Community Literacy Meeting

October 21, 200910:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Blaney RoomMunicipality of Maple Ridge

Agenda• Introductions – Pat Rorick (Chair)

o Round Table – Name and Organizationo Purpose

Planning Committee Role and Meeting

• The “Roadmap”o Planning Committee – Quirina Gamblen

Purpose Participants Discussion Recommendations

• Next Steps – Pat Roricko Upcoming Literacy Committee Meetingo Participation of Literacy Committee Members in the Roadmap and resulting “work”o Communication

Roles Electronic Communication Sharepoint for group sharing, documentation and knowledge library

• Next meeting:

Planning Committee

• Overview of Discussions• Outcomes• Recommendations to move forward

Roles and Responsibilities• Community Literacy Committee

o Pat Rorick, Chair 2009 – 2010o Barbara Hallam, Secretary

• Coordinatoro Siew Tang

• Planning Committeeo Quirina Gamblen, Chairo Christine DiGiamberardine, Jassy Duggal,

Barbara Hallam, Jessie Hill, Danielle Levine, Pat Rorick, Brenda Smith, Siew Tang

A bit of background . . . .

Community Literacy Network – Danielle Levine

• Danielle - - can you add your slide showing the CLN (the diagram you referred us to at the last meeting)

• Speaking time: 5 minutes

The “Back Story” – Brenda Smith

• Brenda - - please add, in point form, your knowledge of the history of this committee including the asset mapping and the work of the task force

“Defining the Focus” – Siew Tang

Need to add pictures here

School – Adult Graduation, Literacy, FoundationsMinistry FundedLibrary – Conversational Circles, Literacy, ESL Classes, Computer Literacy, ESL in the workplace Church Groups -

Pics from previous slide to identify

Sustainable Action Plan – Quirina Gamblen

• Developing Resources• Awareness Campaign

o Improved Communicationo Developing ownership and sponsorshipo Challenges and Opportunities

• Community Presenterso Key Messages

• Assessment and Monitoring of Progress

Community Literacy Network

Fraser Valley Regional Library

School District 42

Community Network of Maple

Ridge Pitt Meadows and

Katzie

Planning Committee

Note: Connecting Lines are needed on this diagram

Recommendations1.Ratify the Vision2.Planning Committee continues to develop the

Roadmapo Review the Current Structure

Committees and Membership Terms of Reference Structure of Meetings

o Resourcingo Communications

Sharepoint site for Committee and working groups

• Budgeting Transparency Clear information, knowledge, guidelines and reporting

• Reconfirm the membership• Invitation to participate

Challenges and Opportunities

• Challengeso Limited Resources

Human, Time and $$$o Disconnected knowledge base

• Opportunitieso Community Engagement

Sponsors Volunteers

Next Steps – Pat Rorick

• Feedback on recommendations from Planning Committee

• Ratify Vision• Outline meeting structures

o Terms of Referenceo Meeting times

• Communication Structures• Etc. - - needs more work