2018-06-06 Meeting

2018-06-06 Elderberries Board Meeting

at: Plan B, Gottingen St

Present: Anita, Barend, Dan (notes), Laura, Lynn, Scott

Food & Drink: Retsina, Peanut Butter Hummus, Micro pitabread, fruit leather rolls, nut bars & roast chickpeas

Regrets: Allison

Welcome Laura

You and Mike will get an intro to the "Library" after the AGM. Here's a sneak Peek:

• the "Library" is here: http://bonmot.ca/Elderberries/library/
• Documents with the word "Meeting" in the title are meeting notes
• Upcoming topics are here: http://bonmot.ca/Elderberries/library/Program_Ideas
• Click here for a list of all the documents in the Library

Upcoming AGM

Date: Our regular June meeting date, June 10, this Sunday.

Format:

• Food as usual
• Presentation of Slate of Board
• Election of new Board
• (theoretical closing of meeting and restarting with the new Board)
• Some creative discussion & voting on topics for next year

Actions

• ANITA & BAREND will send out a last notice

Summer Event

SALT: Same As Last Time

• On our regular August day: August 12, 2:00pm
• Point Pleasant Parking Lot, East corner
• Pro tip: Don't set fire to the tablecloth with the BBQ this time (which also destroyed the surface of the table it was on.)

Health Conference in October

NSRAP will be funding this.

A report, written by Dan will come out of it.

Format etc. to be determined.

Scott pointed out:

• that is is not practical to ask people to discuss their healthcare needs publically and that we need to design some kind of anonymous input here.
• that it would be useful to have a doctor and nurse there to answer actual medical questions.

July 22nd "Salon" Event

Planning document for the event has been moved to here: http://bonmot.ca/Elderberries/library/2018-07-22_Salon

The owner of Plan B offered the space for free; we have $400 budgeted and offered him $300. He seems delighted.

Food: everybody seems to like the "Frozen Hors d'oeuvres" idea. There is an oven in the Plan B Kitchen.

Bar & Liquor License

• Discussion. Consensus: No, let's not do liquor.
  • it's a lot of work; there are possible problems; and Elderberries was formed to get *away* from liquor.

Do we want to make this a "Safe Space" ?? Laura had some well thought out ideas about this: it is a public space with people talking. We really cannot make this a "Safe Space." We could make it a "Brave Space."

Chris's History Panel display: He says it's unavailable. We could

• as Anita suggests, somewhat recreate it from her photos, or
• make up something different, or
• just go without.

We should specifically invite HAGS: the Halifax Book Club.

Plan B Proprietor Reverend Bob dropped in to hear our plans for the Salon and give his thoughts for how he could prepare the space for us.

Action items:

• BOARDMEMBERS will invite possible speakers
• DAN will ask for volunteers.