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COMPASS KITCHENER COMMITTEE MINUTES
October 28, 2009 CITY OF KITCHENER
The Compass Kitchener Committee met on this date, commencing at 4:30 p.m.
Present: Theron Kramer, Norm Damaren, Kim Knowles, Laura Lee Dam
Staff: Shelley Adams, Jenn Grein
Regrets: Sarah Marsh, Corinne Cash, Corey Badcock, Jasminka Klacar, Julia Browne
Theron welcomed all members to the meeting.
1. Review of September Minutes
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no changes
2. Crime Prevention Workshop
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Andrea McArthur met with the group to conduct a focus group for the Waterloo Regional Crime
Prevention Council. The committee thanked Andrea for attending.
3. New Compass Kitchener Logo Options
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The committee discussed the new updated logo options.
ACTION:
Three adjusted options to be sent out to committee to be voted on and finalized.
4. Advisory Committee All Committee Gathering
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The Advisory Committee All Committee Gathering was a great success! A drawing of outcome
was provided to all Compass Kitchener members.
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Some interesting ideas for the next gathering were offered by attendees that day and
Compass Kitchener briefly discussed options.
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The committee agreed, it would be great to get feedback from all of the Advisory Committees
to find out how the partnering groups meetings are proceeding.
ACTION:
Jenn to send an e-mail to committee administrators to find out how the partnering groups
meetings are proceeding.
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5. Draft Diversity Strategy
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The Draft Diversity Strategy has been temporarily put on hold. Senior management is very
supportive of the strategy, and its goal to have staff better reflect the diversity of the
community, ensuring everyone has equal opportunity to work with the corporation and remove
barriers to accessibility.
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Internally, we would like to do more work in this area; however we currently maxed out and
cannot provide adequate resources to proceed. Communication is taking place with staff on an
educational level now, and awareness events are being held every month. The first event was
Lionel Laroche presenting on cultural differences and it was a great success.
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A Workforce census will take place in February.
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A plain language campaign is currently in process available for all staff to attend.
6. Environics
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The draft survey was reviewed by Compass Kitchener, providing feedback as the group
progressed through the document.
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Discussion took place surrounding the happiness questions. Article discussed linked here:
http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=2928.
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Additional feedback is welcome until Friday, at which time the final survey will be passed on to
Environics.
ACTION:
Jenn to forward draft survey to committee for feedback. Feedback from committee to be included
with information provided to Environics.
Meeting adjourned at 6:00.
Next meeting:
December 16, 2009
Conestoga Room – Kitchener City Hall
Attendance: Action Log:
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