wfsc minutes - jan 2011

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WFSC Meeting Minutes Jan 2011

WFSC Meeting Minutes January 18, 2011

Attending:

Alicia Baddorf, Nicole Mireau, Lisa Ross (Chair), Darlene Seto, SpringGillard, Sally Speers, Ross Moster, Zsuzi Fodor, Gord McGee (Minutes),Ellen Wickburg

Major Action items:

Criteria Working Group to meet again and reviewdirection/suggestions from Table

Gord -Add 2011 WFSC Goals/Vision as major agenda item forFebruary Meeting

Membership-Submit any speaker suggestions to Gord for this 2011season

Zsuzsi- To review suggestions on her work and conduct researchsuggested

Gord- determine number the number of listserve members, is thelistserve growing?

Spring/Gord/Catherine to meet to discuss representation for NoFN

Major Decisions:

No membership fee to be set

Zsuzsi given permission to use WFSC assessment

Criteria working group and Zsuzsis research given direction andsupport to move to next stage of research

Minutes

1. Introduction:

Introduction of Alicia Baddor, who is the new JFSA Y-eco intern. Aliciais working with Trisha on the World in a Garden until March, planning

and coordinating WUAG activities with the JFSA Foodbank and theyouth teams.

2. Winter Response Initiative 2010/2011 Meeting Update:

Homeless count for Westside has not been released yet for politicalreasons

Summary of meeting results to be posted on KNH website and will


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include (1) Winter food security problems and solutions (2) List ofWestside winter food security assets (food/meal programs, shelter,etc) for vulnerable populations

3. WFSC Criteria Working Group Update:

Suggestion to define: partnership; sponsorship; support; etc in orderto determine what each might require from the group;

Suggested addition to criteria list, Does not duplicate other effortson Westside

Lisa Ross mentioned that when using the WFSC as a partnership ina grant, the Van Foundation wanted the WFSC to be broken down tolist the particular organizations in the WFSC that will support thegrant and how they will contribute. Uncertain as to present value ofWFSC support for grants?

Use of Criteria: Sometimes we need a quick answer to respond to agroup needing endorsement and support, therefore, Action: workinggroup to review how many checks on a criteria list are required andwhich criteria are more important then others.

4. 2011 Goals/Vision/Focus for 2011 and TOR Review

Action-This topic will be main focus of February Meeting Agenda

5. Speakers List

Action: Members to submit speaker suggestions for 2011 to Gord byemail

6. Membership fee:

Creating Fee is rejected: too many layers of admin, barrier topeople participating; no other food network charges membership

7. Geographic location and attendance of WFSC membership(Zsuzsi)

Put other organizations conducting food security work on the

Westside that arent a part of the WFSC (ie opportunities forinclusionNicole would like the flags for this category to be thecolour Mauve :) eg. Dunbar Residence association and St. Marys

VV not on the map, some of the flags dont show geographicrepresentation in terms of community geographic impact, like JFSA-it works throughout Westside

Show representation of those on list-serve and then those who


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attend meetings.

ACTION: Research for Zsuzsi: check on why some members dontcome and why others do, what would organizations be interested inthat would draw them to the group (list serve members or non-members) . Use a survey monkey of listserve

Action (Gord) What number of members do we have, is the list-serve growing?

8. Network of Neighbourhood Food Networks Report (Spring)

History of group is that the idea of 5 community food networkscoming together to network in order to share resources andprogram models, problem solve, and potentially apply for jointfunding. Discussion around what is a neighbourhood food network,who belongs? There are the 5 groups that make up the NoFN.

Majority of the groups received CFAI funding from VCH. Themandate of the member groups is to address food access amongvulnerable groups. That group will link with a wider network of foodnetworks, including Village Vancouver. Van Food Policy Council-recognizes there is a variety of different organizations working asfood networks. NoNFN is changing its name to better reflect itsmandate, and is in the early stages of defining itself and itsgovernance model.

Action: Spring would like to look at another member/admin persontaking on responsibility of representation (Meet withGord/Catherine)

Zsuzsi given permission to use WFSC network assessment doc forher research.

9. Ross update on Van Food Policy Council:

Meetings have large public attendance, new council membersappointed, urban farmer network starting

10. Greenest City Grant Update (Gord McGee)

Has interviewed and toured 8 local businesses (grocery stores,

bakeries, coffee shops), 4 local organizations involved in foodrecovery (quest, shared harvest, fruit tree project, grow a row),organizations who provide food and meals for vulnerablepopulations (JFSA, MPA, St.Marks, Kits Commty Centre, KerrisdaleCommty Centre, WSFP, SGSC, KNH).

Compiling results to see where opportunities exist for direction offood surplus to organizations that need to reduce their food costs


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and use nutritious local food. Plan to promote Grow a Row programin community, encourage use of Quest, Shared Harvest, and otherinitiatives resulting from research

Almost all businesses already disperse their food surplus to localorganizations

Barriers of food storage facilities, transportation to pick-up/deliverfood still limit ability of some orgs to use surplus food

11. Round Table Updates:

Trish and Lisa: CFSC (Community Food Security Coalition) in newOrleans, great programs there-experiential learning school in lowerninth ward. Our school at Blair Grocery Store-teaching youthmarketing and economics on urban farm. Selling $2000 a day ofproduce to restaurants. Part of high school education. A lot of food

deserts in US.Ross- VV has 60 new members this month. Farm Folk City Folk gotgrant to do seed saving collectives in Vancouver neighbourhoods.

Darlene- will be looking to offer her research expertise as an internwith a food security related organization this spring

Spring - connected Vancouver School Board Sustainability Coordinatorwith Doug Taylor at Kits Community Centre. Potential for installation ofa mid-scale Earth Tub composting system there or at Kits High. Thesystem would be able to take food waste from some of the surrounding

businesses.

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