Canadian Alliance of Life Skills Coaches and Associations Annual Meeting Moncton, May 20, 2000   Present: Martha Cheney, Gary Copeland, Carol Haug, Sharon Hebert, Ben Kilfoil, Catherine Leaker, Glenn Leaker, Nancy Lovely, Trish Lyons, Janice MacMillan, Sue Marquis-Dobson, Rod Paynter.   Some quotes: "Have the courage to show who I am." "Go to the core and make life changes." "No fluff, get to the stuff"       Item 1: Circle Introductions Item 2: Review of CALSCA history - Rod Paynter. CALSCA provides a platform for people to stand on. Decisions are made by consensus. Item 3: Discussio Regarding the need for a Certificate of Membership for CALSCA. What does a CALSCA membership mean? Is there a code of ethics? Are there coach standards? Should we have non-voting members? An in-depth review of the CALSCA Mission Statement resulted in its being ratified as is. Local associations are important for support. Gary Copeland, MALSC president, will get involved in the MALSC web site. Item 4:CALSCA Statement of Revenues and Expenditure For the year June 19, 1999 - May 14, 2000 (see below). Item 5: CALSCA on-lin "The NewStart Model of Life Skills" to be amended by Catherine Leaker and e-mailed to Rod. Contact Steve Burgess [jhsossm@adss.on.ca] to make submissions to the CALSCA web site. Item 5: Resource Exchange: Rod presented ideas from The Tao of Leadership by John Heider. Catherine spoke of ASLSC’s Coach-to-Coach resource manual. Ben mentioned Building Better Career Futures by NATCON, Canadian Career development Foundation in Ottawa, and that the Conference Board of Canada has updated Employability Skills. [http://www2.conferenceboard.ca/nbec/eprof-e.htm] Item 6: Cross-Country Check Up PEI: Joy MacDonald, coach-trainer at Holland College, PEI, Adult Community Education, offers 2 week intensive phases of Life Skills Coach Training. Quebec: No longer has an association. Former Quebec Association of Life Skills Coaches (QALSC) members have said that they know of only one coach doing Life Skills in the province. Funding has dried up. Nova Scotia: Glenn and Catherine talked of the Prior Learning Assessment Centres. Linda H. said that the provincial learning networks are looking for Life Skills Coach Training for professional development. Trish L. has a consulting business offering Life Skills for corporations. New Brunswick: Ben, Sharon, Janice are all working. John Howard Society is hiring coaches to work with Correctional Services. There’s a new private group that may become important to belong to as a professional credential: Canadian Human Resources Professions Human Resources Association of New Brunswick HRANB PO Box 20073 Brunswick Square St. John, NB E2L 5B2 $75/year to belong Manitoba: The Conservative government asks for proposals to go into one organization. The funding process is difficult. The Life Skills Association of Manitoba is small, and is committed to using accreditation as a focus for the organization. Saskatchewan: The Saskatchewan Life Skills Association (SLSA) has an accreditation process based on the Association of Life Skills Coaches of Ontario (ALSCO) model. Alberta: The Alberta Society of Life Skills Coaches (ASLSC) pushed for professional designation but just missed the deadline. This exhausted the organization financially and energy-wise. It is now in a rebuilding phase. BC: There are primarily Life Skills Training Centres grads in charge of the Life Skills Coaches Association of BC, which is based in the Lower Mainland. The True North Life Skills Association, based in Prince George, is made up primarily of grads of the trainings done there by Paul Bagordo and Tia Shynkaruk. Item 7: Next Meeting May long weekend 2001 in Ontario. Rod will contact ALSCO about hosting the meeting. Item 8: Discussion and Presentations MALSC will talk about its web page at their November annual meeting. Discussion regarding data collection for the NewStart program to statistically prove its effectiveness. Catherine will send the Emma Lake promotional material by Jack Mitchell to Rod. This project would fit well in a Ph.D. thesis. MALSC Accreditation Process Presentation by Sharon Hebert. CALSCA discussion regarding a Code of Ethics. CALSCA is not a governing body, it's a support for coaches and their local organizations, primarily through the web site. Membership fee: private member $10; private organization $20; coach association $20.   "The Association is only as strong as its working members."   Trish volunteered to take care of making membership cards, with the help of Catherine. Linda H. volunteered to get an update for the accreditation section of the website and other association information Catherine will find articles for the on-line magazine. All coaches please join the listserver on the web site and send lesson materials for the Lesson Resource section.   CANADIAN ALLIANCE OF LIFE SKILLS COACHES AND ASSOCIATIONS C.A.L.S.C.A.   STATEMENT OF REVENUES & EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR JUNE 19, 1999 - MAY 14, 2000   REVENUES 1999 Memberships individual: 16 @ $10 160.00 associations: 1 @ $20 20.00 2000 Memberships     individual: 2 @ $10 20.00 associations: 1@ $20 20.00     220.00   EXPENDITURES Internet / Web Site   115.03   Annual Domain Registration       Search Engine Submission Service     Bank Service Charges       June 1,1999 - April 30, 2000 (11 mos. @ $2)   22.00       137.03   EXCESS OF REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES 82.97 BALANCE ON HAND AS OF May 14, 2000 997.86 Respectfully submitted by: Sally Palmateer & Heather MacDonald (both to sign)   Return to AGMeeting Minutes Directory Return to CALSCA Info Return to Home