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MINUTES OF FIRST MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION AGENCY --
AGENCE D’ADMINISTRATION DES PROGRAMMES D’HABITATION
COOPÉRATIVE DU CANADA
1. CALL TO ORDER
The first meeting of the board of directors convened on August 9, 2004 at 9:55 a.m.
Present were:
Peter Crawford
Carol Davis
Ray Hession
Jill Kelly (by telephone)
Barb Millsap
Stuart Thomas
constituting a quorum of the Board.
Alexandra Wilson attended the meeting, representing the Agency’s sole member,
Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada. Also in attendance were Laird Hunter,
acting as Chairperson, and Christine Seguin, who recorded the minutes.
Alexandra Wilson provided the Board with background information on the agency,
including the history and current status of CHF Canada’s negotiations with the federal
government and CMHC, and CMHC’s proposed agency start-up funding structure,
comprising a forgiveable loan and a grant.
Some key concerns and issues raised through these discussions were:
• CMHC’s unwillingness to make a permanent commitment to the agency until
Phase 3, which will severely limit the agency’s ability to retain qualified staff (since
they would then need to be hired on short-term contracts)
• CMHC’s desire for the agency to show early benefits
• the need to reach agreement still on the cost/benefit of transferring responsibility for
the programs to an independent agency
• the feeling that some CMHC staff may have in mind of transferring less than full
responsibility to the agency (CMHC staff may expect the agency to have contact with
CMHC on an ongoing, daily basis to see their input and direction)
• uncertainty over how the Quebec portfolio will ultimately be dealt with (dependent on
whether or not a social housing agreement is ever signed with the province)