Meeting Minutes: BC Criminal Justice Association
2011-02-17
Attending:
Chris Thomson
Ryan Nash
John Pastorek
Tim Stiles
Catherine Bargen
Teal Maedel
Tim Varesh
Sandy Manzardo
Regrets: Jim Phelps
Glen Angus
Julie Robinson
1. Minutes of the January 17, 2011 meeting were reviewed and adopted.
Motion by Ryan Nash to approve the minutes, seconded by Catherine
Bargen. Approved.
2. Julie Robinson’s suggestions regarding the creation of BCCJA branches
and directors liability insurance were reviewed and discussed.
Non profit Director and Officers insurance is available starting at $600 per year.
The financial statements of BCCJA and bios of all the board members are
needed. Considering our level of exposure, we need to consider what insurance
we require. Chris will distribute an overview.
Review of the BCCJA constitution regarding BCCJA branches. We need to
consider what power do we want the branches to have, including powers of the
directors at the branches, who reports to the board and the finances and
insurance of the branch.
The group consensus was that the BCCJA stay with section 18 of the Societies
Act and that all finances go through the BCCJA treasurer. Under section 18 the
financial decisions rest with the provincial organization and not with the branch.
The BCCJA would set the parameters on who can apply to become a branch and
registers the branch as per the Societies Act.
Chris will brief Julie regarding this discussion and will ask for feedback from John
and Miles from the Vancouver Island Group. The question for the Vancouver
Island group is “do they want to be completely independent” ? This would be
under section 19 of the societies act versus section 18. Tim Veresh has agreed
to assist with this process.
3. Size of the BCCJA Board
David Macintyre has resigned from the board and Chris has corresponded with
David thanking him for his contribution. The current minimum board members
required under the BCCJA constitution is ten. There was a discussion about
reducing this number. Currently if a board member misses 3 consecutive
meetings they can be asked to leave the board.
The option of being a BCCJA member versus being on the BCCJA board of
directors needs to be emphasized. The group believed that the branch(s) should
allocate a member to the BCCJA board. Chris will draft a concept paper to be
distributed and presented at a larger meeting.
4. Newsletter Update- Tim Stiles
There are some technical difficulties with the “up down” internal navigation on the
newsletter due to Microsoft’s newly added security features. This is a cost item
due to the software which would be required for the upgrade. The group
recommended that for now the internal navigation be scrapped and options be
revised for email set up.
Website- links to events on the calendar- more input is needed.
5. Update Congress 2013
A group structure has been developed with 6 committees. March 8, 2011 is the
next web conference meeting.
6. Nanaimo- Guthrie House Presentation on their therapeutic community. The
group was enthusiastic about a presentation prior to a board meeting and as a
public forum. John Pastorek will speak to Scott regarding optional dates over the
next month of two for this presentation. Referred to the program committee for
their conference call.
7. Next Meeting
Tim Veresh kindly agreed to chair the next in person BCCJA board meeting on
March 17, 2011 as Chris is in Latvia.
Meeting adjourned.
Minutes taken by Teal Maedel
2011-02-22
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