2019-04-23 Meeting

At Dan's Place.

Present: Anita, Dan (chair & notes), Barend, Lynn, Mike, Paula, Pauline.

One of the advantages of regular meetings, is that we meet when we don't really have a crisis on our hands, so we can think about long term plans and noncritical issues.

The main topic of this meeting will be the Archives Project. But first we'll get through some lesser stuff.

Last Salon

• we don't even have contact info for the presenter.
• DAN will publish information about prideHealth including how to connect to him and the programs that are available.

Next Month's Board Meeting Topic

Members' observations about how our meetings run. Preview:

• Out of control meetings: suggestion: have two chairs at each meeting.

At the beginning of each meeting

• We are on unceded Mi'kmag territory
• We are respectful of each other
• There is no talking over the whoever's speaking
• What else?

DAN will send around the link to the members' observations that Pauline collected for contemplation.

Future Salon Topics

May: Possible topic: Was there an influential mother figure in your life other than your birth mother?

June: Raymond Taavel Park Picnic. Weather location: The Resolutes Club.

July: Pride Salon II

• Do this instead of the July Second Sunday event
• We have $900 funding from Pride
• We have a venue, the UU Church, 22nd July, 3 - 7pm, 2 days after the Pride Parade
• We need volunteers and Elders
• DAN will invite Tuma Young
• DAN will send around the list of HistoryPeople for possible ideas of elders to tell stories

August 11 event: BBQ

• ANITA will book the space. Rain date Aug 18.

September: Two Authors Read and / or Discuss

• LYNN will contact Jackie Dumas, Ann Bishop
• DAN will give Jacqi Duma's email to Lynn.

Other Business

• Game: Dan will email a game with the Possible Upcoming Events list
• there was some other stuff but I didn't write it down, please tell me

Main topic: Archives Project

The Elderberries wrote a letter of support for the project which then got funded, so we really have to do some support. Specifically, participate in the Community Advisory Committee (CAC). But:

Atlantic History & Archive Network (AHAN) has been around for 30 years doing very similar work and has about 10 people ready to go as a CAC.

We will invite all of the Elderberries to:

• become members of the CAC if they're interested in this work,
• volunteer in other ways,
• offer archival materials, and
• put us in contact with other folk, older folk, who might have materials.
• PAULA or ANITA will get Jane Spurr's contact to Dan - she'll have materials from the Turret years.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:00pm