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COMPASS KITCHENER MINUTES
September 4, 2013 – 4:00-6:00
Conestoga Room, KITCHENER CITY HALL
Present: Theron Kramer Chris Hyde Tristan Wilkin Sarah Marsh
Karim Fathi Mark Paul Chris Kopar
Staff: Mark Hildebrand Jenn Grein Janice Ouellette Sue Weare
Steve Ramnath
Guests: Krishna Khetani Scott Harris Oliver Hyde
Regrets: Holly Duff Moni Lagonia
Theron welcomed all to the meeting. We have two guests today, Krishna and Scott, who are considering joining the
committee. We circled the table with introductions. Chris also introduced his son, Oliver, who’s joining the meeting today
due to technical difficulties.
October meeting, will review our meeting time to ensure it still works for everyone around the table.
1. Review and Approval of Minutes
The minutes from July 3, 2013 were approved by Compass Kitchener.
Moved by Chris Hyde, Second by Sarah Marsh. Carried.
2. Follow-up to minutes
Jenn to follow up with Christine Tarling regarding Compass Kitchener input request for Christine’s Citizen
Engagement Survey discussed at last meeting.
3. Sub committee Reports
Civics101 – September 23 is the next Youth Forum, with Resurrection participating and potentially KCI. The
committee intends to hold this half day forum 4 times a year.
Reportcard – has been meeting over the summer with city staff to finalize metrics. Group will be reviewing further in
the next few weeks and will circulate final to Compass Kitchener for full discussion at October meeting, followed by a
presentation to Council.
Voter Turn-out – group is approximately half way through the report provided by Steve, and will continue this review
at today’s sub committee meeting.
Community Survey – Applications for consultant have been received, and we are currently scheduling interviews,
however these have been delayed. Will be moving forward with this upon Laurie’s return.
4. Other Business
The next Compass Kitchener meeting will not have time for sub committees to meet. If your sub committee requires
a meeting, please do so prior to next meeting.
A summary of sub committees was provided to the committee previously. For new members, or anyone interested in
participating on any of these sub committees, please feel free to connect with Theron or any of the specified
members.
Next meeting is October 2 and it is very important that members attend as we will be reviewing the information from
the Report Card sub-committee and Laurie will be presenting the outline for future strategic/business planning
processes for the city
The formal meeting ended, and sub committees broke out for further discussion.
Next meeting: October 2, 2013
Location: Conestoga Room
Attendance:
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