BCFFPA Board of Directors
Teleconference Summary
June 9, 2008
1.
Minutes
i.
May 29th Accepted
ii.
AGM 2008 Accepted as amended
iii.
June 1st Accepted
2.
Additions/Changes
a.
Bursary Letter
b.
Urgent Response Team
3.
President’s Report
a.
Denmark Delegation – H. Bayes attended a meeting with a delegation of
politicians from Denmark at the Federation office. W. Matheson and B.
Fensome from MCFD were also present. The Federation at the request of
the contingent from Denmark arranged the meeting. The group was
looking for information on how services are delivered to children and
youth in BC. Denmark works on a Municipal framework rather than
provincial or national. This meeting has been in the works for
approximately one year.
b.
Allocation of AGM Motions
i.
1-4
Louise Dol
ii.
5-6
Sheila Davis
iii.
BCFFPA Business
1–2
Debbie
3-5
Heather
6
Louise
7–9
Heather
10
was put off
11-12
Sheila
13
Peter
14-15
Cheryl
16-17
Heather & Sherrie
04-06
Melanie will deal with
c.
Contract - Ellaine outlined the new method of contracting Association
01/06/2008: MSC: ( L. Dol) Move hat the fee for Association Memberships is set at $200
per year.
d.
Appointment of an interim treasurer will be held off until resumes are
received
e.
Committee Chairperson appointments
i.
S. Davis & L. Dol - CFFA
ii.
H. Bayes – Membership – D. Drewitz and P. Dueck are part of the
committee
iii.
S. Davis – Communications – S. Jones is on the committee as well
if available
f.
Deadline for submission of AGM expenses is June 30
g.
Natural Child Essay – This essay which belongs to the Federation was also
given to another group and was published without permission. Sheila
Davis to write a letter to the group.
4.
Regional Delegates
a.
Vancouver Coastal – P. Dueck is contacting foster parents to discuss
interest in forming a Macro Board
b.
Fraser – working on Macro board development. D. Drewitz was
encouraged to speak to Heather. There is no decision to have alternate
delegates from the regions on the board due to expense. The board will
discuss this further at a later date.
c.
Interior – C. McLeod is still orienting herself so no report at this time.
d.
Vancouver Island – L. Dol shared information with the Foster parent
group in Campbell River and left membership forms for them, along with
information on the insurance program and extended health for members.
She was told that she could not attend the Real Issues Forum in Nanaimo
as foster parents may be uncomfortable with it. She was asked for her job
description as well. She has requested outcomes from the Real Issues
forum
5.
Old Business
a.
AGM Assistance
02/06/2008: MST: Move in order to receive funds for AGM assistance members must
be in good standing. The motion was tabled and sent to several board members for
further work as it was felt that more discussion was needed. BF in July
b.
Urgent Response Team – It was decided to look at what the Foster Parents
locally and the association can supply, and make a formal request for
assistance to MCFD.
03/06/2008:MSC: ( Louise Dol) Move that the discretionary spending for the ED be
added to Policy and Procedures. Carried. The discretionary spending is set at $500
per month.
Next conference call July 7th or 14th. Board to decide
