arts Council in 2020.
d. Physician Recruitment & Retention: Don announced that Dr. Adam Sandell is expected to join the clinic some time in May, 2020. The search continues for a 4th Doc to join the clinic via Health Match BC and Island Health Recruitment. Don proposed a sub-committee be created to assist with the hosting of students and future Doctors to the Island. Vicky and Kim agreed to volunteer to aid with these on-going efforts.
e. UTR compensation and 24/7 issues – Vicky/Chuck – Vicky presented the slide data that was gathered and converted into user friendly charts and graphs that share the urgent and emergency care information for 2019 in a very meaningful way. Membership discussion ensued with further minor changes/improvements to be made to the data prior to sharing with the general public.
f. Governance Committee – Mike circulated a chart of the current Direc-tor’s terms and reviewed the replacement of certain members that have completed their terms accordingly.
g. Gabriola Collaborative Services Committee – Nancy updated the GHCF on the status of the Collaborative Services Committee, (CSC). The CSC is a committee formed under the BC Divisions of Family Practice to pro-mote collective communication and problem solving with its partners. Typically these partners are the health authority, Division of Family Practice, First Nations, and a patient representative. The Gabriola CSC chose to have the patient voice represented through community repre-sentation of members of GHCF. This fall, the Division and Board got notification that the health authority wished to put the Gabriola CSC on hold. Further negotiations with Island Health resulted in the develop-ment of more robust “collaborative table” with expanded partnership representation from PHC and the Gabriola Health and Wellness Collabo-rative. This table is where all partners can meet, discuss issues and re-solve problems in the best interests of all parties. The meeting will take place quarterly. Terms of Reference are being developed.
6. Old Business: - Nothing to Report
7. New Business: COVID-19. A brief membership discussion on the devel-opment of a public statement and how best to manage it as it evolves over the coming weeks.
8. Adjournment: There being no further business, Chuck adjourned the meeting at 11:39am
9. Next Meeting: Wednesday morning at 9:00am: March 25, 2020
January
GHC FOUNDATION BOARD MEETING – MINUTES
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 – Health Centre Meeting Room
Present: Chuck Connor, Harvey Graham, Mike Phillips, Vicky Scott, Don Sutherland, Bruce Walker, Kim Lister
Absent: Nancy Rowan
1. Order: Chuck called the meeting to order at 9:05am.
2. Approval of Agenda: By general consent, the agenda was approved as circulated.
3. Approval of Minutes: MOTION: Chuck – That the minutes of both the October 30 & December 11, 2019 regular Board meetings are revised and will be approved following this January 22, 2020 meeting. That the minutes of November 20, 2019 are approved as circulated.
4. Correspondence: – Nothing to report.
5. Committee Reports:
a. Finance Treasurer – Harvey
i. MOTION: Chuck – To approve the financial report of December, 2019 and 2020 budget as previously distributed. Vicky seconded. CARRIED
ii. Funds will be reinvested in Term Deposits as they mature.
b. Facility Management:
Chuck led a brief discussion on succession planning for the board’s Executive.
c. Health Services Committee (HSC) – Vicky
i. Vicky announced that an analyst has been contracted for the Gabriola Health Report Card started December 1, 2019.
ii. The Gabriola Arts Council will offer the Healing Power of Arts program again this year with funding from the Kitty Heller fund.
iii. Vicky shared that the Home Support Worker training program was a great success and that all participants have found work. The first aid training component was funded by the Kitty Heller fund.
d. Physician Recruitment & Retention: Don - announced that no one is expected to be coming at this time from the Return to Service Physicians program. Don suggested proposing another meeting with the current doctors to ascertain their approach to ongoing recruitment during 2020.
e. Governance Committee – Mike – Nothing to report.
6. Old Business: MOTION: Vicky – To provide funding up to $5,000 for an analyst to prepare a report addressing the issues of financial compensation for the Urgent Treatment Facility and 24/7 on call urgent and emergency stabilization services. CARRIED
7. New Business: Nothing to report.
8. Adjournment: There being no further business, Chuck adjourned the meeting at 10:45am
9. Next Meeting: Wednesday morning at 9:00am: February 26, 2020