Mimico Residents Association Meeting Minutes
Thursday, May 2, 2019
7:30PM at Joe’s house
Present: Joe, Tim , Adam, Chris, Deb, Leanne, Heather
Regrets: Anne, Bri, John, Kate
Agenda:
- Approval of April minutes
- Handoff of duties to new board members
- Insurance
- Mimico Waterfront Cleanup
- Toronto Neighbourhood Summit learnings
- Party in the Park
- Pollinator Grant and Ecoschools
- Bell Boxes
- Membership processes and website content
- Confirm next meeting date
- Other business
Approval of April minutes
- Tim put forth motion to approve
- Adam Seconded
- All in favour of approval
Handoffs to new board
- E-news and blog – Heather is OK
- Website backup – Adam to add Joe for content
- Admin backup – Tim and Adam have already met
- Facebook and Instagram – John has been approved as moderator
Insurance
- Joe to investigate options and compare prices
Mimico waterfront cleanup
- Had a turnout of around 70-80 despite weather
- See if we can coordinate earlier with other businesses next year in Mimico
Toronto neighbourhood summit learnings
- Adam reported back on event, including:
- Presentation from Mayor Tory, who is looking to engage with neighbourhood associations
- Dave Meslin wanted to set up study to engage neighbour associations- potentially a council
- Stories were shared from other neighbourhoods and what they do:
- e.g. Scarborough Bluffs Association – have many events, big and small, a big party twice a year
- Liberty Village Residents Association: shut down main road and have events, and have face to face events at different levels for example family events, young singles events, etc. , help people discover the neighbourhood
- “Everyone is a member of your neighbourhood association, they just don’t know it yet.”
- MRA to think about a potential summer brewery BBQ (GLB/Von Bugle/Black Oak), event opportunities for singles, seniors
- Heather to send Tim contact for Von Bugle events, Tim to propose several ideas
Party in the park
- Deb contacting Joanne this week to touch base
- Idea from Heather to do a craft of “pet rocks”
- Heather to provide pop up tent for event
- Leanne and Heather to look for supplies
- Juice/water will still be sold
Pollinator grant and Ecoschools
- Kate provided an update via email – received help from Altereden (Jillian) in putting together grant application and was submitted 05/01.
- MRA’s involvement would be to help with the community planting session
- Details will be firmed when we hear back on application status
Bell boxes
- Chris and Bri found about 16-17 Bell Boxes in the neighbourhood that could be painted
- Challenge will be to get funding – will get update from Bri next meeting. Could ask Mark Grimes, William F. White
Membership processes and website content
- Tim and Adam are working to Improve how MRA is tracking memberships in an automated fashion
- Looking to use Mailchimp for membership
- Mailchimp can handle membership – both will investigate setting up a landing page to register which is associated to the member’s email
- Summer project to figure out automation of membership
- Group to consider alternative models, e.g. selling ad space, having fundraising events, or even a suggested donation vs. a membership, to give options
Confirm meeting date
- Next meeting date is Thursday, June 6 at the Etobicoke Yacht Club
Other business
- Group discussed LPAT and effect on development
- Tim asked for any volunteers for Grilled Cheese Challenge on June 8