Education Committee’s Prospective Member Orientations

Chris Taylor on behalf of the Education Committee

Two “Prospective Members’ Orientations” were held on the Thursday evening of Oct. 22/20 and the afternoon of Sunday, Oct. 25/20. Being our first ZOOM orientations, they were quite successful! (Especially considering the cold, snowy weather). Between the two sessions, we had approximately 20 attendees.

Using the format of a ten-minute committee presentation with questions after each, there was a smooth and informative package of information provided. The “Question and Answer” idea also worked well. Thank you to Andrea for representing the Buildings Committee and Office Manager …and setting up all of the prospective member attendees… and setting up ZOOM; Jane, for talking about the Finance Committee; Sarah and Lisa for explaining the Member Selection Committee and Bob for representing The Planning and Development Committee. The first-hand knowledge of each is much appreciated.

Depending on the wait list, our next PMO will probably be no later than November of 2021.

Member Selection Update

Submitted by Jaime Muneoka, on behalf of Member Selection

Member selection is pleased to welcome several families to our community:

Jessi Taylor and her family have returned to SHC, unit 779 as of September 1

Buzz Viberg has moved into 827, leaving a vacancy in 805, which Paul Stephens and Emma Thursby have accepted (also September 1)!

With all this movement, we bid farewell to members Bruce Eason and Suzanne Desmeules (779), Karen Johnson (827)

Lots of news this month, welcome to all our new and returning members!

Welcome and Farewell

Submitted by Susan Russell on behalf of Member Selection Committee

On May 1st, SHC said goodbye to long-time member, Karol Garner, who moved from unit #762. Wishing you all the best Karol, you will be missed! New member Rita Fields will be moving into unit #762 on June 1st. Welcome to SHC Rita!

Welcomes and Farewells

Submitted by Susan Russell on behalf of the Member Selection Committee

As of September 30th, SHC will bid a fond farewell to longtime member Chris Hibbert from #775 3rd Street. All the best to you Chris!

Member Selection would like to extend a warm welcome to new member Meagan Synnott and her two children who will be moving into the unit. Welcome Meagan and family!

Member Selection Update - Welcome and Farewell

Submitted by Susan Russell

As of July 1st, SHC will bid farewell to Crystal Tite and family from #10 SHL. Crystal and her family have lived in the co-op for seven years and during Crystal's time here she spent four years as a SHC board member and three years on the Member Selection Committee. Thanks for your hard work and contribution to cooperative living Crystal, we will miss you!

Member Selection would like to give a warm welcome to Mahlah Hanson, Ben Arkell and their three children who will be moving into #10 SHL.   Welcome Mahlah and Ben!

The Member Selection Committee meets as needed and meeting times are arranged depending on members' schedules. If you are interested in joining the committee please contact Susan Russell or Buzz Viberg.

Report on the Potential Member Orientations

Submitted by Belle Auld for the Education Committee

The Education Committee organized and hosted two Potential Member Orientations in November. We did the orientations a new way this time – thanks to Patrick Nicholson for the idea.  Instead of people sitting in a large group and listening to us talk, we had people circulate, round table style, to sit and listen to representatives from the different Sunnyhill committees talk about the Co-op and their committees.

This worked well. Twenty people filled out evaluation forms and the response was great: everyone who answered the evaluation said they found the orientation helpful. We asked several other questions and had people rate the orientation on a scale of 1 – 10 (ten being the best).

• The information available – all responses were between 8 – 10. Fourteen people rated the orientation at 10 – the best.

• The way the information was presented – all responses were between 8 – 10. Thirteen people rated the orientation at 10.

Comments included:

• “I like the format you’ve chosen – personable, easy to ask questions, tailored, etc.”

• “Rotation of table for different topics is a great way to meet the different committees and have some closer (one-on-one) kind of interaction and have our questions answered”

• “Subgroup presentation was helpful, informative”

Thanks to the following committee members for representing Sunnyhill so well: JP, Mark, Phil, Jane, Janice, David, Bob, Pam, Buzz, Marzena and of course Andrea. (Apologies if I have missed anyone…)

Member Selection Update December 2017

Submitted by Lisa Rouleau

Member Selection met this fall and discussed how the waiting list is updated and what notes are included regarding contact. We wanted to ensure that accurate information gets passed along to the office, and to the committee as volunteers come and go. We were kept busy phoning lots of people on the lists and interviewing quite a few, and we removed applicants who had not renewed their status. At this point in time, the lists are still closed. 

We welcomed Jaime Muneoka and Laura Doram to the committee and said a sad farewell to Janine Morigeau who has moved away from SHC.

MS also was part of the latest Orientation sessions held at the curling club in November. In anticipation of that, the info sheet we provide to potential new members was updated by our chair, Susan Russell. It includes information about how our waitlist works, renewals, what is needed for interviews (proof of income, references, volunteer experience), expectations around involvement in the co-op, income limits and share payments.

Sending very warm welcomes to Nathan and Hannah Erickson, their daughter Eloise and son Spencer who’ve moved into #12 SHL, and to Coeur Riley and daughter McKenna who’ve moved into #823 – 3rd.  Glad to have your families with us!