The Wolseley Residents Association will be holding their Annual General Meeting on Monday Oct. 18, 7 p.m. on Zoom.  Coordinates below:  

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WRA Executive Positions for Volunteers

The WRA is an entirely volunteer organization with the aim to improve the quality of life in Wolseley & make Wolseley a healthier community!

Our constitution stipulates we've a minimum of 6 meeting per year. This is considered - 6 meetings, workshops, or forums per year  open to the general public of Wolseley residents.

Our WRA executive meets monthly the last Monday of each month.
The WRA in 2018 struck 4 issue committees that are led by volunteer chairs and are open to Wolseley residents that do the work of the WRA on community issues. There are also governance committees that work on communications, fundraising, & other functions like policy and by-laws.

Issues & initiatives as they arise are assigned to committees by the executive. The executive works as a team with any volunteer making recommendations or adding their skills to any area.

Volunteer Positions open for election at the AGM Oct 18, 2021 at 7pm, are

those in the constitution, indicated in blue. Other positions are filled on a volunteer basis. Green title indicates that position is vacant, however all positions are open for election. The four committees can select their chair who also serves on the executive.

Chair or President – Engage executive volunteers in setting & participating in WRA meetings, lead group planning & over-sight to build & sustain the WRA, supports other executive members in their roles, & enhance conviviality, address differences in and respectful & effective way. 
Co-Chair of Vice President – Assists & supports chair with setting up meetings, bookings, lists, follow-up from meetings, & facilitate or lead meetings when chair is absent, supports other volunteer activities by treasurer, secretary, communications, fundraising, & by-laws.

Secretary & database organizer  – Takes minutes at meetings using the template, circulates minutes for review, presents minutes at executive meetings for approval, ensures minutes are posted on the website, on the shared drive. Keeps an up to date list of executive members contact information on the shared drive, keeps up to date data base on the shared drive for documents.

Treasurer – prepare financial reports for meetings, ensure cheques are signed, general book-keeping, ensures insurance payments are made, ensures grant follow-up, & reviews grant application budgets or other financial documents for the WRA.

Past Chair or Past President – the chair immediately prior to the current chair or president, support in areas of governance, volunteer support, planning, etc. as required, ensures continuity and historical memory.
Other positions open for volunteers

Communications Committee Chair & committee – website updating, social media posts, new releases, articles & ads, posters, liaise with other committee chairs regarding updates, posting for issues & campaigns.

Fundraising Committee Chair – sources & completes grant applications, coordinates other fundraising events and activities, for example use of the website & social media for go-fund me campaigns.

By-laws & policy Committee Chair– updating our by-laws with executive engagement, pre-paring other policy 

Volunteer support & outreach Chair – recruit volunteers & ensure volunteers are oriented, maintain a list of volunteers, support volunteers to follow-through on their roles, help address conflicts, ensure volunteers are recognized, & appreciated.

Transportation Chair – lead a group of volunteers interested in improving transportation safety & mode shift in Wolseley or getting more people to walk, bike, scoot, use transit, etc. more & drive less.

Housing & Urban Development – lead a group of volunteers interested in improving housing stock, energy efficiency, housing security & safety for tenants & home-owners, address issues like homelessness, land use conflicts between home-owners & development issues like pawn shop proliferation, supporting local businesses & ‘downtown Wolseley’.

Safety Committee – lead a group of volunteers to address issues such as responsible dog ownership, B and Es, car vandalism, WRA follows harm reduction & focus on neighbourhood inclusion.

Co-chairs greenspace committee – 2 positions – Gardens and trees.
Gardens committee chair - supports a team of volunteers to over see the community gardens at Vimy Ridge Park & explores other opportunities for local gardening, plant swaps, workshops at the garden, run the plot lottery every year, education on the value of local food security & gardening.

Tree protection committee chair – supports a team of volunteers to over see the protection & enhancement of trees & our urban forest in Wolseley. Works with the partners to educate residents about the value of trees & greens space, engage residents in the City tree plan, the replanting of Omand Park & other areas as identified by the tree plan.
 
If you are interested in volunteering for an executive position or being part of a committee, please email [email protected]. Our AGM for 2021 will be via Zoom on Oct 18, 2021 at 7pm.