Board Minutes August 2012

EBC Board Meeting Minutes for August 16, 2012

Time: 6:30pm
Location: LAW 101
Food: Bernadette

Call to order

In attendance:
Regrets:
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Guests:

Chair: Bernadette
Minute-taker:

Approval of agenda

Motion to approve by . Seconded by .

Approval of minutes

Motion to approve July 2012 minutes by . Seconded by .

Next meeting

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Reports

President's Report

None this month.

Treasurer's Report

Executive Director's Report

Executive Director Report August 2012

BikeWorks Report

Committee Report

Committee Report August 2012

Old business

Action Items from Last Meeting

Carried forward from earlier meetings

re: Stollery grant: new action item: produce new invoice: Neil and Paul.
re: Nigerian Ass'n: continuous attempts at communication
re: fence: assigned to Justin

New action items from last meeting

New business

WCB Pricing Question

We have been asked to vote on a question regarding the way our WCB account is priced. Our vote affects the whole industry group (community service organizations). Out of some 6 pages of information from WCB, the bottom line seems to be that we'll save around $0.02 per $100 of payroll (maybe $20-$30 year), by moving costs related "longer recovery due to pre-existing condition" out of the industry cost pool an onto individual employers that run into this kind of workplace injury. How does the board want us to vote?

Information from WCB

- Neil - I'm bringing this up because the best interests of EBC seems to be "yes," though marginal, but I'm concerned about that other employers in our group who aggressively manage their WCB costs might start screening applicants for potentially expensive pre-existing conditions, so if it were up to me I'd be voting against EBC's financial interests, and felt I should clear this by the board. I suspect it'll pass regardless of how we vote.

Reviewing the need for formal position statements

from the most recent newsletter:

"One of the big takeaways was this: in cities throughout Canada, the United States, Australia, and the world, at all stages of bike infrastructure (from almost nothing in American cities to European cities with established cycle paths), there has been a move away from painted bike lanes as ineffective, instead favouring separated cycle tracks (like in Ottawa, Montreal, New York City, and Vancouver), for arterials, and bike boulevards and neighbourhood greenways for lower-traffic roads.

It's what's needed to make the 60% of "interested, but concerned" potential cyclists feel safe enough to ride on the road. Would you be comfortable with a child or a grandmother riding down Edmonton's streets? If not, then are we only building bike lanes for people who will ride anyway?"

-I don't necessarily have a problem with this idea, but do we need a broader discussion (within the board, advocacy committee, or members) before something becomes a de facto position of EBC? -Adam

AGM planning

where
when
how to be publicized
who to lead
what's on the agenda
food
what info to ask potential board members for, and how to make that visible in advance to members