Westside Food Security Collaborative

April Meeting Minutes

April 18, 2011

In attendence: Nicole Mireau, Dellie Lidyard, Catherine Leach, Spring

Gillard, Gord McGee, Zsuzsi Fodor , Sally Speers, Charlotte Roth, Alicia
Baddorf

Note: There are a number of action items from this meeting that need
to be undertaken by next month’s meeting, please have a look through
and see if any apply to you. Thanks!

1. After review of last months Action items, the following

actions remain:

- Action: Nicole, Zsuzsi, Spring to strike committee to develop mission

and review vision—moving away from food security terminology, as
well as focusing primarily on food security for vulnerable
populations

- Decision: Front Desk to take over brochure and its distribution

- Action: Gord to send version of brochure to FD

- Action: Catherine to look up past document of ‘what would a food

secure Westside vision’ look like (from food policy council food
charter workshop)

- Nicole no longer required to set up meeting between Jazmin and

Catherine at VCH, this item is being dealt with elsewhere

- Administrator: add to May agenda: (1)funding sustainability of WFSC

and (2) funding for projects, (3) terms of reference review: roles and
responsibilities (Chairs) (4) review of activities for each goal and
assignment of responsibility for each

- Action: Gord, Lisa, Dellie to review process around project funding

and decision making (using base of sponsorship criteria developed
previously)

2. Review of roles and responsibilities assigned for 2011/2012

- Catherine and lisa interested in transitioning out of roles as co-chair

and search for new co-chairs.

- Kits house may have some resources to support grant-writing and

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 also may try to fund some administrative support of the wfsc,
looking for someone within wfsc to take that job on, perhaps marnie
newell from spec, or Zsuzsi.

- Requirements of a chair include: attending meetings, making

commitment to WFSC work, executive work

3. Review of 2011/2012 goals and assignment of responsibility

for each

After an initial start at assigning responsibilities, it was decided that it

was best to have the list of goals and activities reviewed by table
members for next meeting

Action: All members who can attend, are to come ready with a list of
those activities that they are interested in and willing to commit to.

Action: Nicole and Zsuzsi to take the list of goals/activities and tighten
them up and attach them and how the list of goals will get embedded
in the survey

Action: Gord to write up a list of responsibilities/activities for an

administrative person to undertake @ approx 10hrs a month and send
to Catherine

4. Round table Updates:

Update from network of food network (Spring):

• McConnell grant-proposal to fund a community coordinator and

intern for each network neighbourhood and money for programming
(approx 1 million). Grant is in.

• Also. Vancouver Food Policy Council (VFPC) is supporting emerging

food networks and organizing a summit with key funders,
Vancouver Park Board, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), etc.
Networks are to organize presentation to be given to VFPC to
present to funders at the meeting

• Some funding given by VCH for consultant to do study to determine

needs of the network, as well as other funds given to one of the
food networks was brought under scrutiny by the table

• Spring can no longer be the liaison for the network of food networks
due to the enormous volunteer time commitment

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• Action: Catherine: to call Leslie from VCH to set up a meeting to lay
out the situation, that the WFSC is being pushed aside and there is
an absolute need for equity across the city and for needs on the
Westside. Need to have a follow up letter

• Action: Spring to confirm that list of needs of WFSC previously

submitted to the City will also be sent to Jazmin at VCH and the
VFPC.

Agreed that Spring will not participate in conference call with VCH and
the Network of Networks scheduled for end of April (now on hold til
after VFPC Summit) and will formally withdraw as the liaison for the
NOFN because the WFSC does not have resources.

General Updates
• Action: Zsuzsi to send out updated survey list to regular attendees
of meeting

• Action: Zsuzsi’s ---to ask colleague students about interest to

conduct needs assessment on the Westside.

• Catherine-Neighbourhoood Small Grants—resident committee set-

up, community can apply for grants from $50-$500 for vibrant
communities, art projects, skills workshos, application due May 13th,
.applic comes out in about a week. Applications on website.

• Action: Gord to send interim report of food recovery pilot to Spring

and rest of table.

• Action Gord: Connect Charlotte and Dellie with Kate for organizing
the kits potluck on food security.