{UVic Poverty Law Club} Minutes from Todays Meeting

Minutes January 17th, 2012

Finances
-Yianni has created a financial statement
-we have around $1200 to spend this term

Community Conference
-changing in capacity from previous years: classes will not be cancelled, looking for a more interactive format
-theme is Charter and the role of lawyers in upholding rights
-room for reps for clubs to set up tables or to run an activity, to find a speaker
-keynote: Joel Bakan, director of the Corporation, UBC Law Professor
-we can potentially use some of our funds to support this- action: Yianni will look into if it fits Block Grant funding guidelines
-action: all members should brainstorm potential speakers
-date: first week of March

Events this Term
-idea to a speaker series on careers in social justice and poverty law
-we can use the $1000 from our block grant to fly out speakers from Vancouver
-proposed date: Wed Feb 29th
-Lyndsey will ask Donald Galloway for speaker ideas and will email LCO for potential funding and support
-Amber will ask Tim Richards, especially for local speaker ideas
-Emily: will email David Eby, Cameron Ward and Katrina Pacey
-student moderator
-criticisms of other alternative career panels: too tangential- we can brainstorm questions to guide speakers
-food will be served
-open to other suggestions from club members, please email Emily em.j.dixon@gmail.com

Guidelines for Speaker Statements
-statement being developed from equity and diversity committee regarding speakers use of inclusive language
-we are being asked to give feedback
-may need to be appproved by faculty council

Next meeting: Tuesday, January 31st, to check in about event planning and strategic planning for next year- Lyndsey will book a room

{UVic Poverty Law Club} Get involved with planning the Womens Memorial March

The organizing committee for the Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women is meeting once a week leading up to the day of the March (february 12th). Meetings will take place Thursday nights at 4:00 pm at Aids Vancouver Island (3rd Floor - Access Health Centre 713 Johnson St). 

The memorial march will take place on Sunday, February 12th meeting at 11:00 am at Our Place and Marching at 12 pm down pandora, left on government and onwards to the Mungo Martin House at Thunderbird Park. There will be food and refreshments at the Mungo Martin House. 

Anyone is welcome to volunteer with the organizing of this event. Everyone is welcome to march in remembrance and to honor the women who aren't with us on the day of the march. 

{UVic Poverty Law Club} first PLC meeting of term 2!

Please join us for the first PLC meeting of this term.  We will be having elections and discussing our plan for the semester.

When: Tues Jan 17th, 2012 at 12:30 pm
Where: rm 152

Hope to see you there!