CPCS Meeting Monday, February 6, 2006

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

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

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

Advocating for equitable sport/recreation opportunities  Kidsport  LondonActive 2010  Bell True Sport  Canadian Tire – Jumpstart Program

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 Women’s 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

Celebrating sport and recreation achievements and the value of volunteers  Sports Hall of Fame Induction  Spirit of Sport Awards  Mayor’s New Year’s 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

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

London Sports Council SPORT FOR ALL!

London Active 2010 – Partnership Agreement  City of London actual ‘owner’ of the grant  Wanted to ensure ‘red tape’ wouldn’t be an issue regarding related expenditures  Sub-contracted to London Sports Council to hire, manage, administer funds, pay invoices related to project

ROAD BLOCKS!  Initial management  Interim management  Absence of management  Numerous changes in ‘point person’  Currently…

Active London 2010 …in the beginning Ministry of Tourism And Recreation City of London London Sports Council MLHU

…then came,  University of Western Ontario  London YMCA  Boys and Girls Club of London  TVDSB  LCDSB  City of London (Recreation, Transportation, Research)

How we got the ‘buy in’  $  Research  WIFM  High rollers flexed muscle  High profile ‘kick off’  Word of Mouth

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

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

To date…  Steering Committee in place  Plan to accomplish Deliverables  Task Groups assigned  Application for future funding

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