~* Markham’s Mayor’s Youth Task Force *~

Tuesday June 10, 2003 Minutes

Attendance:

Last Name	First Name	School
Bandukwala	Taha	Unionville H.S.
Bigio	Ben	German Mills P.S.
Carleton	Jimmy	Unionville H.S.
Chau	Yvonne	Markham Gateway P.S.
Chatrath	Rohini	Milliken Mills H.S.
Chong	Andy	Markham District H.S.
Coutts	Kristen	St. Augustine C.H.S.
Coutts	Robert	St. Augustine C.H.S.
Dewett	Nancy	Milliken Mills H.S.
Doshi	Payal	Milliken Mills H.S.
Dossa	Fahima	Markham District H.S.
Gogna	Gauri	Parkland P.S.
Hocking	Kyle	Markham District H.S.
Rousseau	Nick	William Armstrong P.S.
Nader	Sanam	Thornhill S.S.
Ng	Sindy	Father Michael McGivney
Sandillya	Neha	Milliken Mills H.S.
Snowball	William	Markham District H.S.

Staff

Jacquie Hermans, Community Resource Coordinator

The meeting of the Mayor’s Youth Task Force commenced at 4:35 p.m. with William Snowball and Sanam Nader present as co-chairs.

Minutes

The minutes from the May 27^th meeting were adopted.

Spill Your Guts

Everyone around the table shared a thought.

Walk for Diabetes

The walk was lots of fun! Remember that it’s not too late to hand in pledges and that donations of $20 or greater get a tax receipt.

Social

Date: Saturday, June 14

Time: Meet at 6:30 – 6:45

Place: TBA (formerly Jack Astor’s but now tentatively Frankie Tomato’s – check your e-mail Thursday night.) We will consider a movie after dinner.

* Nancy will call everyone not present at the meeting to tell them about the social details!

MBTYC

Taha and Sindy will be replacing Will’s position on the MBTYC next year. Meetings are monthly for one hour and representatives must be in high school.

Gramma’s Run – Fundraiser for Markhaven Seniors’ Home in September

Nancy, Payal, Rohini are interested in participating! Details TBA.

Kin Village Update

A community meeting is in the process of being organized for Monday, June 30, 2003.

MYTF Next Year… Issues and Comments

• MYTF is large; sometimes work is not spread evenly and decisions take a long time – we should aim to meet deadlines more strictly, communicate better, and work more efficiently for next year
• Jacquie suggested the (re)formation of an exectutive composed of the Co-Chairs and Subcommittee Chairs who would meet once a month (1 hour) to plan for a monthly meeting for the entire MYTF (2 hours). (i.e. two meetings/month – one for exec, one for everyone)
• Would less frequent meetings mean losing focus? Are meetings too frequent already or too infrequent? Something to think about…
• Surveys – everyone filled out a survey to evaluate their experience on MYTF.