DNC Board Meeting Minutes, January 06, 2015, Location: #62 East Hastings, Vancouver.

Agenda

Constitution

Stamps Place

Legal Committee

Survey

Film Liaison

Other Business

Chair: Matt

Stamps Place

BC Housing is selling off all BC housing throughout the province to non-profits and P3 agreements. Group discusses concern about transfer policies and how this impacts on tenants. Group is concerned about how transfer policies relate to family status for tenants.  Group discusses concern about non-profits and illegal rental agreements, general lack of proper maintenance and accountability. Stamps Tenant’s Council meets every Monday at 6 p.m. at Ray Cam Senior’s lounge.

Motion by Matt for Chris to join the board. Seconded:  Aaron.  Passed.

Legal Committee:

Amanda: Meeting with academic person was useful. We learned valid objections. We can find a way to use the valid objections to strengthen the argument.  We learned from criticism what was possible in terms of how to go forward with a complaint.

Shawn motions to note in the minutes that Solstice Celebration meeting of December 23^rd was cancelled.  Seconded:  Aaron. Passed.

Survey

Matt: Survey will include 20 questions.  2 questions in each category. Everyone picks their top two. We wittle in down through a vote. Roland: Need to find right program. Survey Monkey requires money at some point. He will check costs.

Group discusses a report that there is a lack of doctors in neighborhood available to update methadone prescriptions. Ann will bring information.

Film Liaison

Matt: It is now January and we still have no meeting with city on our proposal. We met last October with the city. Time to bring the issue back. I’ll print up the emails with promises from city. We’re the only residents group that doesn’t receive funding from film industry.  We submitted a proposal.  We can’t even get a place to meet. Roland: They say we’re doing it the wrong way. They won’t tell us what they want. They initially said we could submit a bid. Now they deny the power to give it. Matt: I will prepare a file, members can add to it.

Group discusses DNC board meeting time. Group prefers 5 p.m. Matt motions to change time of meeting as of Friday, February 6^th. Seconded: Aaron. Passed.

Shawn: We need to do a review the 1^st of every month.

Moment of silence

Adjourn