Elderberries Social Committee Minutes :  May 2, 2011

Meeting at 5770 Spring Garden Road
Present :  Norval, Nick, Anita, Heather, Dan, Lynn

1.  Minutes of March 13 meeting :  approved
      Actions of unofficial meeting of March 28 :  approved

2.    Programs :
	May 15 :  writing poetry, with Nora Kerr
	June :   History of NSRAP - Lynn to approach Sean
	July :  Pride Week : Lynn to approach Kevin Kindred re whether Elderberries might arrange and co-sponsor one of the talks in his annual series at the public library.  Dan and online history?
	August :  Picnic 
	Fall :  repeats of Coming out, Photos of Our Past, Jane Kansas (the rest of the story), La Cage aux Folles screening

3.  Elderberries flyer :  Anita, Heather, and Lynn to meet and draft brochure, send back to committee for approval

4.  Elderberries email :  rather than use a personal email as at present, Lynn to set up an independent elderberries email 

5.  Facebook page :  Discussion.  “Tell them [NSRAP?] to set it up and we’ll join it.”  Note :  Sorry, minutes not clear at this point.  

6.  Elderberrry subcommittees :  do we need subcommittees, e.g. volunteering, speakers’ bureau, finance?  Agreed finance was our priority, but that we should begin by adding a Treasurer to the Committee, possibly Frank Doucet who has approached us.  Lynn to call Frank at 422-2936.

7.  Next meeting May 30, 7:00 pm, 5770 Spring Garden Road.