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At the Cold Lake Community Council Meeting on May 30, 2007 people talked about the following business:
Peoples First
Hannah said that Peoples First are working to make a new logo for Cold Lake. There will be an email account set u p and a newspaper article will be published so that the community will know more about People First. Anyone who has a disability or is around someone with a disability can attend meetings. Peoples First would like to have a bake sale or a BBQ to raise money.
PDD Update
Sherry, PDD Representative provided the following news: (ul)
The 2008 PDD conference will be in Cold Lake. The conference for 2007 will be held in Bonnyville. The date is not set because it depends on when the Agriplex is available.
The Self Advocacy Conference will be on June 20, 21 and 22 in Lac la Biche at Portage College.
The next Co-Chair meeting will be June 9, 2007 in St. Paul.
St. Paul library will receive the Award of Excellence on June 18, 2007 for their inclusive library project.
Sherry told a story about an individual with a disability from St. Paul, Jason, who overcame many obstacles and proudly graduated from Lakeland College.
Sherry talked about the changes to the PDD board. The next board meeting is June 23, 2007 in St. Paul.
Community Council
There will be a BBQ on June 27, 2007 at the last community council meeting. The budget for the Council was discussed. As soon as the template is sent, the Council will prepare their information for June 9, 2007.
Peoples First
The next meeting will be on June 13, 2007. Voting will be postponed until more people go to the meeting and new people are being sought. Peoples are working on a new logo.
Changes to AISH
The living allowance is reviewed every 2 years. This year the maximum monthly living allowed is increased to $1050. Income can be reported on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis. This reporting depends on how much income a person has during the year. For more updates on AISH go to AISH to see what is happening.
Housing
Dennis confirmed that there is a freeze on rents increases. Everyone agreed that rent increases are on the rise. This makes it very difficult for those on AISH to afford the increases.
Banner Discussion
Dennis said that there have not been many suggestions as yet for the new banner. He suggested that they wait for the fall and try again to get ideas.
Next Meeting
The next meeting is the BBQ on June 27 at 6:00 pm in Lions Park.
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