June 5, 2014 Inns 1125 18th Street, Brandon, MB In Attendance: Leslie Udell – Winnserv Inc. Bonnie Gingrich – Mountain Industries Lori Zdebiak – HCG – Selkirk Freeman – CL – Selkirk Brenda Elmes – BCO Inc. Teri Joynt – Rolling Dale Ent. Jeff Daly – Simaril Jennifer Hagedorn – Visions of Independence Nancy Hughes – Shalom Residences Courtney Welch – Fairfax Daryn Turcotte – St. Amant Audra Penner – ImagineAbility Richard Neufeld – Blue Sky Opportunities Rod Retelback – Pulford CL Services Scott Morden – Pulford CLS Jeannette DeLong – enVision CL Leanne Fenez – St. Amant Inc. Wendy Kennedy – Westman Opportunities Jeremy Knaggs – Community Venture Michelle Hammond – Community Respite Ser. Ed Barkman – enVision CL Dixon – ACL Swan River Richard Dyck – Rainbow Residence Kim Longstreet – Family Visions Inc. Anne Kresta – CL Manitoba Ilene Mayne – PRVS Inc. Kim Park – Community Venture Crystal Ryland – Community Venture Grahame Wyllie – FASD life Journeys Jacqueline Wall – Macdonald Youth Services Charmayne Dube – New Directions Jolene Smith – Community Respite Ser. Malinda Roberts – Winnserv Dana Hope – St. Amant Wendy Humphrey – enVision CL Penner – enVision CL Darryl Marsch – enVision CL Silvius – COR Enterprises Tara – ACL – Interlake Tracy Fidler – ACL - Interlake Andrew Morris – Trailblazers Shelley Savy – ACL - Virden Jason Dyck – Prairie Partners Jennifer Perron – Epic Opportunities Karen Hannem – Epic Opportunities Ruby Reimer – Epic Opportunities Patrick Falconer – Abilities MB Kimberley Nelson – Gateway Resource Scott Smith – DASCH Carolyn Crossley – Grandview Gateway Tara Mullen – RRC – DCSP Oly Backstrom – SCE Lifeworks Elaine Hawkins – Family Services –CLdS Arleigh Wilson – Touchwood Park Brenda Fisher – ACL Swan Nancy Born – Changes Winnipeg Marina Wilderspin – Turning Leaf Angie Conrad – New Directions Kim Steele – Brandon Community Options Arlene Bodnar – CL Manitoba Call to order: Malinda Roberts called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m.
There was some discussion around the program organizing a networking event between agencies and the students so the students could get a more up close and personal chance to explore their employment opportunities. The job fair at the college is a great event but it would be helpful to have an event more specific to the field. Continuing/Distance Education: There are two Foundations courses running in Winnipeg with a total of 48 students and one Supervision course with 23 students. A Supervision course is being offered in Dauphin. Katherine Wong indicated that she would be willing to run a Foundations course in Swan River if there were at least 15 students and an instructor could be found. Barrier Free Manitoba (Jeannette DeLong) The proclamation of The Accessibility for Manitobans Act in December 2013 led the way to the first proposed standards being developed in the area of Customer Service. Barrier Free Manitoba developed responses to the discussion papers in early spring 2014 and participated in the public consultations calling for stronger, more effective content in the standards. Even though this Act was landmark legislation and draft standards had been proposed, there was no mention of commitment to implementing the Act in the November 2014 throne speech. With the provincial political climate being in a state of unrest, a change in Minister and a leadership challenge in the NDP, the progress in developing standards was seriously delayed. The Minister finally released the recommended customer service standards developed by the Accessibility Advisory Committee in mid-March 2015. Barrier Free Manitoba is once again developing a response calling for a higher standard to be achieved. Once public consultation is complete in May 2015 and considering public feedback, the Minister will submit a final proposed customer service standard to Cabinet for approval. Upon Cabinet approval, the Standards will become law, requiring all public, private and non-profit organizations to comply with Customer Service Standards. The next standard that will be developed is in the area of employment. Innovation Working Group (Maria Freeman)
Abilities Manitoba 2015/2016 Budget Annual (without special projects) AGM / Special Events $ 16,000 Memberships 21,000 Special Contributions 80,000 Bank Interest 200 $ 117,200 AGM / Special Events $ 10,000 Meeting Costs 10,000 Honorariums / Donations 500 Consultants 20,000 Staff Contract 48,000 Printing / Marketing 2,000 Office Supplies 1,500 Admin Costs 500 Technology 2,000 Executive Committee Travel 1,200 Stakeholder Engagement 14,500 Contractor Travel/Expenses 7,000 $ 117,200 $ - Note: Proposals have been submitted to Winnipeg Foundation and Manitoba Community Services Council for a special project. This project if approved will have a separate budget. We are also submitting two proposals to CLdS that have a significant impact on our activities and budget for this year. of Nominations 2015-2016