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| === '''Board Retreat Planning Session and Board Strategic Planning Session - Nancy''' (25 min)=== | | === '''Board Strategic Planning Session - Jeremy''' (25 min)=== |
| * Retreat Planning (Nov) | | * Retreat Planning (April) |
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| What should the focus of the Nov retreat be | | Updates |
| Dates?
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| Agenda preparation/ad hoc committee
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| ** Geoff: more focus on near term issues, finishing initiatives - less on blue sky/ grandious | | ** Notes below from December 2017 Board Meeting |
| ** Nancy: consistent with discussion in HR committee
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| ** Jonathon: prior to retreat can directors propose priorities and circulate
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| ** Michael C: can we do that in 10 minutes here?
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| * Ideas for priorities
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| ** Review current initiatives - so we don't take on too many things
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| ** Lease at bikeworks north coming up. Consolidation to one shop?
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| ** Financial sustainability - how to bring in more money (fundraising, raise feeds
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| ** Volunteer engagement
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| ** Charitable status
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| ** Rebranded - get it done, extract benefits
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| ** Programming - getting people out to events
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| ** Programming around accessibility - International students, new immigrants, newcomers; workshops, community outreach
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| * Retreat
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| ** discussed Friday evening, Sunday morning
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| ** proposing Dec 8th, 10th and include a board meeting on the 10th
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| ** Who is the facilitator? Can we request someone in particular? | | ** Who is the facilitator? Can we request someone in particular? |
| ** Like the idea of planning this , so we can focus on near term/this year items in our planning session in Nov | | ** Like the idea of planning this , so we can focus on near term/this year items in our planning session in Nov |
| ** discussion about what we'd need to do for charitable status , other organization in Hamilton didn't find they needed to change programming much | | ** |
| ** should charitable status not be part of our initial meetings? | | ** |
| ** charitable status is a means to an end
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| ** what we want to do might be in initial meetings, how might be in spring meetings
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| ** good idea to separate the operational from strategic planning
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| ** Jeremy will inquire into dates, and time commitments | | ** Jeremy will inquire into dates, and time commitments |
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