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* Coreen: CRA as a political tool (not non-partisan) of current govt. Have concerns that we may be open to this. | * Coreen: CRA as a political tool (not non-partisan) of current govt. Have concerns that we may be open to this. | ||
* Alex: EBC is currently a pretty good org. In future, org could change and not be as organized and the requirements for charities could get us in trouble. Also, this could change how we are perceived by community - shift away from direct... just dont want to become an ivory tower organization with layers between the organization and the community we serve. Want to pursue charitable status but want to engage the membership more before we do. | * Alex: EBC is currently a pretty good org. In future, org could change and not be as organized and the requirements for charities could get us in trouble. Also, this could change how we are perceived by community - shift away from direct... just dont want to become an ivory tower organization with layers between the organization and the community we serve. Want to pursue charitable status but want to engage the membership more before we do. | ||
** Alexey: People trust charities more. | |||
* Coreen: EBC did not start as a mainstream organization. If we want to be more mainstream, this is a big shift in our organization. | |||
* Chris: We are running a deficit, there is a sense of urgency for our organization for more funding. Two of our main programs, spoke & YCR2, both require more funds to continue. | |||
* Nathan: EBC general membership supports bikes, but spoke supporters might not even be cyclists or like bikes but they will donate to the program directly. Also, board of HIV Edmonton went from society to charity a few years ago. The bigger they got, the harder it was. I dont see EBC shrinking. Might as well get it done sooner than later. | |||
* Nancy: I see charitable status as a revenue source; we are not changing our objectives, vision, mission, values. Would allow us to go deeper into the community that we serve; do more of what we're doing. | |||
* Schedule a vote on whether EBC should pursue Charitable Status | * Schedule a vote on whether EBC should pursue Charitable Status | ||
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* <span style="background: yellow;">Motion:</span> To ___. Moved by , seconded by . '''Motion Failed/Carried.''' | * <span style="background: yellow;">Motion:</span> To ___. Moved by , seconded by . '''Motion Failed/Carried.''' | ||
* <span style="background: lime;">Action Items:</span> ''' | * <span style="background: lime;">Action Items:</span> '''Alex''' will draft a message to members to present info and ask for feedback by end of June. | ||
=== Board Recruitment (5 min) - Anna === | === Board Recruitment (5 min) - Anna === | ||