2015/16 Board Members
Tracy Bock, Chair David Taylor, Co-Chair Martina Bezzola, Treasurer Jennifer Daley-Bernier, Secretary Tracy Carroll, Membership Katie Fane, Communications Caihla MacCuish, Food Security Fiona McGregor, Education Jacqueline Archer, Site Manager Coordinator Erin Reibe, Member at Large
2014/15 Board Members Giselle Beaudry, Chair David Taylor, Co-Chair Martina Bezzola, Treasurer Vera Raschke, Secretary Tracy Carroll, Membership Vacant, Communications Caihla MacCuish, Food Security Fiona McGregor, Education Jacqueline Archer, Site Manager Coordinator Vacant, Member at Large
Board Member Descriptions| Chair | The Chair is responsible for organizing, calling and presiding over
meetings, including board meetings and the Annual General Meeting. The Chair
assumes the positions of Secretary or Treasurer in their absence. The Chair
represents the collective on all official business and correspondence. This
position will have signing authority for the YCGC. | | Secretary | The Secretary is responsible for keeping the minutes at meetings,
maintaining records of these minutes, and distributing them to the Board. The
Secretary is also responsible for keeping up-to-date records of the history of
the YCGC. This position will have signing authority for the YCGC. | | Treasurer | The Treasurer is responsible for keeping full and accurate accounts of
all receipts and disbursements (i.e. all financial transactions and donations).
The Treasurer prepares the year-end financial statement for audit as per
section 6 and submits the financial statement and list of Board Directors to
the Registrar of Societies. This position will have signing authority for the
YCGC. |
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| | Co-chair | The Co-chair regularly assists the Chair in their responsibilities. The
Co-chair assumes responsibility for the duties prescribed to the Chair when the
Chair is not present. This position will have signing authority for the YCGC. | | Membership coordinator | The Membership Coordinator works with the site coordinators to manage
the list of the membership of the collective receives and records payments of
dues, assigns member plots, and collects member waiver forms and contact
information. | Education Coordinator
| The Education Coordinator is responsible for organizing workshops,
researching and providing up-to-date information for members on organic
gardening methods, soil improvements, composting, water conservation techniques
and matters of a like nature. | | Food Security Coordinator | The Food Security Coordinator is responsible for coordinating food
security group involvement by maintaining communication with charities
accepting food security donations. In the spring the coordinator prepares a
list of contact information to the membership about where to donate crops, and
facilitating the recording of member donations to charity and reports to the BOD. | | Communications Coordinator | The Communications Coordinator is responsible for publicity,
advertising, updating the website, emails to members and preparing
newsletters. The Publicity/PR person is
also responsible for maintaining the photograph and book collections and
collecting historical information on YK/NWT gardening. | | Site Manager Coordinator | The Site Manager Coordinator is the liaison between the site management
teams and the BOD. The expectation is that this person will also be an active site
manager. | Site Managers (3 per
site)
appointed | The Site Managers are the primary point of
contact for garden members in relation to matters pertaining to site management
are responsible for general management of the garden site and observation of
garden etiquette and members’ obligations. The site managers are also
responsible for maintenance, inventory of and identification system for YCGC
tools and equipment. Also responsible for annually assessing garden equipment
needs and the allocation of plots. Site
managers will contact members to identify and resolve issues or problems
related to plot or site maintenance. They will assist the membership
coordinator with plot assignments. They will try to ensure that all gardeners
know the rules. They will provide gardening tips particularly with new
gardeners and help all gardeners run the equipment and use the tools.
Collect
donation records. |
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