St. Dominic Refugee Care Committee
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
1. Opening Prayer: Norm
Murray led us in a prayer supplied by Genevieve “Pope Francis's
Prayer for the Holy Year of
Mercy”.Norm welcomed first time attendees Sid Cebrowski and Theresa O'Connor.
Present: Norm & Nerina Murray, Liz & Maury Whyte, Charmaine Aubut, Genevieve Poirier-
Murphy, Sharon & Sid Cebrowski, Karen Dysart, Bill Doyle, Brian Thornton, Fr. Anderson,
Theresa O'Connor and Georgina Bourke
Regrets: Helen Danko, Jill Hillock
2. Agenda: The agenda was
accepted as revised.
3. Approval of Minutes: A
motion was made by Charmaine, seconded by Karen to approve the minutes of January 12, 2016 as
distributed. Motion
carried.
4. Approve Changes to the
Committee Charter dated January 16, 2016
Norm distributed hard copies of
the revised Charter.
Karen suggested an amendment that
would make provisions for a decision to be made in the
event that a full committee
public meeting could not be held. The amendment was accepted.
The section reads as follows:
page 3-Decision
Making- paragraph 2 -last sentence The other
Committee
Members, unable to attend will be asked to
submit their comments by email. The decision
will be made by majority vote of the members attending the meeting with due regard
of the email comments received.
A motion was made by Genevieve,
seconded by Maury to approve the amended Charter.Motion carried.
5.
Diocesan and Revised HMC Settlement Plans:
Norm distributed hard copies of these Plans
and is combining the 2 plans into
one working model that should be less confusing. He has
transferred the Diocesan
Settlement Check-List into Excel and suggested that we use this
program for our working documents.
A few changes were made to the
Diocesan Settlement Check-List as follows: (pages were hand numbered by each committee member
present to allow for easier discussion)
page 4-Newcomer
Arrival Binder: remove Sharon insert Genevieve
page 5-Education
(if applicable): add Genevieve
and Sid to investigate Primary and
Secondary schools in the area of
possible accommodation location
-Culture
and Trauma: remove Sharon insert Bill Doyle
(Crisis, Trauma, Emergencies)
-Newcomer Serving Organizations: remove
Sharon
ARRIVAL DAY: task 3 and 4: remove
Sharon
page 7-Health
Care: add Julia Hillcock
-Education
for Children: remove Liz insert Genevieve and
Sid
Norm asked that we review the
document and email or come to the next meeting where their
name would be added or deleted.
Additions to subcommittee chairs:
G. Education-Primary>Genevieve Secondary>Sid
I.
Health-Julia Hillcock Crisis, Trauma, Emergencies>Bill
Each committee chair is to form
their own subcommittee who will meet as necessary. These
meetings are to be shared in
writing with the whole committee at the next Refugee Care
Committee Meeting.
Fr. Anderson advised Norm that he
will give him the name of a volunteer who can help with
interpretation and language
translation.
6. HMC Budget Pricing Spreadsheets:
Norm distributed copies of the spreadsheets. After
discussion, it was felt that many
of the items would be obtained by nearly new donations.
7. Diocesan BVOR Budget Template
and Ontario Works (Social Assistance) Rates: Norm
provided copies of these to
everyone. He reminded us that our Budget Plan has to be in line
with the Social Assistance Rates
outlined in Ontario Works because the family must live within these guidelines after
Sponsorship ends.
Karen and Brian will work on a
BVOR Budget Plan for the next meeting.
Brian said the fundraising
account is $36,135.00 to date.
8. Clarification from Erin
Pease, Hamilton Diocese on the Screening Process: All committee
members and those sub committee
members who will come in direct contact with the
newcomers must have a Vulnerable
Persons Police Record Check that has been issued within
the last 6 months.
9 Progress
of Police Checks and Parish Screening:
Most had received the police check
and submitted it to the parish
office with their Volunteer Screening Form. Norm urged
those who had not received their
police check to submit the Volunteer Screening Form to the parish and bring in the
police check when it arrives.
Fr. Anderson will be doing the
Parish Volunteer Screening himself.
10. Housing: Helen Danko contacted
Nerina regarding a 2 bedroom apartment near Hixon on
Nelson Street. The cost would be
$1,100. Nerina, Genevieve and Georgina will look at it.
Georgina asked if it would be
possible to take the apartment if it seemed a suitable option.
Father did not agree with taking
the place ahead of time as the funds raised belonged to the
family being sponsored not to the
committee. He reminded us that we have to trust in the Lord, He will provide.
11.Other Business Discussed:
•
Norm asked “How many have seen the
blog{stdomrefcmte.blogspot.ca or
http://stdomrefcmte.blogspot.ca}? Some replied that they had difficulty
accessing it.
Father Anderson stated that it
could be linked to the parish website and mentioned that a closed Facebook and
Twitter accounts could be added.
•
Norm asked when to have meetings:
evenings, weekends ...No consensus reached
•
Father Anderson closed the meeting with
The Hail Mary, an invocation to St.
Dominic and his blessing.
12. Next Meeting: Wednesday,
February 3, 7:00 pm. Parish Centre-Room 2
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