January 2020 – Camrose Pride Community

Camrose Pride Community
Date: Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2020
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Place: Camrose Library, Irving Room
Attendance: Zach S., Gus B., Candy M., Nikki F., Lucas H, Robyn G, Amielle C.

Introductions

Financial Report/Bank Account
1. The RBC account is open.
2. Received funds and last statement from CDSS. Passing to Treasurer to deposit and input into our new accounting spreadsheets.
3. Online Banking is available to be used.
4. Candy, our treasurer, has the transfer from CDSS and will deposit it immediately.
  1. The total is $2165.40 (minus one reimbursement o/s).
  2. Candy will get cheques when we receive society status.
  3. There is no report of changing funds.

Society Status
1. Our society status application came back with minor errors. We have corrected errors in signatures, everyone has signed, and Nikki will resend this week.

Upcoming Events and Plans
1. Pride Week Committee Update (Augustana) – Amielle C.

Bake Sale – Wednesday, February 26th at 11:00am to 3:00pm in the Augustana Forum
- Candy and Gus agreed (in December) to make some baking for this.
- If you know of someone else willing to bake and donate, please let them know.
- The baking can be anything, but please include ingredient lists.
LGBT Trivia – Tuesday, February 25th in the late morning/early afternoon in the Augustana Forum
- In the past one of the science clubs have done some trivia, but that is quickly becoming dated.
- AQUA has requested that CPC create questions for this casual trivia.
- Lucas H. will make make a Google Doc to share with CPC and queer community members to crowd source questions.
- Questions Possibilities:
  - Pronouns
  - Laws and Legislation
  - History (When did the Stonewall Riot take place? Who threw the first brick?)
  - Acronyms
  - Culture
  - Fetishes
Pride Week Committee (PWC): inquires if CPC would be willing to donate some funds to host throughout the week.
- PWC is hoping to apply for a lot of funds in the coming weeks.
- CPC may hold off on committing funds until our Strategic Planning meeting.
- CPC donated $500 last year to Pride Week.
- There is time to donate up until the event and afterwards for outstanding fees.
Key Speakers: James and Anthony from The Amazing Race Canada: Monday, February 24th at 6:00pm to 8:00pm in the Augustana Chapel
- Tickets will be between $10-$15. AQUA will look into the option of creating donation options for tickets.
- Students may be free or discounted fee (including primary, secondary, and post-secondary).
Pride Movies: Thursday, February 27th at 8:00pm at the Duggan Cinema
- PWC requests that CPC members check what DVDs they have, as a DVD may be required for Public Performance Rights.
- DVDs can also be rented from the library or the movie store. If you have suggestions, please forward them to Amielle.
Queer Art Making: Thursday, February 27th in the evening, location Wahkohtowin Lodge
So You Think You Can Drag: Friday, February 28th from 7:00pm-10:00pm at Bailey Theatre
- Performers are needed; if you know interested parties, please connect them to Amielle C.
- Drag attendance has been going up
- Confirmed professional performers include Edmonton queens Sami, Armani, and Camrose queen Robyn Bank$.
- AQUA hopes to have the sign-up sheet out by the end of January.
- Zach S. will inquire with drag colleagues in Edmonton about attending.
- Zach will donate some prizes; if you know of other business that may be willing to donate, please connect them with Amielle C.
- Nikki F informed us that in April the Unitarian Church of Edmon is having an Amateur Drag Show. This may be a good way to connect/cross-promote.
There will be QR Codes at all the events; each event attended is an entry to win prizes.
Organizations donating include:
- Poe Da Lue
- Travelling Tickle Trunk
- Rebel Ink
Hockey Games will take place Sunday, February 23rd to start the week and Saturday, February 29th to end the week.
- Amielle C. makes a motion for CPC to purchase a roll of pride tape for the Camrose Pride Week Hockey Games
  - Seconded by Nikki
  - Motion Carried
- Nikki F. Will get Pride Tape for about $136.00/12 rolls and create an Expense Claim.
Advertising will begin next week. Please let your friends, family, and colleagues know.

Strategic Planning Meeting: Friday, January 31st from 6:00pm to 9:00pm and Saturday, February 1^st (day) (NOTE: LEADERSHIP TEAM ONLY)
1. Location TBD
2. Leadership members please consider the following to prepare for the meeting:
  1. What is your vision for Camrose Pride Community in the next:
    1. 1 year?
    2. 5 years?
    3. 10 years?
    4. 20 years?
  2. What changes should be made to our Mission, Vision, and Value Statements?
  3. What future partnerships with what organizations do you envision?
  4. What events or activities would you like to work towards?
Pride in the Park
1. Camrose Recreation Guide wants March to August activities and was wondering if we had a date for our Pride in the Park
2. CPC has decided on Saturday, June 20th 2:00pm to 6:00pm at Jubilee Park
  1. This is the same date as Art in the Park, which could increase visibility and create a future partnership.

Meeting Locations: Room at the Library for 2020
1. Bunker can be booked for most of the year, but not in the summer months (May, June, July, August).
2. Irving Room is most likely not going to be able to be booked for our meetings this year, with all the other groups in need of it.
3. The Irving Room is booked for February 10, 2020.
4. Amielle C. will look into booking conference rooms at Augustana during the summer months.
5. Amielle C. will look into booking a conference room for our Strategic Planning Session for Friday, January 31st and Saturday, February 1st .
6. Amielle C. will look into booking student study rooms for meetings in the future.

United Church
1. The United Church has requested a follow-up/debriefing on the experience with Pam Rocker.
2. They are wanting to meet and go through the Church, asking for input on how they can become more PIE (Public, Intentional, Explicit) in their support of the queer community.
  1. They would like two members of the Pride Community for this
  2. They also want us to potentially bring ideas to them, such as:
    1. What is their advertising like?
3. AQUA has a Queer Folks of the Bible during Pride Week with Pastor Craig.
  1. Nikki would like to put together an interfaith queer group.
4. Candy is already there from 1:00pm to 5:00pm on Sundays, which may be a good time. Lucas is available on Sundays as well. Nikki will contact about potential Sundays available to the United Church.
Camrose Community Group Grant
1. Can we meet the deadline, which is Jan. 20? Maybe we should look for the following one in June.
2. Pride in the Park would fall into the time period, but also would fall in the next granting period’s timeline.
3. Art Therapy Group: Alberta Society for the Promotion of Sexual Health funded Nikki $2,000 for an art therapy group to be run through Canadian Mental Health for pre-teens to adults. This may be a great opportunity to shore up the necessary funds to start this group.
4. CPC members are also interested in potentially creating a future ArtHive, which would act as a free art space for community members.

Upcoming Regular Meetings
1. Regular Meeting for Planning and Connection
  1. Feb. 10, 2020
    1. Amielle C. will look into finding space.
2. EspressOUT
  1. Monday, January 27, 2020 5:30pm – 7:00pm
    1. Location: Camrose Coffee
    2. Gus will remind Sarah.
    3. Alternate Location if ever needed: BP’s Lounge
3. Friends and Family Meeting
  1. Next meeting is Feb. 3^rd, 2020
    1. 1^st Monday of every month, Irving Room at the Library, 6:30pm-8 (new start time)

Sharing Circle

Date: Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2019
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Place: Co-Chair Zach’s home
Attendance: Gus B., Lucas H., Candy M., Zach S., Nikki F., Stephen C. (Ugly Sweater Wearer), Ron
Regrets: Amielle C., Robyn G.

Introductions

Financial Report / Bank Account
- Update: We have a bank account!
  - CPC now has an RBC account that is currently a Community Group Account with Candy and Nikki as authorized signatories. We need to maintain this until we get our Non-Profit Status, and then they will switch the account status and we can add the other members of the Leadership Team Executive. Camrose Pride Society is the official name. The Leadership signed a letter as requested by RBC to attain status.
  - Candy, as Treasurer, will have the only access to online banking for our account. Due to this, we will build a policy where the Treasurer will present the bank statement showing all activity in and out of the account each month, along with the Financial Report as usual, at the monthly meeting. There will be a list of working budgets for future events. There will be budget vs. actual provided at all times.
  - We can set up EFT (electronic fund transfer) for donations or payments.
  - Margaret H. will be closing down our CDSS account and sending us a cheque at the end of the year.
  - Pam Rocker cost us $200.
  - Family Dance cost close to our $500 budget.
  - We made $368 from the Family Dance.
  - Candy will create strong succession documents, and will create a financial policies and procedures that will connect to our by-laws.
  - Candy has created an expense claim form. Please take pictures of your receipts, submit them digitally, and bring your receipts to physical meetings. There will be no payouts without the expense claim filled out.
  - Our accounting will be audited in the future as we gain society status, so we should have procedures in place to prepare for that.
  - We are registered as a community group because we are not a registered non-profit. When we gain society status, we can move forward with signing more people up to the bank account.
  - RBC has grants as well.

Upcoming Events and Plans
- Pride Week Committee Update (Augustana) – Amielle
  - They are looking for baking for the bake sale, and help with set-up and take down.
  - They would also like people (particularly knowledgeable about our community) to be available for a Q&A.
    - This Q&A would be very individualized and personal.
  - We may look at this more in January when it is closer.
  - Candy and Gus have agreed to create a bit of baking.
  - Gus spoke to Megan, the Indigenous Support Liaison at Augustana about the Indigenous Welcoming Lodge, hoping to have a weekly Metis sharing circle.
  - The Amazing Race winner, Anthony Johnson, will be our speaker for the Camrose Pride Week. Gus is hoping to involve him in an Indigenous Sharing Circle.
  - Candy has let us know that Edmonton has a very strong Two Spirit group, so there may be some connections there for the future.

Room at the Library for 2020 – What do we need? What do we want?
- Bunker can be booked for most of the year, but not in the summer months
- Irving room can only be booked 3 months in advance, and there’s lots of other community groups looking for space now with the shutdown of the drill hall
- Candy has offered Quantum Comics, because it is closed on Mondays, and would be a good space. Private and we can be as late as we want.
- Nikki has already confirmed the Irving Room at CPL for the first two months of 2020. We will revisit the Quantum Comics space at our January meeting, as we’d like to move the time to 6:30-8:30, but the Library closes at 8pm.

CSL Placements Update
- Research Projects: – Research received
- Things to work on in 2020:
  - Best Practices for Safe Spaces Allyship Agreements:
    - Links to other safe space policies, as well as recommendations that an education around allyship – perhaps a workshop for businesses? – be completed first, as much of the problem is ignorance rather than malice.
    - Example of an Agreement template submitted as a jumping off document.
    - Education seems to be missing. Majority of places are not non-inclusive because they are malicious, but instead because they are unaware. Without education, it is just a token.
    - Downtown Retailers Co-op and the Chamber are possibilities to have presentations. We can do education, create agreements, and then receive a Safe Space Sticker. The Camrose Police could definitely be involved. Candy would love to be included in the presentation. Nikki suggests involving AltView in those conversations with their training and toolkits.
  - List of Support Groups – local area for Queer folks within faith groups with traditionally queerphobic literature:
    - Some links and book resources, but not a lot in our area. Needs further study and/or advocacy.
    - We may be able to provide a lot of support online, but most groups do not meet in Camrose. Pam also included a lot of resources.
    - Nikki will ask Pam about an inter-faith support group. She may have contacts.
    - Nikki was interested about creating an inter-faith group and inviting leaders of those communities that share our values to support.
    - Stephen suggests talking to queer groups in Edmonton that are faith based along with Pride Edmonton.
    - Nikki would definitely work with CSL students in the future.

Volunteering Opportunities in the Future
- Pan Fest
- Casino List
- We should also explore foundational grants.

Upcoming Regular Meetings
- Regular Meeting for Planning and Connection
  - January 13, 2020, Library, Irving Room
  - Candy motions to move meeting time to 6:30pm to 8:30pm in the future, excepting January, where we will meet at 6:00pm.
    - Nikki passes motion
- EspressOUT
  - Monday, December 30, 2019 5:30pm – 7:00pm
    - Location: Camrose Coffee
    - Alternate Location: (if there is ever a problem)
      - Boston Pizza
- Friends and Family Meeting
  - Next meeting: January 6, 2020
    - 1^st Monday of every month, Irving Room at the Library,6:30pm-8:00pm

Sharing Circle