Date : September, 22, 2020 Time : 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location : Online/teleconference Attendance : Board Members: Christin Milloy, Jad Jaber, Samantha Fraser, Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos. Staff : Amber Moyle & Bobby MacPherson Regrets/Absent: Michael Erickson, Agenda Item Notes Motions/Action Items Approval of Agenda Approving the agenda Approved Approval of Minutes Approval of Minutes: September 15 2020 Approved Grant Updates The board received an update on the grants from staff. Received HR Committee Edits Approval The Board has edited and reviewed the ToR for the HR committee. Motion: Approving the ToR for the HR committee. Vote: Adopted ED Search update The board and staff were updated on the search committee. Received Volunteer program update Staff have updated the board on the volunteer program and will be meeting with volunteers old and new to do a review. Received New board members next steps We are appointing 4 new board members Grant Gonzales, Yuri Hernandez, Maher Sinno and Sheldon Dixon Motion: To appoint 4 new board members; Grant Gonzales, Yuri Hernandez, Maher Sinno and Sheldon Dixon Vote: Approved Member approvals The board is approving 9 new members. Motion: To approved new members. Vote: Approved Complaint update The board has been updated on a complaint. Received Legal Consolidation re: firm We discuss consolidating legal service and Bobby will be looking into firms. Action items: Bobby will be doing research on legal firms. Board Only Meeting External Discussion We have discussed issues that have been brought forth to our attention and we will be discussing the best way to go forward. Action Items: The board will be getting in contact with a consulting firm. Approval of board contract The board has approved this sign on document for Board members. Motion: To approved this on-boarding document Blocko ED question response We got an email from Blocko and will be responding. Action Item: Andy will edit a draft email and send them a reply. Staff Reviews Update The HR Committee has given the board an update. Received Anti-Black Racism Training DECIDE TONIGHT We have reviewed a slate proposal and approved one. Motion: Approving training from CFAC Vote Approved. Action Item: Samantha will contact CFAC for future steps. Board Member Onboarding (different than next steps) Documents and Training have synced for on boarding. We will be meeting with new board members at our next meeting. Action Item: Samantha will send the list to the board for input.

Date : October 6th, 2020 Time : 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location : Online/teleconference Attendance : Board Members: Christin Milloy, Jad Jaber, Samantha Fraser, Maher Sinno,David Lewis, Grant Gonzales, Sheldon Dixon, Yuri Hernandez, Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos. Staff : Amber Moyle (staff portion of meeting), Bobby MacPherson (staff portion of meeting) Regrets/Absent: Michael Erickson. Agenda Item Notes Motions/Action Items Approval of Agenda Approving the agenda Approved Approval of Minutes Approval of Minutes: September 22 2020 Approved Director of Operations Full report has been sent to the board by email. Legal Iler Campbell LLP Letter of Engagement is in the process of being retained. Dates for the weekend festival June 25th-27th 2021. The Festival footprint, if not digital, will be proposed and will be sent to the board. We will review how COVID-19 will impact this as it develops. Action Item: Bobby The Festival footprint if not digital, will be proposed and will be sent to the board. Director of Sponsorship General Update: Sponsorship deck 2021 Sponsorship meetings have started. Programming general events discussion: Campaign request for donations + charities of choice – split? job postings – social media, grant manager, Extend Tara – sponsorship assistant Marketing Conference – end of November Action Item: Board contact Amber if you have any ideas in connection to sponsors and grants. Amber will organise a brainstorming session regarding headliners, branding, programming and Charities to sponsor. OHRC Complaint We have received some concerns regarding some programs that are identity specific for the BI+ programs. We are reviewing the material that was sent to us. Action Item: We will have a lawyer review this so we can reflect our programming development that adheres to the laws. Samantha will follow up with the member who brought up the concerns. Committee/membership approval The Board has approved a new member. The board will be reviewing the committee structure and looking at needs and future committees needed. Motion: The board has approved a new member. Vote: passed Action Item: Brian will develop ToR Advocacy – Human rights committee Christin will develop the committee channel section in slack. Training & ED update Facilitator for Anti-Blackracsim is being booked – ED search update – final phase Received Board Only Meeting Longer introductions We have spent time getting to know each other. N/A Board Expenses An overview of how we adhere to accountable measures when board members occur board expenses. Action Item: Andy will send out by email the procedure on approving board expenses.

Date : October 20th, 2020 Time : 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location : Online/teleconference Attendance : Board Members: Christin Milloy, Jad Jaber, Samantha Fraser, Maher Sinno,David Lewis, Grant Gonzales, Sheldon Dixon, Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos. Staff: Amber Moyle (staff portion of meeting), Bobby MacPherson (staff portion of meeting) Freya Selander (Agenda Item Volunteer Program Update) Regrets/Absent: Michael Erickson (On Leave) Yuri Hernandez Agenda Item Notes Motions/Action Items Approval of Agenda Approving the agenda Adopted Approval of Minutes Approval of Minutes: October 6th, 2020 Approved Volunteer Program Update Staff has updated the board on the new volunteer program. A working group will be formed to look at the volunteer structure: Yuri (Possible), David, Grant, Ande, Christin. Action Item: Freya will set up a meeting with the working group to address the volunteer. AGM We are setting a date for the AGM January 21st. Grant will work with Bobby on logistics. Motion: AGM date will be January 21st. Motion: Carried Director of Sponsorship items Staff has updated on new programs Marketing Conference 2020 Received Committees Updates The board has been updated on the work of the policy committee and will have proposals reported to them at a later meeting. The board will be working on an overview of committees board members have signed on the Committee List to develop ToR Action Item: Board to sign up and create a ToR for a committee. Air Italy Motion Deferred to a later board meeting until a report regarding all the facts. Deferred Action Item: Amber to collect all the information Board Only Meeting HR Correspondence Update(s) The board is discussing HR staff and pay grades In Camera Motion ED Contract Plan Samantha will send to the board the offer and employment and contract of ED and send it to the lawyer for review. Action Item: Board to review contract for feedback

Date : November 2nd, 2020 Time : 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location : Online/teleconference Attendance : Board Members: Christin Milloy, Jad Jaber, Samantha Fraser, Maher Sinno,David Lewis, Grant Gonzales, Sheldon Dixon, Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos. Staff : Amber Moyle (staff portion of meeting), Bobby MacPherson (staff portion of meeting) Regrets/Absent: Michael Erickson. Agenda Item Notes Motions/Action Items Approval of Agenda Approving the agenda Approved Approval of Minutes Approval of Minutes: October 20th, 2020 Approved Declaration of Conflict interest. The board has discussed a potential conflict issue regarding Maher and Sheldon being performers. The board has discussed this and do not believe there is one. Motion: There is no conflict of issue regarding Sheldon and Maher being performers at pride. Motion: passed Staff Updates Amber: has updates on programming and sponsorship and the meet and greet with Sherwin. The new ED will be part of the new hires. (Social Media). Bobby: Sent around the new renewal contract for Production Manager Motion: to extend the production manager role for 8 weeks and to have the new ED deal with that HR issue. Motion: Passed Meltwater Social Media monitoring and engagement software is being discussed 14k a year we are contracted for this year. Audit update Bobby has given us an update, the audit should be done for November 21st. AGM Grant has updated us on AGM planning and recruitment. Received Budget: Board Prof.Development The board reviewed the line item budget. Deferred Treasurer Update We are talking about our current budget and a draft budget proposal will be sent to the board shortly. Action item: Ande will send out a calendar invite to be in the finance committee. Board Only Meeting Correspondence Update(s) Samantha has updated the board on hiring an investigator. Action Item: Samantha will follow up regarding potential investigation and quality HR topics We are deferring this subject until Sherwin is updated and can work with the HR committee. Deferred

Date : November 17th, 2020 Time : 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location : Online/Cyberspace Attendance : Board Members: Christin Milloy, Jad Jaber, Samantha Fraser, Maher Sinno, Grant Gonzales, Sheldon Dixon, Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos, Yuri Hernandez. Staff : Sherwin Modeste, Amber Moyle (staff portion of meeting), Bobby MacPherson (staff portion of meeting) Regrets/Absent: Michael Erickson, David Lewis Agenda Item Notes Motions/Action Items Approval of Agenda Approving the agenda Approved Approval of Minutes Approval of Minutes: November 2nd 2020 Approved Staff Updates Amber has updated us on: 1. The Pride Toronto Creative Studio & Artist Residency Program – – Event handbook – Applicant registration -Website – Booking program – Test run – Launch event – Yohomo Space use – with our new office we will be providing space use for community groups when this launch. 2. Newsletter Nov 23 Holiday campaign – The 519, Maggies TO 3. Social media coordinator Bobby: Gave us an overview on Grants – We are in the middle of audits and Audits are going well. Action Item: Amber will send out the space use policy Human Rights Update Special Code on OHR Report Received AGM Update Grant and Bobby have updated the board on AGM planning. We are sending out applications for board recruitment and we will be sending a save the date before the official notification. A reminder of interim board members to send their intention of running at the AGM to the Secretary by november 23rd. A member of PT has made some concerns in the past about certain grants. Action Items: Amber will create talking points and FAQ regarding grants. Samantha will follow up with Michael before the AGM. Staff Bios on Site – Discussion Staff and Board are setting out Bio’s for our website. Some staff wish not to be listed on the site. Deferred to Sherwin Sherwin on-boarding Samantha and staff are setting an onboarding plan for Sherwin. Received Media strategy for ED news Getting Sherwin ready for media inquiries. Action Item: Amber has developed a media plan and media planning and will send that out. Treasurer Update Had a finance committee meeting. Sherwin will be briefed on financial issues. Received Community Engagement & Social Media We spoke about our culture and social media posts, promoting more community local artists. Action Item: Christin will follow up with Amber regarding the Social media Policy Amber will be attending the next policy committee meeting. Role Reviews Next Steps Board has done a review of roles regarding staff. Sherwin will do a review on staff, organisational structure overview. Action Item: Sherwin will develop a report for the board. Member Request We received a request from membership. Action Item: Yuri and Samantha will reach out to to the member engagement HR Updates Samantha updated the board on HR matters. Action item: Sherwin will be looking into HR matters.

Date : December 1st, 2020 Time : 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location : Online/teleconference Attendance : Board Members: Christin Milloy, Jad Jaber, Samantha Fraser, Maher Sinno,David Lewis, Grant Gonzales, Sheldon Dixon, Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos. Staff : Amber Moyle (staff portion of meeting), Bobby MacPherson (staff portion of meeting) Regrets/Absent: Michael Erickson. Agenda Item Notes Motions/Action Items Approval of Agenda Approving the agenda Approved Approval of Minutes Approval of Minutes: November 17th 2020 Approved Senior Staff Updates Amber has updated the board regarding: ED announcement, website update and social media. New staff for SM. We are also applying for a new grant for 25k to help with virtual Programing. Creative Studio & Artist Residency Program has been launched. Recieved ED Report The board has received the ED report. Received Website Bios Positioning & Titles We are discussing the best place where BoD bio should be and published board minutes should be on the website. Action Item: Amber will draft a working document regarding the leadership team section on the website. Facebook Logo Logo was posted on FB and we are discussing the marketing strategy and use on SM. Action Item: Amber will be sending out the marketing guidelines to everyone. AGM Update We have received an update on AGM planning. Motion: Approved $1,600 for agm cost. Motion : Approved . Board Recruitment We strategically plan on outreach to priority communities. The Selection Committee is starting up on this. Action Item: Board and staff, if interested please email Grant to join the selections committee. Queer Seniors Statement/Committee We have been in convection, with senior 2SLGBTQ networks. We are discussing setting out a statement addressing these issues. Action Item: Amber will be working with LeZlie and other relevant groups to make a statement. Amber will be meeting with Sherwin to discuss best practice on community participation. Treasurer Update We are updated on the finance committee. Received Sherwin ED community/ Membership get to know online meeting A meet and greet event will be organised so our membership and community can meet Sherwin. Action Item: Amber to work with Sherwin and staff to create a meet and greet with the new ED and a FAQ on questions regarding PT will be produced after. Pending Membership Approval Pending members have been sent to the board for approval. Motion: The board has approved and membership Approved 4 new members. Additional ED Report Items Sherwin has recommended HR matters. Sherwin has been empowered to make HR decisions report to the board. Motion: Cost of living increase to retroactive from september for volunteer coordinator.

Date : December 1st, 2020 Time : 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location : Online/teleconference Attendance : Board Members: Christin Milloy, Jad Jaber, Samantha Fraser, Maher Sinno,David Lewis, Grant Gonzales, Sheldon Dixon, Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos. Staff : Amber Moyle (staff portion of meeting), Bobby MacPherson (staff portion of meeting) Regrets/Absent: Michael Erickson. Agenda Item Notes Motions/Action Items Approval of Agenda Approving the order of business: Agenda Approved Approval of Minutes Approval of Minutes: December 1st, 2020 Approved Declaration of Conflict of Interest No declaration of conflict of interest None Declared Decisions Tracker (Between Board Meetings) Decisions made outside of regular board meetings Approved Senior Staff Update Staff has updated us on the new grants they have applied to and specifically, an update to the 2S- tales funding grant, it is moving forward. Staff have updated us on our audited finance, this is completed and a report will be delivered to the board this week. Received Branding Manual (Follow Up) Primeau has given us an overview on the website outline. Board members have given feedback Received Executive Director Report The board has received the Executive Director Report and Sherwin gave us an oview on it. Received Treasurer Report Treasure has stated a verbal report and update on a finance committee. Received Member Motion / Volunteer Restructure We were updated on concerns from a member and discussed the best way to go forward. Regarding volunteer restructure announcement we are discussing Action Items: Yuri will keep in contact with that member to address their concerns. Sherwin will be CCd in communication with members. Sherwin will commence a complete review of the volunteer program. Programming Presentation Staff has presented us a report and overview on Pride Toronto’s current programming. assessing issues and changes that are being made. The board has had a chance to make input. Received Annual General Meeting Update and Discussion Board Recruitment Deadline application Jan 3rd for application deadline. We have an Interview/Selections Committee: Sheldon, Samatha, Grant, Brian, Sherwin. are on it. So far we have 6 applications. Community Outreach we have reached out to 200 agencies via email and staff are calling selective agencies. There will be a Q&A session regarding board recruitment. December 28th – 2pm. Action Item: Grant will set up a google doc where we can input and prep for membership questions. Policy Committee Report By-Law Amendments ( Executive Summary ) By-Law Amendments, Package 1 By-Law Amendments, Package 2 Membership Structure Executive Director (ex officio) Removal of Director The Executive Committee item has been taken out of bylaw amendments. Sponsorship Policy has been deferred BoD Expenses and Reimbursement Policy item has been deferred. Motion: Approving Package 1 to move forward to AGM for a membership vote. Mover: Grant Second: Samantha Motion: Passed – Motion: The Board has put forward the membership change package that will be voted on in the next AGM. Mover: Grant Second: Samantha Motion: passed – Motion: to move forward Executive Director officio – by law amendment moved to the next AGM for a vote. Mover: Grant Second: Samantha Motion: approved – Motion: Approve to move section remove the director amendment to be voted on, at the next AGM. Mover: Grant Second: Samantha Motion: Approved – Sponsorship and reimbursement policy has been deferred. Board Only Meeting Social Media and Local Artists Deferred Deferred Master Services Agreement We will be going forward with Natasha and Sherwin and Samantha will sign their contract. Received Anti-Black Racism Training & Next Steps Board has got input from staff and other options are being considered. Action Item: Sherwin and Samantha will look into other trainings Equitable Action for Change Item Deferred Deferred Committee Update Item Deferred Deferred Holiday Break and Next Meeting (January 6) We will meet in the new year Adopted

Member Resources - Pride Toronto

Member Resources

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2022

April 26 - Board of Director Elections

Board of Director Candidates

About the Board of Director Candidates

Courage (She/Her)

I am Courage, Natasha Cecily Bacchus. I am an athlete and performing artist, passionate about Deaf advocacy, fitness and physical expression. Throughout my life, I have nurtured my passion for fitness, competing as a professional athlete and securing medal positions in the Deaf Olympics, Pan Am Olympics and many other competitive sporting events. As an actress, I have participated in numerous theatre and film productions and have a strong desire to continue to grow and develop as a performing artist, expanding representation to include differently-abled persons and empowering Black Deaf women in Canada to shine on and off the stage.

Why are you interested in joining the Board of Pride Toronto? To create more accessibility for IBPOC Deaf Queer community.

How will your experience, talents, and skill contribute to advancing Pride Toronto’s Mission, Vision, and Values? With the all resources I have as a Black Woman Deaf Queer, artist, athlete and advocate, I bring with me many ideas and lived experiences with accessibility. I have a vast network of Black contributors in many sectors, including interpreters, artists, member of the IBPOC Deaf community, to list a few. I also want to bring the UK Black Pride model of accessibility to Pride Toronto.

Pride has had a history of anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, and we are working to address and combat this. This includes the development of an anti-BIPOC racism strategy and our public commitment to internal anti-Black racism training for all staff, Board members and volunteers. What is your experience in working against racism, particularly anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, and what is your vision for Pride Toronto’s external work in combating racism? As a Black Deaf, I have appeared on panels with the topic of antiracism in my Deaf community. With the lived experiences, I am able to share my stories, and promote for anti-Blackness and anti-Indigenous racism through sign language. My vision is for fully inclusion of learning how to combat racism, and ableism, specifically audism.

What is your experience in addressing and combating transphobia, transmisogyny, and transmisandry? I have not yet experienced addressing and combating transphobia, transmisogyny, transmisandry on a personal level. I do know that if i ever see any of that happening, I would speak up and educate the offenders. I am very open to learning more how to combat oppression against trans people.

Pride’s membership has voted to ban instruments and symbols of policing, including uniforms, cars and weapons, from participating in the Pride Parade and StreetFair. If elected to the Board, how would you ensure that this commitment is upheld? If I am elected to the Board, I would ensure that this commitment is upheld by making sure that we maintain the position of ensuring that there are no triggers in Pride Toronto events.

Accessibility is a crucial aspect for Pride’s celebrations, but we still fall short in providing a completely accessible Festival, especially for the D/deaf and Hard of Hearing community. What experience, resources, and knowledge do you have in engaging and supporting these communities? As a Black Deaf person, I have my own experiences advocating and receiving accessibility, and I am able to bring to the table my lived experiences, resources, knowledge of how to provide full inclusive access to the Deaf /HoH community. I also will help investigate why this was a struggle for the Pride Toronto organization, and help find solutions that will establish for a fully inclusive Pride Toronto.

Deidre Walton (She/They)

Deidre “D-Lishus” Walton is a Black, disabled, high-femme bi-dyke artist and activist with a raging addiction to purple flowers. Her work focusses on those systems and spaces that impact on our ability to engage in healthy, positive relationships with our bodies, our selves and our communities. She has a particular interest in the links between spirituality and mental health, and is fascinated with how reclaiming African diasporic spiritual practice can help black women and GNC folx heal from the traumatic effects of racism and hetero-patriarchy. When she isn’t writing, performing or engaging in community arts projects, d-lishus works in as an EDI Consultant, helping non-profit organizations become more inclusive through policy development, program evaluation, and training. d-lishus can often be found puttering in her garden, canning and pickling home-grown veg, or scavenging flowers from lawns and parks.

How will your experience, talents, and skill contribute to advancing Pride Toronto’s Mission, Vision, and Values? I have more than 15 years experience doing community activism and organizing in Toronto, beginning with membership on the Women and Trans Bathhouse Committee. I have board experience (as Chair and Treasurer) and am conversant with non-profit governance structures, reporting regulations, strategic planning and grant writing. With my EDI skills, I can contribute to Pride’s efforts to be more inclusive, honour the fullness of LGBT2SQ identities, and help to centre BIPOC voices and priorities within the larger portfolio of Pride Toronto’s work.

Pride has had a history of anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, and we are working to address and combat this. This includes the development of an anti-BIPOC racism strategy and our public commitment to internal anti-Black racism training for all staff, Board members and volunteers. What is your experience in working against racism, particularly anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, and what is your vision for Pride Toronto’s external work in combating racism? When I envisioned and implemented the first-ever public BIPOC LBT2SQ space in Canada 15 years ago, I faced an outpouring of hate mail from the larger LGBTQ community. These reactions made it clear how necessary spaces for BIPOC folks were. I want our community to become a place where no one else experiences what I went through when creating safe(r) spaces for those who remain marginalized at the intersections of multiple axes of difference. We need to honour the struggles for acceptance that brought us to the vivifying celebration of difference that the Pride festival embodies today.

What is your experience in addressing and combating transphobia, transmisogyny, and transmisandry? I started addressing trans inclusion as an activist, almost 20 years ago, while organizing to create spaces for queer women. I owe a debt of gratitude to my trans friends and allies who supported me through my coming out process and I have always understood my community as one that includes and is enriched by trans people. Embracing my queer identity always included understanding my privilege as a cis woman, and using that privilege to make it clear that spaces that are not safe for trans (and GNC) people are not safe for any of us.

Pride’s membership has voted to ban instruments and symbols of policing, including uniforms, cars and weapons, from participating in the Pride Parade and StreetFair. If elected to the Board, how would you ensure that this commitment is upheld? The Pride parade started as a protest against police brutality, and while times have changed, they have not changed equally for all of us. My contribution in this regard is to bring that long-term, historical lens to help contextualize these decisions as ones that speak to the health and well-being of our community as a whole. I can furnish an intersectional analysis that speaks to the ongoing experiences of Black, Indigenous, trans, GNC and disabled people who are still subject to higher levels of police scrutiny and violence.

Accessibility is a crucial aspect for Pride’s celebrations, but we still fall short in providing a completely accessible Festival, especially for the D/deaf and Hard of Hearing community. What experience, resources, and knowledge do you have in engaging and supporting these communities? I have done activism and allyship work with ORAD (Ontario Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf), who were actively involved with rainbow health toronto and the transAccess lobby back in the day. I’ve worked with, and still maintain professional ties with, ASL interpreters who work specifically with queer and BIPOC communities, and who have a vocabulary that helps to amplify the specific issues faced by communities that live within the marginalized and liminal spaces that those of us with multiple barriers to participation occupy.

Elizabeth Bate (She/Her)

Elizabeth Bate is a GTA-based writer and communications specialist. Working in journalism, government, and communications for over 15 years, Elizabeth is excited to bring her extensive experience to the board of Pride Toronto.

Elizabeth is active in her community, volunteering with the Women of Holy Blossom and the 2SLGBTQ+ group at Holy Blossom Temple, the Shore Centre (formerly Planned Parenthood), and other community organizations.

As a Queer woman, Elizabeth believes representation is important and strives to create space for others to speak their truth and share their lived experiences. She hopes to continue this important work with Pride Toronto, making room for people who have been left out of the conversation in the past.

Elizabeth is a self-proclaimed geek who loves all things sci-fi, mystery and thriller. When she’s not working to leave the world in better shape than she found it, Elizabeth can be found playing video games, baking, or working on her first novel.

Above all else, Elizabeth believes in leading with love.

Why are you interested in joining the Board of Pride Toronto? As a Queer woman I am interested in joining with other members of the Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ community to make a positive impact and help steer Pride Toronto into the future. With a background in communications, media, and government relations, I know my skill set would make me a valuable member of the board and bring an insightful, positive perspective. I am excited at the prospect of getting involved and taking on a leadership role, and know my enthusiasm and dedication make me the ideal candidate to fill this position.

How will your experience, talents, and skill contribute to advancing Pride Toronto’s Mission, Vision, and Values? With more than 15 years working in journalism, marketing, communications, and government relations, I bring a wide breadth of knowledge and experience that will prove valuable. My networks and connections can help the organization reach political, policy and fundraising goals, while my communications experience can help to refine messaging, target audiences, and continue to build effective outreach.

Pride has had a history of anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, and we are working to address and combat this. This includes the development of an anti-BIPOC racism strategy and our public commitment to internal anti-Black racism training for all staff, Board members and volunteers. What is your experience in working against racism, particularly anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, and what is your vision for Pride Toronto’s external work in combating racism? Working with various political organizations I have made it a priority to engage in training to combat anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, and I am committed to continuing to unlearn the internal biases each of us carry. I am conscious of the space I take up and am committed to making room for the voices of BIPOC persons; listening to lived experiences, fighting for the rights of others when asked, and making room for others to seek the justice they deserve. I attend rallies, discussions and round tables, and strive to be better at this every day.

What is your experience in addressing and combating transphobia, transmisogyny, and transmisandry? I have very little experience in this in a public forum, but I advocate every day in small ways for the acceptance of Trans and gender non-conforming persons. In my professional work I ensure that policies, language and messaging are gender-inclusive and neutral. I read, listen and make it a point to make myself aware of Trans issues and will continue to do so. I’m eager to learn more in this area and do what I can to make the world a safer, more inclusive place for Trans folks.

Pride’s membership has voted to ban instruments and symbols of policing, including uniforms, cars and weapons, from participating in the Pride Parade and StreetFair. If elected to the Board, how would you ensure that this commitment is upheld? I will continue to advocate for this policy and promote its positive and necessary aspects. By shining a positive lens on the policy, media can provide an alternative point of view, preventing only one voice being heard in this argument. It’s imperative that people see this not as an attack on police, but a reclaiming of our space from the institutions that have fought so hard against us and have criminalized and killed us in the name of upholding the status quo. We deserve a space free from the symbols of oppression while advocating for our own acceptance.

Accessibility is a crucial aspect for Pride’s celebrations, but we still fall short in providing a completely accessible Festival, especially for the D/deaf and Hard of Hearing community. What experience, resources, and knowledge do you have in engaging and supporting these communities? The best way to combat an issue is to reach out to those directly affected by it and listen to what they have to say. My greatest resource is my ability to listen to what’s needed and then organize. I would love to engage my network, which includes individuals that specialize in accessibility issues, and learn more about what we can do to improve the accessibility of all Pride events.

Moka Dawkins (She/Her)

Moka Dawkins is a Jamaican and Nova Scotian Black and part 2spirited Indigenous Trans-woman who has outstanding community accomplishments such as; Being a 2020 nominee for Inspire Awards for “Person of The Year”, enacting reformative policies throughout Ontario’s provincial correctional system for access to identity transitional needs for transgender peoples being detained in opposed gender identifying prisons, and inclusive 2SLGBTQ+ programing with Stacey-Love Jolicoeur. Moka is currently contracted as a lead Researcher and Development Specialist for Ryerson University and the University of Toronto on inclusive and reforms on conducive pathways for 2SLGBTQ+ communities and their histories. Moka’s advocacy for community goes further as she is the main feature in the new lgbtq2s+ reality documentary “Surviving The Block” where Moka shares her life experience of being violently stabbed by her attacker and friend back in 2015 and how police discrimination that night landed her in Canada’s most violent and notorious all men’s prison The Toronto South Detention Center. You can now catch Surviving The Block available only on OUT T.V. To learn more about Moka and her community engagements and how she can be an asset of sharing knowledge and more to your event/protest/organization you can visit www.mokadawkins.com.

Why are you interested in joining the Board of Pride Toronto? To empower and support BIPOC LGBTQ2S+ peoples taking initiative to enable themselves into positions to afford themselves opportunities. This Pride board position will enable me to better advocate in attendance to 2slgbtq+ discriminative manners in which members face in their daily livelihoods and be able to provide solutions and resources with the board and organizational commitment and approval in enacting provisions of safer, protective, inclusive community resources. Change for the better must come with love, understanding, and commitment and Pride Toronto’s inclusive history of these traits is growth I inspire daily to self produce in my everyday life and interactions.

How will your experience, talents, and skill contribute to advancing Pride Toronto’s Mission, Vision, and Values? My experience living as black/2s trans women who is a survivor of sex work violence and institutional violence is my motivation to promote and provide encouragement of social, academic, & economic advancement for trans/2s+ peoples. Ending high rates of depression and suicide within our communities needs the voice of support from someone who has experienced and overcome these destructive behaviours and thoughts. Recognizing the structure of pain and it’s detrimental effects on community and being able to enhance provided resources of support is an experience I can give to the commitment of Pride Toronto mission, vision, & values.

Pride has had a history of anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, and we are working to address and combat this. This includes the development of an anti-BIPOC racism strategy and our public commitment to internal anti-Black racism training for all staff, Board members and volunteers. What is your experience in working against racism, particularly anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, and what is your vision for Pride Toronto’s external work in combating racism? My experience in combating racism against black and indigenous peoples has got me featured in Gord Downie “lead singer of Tragically hip” final project before his death due to glioblastoma cancer in 2017 Secret Path Freedom Of Speech documentary. It can be viewed here https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6d_LR6qGv_A&t=133s. My vision for Pride Toronto is to increase visibility and opportunity for racialized 2slgbtq+ peoples in all areas of Global Pride’s organization and communities. My advocacy work has also got me a 2020 person of the year nomination with Inspire Awards.

What is your experience in addressing and combating transphobia, transmisogyny, and transmisandry? Part of my lived experience combating transphobia, transmisogyny, & transmisandry from the general public and government institutions has been captured by Yapp Films and made into a documentary called “Surviving the Block’’ available on OUT TV. This documentary entails the horrific life and death violence I faced by a client with views on my lifestyle with his mental health issues being a factor of him trying to kill me by stabbing me repeatedly in my face and stomach. And the dealings of responding police projecting racist and discriminatory attitudes towards me due to my identity. https://outtv.ca/show/surviving-the-block/

Pride’s membership has voted to ban instruments and symbols of policing, including uniforms, cars and weapons, from participating in the Pride Parade and StreetFair. If elected to the Board, how would you ensure that this commitment is upheld? By sharing my story and lived experience as mentioned above concerning my relations with police and their interactions towards me and other community members.

April 7 - Special General Meeting - KPMG Compliance Review &; Audited Financial Statements

March 15 - Special General Meeting - Board of Director Elections

Board Meeting Minutes 2022

January 10, 2022

Date: January 10th 2022
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Brian De Matos, Grant Gonzales, Ande Clumpus, Jad Jaber, Samantha Fraser, leZlie Lee Kam, TiKA Simone, Maher Sinno
Staff: Sherwin Modeste, Bobby MacPherson (staff portion only), Dami Okunade (bookkeeper)
External: Ed Scheck (auditor), Kevin Thomas (auditor)
Regrets/Absent: Jad Jaber

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the Order of Business: January 10, 2022 Agenda	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: Jad Seconder: leZlie Motion: Approved
Land Acknowledgment	Recognition of traditional Indigenous land.	Grant
Approval of Minutes	Approval of Minutes: December 14, 2021 Meeting Minutes	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: Jad Seconder: Sam Motion: Approved
Declaration of Conflict of Interest	Chair: Standing item for accountability.	Discussed
Board Decision Tracker (FYI)	Secretary, Brian. One Item: Discussion on Membership list. Full list of approved Members. Membership approval over the Holidays	Motion to ratify tracker. Mover: Ande Seconder: Sam Opposed: Brian Motion: Approved
Board Meeting Principles and Expectations	For Reference from the Chair.	Received
Standing Item: Executive Director Report KPMG Audit	Executive Director, Sherwin KPMG Audit underway. We are looking at working with lawyers. Draft Annual Report: move up Dave’s name so it’s alphabetical, Sherwin’s last name is missing an ‘e’. Fix names (TiKA, D!XON, leZlie) Newsletter: please let Nipuni know if you are interested in a Board Highlight. Honoured Groups Committee – 1 more Board Member needed.	Discussed
Standing Item: Treasurer Report: Budget vs Actuals 2021-2022 Budget – FY22PL	Treasurer, Ande Signatures needed on Financial Reports.	Discussed
Annual General Meeting Update Annual Report Draft By-Law No. 1 Amendments Q&A Monitoring: Call for Board Volunteers	Grant and Nipuni Wednesday Afternoon: staff meeting to review final items needed for AGM notice. Q&A Monitoring at AGM: 2 Board Members needed. Full Change because Ontario government has proclaimed ONCA. Key changes: ensuring new spaces that we have include fully accessible washrooms. number of Board Directors changes. New motion needed before voting in new Board Members Grant: pending minor revisions of by-laws: grammatical changes to the by-laws, but nothing in substance in changing (capitalization, formatting, switching use of ‘the’ and ‘a’, wrong section was referenced). Resolution of the Directors. Recommend to pass a special resolution that will allow us to amend articles. Need 7 Board Members to sign to officially reflect change. Sam to update Resolution with e-signature blocks, which will be emailed to Board Members to sign.	Motion to approve draft By-Law No. 1 Amendments (pending minor formatting and grammar revisions) Mover: Sam Seconder: leZlie Motion: Approved Motion to support resolution to change the number of Directors in the bylaws: Mover: leZlie Seconder: Ande Motion: Approved
COVID-19 Community Support	Yuri was originally to speak to this Board initiative, but unable to attend Board Meeting. Sherwin: impact of Covid-19 on community has been particularly challenging with Omicron. We will purchase grocery gift cards that will go to community members (no questions asked). Gift cards can be e-transferred, delivered or picked up. First come first serve by both email and phone. Also have some Pizza Pizza vouchers that we can distribute. lezlie: great idea, people loved the meals delivered to seniors in December. Samantha: We can also look into distributing individually wrapped masks.	Motion to support up to $4000 out of the board advocacy fund, to purchase grocery gift cards, as a COVID-19 support initiative. Mover: Sam Seconder: Ande Motion: Approved
Membership Approvals	Grant: Any new Members from now until the AGM? So far, 3 New Members.	Motion to approve new Membership Applications. Mover: Sam Seconder: leZlie Motion: Approved
Standing Item: In Camera Session Meeting Minutes – December 14, 2022	Grant, Secretary (Brian)	Motion to move in camera: Mover: leZlie Seconder: Sam Motion: Approved
Other Business / Extra Time	All	Motion to move out of in camera: Mover: Maher Seconder: Ande Motion: Approved
Adjournment	Co-Chairs	Motion to Adjourn. Moved: Ande Seconded: Brian Motion: Approved

February 15, 2022

Date: February 15th 2022
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: D!XON, Grant Gonzales, leZlie Lee Kam, Maher Sinno, Samantha Fraser, Yuri Hernandez
Staff: Sherwin Modeste, Nipuni Dhanawardana
Regrets/Absent: TiKA, Jad Jaber

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the Order of Business: February 15, 2022 Agenda	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: Grant Seconder: leZlie Motion: Approved
Land Acknowledgment	Recognition of traditional Indigenous land.	Grant
Approval of Minutes	Approval of Minutes: January 10, 2022 Meeting Minutes	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: leZlie Seconder: Sam Motion: Approved
Declaration of Conflict of Interest	Chair: Standing item for accountability.	Discussed – Yuri
Board Decision Tracker (FYI)	For ratification from the Chair.	Motion to ratify tracker, with amendment of adding SGM items. Mover: Grant Seconder: Sam Motion: Approved
Board Meeting Principles and Expectations	For Reference from the Chair.	Received – Yuri
Standing Item: Executive Director Report	Executive Director, Sherwin Operations 2023 initial plans being discussed. HR changes discussed, Grant updates and Community Engagement. Exciting event from Senior’s Committee: leZlie going to be doing a seniors event at Rekai. Thank you to D!XON for doing a piece with the Federal Govt for Black History Month. They will also talk about Global Black Pride. Sherwin: going to be attending ILGA World Conference in Long Beach in May. Planning to return to office by mid-March (part time). Board appreciative of the work of staff during these difficult conversations. Meetings with the Ministry of Tourism. Going to be co-leading a piece working with other Pride organizations. Plan is to reach out to other Prides in the province. Meetings with Destination Ontario/Toronto. Sam: Consider small towns in Ontario (Kincardine, Keswick). Small towns with at least 300 people. leZlie: include Manitoulin island Action item: Sherwin to share list of other Pride organizations in Ontario that we are hoping to work with; Board will have a chance to review and add suggestions. Still in talks with Caribbean Carnival. Sherwin to connect with Nicoy and leZlie on any support on creating safer spaces at Festival.	Discussed
Standing Item: Treasurer Report: Budget vs Actual Summary: Summary. Budget vs. Actuals 2021-2022 Budget – FY22 P&L – Short .pdf Budget vs Actual Full: Full. Budget vs. Actuals 2021-2022 Budget – FY22 P&L .pdf	Sherwin: Current books are in a good state. Onsite audit to be done – coming up. Maher:Looking at the budget – can we show what we are doing throughout the year. The budget doesn’t really reflect that. Suggestion: clarifying that programming to show that we are doing community events throughout the year. leZlie: Seniors Pride and 2Spirit Pride – more resources needed. Sherwin: These committees are new. Budget is set for 2022; but you have the commitment that this will be a priority. Point well taken. D!XON: priority should be given to local artists, community. Quality over quantity of artists and programming. Process: Board Members that are artists and have applied to participate in Parade – applications reviewed by ED and not staff. Budget is for a more high level overview of costs.	Discussed
Annual General Meeting / Federal Grants AGM Debrief Board Elections: Special General Meeting KPMG Audit Audit Status and Next Steps Special General Meeting	Sam: Board participation to be improved for next time. Multiple Board Members: difficult AGM to go through. Accessibility concerns need to be addressed. Sherwin: no intention of ever entertaining the conversation of bringing back police to the Festival behind Membership backs. We’re going to continue to work with Blackcap, Breakaway, etc. Grant: Difficult to chair. Needed to clarify the NDA piece and why it was there. leZlie: concerns over individual responses. Can we describe to Membership what groups we are working with, and what we are doing. Sherwin action item: Yes. Information can be provided with how we are working with harm reduction. Samantha: AGM chat was difficult to see and respond to. leZlie: Behaviour of some individuals in chat took a toll on the human beings who are staff members, other Board Members, Board. Maher: look at an email addressing concerns. Yuri: need to look at how we can have a productive meeting. Need to also consider how potential Board candidates are feeling. Grant: Two special general meetings: one will be just for Board Elections. Sherwin: We can put out both dates at the same time for the Special General Meetings so Members are fully aware of what we are covering in each meeting. Sam: need to clarify with Membership why KPMG report was delayed. Sherwin: Programs/Community Engagement highlight in Newsletter to highlight events we are doing year round. Looking at Townhall after Pride Month; can include Program Managers to provide some updates on year round programming. D!XON: Yes, impact on potential Board Members important. Good to separate Board Elections.	Discussed
Membership Approvals	Membership Applications submitted by Feb 11. Board to review member applications on their own and approve over emails.	Discussed
Annual General Meeting/ Federal Grants continued	ED reported that the KPMG report is not ready; but will work with KPMG as much as possible to get it earlier as per Board request..	Yuri
Other Business	Sherwin: Board get together (that was missed in December because of rising covid-19 cases) will happen later this year, in either March or April.	Discussed
Standing Item: In Camera Session	Board	Motion to move in camera: Mover: Sam Seconder: leZlie Motion: Approved
Other Business / Extra Time	All	Motion to Move Out of In Camera Session included in In Camera minutes.
Adjournment	Co-Chairs	Motion to Adjourn. Moved: leZlie Seconded: Maher Motion: Approved

March 29, 2022

Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board: D!XON, Grant Gonzales, leZlie Lee Kam, Maher Sinno, Samantha Fraser, Yuri Hernandez, Jad Jaber
Staff: Sherwin Modeste, Nipuni Dhanawardana
Regrets/Absent: TiKA

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the Order of Business: Board of Directors Meeting Agenda – March 29, 2022 (1).pdf	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: Samantha Seconder: Jad Motion: Approved
Land Acknowledgement	Recognition of traditional Indigenous land.	Yuri
Approval of Minutes	Approval of Minutes: February 15, 2022 Meeting Minutes.	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: leZlie Seconder: Maher Motion: Approved
Declaration of Conflict of Interest	Chair: Standing item for accountability.	Discussed
Board Decision Tracker (FYI)	For ratification from the Chair. No updates since December; Grant to take ownership of this tracker.	Discussed
Board Meeting Principles and Expectations	For Reference from the Chair.	Received – Yuri
Standing Item: Executive Director Report (attach)	Executive Director, Sherwin. Operations We are ahead of schedule from previous years. Have also started 2023 conversations. We will not have access to Yonge Street, Wellesley stage and Central stage due to construction. HR We are looking into bringing on students from the United Nations Association of Canada youth program. Finance Manager – relooking at job description Director of Development – relooking at posting Community Engagement – League of Festivals (Pride Toronto, Caribbean Carnival, Luminato, Salsa on St. Clair) continued conversations. Other Meetings held: Aids Services Organizations (ASO) meeting, 416 Caucus Meeting along with Minister of Tourism. Meetings scheduled: Mayor and Councillors for Festival Updates Next Press Release: scheduled for Friday, April 1st. naming events and headliners Harm Reduction – meetings with harm reduction organizations – they are leading and they will decide how they are working with police. Global Black Pride – getting a lot of traction. More details coming in the next meeting. First time in Pride’s history: Francophone Day on Saturday. April 28 – Programming launch at CN Tower. Space limited. Nipuni to follow up with the Board. In general, we will let you know where we need speaking engagements. Targeted asks for specific board members to amplify work we are doing. Sam: How are we looking at sponsorships? Sherwin: Tara is helping to schedule meetings, Sherwin is helping with attending meetings and signing, Kat is taking lead on new sponsors and Shay is providing admin support. leZlie: Where does Sober Pride fit into Pride 2022? Sherwin: There is a budget and space for Sober Pride for three days. Sherwin to follow up on meetings for Sober Pride. Maher: Finance Manager. Sherwin: looking at making this position full time. D!XON: Posting for Finance Manager – is it remote? Sherwin: no, we need all hands on deck for in person Festival. Sherwin: leZlie and Brian reached out to Fierte Canada. This year: Pride Toronto is putting forward Brian Cope to be put on Fierte Canada Board. Brian has been elected. On a quarterly basis: Brian will bring a report to the Board. We support Brian to get elected, go to the meetings and events to represent Pride Toronto and Queer seniors. Fierte Canada has never had a queer senior on its Board. Sherwin: Parade Route contingents: Indigenous community, honoured groups, thank you to our frontline workers, seniors, ‘my first pride’ for individuals who have never attended pride (David Lewis chaperoning that group). Implementing a ‘tap out’ zone for parade individuals who want to exit the parade (idea came from ASO meetings). So people can leave parade safely (health reasons, panic attacks, people who can’t walk the whole route).	Discussed
Standing Item: Treasurer’s Report: ● Budget vs Actual Summary ● Budget vs Actual Full	Sherwin No two staff or two board members can approve . Need 1 staff and 1 Board Member, for approvals. Financial statements: we’re in a healthy space. leZlie: why do we have paid duty police? Yuri: legally, we have to pay police to have the Festival, as in many major cities. Sherwin: it is a city requirement, but police need to charge (as per bylaw of 2016). Looking into incorporating more community officers (who don’t hold guns). leZlie: accessibility and attendant care? Sherwin: that means PSWs. Attendant care at particular stations at a particular time (ie. at Wellesley station: there will be attendant care from x time to x time). Suggestion: Rotate attendant care amongst the welcome centres. Which organization are we going with? Sherwin: we may have to use more than one. VHA: leZlie has trained them in 2SLGBTQ+ leZlie: more chairs at welcome centres. Seating areas and water areas (flow waters). Jad: How are we supporting black PSWs? Sherwin: inviting frontline organizations to send	Discussed
Special General Meetings 1. KPMG Report / Audited Financial Statements 2. Board Elections	Grant: SGM#2 Upcoming April 7th: staff team working with to secure another platform. Membership leZlie/Grant: explain why we are using GetQuorum in the email. Grant: auditors need to focus and explain to Membership what auditors need to look at and what they don’t look at during annual financial audit. Maher: Ramadan is coming up; for upcoming meetings late at night. Sherwin: next update that goes out needs to state that with respect to our support teams and those observing Ramadan, meeting will not be going later. SGM: More info coming. Nipuni to follow up on Board roles needed. Board Elections: unable to hold on March 15 because App was having issues. This presents a huge challenge. Sherwin: will need to reschedule March 15 meeting to one hour meeting, just for elections. leZlie: suggestion to have Meet & Greet with Board Candidates. Hybrid model for board meetings – can look into this moving forward.	Discussed
Membership Approvals	Defer to email. By end of week.	Discussed
Ontario Provincial Election Approach	leZlie a part of Senior Pride Network Toronto. Slate of questions for provincial elections: what are you going to be doing for queer individuals? Grant: 3 or 4 question, questionnaire. Perhaps we can post their responses, to better inform those who are voting. Grant: call out to Members to have suggestions, call out in the Newsletter. [email protected]. Can do the same thing for Mayoral candidates. Ask for the party’s stance on the provincial election.	Discussed
Standing Item: In Camera Session ● February 15, 2022 ● Member Complaint	Grant: Can approve minutes at the next meeting. Member complaint: no new updates.	No in camera session.
Other Business / Extra Time	leZlie: planning is happening for June 18 Queer Seniors Event with Rekai. Reports coming soon. Sherwin: pls check calendars food invites. Add Seniors Pride and more details on speakers. Samantha: pls add descriptions. Nipuni to add comments and speakers at different stages. leZlie: June 1st flag raising at City Hall. City covers the cost of flag raising event, we are guest at the event.	Discussed
Adjournment	8:00 pm	Motion to adjourn: Mover: Sam Seconder: leZlie Motion: Approved

April 26 ,2022

Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Time: 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board: D!XON, Samantha Fraser, Grant Gonzales, Jad Jaber, leZlie Lee Kam, Yuri Hernandez, TiKA, Elizabeth Bate, Deidre ‘D-lishus’ Walton and Moka Dawkins
Staff: Sherwin Modeste, Nipuni Dhanawardana
Regrets/Absent: Maher Sinno, Courage
ASL Interpretation: Christopher Desloges, Dean Wiebe, Christie Reaume

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the Order of Business: Board of Directors Meeting Agenda – April 26, 2022	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: leZlie Seconder: Elizabeth Motion: Approved
Land Acknowledgement	Recognition of traditional Indigenous land.	Yuri
Approval of Minutes	Approval of Minutes: March 29, 2022 Meeting Minutes	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: Yuri Seconder: leZlie Motion: Approved
Declaration of Conflict of Interest	Chair: Standing item for accountability.	Discussed
Board Decision Tracker (FYI)	For ratification from the Chair.	Discussed
Board Meeting Principles and Expectations	For Reference from the Chair.	Received
SGM Elections Debrief	Grant: welcome and congratulations to new Board Members! Board Members: great to have you all on the Board! Grant: orientation over the next few weeks and then months (as we will shift focus and get busy with the Festival soon). We do have an orientation package for the new Board. Next meeting: Elections for Board Roles in May. Speaking engagements coming up for the Festival.	Discussed
Standing Item: Executive Director Report	Executive Director, Sherwin Thank you everyone and welcome to the new Board Members! Festival Planning: full planning mode. Surpassed goal in fundraising areas. First time we’re having a Food Truck Zone. A lot is happening in community engagement. Lot of programming coming up – please take the time to read through updates. D!XON: Clarification on upcoming conference. Sherwin: provided more information on ILGA Conference. D!XON: Can we get a more robust refresher on Global Black Pride (GBP) and the opportunities. When is it happening? Sherwin: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday (no programming because of Caribbean Carnival parade) ahead of Caribbean Carnival Weekend Blockobana happening on sunday. Pride Toronto, GBP and Blackness Yes! working together. D!XON: Financial support from Pride Toronto? Sherwin: No, we are trustee but GBP is doing own fundraising, D!XON: How are we supporting local artists both in representation and fair wages? Sherwin: Blackness Yes! is leading the stage and curation to ensure local artists are being highlighted and compensated fairly. Blockobana is a Blackness Yes! event, not Pride Toronto event. D!XON: Marketing and promotion on what GBP means in terms of what is different? What is the festival about? TiKA: Want to create community awareness around artist payments. D!XON: What measures will GBP and Pride Toronto use to ensure local artists are being paid a fair rate for the production and implementation of their show? Grant: information is already available on ED Reports over the previous months since we started working with GBP and Blackness Yes!. Sherwin: If there are resolutions that need to be addressed within the black community of artists, let’s bring the community together to address. I’m working with any collective that brings grievances. We have made great progress so far. Will start with a meeting with Blackness Yes!, GBP and the Board.	Discussed
Standing Item: Treasurer’s Report: Budget vs. Actuals 2021-2022 Budget – FY22 P&L- Short.pdf Full- Pride-Budget Vs. Actual 2021-2022.pdf	Executive Director, Sherwin Review of budgets and actuals information sheet. Both City of Toronto, Federal and Provincial Govt Grants – we’re going to hear back from them very soon. Expenses: most of our expenses will be on Festival weekend; we’re in a good place right now. All Managers have been asked to reduce 10% of their budget, with the exception of artists fees. No deficits – budget will be surplus or budget neutral. New Board Members: you will get an introduction to all of the staff. Next Board Meeting: all Managers to attend, so you can get a comprehensive updates of what’s coming up	Discussed
Standing Item: In Camera Session: New Elected Members NDA Discussion		Motion to move in camera: Mover: Elizabeth Seconder: TiKA Motion: Approved
Other Business / Extra Time	All	Motion to Move Out of In Camera Session included in In Camera minutes.
Adjournment	Board Co-Chairs	Motion to Adjourn. Moved: Samantha Seconded: Elizabeth Motion: Approved

2021

Annual General Meeting 2021

Board Meeting Minutes 2021

January 6, 2021

Date: January 6th 2021
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos, Sheldon Dixon, Samantha Fraser, Grant Gonzales, David Lewis, Christin Milloy, Maher Sinno.
Staff: Sherwin Modeste, Bobby MacPherson (staff portion only), Dami Okunade (bookkeeper)
External: Ed Scheck (auditor), Kevin Thomas (auditor)
Regrets/Absent: Jad Jaber

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the Order of Business: Agenda	Approved
Declaration of Conflict of Interest	Interim Board members standing for election declared a conflict with respect to the Selection Committee’s Board slate recommendations.	Declared
AGM Agenda Review	Overview of AGM agenda provided, including: Grant will serve as AGM Chair and Samantha as the alternate (for the Board election portion of the meeting). They will participate in the GetQuorum training. Two members will be asked to serve as Scrutineers for any votes (open call). Brian/Bobby to finalize previous AGM minutes. Key messages document to be developed. The AGM will not be recorded.	Received
Annual Report	The first draft will be finalized on January 7th and shared with the board.	Received
Memberships	Membership Items: New Membership Approved Member request for renewal voucher approved. Staff to provide new code.	Approved
Audited Financial Statements	Pride Toronto’s auditor provided a line-by-line overview of the financial statements and answered Board questions. Audited Financial Statements were accepted by the Board.	Approved Moved: Ande Seconded: Christin

Board Only Meeting

Selection Committee Report	1. Michael Erickson Resignation Resignation letter was received. Michael’s requests for information will be addressed offline. 2. Selection Committee Recommendations The Committee interviewed 16 people over two days and have selected Tika Simone and Lezlie Lee Kam. The recommended Board slate is: Sheldon Dixon Grant Gonzales Yuri Hernandez Lezlie Lee Kam David Lewis Tika Simone Maher Sinno The Committee noted that candidates not selected will still be invited to participate in other ways (e.g. committee work). 3. Voting Process If Board slate only, a two-step process – Motion to approve the Board slate recommendations (as a whole) If the initial motion fails, the vote will proceed to yes/no voting for each individual. Winning candidates must receive at least 50% yes votes. If Board slate and additional candidates – Members may vote for up to 7 candidates 4. Candidate Presentation and Q&A All candidates will be provided two minutes to make remarks (Chair to record time). Q&A to follow – all candidates will respond to each question. 5. Board Slate Package (for formal notice) Candidates will be asked to provide a headshot and 150-word biography.	Approved (Selection Committee Recommendations) Moved: Sam Seconded: Ande Yes: 3 (Ande, Sam, Christin) No: 0 Abstain: 5 (Sheldon, Grant, Yuri, David, Maher) Approved (Voting Process)
Motions	By-Law Amendments A revision was made to the proposed by-laws amendments with respect to membership approvals within 30 days of a Membership Meeting. The amendment clarifies that membership applications received within 30 days will not be approved (subject to notice being given). Member Proposal Yuri has communicated in good faith with the member to address concerns. The member has expressed that Pride Toronto is addressing concerns. Yuri has followed up noting that unless there are any further issues, the proposal will not be included as an AGM item. The member has not communicated further, and Yuri will attempt to call the member to close the loop.	Approved (By-Law Amendments)
Formal AGM Notice	List of items to be included in the formal AGM notice provided as an FYI.	For Information
Other (Board Management)	The Board discussed the importance of check-ins with each other for mental health purposes. The Board discussed improvements to ensure all Board members have the opportunity for their voice to be heard (e.g. sticking to a speakers list only).	For Information
Next Meeting	Next meeting is January 26. Board Officers will be elected at this meeting.	Received

January 26, 2021

Date: January 26th 2021
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos, Sheldon Dixon, Samantha Fraser, Grant Gonzales, David Lewis, Christin Milloy, Maher Sinno.Jad Jaber, TiKA Simone, LeZlie Lee kam
Staff: Sherwin Modeste, Bobby MacPherson, Amber Moyle (staff portion only)
Regrets/Absent:

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the Order of Business: Agenda	Approved
Approval of Minutes	December, 15th 2020 & January 6, 2021	Approved
Reaffirming Decisions	Board Motions, Resolutions and Decisions between Board Meetings	Adopted
Roundtable Introductions	We all introduced ourselves and welcomed new board members to the team.	Completed
AGM Debrief	We are all debriefing the AGM, Staff and Board. Some members have reached out. WE have discussed better practices on running online AGMs.	Completed
Treasurer’s Update and Expense Policy	Treasure has updated the board on finances. Item has been deffered.	Action Item: Board Members review expense policy.
Board and Senior Leadership Training (discussion)	Item has been deffered.	Deferred
WFH Policy and Membership Approval		Deferred
Budget quick review	We reviewed the draft budget and will vote to approve it next meeting.	Deferred
Strategic Planning	We have reviewed and discussed what would work best regarding development. Suggested making a short term strat plan and longer term strategy plan.	Action Item: Contact Grant If you would like to be included in the Strat planning committee.
9 Committees Outreach		Deferred

Board Only Meeting

Accessibility and Compensation	Items have been discussed and conversations will continue.	To be continued
Board Officer Elections		Deferred
Signing Authorities		Deferred
Next Meeting	February 9th.	Adopted

February 9, 2021

Date: February 9th 2021
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos, Sheldon Dixon, Samantha Fraser, Grant Gonzales, David Lewis, Christin Milloy, Maher Sinno.Jad Jaber, TiKA Simone
Staff: Sherwin Modeste
Regrets/Absent: LeZlie Lee kam

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the Order of Business: Agenda	Approved
Approval of Minutes	Board Minutes: January 26, 2021	Approved
AGM Debrief	Board and Staff have debriefed on the AGM, better practices for our first online AGM. We have left over questions from the AGM and we are looking for ways to engage to answer it.	Action Item: We will be receiving a report from Quorum and will be reviewing the questions.
ED Report	Sherwin has sent us an ED report and we are reviewing it.	Received
Board Training (discussion)	The board is having onboard training. We will be having this on February 27th. The time is 2 to 6 pm. Orientation for new board members 2-3pm.	Action Item: New board members to review the orientation packages.
TeamBuilding/Orientation	We are planning a team building meeting, therefore we can work better with each other and focus on anti-oppression approaches to decision making.	Action item: Brian will create a doodle for a date to have this after board training. Contact TiKa if you like to be part of the organising.
Membership Approval	The Board has approved this membership list. 19 new members. (2 year membership).	Approved
Treasurer’s Update, and Board Technology	Candidates for the finance position have been interviewed and a candidate has been hired. Accessibility issues have come up regarding technology.	Action Item: Sherwin will look into accessibility needs and how Pride can accommodate that.
Expense Policy Approval	The board has approved the expense policy.	Approved
2021 Budget Approval	The board has reviewed the budget and has been approved.	Motion: To approve the budget for 2020/2021. Vote: Unanimous Motion Approved
9 Committees/Consult Outreach	The Board had a conversation regarding consultation and the need for better outreach.	Completed

Board Only Meeting

Board Officer Elections

The elections on Co-chair, we have elected Yuri and Grant to be our new Co-chairs.

Results:

Co-Chairs: Yuri and Grant have won the elections.

Signing Authorities

Motion: To make Yurien Matamoros Hernandez (Co-chair), Grant Gonzales (Co-Chair), Andrew Clumpus (Treasure), Sherwin Modeste, Bobby MacPherson have signing authority for Pride Toronto.

Mover: Dave

Seconder: Maher

Vote: Motion has passed.

Motion: To make Yurien Matamoros Hernandez (Co-chair), Grant Gonzales (Co-Chair), Andrew Clumpus (Treasure), Sherwin Modeste, Bobby MacPherson have signing authority for Pride Toronto.

Mover: Dave

Seconder: Maher

Vote: Motion has passed.

Next Meeting

February 23rd 2021

Adopted

February 26, 2021

Date: February 23rd 2021
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos, Sheldon Dixon, Samantha Fraser, Grant Gonzales, David Lewis, Christin Milloy, Maher Sinno. Jad Jaber,
Staff: Sherwin Modeste, Bobby MacPherson, Amber Moyle (Staff Portion)
Regrets/Absent: LeZlie Lee kam, TiKA Simone

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the Order of Business: Agenda	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: Dave Seconder: Maher Motion: Approved
Approval of Minutes	Board Minutes: February, 9th 2020.	Motion to approve the minutes. Mover: Dave Seconder: Maher Motion: Approved
Executive Director Report	Board members have reviewed and received the report.	Received
Policy Approvals Human Resources Policies (9) Finance Policies (6) Sponsorship Policy	HR Policies: A edit will be made to include changing to add stipend upon availability regarding funding for student interns. There will be an edit to the finance policy, Any expenditures that surpass above the total approved budget that enters a deficit. will be reported to the Finance Committee and Board of Directors.	Motion: Approving Sponsorship Policy, Mover: Ande Seconder: David Motion: Passed – Motion: Approving Human Resource Policy Moved: LeZlie Seconder: David Motion: Passed – Motion: Approving Finance Policies Mover: Dave Seconder: Andy Motion: Passed
Board Governance Co-Chair Elections (Discussion) Board Meetings Expectations Committee Restructure	We discussed best process on electing co-chairs and possibly a better process. Board Meetings Expectations: We are discussing ways we can conduct ourselves. Committee restructure we are restructuring	Motion: To approve the committee restructure. Mover: Maher Seconder: LeZlie Motion Approved.
*Drop the Charges Against Pride Defenders Campaign (see email***)	We have received a request from Pride Defender’s Upcoming Trial for support. The board has agreed to support this. Info: In 2019 Pride was attacked by alt-right movements and community grassroots members organised to defend pride.	Motion: Approved the statement and promote it and 500$ Motioner: Christin Seconder: Sam Motion: Passed Action Item: Sherwin will put that out on Social Media. Grant: will respond to the email of Pride Defenders.
Elected Officials Discussion	Sherwin is bringing up a discussion strategically regarding election officials to Pride.	TBC

Board Only Meeting

Board Expenses and Meal Reimbursement

We are reviewing best practices on board accessibility and meal expenses. We have agreed to best practices regarding Board expenses and accessibility.

Motion: Board members are able to spend up to $20 for board meeting meals. with the expectation you must be in attendance of that board meeting the meal of that day and this will expire when we can meet in person. For Board accessibility, the secretary will coordinate with board members to accommodate and for tek use Pride will loan it when needed but remain the property of Pride Toronto.

Mover: Sam

Seconder: Jad

Motion: Approved

Upcoming Meetings

March 6: Board Orientation (2-3 pm), Governance Training Part 1 (3-6 pm)
March 9: Board Meeting (6-9 pm)
March 17: Anti-Black Racism Workshop Part 1 (6-8 pm)
March 23: Governance Training Part 2 (6-9:30 pm)
March 24: Anti-Black Racism Workshop Part 2 (6-8 pm)
To Be Confirmed: Team Building

Action item:

Brian will reach out to TiKa to coordinate the team building.

Next Meeting

March 9th 2021

Adopted

March 9, 2021

Date: March 9rd 2021
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos, Samantha Fraser, Grant Gonzales, David Lewis, Christin Milloy, Maher Sinno.Jad Jaber, ,LeZlie Lee kam, Sheldon Dixon.
Staff: Sherwin Modeste, Bobby MacPherson, Amber Moyle, Leanna, Laura,Primeau,Lee (Staff Portion)
Regrets/Absent: TiKA Simone

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the Order of Business: Agenda	Motion to approve the Agenda. Mover: Grant Seconder: Sam Motion: Approved
Approval of Minutes	Board Minutes: February, 23rd 2020.	Motion to approve the minutes. Mover: Sam Seconder: Grant Motion: Approved
Board Decision Tracker	One item: Support Hamilton Pride Defenders	Reaffirmed
Executive Director/Staff Report: Festival Overview 6:05-6:10 – Virtual Festival Recap + 2021 Festival Planning 6:10-6:15 – Programming 6:15-6:20 – Parade 6:20-6:25 – Operations 6:25-6:30 – Creative Direction	Everyone went around and introduced themselves as we have new staff joining us. Staff is presenting an overview on Virtual festival programming 2021. We are working on a five year strategic plan. the five areas. 2slgbtq Creativity, women in music, anti-black racism indingeous solidarity. An overview of the physical festival, we will be having live performances, LED screens, art installation and available harm reduction. Production, we are trying to elevate this by an LED set where they will be recording it on a different set. Pride Parade: We are making sure there are no financial barriers for community groups and nonprofits to participate. Programming our main focus will be on; BIPOC, Elderly, youth 14-18 and 30 and under, and gender diverse. We have developed a policy that the minimum payment for artists will be $200. additional we will be focusing on making programing diverse, making sure women, trans and non-binary artists. The Board is having a Q&A session with staff.	Presentation Received
Local Artist and Performance Programming	We are having a discussion regarding having a Programing Committee. There is an Advisory Program Committee which Leanna is heading.
Secretary Items Membership Approvals Committees Update	Membership has been approved. An email was sent out regarding committees, Board members, please choose two committees you are interested in and take the lead on it by creating.	Motion to approve four new members. Mover: Sam Secounder: Ande Motion: Approved
Policy Committee Update Upcoming Policies for Review (April 6 Board Meeting) By-Law and Membership Policy Update	The Policy Committee is working on quite a few policies which will be sent to the board by March 31. for approval April 6th meeting.	Received

Board Only Meeting

Community Safety / Harm Reduction	The board is reviewing a harm reduction.	Received
Police Discussion (Costs, Harm Reduction)	We have discussed ways to lessen the impact Police have on the festival footprint and lower their obligated fee that comes for permits.	TBC
Meal Reimbursement Clarification Upcoming Meetings	March 17: Anti-Black Racism Workshop Part 1 (6-8 pm) March 23: Governance Training Part 2 (6-9:30 pm) March 24: Anti-Black Racism Workshop Part 2 (6-8 pm) April 6: Next Board Meeting TBC: Team Building (Brian to connect with TiKa)
Board Participation	TiKa and D!XON will be performing at pride as they would have been regardless of being on the board and an agency Jad is involved with. Steps were taken to make sure there was no conflict of interest and none of these board members were part of any decisions regarding this. The board has found no conflict of interest.	Received.
Legal Update (In Camera)	The Board has entered in Camera session	Motion: To move in camera session Mover: Christin Seconder: Grant Motion: Approved
Meal Reimbursement Clarification	The Board has entered in Camera session
ED Performance Review (In Camera)
Next Board Meeting	March 23rd 2021

March 23, 2021

The meeting slot for the Board Meeting on March 23, 2021 was used for a Governance training, so no Board Meeting took place.

April 6, 2021

Date: April 6th 2021
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM (Meeting extended to 9:30 PM)
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos, Samantha Fraser, Grant Gonzales, Christin Milloy, Maher Sinno, Jad Jaber, LeZlie Lee Kam, D!XON, TiKA Simone, Yuri Hernandez
Staff: Sherwin Modeste, Nipuni Dhanawardana
Regrets/Absent: TiKA Simone

Agenda Item

Notes

Motions/Action Items

Approval of Agenda

Approving the Order of Business: Agenda

Motion to approve the agenda.

Mover: Grant

Seconder: LeZlie

Motion: Approved

Approval of Minutes

Board Minutes: March 9th, 2021

Motion to approve the minutes.

Mover: Sam

Seconder: Maher

Motion: Approved

Board Decision Tracker

One item: Declaration of Support: Justice for Migrant Sex Workers

Ratified

Membership Approvals

Six members up for approval.

Motion to approve six new members.

Mover: Grant

Seconder: D!XON

Motion: Approved

ED-SLT Board Report

Board members have reviewed and received the report.

Board members can add Ooma phone extension to their email signatures and use it for outgoing calls.

Received

Treasurer Report

All levels of government funding are down ($200K), so we will have to cut the budget.

Bobby and Sherwin will create a new budget and bring to Finance Committee.
Team is working on 3 different grants to help offset these.

Most of sponsorships help keep Pride Toronto float throughout the year. Government grant funding is mostly tied to the festival.

Sherwin is hoping to secure multi-year (3 year, around 1.5 mill), for operational funding.
Board discussed need to look at diversifying funding.

Completed.

Reminder: submit receipts to Ande in next 24 hrs for reimbursements

Policy Approvals

Communications Policy:

Media Contact Policy

Governance Policies:

In Camera Meeting Policy
Board Evaluation Policy
Board Orientation Policy
Executive Director Succession Planning

Human Resources Policies:

Disciplinary Policy
Discontinuing Employment Policy
Personnel Records Policy
Registered Savings Plan Policy
Staff Performance Reviews Policy
Workplace Violence, Harassment and Sexual Harassment Policy
Anti-Discrimination and Harassment Policy
Incident Report Form
Employee Performance Review Form

Risk Management Policies:

Emergency Lockdown Policy
Evacuation Policy

Upholding Values Policies:

Joint Health and Safety Committee Policy
Gender Identity and Gender Expression Policy
Incident Reports Policy
Mandatory Use of Mask or Face Covering Policy
Right to Refuse Work Policy
Staff Feedback Policy
Whistleblower Policy

Policy Committee Update from Brian.

Action items/edits to the following policies to be made:

Evacuation Policy

Sherwin to look at creating separate Evacuation Policy around staff with accessibility needs.

Fire Policy (to be drafted)

Include that fire alarm needs to be both a visual and auditory alarm.

Disciplinary Policy

Add “the time frame varies depending on the nature of the incident and will be determined by the Executive Director” for how long a warning will be kept in an employees’ file.

Anti Discrimination Policy

Add “bring a witness to be present” as a suggestion when confronting a harasser.

Gender Expression Policy

Add pronouns to policy

Motion: Approving All Policies.

Mover: Christin

Seconder: LeZlie

Motion: Approved

Committees Update

Confirm Top 2 Choices
Strategic Planning Update

Board Members to choose joining two committees: Policy and Governance, Sponsorship and Fundraising Advocacy Equity and Human Rights (AEHR), Finance and Audit.

Yuri: Governance and Sponsorship

LeZlie: AEHR and Governance

Grant: Finance and Governance

Ande (1): Finance

Christin: Governance and AEHR (optional). Programming (staff committee)

Samantha: Sponsorship and AEHR

Jad: AEHR and Sponsorship

Maher: Finance and Governance

D!XON: Governance and AEHR.

Brian: AEHR, Governance, and Finance

TiKA: AEHR and Sponsorship

Completed

Elected Official Invitations

Strategy: focus on support for Pride from Elected Officials from Davenport and Church/Wellesley area because of Pride Office location and parade route. Met with 95% of councillors and next election, we will follow up with them on their promises.

Board feels like that the three identified priority groups (18-24 youth, 2Spirit and Queer Seniors) should have more priority/visibility over elected officials at Pride. More grassroots involvement is needed for community unification.

Board has differing opinions on the level of involvement they should have with selecting Politicians. Ultimately, they are trusting staff to do the initial round of politician vetting, but want to know who is on the list of politicians (in case there are major flags with certain politicians) and want to approve an accountability plan for holding politicians accountable for their past actions, current support and future promises.

Action items:

Sherwin will reach out to community groups to include Pride messages/greetings from Youth, Senior and Trans folx.
- Include greeting from: 2Spirit, indigenous, and potentially Metis representation.
- Include Jill Andrew who has been a strong supporter of the community.
- They can potentially come together as a group (if COVID-safe) or individual.
Need: formalize what accountability looks like for politicians (ie. signing a letter drafted by Pride Toronto saying X issues are what they support and agree to).

For Approval:

–

Sherwin’s Strategy: Strategy to invite Elected Officials to Pride.

Motion: Passed

–

Brian moved the Motion: split the vote for voting for politicians individually.

Motion: Failed.

–

Maher’s amendment to Sherwin’s Strategy: Bring list of Officials and Accountability Plan to the Board in three months.

Opposing: None.

Motion: Approved.

Community Advisor Group Meetings (Outreach and Comms)

Christin update: Board does not have enough outreach and community consultations; should be invited to events.

Sherwin: Will be inviting Board to community meetings/ consultations (have to be posted 2 weeks in advance). Staff to be reminded to acknowledge high level staff and Board Members at meetings.

Action Item: Nipuni to send calendar invites to Board as *optional* to all community groups that are meeting.

Board Approvals (Past Practices) / Membership Motions

Honoured Group, Charities of Choice, etc.

Executive Director

Deferred

Board IT

Email Infrastructure
Slack Upgrade

Brian (Email infrastructure):

Currently two emails. Should switch [email protected] (costing us money) → [email protected]

Ande (Slack Upgrade):

Currently have free version of Slack. Board okay to have premium Slack for $100 to have access to historical messages.

Board concerns: Privacy (admin would have access to private messages).

Motion to eliminate: [email protected]

Mover: Christin

Seconder: Sam

Motion: Approved

–

Motion: to Upgrade Slack.

Motion: Failed

Training

Anti-Black Racism / Governance Training Debrief
Team Building Workshop

All

Maher

Brian/TiKA

Workshops to be spread out over the year: May, August and Fall

Action item: Maher to email survey on board orientation.

Discussion deferred.

Other Items

Sherwin: Anti-Racism Session March 24, 2021 (with Dr. ABC) action item.

LeZlie: Email contact for Dionne and Dr. ABC.

Action Item 1: Board Members to email Nipuni their action item if they haven’t yet.

Action item 2: Sherwin to send info to LeZlie

Standing Item: In Camera Session

Board Matters
General Discussion

Board and Sherwin only.

Completed

Upcoming Meetings

April 20: Next Board Meeting
May 4: Board Meeting

Next Meeting: April 20th (regrets LeZlie)

Adopted

April 20, 2021

Date: April 20th 2021
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos, Samantha Fraser, Grant Gonzales, Christin Milloy, Jad Jaber, D!XON, Yuri Hernandez, TiKA Simone
Staff: Sherwin Modeste, Nipuni Dhanawardana
Regrets/Absent: leZlie Lee Kam, Maher Sinno

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the Order of Business: Agenda	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: Christin Seconder: Samantha Motion: Approved
Approval of Minutes	Board Minutes: April 6th, 2021	Motion to approve the minutes. Mover: Yuri Seconder: Samantha Motion: Approved
Board Decision Tracker	No items/decisions made between last meeting and today.	Discussed.
Board Meeting Principles and Expectations	For Reference from the Chair. This document is meant to create a safer space for all on the Board. This will always be an item in the agenda to help set expectations and encourage respectful conversations.	Discussed.
Standing Item: ED-SLT Report	Board members have reviewed and received the report. Marketing Launch update: hotel component is cancelled as per Public Health guidelines. Board Participation remains the same. Four grants have been submitted. We will receive 1 of the 2 Reconnect Grants (from Province). Based on 2021 Festival, so will impact this year’s budget. Federal grant will be for 2022 (Fall/Winter) spending. New role for the Grant & Fund Development Manager posted on the website and Charity Village.. Nipuni to send calendar invites for upcoming Community Advisory meetings. New health restrictions prevent us from offering the studio space to artists until Mid May. All Festival recording will be done by the artists themselves. We will not be paying artists extra for filming. Our Production Team that will put together the videos. Processes will be put in place for safety. Equipment (such as Google Phones and other tech) going out to artists to use will be sanitized and left for 3 days at the office, before going to another artist.	Received
Standing Item: Treasurer Report	Internal Pride Toronto Fiscal 2021 budget document: Decrease in revenue is about $250K. However, we are ultimately projecting surplus because of two new grants. Previous provincial grant was cancelled; new grant is Connect Ontario (new application process). Budget vs. Actuals document: The Board, please familiarize with these documents. Moving forward, you will receive this once a month in the Board Package email (after the Finance Committee Meeting). Anticipating that we will see a huge increase in spending in May/June, as we usually do around Festival time. Board discussion on potentially increasing spending on ‘artists and events’. New grants we are looking at focus on Ontario artists specifically. We also need to be careful with our budget. We are on the higher end in comparison to other festivals, but there is always room for improvement. This can be further discussed at a later date. Sherwin and Grant to connect further on securing commitment from the Feds, given that new budget announced included $200 million for major festivals.	Received
ED Performance Management Process (PMP) Short-Term Check-In Long-Term Goals Setting	Board would have received Workplan on Monday. Reflective of two year plan. It is a work in progress and will be a live document (change based on community advice, strategy, Membership advice etc). Any major changes need to be approved by the Board. Opportunity for full approval, after Strategic Plan is set in place. If Board has notes for Sherwin later on, please send to him. All permanent, full time staff (except Nipuni because she just started) have PMP to have processes in place for raises. Need to figure out a process for contract staff (because their contract ends in July).	Motion to approve in principle as a working document, while acknowledging it is a live document that may be changed from time to time. Mover: Brian Seconder: Samantha Motion: Approved
Committees AEHR Terms of Reference	No questions for Brian.	Motion to approve. Mover: Brian Seconder: Yuri Motion: Approved
Board Meeting Accommodation	Request from Maher for alternate Board Meeting dates because they are enrolled in a new program Tuesdays (6-9) and a later start during Ramadan. No consensus on alternative dates/times with everyone’s schedules. Topic to be revisited in August. Action Items: Grant and Yuri to discuss alternatives with Mahar, including keeping them up to date on Board meeting topics and bringing forward input on their behalf.	Discussed and unable to find consensus.
Board Approvals (Past Practices) / Membership Motions Honoured Group, Charities of Choice, etc.	Link in the ED Report to: Honoured Positions Selection Process This will be implemented in 2022 and moving forward. Sherwin will be part of the selection panel. Decisions will be captured in the meeting minutes. We will have this document to avoid any miscommunication. Selection of Honoured Positions and Charities of Choice: moving forward will not just be choice of Board and Staff, but also will include Community members. Positions will not be open every year, for example an International Grand Marshal can be expensive every year. Some positions are yearly, some are every other year. This year: only have charity of choice and not other groups because it is not a physical festival year.	Discussed.
Training Anti-Black Racism / Governance Training Debrief Team Building Workshop	Update from TiKA and Brian: Teambuilding based on anti-racism and decolonization. Workshop details sent to the Board. Three workshops in total spread out in: May, August, September. 2 hours per session and includes homework. Workshops will include getting to know each other, but very different from meet and greet. Need to create a safer space and build trust, which is why it is a three 3 part process. Board expressed the need to also have a fun meet and greet, which will take place after the first workshop. Action Items: Jad to connect with TiKA, Brian and the workshop facilitator. Sherwin and Nipuni can support on the survey if Maher unable to, and plan fun activity for Board	For Discussion and Approval. Motion to approve. Mover: Brian Seconder: Ande Motion: Approved.
Standing Item: In Camera Session / Discussion Flex Time	Sherwin and Board	Motion to move in-camera: Mover: Brian Seconder: Yuri Motion: Approved – Motion to Move Out of In Camera Mover: Sam Seconder: Yuri Motion: Approved
Upcoming Meetings May 4: Next Board Meeting May 18: Board Meeting	Co-Chairs and Secretary	Motion to Adjourn Mover: Sam Seconder: Christin Motion: Approved

May 18, 2021

Date: May 18th 2021
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos, Samantha Fraser, Grant Gonzales, D!XON, Yuri Hernandez, TiKA Simone, leZlie Lee Kam,
Staff: Sherwin Modeste, Nipuni Dhanawardana
Regrets/Absent: Maher Sinno, Christin Milloy, Dave Lewis, Jad Jaber

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the Order of Business: May 18th Agenda	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: Yuri Seconder: Brian Motion: Approved
Land Acknowledgment	Recognition of traditional Indegenous land.	Yuri
Approval of Minutes	Approval of Minutes: April 20 Meeting Minutes	Motion to approve. Mover: Sam Seconder: Ande Motion: Approved
Declaration of Conflict of Interest	New addition to agenda, but will keep as a standing item because it is best practise to keep us accountable. No conflicts declared.	Discussed
Board Decision Tracker (FYI)	No items/decisions made between last meeting and today. Standing item: petition (Maggie’s and Butterfly (www.butterflysw.org ) – please see email).	Discussed
Board Meeting Principles and Expectations	For Reference from the Chair.	Discussed.
Standing Item: ED-SLT Board Report Phygital Festival Presentation (10 mins) by Amber and Bobby (followed by 5 mins for Q&A)	Board members have reviewed and received the report. Festival Update from Sherwin re. the activation of LED Screens at High Park: They pulled out (due to uncertain covid regulations) and the Senior Leadership Team made the decision to pull out of Ontario Place (ROI is not there). We are also in limbo – Ontario Place can’t confirm with us until they get the greenlight. We haven’t lost any funds in deposits. The associated $75K can be better used to elevate the 2022 festival. ED-SLT report: Yuri (for Freya): volunteer numbers look good! leZlie: thank you to staff for organizing Committee pride updates ASL Survey Discuss why/when. Brian had recommended BIPOC ASL service person. *Action item:* *Bobby/Nipuni to follow up with Nicoy.* leZlie (Bricks and Glitter) contacts BIPOC. *Action item:* *Sherwin to follow up with leZlie.* Festival Update from Bobby and Amber: LED Screens and Opening launch party at Cabana cancelled. New press release going to partners tmrw and live on Thursday. We have secured closer to 130 artists, working with 14 party collectives. June 1st – art installations starting. Community Connect – over 16,000 bags (going to put assembling next week) Virtual Streetfair – similar to Pride Guide. *Action item:* *Nipuni to send over Amber’s presentation.* Brian – 2Spirit Tales: official update meeting tmrw; they are launching website tmrw. Streetfair (will go live on June 1st). Map of Church Street, but labelled as different zones (which will take visitors to a directory that goes to a vendor’s website. Hope to keep it up permanently. Summer students working to get Ward on business (streetfair) – letting councilors know queer businesses in their areas. The businesses are not paying to be on streetfair (since businesses are struggling). Newsletter Board Member Spotlight: D!XON for July Newsletter TiKA for August Newsletter	Received
Standing Item: Treasurer Report	Things look good. We will have $480,000 in the bank and will have a lot of money coming in. By end of year, we should be sticking to our budget. Going to pay off CRA debt -we should be debt free soon. Going forward: build up surplus little by little. Standard contingency fund for pride?: 25% of our annual operating budget in a reserve (1.5 million). This will be 5-10% net income every year. This will be a 3 year goal.	Received.
Governance and Policy Committee Mileage Policy Committee Terms of Reference RFP: Strategic Planning	Mileage Policy: We need to have guidelines for reimbursement. Not restricted to mileage. 0.51 cents/km because most non profits pay between .50-52 cents/km. Inclusive of TTC, Uber, Lyft, Taxi. To put in place approval process. Ande: Blanket approval for transit for Board Meetings (automatic approval). Public transit and mileage are given (any other means need to be pre-approved). Parking can be reimbursed. Staff must take the shortest route possible. For Mileage Policy: add in a comments section. – Committee Terms of Reference Policy Committee is Changing to the Governance and Policy Committee. – RFP: Change based on Sherwin’s contacts. Pride Toronto’s budget for this project was up to a maximum of $25,000. To change to maximum of $15K. 3 year is better than 5 years (because of the pandemic). Hiring Committee: Sherwin and Members from the Governance Committee, also include Amber (and one unsuccessful person that applied to the Board but didn’t get on). Framework regarding community consultations (volunteers, artists and community groups will be consulted) – framework. Can Membership consult? They can through General Public, but no specific process in place. Grant: may need to hold email confirmations for the RFP.	Motion to approve Mileage (with the changes). Mover: Yuri Seconder: Sam Motion: Approved – Motion to approve Committee Terms of Reference. Mover: Sam Seconder: Brian Motion: Approved – Motion to approve RFP. Mover: Sam Seconder: Ande Motion: Approved
Board Communications Board Meeting Principles and Expectations Board-Staff Communications Policy Elimination of Slack	Board-Staff Communications Policy ED Board Communications: If you’re unsure about who to go to: your go to is Sherwin (issues, feedback about staff etc, ). – Working with staff/Board working on specific projects together include: Bobby and Ande (finance) Bobby and Grant (AGM) Leanna and Yuri (Trans Pride) – Specific Committee issues can go to staff that you are working with. Any concerns in general or related to committees go to Sherwin. Board Members Feedback doesn’t have to go through Co-Chairs to give Sherwin feedback. – Slack (Yuri) We have outgrown use of Slack. Sam: Slack was put in place when the Board was more operational. Not as effective anymore; okay to cancel. Frequent level of communication is not as needed anymore. – *Action Items:* Grant and Yuri to coordinate with Christin (Slack Admin) to cancel. *Action Item:* Sherwin to have individual conversations with Board Members who have admin access to different areas (website, facebook, etc).	For discussion and approval. – Motion: Grant put forward to eliminate Board use of slack Mover: lezlie Seconder: Sam Motion: Approved. Brian abstained from voting.
Training Update d’bi.young anitafrika Workshop – July 13, August 10, September 7	Brian/TiKA Tika had a call with the trainer recently regarding creation. Dates provided are not going to work. Need to take 3 saturdays (d’bi is in London (5 hours ahead). Each session is 2 hours long. July 17, August 14, September 11. Earlier in the day is better (10am – noon). Board is okay with this time and date. *Action Item:* Brian to send email confirming to Board.	Discussed
Board “Get To Know You” Session	All. Get to know you games led by Yuri.	Discussed
Standing Item: In Camera Session / Discussion Flex Time	All	No In Camera Session
Upcoming Meetings June 1: Board Meeting (propose cancellation) June 15: Board Meeting June 29: Board Meeting (propose cancellation)	Co-Chairs Secretary Next meetings will be on June 15th, July 27th and August 24th. All other meetings in between are cancelled.	Discussed and All On Board

June 15, 2021

Date: June 15th 2021
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos, Samantha Fraser, Grant Gonzales, D!XON, TiKA Simone, leZlie Lee Kam, Christin Milloy, Dave Lewis
Staff: Sherwin Modeste, Nipuni Dhanawardana
Regrets/Absent: Maher Sinno, Yuri Hernandez, Jad Jaber

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the Order of Business: June 15th, 2021 Agenda	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: Brian Seconder: leZlie Motion: Approved
Land Acknowledgment	Recognition of traditional Indigenous land. Moment of silence for 215 Indigenous children.	Grant
Approval of Minutes	Approval of Minutes: May 18th Meeting Minutes	Motion to approve. Mover: Christin Seconder: Ande Motion: Approved
Declaration of Conflict of Interest	Standing item for accountability. No conflicts declared. Brian: ASL Interpretation for No Pride in Policing and Queer in Ontario. Brian was part of their group before joining Pride. Abstaining from voting because it is a perceived conflict of interest. Christin also had a prior relationship to No Pride in Policing and stayed on the mailing list. Will also abstain from voting.	Discussed.
Board Decision Tracker (FYI)	No items/decisions made between last meeting and today. Standing item: petition (Maggie’s and Butterfly (www.butterflysw.org ) – please see email). ASL funding for No Pride in Policing Event.	Discussed Ratify these two items: Mover: Dave Seconder: Sam Ratification: Approved
Board Meeting Principles and Expectations	For Reference from the Chair.	Discussed
Standing Item: Executive Director Report	Board members have reviewed and received the report. Q&A on Sherwin’s report: Sam: Social Media: John Wamsley left, Ajay has started. Social media posts have been great Newsletter Board Member Highlights August, September, October, November reserved for Board Members that are leaving. Action item Sherwin/Nipun: send job postings to Board Members. Sherwin: Exploring celebration in the fall where Wellsely stage is (first weekend in October). Halloween Party close to the office location. World Pride in 2022 Copenhagen – two Executive Directors and two Directors will attend World Pride. Also coincides with Human Rights Panel. Sherwin looking at budget for this. Looking at 2021/2022 budget – which will focus on promotion for staff and board members to attend October, November, December, January, February to attend. Great Marketing opportunity and representation. Pride Ambassadors (Board and staff as well) – for this budget. Dave: Permanent location for Pride festival? That is being decided. Parade Day 27th. Immediately after the land acknowledgement, there will be a moment of silence. Toronto Police Service – New recruits will go through a one hour session with us as part of their training. Christin: we should be covering more topics (like speaking about the community) other than Festival, experiences that the community has had with police. Grant: community safety should be prioritized. Sherwin: harm reduction approach (rather than over policing) Action item: huddle to plan what exactly will be provided in the 1 hour presentation to the recruits. Does this violate our Membership? We are not training, we are not bringing police back to the parade; this is more of an information session. Harm reduction: we are having harm reduction workers on the Festival Footprint (so won’t need as many police) If aim is to reduce police harm and police presence, then we need to be very clear with our stakeholders. Action Item: Sherwin/Nipuni to invite Board Members for feedback.	Received
Standing Item: Treasurer Report	Our bank account looks good, can pay all vendors, artists etc. $360K coming in from the City, and Federal govt. Next year’s budget 2021/2022: Sherwin/Bobby/Ande will work on the process for that. Once the Finance Committee reviews at the meeting on July 20, Board will review the budget at the next meeting.	Received
Governance and Policy Committee Conflict of Interest + Declaration Form Incident Report Partnership Policy Dealing with Disrespectful, Disruptive and Dangerous Behaviour Policy + Responses Evacuation Policy Fire Safety Policy Volunteer Policies (Master Policy Binder) Executive Director Performance Review Policy	Questions and Answers: Volunteer Policy Training (Accessibility Training): make it clear that it is the AODA Accessibility Standards. Anti-Opression training and Anti-Racism training (already mandatory training) Volunteer Discipline and Termination Policy (does it apply to Board Members) No → it is in the By-laws (which supercedes policies) Action item: Sherwin to get hard copy bylaws to leZlie.	Motion to approve. Mover: Sam Seconder: Brian Motion: Approved
Membership Approval	Brian to present new Membership requests for approval. Brian June 15th – list of Member Applications for Approval.	Motion to approve. Mover: Dave Seconder: Sam Motion: Approved
Strategic Planning Update	Grant: RFP to secure a facilitator for Strategic Plan. 11 applications received. Who is on the strategic planning committee: 4 Board members (yuri, grant, samantha, brian) 2 staff members (Sherwin and Amber) 1 Members (Ian Royer) Action item: Brian to send a thank you to Bobby (for policy work) and to welcome Amber to Strategic planning.	Discussed
New Business	To be a new standing item (media policy confirms – Dave is okay)
Standing Item: In Camera Session / Discussion Flex Time	All	Discussed
Upcoming Meetings July 5: Governance and Policy Committee July 13: d’bi.young anitafrika Workshop (#1) July 20: Finance and Audit Committee July 27: Next Board Meeting	All	Mover: Dave Seconder: Ande

July 27, 2021

Date: July 27th 2021
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos, Christin Milloy, Dave Lewis, D!XON, Grant Gonzales, Jad Jaber, TiKA Simone, Yuri Hernandez
Staff: Sherwin Modeste, Nipuni Dhanawardana
Regrets/Absent: Samantha Fraser, leZlie Lee Kam, Maher Sinno

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the Order of Business: July 27, 2021 Agenda	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: Dave Seconder: TiKA Motion: Approved
Land Acknowledgment	Recognition of traditional Indigenous land.	Received.
Approval of Minutes	Approval of Minutes: June 15, 2021 Meeting Minutes	Motion to approve. Mover: Brian Seconder: Dave Motion: Approved
Declaration of Conflict of Interest	Standing item for accountability.	Discussed.
Board Decision Tracker (FYI)	New item: Submission to Senate to support a Federal Ban on Conversion Therapy Action item: please look at the statement on encampment and approve; so that we can post.	Discussed Ratify item: Mover: Brian Seconder: Grant Ratification: Approved
Board Meeting Principles and Expectations	For Reference from the Chair.	Discussed
Standing Item: Executive Director Report	Board members have reviewed and received the report. Leanna’s (Programming & Events Manager) role will be finished officially on Friday and then she will be on a short term contract in August and September. New Program Manager starts in September, so there will be a handover between Leanna and a new person. Need to celebrate Leanna in some way. Grant that we did not receive (because we don’t hold charitable status) was too small for us to reach out to other orgs. for support. Brian – does not want to participate in October highlight. Recommendation: donate extra Pride bags to Moss Park encampment. Sherwin’s new update: Early conversations with Global Black Pride to host their festival in Toronto. They are considering Canada and South Africa. Their third year festival; first time they are holding a physical festival and first year outside of the US. Global Black Pride has already reached out to Canadian Heritage. Will take place in July 2022. Best to keep Global Black Pride and Pride Toronto celebrations separate. Staff Festival 2021 feedback session: two parts: in person at the office and online. September 7: next ED community meeting to be held (where general community able to ask questions, talk about strategic plan etc).	Received
Standing Item: Treasurer Report	Ande’s update. Moving forward with the audit. Once the audit is done, we can then think about AGM. Accounts: we are using an external Accounting firm (for the past 3 years). Ande’s role as Treasurer will need to be replaced when Ande’s term on the Board is finished. 2021-22 Annual Budget Sherwin: plan is to look at the budget on a quarterly basis and review with the Board. Dave: new revenue streams. Exploring new sponsorships. Sherwin: need a signature event that is bringing in money ($100,000).	Received Vote on the budget. Mover: Dave Second: Grant. Approved!
Board Travel	Perceptions and Expectations Grant Very supportive in being present at other Pride festivals: 1. to market our festival 2. to see how other festivals are approaching their programs, learning etc). Need to be aware about risks about travel, will have a work plan/itinerary and then free time. Christin: publish work plan in newsletter to let people know we’re going. D!XON: good to have mixture of Board and staff, networking. TiKA: we can also register for other festivals like SXSW, music festivals. Create alignments and partnerships – perhaps have our own performances, showcase Pride Toronto talent (Pride Toronto stage) and have more visibility. Dave: willing to sponsor a Board member. Jad: cautious of networking because it is hard to measure. Need to describe how it benefits sustainability of the organization and how it benefits the community. Yuri: deliverables, goals, activations, how to measure. Need to come back with something tangible for the community. Sherwin: intention is to get the biggest bang for buck (use via rail to get there, have Ops team scope out st) in Montreal. Texas is coming up too soon to travel safely. Vegas (only 25,00 attendance – not big enough to send people). Atlanta – looking at this one (can we get a booth, be in the Parade etc). Can look to invite other people from Toronto who are attending other Prides to come march with us. D!XON: Atlanta is great place to start (from an anti-black lens. Music festivals are also great to look at (how they organize their artists, stages etc.). Dave, Jad, TiKA will be going to Montreal. Staff lead will be Primeau for Montreal. Brian: framework of how we decide to go to different places (Atlanta, reserves etc), inter-Pride.	Discussed
Governance and Policy Committee Strategic Planning: Facilitator Recommendation Proposal: Elevate Equity and REFLEX Urbanism Appendix: Elevate Equity and REFLEX Urbanism Board Recruitment: 2022-2025 Term	Strategic Planning: Facilitator Recommendation Grant Only decision point today is to secure facilitator for strategic plan. Recommend: Elevate (Karibu) and REFLEX (Darian). Community engagement: full trust that they will be able to do this. Concerns: technical writing, strategic plan clear and key metric, Committee: recommends flexibility around bringing in additional expertise if needed. Late August – planning to move ahead with strat planning. Board Recruitment – not discussed.	Motion to approve Elevate Equity and REFLEX Urbanism as facilitators, (clause to bring in anyone for technical aspects) Mover: Dave Seconder: Grant Motion: Approved
Membership Approval	Brian to present new Membership requests for approval. List of Member Applications for Approval sent in Board Package email by Nipuni on Thursday, July 22nd.	Motion to approve. Mover: Grant Seconder: Brian Motion: Approved
New Business	Standing Item Gay Zombies Cannabis Consumers Association came to Pride Parade in 2016 under false pretenses; to pass out homophobic materials. They are facing lawsuit; Pride Toronto is named as a victim. It’s at the Supreme Court (delayed because police think an in person trial is better). Sherwin: as ED will need to have some involvement in case. Dave: need to be aware as a Board. Brian: our role is to get that report on what is going to be presented in court, and review it as well as possibly an victim impact statement. This conversation is around safety and hate crime, that we need to take part of. Grant: generally, it is an obligation for the Board to be aware/involved with legal matters.	Motion to approve getting briefing about the report from Toronto (seperate from Board Meeting and Optional for Board). Police: Mover: Christin Seconder: Dave Motion: Approved None opposed.
Standing Item: In Camera Session	Board of Directors and Sherwin	Discussed
Upcoming Meetings August 14: d’bi.young anitafrika Workshop (#2) August 17: Finance and Audit Committee TBC: Next Board Meeting	All Next Board Meeting: August 31, 2021	Completed

August 31, 2021

Date: August 31st 2021
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Brian De Matos, Christin Milloy, Dave Lewis, Grant Gonzales, Yuri Hernandez, Samantha Fraser, Ande Clumpus, D!XON (left during ED report discussion due to emergency)
Staff: Sherwin Modeste, Nipuni Dhanawardana
Regrets/Absent: leZlie Lee Kam, TiKA Simone, Jad Jaber, Maher Sinno

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the Order of Business: August 31, 2021 Agenda Amendments: Christin: remove ‘Buck Angel’ as topic discussion, and to talk about the letter itself. Sam: add ‘next training session’ as the last item before upcoming meetings.	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: Yuri Seconder: Dave Motion: Approved
Land Acknowledgment	Recognition of traditional Indigenous land.	Yuri
Approval of Minutes	Approval of Minutes: July 27, 2021 Meeting Minutes	Motion to approve. Mover: Dave Seconder: Yuri Motion: Approved
Declaration of Conflict of Interest	Standing item for accountability. Board Members who are complainants and respondents of investigation not to be in the in camera session, as per legal counsel. Brian: recuse himself for the in camera session.	Discussed.
Board Decision Tracker (FYI)	2 New items: Electing David Lewis to the ED Performance Review Committee and Political Activity Policy	Discussed Ratify item: Motion to approve two items Mover: Dave Seconder: Brian Ratification: Approved
Board Meeting Principles and Expectations	For Reference from the Chair.	Received
Standing Item: Executive Director Report	Board members have reviewed and received the report. Sam: volunteer for October Newsletter highlight. Sept 7: ED Community meeting; Board Members asked to attend. Action item: Nipuni to send the Board a calendar invite for the ED Community meeting. Sept 17: Board invited to attend staff retreat for Friday evening session. Sherwin: Two volunteers from the Board needed for the Honoured Positions Committee, to select International Grand Marshall. Action Item: Sherwin to send email to the Board about this.	Received
Standing Item: Treasurer Report	Ande’s update. Financial summary sent in ED Report for fiscal year 2021. In the next two or three, the audit will be completed. Finances look good, no flags.	Received
Governance and Policy Committee Governance and Policy Committee Board Recruitment: 2022-2025 Term Board Recruitment Policy Next Steps/Timeline Strategic Planning Update	Grant: No decision points to be made. Trying to work well ahead of time to plan around recruitment, and AGM planning, so it’s not a rush. Some initial timelines, key dates have been set (and are to be confirmed). Board Recruitment: The Governance and Policy Committee needs to review and approve the Board Recruitment Policy. In September, in the coming weeks, there will be updates for review and approval. Mid October – late October: Board candidate review. Late October – early November: complete interviews. From a skills perspective: we need a treasurer (Financial CPA background). From a representation perspective: trans women and indigenous people (specific call out for certain communities will be in Board position posting) Questions for the Board: For those whose term is up, please advise your intention to run again or not. This is critical to knowing how many Board spots there are to fill. For those whose term is not up, please advise if you wish to continue as a Board Member. Please advise if you would like to join the selection committee? Timeline: Board Members need to advise before the next Board Meeting (before the end of September). Strategic Planning Update: Worked on a draft workback plan and key deliverables. Consultants have requested key documents from staff (annual reports, organizational policies). Planning on community consultations to be virtual, survey and in person (pending on Public Health guidelines re. covid-19). Next steps: walk through the work plan. Chair of Strategic Planning is Grant. Grant Planning is more on the planning side, while Sherwin will be more on the implementation. Christin: What kind of committee is the Strategic Planning Committee? Sherwin: it is a Board-led Committee/ responsibility, but staff are needed for administrative purposes and to operationalize.	Received
AGM Planning	Grant: Already discussed AGM planning a bit during the Governance and Policy Committee Staff have done some initial work on setting some key dates; AGM to be held in late January. Must hold AGM 6 months after the end of fiscal year in July: August 1st – end of January 31. December is not a good time to hold AGM (with people being out of office, away on holidays etc).	Discussed
Board Participation in Operational Committees	Sherwin: A decision was made previously to include Board Members in operations/programs committees. This wasn’t as successful as we had hoped, and so the request is to remove Board Member participation in Operations committees, like the Programs committee and others. Advisory groups are community gathering meetings. Sherwin wants to provide training to Board Members on how to engage as community members. Sherwin is working with a facilitator around separation of duties. Brian: can be another appropriate platform/mechanism for Board Members to provide input on programming. Grant: for example to the above, have staff present their plans at Board Meetings at Board Members can provide feedback (that may or may not be used). Dave: Conflict of Interest when discussing items with community members (because of power imbalance as Board of Directors) Christin: in agreement with this and endorses a motion to withdraw board members from Operations committees. Action item: Grant, Yuri and Sherwin to send email to Board Members to let them know motion has passed. Brian: request to state what constitutes an Operational committee in the email. Grant: confirmed it will be written that approved motion is not applicable to advisory committees.	Motion: To have the Board withdraw from participating in any Operational Committees and develop a mechanism where Board feedback on Operations can be provided at a Board meeting. Mover: Christin Seconder: Ande Motion: Approved
Pride Response to Transphobic Open Letter	Christin: Harmful, transphobic letter, endorsed by some well-known trans men, is being widely circulated. Discussion on Pride Toronto response. Brian: At the heart of it, the letter villainizes, and devalues particularly trans women who are attracted to other women. The letter supports conversion therapy and is trans mysoginistic. Christin: focus of the letter is from Blanchard’s early 1980s, theories on gender and sexuality, which have been widely discredited. Samantha: officially wants to show support. Many of the people from her community (people who she knows through her conference), have seen and are speaking out against this letter. Dave: appreciates the learnings he is receiving about this issue and wishes to show support Christin: the letter also erases trans men, biplus, nonbinary people. Co-signatories of the letter have social media clout. Brian: Opposition/response letter also circulating on the transphobic letter: https://openletter.earth/trans-men-speak-ad9cf9b8 Sherwin: can retweet and/or create short post format (working with Christin and Brian) sharing factual information around trans people Dave/Sherwin: With newsletters moving forward, as a standing item, include information on how to apply for Membership. Grant: letter to be endorsed (either our own or signing off on another, followed by an educational series, like others staff have done for accessibility. Yuri: in agreement and able to join meetings to discuss educational series. Action Item: Christin to review opposition/response letter, and send the Board a recommendation if we as Pride Toronto should endorse the letter, retweet the letter or write our own response letter. Action item: Nipuni to create a meeting invite with Primeau, Ajay, Sherwin, Christin, Yuri, Brian and Sam for Wed, Sept 7th to discuss a Transphobia Series on social media for the last two weeks of September.	Discussed
Membership Approval	Brian to present new Membership requests for approval. List of Member Applications for Approval sent in Board Package email by Nipuni on Thursday, August 26, 2021. Two members to approve. *Break and then move to in-camera session*	Motion to approve. Mover: Brian Seconder: Dave None opposed Motion: Approved
Standing Item: In Camera Session Approval of In Camera Minutes Staff Report and Next Steps Board Report and Next Steps ED Performance Review Update	Board of Directors and Sherwin	Discussed
New Business / Extra Time		Discussed
Upcoming Meetings TBC: Next Board Meeting	All Next Board Meeting:	Motion to Adjourn. Mover: Yuri Seconder: Ande Approved

September 21, 2021

Date: September 21st 2021
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Brian De Matos, Christin Milloy, Dave Lewis, Grant Gonzales, Yuri Hernandez, Samantha Fraser, Ande Clumpus, Maher Sinno
Staff: Sherwin Modeste, Nipuni Dhanawardana
Regrets/Absent: Jad Jaber, D!XON (on leave), TiKA Simone (on leave), leZlie Lee Kam

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the Order of Business: September 21, 2021 Agenda Brian: update calendar with Dave’s announcement in-camera	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: Dave Seconder: Maher Motion: Approved
Land Acknowledgment	Recognition of traditional Indigenous land.	Grant
In-Camera Announcement	Dave announcement to All Board Members and Sherwin	Motion to move to in-camera: Mover: Dave Seconder: Sam – Motion to move out of in- camera: Mover: Dave Seconder: Ande
Approval of Minutes	Approval of Minutes: August 31, 2021 Meeting Minutes Christin: Revise adjournment names	Motion to approve. Mover: Dave. Seconder: Christin, Motion: Approved
Declaration of Conflict of Interest	Standing item for accountability.	Discussed.
Board Decision Tracker (FYI)	2 New items:	Motion to ratify tracker Mover: Dave Seconder: Ande Motion: Approved
Board Meeting Principles and Expectations	For Reference from the Chair.	Received
Standing Item: Executive Director Report Staff Retreat Debrief Global Black Pride	Board members have reviewed and received the report. New Program Manager, Vernon, will be joining the team on Monday. Leanna will be leaving her role as current Program Manager to go back to school. ED Meet and Greet: 40 people registered, but just a handful showed up (we discussed that moving forward, we will need to send out a reminder the day before.) Global Black Pride is joining us this weekend. Please confirm by the end of tonight if you are coming to the Welcome Dinner on Friday – RSVP to Nipuni. GBP Itinerary: Saturday Morning: brunch with Black, Queer local leaders. Saturday Evening: artist networking event. Sunday Morning: outdoor meeting with Blackness Yes! team Sunday Afternoon: tour of the Pride Toronto festival locations in Toronto Monday Morning: virtual meeting at Pride Office with Black Healthcare Providers Network Monday Afternoon: virtual meeting at Pride Office with Arts and Culture Services, City of Toronto Board Speaking Roles at GBP events: Friday night: Grant Saturday brunch: Dave Saturday evening artist event: TiKA Grant: motion needs to be put forward to approving accommodation expenses for TiKA. Yuri joined the Board Meeting. Sherwin: Staff Retreat held last week; thank you to the Board Members who were able to attend. Looking forward to GBP. When Pat Tobin from the City of Toronto heard about this from us, he helped connect us to the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries.	Motion to support cover of expenses of TiKA’s accomodation for attending Global Black Pride; to be managed by the Executive Director. Mover: Dave Seconder: Christin. Approved.
Standing Item: Treasurer Report	Ande’s update. We’re finishing the year with a strong surplus, expenses are manageable. Auditor’s are working with Bobby and Sherwin. Sherwin: Two interim audits: Province and Federal Brian – what are office renovations in cash flow document? Sherwin: all for setting up the new office (desks, shelves, art etc).	Received
Sponsorship and Fund Development Committee Terms of Reference	Yuri This committee will be working with Kat from staff. Currently the committee is just Yuri and Kat. New members who will join the team: Samantha. Action item: Yuri will send out an email to the Board Members, so those who wish to join the committee can advise there. Terms of Reference: Grant: reference the Sponsorship Policy because it is going to be a big part of the committee Yuri: Yes, will add that in. Samantha: Committee reviewing the Sponsorship applications. In busier times (Pride Month), it would be hard for staff to wait for the committee to approve Dave: are we looking to operationalize? Yuri: Board Members won’t have finite decision making power, so Kat will be there to voice staff concerns. Sherwin: two staff will be on the Committee. Amber will represent Sponsorships, in addition to Kat. Kat (Grant and Fund Development Manager) – more hands on role (for exp a gala or a dance, an annual event) Grant: Amber is the first person that looks to review. Dave: how does the appeal process work? Yuri: committee is very new, so a lot of the items will be discussed at the Committee Meetings. Sherwin: pause this discussion and chat with the staff and committee. We will work on the process, and bring it back to the Board. Yuri: going to look over the Terms of Reference, and will like to move forward with motion. Then others can join the committee to work on details.	Motion to approve Terms of Reference. Mover: Yuri Seconder: Dave Motion: Approved
Governance and Policy Committee Board Recruitment: 2022-2025 Term Board Recruitment Policy Board Recruitment Process Strategic Planning Update Work Plan Engagement Activities	Strategic Planning consultants (Karibu and Darian) came to the staff retreat on Thursday to touch base with staff. They will also be coming to the Board Meetings to give updates. After consultations we will be working with them heavily to develop a plan. In January, we will have a draft version of the strategic plan. We may need to hold a special meeting to approve the strategic plan. Maher question: what’s the Board’s involvement in strat planning? Grant: Board more heavily involved in the latter stages of the process. Board will have their own sessions with Darian and Karibu. January: reviewing, approving. After January: staff will operationalize. Dave: Project timeline document for the Board to see? Grant: Yes – that is the work plan attached in the Agenda (line by line document). Lot of the details are based on consultations. Grant: Board approves the final strategic plan. Board Recruitment: Review Policy Grant: high level run through of policy and motion to approve needed. Maher: use community engagement/outreach more than ‘advertisement’. Add advertisement and outreach in the title. Board Recruitment Process we’ve identified gaps (Board) this on the high level, but it would be up to the Recruitment Committee to identify . Dave Policies: for accessibility process, can we have access to all approved policies? Nipuni: staff are working on the Masterlist, so this is in progress. Christin and Brian: On the website, consider having policies. Brian – Meeting Minutes on the website. Sherwin: in order for us to do a good analysis, if there are people are not running again, it would be best for people to declare their intention. Oct 28 is 90 days before January 26, 2021 (AGM tentative date) Grant: there is at a minimum 3 Board Member vacancies, so we can put the vacancies up and highlight considerations. Christin: We can be deliberately vague about the number of positions in the early stages of the recruitment process, so we can see what are candidates. Sam: might be good to make a call out for some experiences, so racialized women in particular can see themselves represented in the job posting.	Received – Motion to Approve Board Recruitment Policy: Mover: Yuri Seconder: Christin. Approved.
Working Groups AGM Planning Working Group (3-5) Board Recruitment Working Group (5) Honoured Groups Selection Committee (2)	AGM Planning Working Group (3-5) Brian, Grant, support staff Board Recruitment Working Group (5): Dave, Sam, Maher, Ande, Grant Sherwin Honoured Groups Selection Committee (2) Yuri and Christin Brian: If anyone wants to move into the Secretary role, please connect with me. It would be good for someone who is already on the Board to take over as secretary, as this is a better practise, rather than a new Board Member taking on this responsibility. Grant: new Secretary role could also have a project on Member Recruitment (creating a plan around Membership. Because they manage the Membership Registry. Dave: Interested in Secretary role. What is the policy for new Board Members’ onboarding? Maher: Orientation Policy recovers this. This is why we also sent out the Board Orientation survey. Action item: Maher to recirculate the survey. Also to include in onboarding: Grant: incorporate Freya’s volunteer trainings for new Board Members. Sam: Introduction to staff and roles.	Discussed
Membership Approval	Brian to present new Membership requests for approval. List of Member Applications for Approval sent in Board Package email by Nipuni on Friday, September 17, 2021. Two members to approve. *Break and then move to in-camera session*	Motion to approve. Mover: Dave Seconder: Brian None opposed Motion: Approved
Standing Item: In Camera Session Approval of In Camera Minutes Federal Grants Update Board Investigation Update ED Performance Review Update	Secretary Executive Director Dave Grant	Discussed
New Business / Extra Time	All	Discussed
Adjournment/Upcoming Meetings Sept. 24-27 : Global Black Pride October 4: Governance and Policy Committee October 19: Next Board Meeting	Co-Chairs	Motion to Adjourn. Mover: David Seconder: Christin Approved

Signed off By Secretary of the board

Brian De Matos

October 19, 2021

Date: October 19th 2021
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Brian De Matos, Christin Milloy, Grant Gonzales, Samantha Fraser, Ande Clumpus, Maher Sinno
Staff: Sherwin Modeste, Nipuni Dhanawardana, Katherina Symes
Regrets/Absent: Dave Lewis, Jad Jaber, D!XON (on leave), TiKA Simone (on leave), leZlie Lee Kam, Yuri Hernandez

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the Order of Business: October 19, 2021 Agenda	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: Sam Seconder: Maher Motion: Approved
Land Acknowledgment	Recognition of traditional Indigenous land.	Grant
Approval of Minutes	Approval of Minutes: September 21, 2021 Meeting Minutes	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: Sam Seconder: Maher Motion: Approved
Declaration of Conflict of Interest	Chair: Standing item for accountability.	Discussed
Board Decision Tracker (FYI)	Secretary, Brian.	Motion to ratify tracker. Mover: Sam Seconder: Christin Motion: Approved
Board Meeting Principles and Expectations	For Reference from the Chair.	Received
Strategic Planning Update	Consultant: Darian. Internal organizational review (needs assessment) underway. Some Board Members have been interviewed on Strategic Planning. Karibu has been doing interviews with staff. Now: we’re getting into community engagement (emphasizing diversity, and accessibility). Activities coming up soon (town hall), focus groups chosen by soliciting feedback from staff and our own knowledge. Focus on intergenerational perspective (youth and Elders), front line workers, volunteers, advisory committee, sponsors, art collectives. Ask: getting the word out to everyone in your networks. Strategy sessions (seperate for staff and Board) 3 hours each, to be held in December. End in January: Report Action item: Darian send digital assets, graphics Sherwin: posts will be promoted on social media and targeted towards queer and trans community in Toronto. Darian: working with contacts from Indigenous, 2spirit, Black, Elders, queer, newcomer organizing people, so that we engage with groups that may not have not feel heard in the past. Representative outreach is one of the main areas of importance from staff and the Strat Planning Committee. Low response, performance review – quality vs. quantity, Darian is okay to change as needed. Harm reduction has been taken into account; data will be analyzed personally by Darian, Karibu and Strat Planning committee, so we’d be able to see if any one filled out the survey in bad faith. Strat Planning Committee: to look at metrics.	Discussed
Grants and Fund Development Update and Brainstorm	Grant and Fund Development Manager, Katherina Symes. Initial discussion about the Board hosting a signature event in 2022. Action item: Kat to create a brainstorming document for the Board based on discussion notes from Nipuni; Board to input their ideas and suggestions.	Discussed
Standing Item: Executive Director Report Historical Issues – Next Steps Crime Prevention Action Fund Grant	Executive Director, Sherwin Declare conflict: Sherwin worked with the United Nations Association in the past. New staffing model document sent to the Board based on UNA positions; staff would come in November, rather than January, which will enable us to work ahead of schedule. Other position: Volunteer Curator (we get a lot of requests for training). So with this role, the Volunteer Coordinator will have more time to focus on Trainings, help in revenue generation etc. More community engagement: Thanksgiving dinner was successful; looking at holiday dinner. Operations and Sponsorship months ahead of where they usually are in previous years. GBP weekend dates for 2022 – up to the Community on what weekend we will end up going with.	Discussed
Standing Item: Treasurer Report: Budget vs Actuals Summary Budget vs Actuals Expanded	Treasurer, Ande: We are in a good position financially. 1st report approved. Funding from the province has been approved.	Discussed
Governance and Policy Committee Board Recruitment Update	Grant & Christin Board Recruitment update: Update: 1 week into Board recruitment, 6 applications so far. Upcoming Board Q&A session: going to be online. Flex time (can extend by 1 week if needed).	Motion: To support legal review of By Law No.1 to ensure compliance with Ontario **Not-for-Profit Act, 2010. Mover: Sam Seconder: Christin Motion:** Approved
Membership Approvals	Secretary, Brian: 8 people have applied to join Membership. *Break and then Governance discussion continued*	Motion to approve new Membership Applications. Mover: Sam Seconder: Brian Motion: Approved
Governance and Policy Committee (continued) Membership Policy By-Law No. 1: General Discussion re: Areas of Focus Accessibility / Safe Spaces Designated Board Positions Director Eligibility for Staff Roles Membership Termination Revisiting the Board & Staff Communications Policy	Grant Membership Policy: Membership has been free since January, but it hasn’t been updated in Policy and it hasn’t been updated in general in a while. Board to seek legal advice on requiring an affidavit for any requests to access Membership list contact information. Need clarity on requirements around sharing Member personal information. To post Membership Policy, make it explicitly clear to potential Members about what personal info we are collecting and give them options: what information will and will not be shared. provide an option for supporter class membership for those who do not want to share addresses (all Membership benefits except voting at AGM) change contact info: reach out to XX. General discussion to amend ByLaws: 1) All future Pride spaces to be accessible in various aspects: gendered washrooms), flashing lights for smoke alarms) etc. 2) Holding ourselves accountable to making spaces where we hold events more accessible. Pride staff will do everything in their power to ensure accessibility, i.e. require Pride affiliated events to have gendered facilities (they must for the time of the event offer a non gendered facility). 2) Hold seats on the Board for racialized people. Designated board seats are not an Officer role, or any guarantee of an officer role. It just ensures that in order to get quorum, the future board must have at the minimum, good diversity represented (if we engineer the roles properly). Grant and Christin to work on the amendment ByLaws. Not for profit act, established in 2010 wasn’t in effect until it was proclaimed recently, so coming into effect soon. Our ByLaws currently do reference the Not for Profit Act. ByLaw amendments look at how long do Board Members have to wait until they can apply for a position at Pride Toronto. Membership Termination; to look at compliance with the Not for Profit Act. Board Staff Communication Policy Intention: Board Management role vs. ED role. Finances – go to Treasurer, Ande. Requests for Board should go to Grant, Yuri; not Sherwin. Be mindful of any personal conversations that you may have with each other, cause we are coworkers and have professional responsibilities. No policy change – just want to reiterate. Sherwin also responsible for ccing the Board when going to one Board Member. This will be an ongoing conversation. Action item: Grant to put this on email.	Defer any motions around Membership Policy until the next Board Meeting so the Board has time to seek legal advice around compliance of the newly proclaimed Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA).
Standing Item: In Camera Session Approval of In Camera Minutes Sept 21, 2021 Oct 12, 2021 Board Investigation Update ED Performance Review Update	Secretary, Brian Maher	Motion to move in camera: Mover: Sam Seconder: Maher Motion: Approved
Other Business / Extra Time	All	Motion to Move Out of In Camera Session included in In Camera minutes
Adjournment / Upcoming Meetings Nov 1: Governance and Policy Committee Nov 23: BOD	Co-Chairs	Motion to Adjourn. Moved: Sam Seconded: Maher Motion: Approved

November 23, 2021

Date: Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Brian De Matos, Christin Milloy, Grant Gonzales, Ande Clumpus, Jad Jaber, Yuri Hernandez
Staff: Sherwin Modeste, Nipuni Dhanawardana
Regrets/Absent: leZlie Lee Kam, Samantha Fraser, Maher Sinno, D!XON (on leave)

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the Order of Business	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: Ande Seconder: Christin Motion: Approved
Land Acknowledgment	Recognition of traditional Indigenous land.	Yuri
Approval of Minutes	Approval of Minutes: October 19, 2021 Meeting Minutes	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: Yuri Seconder: Ande Motion: Approved
Declaration of Conflict of Interest	Chair: Standing item for accountability.	Discussed
Board Decision Tracker (FYI)	Secretary, Brian.	No updates to Board Decision Tracker since last meeting
Board Meeting Principles and Expectations	For Reference from the Chair.	Received
Standing Item: Executive Director Report	Executive Director, Sherwin KPMG report: we’re continuing to work with them on the audit. Moving forward; the Board will get a copy of grants for viewing (but please do not share out). Met with Sponsorship team and close to 1 million confirmed in funding. Programming press release: Spice. Big hit and sparked a lot of important discussions. Sherwin and Yuri’s meeting with Fierte Montreal went really well. Really good start of more conversations to come. Board Members needed for Dispute Resolution Committee, Signature Event and Newsletter highlight. Media picked up the environmental sustainability (reducing size of flatbed trucks) and not gas powered. Blood ban: Had a meeting with the Minister of Justice Office; which was very productive. Conversations continuing to happen. Legislation on conversion is going to be tabled very soon and when it does a note to MPs going to be send out (conversion therapy). leZlie received prestigious award at the CGLCC award night for her community activism.	Discussed
Standing Item: Treasurer Report	Treasurer, Ande: Financial reports were sent in the ED report. No big updates – things still look good. Funds in the bank are being used for plans for next year.	Discussed
Annual General Meeting Update	Grant and Nipuni ByLaw review is still underway with the lawyers right now. Laureen Elder Blu Waters confirmed for land acknowledgement. Harm Reduction – Freya is doing this via chat monitor. Get Quorum is being used again. AGM Planning Working Group will meet to discuss chat feature this year (Members last year wanted more clarity on chat function) and voting process.	Discussed
Governance and Policy Committee Board Recruitment: Board Slate Recommendations Overview Questionnaire Responses By-Law No. 1 Amendments (Update Only) Membership Policy (Update Only) Strategic Planning Update	Grant Board Recruitment: interviewed 7 candidates. Majority of candidates were women-identified. Narrowed it down to 4 candidates to approve for the AGM. They are running as a slate. ByLaw and Membership Policy: still with lawyer. Strategic Planning: Consultants have met with Strategic Planning Committee to review insights from community consultations. Currently on pause as committee is reflecting on next steps.	Motion to approve the slate of Board Member candidates. Mover: Ande Seconder: Christin Motion: Approved
Membership Approvals	Secretary, Brian: 8 people have applied to join Membership.	Motion to approve new Membership Applications. Mover: Brian Seconder: Christin Motion: Approved
Standing Item: In Camera Session Minutes (see email from Brian) September 21 Minutes October 12 Minutes October 19 Minutes ED Performance Review	Grant, Secretary (Brian)	Motion to move in camera: Mover: Brian Seconder: Ande Motion: Approved
Other Business / Extra Time	All	Motion to Move Out of In Camera Session included in In Camera minutes
Adjournment / Upcoming Meetings November 29: Board of Directors (Special) December 6: Governance and Policy Committee December 7: Board Strategic Planning Session December 14: Board of Directors	Co-Chairs	Motion to Adjourn. Moved: Ande Seconded: Yuri Motion: Approved

December 14, 2021

Date: Tuesday, December 14th, 2021
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Brian De Matos, Grant Gonzales, Ande Clumpus, Jad Jaber, Yuri Hernandez, Samantha Fraser, D!XON, TiKA Simone, Maher Sinno
Staff: Sherwin Modeste, Nipuni Dhanawardana, Bobby MacPherson
Regrets/Absent: leZlie Lee Kam

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the Order of Business: December 14, 2021 Agenda	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: Sam Seconder: Jad Motion: Approved
Land Acknowledgment	Recognition of traditional Indigenous land.	Yuri
Approval of Minutes	Approval of Minutes	Motion to approve the agenda. Mover: Brian Seconder: Jad Motion: Approved
Declaration of Conflict of Interest	Chair: Standing item for accountability. Brian: on the list of Membership Approvals, so will not be a part of that discussion.	Discussed
Board Decision Tracker (FYI)	Secretary, Brian. One Item: Strategic Planning contract with Elevate Equity and REFLEX Urbanism	Motion to ratify tracker. Mover: Yuri Seconder: Jad Motion: Approved
Board Meeting Principles and Expectations	For Reference from the Chair.	Received
Standing Item: Executive Director Report	Executive Director, Sherwin Operations update: new staff have started. KPMG – Bobby and Sherwin meeting with Auditors on Dec 22nd to go over Board recommendations. Action Items: Nipuni to reach out to the Board for any potential sponsorship opportunities/recommendations. Board to sign up for Indigenous Competency Training and let us know if you want Pride Toronto to follow you on social media as Board Members. Sherwin to look into Pride Toronto’s sources for pronouns training. 1 more Board Member needed for Honoured Positions Committee Directors Liability Insurance – went out after the recent case/verdict. Grant: New legislation on communicating staff after hours. Sherwin: we’re going to create a policy around this legislation that speaks directly to the uniqueness of Pride Toronto (events held after work hours). D!XON: Do artists have to register every year or just once? Sherwin: Artists have to register every year (to show that they are still interested in participating year after year). TiKA: GBP artists: is the talent going to be separate. Do artists register separately? Sherwin: artists will be managed separately, so yes they will have to register separately. Board can support by sending out applications/encouraging artists to apply.	Discussed
Standing Item: Treasurer Report: Budget vs Actuals (Aug- Nov, 2021) Short.pdf FULL Budget Vs. Actual -November 2021.xlsx – Budget vs. Actuals.pdf Audited Financial Statements: 202107 Pride Toronto Financial Statements Draft December 2 2021.pdf	Treasurer, Ande, joined by Ed Scheck and Kevin Thomas from KPMG, Bobby. Review of Financial Statements In-Camera Session with auditors and only Board held Ande: Budget vs. Actuals review. Brian: Other POS systems other than PayPal for donations? Sherwin: people can write cheques and send etransfers; donation app is sent out closer to the Festival season (donate app).	Discussed Motion to approve audited financial statements. Mover: Ande Seconder: Sam
Membership Approvals	Grant: 32 people have applied to join Membership. Brian on list of Membership Approval (given his role on the Board is coming to an end) abstain from discussion and approval. Any new Memberships that come in between December 14th and December 27th, will need to be approved on December 27th by Board so that they can have a vote at the AGM. Action Items: Nipuni to send a calendar hold as a reminder and send Board new Memberships on December 27th. Board to approve new Memberships through online vote.	Motion to approve new Membership Applications. Mover: Ande Seconder: Jad Motion: Approved
Annual General Meeting Update General Update / Voting Method	Grant and Nipuni Needed: 2 Board Members to monitor Questions. Initial notice to go out later in December and then full package to be sent in January. Meet the Board Candidates Q&A TownHall taking place. Board Q&A Document being developed for AGM. Voting Method for Board Directors: Four Open Position Up for Discussion. Same method as last year.	Motion to approve Voting Method: Mover: Ande Seconder: Jad Opposed: Brian Motion: Passes
Governance and Policy Committee By-Law No. 1 Amendments (Update Only) Membership Policy	Grant ByLaw Update: Ontario Not For Profit Act (we have 3 years to comply). We’re going to meet with the legal team in December that has been going over our ByLaws to go over specifics. Special Board Meeting in the first/second week of January to be held to go over AGM Items that need to be approved). Membership Policy: As part of new legislation. We need individuals’ legal name (if different from the name they use), and home address. In particular, if any Members request Membership Registry access, we would need to provide address/contact info (need to build processes around this).	Discussed Motion to approve Membership Policy. Mover: Sam Seconder: Yuri Motion: Approved
Standing Item: In Camera Session Minutes (see email from Brian) November 23 Minutes November 29 Minutes ED Performance Review (see email)	Grant, Secretary (Brian)	Motion to move in camera: Mover: Ande Seconder: Jad Motion: Approved
Other Business / Extra Time	All	Motion to Move Out of In Camera Session included in In Camera minutes
Adjournment	Co-Chairs	Motion to Adjourn. Mover: Sam Seconded: Grant Motion: Approved

2020

Annual General Meeting 2020

Board Meeting Minutes 2020

June 9, 2020

Date: June 9th 2020
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Notetaker: Brian De Matos
Attendance:
Board Members: Alyssa Mohabir, Shakir Rahim, Christin Milloy, Jad Jaber, Samantha Fraser, Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos.
Staff: Bobby & Amber, Nicoy, Brandon, Leanna, Mykle
Regrets/Absent: Michael Erickson

Anti Black Racism Strategy:

Currently reviewing Edna’s proposal on Ally Training.

Communicating with BLMTO – The board prepared a communication to BLMTO and will reach out to them for input for our statement but we will work in the statement

Organization Donations: 10k divided by 4.
Toronto Kiki Ball Alliance
Black CAP
BLMTO Freedom School.
(One more will be discussed)

Artist: We are asking the black artist for paintings to decorate the office.

Motion: To increase the budget amount by $5000 to Pride Toronto Anti-black Racism Initiatives to a full 20K.

Motion: Passed

A strategy that PT will take regarding our statement:

We are ready to release the motion approved the statement and wait for input from BLMTO and or the Black Queer and Trans Identified community members.

Action Items: Reaching out to BLMTO by tomorrow.

The statement membership approved (?)

Virtual Pride Update:

Amber has updated the board on virtual pride programming.

Politician appearances at Pride

Action items: The prime minister will not have involvement in the virtual parade.

The board will have a meeting with Tory and discuss participation.

Blood Ban:

Blood Ban coalition update: PT is supporting this.

Board Only Section:

Announcement:

Shakir is stepping down as Co-Chair effective immediately and will step down as a board member after Pride month because of personal health reasons.
Alyssa is stepping down as a board member and chair at the end of June.

Finance update.

Andy will be presenting to the ON finance tourism committee.

Action Item:

Alyssa will email BLMTO and CC the board.
Christin will start developing the draft statement

June 23, 2020

Date: June 23rd 2020
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Notetaker: Brian De Matos
Attendance:
Board Members: Alyssa Mohabir, Shakir Rahim, Christin Milloy, Jad Jaber, Samantha Fraser, Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos.
Staff: Bobby & Amber
Regrets/Absent: Michael Erickson, Jad Jaber

Declaring Conflict of interest: Agenda Item Supporting NPPC Event. Shakir, Christin and Brian have declared a conflict of interest as being old and current or inactive members of NPPC. and all three board members have excused themselves from the conversation and voting of this item.

Board next steps needed. Shakir and Alyssa are both stepping down and we are reviewing the exit strategy. An email will be sent out to membership and we will be reviewing next steps on board recruitment.

Action item: Shakir will be drafting a membership email for approval.

Potential Indigenous larger statement (post-Sunday’s small social post) (Written by staff)

We have release a blur on social media regarding indginous programing and issues that arose. Bobby will be writing a sull statement regarding the issues and our next steps on creating a framework for addressing anti-indginous racism at Pride Toronto.

Action item: Bobby will draft a statement and send it to the board for review. (This is due before the end of July)

Defunding Police Statement: We will be releasing this member motion statement in July

Support for NPPC event: NPPC has requested funding from PT for their event on defunding the police/Teach in. (Shakir, Christin and Brian excused themselves from this agenda item)

Action item: The board approves to fund ASL for there event up to $1500

July 7 2020

Date: July 7th 2020
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Notetaker: Brian De Matos
Attendance:
Christin Milloy, Jad Jaber, Samantha Fraser, Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos.
Regrets/Absent: Michael Erickson

Approval of Agenda: Approved
Approved Approval of Minutes: Approved

Staff Request/Human Resources

The Board has received a request from staff

We are discussing best practices regarding staff compensations and ways to go forward to make sure there is no pay description regarding identities and power imbalances and best practices to HR

Action Item:

HR Strategy

Samantha will create a questionnaire on HR issues, send it to the whole board for input and send it to staff for next steps.

Action Item:

Christin will seek out third party HR consultant
An HR committee will be created to oversee this work.

Strategy follow up: we are discussing the strategy on going forward with the strat plan.

Action Item: Samantha will contact Amber and will be emailing Amber on sending the current strat plan and what they’re working on.

Blackness Yes!

Action Item: Brian will create a working document on their directives and send it to the board.

Anti-Black Racism Strategy

Action Item: Samantha will create a working document on next steps and send it to the board.

Personnel Issues:

Action: These issues will be transferred to the HR strategy

Budget/Financial Report

Andy gave us a financial overview.

Membership Budget Survey

Action Item:

Ande Clumpus will develop a survey and send it to board for review
Christin will reach out to Vancouver pride for their ethical fundraising on Corporate Sponsorship.

Appointed Board Member:

We will be finalising the questionnaire by July 8th and send out to staff and membership.

Harassment Policy: Deferred to policy committee

Co-chair elections: Deferred to another Board Meeting.

LGBTQ2+ Advisory Body at City Hall: Deferred to next board meeting

Harm Reduction proposal:

Action Item: Samantha will send an email response.

Email Logistics: The Board Email will be public.

August 11, 2020

Date: August 11th 2020
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Christin Milloy, Samantha Fraser, Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos.
Staff: Bobby MacPherson, Amber Moyle
Regrets/Absent: Michael Erickson,Jad Jaber

Volunteer Program Plan Update

Staff have updated the board on the new volunteer structure. We will be meeting with team leads to get feedback on this new program.

Blast Emails issue

We have discussed the issues that have been brought by and due to email protocols.

Action Item:

Samantha and Christin will reach out to Leanna and Nicoy and discuss concerns that are in their email.

Blackness Yes! Directives

We will be meeting with BY! On August 18th to go through progress reports on their Directives.

Action Item:

Ande will be arranging the logistics of this meeting with Blackness Yes!

Financial Update

The board was given an update on PT finances.

ED Search Update

Christin and Samantha have updated the board on the ED Search.

Policy Committee Update

The board has been updated on the work of the policy committee.

Motion: To communicate with our memberships to take input on Board agreement and also a call out to those who may want to join the committee.

Passed

Press Release

We are paying 40k to artists due to many artists having a burden of finances due to

COVID-19 and will announce it shortly.

Anti-Black Racism Training Status Update.

We had a meeting with a facilitator and have a tentative training session schedule in late september.

Indiginoues Training for the Board

Bobby will be sending out the details emails on this training we are looking

Nov 14-15 to Nov 21-22.

Motion: Attendance for this training is mandatory for all board members.

Motion: Passed

Board Only Items:

—

$5k Accessibility Grant

We are discussing a new granting program that delivers scholarships to BIPOC QT ASL interpreters. We have allocated 5k of funds to initiate the program proposal.

Action Item:

Amber will reach out to colleges and universities to gather information and what partnership will look like for this grant/scholarships.

PT will be organising a consultation with ASL/Deaf BIPOC QT community members to discuss the development of this project proposal.

Board Candidate Recruitment Status

Actions Item: ALL Board: We will be reviewing applications next week.

LGBTQ2+ Advisory Body at City Hall

Christin has advised us that she will not be applying to this committee.

Board Meetings and Burnout

We all did a check in with each other regarding workload etc.

September 22, 2020

Date: September, 22, 2020
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Christin Milloy, Jad Jaber, Samantha Fraser, Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos.
Staff: Amber Moyle & Bobby MacPherson
Regrets/Absent: Michael Erickson,

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the agenda	Approved
Approval of Minutes	Approval of Minutes: September 15 2020	Approved
Grant Updates	The board received an update on the grants from staff.	Received
HR Committee Edits Approval	The Board has edited and reviewed the ToR for the HR committee.	Motion: Approving the ToR for the HR committee. Vote: Adopted
ED Search update	The board and staff were updated on the search committee.	Received
Volunteer program update	Staff have updated the board on the volunteer program and will be meeting with volunteers old and new to do a review.	Received
New board members next steps	We are appointing 4 new board members Grant Gonzales, Yuri Hernandez, Maher Sinno and Sheldon Dixon	Motion: To appoint 4 new board members; Grant Gonzales, Yuri Hernandez, Maher Sinno and Sheldon Dixon Vote: Approved
Member approvals	The board is approving 9 new members.	Motion: To approved new members. Vote: Approved
Complaint update	The board has been updated on a complaint.	Received
Legal Consolidation re: firm	We discuss consolidating legal service and Bobby will be looking into firms.	Action items: Bobby will be doing research on legal firms.

Board Only Meeting

External Discussion	We have discussed issues that have been brought forth to our attention and we will be discussing the best way to go forward.	Action Items: The board will be getting in contact with a consulting firm.
Approval of board contract	The board has approved this sign on document for Board members.	Motion: To approved this on-boarding document
Blocko ED question response	We got an email from Blocko and will be responding.	Action Item: Andy will edit a draft email and send them a reply.
Staff Reviews Update	The HR Committee has given the board an update.	Received
Anti-Black Racism Training DECIDE TONIGHT	We have reviewed a slate proposal and approved one.	Motion: Approving training from CFAC Vote Approved. Action Item: Samantha will contact CFAC for future steps.
Board Member Onboarding (different than next steps)	Documents and Training have synced for on boarding. We will be meeting with new board members at our next meeting.	Action Item: Samantha will send the list to the board for input.

October 6, 2020

Date: October 6th, 2020
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Christin Milloy, Jad Jaber, Samantha Fraser, Maher Sinno,David Lewis, Grant Gonzales, Sheldon Dixon, Yuri Hernandez, Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos.
Staff: Amber Moyle (staff portion of meeting), Bobby MacPherson (staff portion of meeting)
Regrets/Absent: Michael Erickson.

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the agenda	Approved
Approval of Minutes	Approval of Minutes: September 22 2020	Approved
Director of Operations	Full report has been sent to the board by email. Legal Iler Campbell LLP Letter of Engagement is in the process of being retained. Dates for the weekend festival June 25th-27th 2021. The Festival footprint, if not digital, will be proposed and will be sent to the board. We will review how COVID-19 will impact this as it develops.	Action Item: Bobby The Festival footprint if not digital, will be proposed and will be sent to the board.
Director of Sponsorship	General Update: Sponsorship deck 2021 Sponsorship meetings have started. Programming general events discussion: Campaign request for donations + charities of choice – split? job postings – social media, grant manager, Extend Tara – sponsorship assistant Marketing Conference – end of November	Action Item: Board contact Amber if you have any ideas in connection to sponsors and grants. Amber will organise a brainstorming session regarding headliners, branding, programming and Charities to sponsor.
OHRC Complaint	We have received some concerns regarding some programs that are identity specific for the BI+ programs. We are reviewing the material that was sent to us.	Action Item: We will have a lawyer review this so we can reflect our programming development that adheres to the laws. Samantha will follow up with the member who brought up the concerns.
Committee/membership approval	The Board has approved a new member. The board will be reviewing the committee structure and looking at needs and future committees needed.	Motion: The board has approved a new member. Vote: passed Action Item: Brian will develop ToR Advocacy – Human rights committee Christin will develop the committee channel section in slack.
Training & ED update	Facilitator for Anti-Blackracsim is being booked – ED search update – final phase	Received

Board Only Meeting

Longer introductions

We have spent time getting to know each other.

N/A

Board Expenses

An overview of how we adhere to accountable measures when board members occur board expenses.

Action Item:

Andy will send out by email the procedure on approving board expenses.

October 20, 2020

Date: October 20th, 2020
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Christin Milloy, Jad Jaber, Samantha Fraser, Maher Sinno,David Lewis, Grant Gonzales, Sheldon Dixon, Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos.
Staff: Amber Moyle (staff portion of meeting), Bobby MacPherson (staff portion of meeting) Freya Selander (Agenda Item Volunteer Program Update)
Regrets/Absent: Michael Erickson (On Leave) Yuri Hernandez

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the agenda	Adopted
Approval of Minutes	Approval of Minutes: October 6th, 2020	Approved
Volunteer Program Update	Staff has updated the board on the new volunteer program. A working group will be formed to look at the volunteer structure: Yuri (Possible), David, Grant, Ande, Christin.	Action Item: Freya will set up a meeting with the working group to address the volunteer.
AGM	We are setting a date for the AGM January 21st. Grant will work with Bobby on logistics.	Motion: AGM date will be January 21st. Motion: Carried
Director of Sponsorship items	Staff has updated on new programs Marketing Conference 2020	Received
Committees Updates	The board has been updated on the work of the policy committee and will have proposals reported to them at a later meeting. The board will be working on an overview of committees board members have signed on the Committee List to develop ToR	Action Item: Board to sign up and create a ToR for a committee.
Air Italy Motion	Deferred to a later board meeting until a report regarding all the facts.	Deferred Action Item: Amber to collect all the information

Board Only Meeting

HR Correspondence Update(s)

The board is discussing HR staff and pay grades

In Camera Motion

ED Contract Plan

Samantha will send to the board the offer and employment and contract of ED and send it to the lawyer for review.

Action Item:

Board to review contract for feedback

November 2, 2020

Date: November 2nd, 2020
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Christin Milloy, Jad Jaber, Samantha Fraser, Maher Sinno,David Lewis, Grant Gonzales, Sheldon Dixon, Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos.
Staff: Amber Moyle (staff portion of meeting), Bobby MacPherson (staff portion of meeting)
Regrets/Absent: Michael Erickson.

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the agenda	Approved
Approval of Minutes	Approval of Minutes: October 20th, 2020	Approved
Declaration of Conflict interest.	The board has discussed a potential conflict issue regarding Maher and Sheldon being performers. The board has discussed this and do not believe there is one.	Motion: There is no conflict of issue regarding Sheldon and Maher being performers at pride. Motion: passed
Staff Updates	Amber: has updates on programming and sponsorship and the meet and greet with Sherwin. The new ED will be part of the new hires. (Social Media). Bobby: Sent around the new renewal contract for Production Manager	Motion: to extend the production manager role for 8 weeks and to have the new ED deal with that HR issue. Motion: Passed
Meltwater	Social Media monitoring and engagement software is being discussed 14k a year we are contracted for this year.
Audit update	Bobby has given us an update, the audit should be done for November 21st.
AGM	Grant has updated us on AGM planning and recruitment.	Received
Budget: Board Prof.Development	The board reviewed the line item budget.	Deferred
Treasurer Update	We are talking about our current budget and a draft budget proposal will be sent to the board shortly.	Action item: Ande will send out a calendar invite to be in the finance committee.

Board Only Meeting

Correspondence Update(s)

Samantha has updated the board on hiring an investigator.

Action Item:

Samantha will follow up regarding potential investigation and quality

HR topics

We are deferring this subject until Sherwin is updated and can work with the HR committee.

Deferred

November 17, 2020

Date: November 17th, 2020
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/Cyberspace
Attendance:
Board Members: Christin Milloy, Jad Jaber, Samantha Fraser, Maher Sinno, Grant Gonzales, Sheldon Dixon, Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos, Yuri Hernandez.
Staff: Sherwin Modeste, Amber Moyle (staff portion of meeting), Bobby MacPherson (staff portion of meeting)
Regrets/Absent: Michael Erickson, David Lewis

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the agenda	Approved
Approval of Minutes	Approval of Minutes: November 2nd 2020	Approved
Staff Updates	Amber has updated us on: 1. The Pride Toronto Creative Studio & Artist Residency Program – – Event handbook – Applicant registration -Website – Booking program – Test run – Launch event – Yohomo Space use – with our new office we will be providing space use for community groups when this launch. 2. Newsletter Nov 23 Holiday campaign – The 519, Maggies TO 3. Social media coordinator Bobby: Gave us an overview on Grants – We are in the middle of audits and Audits are going well.	Action Item: Amber will send out the space use policy
Human Rights Update	Special Code on OHR	Report Received
AGM Update	Grant and Bobby have updated the board on AGM planning. We are sending out applications for board recruitment and we will be sending a save the date before the official notification. A reminder of interim board members to send their intention of running at the AGM to the Secretary by november 23rd. A member of PT has made some concerns in the past about certain grants.	Action Items: Amber will create talking points and FAQ regarding grants. Samantha will follow up with Michael before the AGM.
Staff Bios on Site – Discussion	Staff and Board are setting out Bio’s for our website. Some staff wish not to be listed on the site.	Deferred to Sherwin
Sherwin on-boarding	Samantha and staff are setting an onboarding plan for Sherwin.	Received
Media strategy for ED news	Getting Sherwin ready for media inquiries.	Action Item: Amber has developed a media plan and media planning and will send that out.
Treasurer Update	Had a finance committee meeting. Sherwin will be briefed on financial issues.	Received
Community Engagement & Social Media	We spoke about our culture and social media posts, promoting more community local artists.	Action Item: Christin will follow up with Amber regarding the Social media Policy Amber will be attending the next policy committee meeting.
Role Reviews Next Steps	Board has done a review of roles regarding staff. Sherwin will do a review on staff, organisational structure overview.	Action Item: Sherwin will develop a report for the board.
Member Request	We received a request from membership.	Action Item: Yuri and Samantha will reach out to to the member engagement
HR Updates	Samantha updated the board on HR matters.	Action item: Sherwin will be looking into HR matters.

December 1, 2020

Date: December 1st, 2020
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Online/teleconference
Attendance:
Board Members: Christin Milloy, Jad Jaber, Samantha Fraser, Maher Sinno,David Lewis, Grant Gonzales, Sheldon Dixon, Ande Clumpus, Brian De Matos.
Staff: Amber Moyle (staff portion of meeting), Bobby MacPherson (staff portion of meeting)
Regrets/Absent: Michael Erickson.

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the agenda	Approved
Approval of Minutes	Approval of Minutes: November 17th 2020	Approved
Senior Staff Updates	Amber has updated the board regarding: ED announcement, website update and social media. New staff for SM. We are also applying for a new grant for 25k to help with virtual Programing. Creative Studio & Artist Residency Program has been launched.	Recieved
ED Report	The board has received the ED report.	Received
Website Bios Positioning & Titles	We are discussing the best place where BoD bio should be and published board minutes should be on the website.	Action Item: Amber will draft a working document regarding the leadership team section on the website.
Facebook Logo	Logo was posted on FB and we are discussing the marketing strategy and use on SM.	Action Item: Amber will be sending out the marketing guidelines to everyone.
AGM Update	We have received an update on AGM planning.	Motion: Approved $1,600 for agm cost. Motion: Approved.
Board Recruitment	We strategically plan on outreach to priority communities. The Selection Committee is starting up on this.	Action Item: Board and staff, if interested please email Grant to join the selections committee.
Queer Seniors Statement/Committee	We have been in convection, with senior 2SLGBTQ networks. We are discussing setting out a statement addressing these issues.	Action Item: Amber will be working with LeZlie and other relevant groups to make a statement. Amber will be meeting with Sherwin to discuss best practice on community participation.
Treasurer Update	We are updated on the finance committee.	Received
Sherwin ED community/ Membership get to know online meeting	A meet and greet event will be organised so our membership and community can meet Sherwin.	Action Item: Amber to work with Sherwin and staff to create a meet and greet with the new ED and a FAQ on questions regarding PT will be produced after.
Pending Membership Approval	Pending members have been sent to the board for approval.	Motion: The board has approved and membership Approved 4 new members.
Additional ED Report Items	Sherwin has recommended HR matters. Sherwin has been empowered to make HR decisions report to the board.	Motion: Cost of living increase to retroactive from september for volunteer coordinator.

December 15, 2020

Agenda Item	Notes	Motions/Action Items
Approval of Agenda	Approving the order of business: Agenda	Approved
Approval of Minutes	Approval of Minutes: December 1st, 2020	Approved
Declaration of Conflict of Interest	No declaration of conflict of interest	None Declared
Decisions Tracker (Between Board Meetings)	Decisions made outside of regular board meetings	Approved
Senior Staff Update	Staff has updated us on the new grants they have applied to and specifically, an update to the 2S- tales funding grant, it is moving forward. Staff have updated us on our audited finance, this is completed and a report will be delivered to the board this week.	Received
Branding Manual (Follow Up)	Primeau has given us an overview on the website outline. Board members have given feedback	Received
Executive Director Report	The board has received the Executive Director Report and Sherwin gave us an oview on it.	Received
Treasurer Report	Treasure has stated a verbal report and update on a finance committee.	Received
Member Motion / Volunteer Restructure	We were updated on concerns from a member and discussed the best way to go forward. Regarding volunteer restructure announcement we are discussing	Action Items: Yuri will keep in contact with that member to address their concerns. Sherwin will be CCd in communication with members. Sherwin will commence a complete review of the volunteer program.
Programming Presentation	Staff has presented us a report and overview on Pride Toronto’s current programming. assessing issues and changes that are being made. The board has had a chance to make input.	Received
Annual General Meeting Update and Discussion	Board Recruitment Deadline application Jan 3rd for application deadline. We have an Interview/Selections Committee: Sheldon, Samatha, Grant, Brian, Sherwin. are on it. So far we have 6 applications. Community Outreach we have reached out to 200 agencies via email and staff are calling selective agencies. There will be a Q&A session regarding board recruitment. December 28th – 2pm.	Action Item: Grant will set up a google doc where we can input and prep for membership questions.
Policy Committee Report	By-Law Amendments (Executive Summary) By-Law Amendments, Package 1 By-Law Amendments, Package 2 Membership Structure Executive Director (ex officio) Removal of Director The Executive Committee item has been taken out of bylaw amendments. Sponsorship Policy has been deferred BoD Expenses and Reimbursement Policy item has been deferred.	Motion: Approving Package 1 to move forward to AGM for a membership vote. Mover: Grant Second: Samantha Motion: Passed – Motion: The Board has put forward the membership change package that will be voted on in the next AGM. Mover: Grant Second: Samantha Motion: passed – Motion: to move forward Executive Director officio – by law amendment moved to the next AGM for a vote. Mover: Grant Second: Samantha Motion: approved – Motion: Approve to move section remove the director amendment to be voted on, at the next AGM. Mover: Grant Second: Samantha Motion: Approved – Sponsorship and reimbursement policy has been deferred.

Board Only Meeting

Social Media and Local Artists	Deferred	Deferred
Master Services Agreement	We will be going forward with Natasha and Sherwin and Samantha will sign their contract.	Received
Anti-Black Racism Training & Next Steps	Board has got input from staff and other options are being considered.	Action Item: Sherwin and Samantha will look into other trainings
Equitable Action for Change	Item Deferred	Deferred
Committee Update	Item Deferred	Deferred
Holiday Break and Next Meeting (January 6)	We will meet in the new year	Adopted

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