Name of Committee

QCCAV Steering Committee Executive

Current Members

Steven Starbuck, Cheryl Clarke, Teresa Gauthier, Sarah Phoenix

Members that attended meeting

Steven Starbuck, Cheryl Clarke, Teresa Gauthier, Sarah Phoenix, Committee Coordinator Ashley Porlier

Regrets

None

Review of last minutes meetings

*It has been established that there must have been technical difficulties as there is no digital record of the June minutes. These minutes luckily did not contains any motions or substantially unique information.

*The September minutes were reviewed and accepted.

Correspondence

• There were 2 pieces of correspondence. One was a letter from Colleen Purdon, Coordinator of Grey Bruce Violence Prevention Coordinating Committee. There is interest in establishing a 2 day provincial meeting with other Violence against Women coordinating committees. Steven will follow up her with for more details.
• The second piece of correspondence was a letter from the Community Advocacy and Legal Centre in partnership with the law foundation of Ontario promoting their event on October 28^th. The CALC will discuss strategies for improving access to justice and legal services for people who speak a language other than English or French. E-mail to be sent out from coordinator e-mail to QCCAV members.

Budget

• Executive members reviewed the revised budget sheet (updated from last month).
• Teresa reported that the name change was able to be worked out with the bank. The Post Office Box invoice was settled in full. It was paid from the reserve fund but that money will be replaced from the general account.

Other Business

• Ashley reported some issues with the computer. The printer needs black ink (will purchase a replacement today) and the computer requires some updates to Microsoft Office and Norton Antivirus. The executive directed the coordinator to speak with Susan Sweetman about any tech/software updates she may have available. If Susan does not have these items, the Exec directs Ashley to go ahead and update the software.
• Ashley made some updates to the website. The executive committee discussed the updates and made suggestions for improvement. These will be discussed with the steering committee at the meeting directly following this one as well.

Review of work plan

• Steven to write short introduction to be posted on the website.
• Ashley to follow up on tech issues with Susan Sweetman.

Next Meeting Date

Date: November 10^th, 2010.
Room: Board Room