Minutes of the
Hamilton-Wentworth Executive
Wednesday October 24, 2007
Members: Kaywana Gargarello,
Diana McClure, Rosalind Minaji, Myra Malley, Mary McLeod, Danusia
Burdyk-Husak.
Regrets: Dianne MacKenzie, Debbie Edwards, Deborah Doody
1. MINUTES
The minutes of September
25, 2007 were reviewed.
The date was not shown and Diana McClure was spelt incorrectly.
2. CHAPTER UPDATES
Volunteer Hours: 39
Membership:
There are 129 members + 13 additional members coming from French
Course = 142 and 55 secondary members; 61 Members joined since
2007 showing a 50% turn over. We now have over 200 members in
Hamilton-Wentworth!
Membership Secretary (Myra)
proposes to send a mailing to invite new members to recruit a
friend. It is suggested that we point out what we do for members
locally on a 'post it' type notice, and that we do not mail to
Trustees & School Officials.
Action Items:
" Membership Secretary (Myra) to organize and send mailing
Treasurer's Report:
Items for account:
SEVEC 2008 promotional costs
DVD and fliers for Grades 6, 7, & 8 for FI and Core French
students in Public and Catholic Boards.
Communications:
Fall 2007 Newsletter - Articles
o SEVEC Information nights
and dates by Rosalind Minaji
o French Christmas Tour of Dundurn Castle by Myra Malley
o French Book Sale by Myra Malley
o Westdale & Cathedral FI Info Nights by Mary McLeod
o Update on New FI schools (3) by Rosalind Minaji
o Memorial article on Carrie Crockett by Rosalind Minaji
o Rosalind Minaji volunteer award from CPF ON by Dianne McKenzie
o Accommodation Review (Catholic Board) by Kaywana Gargarello
o Gotta Love that French Concert by Kaywana Gargarello
Action Items:
" Articles to be copied to Communication Officer (Dianne
McKenzie) by Friday, November 02, 2007.
" Communication Officer (Dianne McKenzie) will edit and
print Newsletters for distribution
3. BOOK SALE
Thursday, November 29,
2007 at St. Joseph School.
Action:
" Kaywana to confirm safe storage upon receipt of delivery
" Kaywana to confirm tables
" Roz to distribute sign-up sheet for volunteers
" Myra to provide Membership list
" Diane to request Public Librarian to attend/or provide
a list of available French Collection.
" Set up in the gym at 12:00pm.
" Sales begin at 3:30pm and end at 7:00pm, pack up between
7 & 8pm
" Myra will return the books on Friday, November 30, 2007.
4. SEVEC
November 13, 14, &
20 will be information nights for the SEVEC exchange to be held
in July 2008. Deb and Roz will hosts the evenings and show a
DVD with clips of the 2005 trip, a SEVEC DVD, and answer questions
for those interested in sending their children on the exchange.
Fliers and a copy of the
DVD has been sent to all Grades 6, 7, & 8 students in both
Boards, and the Newsletter is anticipated to go out before these
nights, as a further reminder.
Action:
Deb & Roz to host the evenings.
5. CPF ONTARIO CONFERENCE
November 02 & 03 CPF
Ontario is hosting their Bi-annual Conference/AGM. Dianne and
Kaywana will attend as Chapter delegates, and Roz will attend
as a sponsored facilitator - presenting a workshop on working
with school boards and also at the round table on how to host
a book sale/Trade show. Roz will also be honoured as an outstanding
volunteer.
6. FRENCH CHRISTMAS TOUR
OF DUNDURN CASTLE
Sunday, December 03, 3:00pm
Action:
Roz to confirm the booking. Advertise in newsletter
Roz will set up at the event display and take a picture for the
Newsletter.
7. FRENCH CONCERTS
Helene Nicole has set aside dates for the Hamilton concerts in
January and February, but has been taking bookings for these
dates from other Boards. Up until this point only 1 school has
booked. Kaywana has checked with the Boards to check that the
information has been circulated.
Action:
Kaywana to monitor
8. CATHOLIC BOARD ISSUES
An Accommodation review is presently being carried out by the
Board. In a report to the Trustees it has been recommended that
a French Immersion attendance area review related to the appropriateness
of the location of existing programs be carried out. CPF will
lobby to be involved in this process.
Action:
Send a letter to the Director of Education HWCDSB - Marcel Castura
requesting that Catholic Members of our executive be involved
with the process/Committee
" Who we are
" Why we have an interest
" We can provide statistics
" We can use our Newsletters
9. PUBLIC BOARD ISSUES
1. An Ancaster parent group is petitioning the Board for a French
Immersion site in the community- there are 20 JK students on
their list with another 20 to follow the year after. The Board
will be carrying out a survey of all Ancaster JK students to
gauge interest. They will need to find a school with surplus
space and take a report to the School Board.
Action:
CPF H-W may present to the Board of trustees in December in support
of the Ancaster delegation.
2. Transportation is an
imminent issue. At the FIAC meeting a presentation was made by
Daryl Sage (Manager for Transportation) indicating that there
may be less of a surplus available in future years which may
in turn affect FI bussing (FI bussing is a priority in the event
of a surplus, but there are not dedicated funds for FI transportation).
Additionally the requirement of the Province that Boards share
buses may also result in future changes to FI bussing.
Action:
Roz will monitor the situation at FIAC.
10. MISCELLANEOUS
1. Espirit Ecole will once again be available Feb 22-24, 2008.
Action:
CPF H-W will promote it to the FI schools.
2. Minutes of Meetings
to be sent to Barbara Mison at CPF Ontario.
Action:
Kaywana to forward CPF H-W minutes.
3. Multi-media kits are
once again available.
4. Danusia Burdyk-Husak
to provide information about French activities for children available
through Notre Dame Church, possibly for the webpage and/or the
Newsletter.
Next Meeting Wednesday,
January 8, 2007
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