CPCS Meeting

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CPCS Meeting

• Monday, February 6, 2006

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The London Sports Council Board of Directors

• Michael Koenig (Chair)
• Paul Strickland (Vice Chair)
• Trevor Kerr (Past Chair)
• Linda Lauzon (Treasurer)
• Bill Smith (Secretary)
• Cheryl Finn (Executive Director)
• Derek Spence
• John Preston
• Brad Pope
• Donna Clark
• Karen Dalton
• Bill Salter
• Nancy Adams
• Jim Allen
• Ted Clark
• Blair McIntosh

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LSC Mission Statement

• Promoting the availability and benefits of sport
  and recreation
• Providing leadership and act as a conduit for
  collective sports initiatives
• Developing opportunities for networking and
  mentoring in the sport community
• Celebrating sport achievements and the value of
  volunteers

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Promoting the availability and benefits of sport
and recreation

• Partnerships (Tourism London, The City of London,
  SAO, UWO,JLC,MLHU, local sport organizations)
• Update and improvement of website (sport
  registry)
• On-going management of contact database
• Newsletter
• Weekly column The Londoner

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Advocating for equitable sport/recreation
opportunities

• Kidsport
• LondonActive 2010
• Bell True Sport
• Canadian Tire Jumpstart Program

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Developing opportunities for networking and
mentoring in the sport community

• Sport Summit/Annual Conference, in partnership
  with UWO School of Kinesiology
• Development of Female Athlete conference in
  partnership with the UWO Womens alumni
• Fair Play Initiatives
• Development and management of volunteer bank
• Coach Training and Development
• Development of a League start-up Kit
• Website development for use of all LSC members

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Celebrating sport and recreation achievements and
the value of volunteers

• Sports Hall of Fame Induction
• Spirit of Sport Awards
• Mayors New Years Honor List
• Sportsperson of the Year Award, Celebrity Sport
  Dinner
• Local athlete of the month to be showcased on new
  website
• Good news and success stories in weekly column

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OK, where do we go from here?

• Community awareness of the LSC role is key to our
  growth
• Focus on becoming a grassroots community
  organization
• Website improvements will become essential to
  fulfill partnership obligations and LSC vision
• Become financially self-sufficient

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London Sports Council

• SPORT FOR ALL!

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London Active 2010 Partnership Agreement

• City of London actual owner of the grant
• Wanted to ensure red tape wouldnt be an issue
  regarding related expenditures
• Sub-contracted to London Sports Council to hire,
  manage, administer funds, pay invoices related to
  project

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ROAD BLOCKS!

• Initial management
• Interim management
• Absence of management
• Numerous changes in point person
• Currently

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Active London 2010in the beginning
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then came,

• University of Western Ontario
• London YMCA
• Boys and Girls Club of London
• TVDSB
• LCDSB
• City of London (Recreation, Transportation,
  Research)

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How we got the buy in

• Research
• WIFM
• High rollers flexed muscle
• High profile kick off
• Word of Mouth

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Community Forum

• Held in November
• Held at Golf Course
• Respected Speakers
• Research was presented
• FOOD!
• Focus Groups
• Questionnaires

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Follow Up

• Invitation to sit on Steering Committee
• Presentations available upon request
• Questionnaire results were shared
• Database developed for future communications

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To date

• Steering Committee in place
• Plan to accomplish Deliverables
• Task Groups assigned
• Application for future funding

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Finally

• Final report writing
• Future funding into 2010
• Development of database
• Research in the areas of Youth and Children
• Future partnerships?