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