PROTOCOL FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD

Purpose:

The Community Development Program Bulletin Board will provide an opportunity for all Sector Advisory Committee members to have input into funding applications. While this is an advisory process and not a decision making process, all input will be gathered by the Community Liaisons and taken into consideration before a final decision is made.

The following is an outline of how the process will work:

• Every member of all CBT advisory committees will be given access to the site and a personal password.

• Every proposal received through the Community Development Program will be posted on the site and members will be given the opportunity to comment on the proposals.

• Each proposal will be posted on the site for two weeks.

• Postings will be done every Friday so members may check the site on Mondays to see if anything new has been posted.

• Nancy Boucher will be responsible for posting the proposals on the site.

• The Community Liaisons will be responsible for gathering the input from the site and providing it to the decision making body – either Delivery of Benefits Committee, Liaisons or CBT Board of Directors.

• Results will be posted on the site after a decision has been made.

• Participants are asked to make their comments as succinct as possible and, in the case of larger projects, consideration should be given to discussing the project as a Committee and posting a group response.

• Proponents will be notified that applications will be made available for discussion on the site, however, all Committee members will treat this information as confidential and application information will not be shared with the public unless the CBT has received a request under the Freedom of Information Act.