[Viva] replies re. running for the Board of Positive Living BC

Thu Jun 23 12:27:12 PDT 2011

Way to go Claudette for writing!  I have heard the Leadership Training is
excellent and I will be attending the first one soon - been too busy so far
but definitely have to do it because of reports I am getting.  Great work
Kath.
D

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Claudette Cardinal <
claudettec2004 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>  Hello Ladies:
>
> I believe this is my first response too the list.....I do read what is
> said.... I am soooooo excited too be attending Level 2 of the Leadership
> Training, it truely is the BEST TRAINING I HAVE BEEN A PART OF......one day
> too do the co-facililtating as an Aboriginal Leader, finally a program for
> HIV people and totally designed by and lead by HIV persons......thanks for
> listening......
>
> Claudette A.K.A.  CeeCee
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> From: kathwebster at shaw.ca
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> To: viva at lists.resist.ca
> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:40:34 -0700
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> Subject: Re: [Viva] replies re. running for the Board of Positive Living BC
>
> Thanks for the question Denise.
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> PAN’s  Positive Leadership Development Institute  has three trainings:
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> Core Training or “Who am I as a Leader”  (formerly level 1)
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> Communications  (formerly level 2)
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> Board Governance  (formerly level 3).
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> Core Training is a pre requisite for the other two but they can be taken in
> any order. This is the first Board Governance training. *All trainings are
> developed and facilitated by and for HIV positive people **J***
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> More info at:  http://pacificaidsnetwork.org/conferencestrainings/pldi/
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> *From:* viva-bounces at lists.resist.ca [mailto:viva-bounces at lists.resist.ca]
> *On Behalf Of *Denise Becker
> *Sent:* June-23-11 11:24 AM
> *To:* viva at lists.resist.ca
> *Subject:* Re: [Viva] replies re. running for the Board of Positive Living
> BC
>
>
>
> Kath, I thought this was stage 2 of PAN training, is it Stage one?
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> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Kath Webster <kathwebster at shaw.ca>
> wrote:
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> Hi Denise and others,
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>
> My answer is:  B, too busy right now.  Plus, board work is  not the type of
> work I want to focus on right now.
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>
>
> However, this weekend I am involved in co-facilitating the PAN training
> “Bored? Get on Board!”  It is an introductory training for people with HIV
> to develop skills and knowledge to be on a board of directors (any board
> they choose of course).  *Out of 18 participants we have 8 women attending
> this weekend!  *I will be sure to put the word out that you are actively
> recruiting (and may I say ‘mentoring’?) women to be on Positive living BC’s
> board.
>
> Kath
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> *From:* viva-bounces at lists.resist.ca [mailto:viva-bounces at lists.resist.ca]
> *On Behalf Of *Denise Becker
> *Sent:* June-23-11 10:45 AM
> *To:* viva
> *Subject:* [Viva] replies re. running for the Board of Positive Living BC
>
>
>
> I have not received any replies regarding running for the Board of Positive
> Living BC.  This interests me and I am not sure what to make of it.  Quite
> often in Board meetings, I tell the Board that they need to include women
> and reach out to them to run on the Board.  They have told me that they have
> in the past and there is no interest.  It is hard to push for women's
> retreats, women focussed articles in Positive Living magazine, and other
> things when I am the only one on the Board.
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>
>
> So, I need to understand where you all are coming from.  I have listed
> below some reasons that you might not be interested in joining the Board and
> would appreciate you either just typing a reply with an a, b, or e, etc.(you
> can choose more than one) or letting me know another reason.  Then I will
> have a good handle on the whole issue.
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>
>
> Thanks!
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>
>
> Denise
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>
> a)  considering running
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> b)  too busy
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> c)  too far away
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> d)  too time consuming
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> e)  not enough women on the Board
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>  f)  feel a little intimidated
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> g)  just no interest
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> h)  don't know enough
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> i)  children and no day care
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> j)  don't want to leave a pet
>
> h)  don't want to work with gay men
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> i)  don't want to work with men
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> j)  don't want to leave my family
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> k) not out and don't want questions
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> l)  don't feel well enough
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> m) unsure what is involved
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> n) working
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> Other
> __________________________________________________________________________________________________
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> Thanks everyone and if you want to reply directly to me, without anyone
> else seeing, please do so.
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>
>
> Denise
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