DNC Board Meeting Minutes - December 10, 2013

Attendees:

Board Members: Jacek L, Jim O, Steve B, Leo M, Jezz M, Ludvik S, DJ, Richard C, Roland C, Rob M

10 Board members in attendance

Non-Board Members: Richard, April,

Agenda

1)      Debbie Krull

2)      Christmas Open House

3)      Women’s group

4)      W-space meeting

Richard chairs

Discussion of agenda. Motion to accept the agenda passes.

Clea will not be able to make it until after Christmas

Debbie email – Roland reads her email saying she needs to take a leave from DNC

Christmas Open House

Discussion of our Christmas party on December 17^th, 2013

Richard – should call it Christmas Open House and Get Together

Coffee, Tea, Eggnog, Cider, Dessert Squares, Chips

Invitation to all the non-profits

VANDU, WISH, Lookout, Raincity, PHS, etc… should get invites

Ludvik – mentions about $65 worth of stuff in his fridge purchased for the last aborted general meeting in September. We can have cheese plates with crackers.

MOTION: Richard motions a budget of $150 for the Christmas party on the 17^th. Leo seconds. Motion passes.

W-Space Meeting

Discussion of the meeting on December 14^th at noon on the 10^th floor ballroom. The city has been paying for the space – over $85,000 per year – for almost a year now. Why are they willing to pay for the space if it is empty and not if it is occupied? The city needs to prove that it is willing to support the community.

Women’s Group Sub-Committee

Jewels announces that there was a meeting of a new women’s sub-cmte of the DNC last week.

MOTION: Roland motions to create a women’s sub-committee of the DNC that will deal with issues such as empowerment, education, entrepreneurship, women’s safety, sharing and collaboration.

Ludvik seconds. motion passes

LAPP Meeting

Discussion of meeting at 5:30 today

Why don’t we have a soft copy. Should demand 20 more copies for the board.

We need to have a serious discussion of why the DNC is involved in the LAPP. If we cannot get serious commitments out of the city to support public community space (ie. Forgive the $85k) and support the street market

Discussion that we still have a chance to ask for concessions from the City in order to play nice at the LAPP approval council meeting on March 12^th.

Rob mentions the attack websites on Facebook and Google sites run by Tami and Wendy that do nothing but attack the DNC.

We have information from two board members that they were offered money from Wendy Pedersen to resign from the board of the DNC

Tami Starlight is sending emails slamming the DNC, and runs the anti-DNC websites.

https://www.facebook.com/originaldnc

sites.google.com/site/originaldnc/

MOTION: Rob motions that Wendy Pedersen due to her actions in the past year against the DNC is no longer a member in good standing. Leo seconds. Motion passes unanimously.

MOTION: Jim motions that Tami Starlight due to her actions in the past year against the DNC is no longer a member in good standing. Jezz seconds. Motion passes unanimously.

General agreement that these two former members can come to the board and appeal this decision.

Motion to adjourn

Moment of Silence

DNC Board Meeting Minutes - December 3, 2013

DNC Board Minutes - December 3, 2013

Attendees: 
Board Members: Roland C., Jacek L., Jewels C., Henrik B., Jezz M., Bill B., Jim O., Debbie K., Rob M., Richard C.,
10 board members present
Non-Board Members: April S., Richard Cz, Scott C.,
3 non-board members present

Agenda
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DTES LAPP Meeting
 - Street Market Seat
Metro Vancouver Alliance
W-Space update
Finances
WAHRS march

DTES LAPP meeting tomorrow discussing the situation with the vacated seats.
Should go there with an agenda and not allow BCS to railroad us anymore.

MOTION: Roland motions that we declare the 6 vacated seats at the DTES LAPP empty and that these seats can be filled by under represented groups or groups that wish to regain their seats may also apply to regain their seats. Richard seconds. motion passes.

MOTION: Richard motions that the DNC should support the Street Market in requesting a seat at the DTES LAPP table. Jim seconds. motion passes.

MOTION: Hendrik motions that the DNC request a seat at the DTES LAPP for Village Vancouver. Roland seconds. motion passes.

MOTION: Bill motions to request a seat at the DTES LAPP for AFD. Roland seconds. motion passes.

Some discussion of Kelvin and AFD takes place.

MOTION: Jacek motions that LAPP safety be discussed at tomorrows meeting and that this needs to be a priority at the upcoming LAPP meetings. Roland seconds. motion passes.

Discussion of the fact that Herb shoved Jim O on the same day that the fight occured between Herb and Jim.
Jacek mentions that Herb was abusive and rude at the co-chair meeting and said the f-word several times.
Jacek mentions that he was afraid at one point that he would be hit by Herb. When Michael threatened to call the meeting, Herb continued to be abusive and would not stop.
Richard - this should call into question why he should immediately be offered a seat at the LAPP table given this history of misbehavior.


Metro Vancouver Alliance
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Non-partisan group operating for many years
They ask questions of the candidates and then hold them to account.
They are planning to be active in the upcoming municipal election
Meeting today at 7pm, Roland and Scott and Hendrik will go.

W-space update
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The space has been vacant for almost a year now.
Debbie - The woodsquat demanded that the area be community space and we should not have to pay for it
Roland - demand that DNC get this space should be included in the LAPP report
Post LAPP should include a plan for DNC getting an office

Scott - There is a community meeting on December 14th (noon-3pm). Facebook. Invite everyone. There will be food.

Finances
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Roland reports that we have less than $700 in the bank
Discussion of all board members need to contact Catherine Ludgate demanding continued funding of the DNC
Roland discusses the filming at pigeon park and how $500 was offered to the street market just for moving out of the way. DERA used to receive all of this money, now the DNC should go after it. This is the way the SRA is funded.

MOTION: Jim motions to investigate the finances of DERA and find out about the past funding and the film
contracts. Roland seconds. motion passes.

WAHRS demonstration
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Rob - DNC should support our aboriginal brothers back east
CCAP was not there, Rob expresses distain for CCAP

Discussion that Wendy Pedersen tried to get DJ Joe and Hendrik to resign from the board. The attacks continue to this day on the DNC from the infamous five

Discussion that we can eventually just declare them not in good standing if they do not submit their complaints by a certain date. This way the conflict will be over since it will no longer be an internal DNC struggle.

MOTION: Rob motions that Scott become a board member of the DNC
motion tabled until next week

MOTION: Debbie motions to be the DNC representative at Stamps housing family group on the parent to parent project talking about bedbug control. Roland seconds. motion passes.

motion to adjourn
moment of silence

DNC Board Meeting Minutes - November 26, 2013

DNC Board Meeting - November 26, 2013

Attendees: 
Board Members: Roland C., Bill B., Jacek L., DJ J., Richard C., Leo M., Jezz M., Hendrik B.,
Non-Board Members: Jak King, Richard, April S., Pete Fry
Debbie K - gave her regrets, Rob M - gives his regrets

Agenda
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1) Jak King from GWAC
2) Judy McGuire on Stamps place LAPP seat
3) DNC Christmas plans

Notes from initial conversation with JK
DTES, West End, GWAC, Marpole
Citizen's Assembly
10 years ago in BC on voting system
Plan was given $270k
Plan B - is citizen's assembly directed by GWAC parallel process

April reads the constitution
Round of introductions
Roland reads minutes. Bill motions to accept the minutes, Richard seconds, motion passes
Agenda passes

Jak King leads discussion on the GWAC process
DTES LAPP is completely different than all the other processes
GWAC had only one afternoon to discuss the terms of reference
GWAC had no joint management committee of any kind
No plan since 1979 in GW. Quite excited in the beginning, lots of discussion
on arts, etc...
June, emerging directions document came out. Lots of good stuff about arts, but also lots
of land use and zoning that was not discussed at all in the sessions
The changes that they proposed were so big it was easy to get people on the streets
One of the advantages of not having a joint management committee is that if things went
wrong they could go right to the street. They would have been forced

Marpole also went to the streets - 2,000 lawn signs all over the neighbourhood
In GW they got the plan stopped dead in July, and now nothing further has happened.
In Marpole - PB was so pissed at the bad press. Jackson report came out
September 25 - delivered report
GW got 12 extension to process and added a citizens assembly, but city refused a joint management group
There was no definition of this in the jackson report.
definition never came forward. Now, in December no conversation at all about the details of the
citizen's assembly.
got together a group of 60 people or so, adhoc group across the neighbourhood and set out what a
citizen's assembly should look like.

It may have been worse if there was a joint management cmte, since the process would be used to
prevent direct action

Originally asked for 6 month extension
Wanted the project finished by October, but they delayed until after the next election.
Expect maybe 5-6 months of workshops in summer and perhaps make it into an election issue

JK - At the beginning of the year, met with other community groups and built the coalition of neighbourhoods
Every group had a different view of the viaducts, but every group also had a story of being disrespected
by the city

Leo - terrible plan for the viaducts

When the emerging directions came down in GW, MP, and DTES, all four groups had the same experience with City
Group of 21 neighbourhoods signed on to the coalition
Goal is not to deal with specific issues, but to develop a whole new planning

Pete - conversation with Ray Spaxman - Geller had issue with 60/40, Strathcona had issue with the heights increase the heights is just a speculation craze. Behind closed doors the city appointed the two co-chairs, with the old DNC which was mostly CCAP at the time.
Lots of time talking about soft targets like safety, arts, etc... but no discussions on built form
14 stories on Hastings St never came up in the discussion and now it was in the preliminary documents
76 percent of people who reviewed the documents did not like it

Part 3 - the housing section has still not been released

Emerging directions was released
Urban design panel saw the housing document but it has still not been released

Pete - I just asked today what the urban design panel saw and they wont tell him

It is a similar story with all the neighbourhoods that the real stake holders are not being consulted

Richard - process for forming the LAPP, the city got the people that they knew could influence.
Richard was not being told about meetings
When the city presented the emerging directions doc, most people did not know what the city was talking about.
Housing is still the central issue

Pete - CBC doc zone - condo game is discussed.
Concrete form construction (over 6 stories), increases the cost enourmously.
Wood form is so much cheaper and BC has an abundance of wood
land lift - because zoning includes additional heights
It feeds the speculation frenzy if heights are removed
Probably lots of developers that would be interested in wood form modest development

DEOD has the 20% limit (also somewhat outside of the DEOD)

Jezz - the main thing is to prevent displacement because if you

Jak - Nanaimo to Hastings, and First single family homes will be removed and stacked town houses
will replace them
But what will happen is that a $700/mo will be replaced with $1,500/mo apt. this is not 1 for 1 replacement

Bill - where is LAPP on community gardens issue

Pete - not sure, but not fully supported. Sahoda family had the lot next to Astoria and got big tax holiday
for sole foods garden.

DJ - Sahodas are #1 slum landlords of the DTES. DJ did an article on them but got a lot of pressure since
she lives at the Balmoral.

Hendrik - when the garden came in, rats actually left. Sole foods are doing a good thing. Rats were undermining
the ashvault before. Sahodas kept one step ahead of the city by doing the bare minimum. There is very little
attention paid to what was here originally. There should be traditional methods of governance and native.

Richard - City hall needs to act more like city hall instead of developer hall. They are clearly all about the
money. Homelessness now is worse than I've ever seen it now.

Jak - whatever success we've had at GW is because we don't allow things to be hidden, we write continuously.
We say it out loud and we don't hide anything.

Pete - the general sense is that 30% will be at shelter rates. 30% hills - below market
and 30% market rates. Geller bet me a bottle of bourbon that nothing will get built.
It is possibly a mugs game. Let's not rely on the concrete tower construction is incredibly expensive,
very green house gas intensive.

The viaducts may have tons of asbestos from the 1950s in it.

Leo says that we should just shut the viaducts down.

Richard - zoning now, and the construction of these streets it takes 1/2 hour to get from my street to DTES

Hendrik - need to limit the cars anyway. Europe does this quite well.

Pete - the super road is on the map. They will reconfigure Pacific with a 6 lane super road.

Richard - they are digging up Powell and this may join with Prior

Smoke break

Christmas Planning
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Discussion of holidays

MOTION: Richard motions that we take a break on board meetings on 24th and 31st of December, DJ seconds, motion passes
MOTION: Richard motions that we have an open house party on the 17th of December from 4pm to 6pm, DJ seconds, motion passes
MOTION: Richard motions that we also take off January 7th and have no board meeting, DJ seconds, motion passes
(Bill and Leo vote against, one abstension)

motion to adjourn

DNC Board Meeting Minutes - November 19, 2013

DNC Board Meeting Minutes - November 19, 2013

Attendees: Roland C., Rob M., Richard C., Tina T., Bill B., Jacek L., Debbie K., Stephen B., Jezz M., Leo M., Jim O., Dan B., Ludvik S., Jewels C., Jamie R.,
15 board members,
John SK., April S., Ian R., Horatio G., Scott C., Susan W., Dale C., Jessie M., Mark M., Richard Cz.,
Marty, Bill, Dave, Tom, Todd, Rick, Kirk, Mat, Sam, Rob V., Bob
21 general members
(36 total attendees)

Agenda
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Anthony Resignation
Meeting Safety
Board Seats Requirement
Budget
GM Next

Richard announces that filming will take place at tonight's meeting
Some discussion takes place

Scott steps in and speaks to ammending the agenda

MOTION: Just that we go in camera to deal with the Anthony resignation.
Jamie seconds the motion. Discussion ensues.
motion passes

Rob motions to accept the agenda, Jamie seconds, motion passes

Discussion of Anthony G resignation

Anthony sends a threatening text to Roland at 4:43pm during the meeting. Police are called. Report is made.

Four market vendors come to the meeting to give testimony against Anthony

MOTION: Roland motions that the board accept Anthony's resignation email.
Seconded by Rob M. Discussion. Motion passed (James wants to be formally acknowledged as opposed).

MOTION: Ludvik motions that all emails and texts be copied and sent to the Board before the next meeting, so everyone will know what is going when another safety issue like Anthony's occurs.
Seconded Rob M. Discussion. Motion passed.

MOTION: Richard motions that Anthony be allowed to rejoin the Board when he is ready.
Seconded by Ludvik. Motion passed.

MOTION: Richard motion that cell phones must be on silent mode at Board Meetings and if there is a need to use it, you must step out of the room.
Seconded by James O. Motion passed.

LAPP Discussion
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Two hand outs - LAPP Seat List, LAPP Terms of Reference

Discussion

MOTION: Roland motions that groups that are part of the LAPP that may feel that the process can be improved, and groups that want to be part of the LAPP and feel that they are not represented should come to the DNC board meeting and give a presentation to the DNC board for inclusion or changes to the DTES LAP process.
Rob seconds the motion. motion passes

GM Discussion
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Discussion that quorum is only 30, and board can call GM whenever it wants according to bylaws

motion to adjourn
moment of silence

DNC Board Meeting Minutes - November 12, 2013

DNC Board Meeting Minutes - November 12, 2013

[DRAFT COPY OF DNC BOARD MEETING MINUTES YET TO BE APPROVED]

Attendees: Scott C., Jamie R., Rob M., James O., Ludvik S., Stephen B., Bill B., Hendrik H., Leo M., Jezz M., Tina T., Dan B., Jacek L., April S., Hendrik B., Anthony G., Roland C., Judy M., Debbie K., Valentina R., Jules C., John SK
22 Attendees, 16 board members present
(general meeting quorum is only 30)

Anthony chairs

Agenda
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LAPP
Scott
Dan - DNC newspaper
Hendrik
Copwatch
Mediator
General Business

Anthony calls the meeting to order
Hendrik reads the constitution
Roland reads the minutes from last week
MOTION: Rob motions to accept the minutes from last week, anthony seconds. motion passes.

Round of introductions at the table

Jacek summarizes recent development at the LAPP
The first co-chair meeting was earlier today 1pm-3pm. The first hour of the meeting was spent
explaining the new developments to the co-chair cmte. There was general agreement that since Herb has done such good work he will be given a spot on the LAPP cmte
The summary of discussion is that the developers are scrambling to submit at 20% while the 60% is being debated.
There is currently a moratorium. this needs to be extended unless the extension allows loads of new applications
The co-chair cmte is composed of the representatives of the sub-cmtes and the two co-chairs of BCS and DNC

The DNC has the power to ask for an attendance list for all 30 members of the LAPP.
The DNC should enforce this and ask the City

Bill - also a possibility of adding seats and not necessarily removing

MOTION: James motions, Anthony seconds to request a full attendance list from all members of the LAPP
from the city as soon as possible. motion passes.

Hendrik H - thinks that the 30 are possibly equally divided between low income and non-low income.
Chinese seniors have been sadly neglected.
Judy - there are safety issues for many seniors, suggests that there are several good networks that are capable of reaching out to them.
Hendrik B - need to make sure that it is not just chinese business that are doing the talking
Dan - has a number of contacts in the chinese community

Hendrik H - says that chinese need to come from outside of chinatown because chinatown is exempt from the LAPP
Judy - also, the representative needs to be accountable to an organization and to the community. this has been a problem in the past

Rob discusses the fact that he was removed from the LAPP improperly
The people that elected to remove him were all CCAP members
MOTION: Roland motions that the DNC should object to the removal of Rob Morgan from the LAPP, and that the DNC pursue a proper resolution to the matter that would involve application of the City code of conduct.
Ludvik seconds.

Discussion

Scott discusses the incident, one individual that was the DNC co-chair cornered Rob, and the governance cmte met to remove Rob
If due process had been followed, there could have been an acceptable resolution. Rob was essentially thrown under the bus. Meanwhile ALIVE has had several outstanding safety issues around the LAPP.
Scott says that there was a process in place involving indiginous elders. This process was not respected.
The police did not lay charges. We always say that we do not judge people, and the LAPP judged Rob without proper process.
Stephen mentions that if a person is intoxicated, they are vulnerable to attack
Roland mentions that he bumped into Herb earlier in the day and he was also not sober and was beligerent

motion passes

Scott - there are approximately 12 members of the LAPP not showing up
Suggests a process for contacting those members that are not attending to find out why
There is also a large issue around safety

Judy - identifies that STAMPS place families are not represented at all in the LAPP
Debbie - also says that persons of the territory are not properly represented, also heritage families
Perhaps we should link our demand for LAPP expansion to the missing number of seats
Jacek asks the secretary to send another note to Tom asking for the info on the number of seats that have been vacated
Rob says that there are also many alternate reps that need to be filled. WAHRS has no alternate at the LAPP

Hendrik B recommends that Debbie be sent as a representative of aboriginal mothers
Also suggestion of a Street Market representative

Hendrik H says that there is a 92 page plan, also a 47 page plan available
We are waiting for the housing plan, and this one has the controversial 40/60

Scott C
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Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond came out with a many page report on aboriginal families money wasted, lots of talking but no action
Child welfare and family issues don't even make it to the LAPP
One thing that we hope comes out of the LAPP is how to actually help people and not waste money on so many NGOs. Wants a larger discussion about how to come together as a community to demand accountability

Hendrik H
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When the LAPP first started, we realized that this was going to be about housing predominantly for low income people. We thought that it was important to start talking about employment. Where are the jobs? Largely around construction. Spent some time working with the developers (WALL) figuring out how to ensure local employment.
There are something like 365 developers in greater vancouver (UDI). The problem of getting the work is getting into the contractors radar. Working with Embers, Open Door group. We have a way of training people for low level jobs. BCI also interested. Over the next 7 years there will be roughly 1 million jobs deficit in the trades.
W2 disussion - we put in a EOI letter, along with 5 other groups. This letter was put aside, there is now a request for proposals out. One of the reasons that W2 failed is because of the $85k rental fee. The City has been asked to support a subsidy to maintain this space for the community. Also working with SFU, they would be paying most of the rent. Also talking to cafe people, maybe theatre and arts space as well.
Will likely have a community forum around this RFP.

Roland - restates that the LAPP should be providing the DNC with an office and the board members with phones and internet in order for us to fulfill our role as co-chair

Scott - $40k budget originally for the DTES LAPP, process was extended with no increase in budget
GWAC plan was extended and given $275k to finish the job

DNC Newspaper
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Dan speaks about starting our own newspaper
Dan says that he has already sold $2k worth of ads
Business men have heard of DNC, but they don't know anything about it
Run it like a social enterprise
Hendrik H - says that 16 pages seems like a lot, are we competing with megaphone?

MOTION: to appoint Dan Blair to the board. Anthony seconds.
motion passes

MOTION: to fund Dan's cell phone and internet and pay for printing
motion deferred to the media cmte

MOTION: Roland motions to accept the choice of Barry Stuart as mediator, Jamie seconds, motion passes.

MOTION: Roland motions to accept letter to extend AGM deadline with registrar, Jacek seconds, motion passes

MOTION: Roland motions to send updated board list to registrar, Ludvik seconds, motion passes

CopWatch
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Radio show was yesterday.

motion to adjourn, moment of silence

DNC Board Meeting Minutes - November 5, 2013

DNC Board Meeting Minutes - November 5, 2013

[DRAFT COPY OF DNC BOARD MEETING MINUTES YET TO BE APPROVED]
[MINUTES APPROVED BY BOARD MOTION ON NOVEMBER 12, 2013]

Attendees: Jacek L., Stephen B., Ludvik S., Leo M., Bill B., April S., Hendrik B., Anthony G., Roland C., Tina T., Debbie K., Rob M.,
12 attendees, 11 board members present
Debbie says that she sent regrets for last meeting
Jamie R sends regrets

Agenda
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LAPP
CopWatch
AGM
Bill - explain letter
Old business
Announcements

Jacek chairs the meeting
Roland reads the constitution
Roland reads the minutes from last week's minutes

MOTION: Anthony moves to accept previous minutes, Hendrik seconds. motion passes.

MOTION: Hendrik motions to accept agenda, Jacek seconds, motion passes.

DTES LAPP
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Discussion of recent developments at the DTES LAPP
Roland reads letter from Michael Clague, discussion of how this is another attempt to abrogate DNC sovereignty. Roland reads his response to Michael Clague.
Next co-chair meeting is on Friday, November 8th at 9:30am at Woodwards
Rob says that the LAPP has been extended to March
Decision that all board members should go to the next co-chair meeting

MOTION: Jacek moves that all board members should come to the next co-chair meeting and that a stipend of $5 will be allocated for this purpose. Rob seconds. motions passes.

MOTION: Rob M motions that since Herb Varley has not attended a board meeting in over 7 months that his seat be considered vacated. Anthony seconds. motion passes.

Hendrik wanted a note that Herb was previously given more than due notice the last time that vacated seats were voted on.
James notes that he has tried to talk to Herb many times and has refused to discuss the DNC with him.

Hendrik reads his letter regarding the LAPP
Main points are that Herb needs to come clean and say that he is representing CCAP
Also, everyone else needs to come clean and say who they are representing and then we can see who is not at the table and fill in the gaps

MOTION: Roland motions that the DNC declares that it fully supports the low income LAPP caucus and will support no final LAPP report that does include a strong definition of social housing linked to welfare, disability, and pension rates.
Ludvik seconds the motion. motion passes

Agreement to attach Hendrik's letter to the minutes

CopWatch
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Oct 24 Cambie St. assault of mentally ill man.
tape went viral. 6 officers jumped on top of man, face was bashed in.
copwatch filed the complaint. DT cops and West End Cops have increased their coverage and hired plain clothed officers to follow copwatch
history of copwatch reviewed since 1998
Access TV segment will be on next week
copwatch has its own radio segment weekly now
Next week Jenn becomes a battle soldier with salvation army
CopWatch is meeting with COPE tomorrow. Both Anthony and Jenn will be running for city council as members of COPE
Black Block will be joining copwatch in the protest of PSS
Anonymous will also be joining copwatch in the protest of PSS
Copwatch in cooperation with St Andrew Wesley church will try and get funding for a shelter "out of the cold" - it will be called.
VPD presence has changed, more under-covers are around
CopWatch is planning to hand over operations to the DNC in order to blunt the targeting of Jenn, Anthony and Jamie

Letters and emails from the DNC
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People should refrain from replying to "ALL" when sending emails. They should also make sure that they do not contradict the message from the board or the elected executive

MOTION: Hendrik motions that any corrections to any correspondence from the Secretary will be kept confidential and not be sent out externally. Also that any internal correspondence from the board be kept internal.
Roland seconds. motion passes.
Bill, and James vote against

AGM
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Decision to not have an AGM while we are under attack and the conflict resolution process is going on with Catherine Ludgate

Filming discussion
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Tabled until next week

motion to adjourn

DNC Board Meeting Minutes - October 29, 2013

DNC Board Minutes - October 29, 2013

[DRAFT COPY OF DNC BOARD MEETING MINUTES YET TO BE APPROVED]
[MINUTES APPROVED BY BOARD MOTION ON NOVEMBER 5, 2013]

Attendees: Roland C., Anthony G., Jezz M., Leo M., Stephen B., Jacek L.,
Tina T., Hendrik B., Clea M., Jamie R., Scott C., Ludvik S., Richard C.,
11 Board Members Present
Rob M sends his regrets

Agenda
-LAPP/Scott Clark
-CopWatch
-Conflict

Leo reads the constitution
Roland reads the last week's minutes
Hendrik sent his regrets last week
MOTION: Anthony motions to accept the minutes, Hendrik seconds, motion passes
MOTION: Jamie motions to accept the agenda, Jezz seconds, motion passes


LAPP
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Scott introduces himself to the group
4 years ago created ALIVE
Often advocates on behalf of immigrants and other marginalized groups
Scott mentions the meeting at Lost and Found before our meeting with Reimer and Tang
18 months of LAPP now
The LAPP got an extension until January, report to council in December
Some want to abandon the healthy city for all discussion
Restructuring of parks board - 6 community centres lost in supreme court recently
Low income people in all areas of Van should have access to community centres
Possible to ask the parks board to come and give a presentation to ALIVE/DNC
Reviews the fact that the LAPP was not a safe space, open conflict was allowed in process
LAPP Meeting tonight was cancelled - Oct 29
City has not come up with Housing Chapter yet
Only 18 of the 30 LAPP members actually attend. Last meeting there were only 12.
No response yet from city regarding filling the vacated seats at the LAPP
City is afraid that no one at the LAPP table will actually support the LAPP report
Street Market will be mentioned in the LAPP
Woodwards space will also be mentioned
Cop Shop project will also be part of post LAPP
Bob Williams came to ALIVE to talk about plans for Cop Shop
Want to preserve space for low income communities
Vancouver Economic Commission is going to put together plan for Cop Shop
Woodwards space needs to be preserved for the community
It has been shut down for 12 months - Rent for space was not paid for a year by old W2 group
Woodwards will not be open until late spring if they go to RFP process
Do some background and then call a meeting with principals. Scott wants to meet with Heather
Deal, and ask what is going on. Amenity fee needs to be reduced or City needs to pay West Bank.
Our proposal was rejected due to 1) RayCam was the org behind it. 2) They did not like the math
on the restaurant component.
ALIVE AGM was last week. Three former UNN presidents on ALIVE board

Discussion of sending observers to the LAPP confict resolution process because the DNC also
experienced violence at the hands of the LAPP committee
3 signatories to the LAPP - BCS, DNC, City of Vancouver
Discussion of the fight that broke out. Meeting came to an end. Ultimately agreement
was to have governance subcommittee. Motions were put forward to remove Rob from process
There was a process in place to have a resolution but the motions sidestepped this process
At this meeting, Herb was acting as co-chair.
Roland reads the email sent to Kevin M at the City.
Scott suggests sending an email to Camille requesting all of the chapters so they can be
sent to all board members
As a senior signatory to the LAPP, the DNC should demand that these seats be filled
Discussion of making Richard the primary representative at the LAPP and choosing the alternate
LAPP meetings (main) are only once per month

MOTION: Jamie motions to move our board meetings to 4pm on Tuesdays.
Jacek seconds. motion passes

MOTION: Richard motions that Richard C, and Jacek L, will be the DNC representatives on
the LAPP, removing Herb Varley as DNC representative. Ludvik seconds. motion passes.

CopWatch
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In the midst of making the picket signs
8 topics on the agenda. Kevin beaten up, Paul Boyd shot, Jamie liquid in eyes, assault of homeless man
Feeling that VPD feels that watchdog org represents a serious threat to law and order
Asian officer (Badge number is 2335) for sexual assault, also Cal Penner. This morning copwatch was handed a list of badge numbers and names for whole VPD.
Witness for May 8th - now could identify the member of exploited persons unit
Chipperfield was released of all responsibility for the execution of Paul Boyd
Suggestion of creating an anonymous blog for people to tell their stories about police abuse

Conflict/disgruntled 5
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Our mailing address is PO Box 88265 Vancouver BC V6A 4A5
To date, the DNC has received nothing from the disgruntled parties.
Scott - at the end of the day, what has happened is that a group has lost control of the DNC
The only way they can gain back their political legitimacy is to retake the DNC

MOTION: Richard motions to accept Tina to the board of the DNC. Jacek seconds. motion passes.
Anthony wishes to have his negative vote recorded.

motion to adjourn

DNC Board Meeting Minutes - October 22, 2013

DNC Board Meeting - October 22 2013

[DRAFT COPY OF DNC BOARD MEETING MINUTES YET TO BE APPROVED]
[MINUTES APPROVED BY BOARD MOTION ON OCTOBER 29, 2013]

Attendees: Jacek L., Roland C., Jezz M., Anthony G., Stephen B., Bill B., Jamie R., Valentina R., James O., Debbie K., Clea M., Deana C
12 Attendees, 9 board members present

Jamie reads the constitution
Roland reads previous weeks minutes

Agenda
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CopWatch
Raise the Rates
Community Coalition
Disgruntled 5/Conflict

Discussion that minutes should be posted with disclaimer that says 'draft copy' and then
when they are approved, the note "approved on such a date" will be added.

MOTION: James motions to accept the minutes. Bill mentions that names, especially Wendy's,
should not appear in the minutes.
Discussion of the importance of having transparent minutes ensues

CopWatch
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Getting ready for May 8th. Jamie's witness found him.
Case of sexual assault with VPD. Male officer touching female.
Last 3 weeks, DT has lost 5 people. Skytrain incident, Patricia rooms
two people, Lookout employee as well, Alexander rooms
Review in March of danger because of 10 times the concentration of methadone coming out

Raise the Rates
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Bill wants to put together a group to support Raise the Rates
James suggests inviting Jagrup to our board meetings
Formation of a committee that will reach out to Jagrup

MOTION: James motions to form a Raise the Rates committee. Roland
seconds the motion. Motion passes.

MOTION: Anthony G. motions to appoint Stephen B to the board. Jezz seconds.
Stephen introduces himself to the board. Motion passes.

Community Coalition/LAPP
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Roland reads the press release from the Coalition of Neighbourhoods

MOTION: Roland motions to support the statement from the Coalition
of Neighbourhoods condemning the present planning processes. James
seconds. Motion passes.

November 17th is the date for the next meeting at Marpole community centre
James will volunteer to go to the next meeting and report back to the DNC

MOTION: Bill motions to assist James with going to this meeting by providing him with 2 bus tickets. Jamie seconds. Motion passes.
(Jacek gives James two bus tickets)

MOTION: Anthony motions that no one should be allowed to photograph or record our meetings without express permission of the board at board meetings or any other meetings unless quorum is present to give approval. James seconds. Motion passes.

Roland reads the email to Kevin McNaney Re: meeting with Councillors
Discussion of choosing the DNC representative on the LAPP is tabled for later

Rob says that he will be here on the 29th, but can not make it on the 5th due to the ALIVE board meetings
Rob announces that he was elected to the ALIVE board at tonight's AGM

Disgruntled 5/Conflict
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The mailing address for the DNC is restated as PO Box 88265 Vancouver BC V6A 4A5
and there is a request that any communication from the disgruntled group be in writing in the future.
This should include who signs on to the letter, and the details of any grievances that the group may have so that it can be dealt with professionally.

Motion to adjourn

DNC Meeting Minutes - October 15, 2013

DNC Board Meeting - October 15, 2013

Attendees: Jezz M., Alex B., James O., Anthony G., Roland C., Jacek L., Ludvik S., Bill B., Tina T.,  Jamie R., Hendrik B., Steve B., Rob M., Debbie K.
14 attendees, 11 board members present

Agenda:
1) Phones
2) Copwatch
3) LAPP Meeting
4) Raise the Rates
5) Speed Limit signs
6) DNC Table Street Market
7) VUCCWA
8) Housing Cmte
9) DNC President
10) Bill's conflict resolution attempts with infamous five (and others)

Anthony chairs
Steve reads the constitution
Alex introduces himself to the group
Quick round of introductions

Roland reads the minutes
Bill mentions that we should retract the comment about Ivan writing the article
MOTION: accept the minutes with amendments moved by Hendrik, Jamie seconds, motion passes

Phones
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Anthony, Roland, Jacek, Ludvik, Bill, Jamie, Jezz get their phones paid $30 today

CopWatch
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May 8th witness - Cal Penner wants to speak to the witness, but she is under protection from another investigation. Jamie needs to speak to people before he agrees to release her name. There is a specific timeline for complaints.
Revamping the copwatch membership list. Starting new gmail account: watchingthevpd@gmail.com
This morning Anthony met with Adam Palmer. CopWatch is now in Chinatown and Gastown.
Woman was beaten and raped after getting into what they thought was a taxi.  Security guards in Gastown do not carry radios or cellphones. A few years ago PIVOT wrote a report on private security.
Non-profits are now routinely giving staff BST training. CopWatch also wants to talk about the crazy over-reaction of the police on Monday to the guy holed up in the Roosevelt. He was in the room alone. There was no hostage situation. Brand new toy of mobile command centre is discussed. Copwatch will be
protesting the general overreaction of VPD in issues like this.

MOTION: to write a letter to the Gastown BIA a letter to discuss private security, who pays them, and whether we can open a dialog about community safety. Ludvik seconds. motion passes.

Sideline when Rob and Debbie
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Rob brings up the fact that Debbie was there with the protesters on the Saturday of our cancelled general meeting. Rob relays the fact that Wendy knew that the meeting was cancelled the minute that Roland knew. Wendy called Rob a liar. They filled up his hallway and he was pissed. Rob asks the question of why Debbie was there.
Debbie missed our board meeting because there was a RayCam board meeting.
Debbie gave the notice that the meeting was cancelled by email. Debbie had scheduled the time and that is why she was there anyway even though the meeting was cancelled.  Lorelei advised her that Canadian law is based on British Law. Debbie feels that she is responsible to the speakers of the territory. She was there to receive questions.  Jean approached her and asked Debbie whether the meeting was cancelled. Debbie informed her that it was cancelled and Debbie knew that Jean already knew this. The Portland staff came down and told all of them that the meeting was cancelled. Tami confronted Debbie and told her that she was not a proper board member. Debbie was torn between going inside and  outside the door.
We can not practice the politics of personal destruction like they do. We can not shun people because of their associations or their actions. We should never make people feel or attack good people that are just trying to contribute to their community.

LAPP Meeting with Councillors
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MOTION: To meet at the Atrium at 2pm have transport paid and to have $5 stipends for  going to the meeting. James seconds the motion. motion passes.
James, Anthony, Roland, Jacek, Hendrik, Ludvik, Stephen, Debbie, Jamie, Jezz, Tina, Alex says that they want to go.

Roland will write to Camilia to request minutes of tonights LAPP meeting.
General consensus that the DNC needs representation on the LAPP table and needs to get regular information from the LAPP process. Post LAPP needs to be on the agenda as well. Who are the territorial representatives?

Meet at Lost and Found Cafe at 12 noon on Friday to discuss our agenda - on Hastings.

Speed Limit Signs
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We can bug Wes Regan about the speed limit banners. We also wrote a letter of support to HXBIA for good neighbours program Debbie wants to push for traffic cameras and raise money for neighbourhood

Street Market DNC Table
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Tina volunteers to do it next week
Hendrik reports on the effort. DJ was very happy, got 3 statements from people that went right against the RTA. Double renting rooms, etc... DJ is mostly just taking a  quick statement and then will turn it into an Affidavit the next week.

DNC President
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MOTION: Anthony motions, Jacek seconds that a letter be writen to both co-presidents,  the board is asking for their input and help for our board meetings and that their absence is effecting our organization.

Raise the Rates
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Bill says that one of the resolutions to the conflict was to set up a committee to help raise the rates. General support for Raise the Rates campaign.

Bills conflict resolution with infamous five
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We need to try and keep our minutes as neutral as possible. We already retracted our statement that Ivan wrote the article in the newsletter since no one has any direct evidence of this even though the style is clearly different than Paul Taylor.

Bill suggests that to keep things neutral we need to hold off from mentioning CCAP in our minutes in the future.

Bill says that the group says that everyone in 'the picture' is involved in the conflict. Roland pulls out a picture and a list of names and asks that Bill take it to the other group and fill in the missing names. (picture and list of names included in these minutes)

Jacek says that he went on the web and looked at all the things that are written about CCAP.
CCAP is hardly mentioned on our sites. Very few bad things are written by us about CCAP and there is really a lot of things written on their sites about the DNC. Lots of lies. Lies like the fact that Wendy and Ivan were kicked off the DNC, they were not. They were merely asked not to attend our meeting because they were disruptive and behaved badly at our April meeting.
There is no good faith being shown by them. If they want good faith, then they need to start by not attacking the current board. Two months ago, Jacek was at a meeting in the Carnegie Theatre and Wendy stood up and claimed that CCAP was never involved in the Pigeon Protest. Jacek says that a year ago he was at a CCAP meeting where Wendy and Ivan planned the strategy of attacking businesses and restaurants in the DTES. Jacek was there.
Furthermore, Jacek remembers that the strategy was not very popular with other people at the meeting and Wendy and Ivan rammed it through anyway.  Jacek was a witness to the fact that the entire idea was planned at a CCAP meeting.

Bill also confirms that the Friday (September 20th) before our cancelled general meeting, there was a meeting at the Carnegie Centre trying to organize people against the current DNC board.
Bill claims that Wendy said that this was her own meeting and had nothing to do with CCAP. Roland asks whether the meeting was on the third floor of the Carnegie Centre, Bill says yes. Roland asks whether this meeting took place immediately after a CCAP meeting, Bill says yes. Roland asks whether the same people were at both meetings, Bill says yes. Roland asks whether Wendy honestly wants people to believe that CCAP had nothing to do with the meeting when her meeting against the DNC took place immediately after a CCAP meeting and in the same room. Bill says that this is what Wendy is claiming. Roland says that this is exactly the kind of double speak out of Wendy that drove him nuts when she was on the DNC board. Wendy was constantly doing things with CCAP money for the DNC and pretending that it wasn't happening. Roland says that this is a good reason to reject her nomination for the board at our AGM if she choses to run again.

James relays the fact that the DNC was ruled by conflict from the beginning and Wendy kept bringing in new allies like Tami and Ivan to help her maintain control. James claims that they had a meeting where they were going to kick Wendy off the board back then because she was constantly causing trouble and using her position as a paid activist to control the agenda.

Motion to Adjourn

DNC Board Meeting Minutes - October 8, 2013

DNC Board Meeting - October 8, 2013

Attendees: Jezz M., Anthony G., Roland C., Ludvik S., Jacek L., April S., Bill B., Leo M., Jamie R., Greg M., Clea M., Hendrik B., Debbie K., Michael Ma.
14 Attendees, 10 board members present

Agenda:
Guest - Greg M., Mike M
Traffic Campaign
Copwatch
Street Market
LAPP
New business - Newspaper, Lorelei meeting
Carnegie Protestors

Jacek chairs the meeting
Jamie reads constitution
Roland reads the minutes from last week
Debbie adds that she sent her regrets for missing the last two weeks
Ludvik also adds that he sent his regrets for missing last week
Rob M also sends his regrets for this meeting
Tina also sent her regrets for missing tonight
MOTION: Hendrik motions to accept minutes, Jamie seconds, motion passes

Michael and Greg introduce themselves
Quick round of introductions by everyone at the table

Discussion of letting Greg film a board meeting in the future
Voices both for and against the idea. It seemed that the concept was tabled.

Traffic Campaign
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Roland reports that he has not sent out the letter to Coast Mountain Bus company
Debbie - talks about City transportation plan - transportation 2040

Copwatch
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Jamie - on Thursday there was a meeting with Cal Penner from PSS. Illegally entered his suite in May 8, then on May 23, they tried to enter, but he had his lawyer on speaker phone and filing complaint online. PSS took the statement on the two incidents.
Anthony - former SWAT member is still made nervous by copwatch, within next two weeks copwatch will protest PSS. Protest will likely be accompanied by media.

Street Market
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Jacek - was supposed to get DNC paperwork for Street Market person, will do this next week
Hendrik talked to Doug King about using affidavit forms at street market
DJ said that we could take the statement and then they could deal with it later
She would prefer to be there. DJ could not commit to being at the market
Hendrik submits that we don't take any statements without setting things up properly
We could take statements from many people and then convince them to later give an affidavit.
Hendrik volunteers to be the DNC rep for the street market from 11am-3pm
Debbie wants to revisit the membership form, maybe the entire membership process
Hendrik says that there were changes to the societies act, and Council of Canadians changed all their members to 'sponsors'.

LAPP
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Requested meeting with Andrea Reimer Re: LAPP
October 18, 3pm is proposed
Hendrik - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
October 18 at 3pm is decided as a reasonable time for the meeting

New Business
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Debbie talked to Lorelei who was a past member of the DNC
Both Kelvin and Lorelei are no longer engaged in the DNC
October 21 at 10am - RayCam meeting DNC with Lorelei

Carnegie Protesters
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Bill met with a bunch of them, trying to come up with some kind of peace treaty
Bill met with Jean Swanson, Ivan Drury, Dave Diewart - they want to stop all the website nonsense
Bill wants to bring forward 5 requests to them from the board
General discussion of some if the items that could be included

Bill says that they want individual names not to be associated with CCAP on our websites
General agreement that this is ridiculous because CCAP has clearly been organizing all of this stuff
There were several people who went to the Friday meeting at Carnegie to discuss the protest at the DNC general meeting on the next Saturday.

Demand ideas:
1) stop organizing against and de-legitimizing the current DNC board at CCAP meetings
2) stop using the DNC logo
3) the Carnegie Newsletter needs to stop attacking the DNC (recent articles clearly written by Ivan)

Jacek proposes that they put their requests in writing and tell us who they are
If they do not belong to any organization, and we don't know who they are, then how can we make a deal with them and have any confidence that it will stick. Discussion that Ivan objects to Catherine Ludgate forming the mediation process because of his history with her when he was moved off of the CCEC board.
Why would they care so much that Catherine Ludgate is involved if the protesters are not associated with CCAP? She is now the funder of the DNC. Discussion of just letting her proceed.
Discussion that the anti-DNC pages should remain up because they are ridiculous, but they should just allow comments from the public like any reputable blog.

Motion to adjourn

DNC Board Meeting Minutes - October 1, 2013

DNC Board Meeting - October 1, 2013
Location: 10th Floor of Woodwards
Attendees: Hendrik B., Jezz M., Bill B., Roland C., Anthony G., Rob M., Jacek L., James O., April S., Tina T.
10 Attendees, 8 board members present

Agenda
1 Street Market
2 Racial Profiling
3 Bus Company
4 LAPP Update
5 Media
6 Pharmacy
7 Carny Newsletter
8 Mediation

Jacek reads the constitution
Roland reads last weeks minutes
Comment by Rob that there was a mistake and he actually did attend the meeting.
MOTION: accept minutes with amendment. Rob moves, Hendrik seconds, motion passes
MOTION: approve agenda, Roland moves, James seconds, motion passes

Street Market
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Tina reports that police told her friend that they were going to start cracking down on sidewalk sellers.
Jacek says that they are forcing us to open, but they are not providing bathrooms.
They are definitely trying to micromanage the market.
We need an official DNC representative at the market.
MOTION: Roland motions to create a DNC rep position at the market from 11-3pm with a stipend of $20.
Hendrik adds that we strike a sub-committee to manage this position. This position will rotate among
board members. Rob seconds. motion passes.
Rob volunteers to be the first DNC rep at the market

Racial Profiling
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Meeting with PSS, inspector turned things around and said that victim was a dealer
Also claim that victim mailed drugs up north. She was the only native at the corner.
This charge came out of nowhere.
Copwatch will now approach this as racial profiling. Now seeking meeting with next
level of PSS
Rob voices that it is good to make these complaints because then they are forced to
do everything by the book.

Bus Company
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Roland reads proposed letter to bus company.
Anthony made a complaint last week to bus company. CEO of bus company called anthony
and driver has been suspended for 3 months, now has to give urine samples, and fined $2,500.
Jacek also reports on discussions with woman on transit task force. She went to
Seattle and they have a rotating free shuttle for poor people. Jezz - Calgary also
has a free zone. Hendrik says that there is a free shuttle in Vancouver, but it only carries
tourists. If you don't look like a tourist, you can not get on.
Hendrik lists other cities with free shuttles - Geneva
Agreement to send the letter to Coast Mountain.

LAPP Update
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Rob begins the LAPP discussion. There is an extension until Jan.
Herb is not here to give us a proper update.
Karen Ward told Rob that the LAPP was given an extension.
Hendrik reports on a piece on the Radio. Andrea Reimer is the representative
for council talking about the LAPP. She clearly does not understand that the
DNC was not included in the process.

MOTION: Hendrik motions to request a meeting with Andrea Reimer and DNC board Re: the LAPP process,
Rob seconds, motion passes.

Media
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Hendrik says that the vice article was good. AHA has been asked to do media for the street market.
Table discussion because this should be approved by the street market board, not DNC.

Pharmacy/Housing
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[Note: both participants were specifically asked if the stories should appear in the minutes.]
Tina - These buildings are using our own mental health issues to further marginalize us.
They locked her in a psych ward because she threatened to sue after they caused her to be raped.
Rights issue is serious in these buildings around here. She went to health
professionals review board. Her residents agreement says nothing about them taking
over her medical life. Their pharmacy only does daily witness meds. $7.95 per medication
per witness. They now run 27 buildings.
Rob moved into woodwards last November. Staff wanted him to switch pharmacies. Rob
refused. He refused on the grounds that he wanted to stay with Van Native Health. Also,
he asked staff to hold on to his meds. Rob is not on a meds restriction.
DNC should fill the role as a safe place for people to complain. We already have a housing
committee.
Suggestion to start taking stories and experiences from people and posting these experiences
online.
Tina also relays the fact that staff can go into people's apartments anytime they want
without notice. Things are stolen and there is no way to complain.
Hendrik voices support for Tina. Agrees that she probably did not sign anything to restrict
her rights as a tenant. Housing organizations do not have a right to take away tenants rights
without due cause and due process. This should all go through tenancy branch. Hendrik also
did not sign anything to take away his rights as a tenant. Hendrik is willing to take testamony
from tenants at the street market on Sunday.
Rob says that staff has told him to stay away from Ivan Drury. Started meeting near the contact
centre. Rob never filled out an application to live in woodwards, but merely found out that he
won a lottery.

Carny Newsletter - tabled
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Mediation
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Roland reads email from Catherine Ludgate about mediator that she has selected for us.
We assume that we will get a chance to review the process before it is begun.

Motion to adjourn

DNC Board Meeting Minutes - September 24, 2013

DNC Board Meeting - September 24, 2013

Attendees: Anthony G., Leo M., Jezz M., April S., Roland C., Jacek L., James O., Bill B., Clea, Ludvik S., Jewels C., Rob M., Hendrik B.

11 board members present

Agenda
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Review of Last week

Traffic

LAPP

Copwatch

62 Update

Tenant Bill of Rights

Board Members

Summary of 3pm meeting

Conflict Discussion

Hendrik does the opening

Jewels reads the constitution

Traffic Campaign Discussion

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7th victim in the last 6 months

3rd accident since we met with the bus company

Anthony filed a complaint on Saturday with bus company for almost getting run over

suggestion of an additional letter to bus company

discussion of doing a follow up with them based on new information

do we know what kind of background check they do on the drivers?

do they do drug or alcohol testing on the drivers?

what is our next step?

Decision to follow up with the bus company to request a report on all the serious pedestrian accidents in the DTES in the last 6 months. Request that they provide full accident details and causes and tell us what what is being done to prevent similar accidents in the future.

Jacek requests that Jewels follow up with VANDU to ask if they still have the radar gun

Discussion of possible plan to issue our own traffic tickets

LAPP

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Rob describes the conflict at previous LAPP meeting

Rob says that he was removed from the LAPP, and Herb was not removed from the LAPP

DNC does not need to make a statement about not wanting to extend the broken LAPP process because Rob says that they were already denied an extension at city hall

LAPP was a money grab and a PR exercise, a big waste of time

The protest going right now at city hall is essentially rejecting the entire concept of these LAPP processes.

Copwatch

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Last week PSS meeting was cancelled due to client having death in the family

PSS agreed to go forward and meet on Friday, water street sky train.

VPD guy is a senior swat team guy. Terms are that meeting must be taped and there is no option for refusing

Police are clearly scared of copwatch in the DTES because they are being watched

Other board members agree to tweet if they see anything going on

Rob reports on previous process of complaining and so forth

One of the witnesses was unreliable. Says that there was an incident where they clearly acted more professionally because he made a previous complaint

Copwatch setting up patrols in Yaletown, Chinatown, and Gastown

Intimidation of Jamie is continuing

62 Update

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Today was second day open on Tuesday. We actually had vendors today.

We had tents, tables, and ran from 11am to 2pm and had about 12 vendors

We signed up about 20 members for the DTES Street Market Society

charity online - provincial government - infrastructure grants

Applying for social innovation grant, and core grant direct social services

One of the vendors said that they would be willing to pay for space

We need to be careful not to ever charge the poor vendors and keep it a safe place for binners

Pigeon park on Sunday will never be surrendered.

Tenant Advocacy

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We need to give tenants a voice, make it a safe place for tenants to complain. Rob started a tenancy union when he was at the washington hotel. Just because people are placated with housing does not make everything better. Lots of arbitrary rules in social housing, and Hendrik never signed anything. Finally they got rid of security guards because what they were doing was illegal - stopping me from having guests. Jezz lived above the dugout and had bed bugs, cockroaches and everything.

Decision to develop a tenants bill of rights that will be equally applied to non-profit run buildings as well as private SROs. Advocacy groups in DTES will not help because they are allied with the other non-profits. We can hold the non-profits to account and make them afraid of bad press and bad reputation.

Decision to set up a DNC table at the street market to do outreach and membship signup

James O is now getting evicted from his SRO for advocating for residents in the building. It is a private SRO run by the woo family.

Board Members

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April gives a brief introduction and describes why she wants to be a member of the board of the DNC. Urged by Hendrik to join the board. Interests are women, children, families and social change. Can be a documentor for the group. 

Clea gives a brief introduction to herself. Trying to write positive stories about the DTES.

Hopes to make a difference as a journalist and write a different kinds of articles.

3pm meeting with Catherine L

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Jacek summarizes the meeting. She is our funder. We described the strange difficulties that we seemed to be in. We asked her to help. The help will probably be in the form of a mediator and a conflict resolution process. She will find someone that is trusted, impartial and not necessarily from the DTES. She was at the general meeting in April and saw the attacks, she could not believe what happened. 

Hopefully she will help us with the conflict resolution process and maybe come up with a plan for surviving general meetings. It may be pointless to try and have a general meeting before we begin this resolution process.
There was some discussion of the constitutional challenges by the opposing group, but the consensus was that if the present board was acting in the best interest of the organization that we could continue to proceed. 

Rob - CCAP put out pamphlets for our meeting. Gerry saw the pamphlets and that is why he got scared. 

Jewels - one of the residents said that there was going to be a rally here and Gerry got scared. 

Rob - Gerry told him that Ivan called him on Friday. Ivan also called Rob several times.

Rob - Gerry said that he called Wendy and felt that there would be two groups so the situation was dangerous.

Gerry also said that he phoned Wendy right away to cancel the meeting. Gerry said that Wendy asked if Roland said it was going to get rowdy. Gerry said no that it was his call to cancel it.

Decision for board to wait for a) a letter from the opposing group and b) a follow up from Catherine L on next steps, and details of the mediation process.

Bill says that he has been in contact with Ivan about having some kind of truce in order to figure out what is really going on. Ivan said that he would go back to his group and discuss it.

Many board members joke and say that they weren't even offered one of these yellow Tshirts.

DNC Board Minutes - September 17, 2013

DNC Board Minutes - September 17, 2013

Ludvik S., Bill B., Clea, Debbie K., Jewels C., Jamie R., Jezz M., April S., Anthony G., James O.,
Roland C., Jacek L., Hendrik B.,
11 board members present

1) Phones
2) GWAC Coalition
3) Bus Meeting
4) General Meeting
5) Ivan Email
6) Carnegie Newsletter
7) Copwatch

Debbie reads our constitution
Roland reads the previous weeks agenda
MOTION: Jacek motions to accept the minutes, Roland seconds, motion passes

MOTION: Roland motions that all those board members with phones should get their phones paid, James seconds motion, motion carries
(this would now include Roland, Jacek, Ludvik, Anthony, Jezz, Jewels, Bill, Jamie)

Debbie summarizes the GWAC community gathering - Our Community Our Plan
20 people around the table. Brian Jackson is general manager of planning. GWAC is denouncing the whole plan.
Stong representation from DTES. Many friends and frenemies.
GWAC invited us to attend the rally at city hall on Sept 24, tuesday at 5:45pm
Second agreed action was to encourage each council to issue their own press release
Next meeting time would be in October in False Creek.

MOTION: Roland motions to include the Sept 24th as an agenda item on the GM, Jamie seconds, motion passes

Roland summarizes the meeting with Coast Mountain.
They clearly worked hard and prepared for the meeting. We met with CEO, COO, and head of training.
We should follow up and see if they will share some of the data with us, and perhaps ask about
how they communicate with the city in order to not be surprised by route changes.
We also need to ask follow up questions on their training programs, whether they are trained
to deal with people with barriers.

62 Summary
Soft opening today, free coffee for labor
No power, No water, No garbage, No bathrooms - need to get all of these for a functioning market

Budget of $150 for meal at GM. Check cut to Anthony.
Bill will make poster, Ludvik will print posters, Jacek will put them up.
Sign up at 2pm meeting till 4pm on 10th floor.
Roland will have membership lists for both Jewels and James who will do sign up.
Jamie, Debbie will do room setup
Bill, Anthony will do facilitation ($10)
Roland can do minutes
Ludvik can do filming
Hendrik, and April will do documentation as well
8x$5+$10 = $50 = $200 budget for stipends

$150 for meals, $200 for stipends
Budget for GM passes

Discussion of Ivan's request ("the disgruntled five")
Ivan requests on behalf of the 5
MOTION: Roland motions that a response be sent requesting details on the topic that the 5 (Ivan, Wendy, Tami, Jean, Herb)
wish to present at the general meeting including the exact wording of any motions and the board would consider their
request in due time, Ludvik seconds, motion passes

Carnegie Newsletter discussion tabled

Copwatch
inspector is meeting with us this Friday - meet 11am at waterfront skytrain station to
discuss the two incidents mentioned earlier. Others are invited to attend. Sandwiches are
being made tonight and will be handed out on bottle block because there is a rumor that
copwatch are undercover. Woman was just taking out her pills, police cuffed her because
they thought that she was selling. Jamie filed two complaints based on pushing through
his door.

Some LAPP discussion, and to not eject Rob, they must apologize and make peace.

motion to adjourn

DNC Board Meeting - September 10, 2013

DNC Board Meeting - September 10, 2013

Attendees: Roland C., Hendrik B., Anthony G, Ludvik S., Jacek L., Jezz M., Bill B., James O., Jewels C.,
Wes Regan., Debbie K.,
10 board members present

Jezz chairs

Agenda:
1) General Meeting
2) Bus Meeting
3) ALIVE Meeting
4) Cop Watch
5) HXBIA cooperation
6) Street Market Update

Bill reads the constitution

Roland reads last weeks minutes
Anthony motions to accept minutes, Jacek seconds, motion passes

Discussion of General Meeting
62 E Hastings is available, just need about 40 chairs

Discussion of cooperation project with BIA
Wes - BIA is trying to do things in an unconventional way
Creating spaces that are more inviting, less marginalizing
Creation of 30km banners up and down Hastings
Asking VPD to have targeted stops to enforce the speed zone

Also, how can we help businesses understand the neighbourhood and
create a good neighbours charter - affordable items, welcoming atmosphere,
local low barrier hiring, sensitivity training. Address many concerns
about the changing neighbourhood and create a better dialog with the
businesses that are coming.
Perhaps create a course, and then a sticker that can go on the window
Apply for a grant, but will do it regardless of grant funding
Grant money would be for dialogues and sensitivity training
Potluck cafe launched the new hiring practice that we can leverage
Possibly a year end party with awards, etc...

Employment at a minimum wage. Stop exploitation of residents by NGOs paying tiny stipends.

MOTION: Bill motions to take part in banner program, and support the BIA in enforcing
the 30km zone, Ludvik seconds, motion passes

MOTION: Jacek motions to partner with BIA to pursue the social inclusion strategy
and develop a good neighbours charter and program, Ludvik seconds, motion passes

Back to General Meeting discussion
Bill - add to agenda - sign up sheet for copwatch
ratify board members, ratify strategic plan, ratify traffic and cooperation with BIA
ratify plan to get civil forfeiture grants for traffic calming
GM committee to meet on 19th or 20th to complete
Bill can do poster, Ludvik can print them
Bill chairs and Anthony will co-chair

CMB Meeting
They are clearly preparing for the meeting
Let's wait until we meet and they hear demands before any action
Make sure we have a full list of fatalities on Hastings
Meet at noon at Sky train station

MOTION: Hendrik motions to endorse the Regional Homeless Transit Plan put forward
by VUCCWA, Roland seconds, motion passes.

Copwatch - two cases. called a mtg with inspector.
Native lady was harassed and assaulted. Kid was stopped and police punched him in the face.