The Community Advisory Panel invites past and current members, co-tenants, staff, board members and funders to a community conversation on Tuesday, February 28, from 5:00-6:30 pm at 201 King St, Innovation Works London.
Panel members will be present to listen to the insights and vision of Pillar community members without counter-argument on behalf of the panel. There will be opportunities for community members to share their perspective in large and small groups. Please review Pillar’s Learning Community Agreements before attending, provided below.
A survey will be distributed following the in-person meeting to ensure that the panel receives feedback from as many community members as possible. Learnings from the community conversation and survey will be applied to each step the Community Advisory Panel takes going forward. For background about the Community Advisory Panel, please see below.
Community Conversation: Guiding Questions
- What are your insights about the place that Pillar is in now?
- What do you want to see from Pillar over the next 6 months and the next 4 years?
- What is your advice for the panel as we consider board recruitment? What are the hard skills, soft skills, attributes and qualities that we should look for in future board members?
Who is going to be at this event?
- The Pillar Community Advisory Panel
- Maureen Cassidy, Interim CEO of Pillar Nonprofit Network
- The Pillar Community: Past and current members, co-tenants, staff, board members and funders are welcome to attend.
- Note: The meeting will not be recorded and the media is not invited.
We hope that you will join the Community Advisory Panel and Pillar staff on this journey because we know that meaningful change cannot be made without purposeful engagement with members of the Pillar community. We acknowledge and are grateful for the effort that many community members have already put into providing feedback, and thank you for staying engaged during this time of transition.
On behalf of the Community Advisory Panel,
Jennifer Martino, Crouch Neighbourhood Resource Centre
Al Day, Indigenous Person (former Executive Director of N'Amerind Friendship Centre)
Carl Cadogan, London Black History Coordinating Committee
Kapil Lakhotia, London Economic Development Corporation
Andrew Chunilall, Community Foundations of Canada
Lynn Davis, Alegria 3 Inc.
Stephen Bolton, Libro Credit Union
If you have any questions about this event please reach out to communitypanel@pillarnonprofit.ca
If you have any questions about registration please reach out to education@pillarnonprofit.ca
BACKGROUND
On January 20th, Pillar Nonprofit Network’s Community Advisory Panel shared details about our first meeting, core purposes and next steps.
What is the purpose of Pillar’s Community Advisory Panel?
The Panel will lead the development and implementation of a Pillar Board transition process, including:
- Development of recommendations to address community concerns as they relate to governance, informed by deep listening to members, co-tenants, donors, staff and funders.
- Implementation of the Pillar Nonprofit Network nomination process to assemble a slate of Directors of the new Pillar Board (with staggered terms) to be presented for membership consideration at the Annual General Meeting in April 2023.
- Support and mentorship of the next Pillar Board for the first six months of their term.
- Review of governance structure, policies and procedures and recommendations provided to the current and future Boards.
Pillar’s Learning Community Agreements
These are our Learning Community Agreements for this event. Please take a few minutes to read and reflect on them.
- Address the issue not the person
- Lean into discomfort
- Be respectful of others - on their terms
- Expect and accept non-closure
- Acknowledge we are all on a journey and part of the journey is growth
- Show up with humility and empathy even if opinions differ
- Be patient and accountable to one another to ultimately build trust with one another
- Confidentiality: What’s said here stays here, what’s learned here leaves here