COPE MEMBERSHIP DIALOGUE MEETING SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012 Hastings Community Centre – 1-‐4 pm
The meeting was called to order by Sarena at 1:10 pm. After confirming the Agenda, a presentation was provided by Chris Porter, using poll by poll data. A community agreement was provided to set the grounds rules of how discussion and dialogue should be done during the course of the afternoon – basic guideline – respect: • Respect, active listening, non-‐judgemental attitude, step forward/step back, confidentiality. The entire body was divided into 8 groups for small group discussion. The Topics covered in the small groups were: Topic 1 – What is your assessment of Cope’s campaign strategy? (20 minutes) Suggested areas of discussion: • Cope’s decision to enter into a cooperation agreement with Vision, • The date/timing of the nomination meeting, • The logistics of the campaign, • The messaging, platform and policies of the campaign, and • The media strategy. Topic 2 – Given the results of the 2011 civic election, what position can COPE occupy in Vancouver’s political landscape? (15 minutes) Suggested areas of discussion: • With no elected officials on Council and Park Board how will COPE deliver its message? • Cope’s capacity to fundraise and the resulting budgetary constraints on the operation of the organization, • How can COPE engage its membership and position itself for the next election? • What other challenges do you think COPE is facing? Topic 3 – In the future what should COPEs’ priorities be and what are our opportunities? (10 minutes) It was noted that COPE will be doing a forum in the spring focusing on Cope’s future priorities.
Topic 4 -‐ Report back: The last portion of the small group discussions summarized the discussion and groups were instructed to have the facilitators report back on 2 items
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