MINUTES
November 5,
2014 at 7:03 pm | Meeting called to order by A. Crocker
In Attendance
A.Crocker (Co-Chair), E. Demcoe
(Principal), J. Arrell (Assistant Principal), T. Coles (Learning Leader), S.
Cunnington (Communication Coordinator), N. Odina Seale (Communication
Coordinator), T. Isaac (Secretary), S. Merkle (Fundraising), T. Topor
(Fundraising), D. Barth (Treasurer), L. Spence ( Volunteer Coordinator), K.
Taylor (TCA President), M. Enns, S.
Webster, C. Gorniak, S. Roth, D.
Campanelli
Approval of Minutes
Motion to approve the October 2014 meeting
minutes.
Motion: S. Cunnington
2nd: N. Odina Seale
Carried.
Tuscany Community Association President– K. Taylor
TMC School Parent Council was happy to
welcome Kelli Taylor, President of the Tuscany Community Association. Kelli came to talk about the Tuscany Youth
Council.
The first topic
of discussion was regarding the difference between the Tuscany Community
Association and the Tuscany Residence Association.
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TUSCANY
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
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TUSCANY
RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION
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Fee is $25/year for a household
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Fee is approx. $256/year for a household
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Operation is volunteer based
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Operation is run by paid staff
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Open to the entire community of Tuscany
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Open to only approx. 80% of the community
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Liaison between the community and
government
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Runs programs within club and maintenance
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The second topic
of discussion was the Tuscany Youth Council.
“The Tuscany Community Association, with
the support of the City of Calgary, will work with youth from grades 7-12 in
the community to establish a youth council. As a community, our demographics
have shifted significantly over the years, and we are now at the stage where we
will benefit by offering our youth a higher profile, and the ability to decide
what they would like to focus on.
These youth will ask their peers in Tuscany
what we need more of in our community. Activities, interests, concerns – these
will all be included in the appeal. The Youth Council will then work to make
some of these happen, and will be looking to others in the community for
support and guidance. We ask families, schools, and businesses to give the
youth a warm welcome if they are approached with new initiatives.
For more information, or to express
interest in being involved with the Youth Council, either as a member or to
support the efforts of this group, please contact the Tuscany Community
Association.” youth@tuscany.ca.org
Principal’s Report – E. Demcoe
Best wishes to
Mr. Arrell as he leaves TMC for a wonderful opportunity, he will be
missed. Ms. Coles from grade 8 will be
our new AP, and she brings all sorts of positive things with her.
We are
struggling with late arrivals in the morning.
On any given day there are 100+ students that are 5 to 10 minutes late
for their classes. Please be aware that
it is essential for the students to be on time, and that this situation impacts
the staff at the front office.
Committee Reports
Titan Lunch – P. Mylrea
The next Titan lunches will be on October 20, 2014 and December 18,
2014, the deadline for ordering is the Friday before.
Currently we have only 7 volunteers for November and 6 for December.
There are 31 classrooms to deliver to.
Ideally, we would like 1 volunteer per class, 2 would be even better.
To sign up for the lunches please go to www.healthyhunger.ca
To volunteer or any questions please email TMCTitanLunch@gmail.com
Jacket Racket- P. Mylrea
Thank you to Twelve Mile Coulee School families for your
continued support of this program. We
were able to donate 89 high quality coats as well as many snow pants, hats, and
mittens. They will be cleaned and
redistributed to families in need.
Communication Coordinators – N .Odina-Seale and S.
Cunnington
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Fundraising
– S. Merkle
The DFS
fundraiser is now completed. TMC
students sold $13,000 worth of products, which has resulted in $7,200 in profit
for TMC.
Casino
The Casino is slated for 2nd
quarter (Apr. – June) 2015. Our name on the list to accept an earlier
date should anyone not be able to fulfill their Casino slot, so fingers crossed
we get in a bit earlier. Payment for a 2nd quarter casino
would be received by approximately the middle of August.
Announcements
TMC School Parent Council would like to
thank everyone that attended!! We
appreciate your continued support and hope to see more faces at our upcoming meeting.
If you wish to help out with any upcoming
events or have suggestions, please contact us at tmcschoolcouncil@gmail.com, we
look forward to hearing from you.
Next Meeting
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday
December 3rd at 7:00 p.m. in the TMC School Learning Commons.
Motion to adjourn the Parent Council
Meeting and to open the Parent Association Meeting was made at 7:53 p.m.
Motion: S. Cunnington
2nd:
T. Topor
Carried
MINUTES
November 5,
2014 at 7:54 pm | Meeting called to order by A. Crocker
In Attendance
A.Crocker (Co-Chair), E. Demcoe (Principal), J. Arrell (Assistant
Principal), T. Coles (Learning Leader), S. Cunnington (Communication
Coordinator), N. Odina Seale (Communication Coordinator), T. Isaac (Secretary),
S. Merkle (Fundraising), T. Topor (Fundraising), D. Barth (Treasurer), L.
Spence ( Volunteer Coordinator), M. Enns, S. Webster, C. Gorniak, S. Roth, D. Campanelli
Approval of Minutes
Motion to approve the October 2014 meeting
minutes.
Motion: S. Webster
2nd: D. Campanelli
Carried.
Fundraising Committee
Outdoor
Fitness Area – P. Mylrea
A thank you to
Cardel Renovations for their $5,000.00 donation and to Concert
Infrastructure/B2L Partnership for their $10,000.00 donation.
We have
currently raised approximately $102,500.00 in cash and in kind donations, out of the total amount of $338,404.00
required to build the Outdoor Fitness Area.
Raffle tickets
are still available for $25.00 until November 8, 2014. If you are interested in purchasing a ticket
or selling tickets you can contact us at tmcraffle@gmail.com. We’d appreciate any support.
Steak and Pint
Night is on November 8, 2014, tickets are almost sold out. This event is in support of the Outdoor
Fitness Area, and is being hosted by Tuscany’s Last Straw Ale House. We have had a lot of positive feedback and
would like to consider having another Steak and Pint Night in the New Year.
Crowfoot COBS dough raiser
is still on. Crowfoot COBBS will donate
5% of your purchase towards our project, just say “TMC”. For the 2013/2014 school year it raised
$200.00.
Cookies by George at TMC
on October 10th raised $506.00, and Lisa has graciously offered to
donate more cookies for this project in January. Stay tuned!!
The decision for
the Tuscany Community Association’s application for the Amateur Sport Grant through the Parks Foundation Calgary has been
tabled until mid-late November, at which time they will determine if we are
successful. We received 7 letters of
support from Amateur Sport Organizations, which they were seeking. This grant has the potential of $125,000.00 for
this project.
We endeavor to
apply for the Alberta Government CFEP
grant for the December 15th deadline, as it will take 6 – 9
months to process and provide funding.
This will depend on our success with the Amateur Sport Grant application
and may require revisiting the design, doing the project in stages, or delaying
the build to the spring of 2016. Hon.
Sandra Jansen is aware of our fundraising progress, and has written a letter of
support for our next CFEP application to the Minister of Culture, Hon. Heather
Klimchuk.
Treasurer’s Report – D. Barth
The Parent
Association budget is will be updated to recognize the recent fundraiser and
administration costs for the December 2014 meeting.
New Business
There has been a request from E. Demcoe to
the TMC School Parent Association, for funds in the amount of: $2,000.00 for
the Fine Arts Program; $750.00 to support Tuscany families.
The budget already has $500.00 in
Compassionate Outreach, council discussed raising this amount to $750.00.
Motion to
approve increasing the Compassionate Outreach budget from $500.00 to $750.00.
Motion: S. Cunnington
2nd: S. Webster
All in favor
Carried.
Council discussed the 25% of the
Entertainment Book fundraiser ($2,750.00), to be used towards the request made
by E. Demcoe.
Motion to
approve the amount of $2,750.00 to go towards the Fine Art Program.
Motion: S. Cunnington
2nd: C. Gorniak
All in favor
Carried.
In regards to the freezies that were
purchased for the Terry Fox run and not used, E. Demcoe will consult with K.
Yeung or the grade 9 leadership team about a time that they can be distributed
to the students.
Next Meeting
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday,
December 3rd in the Learning Commons, after the Parent Council
meeting.
Motion to adjourn the Parent Association
Meeting was made at 8:30 p.m.
Motion: T. Topor
2nd:
M. Enns
Carried
