FRIDAY            June 9, 2013

 

1400     DFO Updated on new Fisheries Act and regulations (SEHAB members only)

                        SEHAB members received an update on regulatory developments arising from the new Fisheries Act, presented by Alain Magnan, Team Leader Fisheries Protection, Client Liaison, Partnerships, Standards and Guidelines, with Bonnie Antcliffe, Regional Director Ecosystem Management Branch, and Alice Chung, Regional Manager, Community Involvement and Resource Restoration Unit, also present. The material presented was for discussion only, and it was requested that it not be circulated.

1900     SEHAB Social and Facilitated Discussion with local groups

 

SATURDAY      June 10, 2013

Attending:       

  • Jim Shinkewski, ZoAnn Morten, Eric Carlisle, Jim Armstrong, Gord Wadley, Wayne Salewski, Dianne Sanford, Paul Cipywnyk, Ian Bruce, Elizabeth Hardy, Brian Smith,    George Farrel

Regrets:

  • Greig Houlden, Leandre Vignault, Lee Hesketh, Jan Lemon, Charmaine Carr-Harris         

Invited Guests:

  • Alice Cheung, Fisheries and Oceans Canada Regional Manager Community Involvement and Resource Restoration Unit
  • Dave Davies, Community Advisor, Central Portion Vancouver Island and adjacent Mainland Inlets

Regrets:           Stacey Larson, Community Advisor, Campbell River Area

 

0900     Opening Remarks – SEHAB Chair Jack Minard briefly mentioned the importance of not sharing the slides and documents we received from DFO on Friday but he encouraged all to digest the info and paraphrase in our own words.

0910    Guest Speaker: Dave Davies, the local CA, presented on local groups, activities and issues

SEHAB Workplan Committee Reports

WSP Committee
Waiting on Ottawa response to Cohen recommendations. Turn WSP committee into Southern Chinook and WSP committee.

Aquaculture Committee
BMP handbook needs clarification
Counsel for community advised for DFO or CA to hold licenses

Capacity and Core Funding

Written Report attached (Jim, please send in your report)

 

Updates

 ZoAnn                    PSKF

  • Streamkeepers Data Entry Tool Update
  • Chinook Initiative Update
  • Workshop 2013 Report

 

Roundtables(reporting out community successes/concerns by geographical representatives – to be posted to website)

DFO Report – Alice Cheung

Response to some board questions:
Cohen –– waiting for response from Ottawa
Community concerns re language and length of new 16-page PIP contracts: 2 deep rule, IDing of volunteers, ministerial approval for any publicity related to PIP projects. –– Worked hard to keep this as simple, and as minimally intrusive, as possible.           

Amalgamated Roundtable Topics and Prioritized for RHQ meeting


                                                                                        

SUNDAY February 3, 2013

Standing Committee Reports (to be posted)                       

  • Chair                                        Jack
  • SEP Education Update             Jim S
  • Finance                                    ZoAnn
  • Membership                             Greig
  • WSP > Southern Chinook        new chair Jim Armstrong
  • Governance                              No Report
  • Communications                      Paul

 

Review of Action Items from Previous Meeting
(Roll ongoing ones into new list from this meeting)

ITEM

DETAILS

SPONSOR

ACTION/DUE

WSP, send copy or excerpts to Prime Minister, DPM and Minister

How do changes and policy dovetail

WSP Committee

Delayed to include Cohen

PAR, pursue face to face with national PAR staff on license holders,

PAR committee to work with Graham on arranging meeting

PAR committee

To be brought up at next PAR meeting

Explore opportunity to uncouple bc acts or regs from joint review to have stronger provincial acts(if after the dust settles they are indeed stronger)

Explore but bring community voice  to upcoming public consultations, get copy of trigger wording

Jack

Delayed to include Cohen

What level of consultation process is SEHAB, if our minutes are to be posted to the consultation secretariat website

5 levels of consultation, which are we?

Jack

RHQ, Monday Feb 2013

ZoAnn Morten and Dianne Ramage are the designated signatories to close the HSBC SEHAB account

 

Lorraine Harvey and Janice Jarvis no longer signatories to bank account and cannot be located,

Greig Houlden moved

Jim Shinkewski second

Finance Committee

Status update

Exec sign at June mtg

 

ZA/Dianne to go to bank

Change BoM bank account address to Linda Dore

Finance Committee to change

Finance Committee

Status update DONE

Communications report on how we gather the voice of community, how we are  recruited to the board by the CAs and community, difficulty in recruiting and maintaining board members on SEHAB board, volunteerism of board members reflected in bios

Communications Committee

Paul

Ongoing

Develop meeting ex summary to be sported to our website and shared with our groups and MPs, MLAs

Chair

Jack

Closing the Loop Document

Cohen WSP Friday Forum

Team

Jack

Pending

 

 

ITEM

DETAILS

SPONSOR

ACTION/DUE

Letter to Prime Minister and Minister of Fisheries regarding Cohen and  WSP

Get letter signed by all

Jack

Pending

Info to groups about funding through MERX (is this not CA job)

Core Capacity Working Group

Jack, CC Committee, Leandre

DONE

Epic Fail, Al Wood and Ron MacLeod Oct 2012 distributed to all, available  electronically

Read and develop suggestions to   inform letter to Minister/Prime Minster above

Paul, WSP Committee

Done letter circulated – Status?

 

DONE

Monday meeting, high level make recommendations on and identify where and how we can work together on issues

Alice: Boil it down, keep it under the Workplan groups  and high level,

SEHAB Caution: do not lump too many things together

 

Greig, Governance  Chair

“Closing the Loop”

Ongoing following RHQ meetings

DONE

Seek funding for PAR meeting Feb 2013

Continue moving workshop refinement forward

PAR Committee, ZoAnn

Ongoing

 

$$ Sources Gone

Communicate with MLAs and Prov ministers regarding SEHAB and community issues

SEHAB reps to communicate with their MLAs

ALL

Ongoing

SEHAB Accountability

Meeting prep: email cc Paul, SEP outreach to groups during meeting prep

Paul, Chair of Communications

Every meeting

DONE

 

 

 

 

June 2013 Items

DETAILS

SPONSOR

ACTION/DUE

Set up private Google group

 

Paul

ASAP

Set up FB page

 

Paul

ASAP

PAR, pursue face to face with national PAR staff on license holders,

PAR committee to work with Graham on arranging meeting

PAR committee

 

To be brought up at next PAR mtg

Explore opportunity to uncouple bc acts or regs from joint review to have stronger provincial acts(if after the dust settles they are indeed stronger)

Jim: EA downloaded to province. Review what’s going on between feds and province in terms of EA

Jim

Contact folks at both levels

 

Report for October Mtg

What levels of consultation are there? How do we post our minutes to Secretariat website

Paul to post when finds out how

Paul

When current minutes are ready to post

ZoAnn Morten and Dianne Ramage are the designated signatories to close the HSBC SEHAB account

 

 

Finance Committee

Status update

Exec sign minutes at June mtg

 

ZA/Dianne to go to bank

Communication with community

Get minutes out to groups

One-pager on SEHAB

Paul

Ongoing

Closing the Loop Doc

 

Jack

End of July

FA Friday Forum

Need details on regulations

Jim/Paul

Pending developments

Letter to Prime Minister and Minister of Fisheries regarding Cohen and  WSP

Review current letter and update Get letter vetted by all

Jack/Paul

End of July

Letter to Prime Minister and Minister of Fisheries regarding Cohen and  WSP FROM ALL GROUPS

When letter ready, circulate to constituent groups

ALL

Mid August

Communicate with MLAs and Prov ministers regarding SEHAB and community issues

SEHAB reps to communicate with their MLAs

ALL

Ongoing

Association of Applied Professional Bios

To keep informed of concerns

Explore how best to inform

Talk to Pam Z

Ian/Jim

End of June

PSKF data entry tool

Spread the word to our groups to upload data

ALL

Ongoing

Get copy of briefing notes to minister re FA

 

Paul

ASAP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members’ Issues and Proposed Solutions/Action

           

Developed RHQ Agenda, Reviewed RHQ Meeting notes and action items (Closing the Loop)

 

RHQ Attendees: ZA, Brian, Jim

 

 

                  Planning

A.   Minutes from this meeting to be ratified by June 30, 2013

B.   Date next meeting:  October 18, 19, 20, 2013 or backup date October 25, 26, 27,

C.   Invitation to build agenda by – Sept. 16, 2013

D.   Draft agenda due on – Oct. 2, 2013

E.   Participants in Monday meeting at RHQ – TBD

 

Adjourn, Process Claims

      Tour of local stewardship activities