Animal Care Committee
Minutes of Meeting
July 21, 2010
5:30pm Ontario room
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IN ATTENDANCE: Councillor Valerie Burke, Caroline Lane, Janet Andrews, Andrea Sims, Terri
Daniels; Denielle Duncan, Tara Sermer,
and Yasuko Naka. REGRETS: Dr. Annabel Musson, and Bernice Royce. STAFF: Laura
Gold, Committee Clerk GUESTS: Margret Cheng,
and Avery Stewart |
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ACTION
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1.Opening Remarks |
The Animal Care Committee meeting was called to order at 5:35 p.m. with Councillor Valerie Burke presiding as Chair. |
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2. ADOPTION OF THE JUNE 16,
2010 ANIMAL CARE COMMITTEE MINUTES |
Moved
by Denielle Duncan That the minutes
from the June 16, 2010 Animal Care Committee be approved as presented. CARRIED. |
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3. TRAP NEUTER AND RETURN |
The Committee reviewed an email from Susan McGrath, Provincial Offences Officer, providing an update on the Trap Neuter and Return (TNR) Project. The Committee inquired when the project would start and requested that regular updates be provided with respect to the program development. It was noted that the partnering organizations Urban Cat Relief and Action Volunteers for Animals (AVA) also need to be updated with respect to the program status. Councillor Valerie Burke was requested to email Susan McGrath in regards to this matter. |
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4. ADOPTION DAY |
The Committee was advised that this Saturday is kitten adoption day. Members were requested to volunteer and provide assistance on adoption day. Members kindly requested that in the future more notice be provided when requesting them to volunteer. Councillor Burke advised there would be more adoption days and opportunities to volunteer. |
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5. SHELTER UPDATE |
No
report was provided. |
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6. CALENDAR |
Calendar Update Denielle Duncan advised that approximately 300 calendar submissions will have been received by the end of the week. She reported that last year the Committee had a total of 360 submissions, but noted that more advertisement space was sold this year. Ms. Duncan advised that 131 pre-ordered calendars were sold last year and 120 pre-ordered calendars were sold this year. She reported that she was waiting for 4 or 5 people to email their photo submissions. She advised that a Member was needed to scan the pictures for the calendar. The Committee thought it would keep the same calendar format as last year. Ms. Caroline Lane advised that blank spots would be filled with pictures of rescue cats. The Committee was advised they could continue to accept calendar submissions and pre-sell calendars at this time. The Committee Clerk advised she had requested the Towns Information Technology Services to investigate automating the calendar submission process. The Committee Clerk was requested to provide the graphics from the animal care campaign that appeared on the eco-media bins to the Committee by early next week, as the graphics will be included in the 2011 Animal Care Committee calendar. The Committee also requested that the Committee Clerk provide the following details with respect to the animal care campaign that appeared on the eco-media bins: 1) When the campaign occurred 2) The duration of the campaign 3) The location of the eco-media bins 4) When the Town will re-run the campaign The Committee thought that a graphic of an older person with a dog should be incorporated into the campaign. Banner The Committee suggested meeting August 5 to pick the animal of the Month. Caroline Lane was requested to coordinate this meeting with the applicable Committee Members. The Committee will communicate by email to decide which articles will be included in the calendar. Some suggestions included: 1) how to introduce a rescued dog to the family; 2) information with respect to what to do if you lose your cat or dog; 3) information about the calendar; and 4) animal biographies. |
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7. BUSINESS PLAN |
No report was provided. |
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8. PARTICIPATION IN UPCOMING EVENTS |
Markville Mall Community
Table Thornhill
Village Festival Markham Fair
(September 30 October 3) |
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9. NEW BUSINESS 9.A. T-Shirts 9.B. Too Good Pond |
T-shirt Discussion The Committee discussed what type of T-shirts it would like to have ordered. It agreed on the following T-Shirt specifications: · white T-shirts · Town of Markham logo on the left sleeve · Paw with Animal Care Committee written underneath on the top left corner of the front of the t-shirt A Member requested that golf shirts be ordered rather than t-shirts. The Committee Clerk advised that she would investigate this possibility. Too Good Pond Discussion The Committee discussed the need to educate people not to feed the geese at Too Good Pond, as the uneaten bread sits at the bottom of the pond and grows bacteria and fungus that is harmful to the ducks. The Committee requested that Ms. Andrea Sim email Susan McGrath explaining this matter to her. |
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10. ADJOURNMENT |
The Animal Care Committee adjourned at 6:50 p.m. |
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