2011-11-28 Meeting

• Notes of Elderberries meeting, 2011-11-28.
• Location: Chez Lynn
• Present: Lynn, Anita, Norval, Gary Brooks, Dan (notes)

The meeting came to order at 7:15.

Approval of the Agenda - yes

Approval of the Minutes: they were circulated, amended, and approved shortly after the last meeting.

Happy Birthday Anita! Cake was distributed.

Mini discussion of resurrecting the archives project -- if only to facilitate transport of material into the NSARM for people who can't or won't under their own steam.

LYNN will contact members of the dormant Atlantic History & Archives Network.

Cookbook report:

• Dan has sold 48 books, and another 40 are on consignment (10 to Lynn, 10 to Venus Envy, and 20 to Anita.)

Cookbook feedback:

• Everybody comments on it
• People are interested in it
• People love the cover.

Discussion of putting the cookbook online: Dan now says, "I don't see any value in it"

Gary: enjoyed the process of working on the cookbook a lot

If we did a 2013 issue, would it be better to have a focus on a particular type of recipes? e.g. desserts or breads?

Dan: "As far as I'm concerned, there's no reason to not do it again."

NSRAP has an office in Veith House. Should we have events there?

• Parking is a bit more of a PITA
• Kitchen is downstairs
• However Safe Harbour did it every week with success and
• it would be nice to use the space now that NSRAP has it.

Programs

December

Dec. 18th: NSRAP cocktail party at The Company House. Bring Your Own Finger Food.

Ideas from the survey:

• movie night
• native two spirit seniors
• Dan suggests re-running last January
• visit to Northwood
• religion
• Marriage round table
• trans elders: we say we are an lgbt organization, but do we have any members?

DAN will ask Denise: would you like to come to Elderberries and tell some old stories?

January

Movie Night : Preferred: Auntie Mame (1958)

LYNN will investigate public performance rights

DAN will download a copy for backup

DAN will not ask Wayne about a Broadway sing-a-long at St Matthews

February

Possible native thing : Bob / Gabe / Tuma / ddelegate

DAN will ask Tuma and Gabe for ideas

DAN will check in with Bob about doing this.

March

A trans thing?

April

A religion thing? (Easter is April 8)

May

It's May, it's May, the lusty month of May: The Sexy LGBT Senior Citizen

November

old war song sing-a-long at St Matthews

Indefinite date: a Broadway sing-a-long Chez Gary & Angus

• GARY will check in with A

Other Business

Gary's been asked to join the Ethics and Policy Committees of Ocean View Manor.

Lynn: Hugo was working on a module for LGBT seniors for Northwood. Gerard Veldhoven and Lynn worked with Northwood and Hugo.

Judy Amar was the leader of this at Northwood.

Meeting was adjourned at 9:30.