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Hi All,
Hope all is well as we move towards our May meeting. Please see attached minutes from our March meeting for your review.
Looking forward to connecting again soon.
Kim
Kimberly J. Lopez (she/her), R/TRO, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Recreation & Leisure Studies <https://uwaterloo.ca/recreation-and-leisure-studies/>
Faculty of Health | University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1
Office: BMH 2211 | 519-888-4567 ext. 42009
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*Please note that if you receive this email outside of your normal working hours, I do not expect your reply. I am working in a manner that works for me and respect that this may not align with your normal working hours. Thanks in advance for normalizing flexibility.
Hi Everyone,
A reminder to submit sub-committee reports as soon as possible (please see my earlier email with the subcommittee report template attached).
Thanks so much and see you next week,
Fenton
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Dr. Fenton Litwiller (they/them/theirs)
President, Canadian Association for Leisure Studies (CALS)
Associate Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management | University of Manitoba
123 Frank Kennedy Centre | Winnipeg MB | R3T 2N2
204.474.8412
fenton.litwiller(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:fentonl@umanitoba.ca>
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Hi everyone,
I hope you are managing okay amid this busy time in the winter term!
One of the CALS communications subcommittee’s main priorities is website migration from the UWaterloo platform to a new platform (WordPress). One part of this process is receiving feedback from the board of directors (BoD) about what features each of you want the website to have (website functionality). Please complete this short survey (URL provided below), which will inform our subcommittee efforts moving forward.
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=GjnGA9TyV0my54XNBi0O8Y1…
We are asking each of you to please complete the survey by Tuesday, April 30th. This will enable us to compile the
Have a great weekend,
Simon (on behalf of the communications subcommittee)
Simon Barrick, Ph.D. (he/him)
Assistant Professor
Department of Experiential Studies in Community & Sport
simon_barrick(a)cbu.ca<mailto:simon_barrick@cbu.ca> I 587-439-9095
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I respectfully acknowledge that I live, work, and play in Cape Breton, which is located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. This territory is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship” which Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) People first signed with the British Crown in 1725. The treaties did not deal with surrender of lands and resources but in fact recognized Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) title and established the rules for what was to be an ongoing relationship between nations.
Hi everyone,
In preparation for our board meeting, there is much to do, including drafting responses to reflection questions and reading over documents and providing feedback. This preparatory work is important so that everyone can have a voice and that our time together at the annual meeting is as efficient as possible (with the caveat that we will learn together at the annual meeting through collective conversation and further develop our ideas and actions).
The annual meeting will be loosely structured into thirds as follows (thanks Kim, for this idea!) (with a final and more detailed agenda sent ahead of our meeting time).
CALS general board meeting, May 15 and 16th draft agenda
9 am to 4.30 each day, Central Time.
Hybrid format, hosted in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Zoom links and back up phone number in the attached agenda (you should have received the zoom invites already)
May 15 (9 am to noon)
Part 1. Continuation from last meeting. A series of conversations regarding annual membership fees (and member benefits), website functionality, policy and procedure manual. Creation of motions and voting on next steps.
May 15 (1pm to 4.30pm)
Part 2. Sub-committee reports and discussions.
May 16 (9am to noon)
Part 3. Vision, mission, values.
May 16 (1pm to 4.30)
Closing: Remaining discussion and motions.
Note: Our Annual General Meeting is scheduled for June 5th at 10am Central. Please make every effort to attend.
I am structuring much of our time together at the meeting using a think, pair, share type of format. So, related to each of the meeting parts above, I am going to ask you to do the “thinking” ahead of time. Here are your instructions:
1. Download the attached policy and procedure documents (e.g., email voting procedures, procedure for electronic meetings, procedure for the editor of Leisure/Loisir, letters of support policy). In track changes, provide feedback and then save to your computer. At the meeting we will be live editing these documents in small groups. You will add your feedback then.
2. Please brainstorm answers to the following questions:
* What benefits do you get from your CALS membership currently?
* What benefits do you think members should be getting, but currently aren’t?
3. Subcommittee chairs: fill in the subcommittee report template (attached) and submit it to Fenton by May 8th, 2024. Each chair will get 10 minutes to present their report, but I need to know if you will need more time than this for discussion and input from the board.
4. Mission (our purpose, what we do, values) and Vision (aspirations for the future). On your own, brainstorm answers the following questions:
* Who does CALS currently serve?
* How are we functioning well?
* Who (organizations, individuals etc.) does CALS need to reach out to and serve?
* What do you envision CALS to look like in five years?
* Please create feedback on the following KM statement, drafted by Dr. Felice Yuen: CALS acknowledges and values the importance of knowledge transfer and mobilization. We recognize and encourage the dissemination of knowledge outside traditional academic venues (i.e., publications in professional magazines, creation of workshops and training modules based on research findings, documentaries, screenplays) that promote accessibility to research for individuals and communities outside academia.
The annual board meeting will take place over two very energy intensive days. Please make space to prepare ahead of time and, for our scheduled time together, be prepared so that you are ready to engage. For anyone who would has changed their mind and would rather attend in person than via zoom, the board will reimburse you.
See you soon,
Fenton
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Dr. Fenton Litwiller (they/them/theirs)
President, Canadian Association for Leisure Studies (CALS)
Associate Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management | University of Manitoba
123 Frank Kennedy Centre | Winnipeg MB | R3T 2N2
204.474.8412
fenton.litwiller(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:fentonl@umanitoba.ca>
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Hi All,
Please find the board meeting minutes attached. When you have a moment, please have a look and make sure I’ve reflected your contributions to discussion accurately (Rich, I missed part of one of the points you made re: TOR). Please send any other comments, revisions, or questions by March 18th, please and thanks!
Cheers,
Kim
Hi Everyone,
Please find attached the materials need for our upcoming board meeting on March 4th from 9am to 11am central time (these materials are also attached to the calendar invite).
Can the chair of each subcommittee please fill out the subcommittee report template (attached) and email it me to ahead of our meeting if you have not done so already?
After the board e-voted to extend Dr. Rebecca Genoe’s term as Editor of Leisure/Loisir for two years, Dr. Genoe accepted. On behalf of all the board members (many of whom expressed thanks in the qualitative section of the survey), we are grateful and excited for your continued service! Because e-voting is not yet in our bylaws, we will have a motion and vote at on Monday to formally extend the term.
Please note that our annual board meeting will be held on May 15th and 16th on UM campus or zoom (please see Dr. Lopez’s related email). Also, our annual general meeting date is June 5th at 10 am central. If you did not receive calendar invites for these dates, please let me know.
Thank you,
Fenton
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Dr. Fenton Litwiller (they/them/theirs)
President, Canadian Association for Leisure Studies (CALS)
Associate Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management | University of Manitoba
123 Frank Kennedy Centre | Winnipeg MB | R3T 2N2
204.474.8412
fenton.litwiller(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:fentonl@umanitoba.ca>
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The University of Manitoba campuses are located on original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Metis Nation. I respect the Treaties that were made on these territories, I acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past, and I am dedicated to move forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in a spirit of reconciliation and collaboration.
