Canal Alliance Meeting Notes
Posted by Damyen Lofton
Meeting minutes for the Canal Alliance Meeting. Meeting attendees Malcolm Cohen and Keith Axtell had a very good meeting with Tom Wilson, ED, and Janice Vela
Malcolm and I had a
very good meeting with Tom Wilson, ED, and Janice Vela
from the Canal Alliance on Thursday. We discussed the following
issues:
1. We could assist them with their summer program, if our club so
chooses. They could use help with either a soccer coach or a teacher to
help extend their summer program into the afternoons. This would be for
the
month of July. Tom will discuss their priority with their summer program
coordinator and get back to me. The cost for either one would be
$1,200. I'll work with Jean on a funding request when this info comes
in.
2. Malcolm mentioned our program with the Global Book Exchange.
They might be interested for their youth program. Will let us know.
3. They are currently getting food from the Food Bank for their
summer program. They may follow up on the USDA program for next
year.
4. We discussed a possible Rotary scholarship program for college
or
vocational students, which they could administer. They would be very
interested in helping us with this. If we should set up this program,
our
members could make selections of the students to receive the
scholarships.
We can discuss this at a future meeting of the Community Service
Committee.
5. I tried to elicit their support for our possible work at Beach
Park. Tom Wilson stated flatly that no one in the Canal Area was going
to
use that park. It is too far away from where the people live, and they
are
not using a similar, closer park at the end of Canal Street. The
Alliance is not interested in being involved.
6. They offered to provide a workshop for our club on immigration
issues. They find there is a lot of confusion on these issues among the
general public. This would be at our regular meeting time, and could be
similar to our Energy Authority debate with inviting members of other
Rotary
clubs. Please let me know if you are interested, Mark, and we can get
it
on the calendar.
Tom and Janice were very interested in working with us on the about
issues
(except Beach Park). Please let me know if you have any questions.
Keith
Axtell