| Meeting Name and Number/Purpose: | MRA August Meeting Minutes | |||||
| Date of Meeting: | Aug 19, 2024 | Time of Meeting (Start and End): | 7:30 pm-9:00 pm | |||
| Location of Meeting: | In-person at Jim Foster’s house | |||||
| Meeting Chairperson: | Rozhen | Meeting Minutes Prepared By: | Jim | |||
Date Meeting Minutes Distributed: | August 19, 2024 | Date of Next Meeting: | Monday, Sept 9, 2024 | |||
ATTENDANCE & DISTRIBUTION OF MEETING MINUTES
| Attendee Name |
| Rozhen |
| Jim |
| Mike M |
| Michael S |
| Sara |
| Tim |
| David |
| Item # | Discussion/Action Item |
|---|---|
| 1.0 | Introduction – Approval of July 2024 Meeting Minutes |
| 1.1 | Minutes Approved First – Tim Second – Mike Majeski |
| 1.2 | Mimico Go Station Town Hall We have confirmed this event for Sept 12 at 6:30 – 8 PM at the Mimico library, in partnership with SELT and CBASE Let’s discuss the current status of the planning and action items needed from the board Three levels of government notified, invited, and asked for promotions People needed to set up on the night of Land is in the Receivership (Metrolinks) Goal = bring the community together, inform them, and put a plan together for next steps |
| 1.3 | New Logo Earlier this year, we discussed designing a new MRA logo in order to “refresh” our image, attract members from a broader demographic and have higher-resolution logo images to use Sara has designed a few options and color pallets for us to look at and decide on We chose the option with a bridge, and Sara will adjust it somewhat and come back with a few final options |
| 1.4 | Memberships, Memberships, Membership We continue to be in “recovery” mode in terms of signing up new members / recovering old members since the membership changes It’s important for us to stay on top of several initiatives Email campaign to those with expired memberships – Sara sending an invite to rejoin soon Door-to-door campaign – Mike to rally us to this a few SaturdayBillboard ad promoting MRA – Sara to finalize and send to Phillip Social media campaign – Mike will set up a call with a social media contact Michael booked a meeting with Sara on August 27th to consolidate membership lists in Mailchimp to prepare to turn off PayPal |
| 2.1 | Other Business 2405 Lakeshore settlement MLCN would know if there are any additional actions we can take to oppose this project Mimico Mobility Plan – CityNews is writing an article; Original work done by the Vanderwal family; may have the best info City launched the current Mobilty Plan Green Mimico event is planned for Oct 17 @ Mimico Library – Aligned with TransformTO; To talk around community resilience around climate change impacts; Tim is leading and will keep us posted Local MRKT – Oct 14 – MRA Booth – members needed to attend Mimico Food Fest – Oct 21 – MRA Booth – members needed to attend Mimico Triangle letter – Lauren to report next meeting Cllr Morley community meeting – Wants the MRA to attend to discuss fall planning; Rozhen will follow up with them Royal York & Judson cleanup – Discuss again in January Bylaw Review – Rozhen will plan for a Bylaw Review before the AJM Board Members – Shreya has resigned Event Merch needed – Mike will buy a tent metal; MRA to buy the tent cover and banner; buy some T-shirts for the events Michael updated the treasurer notes file on Google docs with the following – Balances – $56.48 Stripe, $507.71 TD, $4,462.34 Paypal – Stripe membership is 21 now thanks to the newsletter – Library booking for Go Station event is $55.05 Mike S – will move PayPal money to TD account |
| 3.1 | Follow up on other action items Social media manager (volunteer allocation) – Mike checking with them Call for new board members – RozhenRozhen will announce for new members New Board members/Roles needed; David will add this to the next Newsletter – Social Media Coordinator – Communications Coordinator – Developments Coordinator – Events Coordinator Parklawn Go advocacy – Rozhen is in touch with them |
| 4.1 | Open Forum Please bring any discussion items, ideas, thoughts, feedback, etc. to this forum, as well as any agenda items for our next meeting |
| 4.1 | Next Meeting Monday, Sept 9, 2024 online |