InformOntario

IO elects 2008-09 Executive

Following its May 2008 Annual General Meeting, the members of the InformOntario Board of Directors has re-affirmed its executive for the 2008-2009 term.

• President - Pamela Hillier, Community Connection
• Vice President - Trudy Beaulne, Social Planning Council of Kitchener-Waterloo/Community Information Centre of Waterloo Region
• Treasurer - Cathy Gowland of Information Durham/United Way of Oshawa, Whitby, Clarington, Brock and Scugog
• Secretary - Christine Geoffrion of Volunteer & Information Quinte

Annual General Meeting

The InformOntario Annual General Meeting will be held on Mon, May 12, 2008 at 4:15 pm at Durham College, Oshawa, as part of the 2008 IO Symposium.

The agenda will include Achievement Awards, election of officers and the approval of revised bylaws<p>

Notice of AGM Download
Agenda for May 12, 2008 AGM/Proposed Slate of Officers Download (as of Apr 23/08)
Minutes of September 2007 AGM Download
Proposed Revised Bylaws for IO Download
Current Bylaws Download
Achivement Awards Nominations Form Download

2008 Conferences

InformOntario Symposium

The annual symposium drew more than 60 attendees to Durham College on May 12-13, 2008. Thanks to our hosts, InformDurham and the United Ways of Durham Region.

Materials available from the event:

• Style Guide Taskforce PowerPoint Presentation Download
• Taxonomy Project Update PowerPoint Presentation Download
• Light, Bright and Tight - Service Descriptions PowerPoint Presentation Download
• CIOC materials posted on their Bulletin Board

The IO Annual General Meeting included a Recognitions Awards event. The awards went to:

• Information and Volunteer Kingston
• Christine Berry
• Pamela Hillier
• ConnexOntario

AIRS Conference

The AIRS annual conference was held May 18 to 21, 2008. This year’s theme was Exploring New Frontiers of I&R. The 2009 conference is set for Reno, Nevada - date TBA.

CCIRC Conference

The national CCIRC conference will be in historic Kingston, ON on Sept 29 to Oct 1, 2008 at the Ambassador Conference Resort in Kingston, ON. The theme is “Newcomers to Canada and Newcomers to Volunteering”. The CCIRC is being held by Volunteer and Information Kingston, in partnership with InformOntario, and InformCanada.

For more information on the conference please email rmorgan@volunteerkingston.ca or call (613)542-8512. And keep your eyes on the InformCanada site for more details.

2007-08 Board Meetings

The IO Board of Directors meets via teleconference on a monthly basis, usually the 3rd Tue 9:30-11am (date and time subject to change).

Members are welcome to review approved meeting minutes.

Approved Minutes:

- Feb 2008 >>>
- Jan 2008 >>>
- Dec 2007 >>>
- Nov 20, 2007 >>>
- October 31, 2007 >>
- September 12, 2007 >>
- September 18, 2007 >>

For questions regarding these materials, contact Barbara McLachlan via e-mail.

2008-2009 InformOntario Board of Directors

John Allec
Manager, Information Resources
Findhelp Information Services

Trudy Beaulne, Vice President and Strategic Development Committee
Executive Director
Social Planning Council of Kitchener-Waterloo/
Community Information Centre of Waterloo Region

Christine Geoffrion, Secretary
Manager of Information Services
Volunteer & Information Quinte

Cathy Gowland, Treasurer
Manager, Information Services
Information Durham/United Way of Oshawa Whitby Clarington Brock and Scugog

Pamela Hillier, President
Executive Director
Community Connection

Marie Klassen
Manager, Information Services
Lakehead Social Planning Council

Laura McDonald, Strategic Development Committee
(Individual Representative)

Suzanne Robinson, Strategic Development Committee
Director, Mental Health Promotion
Canadian Mental Health Association/Peel Branch

Jennifer Tanner, Strategic Development Committee
Project Manager, 211 Windsor-Essex

2007 Symposium Highlights

InformOntario’s 2007 Annual General Meeting and Data Technology Symposium held at Crieff Hills Retreat and Conference Centre September 17-18, 2007, was a resounding success, with 51 people attending over the two days, representing 44 different member organizations.  

As often the case, provincial projects tend to lead the focus of our events and the current 211Ontario.ca project was the driver for a variety of sessions. This year’s program included an overview on membership services, United Way’s Ontario211 project outcomes and reports, an overview of the 211Ontario.ca project, taxonomy highlights and conversion issues, 211 technology system design, Data Partnership Conference and survey outcomes, Francophone consultations and tools, formalizing the Ontario data collaborative trends and issues, and CIOC business requirements.

Follow the link to download the various presentations (all in PDF format).