We are still going back and forth with Park Board staff on the Joint Operating Agreement (JOA). The CCAs believe that we are moving in a positive direction. As individual CCAs, we have specifics that we need to work through with the Park Board to…
Category: Appendices
Media Statement from Hastings Community Association
Statement attributable to Sherry Breshears, President, Hastings Community Association Hastings Community Association Board encouraged by JOA progress The Hastings Community Association (HCA) Board is encouraged by the Park Board’s recent efforts to work with CCAs in addressing three key issues identified in the current draft…
Killarney Community Centre Society (KCCS) Media Statement
Statement attributable to Ainslie Kwan, Past President KCCS Killarney Community Centre Society Board Defers Final Board Vote to Review New JOA Language The Killarney Community Centre Society Board of Directors is enthusiastic and optimistic about the language revisions we received throughout the day and into…
Why We Continue to Fight for Our Communities
The three changes we want made to the JOA are reasonable. And they have real world applications for our CCAs and for other CCAs who are closely monitoring this situation. You see, if the Park Board will work with us and make these straightforward changes…
The Three Changes We Are Requesting Are Reasonable and Simple
We are requesting three reasonable and simple changes to the JOA through the appendices. We are not asking the Park Board to change the body of the JOA. Park Board staff is refusing to even talk with us about how we could find a way…
There Is Still Work to Be Done Before We Can Sign the JOA
Readers of this blog know that our negotiation of the Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) with the Park Board has been long, difficult and incredibly frustrating. In fact, it is interesting to point out that throughout the close to two-year process, the Park Board told us…
CCA Response to Park Board
We responded to the Park Board on January 16, 2018 regarding the important changes that are still needed in the Joint Operating Agreement appendices. Please click to see the: Letter we sent to them: CCA Letter to Park Board _01_16_18 Language we want to be revised: Appendix C to…
New Year, New JOA? We Hope So
After thousands of hours of negotiation, through meetings between CCAs and with CCAs and Park Board staff and lawyers, facilitated (by Park Board) workshops – as well as CCA working groups, meetings, review of documents, research and providing our input – we feel like we…
Joint Operating Agreement Update
Happy New Year! We hope that 2018 brings much happiness and success to all of our blog readers, supporters and community centre members. We also hope that it brings a Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) that works for the Park Board and our diverse Vancouver communities.…
Why We Continue to Fight for a JOA That Works for CCAs
As many of you know, some Community Centre Associations have chosen to sign the Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) with the Park Board. We have received several questions about how we feel about this. We’d like to tell you exactly how we feel. Each CCA is…