2018-09-13 Meeting

< Meeting with Paula from CARP at the Glitter Bean Café, 3:00pm.
< Present: Anita, Allison, Barend, Dan (notes)
< Meeting with Paula Wedge, Vice-President of CARP NS and chair of health advisory committee
< What word to use? LGBT2SQQ?? “Queer” for now.
< Paula: Within our ranks we probably have lots of singles and couples of “queer” people. The issues we fight for are issues that are equally applicable to everyone.
< 2018 Priorities
< * Pension Protection
< * Resdent Safety in Long Term Care
< * RRIF Reform
< * Access to Affordable Housing
< * Stand (or Sit) Up Straight (physical exercise)
< PAULA suggested as an icebreaker, a couple people from the Elderberries come to a board meeting.
< What does Elderberries want from CARP?
< What if your spouse comes out? What if your spouse goes through gender affirmation?
< What can CARP do for us?
< * Have a table at the AGM - cost = $100. AGM is usually the end of May, about 225 people come during the day.
< * Publish an article in Zoomer.
< PAULA will report to the CARP board that there are some possibilities of co-planning an event
< PAULA will check in about running a small article about the Elderberries.
< Barend: I was a member for a while and it seemed like CARP exists for couples, or people with higher income.
< ELDERBERRIES will decode on attending the AGM in May - $100.