Report From B.C. Director

Having been elected B.C.’s representative on C.P.F.’s Board of Directors, | intend to
report on a regular basis to B.C.P.F. members on activities at the national level. For
this first report, | want to comment on a few topics that were discussed at the
national Board meeting that took place immediately after the Vancouver conference:

1. All provinces and territories were polled on their reactions to the John Fisher
INPO report, and in general the responses were very positive. Most people seemed
to feel that Fisher had accurately identified CPF’s needs and proposed an exciting
plan of action for the future. Jos Scott, our Executive Secretary, was asked to
prepare a draft 5 year plan, including fund-raising and program development, and
the Board will spend a major part of its next meeting discussing the future and
making decisions on what should be done.

2. | was appointed to the Nominations and Human Resources Committee, which |
found fairly amusing when | thought about how difficult our own nominations
process was in Vancouver. Now | have an opportunity for an equally smooth job at
the national level!

3. Joining Carolle Anderson and Jeanne Collins on the Executive Committee are
Debbie Whale, the Ontario Director, and Suzanne Hawkes, the Yukon Director. This
Committee plays a role between Board meetings, and gives guidance to the staff.

4. There was some discussion of the defeated membership increase resolution.
As you will recall, the B.C. motion to raise membership fees from $5.00 to $10.00
was defeated at the CPF General Meeting. One of the reasons for its defeat was
because some people disputed the argument that it costs more to service our
members than the current membership fee. For this reason, the Board asked Susan
Purdy, the New Brunswick Director to carry out a study of this question and report
to the next Board meeting.

5. There was some talk about a possible name change. While | was not at that
portion of the meeting, apparently some Directors from the East felt that the
current name caused problems in getting members, and confused people as to
CPF’s real objectives. Others felt strongly that the name had served the
organization well over the last five years, and that it would be very timid to change
the name now. Personally | am totally opposed to changing the name C.P.F.

6. The Board’s next meeting will be in Ottawa January 22-24. If any readers of this
newsletter have comments on the topics mentioned above, I’d be pleased to hear
from you directly.

Stewart Goodings

This newsletter was made possible by a grant from the Department of the Secretary
of State, Canada.