DNC Board Meeting
October 11, 2012
Present: Harold, Dave H, Jenn, Dave M, Jamie, Tami, Herb, Richard, Ivan
Guests: Jacek, James, Wendy Chu
IVAN'S BAD NEWS
Ivan
On top of all the condo projects already coming, there has been a major property combination of every property between the Chevron at Vernon and Clark Drive.
Our prediction that the gentrification spill over from 955 E Hastings has already happened.
955 E HASTINGS ORGANIZING
Harold
The condos at 955 E Hastings are going to public hearing on Tuesday and, although it has been late in the game, we have been organizing to try to pull the community together to stop it.
We are going to have a news conference rally on Tuesday evening to raise the issue up at city hall and want to get people out to speak against it.
Also held a meeting last night in partnership between the DTES Not for Developers coalition and ALIVE. We got a lot of people out and the meeting was interesting. We had good presentations from Jean Swanson, Karen Ward, and Stella August
Herb
The meeting was a bit strange. The people out there seemed very confused about what they might get out of the project.
Jen
It's very bad to get low-income people to build condos; getting us to build ourselves out of the community. It's like getting prisoners to build prisons.
Dave M
Will the projects there provide jobs?
Ivan
They won't because the whole community amenity package is wrapped up in the housing. So the retail and industrial spaces will all be market rate.
Harold
We'll get back to people about how the hearing goes. Might go more days.
HOTEL ORGANIZING FINANCES
Ivan
Last fall I organized a number of meetings in some hotels to organize with tenants
DNC FINANCES AND PETTY CASH
Ivan
We have had a number of motions for the treasurer to keep $200 petty cash and to administer $40 a week from that money for food for board meetings. Over the past few weeks there have been problems that Richard, who has volunteered to cook, has had a hard time tracking down the treasurer and then he has been given a cheque and had to run around and find signers and to get the cheque cashed.
I hope the two presidents can support with the treasurer to set up the Van City bank account and get access to the money there and to refresh the $200 petty cash. I don't think this requires a motion because I think it's established and expected practice.
DECISION: Herb will work next week with Roland, Jen, Tami, Harold and Ivan to set up that account and to get the petty cash going.
COPWATCH
Jen
There are eight points:
Assaults against native men have become more commonplace. I have been contacted by two different native men in the past week about assaults by police.
Copwatch has been contacted by Inspector Mike Seer to meet with us again and we're thinking about this. Not necessarily a good idea.
We have been contacted by a film maker in California who has been following Sandy Daviden's case and wants to do a story about us.
We want to do a behind-your-back campaign where we meet with the city and ask them to get rid of the Beat Enforcement Team
VANDU is thinking of starting a secret filming campaign to get members out with cameras to film cops in secret
Doug Kind from Pivot will be going to the Eidge meeting next week to get going with a campaign to stop police brutality against Aboriginal drinkers.
Copwatch has been contacted by people in Regina asking for help in setting up a Regina Copwatch. As soon as I had that exchange on Twitter I was contacted by the Regina police questioning my facts. I called them right away and explained it to them. I am planning on going to Regina in January to help them sort it out.
Herb
Make sure, for the documentary, that you get signatures of consent from anyone on film
Richard
Could we involve Sam Sullivan or Tim Louis to support Sandy?
Jen
What else could we do to support Sandy and get Taylor Robinson fired?
Harold
We could get as many organizations as possible together to monitor the case. Could get Tim Louis or someone else who is very dedicated to disabled peoples' rights.
It's not the same as a demonstration but we could do some work to prepare for another demonstration.
We need to document the cases of harassment of Aboriginal men. If we can get that information together then there's a human rights case.
Herb
As far as getting this man fired, as long as you have to appeal to police investigating police there's no hope.
Ivan
The approach Doug is taking with racist police harassment of Aboriginal men is to take on the rights of Aboriginal drinkers.
The UBCIC and Indigenous Action Movement have long pushed demands for police accountability and to implement the recommendations of the Frank Paul inquiry.
After we collect information about racist policing we could create a united front with these groups to call for an end to harassment of Aboriginal drinkers, and a drinker's lounge type sobering centre, as defined by Eidge.
About Sandy's assault. We could hold a news conference in response to Taylor Robinson's sentencing and then circulate a letter calling for him to be fired; get disabled rights organizations to sign on. Then do another news conference with them, get another media hit.
SHELTER COMMITTEE
Jacek
After First United was lessened we found out from VANDU that six people have died as result of the changes there.
We tried for months to get a meeting with BC Housing about this and finally got one. They refused to say anything meaningful.
We are trying to go through the MLA now.
DOWNTOWN EAST
Ivan
Financial report
Jacek
Needs to be approved by the treasurer. He says there is no motion for this to have a separate account.
Ivan
When we decided to form the newspaper it was with a condition insisted on by Roland and Jacek, who were concerned about whether Street Market money might be spent by the newspaper. The condition was that the money be dealt with completely separately from other DNC money
I would move a motion to confirm this now but I don't think it would be fair because Roland, the chief complainant, is not here.
IVAN'S DEBT TO DNC
Ivan
- The treasurer is raising a number of issues around finances and bookkeeping with me and I want to settle all of them. The DT East and
October 11, 2012
Present: Harold, Dave H, Jenn, Dave M, Jamie, Tami, Herb, Richard, Ivan
Guests: Jacek, James, Wendy Chu
IVAN'S BAD NEWS
Ivan
On top of all the condo projects already coming, there has been a major property combination of every property between the Chevron at Vernon and Clark Drive.
Our prediction that the gentrification spill over from 955 E Hastings has already happened.
955 E HASTINGS ORGANIZING
Harold
The condos at 955 E Hastings are going to public hearing on Tuesday and, although it has been late in the game, we have been organizing to try to pull the community together to stop it.
We are going to have a news conference rally on Tuesday evening to raise the issue up at city hall and want to get people out to speak against it.
Also held a meeting last night in partnership between the DTES Not for Developers coalition and ALIVE. We got a lot of people out and the meeting was interesting. We had good presentations from Jean Swanson, Karen Ward, and Stella August
Herb
The meeting was a bit strange. The people out there seemed very confused about what they might get out of the project.
Jen
It's very bad to get low-income people to build condos; getting us to build ourselves out of the community. It's like getting prisoners to build prisons.
Dave M
Will the projects there provide jobs?
Ivan
They won't because the whole community amenity package is wrapped up in the housing. So the retail and industrial spaces will all be market rate.
Harold
We'll get back to people about how the hearing goes. Might go more days.
HOTEL ORGANIZING FINANCES
Ivan
Last fall I organized a number of meetings in some hotels to organize with tenants
DNC FINANCES AND PETTY CASH
Ivan
We have had a number of motions for the treasurer to keep $200 petty cash and to administer $40 a week from that money for food for board meetings. Over the past few weeks there have been problems that Richard, who has volunteered to cook, has had a hard time tracking down the treasurer and then he has been given a cheque and had to run around and find signers and to get the cheque cashed.
I hope the two presidents can support with the treasurer to set up the Van City bank account and get access to the money there and to refresh the $200 petty cash. I don't think this requires a motion because I think it's established and expected practice.
DECISION: Herb will work next week with Roland, Jen, Tami, Harold and Ivan to set up that account and to get the petty cash going.
COPWATCH
Jen
There are eight points:
Assaults against native men have become more commonplace. I have been contacted by two different native men in the past week about assaults by police.
Copwatch has been contacted by Inspector Mike Seer to meet with us again and we're thinking about this. Not necessarily a good idea.
We have been contacted by a film maker in California who has been following Sandy Daviden's case and wants to do a story about us.
We want to do a behind-your-back campaign where we meet with the city and ask them to get rid of the Beat Enforcement Team
VANDU is thinking of starting a secret filming campaign to get members out with cameras to film cops in secret
Doug Kind from Pivot will be going to the Eidge meeting next week to get going with a campaign to stop police brutality against Aboriginal drinkers.
Copwatch has been contacted by people in Regina asking for help in setting up a Regina Copwatch. As soon as I had that exchange on Twitter I was contacted by the Regina police questioning my facts. I called them right away and explained it to them. I am planning on going to Regina in January to help them sort it out.
Herb
Make sure, for the documentary, that you get signatures of consent from anyone on film
Richard
Could we involve Sam Sullivan or Tim Louis to support Sandy?
Jen
What else could we do to support Sandy and get Taylor Robinson fired?
Harold
We could get as many organizations as possible together to monitor the case. Could get Tim Louis or someone else who is very dedicated to disabled peoples' rights.
It's not the same as a demonstration but we could do some work to prepare for another demonstration.
We need to document the cases of harassment of Aboriginal men. If we can get that information together then there's a human rights case.
Herb
As far as getting this man fired, as long as you have to appeal to police investigating police there's no hope.
Ivan
The approach Doug is taking with racist police harassment of Aboriginal men is to take on the rights of Aboriginal drinkers.
The UBCIC and Indigenous Action Movement have long pushed demands for police accountability and to implement the recommendations of the Frank Paul inquiry.
After we collect information about racist policing we could create a united front with these groups to call for an end to harassment of Aboriginal drinkers, and a drinker's lounge type sobering centre, as defined by Eidge.
About Sandy's assault. We could hold a news conference in response to Taylor Robinson's sentencing and then circulate a letter calling for him to be fired; get disabled rights organizations to sign on. Then do another news conference with them, get another media hit.
SHELTER COMMITTEE
Jacek
After First United was lessened we found out from VANDU that six people have died as result of the changes there.
We tried for months to get a meeting with BC Housing about this and finally got one. They refused to say anything meaningful.
We are trying to go through the MLA now.
DOWNTOWN EAST
Ivan
Financial report
Jacek
Needs to be approved by the treasurer. He says there is no motion for this to have a separate account.
Ivan
When we decided to form the newspaper it was with a condition insisted on by Roland and Jacek, who were concerned about whether Street Market money might be spent by the newspaper. The condition was that the money be dealt with completely separately from other DNC money
I would move a motion to confirm this now but I don't think it would be fair because Roland, the chief complainant, is not here.
IVAN'S DEBT TO DNC
Ivan
- The treasurer is raising a number of issues around finances and bookkeeping with me and I want to settle all of them. The DT East and
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