Meet our 2002/2003 Board of Directors & Committee Members

Board of Directors Linda Boon, Chair, South Muskoka Literacy Council Marilyn Davies, Treasurer, Past Chair, Barrie Learning Centre MaryAnn Myers, Simcoe County District School Board Ruth Faulkner , Midland Area Reading Council Harriet Curran, Georgian College Alison Turnbull, Trillium Lakelands District School Board Sheila Smale Orillia & District Literacy Council Joanne Stuart, Community Rep. On-Course Training & Development Lindsay Core, Community Rep. Georgian College Pennyann Tibbits Student Representative, TREE Committee

Literacy is a Use It or Lose It skill.

Planning & Evaluation Committee Connie Morgan, Chair     Barrie Literacy Council MaryAnne Myers     Simcoe County District School Board Harriet Curran     Georgian College—Barrie Wanda Minnings     Simcoe/Muskoka Literacy Council Bonnie Patton     Simcoe/Muskoka Literacy Network

Training & Development Committee Ally MacKay, Chair     Barrie Literacy Council Ruth Faulkner     Midland Area Reading Council Linda Irwin     The Learning Centre—Barrie Campus Joanne Stuart     On-Course Trainong & Development Wanda Minnings     Simcoe/Muskoka Literacy Network Bonnie Patton     Simcoe/Muskoka Literacy Network

Personnel Committee Linda Boon     South Muskoka Literacy Council Marilyn Davies     Barrie Literacy Council

The Youth Photography Project, created and managed by The Learning Centres—Barrie Campus, was so successful, that the Network has applied to Starbucks Foundation for funding to offer this again. Keep your fingers crossed!

The Youth Video Project, currently underway, will have its film, a 13 minute short entitled “Occupational Hazzards” shown at the Barrie Film Festival on Saturday October 26th. The film will appear in front of a 2 hour feature length film called Tadpole, staring Sigourney Weaver. Showtime is 4:30 p.m. Please plan to attend and support this literacy project!

The Board of Directors of the Network has given its support to pursue additional funding streams. This includes a lot of proposal writing and great project/program ideas. Together with this, is the opportunity to create partnerships with other community groups. Please feel free to call the Network to discuss this further—or to share your ideas for worthwhile projects and funding opportunities.

• The Board of Directors of the Simcoe/Muskoka Literacy Network will be visiting your programs again this year. We will be contacting all programs to set up the time and date.

• The OLC has submitted the list of Field Development Prioritites for the Anglophone Stream to MTCU for consideration. The top 5 are: Resources & Curriculum; Practitioner Training & Renumeration; Literacy Community Planning, Program Planning & Management; Support for Special Needs; and Learner Access, Retention & Transition

• Bonnie Patton is available to speak to your community groups or staff meetings about literacy through our Partnership Outreach Program. Call her at the Network office to discuss.

• Are you new to literacy? Do you have any Board Members, Volunteers or Staff who would benefit from our free New to Literacy training session? Call to register!

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