Come show your support!

Hey everyone,
It's been a little while since I've been able to add to this. I have been out of the country for a while but I'm back now, there are some new developments. First and foremost, there is going to be an open house this Saturday (July 5th from 12 - 4 pm) at camp and everyone who can show up should do so. We need to show that we can back up our words of support with actions and so let's have some significant numbers on the 5th.

Next up, there was a presentation from representatives of the Glenburn alumni (Sherry Golding, Terry Moore, Kim Peer, and Joanne Sparkes) to Pat Davis (CEO) on Thursday, June 19th. This appears to have been a very productive meeting and they were able to address some concerns. You can view the powerpoint by following this link: http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dp93pxq_9fnfc87t6 or by looking above this blog post. In particular, the following was addressed: (this is an excerpt of an email from Joanne Sparkes to the Glenburn alumni mailing list)

Some findings / points of clarity are as follows:

1) It was stressed the meeting that the Camp Task Force report that Pat Davis distributed to the Alumni is preliminary. The Camp Task Force continues to collect information that will be added to the final report / recommendation that will be submitted to the Y Board for a vote (date TBD.) Given that the Camp Task Force anticipates that there will still be questions with respect to the business case in particular when the final report / recommendation is submitted, they fully expect that a second task force will be struck to complete the business case picture.

Of note…
- The attached Alumni presentation (in its entirety) is going to be inserted to the final report that will be presented to the Y Board.
- A recommendation will be put forward to ensure that Alumni are a part of the second Task Force.
- The Alumni contingent who presented to the Camp Task Force will be offered an opportunity to review the Camp Task Force Report before it goes to the Y Board.

2) Many of you have asked questions with respect to the role of the Y Endowment Fund. The transfer of the Camp Glenburn Property to the Y Endowment fund was done largely to protect the property from Creditors. As you all know, the Saint John Y has had a couple of bankruptcy scares over the past several years. Despite the fact that the Y Endowment Fund "owns" the Glenburn Property, decisions with respect to the future direction of Camp Glenburn lie with the Y Board of Directors.

3) The Alumni opened the discussion with respect to how the Alumni can proactively engage at this time to ensure that Camp Glenburn remains operational for the foreseeable future. The Camp Task Force was open to this offer however the specifics as to how this engagement would logistically be defined are unclear at this time. (ie. Will the Camp Committee as a sub-committee of the Y Board be re-instated?)

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